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Administrators' newsletter – December 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).

 

  Administrator changes

  EvergreenFirToBeFree
  AkhilleusAthaenaraJohn VandenbergMelchoirMichaelQSchmidtNeilNYoungamerican😂

  CheckUser changes

  Beeblebrox
  Deskana

  Interface administrator changes

  Evad37

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

Skb8721 I'm not sure why your image does not show on the campaign page. I am new to this area of Wikimedia Commons, but my best guess is that the page only shows the oldest or newest uploads. Anyway, I thank you for participating in the contest. - ZLEA T\C 15:01, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

16:59, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

16:39, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

00:18, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019

 
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Tech News: 2019-52

20:08, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Donald Trung Thank you. I'm not sure that this is a case of vandalism as I don't see any visual changes. I will look into it later, but at the moment it looks like a replacement of depreciated wikitext. - ZLEA T\C 19:07, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2019

Currency Contest

Hi, I received an award for participating in the currency contest, but on this page I don't see the one currency bill I submitted:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Uploaded_via_Campaign:US-Banknote-Contest

Should it be there? (Or maybe it is there and I'm just missing it!) It was from the Bank of Louisiana, but it's not any of the Bank of Louisiana notes shown.

Sincerely,

Skb8721 (talk) 16:35, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

@Skb8721:, that it because you uploaded it using the regular MediaWiki Upload Wizard and not the special Upload Wizard for the contest. --Donald Trung (talk) 21:22, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - January 2020

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

  Guideline and policy news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


21:23, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

Hope you're well

Hope you're doing OK, haven't seen your excellent edits on coin articles in a while.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:50, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Wehwalt Thank you. I'm fine, just catching up on some off wiki projects. I will be back soon. - ZLEA T\C 16:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism

Please see this edit: http://en.m.wiki.x.io/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/935256753

--Donald Trung (talk) 19:02, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

Donald Trung Thank you. I don't see any visual changes, and at the moment it looks like a replacement of depreciated wikitext by a user that forgot to log in. I will look closer at the changes later. - ZLEA T\C 19:12, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - January 2020

Hello, ZLEA! Here is the January 2020 issue of TheWikiWizard.

We hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 04:00, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-03

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020

 
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19:42, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 January 2020

18:53, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
  • The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

  Technical news

  • Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
  • When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [21]

  Arbitration

  • Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

  Miscellaneous



20:05, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 12

19:12, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - February 2020

Roanoke, Virginia

Hi. I recently attempted to make a comment to start a talk about Roanoke's pairing with other cities based on its snowfall. I noticed that you reverted the highlight of Roanoke in the article which I completely understand. However, I was hoping that someone might discuss Roanoke and its pairing under the talk page. My intention was not to vandalize the article or to contradict you in any way. I just wanted to start a discussion. I would just like to know what your opinion was on this topic and why you felt the need to revert the edit? Thank You. P.S. If I am being rude or stepped out of line in any way, please kindly let me know as this was far from my intention. 50.202.217.173 (talk) 19:27, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Thank You so much for your help. 50.202.217.173 (talk) 20:24, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

16:18, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: IssueICLXVI, February 2020

 
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21:00, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

March Madness 2020

G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 13

The Signpost: 1 March 2020

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
  • A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

  Technical news

  • Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

  Miscellaneous



Sorry for bothering you, but...

 
New Page Patrol needs experienced volunteers
  • New Page Patrol is currently struggling to keep up with the influx of new articles. We could use a few extra hands on deck if you think you can help.
  • Reviewing/patrolling a page doesn't take much time but it requires a good understanding of Wikipedia policies and guidelines; Wikipedia needs experienced users to perform this task and there are precious few with the appropriate skills. Even a couple reviews a day can make a huge difference.
  • If you would like to join the project and help out, please see the granting conditions and review our instructions page. You can apply for the user-right HERE. — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here)(click me!) 20:07, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

00:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

17:15, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard/Workshop/Issues/Feburary/March 2020

Hello, ZLEA! Here is the Feb/March 2020 issue of TheWikiWizard.

We hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading! Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 03:36, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020

 
Your Military History Newsletter

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21:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

17:08, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 March 2020

17:26, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 14

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

  Guideline and policy news

  • There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.

WikiProject Numismatics newsletter - April 2020

19:03, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020

 
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15:31, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools

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This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments.

The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.

 
In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools.

The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.

  • On 31 March 2020, the new reply tool was offered as a Beta Feature editors at four Wikipedias: Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian. If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF).
  • The team is planning some upcoming changes. Please review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page. The team will test features such as:
    • an easy way to mention another editor ("pinging"),
    • a rich-text visual editing option, and
    • other features identified through user testing or recommended by editors.

To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch   these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 15:46, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

TheWikiWizard - April 2020

Hello, ZLEA! Here is the April 2020 issue of TheWikiWizard.

We hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading & stay safe! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 02:05, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

18:46, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2020