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Thank you! What article was it? I'm here to start making major edits to the WikiProject ProWrestling for storyline buildups as soon as I become a Confirmed user. I joined because I noticed that it would take a while for WWE story lines to be updated on Wikipedia, so I'm now here to give up-to-date information on story lines. For instance, if a major part to a storyline (like if Daniel Bryan got payback on Triple H for an attack, I'd instantly put it on Wikipedia with a source) Thank you for the warm welcome. Who knows, maybe I could be more useful for other things around Wikipedia other than WWE? Cya around :) DrewieStewie (talk) 22:12, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[5]. Unfortunately, the tool I used for revert does not support linking to the diff yet (in such cases). Materialscientist (talk) 22:25, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok. I see what you mean. But thanks for the welcome :) DrewieStewie (talk) 22:27, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ok, brother. I understand :) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 04:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good. Whew, I'm glad you reacted this way, since this is exactly the kind of thing that can disintegrate into nastiness. You are wise beyond your years, something I can say because I read your user page. ;) And another thing: I'm going to assume that you meant "Ok brother" like

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Then ok, sister, haha. And I am having fun learning how to edit this thing properly, it makes me feel awesome. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 06:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Uh, i did put in a source. It quoted what Del Rio said in an interview, with a link to it on the page. That counts as a source. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 22:52, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, i made a citation error. fixed. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 23:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Sting (wrestler). This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. STATic message me! 23:16, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa there, pal. You seriously think I'm at risk for getting blocked for this? Think again. I have no vandalism on this account, and i play a key role in a wikiproject. I'll source it. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 23:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well I did think again. You need an exact source that says what you are stating in the article, a link to his entire timeline does not cut it. We have a policy on

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Hey. Sorry. Its my own mistakes. I don't try to make too many. I shouldn't get blocked for just simple repeated mistakes. I'll try to lower my unsourcing mistakes ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright glad to know you won't be continuing, you most certainly will not getting blocked that way. Making the same disruptive repeated edits is a more immediate blockable offense than long term abuse, especially if it is to a BLP. STATic message me! 00:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I'm here with the best intentions to much better organize wrestling articles ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:17, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_77361.shtml#.VMy3NGiG840 and http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/21831/20140512/batista-leaves-wwe-2014.htm Both sources say Batista left WWE. We need a source about him still under contract with WWE.--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:09, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, there's no source stating that he's still in WWE, but at the same time, I also can't find any sources from after the Raw after Payback saying that he officially left the WWE. What do we do in this case? Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 20:48, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Source two. He left WWE.--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 12:33, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I noticed that you stated that you are 13. Quite interesting. Even I was 13 when I started editing back 2005. :) --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 08:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

14 now, need to update my page, but yeah. :) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk)|

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You need to stop adding Triple H as the "special guest" referee for Summerslam 2013 when Orton cashe in Money in the Bank. It actually doesn't matter if he counted it or not. He was not the guest referee for that match. He was only to guest referee for Bryan/Cena. It's like you're adding Paul Heyman when he counted Cena down against Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006. It doesn't work like that. I've been in the business since 2002 and been a fan since 1985. You've still got a lot to learn at your age. Do not add misrepresented information because it will be reverted. Mega Z090 (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Taker/Goldust

Goldust isn't the longest performer from debut. Goldust debuted two moths before, but he left the company many times. The date you only include in the header is Goldust debuted before Undertaker. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 23:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In agreement with HHH, Taker clearly has the longest uninterrupted tenure. We don't need to note obvious technicalities in the lede.LM2000 (talk) 00:01, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I can live with that. No biggie, no trouble. I can still have it mentioned on Goldust's page though, right? Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it depends how you present the information (for example, he was in WWE for a cumulative time of...19 years?). Goldust hasn't the longest tenure in WWE. I think HHH, Mark Henry and Kane spent more time in WWE than goldust. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 00:15, 12 January 2016 (UTC) --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 00:15, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in this case, we're talking time apart from debut, not cumulative. Taker has cumulative 25 years 2 months (survivor series 1990, with a previous taping for superstars that aired after survivor series) , Goldust has (not cumulative) 25 years 4 months (msg show, sep 21, 1990) Once they both retire, that record will go to kane, who debuted in a raw dark match two months before hhh debuted. In 2021, if he is still active, he will get undertaker's record, provided taker retires this year. Immediately when goldie leaves, if after takers retirement, kane will take his record as well, unless goldust comes back afterward. Complex math, huh. ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:34, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Just so people won't be confused, I am posting here. I read an archived discussion on the Teahouse and I wrongly assumed nothing had been done, since the talk page used to appeal the block had a red link. The discussion is actually here. But I got a thanks from DrewieStewie, so I knew this person was no longer blocked.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:35, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey dude I just want to say thank you for sticking by me. I’m the guy who argued that Big Show and RVD should be WCW and ECW Triple Crown Champions, respectively. I was so annoyed about how many times the other guys kept saying that’s its ‘Original Research’ or ‘SYNTH’ and things like that. I gave up after they all banded up against me, agreeing with each other. But after reading your part recently, I just want to thank you for compromising with them. It means a lot, because Big Show and RVD are technically Triple Crown Champions, even though the won the last championship they needed under WWE, but they’re the same titles that were from WCW and ECW. So again, thank you for sticking by me and helping me out. User: Drummoe (talk) 1:03, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

No problem, Drummoe! Stay smooth, I’m happy to work with you in the future here on Wikipedia! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 01:21, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I added this myself because the granting bureaucrat didn't place this on my page. It is there for my personal reference. DrewieStewie (talk) 00:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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By re-adding this material, you make yourself directly responsible for the material, regardless of its accuracy or relevance. This was probably not your intention -- but BLP articles about contentious overseas religious figures are probably not the easiest place to get started with reviewing pending changes! :)

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@MPS1992: Sorry about that. Didn't mean for your part of it to get caught in the shuffle. Your edit was good. Maybe I was sleepy and accidentally didnt see yor chane and reverted them all. Take care :) DrewieStewie (talk) 23:21, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Right, good. Thank you. The problem is, with all this reviewer rights and pending changes and whatever people call it nowadays, someone needs to fix the article. As of right now, that someone cannot be me. Specifically, these edits need re-doing by someone that is able to do that. MPS1992 (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's now no need for any further action here if you prefer not to -- I have requested reviewer permissions myself, so I should be able to make any required edits myself. Thanks for your help. MPS1992 (talk) 18:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MPS1992: Congrats on getting it! Hope you do amazing work with the tool. :) DrewieStewie (talk) 04:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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No problem, Neonorange! :) Happy editing, message me if you need anything else. Stay smooth. DrewieStewie (talk) 22:34, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pending changes reviewer is a big time sink for me. I tend to check the sources for every pending change—grammar and flow. It's like a compulsion to get everything right before signing off. Thanks again! — Neonorange (Phil) 22:43, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the article about Hong Kong 97's designer, perfect timing, I was just watching the AVGN video. Rong Qiqi (talk) 00:03, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime, User:Rong Qiqi! DrewieStewie (talk) 00:11, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DrewieStewie! I just wanted to leave you a message and wish you a great day and happy editing! I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you, man... :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:03, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, hello there @Oshwah:! I'm happy to see you've checked up on me and were thinking of me, that was very kind of you. You really are a part of my Wikipedia family that spans in different fields on here. Many things have been happening both on and off wiki. On-wiki, I've need to resume pending changes review and AFD more often now that I have some more time on my hands, and I'm still studying and learning different things to see how to improve my productivity on Wikipedia. Maybe soon, I'll become a teahouse host, I think that could help me learn things better as I can look up the answer to a user question and learn as well or take example from another user/host's question. I am currently sourcing a draft for the article of Ricky Bell from New Edition/BBD. I created an article that was partially translated from Japanese Wikipedia, and partially English Wikipedia content. I still participate over at WikiProject Professional Wrestling. I may have problems enrolling in the CVU Academy, as the only available slot is in Australia time zone, while I'm in pacific standard time, plus I'm concerned about my time availability for that. I posted a major RFC on the WP:FRAM talk page regarding under-a-cloud status for resignations regarding normally questionable actions undertaken in relation to FRAM, which I can gladly say has an emerging consensus towards "no". And of course, on the side, I still occasionally participate in Oshwah antics (for WikiLove), while making sure I focus more on my Wikipedia duties and making sure they don't label me as NOTHERE. It's been almost a year since consensus forgave me for childhood block evasion, and while I know that some users will still be distrustful of me from transgressions that occurred halfway through my young barely an adult life, I strive to make things right and prove myself on Wikipedia and become more trusted as time passes (although I still do have a bad habit of frequently and repeatedly changing edits I just posted, LOL). Off wiki, next month I begin community college to study history, with the hopes of becoming a high school history teacher. I have just got a job washing dishes at a local pizza chain. I recently took a trip to Seattle for my alopecia (baldness condition) conference with the NAAF, which is an article I could probably expand sometime, given my knowledge of the organization and sources I could find. I am actually considering becoming a youth mentor for that organization too. So yeah, that's been whats up with me in the life of Drew. I hope you are doing well, my friend. If anything sticks out to you and you'd like to give me advice regarding things, fell free to drop some knowledge below. Happy editing! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 08:23, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! You've been quite busy and active on here! That's great to see! I'm happy that you're still doing well and that you have a continued passion with gaining more experience, participating in Wikiprojects that you love and enjoy, and growing as an editor and contributor to the project. We all make mistakes and nobody here is perfect; I don't hold your mistakes and your past against you at all, and I hope that you can continue to gain more experience and become a key player in the community despite that bump in the road one year ago. You're a true example as to why we give users a second chance and why we don't show users the exit door unless we truly have no other choice. Don't burn yourself out, and don't force yourself to spend time and effort towards projects and areas that you don't enjoy. You should be here because doing so makes you happy, and you should contribute to Wikipedia and specific projects and areas because you like it. If you're not happy and having fun here, then what's the point? :-) Don't let any shortcomings get you down or leave you feeling disheartened, and don't let anyone convince you that you're not valued here or that your dedication, time, and contributions aren't appreciated and don't make an impact here - that's simply not true at all. Be healthy, be well, keep a neutral, balanced, and stress-free lifestyle, and make sure that you keep your personal off-wiki life a priority. Wikipedia will always be here should you need to slow down, take a break, or take care of other matters in your life. :-) If you have any questions, need any input, help, assistance, guidance, or just need someone to talk to, my user talk page is always open to you. You're welcome to message me there any time you need or want to, and I'll be happy to help you with anything that you need. Keep up the excellent work, and keep continuing to do what you do, and contribute where you love. I'm happy to see that you're still active here, and that you're doing well despite being what I believe to be quite busy. :-) I hope that we keep in touch, and that you have a great day. :-) Best regards and best wishes - your pal, ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:11, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much @Oshwah:, I truly appreciate it! And it means a lot to me that more users are trustful and happy with my company on here than others and see me for who I am now and that I always have you in my corner to vouch for me if necessary. I do make sure I balance Wikipedia and real life to a point where it doesn't affect my advancement toward my future or get in the way of other leisurely activities, while not becoming too inactive on Wikipedia. I'm very happy with how you take the time to check on Wikipedians and uplift them so that their experience becomes enhanced and their Wikipedia development advances more easily. As for the whole FRAM mess, I am very happy that you've stuck around and stayed positive and there for the community throughout it all, and stayed out of trouble. While I don't blame anybody for their actions (such as those by Floq and WJBScribe) given the extraordinary circumstances and deeply respect them for resigning and taking a stand in the name of the community against what they believe was the wrong move by the WMF, I just as equally respect everybody who stayed and kept on taking administrative actions and continued being optimistic that the situation would be fixed soon, such as you. You've continued being a model Wikipedian and stayed out of trouble too, even if it wasn't wrong to put yourself in trouble in this case. You are loved and appreciated around here, and I appreciate you showing me that the same applies to me. Cheers, my friend :) DrewieStewie (talk) 10:04, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
• The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following
  C2F: One eponymous article
  , which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

• As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

• The
  2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process
  has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
• The
  incident
  . It will be open until October 30th.

Miscellaneous

• The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

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

Guideline and policy news

• An
  resysop criteria
  should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply ]

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

Administrator changes

EvergreenFir • ToBeFree

Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox

Deskana

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An
  request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats
  are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
• Following
  edit filter mailing list
  has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news

• Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration

• Voting in the
  2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page
  .

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.

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

Hello DrewieStewie, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Happy editing, talk) 14:12, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply ] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Hey

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Sorry that my username is a little dificult to ping. Haha.

talk) 18:41, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Trekker Oh its fine! I just did it again! XD DrewieStewie (talk) 18:49, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2020

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

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
• A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
• Following a
  Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist
  .

Arbitration

• The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
• Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

Miscellaneous

• This issue marks three full years of the
  Admin newsletter
  . Thanks for reading!

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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. [6]

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

• Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• The English Wikipedia has reached
  six million articles
  . Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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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
  Twinkle preferences
  .

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
• The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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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

• There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.

Arbitration

• Following the
  Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft)
  and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.

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.

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Thank you! DrewieStewie (talk) 02:33, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Gnangarra • Kaisershatner • Malcolmxl5

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversight changes

HJ Mitchell

Guideline and policy news

• WP:GS/COVID19
  .
• Following a recent discussion on Meta-Wiki, the edit filter maintainer global group has been created.
• A request for comment has been proposed to create a new main page editor usergroup.
• A request for comment has been proposed to make the bureaucrat activity requirements more strict.

Technical news

• The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. You can review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page.
• Enterprisey created a script that will show a link to the proper Special:Undelete page when viewing a since-deleted revision, see User:Enterprisey/link-deleted-revs.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment closed with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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

Administrator changes

CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth

Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• A
  Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS)
  should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
• The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.

Arbitration

• A
  500/30
  restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

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

Guideline and policy news

• A
  speedy deletion criterion
  .

Technical news

• Protection templates on mainspace pages are now automatically added by User:MusikBot II (BRFA).

Arbitration

• Following the
  banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold an RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. The RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC
  and is open to comments from the community.
• The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020

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

Administrator changes

Red Phoenix

Euryalus • SQL

Jujutacular • Monty845 • Rettetast • Madchester

Oversight changes

GB fan

Keegan • Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos

Guideline and policy news

• There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
• T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment
  .
• Speedy deletion criterion
  X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion
  .
• There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.

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

Administrator changes

Eddie891

Angela • Jcw69 • Just Chilling • Philg88 • Viajero

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• Following a
  site ban
  discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
• A
  paid editors must or should use the articles for creation
  process.
• A
  alternative to deletion
  processes.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
• An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission.

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Hello, DrewieStewie! Having an article declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! ~Kvng (talk) 17:49, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey User:Kvng, somebody else reverted your declination of the AfC draft of Ricky Bell, citing the fact that the link you provided was copied from an old version of the article that was formerly in mainspace rather than the other way around as you alleged in your reason for declination. Thought I might let you know in case you didn't know yet. DrewieStewie (talk) 20:42, 29 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DrewieStewie, thanks, that looks like a legit revert. ~Kvng (talk) 00:16, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Ajpolino • LuK3

Jackmcbarn

Ad Orientem • Harej • Lid • Lomn • Mentoz86 • Oliver Pereira • XJaM

There'sNoTime → TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• A
  draftification
  is appropriate, namely 1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created.

Technical news

• The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (phab:T261630).

Arbitration

• The
  2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process
  has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
• Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.

Miscellaneous

• The Universal Code of Conduct draft is open for community review and comment until October 6th, 2020.
• Office actions may now be appealed to the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee.

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Hey DrewieStewie,

I'm writing to you because you are listed as a member of the Wikiproject Pro Wrestling, and I'm in need of a third (actually fourth) opinion on two pro wrestling articles.

The thing is, Hartley Jackson recently went through an AfD that arose a lengthy of discussion.
I will try to summarize the problem below.

Jammo85 had asked me for assistance in find sources to a certain fact, and I did find some good sources, but we are still facing opposition from another user in Hartley Jackson and The Mighty Don't Kneel (TMDK).
I would thus like to ask your opinion on the matter, and the edits keep being reverted.

We would like to state "Hartley Jackson was part of The Mighty Don't Kneel in 2015 and 2016."

I have found two sources from websites of official pro wrestling events (they are archived, please give it a few minutes to load):

• https://web.archive.org/web/20170303035516/http://melbournecitywrestling.com.au/2016/06/18/hostile-takeover-2016/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20160502062934/https://wrestlerampage.wordpress.com/ which despite being wordpress, it was and still is the official website of the event

and Hartley appears on the TMDK side on both.

Also, there is also a listing of his appearances as TMDK here, which corroborates the above:

• https://www.cagematch.net/?id=29&nr=1293&page=2

but this website is listed in one unofficial list of reliable sources as being Marginally reliable. Strictly used for match results and not other information. Takes user submissions but is reviewed by regional editors that verify all submissions before they are added to the database. The other party uses this against us, but I actually think it supports us, as we are actually only using results here. That is, we are not using the blog posts produced in cagematch (see [7]).

I thought the above sources were enough, but there are some more if you would like to see:^[1][2][3].

Can I have your opinion on this?

Best, Walwal20 ^{talk ▾ contribs} 19:03, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there Walwal20! I believe those sources not only prove that Hartley is a member of TMDK, but are reliable to cite as well. Hope this helps! DrewieStewie (talk) 19:30, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply, DrewieStewie! Good to know I'm not crazy yet haha :P I was really needing the opinion of someone else. Thanks again. Walwal20 ^{talk ▾ contribs} 23:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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

Guideline and policy news

• WP:GS/PAGEANT
  .

Technical news

• Sysops will
  interface administrators
  when that group was introduced.
• discretionary sanctions
  block and/or template.
• Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser.

Arbitration

• The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
• The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.

Miscellaneous

• A reminder that
  American Politics 2 Arbitration case
  ).

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2020 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 7 December 2020. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2020 election, please review NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:44, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply ]

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

Administrator changes

Andrwsc • Anetode • GoldenRing • JzG • LinguistAtLarge • Nehrams2020

Interface administrator changes

Izno

Guideline and policy news

• There is a
  speedy deletion criterion
  or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

Technical news

• Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.

Arbitration

• Voting in the
  2020 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 7 December 2020 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page
  .

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

Guideline and policy news

• T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment
  .

Technical news

• You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time.

Arbitration

• By motion, standard discretionary sanctions have been temporarily authorized for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes). The effectiveness of the discretionary sanctions can be evaluated on the request by any editor after March 1, 2021 (or sooner if for a good reason).
• Following the 2020 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, BDD, Bradv, CaptainEek, L235, Maxim, Primefac.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Arbitration

• The
  standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion
  to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
• A
  subcriterion a
  , which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect.
• A
  request for comment
  asks if sysops may place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions?
• There is a
  protection
  .

Technical news

• When blocking an IPv6 address with
  just block the /64
  range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
• When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at
  WP:RfPP
  , and even link to the specific revision.
• There have been
  Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322
  ).

Arbitration

• By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people. Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions.
• The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

• Following a
  subcriterion a
  has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
• Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

• A
  discretionary sanctions procedure
  is open until April 25.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
• Consensus was found in a previous RfC
  for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

• The
  discretionary sanctions procedure
  was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

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In your otherwise damn fine explanation of the lies behind the truth of pro, you listed three exemplary fictional locations. One of these was "the bottom of the sea". While I share your apparent skepticism that a creature like Shark Boy could last a minute in that hood, the place itself is well-documented. Well, not well, relative to "the great plains", but well enough. Director James Cameron is not a kook, he's a Canuck, there's a subtle difference! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:25, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk:, I don't know how you do it, but your creative ass always somehow have me laughing my ass off every time. I should just watchlist your contributions in case I am having a mental breakdown. It gets me back to normal every time! I love you bro! I don't know, it just came off the top of my (bald) head in jest. Just don't pair me as a canuck because I look like Caillou or have the appearance of a man afraid of the germs of big sweaty men that Vince loves lol DrewieStewie (talk) 00:42, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A magician never shows all his cards, but part of the secret is listening very closely to Norm Macdonald. Always nice to meet a fan who looks like Caillou, thank you. Keep on washing in the free world! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Need a Mr. Clean magic eraser to assist with your tricks? I've got plenty to give away. DrewieStewie (talk)|

Nah, I'm a filthy Canuck, you wouldn't like me standing up next to you. Virtual distancing only, that's my gimmick. The seats are more comfortable that way, too. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:55, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fair. DrewieStewie (talk) 01:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And if you do choose to follow my contribution history, be duly advised, the summaries are not intended to be read sequentially as a sideplot. Sometimes they seem like they should. But attempting to piece it together is a schizophrenia risk, especially if you succeed. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:06, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: I'm pretty sure that's the challenge. Might feel like im on psychedellics though. It should cancel out any bipolar disorder or depression I may or may not be experiencing. That is to be (pre)determined though, or we may never know what't in the (fucking) lockbox. Regardless of what it is, book it Hulk! DrewieStewie (talk) 01:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As the great Kevin McDonald famously said, will do. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:33, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a
  Reliable Sources Noticeboard
  to discuss disputed sources.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• WP:REFUND
  even after the namespace is removed.
• An
  TFAs
  .

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised
  COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion
  at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• An
  G13
  speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an
  requested move discussions
  .

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Just wanted to address you directly so there's no misunderstandings.

The reason why pics are limited to just champions is so we don't have to worry about opening Pandora's box ("If we allow MITB, then why can't this/that/the other be added in to?")

It's about cutting off issues BEFORE they arise. Pics are needed to spice things up a bit, but you also don't want everyone and their uncle to be throwing pics up there because it just makes things a mess.

We've never added MITB holder pics in all the time there's been pics on that page (over a decade), and there's no reason to start now. We keep it limited to champions, everyone knows the boundaries, and there's no issues down the line.

Vjmlhds (talk) 00:16, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Vjmlhds: Fair enough. I guess MITB just seemed like a grey area compared to other distinctions (such as HOF or KOTR or royal rumble or other accomplishments), as it contains championship-like properties though isn't a championship. Though I totally get that perspective. Out of curiosity and respect for other perspectives though, has any discussion occurred over it, particularly in regards to the MITB on this article? Just to see if discussion has occurred. Regardless, I have no prejudice on either format. DrewieStewie (talk) 01:11, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Like I said, over a decade ago ('08-'09...that's how long it's been), when pics were first added to the article (which soon after carried over to other similar articles for what was then called TNA and ROH, and has now become pretty much just standard procedure) random pics were just thrown on there (likely people wanting their favorites to be highlighted) and people started having edit wars, and it was a mess. And without sounding braggadocious, I was the one who suggested limiting it to champions, so then this way there was a standard, and it kept the ruckus down. There have been no discussions on the issue since then, basically because everybody just took it upon themselves to "stay within the lines" as it were. Vjmlhds (talk) 12:51, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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How did Zhu Cilang, Emperor Dao, die? I need to prove how smart I am to a stranger on the Internet before someone smart does! Also, if you had to forget every Billy Gunn match you ever saw, Right F'n Now, which one would you still remember? InedibleHulk (talk) 04:56, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Whats good, my barely yet inedible compatriot! Zhu Cilang is still alive as far as I'm concerned, and so is Andy Kaufman too, at least in Tony Khan's scouting report. The one id remember is Sting v. Triple H, all hints of Mr. Ass wiped. At least I have my chance meeting with Nikki Cross at a Cricket meet n' greet when I was making a Walmart run in Vegas on record now. DrewieStewie (talk) 07:10, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that is the important thing, thanks! InedibleHulk (talk) 18:12, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: No problem! Even better when the meet and greet autograph and picture was completely free, I won a ringside Summerslam chair in a game (even though the chair was the 2020 event, meaning I was allegedly in the behind closed doors crowd Cena style), as well as a Drew Mcintyre Funko Pop, some free chocolate and vanilla ice cream, and did a recorded interview for Cricket, but best of all, I didn't have to join their inferior network; I am happy after switching from AT&T to Verizon (I miss AT&T being Cingular though, that really did raise the bar). DrewieStewie (talk) 07:14, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have like, 35% on what newfangled bar measures whatever the hell you're talking about. Definitely sounds like a positive experience, though, so cheers! For the first time since 1988, I forgot SummerSlam was even a party of the summer, much less the biggest. Is Cricket a thing? I hear the Gangrel Funko Pop is the one to get this Christmas, but don't take my word for it. Free ice cream, now there's a treat. If I get a smartphone, I'm going to demand it's bundled with butter pecan, because it's soft, and you can't teach that! I'm off to doubleck whatever happened to that guy, maybe see what Virtual Don Muraco's up to, don't wait up! InedibleHulk (talk) 09:14, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A-ha, Cricket Wireless! Saw a conspicuously-unboarded storefront in a YouTube video about the zombies of Kensington Avenue yesterday. Really makes one wonder why they don't sit, lay or fall down to sleep. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:05, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Dammit, forgot to disambiguate the fact I was referring to a wireless carrier. Shite, perhaps we could get a game of cricket on with the zombies as a consolation? I can learn. I swear. Maybe I'll play One in a Million by Aaliyah too since crickets are heard in the very beginning. But dammit Jiminy shut the fuck up! XD DrewieStewie (talk) 01:44, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I had an action figure named Cricket as a kid. She started off as more of what you might call a doll. But the forces of evil threatened to tear her material world apart, and the rest is history. I also remember disliking Aaliyah. Maybe my tastes have matured since Queen of the Damned turned cult classy and the terrorists won, I'll go check! InedibleHulk (talk) 01:56, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OK, those ain't crickets, crickets can't pan! And it's not just the beginning, it "goes on and on and on". I like how this second-most popular one stops doing that, but it feels like she's already said "let me know" a dozen times by the end. And yeah, I know this third one, thought it'd be most popular. Still not succeeding, first date, next date, dusted off, whatever! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:48, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give "If Your Girl Only Knew" credit, not for lazily ripping off "Smooth Criminal" from the past, but twisting it into "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" from the future. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A-ha! They're strange bedfellows! You almost had me thinking it was one of those 100% organic and natural magical chance encounters the system swears totally happen in Vegas. InedibleHulk (talk) 04:37, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Kaepernick too unlike these cowardly NFL teams today! But hey, you're a positive motivating force within my life; let me see you go back and forth. Just don't rock the boat too hard and leave me heartbroken for life with overloaded Carribean planes and coked up pilots. Tell me youre NOT that somebody! This bald hardworking stressed commuter student walmart stocker still wears Aaliyah t-shirts weekly and shit talks R Kelly up the ass except for Trapped in the Closet. Damn, I was only 4 months and I'm 20 now and it still affected me that deeply growing up? Sheeesh! DrewieStewie (talk) 06:13, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply

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Football just never did it for me, either, but I can still appreciate Carson Strong as a damn fine name for any sports hero! I kinda(?) get what you mean about crash impact; Randy Rhoads died shortly before I was zero, so despite only knowing him after the fact through a few tunes, I was born with the right attitude toward aircraft safety just plain instilled. Those things aren't toys! And yeah, it made him "mythical", too, something living guitar legends just can't match, even through beating the devil at dice. Anyway, have an excellent interstate adventure and try not to bring back any radioactive pollen or eggs, especially by accident. Go Wolf Pack! InedibleHulk (talk) 09:33, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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fight the Devil and survive. You know that! It is almost time for my 2 1/2 hour drive to Reno! I shall keep that in mind. DrewieStewie (talk) 14:16, 11 September 2021 (UTC)[reply

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Dude, just heard the news about KSU, sorry for your loss! ESPN tells me the bastards wildcats used Rushing Attack. Tell your buddy's defensive coach to sweep and hit Rolling Thunder if Boise City tries anything like that (I hear they're weak to it). Anyway, hope you still had fun. My hero died! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:53, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Yeah, that sucked. I'll spread the word, I gotchu. Haha it was a good night tho! We won when I went and I got to reunite with him and his family! His father was a teacher at my middle school that I didn't have but I talked to sometimes; he was also at one point the principal at our high school before Carson and I went there (yes, he stepped down to teach again). They asked if I was a fan of Carson before the game and I told them we went to high school together, flashing my high school ID to prove it. They absolutely loved that, thanked me for coming up, and invited me to attend the rest of the home games, so now I got my time off approved at Walmart to do that! Plus, up at Reno, I also discovered my undying love for Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers. They just started construction on a location in my hometown and I'm fucking stoked but until then I have 5 more trips to Reno to make for my beloved Raising Canes! That shit is addictive, just like it was laced. That damn sauce is like no other sauce I've ever had before. Got a Smackdown in San Jose and a Raw in Sac right after im out of class to attend too. Plus a bunch of Sacramento Kings games with different friends too down the road. So now it is time to live my best life, work my ass off at work and school (Walmart is being generous to me starting at $18.50 an hour), and just enjoy it. Full plate with little time to rest but I got it! So sorry about your hero too. That sucked, I loved him too. No Recent Deaths justice either! DrewieStewie (talk) 23:23, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Meh, RD is overrated, YouTube sent him off in class. You couldn't pay me to eat chicken, but I do savour a good sauce story, thanks! My government doesn't let me be publicly entertained anymore, even if I wanted to, and most of my old friends are in Parts Unknown, so it's good to live vicariously through you like this, sometimes. Get that moolah and go Kings! InedibleHulk (talk) 23:55, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: I'll slide you the sauce my man. If only they sold it in stores like Chick Fil A sauce is! Looks like I am your Parts Known ambassador now, west sie-ede! DrewieStewie (talk) 00:21, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Oh yeah, on a miscellaneous note, although I apologized and I am no longer ranting about the racists and murderers, you should still keep your eyes peeled for them. DrewieStewie (talk) 07:48, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Trippy. Just yesterday, I saw that "racist" call Atlas and Johnson "boys, and I do mean boys", verbatim to Mean Gene, before beating Special Delivery Jones like a government mule. I still think he's just working the tail end of The North-South Connection, even in 2021. That murderer, though, yeah, no! Speaking of 2021, check out Poppy's new album, Flux. A lot of it is that techno crap California grrrls liked in the late '90s, might "speak" to you. And Harry Monsoon is your hookup for post-Backlund, pre-WrestleMania Dark Ages WWF, holla! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:02, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably could have phrased that better, on a few levels, sorry! InedibleHulk (talk) 04:35, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just now realized you linked one hell of a rant there! And you weren't the only one. I need to pack my thinking bowl for this deep dive, and track down the right background music, but I will "mull it over and get back to you on that". If I'm not here in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds, my baby wrote me a letter. Everything will be alright, a'ight? InedibleHulk (talk) 01:57, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Sorry for late response, been doing a lot lately. Yeah, that definitely spoke to me. I'll see where youre at at the end of that allotted time. Some punk bands will be playing a concert at my halloween party at the crib. lol (Yeah, I have a temper from time to time. That moment from 2018 was one of those moments. XD DrewieStewie (talk) 19:17, 7 October 2021 (UTC))[reply]

No need to apologize for staying active! Besides, you're technically early. I don't know what I was on at that 2018 party, but I see I was there, also somewhat incoherently. Aside from misusing "murder" monstrously, you did the right thing there in venting, I think. Sometimes when things get bad, every cheesed dude has to go to his window and let it rip, so to speak. Since that was literally too long to actually scream or tweet, where the hell were you supposed to go, Myspace? No way, brother! Anyway, sorry if I responded inappropriately somehow then, too, unless it's about offending the sort of wrestlers who claim to have been "trained" by copying moves from bootleg Japan tapes. Fuck those guys, moves aren't everything! Sometimes hitting your partner with a Michinoku Driver through a coffee table won't pop anyone, but if the mood is right, look out! InedibleHulk (talk) 02:30, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: The mood is indeed right my friend. Your response was very smart and batshit funny actually back in the day; it's what I remembered you for until we started constantly going back and forth. lol I just got out of Smackdown in San Jose, threw my voice away for Edge. But indeed, it won't always pop, but here and there it shall! DrewieStewie (talk)<

Time's almost up, California Kid, but if you hurry antisouthwise by some degree or another, you might still catch that big haunted house in the sky handing out pure green power like it was candy! And yes, I hear good things about Edge in the desert lately. Sight unseen, though, possibly a reverse mirage? InedibleHulk (talk) 19:50, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I take this as a sign of good fortune, trick or treat, catch you on Remembrance Sunday! InedibleHulk (talk) 00:36, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: GOOD FORTUNE INDEED HALLILUJAH!!! Sadly, I'm a bit too far down south for these northern lights. Even Reno, where I was last night, is too low as well. How ironic to the start of this comment. Its absolutely a mirage. DrewieStewie (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If it's any consolation, the sky was clouded over up here in the real CA. Flickering green clouds, like in

Bart's Nightmare, though, so not a total waste of space or energy. You kids today could probably recall finer analogous effects in video games, but that's how I saw it! You ever see one of those three-eyed fish or laser squirrels out in the nuclear desert? Good times, one must presume. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:37, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply

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@InedibleHulk: Indeed, my man. I have not, though a squirrel did high five me at the Sac State campus over the summer. That squirrel must have been outta his goddamned mind to touch me rather than walk away. Lol (sorry for late response, been busy as shit with school. SEMESTER A WEEK AWAY FROM OVER THO!! :DDDD DrewieStewie (talk) 16:00, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I've always maintained that maintaining a decent GPA is slightly more important than online mystery thread maintenance. Semiurban woodland critters have long gathered as much, too, high fives all around for that time of year! InedibleHulk (talk) 11:07, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Passing everything so far, just got finals now and a handful of outstanding work. Soon though it shall be Time to watch that South Park episode, that season finale of Survivor 41 (I better create another audition tape!), play some NBA 2K, Madden, and GTA Online, attend back to back Sacramento Kings games (the first being a free game the Kings personally invited me to, and the second being in Frisco against the Warriors), and eventually write a sequel to my 28 year old girlfriend's book by her mom from 12 years ago describing how she survived pediatric brain cancer and became partially deaf. (HERE IS THE APPLE BOOKS COPY: ^[1] ) Now THATS a trip! Not as much of a trip as I'll be taking to Vegas at the April to celebrate both my 21st birthday and Carson being drafted with him and his family. I did choose my alopecia conference in DC over Money in the Bank though, which is on the same weekend as each other. Oh well. Living like crazy. Maybe I'll try to become a Dutch Bros broista again soon after I wasn't selected the first time, who knows!

Strong family vacation? Janessa Meets the Jackalope? Whatever it is, book it! InedibleHulk (talk) 17:40, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, before I forget to ask again, who do you see in the history books winning the 2022 World Series? And don't say you don't know, or the Astros or the Mets! I already considered them. Too obvious (or so their publicity departments would have us believe). Just be honest. And have a nice day! InedibleHulk (talk) 07:24, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Ayyyy what’s guud brotha brotha! Nice to see you lurking on the talk page like always. Personally, I’m hoping it’s my St. Louis Cardinals; it would be nice to see Pujols, Molina, and possibly Wainwright see one more chip for them before they retire. Plus they are on a hot streak right now since the trade deadline, so I’m confident they’ll get the division to begin with. Hopefully they fare good against the Dodgers, Braves, or Mets in the postseason though. I hope the Mariners and Blue Jays clinch a berth and do alright too, but the AL truthfully is anybody’s game right now. I went to five games this season so far personally: Giants-Rockies, Athletics-Blue Jays, Giants-Dodgers in SF, Cardinals-Cubs in STL, and A’s-Giants in Oakland. The last three were in the span of 6 days this month. So much bay shenanigans and STL adventures along the way: beer spilling and fights in the left field bleachers, splash hits flipping canoes, Oakland sky gunshot fragments landing on fans during a July 4 fireworks show on the field at the Oakland coliseum, and the Cardinals bringing together a city with some crime infested neighborhoods. What an experience! Hope all is well with you Brody! DrewieStewie (talk) 14:52, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You seem a way bigger baseball fan than I'd anticipated (which is good). But you tell a tale of hope (could be bad). At least we now both absolutely positively know the Cardinals will be in it to win it! Thanks for the hot tip. I've never been to pro ball game of any feather, or tuned into a whole one before, but I did play the odd underhanded five innings back when teachers forcing children to exercise was still socially acceptable. I don't even think I remember how to run anymore. But that's no reason I can't still profit from the blood, sweat and tears of some enchanted athletes. The only thing that can possibly stop me now is good old misinformation! But yes, those "little birds" are definitely "in the mix", and Oakland certainly is a fine place to visit; glad you had fun, A! InedibleHulk (talk) 03:39, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Anyway, before I forget to ask again, who do you see in the history books winning the 2023 Royal Rumble? And don't say you don't know, or Cody or Sunny! I already considered them. Too obvious (or so their publicity departments would have us believe). Just be honest. And have a nice day! InedibleHulk (talk) 03:25, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Benoit will shock the world. JK. If it’s not Cody, Sami Zayn would be a nice windfall. Very possibly Austin too given the rumors and the fact that they’re in San Antonio. Just don’t let Ozzy Osborne piss on the cenotaph near the Alamo again 41 years later! Anyways, a little life update: I just got hired to grade papers for a US history class at Sac State taught by one of my professors, Dr. Joseph Palermo! He used to write for HuffPo and once owned Tucker Carlson on his show. I also learned a lot about the Kennedys and LSD from him too. Apparently, I am the first ever undergraduate our history department has ever hired for this position! Everybody else was a postgrad student. Also, I’m really enjoying attending most of the Kings games this season and Lighting the Beam! Third in the west and leading the division so far after not being in the playoffs since 2006! We lost to my second favorite team yesterday, but it’s still okay! Cheers! DrewieStewie (talk) 03:39, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's more than okay, that's all right! I knew you'd be the one to do it. Not that, in particular, but something historic. Way more interesting than my personal life, which merely continues. Sorry to hear about Benoit, and less so that you're not talking about the L.A. Kings. I'm going to watch an entire basketball game one day, though, mark my words! Keep up the upgrading in the grading department and all that, and we shall see. Anyway, I'm off to Houston tonight, if only vicariously. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:52, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I did recently in Vegas go see a Golden knights vs Kings game! Kings won 5-1 with a hat trick against my team. Also saw the chiefs spank my raiders, a David Copperfield Show, a local wrestling show my friends participated in, and ate at the Heart Attack Grill! I didnt get spanked because I finished, but my girlfriend Janessa did! it's a hilarious video. If you attend or watch a basketball game in full, I'll give you an A+ (basically a fancy term for bragging rights). The challenge is on! DrewieStewie (talk) 04:16, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You Americans and your wacky themed restaurants! That's a compliment, by the way. Go Kings, everywhere! InedibleHulk (talk) 04:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Even in Saudi Arabia? Lol DrewieStewie (talk) 04:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe not there. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:10, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Go Wolf Pack! InedibleHulk (talk) 09:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Haters Gonna Hate! InedibleHulk (talk) 20:45, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I live too far to be impacted by wolves, but ask @Cullen328: what he thinks! Where he’s at is closer to this. DrewieStewie (talk) 20:50, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You're too quick, too. Just checked your Edit History to see if you even lived anywhere, and bam, first place. Anyway, yeah, good question for Cullen, if he wants. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:53, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I live in Grass Valley, California in the northen Sierra Nevada foothills. These wolves were spotted in Sequoia National Forest, several hundred miles south. I am all im favor of wildlife restoration. Cullen328 (talk) 01:16, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't gone beyond the title of your homeland (yet), but can think of few nicer sounding places. Cheers to your stance, I say. A few close personal friends of mine have been murdered and eaten by wolves over the years, though none human or commercially important, and I always find myself compelled to forgive these hardwired predators for various reasons, not the least of which are their slick singing voices. One at a time, anyway. A pack at once can go to some "pretty dark places", discordancewise, and sometimes I think it's nature's way of telling me to run. All in all, I'd rather be eaten by wolves than die in a car, plane or train crash, though, so I'll stay. The former's also less likely and moving is expensive. Besides, they're like dogs you can't pet and who doesn't love dogs? The people you should really be worried about, I say. Anyway, enough about me; have you seen any strange new animals lately? InedibleHulk (talk) 04:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's this remarkably furless raccoon I think you should meet. Or at least be aware of. He's kind of taking Canada by storm lately, making alopecia cool. Or at least something we're aware of. Potential podcast partners? Happy St. Patrick's Day, in any case! InedibleHulk (talk) 06:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: The name’s Rocket. Rocket Raccoon.*pinch* In all seriousness, I’d be damned if I wasn’t wearing green today. That’s my university’s colors, green and gold, and my president, boss, and buddy J. Luke Wood would be on me about it. At least I beat him and his cabinet in a game of Family Feud with fellow student government leaders Friday. I’d totally pay to listen to an InedibleHulk podcast. Just don’t get a crazy political rant from my other boss and thesis advisor Joseph Palermo. SkeeYee! DrewieStewie (talk) 16:40, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In more seriousness, though, it's Rufus. Not Rudolph nor Ralphus non Rex. Back to collegiate joviality, I'm more a blue and gold guy myself, but whatever keeps you from damnation and pinchitude! Plus, it rhymes with money money (yeah yeah). On that note, are we talking the Family Feud or some home version? Either way, I'm not Wasting My Time on no podcast, I meant you and the coon, friends forever. Too soon? I get it, it's cool. Haven't clicked Joseph Palermo yet; good name for a boss character, though, and I look forward to learning how he earned it. For now, to the moon! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: A home version. Wish it was real, it would really be money, money, YEAH YEAH! Not at all too soon! Palermo’s quite the character. DrewieStewie (talk) 22:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On the bright side, you don't have to put up with Steve Harvey's bullshit while a producer reminds you that you're contractually obligated to put it over. I've read Palermo's life story now, it was shorter than I'd imagined. I'd say more, but am not at Wikiliberty to discuss his cup of thesis tea. Cheerio! InedibleHulk (talk) 22:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InedibleHulk: Agreed on Steve. This bit is solely informational about the person and not his professional topics, but Aside from being my boss, his rants when he lectures can be hilarious; he even appeared on Tucker Carlson twice. I recall hilarity ensuing on several occasions over the Kennedys and LSD when I took his 1960s US history class. DrewieStewie (talk) 06:55, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
• The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

• discretionary sanctions
  that are no longer needed or overly broad.
• The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
• A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
• A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review
  .

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
• Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
• The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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No problem brother I understand, everything fine xd, hope your geography schoolwork and exam for Sac State go on the very good path. I know they will:) Indeed, Scott was one of the very first wrestlers I learned of when I started watching wrestling/lucha libre and specially WWE back in 2013, such a shame he is gone by now :( ... Greetings from the State of Mexico my dude:) good luck with your stuff and enjoy the game jjj. TheBellaTwins1445 (talk) 21:46, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
• Following a
  bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy
  .

Technical news

• The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news

• Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
• The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

• Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
• An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Your recent editing history at Bad Bunny shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See the bold, revert, discuss cycle for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. ChicagoWikiEditor (talk) 05:17, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've looked through your edit history and discovered that for the better part of a year, you've been constantly reverting editors who clearly disagree with your inclusion of listing bad bunny as a

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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i appreciate what you're saying about kayfabe, but here, we stay in the real world.

Kayfabe - Lumis is a rouge stalker

Real World - he's been appearing on Raw since he returned (with the one-off on NXT to give closure to InDex)

It's like when a title change happens but it doesn't air

Kayfabe - X is champion

Real World - Y is champion, but the match hasn't aired yet.

Same idea. Vjmlhds 14:42, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

@Vjmlhds: I'm actually going seek WikiProject consensus on this one, as it's a bit more complicated than that. Title changes are far more precise of a record than roster brand designations. With Cena, it hasn't even been a year since his last recorded match, and even less time since his latest appearance, where a future feud with Theory had been teased. Many wrestlers have been out longer than that with injury or part time status, like Undertaker or Bayley.DrewieStewie (talk) 14:49, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cena's last TV match was 8-21-21 at last year's Summerslam - more than a year ago (not by much granted, but still past the year mark), and wrestled an unannounced dark match on September 10 during the SD tapings at Madison Square Garden...just shy of a year in that case. Only other appearance since then was his 20th Anniversary show, which was a unique one-off special occasion. As I said, he's more in ambassador mode than an active wrestler these days. With Lumis, it's easy to track where he's been - just by referencing TV reports from the shows. Not trying to give you a hard time or argue with you, but I think you're overthinking everything here just a tad. Vjmlhds (talk) 15:09, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• reliable
  for science and politics.

Technical news

• The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
• The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
• The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
• Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance
  ) instead of the administrator making the block.
• FoxNews.com
  is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The
  WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets
  and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

• Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
• A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
• The
  2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review
  closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous

• An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their
  reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication
  (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
• You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
• An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
• Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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Instead of going back and forth on the article page, let's hash it out here.

99.9% of the time, I'm usually on your side on issues like this, where if someone is both a manager and a wrestler, I'd put them on the wrestler roster

MVP is the 0.1% - he's almost 50, has bad knees (just recently had surgery...the cane isn't just a gimmick), and the few matches he had in July were to eat pins in handicap matches with Omos.

If MVP were 35, had 2 good knees and wrestled regularly, I'd be with you a million percent, but he's 50, his knees are shot, and only wrestles sporadically.

The occasional wrestler tag seems like a fair compromise, which his why I went that route. Vjmlhds 03:01, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

@Vjmlhds: Fair enough, I can settle for that. Those points are fair; my main worries are usually with regards to whether or not we can make that distinction on our own observation or if we need explicitness and transperity first. Thats a good argument. The other side of the issue is that while his knee is bad, the pattern seems to be that on occasion he'll go on a wrestling spree and then go on hiatus in a managerial role for awhile (he did get a pinfall against Cedric, to be fair). He'll probably have a match that he announces (before or after) will be his last. Eventually we'll have that clarity, but for now I can roll with that compromise, given that we likely haven't seen the last of him in a WWE ring. Although he is doing a lot of managerial work, I can see some more tag matches, a potential tag title match (in the vein of Styles/Omos), Rumble appearance, etc. But for this very moment, "occasional wrestler" is fine. Be advised, the placement on the page between active and manager could fluctuate at any given moment per these parameters we are discussing. DrewieStewie (talk) 04:01, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If MVP were to come out and do a "I got one more run left in me!" spiel and wrestle a more frequent schedule, I'd be the first to put him back on the roster. When the Hurt Business was at its peak, MVP listed as a wrestler would have been fine, because he was basically doing what Ric Flair did in Evolution - playing the elder statesman player/coach role. But in the here and now, with the factors currently in play, where he is now is about right. Vjmlhds (talk) 12:50, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An
  bureaucrat
  .

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The
  arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion
  .
• The
  arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block
  has entered the proposed decision stage.
• AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous

• The
  2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process
  has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
• You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
• Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
• The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
• An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news

• A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
• 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system
  is open.
• The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
• A
  Level 2 desysop
  .

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in
  consider blocking the whole subnet
  rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Guideline and policy news

• A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal
  .

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The
  discretionary sanctions
  procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• Following
  Arbitration Committee
  to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
• Following
  extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan
  .

Technical news

• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
• In December, the
  their noticeboard
  .

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
• Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a
  F10
  (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
• Following a
  P2
  (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
• A
  requested moves
  process a guideline.

Technical news

• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
• The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
• A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
• Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
• The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• A
  Arbitration enforcement noticeboard
  .

Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
• The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• Following
  community consensus
  will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
• As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous

• Following
  arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales
  .

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

Administrator changes

Novem Linguae

• Deckiller
• Electionworld
• MBisanz
• Penwhale
• Raul654
• Roadrunner
• Viridae
• Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes

MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

• Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news

• Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration

• Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Why do you keep commenting at blocked user Talk pages? I suspect you're doing even more than I see because I can't imagine that you're targeting only those users I've blocked. I don't think it's helpful. You are not an administrator, and for the most part you muddy the waters, especially when multiple admins are discussing what to do. Please stop and allow administrators to do their job.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:41, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: Hey there, everything I’ve commented on was solely things appearing on your talk page between the time I made my query about the undeletion request and the time that got resolved. I just did that as a way to keep busy and occupied while waiting on that. Any further comments after that were simply because I had previously commented on something before mine was resolved (specifically Key of G minor and Fantasticer). I have not commented on anything that has appeared after my inquiry was resolved, nor do I intend to unless it involves me or I become legitimately involved through other means/gets my interest on a noticeboard. It helped me better understand the process of unblock requests from a policy and procedural standpoint from admins. Aside from these two cases, I have largely not been involved with blocked user requests (except for InedibleHulk, who I’ve been connected to on-wiki long before his Arbitration Enforcement saga). Hope this explains everything. Have a good day. DrewieStewie (talk) 16:26, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not really, no.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:32, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

Administrator changes

Firefangledfeathers

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

Interface administrator changes

Novem Linguae

Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Guideline and policy news

• Following
  TFAs
  will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• dead names
  found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

Arbitration

• The
  XfD
  forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes

• Ganesha811
• JPxG

• Ajpolino
• Lourdes
• Mairi
• RockMFR
• Somno
• WilyD

Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways

CheckUser changes

• Beeblebrox
• Opabinia regalis

Oversight changes

• Beeblebrox
• Opabinia regalis

Guideline and policy news

• Following a
  Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications
  (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration

• Following
  Extended Confirmed Restriction
  has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Happy New Year, DrewieStewie!

Happy New Year!

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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes

Clovermoss

Dennis Brown

• Julia W
• Marasmusine
• PBS

CheckUser changes

• Aoidh
• HJ Mitchell
• Sdrqaz
• Spicy
• ToBeFree
• Vanamonde93
• Z1720

Maxim

• Enterprisey
• Izno
• SilkTork

Oversighter changes

• Aoidh
• Firefly
• Sdrqaz
• ToBeFree
• Z1720

Maxim

• Enterprisey
• Izno
• SilkTork

Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes

• Red-tailed hawk
• Robertsky

• Ameliorate!
• Ancheta Wis
• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
• Ev
• Moondyne
• Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

• Enterprisey
• Izno

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is
  WP:AE
  .

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes Sdkb The Night Watch East718 Isabelle Belato Mzajac Staecker Stan Shebs Sugarfish Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• requests for adminship process
  .
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An
  contentious topics procedure
  .

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday! Hi DrewieStewie! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:53, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1. ^ https://books.apple.com/us/book/janessas-journey-through-her-mothers-eyes/id441902245