User talk:HJ Mitchell/Archive 120

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

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• An
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• Following
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• 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
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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.

Just an invitation to the blurb review. Enjoy your time off! - Dank (push to talk) 23:54, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Just in case anyone was worried about me (thank you especially to @Kudpung, WereSpielChequers, and RexxS: for checking up on me!), I'm still alive! Just busy in other areas of my life. I lost my enthusiasm for project space politics some time ago and focused on article writing, but that's not easy to fit around a family and a full-time job. I'll try and poke my head in a bit more frequently from now on and maybe potter about with some nice uncontroversial (and non-time-consuming!) admin tasks, but I'm not sure when (or if) I'll be as active as I used to be. In the meantime, you're welcome to contact me here, on Facebook, or a few of you have my mobile number. Also, thanks to @Carcharoth: for tending to some of my war memorial articles in my absence. If any of my stalkers feel like adding to my featured articles to their watchlists, I'd appreciate it. Now, someone catch me up on the drama I've missed? ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:36, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Glad to know you're OK, Harry ! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 20:02, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Glad as well. Just today I was reminded that we don't know the same for Mathsci. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:06, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Good to see you pop in HJ. Always nice to see good people around. — Ched (talk) 22:19, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Heh, yeah, glad to know absence if for good wholesome reasons than otherwise....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:30, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Nice to hear back. Glad all is well. There has been drama (maybe best avoided: portals, Fram, for starters)... Carcharoth (talk) 12:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Welcome back! As for drama, then

WP:FRAMBAN is the biggest of the lot while Portals (case currently at Arbcom) is probably the most verbose dispute I've ever seen (seriously) but it can be summarised as some people really rather like portals, some people hate them with a passion and most of those in the middle got bullied out of the discussions. German War Effort and the related Antisemitism in Poland are still rumbling along as well - you should be aware of them if you're going to be doing anything related to WWII in Poland. Thryduulf (talk

) 09:49, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Thinking about you the other day as I came perilous close to Axminster and the Devon border, while doing my Remain bit in West Dorset. The M3 is not that bad providing you are travelling East. Wikidisputes? We can sort them out if we still have an internet after the 13th. ClemRutter (talk) 10:04, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

@ClemRutter: if you ever find yourself so far west again, you must drop in for a cup of tea. North Devon has more to offer in the summer but it still has its charms in the winter. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:59, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi HJ, good to hear from you, glad you are being lured away rather than the reverse. by coincidence I was in Devon for a few minutes yesterday morning. Some photos taken in the Lyme Regis dinosaur museum will be uploaded at some point. ϢereSpielChequers 11:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Damon Runyon's short story "Dancing Dan's Christmas" is a fun read if you have the time. Right from the start it extols the virtues of the hot Tom and Jerry This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true. No matter what concoction is your favorite to imbibe during this festive season I would like to toast you with it and to thank you for all your work here at the 'pedia this past year. Best wishes for your 2020 as well HJM. MarnetteD|Talk 11:44, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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Merry Christmas!

A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
May 2020 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls, vandals or visits from Krampus! All the best Gavin / SchroCat (talk) 07:49, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Io Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth - Talk 16:29, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Merry thingy and happy whatnot

Hi Harry! All the warmest wishes for this seasonal occasion, whichever you celebrate - or don't, while I swelter at 27℃ (80.6℉), and peace and prosperity for 2020. I realise you're busy in RL, but hoping that you'll join me for a cool beer in Bangkok in August when it will be even hotter! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:02, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Be well at Christmas

	Have a WikiChristmas and a PediaNewYear
	Be well. Keep well. Have a lovely Christmas. SilkTork (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Good luck

豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s

Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはHJ Mitchellたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:40, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello HJ Mitchell: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 08:06, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes Dreamy Jazz • Newslinger • Rosguill Deor • Spartaz • Xeno Angusmclellan • clpo13 • Edgar181 • Matthewedwards • NCurse

CheckUser changes Bradv • Casliber • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Oversight changes Bradv • Casliber • DGG • David Fuchs • Maxim • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy • Xeno Someguy1221

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
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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!

See Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log/2015#Gun Control. I think I've been clean since then, except for possibly one or two instances of spam removal, and declining comment when asked. Oops, I forgot. Questioning whether a gun control rally was a suitable "event" for a year article, and (loosely relevant) questioning whether some student victims were suitable for deaths or births in year articles.

The only other sanctions still in effect against me, are a 1RR/week restriction on Tea Party. See User:Arthur Rubin#List of known editing restrictions. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 23:24, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

FYI, Arthur Rubin, please note that Harry hasn't edited in over a month. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 23:31, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

I know that. The rules say I have to ask here, first, before asking at

WP:AE. — Arthur Rubin (talk)

23:33, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXV, January 2020

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

Administrator changes Ergo Sum • Nick Moyes • QEDK • Wugapodes Dennis Brown Aude • BrownHairedGirl • CALR • Jengod • John Reaves • J.smith • Kim Dent-Brown • K1Bond007 • MECU • Refdoc • RHaworth

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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
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• 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. [1]

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
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Hi Harry. I have been working on an article about the Herbert Vivian. He was a fascinating man, who moved in high circles in the years leading up to the First World War. He was a good friend of both Randolph and Winston Churchill, moved in Oscar Wilde's circle - and was directly responsible for the split between Wilde and Whistler - and was the private secretary of Wildfed Scawen Blunt. He was a passionate Jacobite and was instrumental in the Neo-Jacobite Revival of the 1890s. After the war, this monarchism turned to outright fascism, especially an admiration for Mussolini. He published several books, including works on Serbia which are still quoted, founded at least two newspapers, and was a prolific journalist. He is now largely forgotten, but his story weaves together many threads of late Victorian and inter-war British history.

The article passed GA a while ago, and I would like to submit it for FA consideration. This is my first attempt at an FA, and I would dearly love some feedback and mentoring. Given your interest in British history, I was hoping you would consider acting as my mentor? Many thanks for the consideration, The Mirror Cracked (talk) 18:26, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I hadn't realised you were less active these days. I will try to find another mentor to work with. Best, The Mirror Cracked (talk) 19:17, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

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This user User:อัลเบิร์ is trying to make an edit war and I explain about the Wikipedia policy to him but I argue to block anyone who blames to edit in content that this user only thinks he is true. No one can edit on the page that the user was overseer. I need you to tell him to understand the rule and don't make another misunderstanding in Wikipedia rule, especially I need you to BLOCK him to resolve the problem that this user make.

Thank You Ministerboy (talk) 05:10, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Excuse me but are you, Ministerboy, the IP that are constantly making reverts on those pages? If you are, I believe that you are the one that are violating the rules and try to put your faults into the other's hand. The other user is asking for a discuss with you but you don't do it. Your version of edits cannot be accepted because it came later and the other user is not consenting with you. So you have to discuss first but you choose not to do it and instead, committed warring edit violation. อัลเบิร์ (talk) 05:11, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Dear User:อัลเบิร์ That another IP is my friend that sits behind me, I work for Wikipedia Thai football for 4 Year and I was work for Thai FA for 2 years until now. Why you delete the honor content of every Thai team and why you delete the history of every Thai team. All the information I find with my ability with my Wikipedia user friend for 4 year and you came here to delete and tell me to talk with you first. That was absurd and can't accept. STOP doing this action for the better way of finding the information from Wikipedia. Ministerboy (talk) 05:16, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

As info, I blocked all 3 users for 24 hours for edit warring. Didn't realize Ministerboy had left this same message to 6-7 others. -- ferret (talk) 14:00, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

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

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

Administrator changes Money emoji Athaenara • DeltaQuad Fishhead64 • Kudpung • Mikaey Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad

CheckUser changes DeltaQuad Oversight changes DeltaQuad

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
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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.

I take a bet with you that after three days the troll will be back at it again!! Govvy (talk) 17:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

That's fine, but part of Wikipedia being a wiki is that it's openly editable (as far as possible), so we use page protection sparingly. If the problems resurface on Friday, it's easy to enough to re-apply the protection. Just ask me here or go back to RfPP. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Long time no see. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:00, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks mate! Always a pleasure to see you around. Alas, real life keeps me busy but I'm trying to get back into WP, or at least check my watchlist every couple of days but I'm having to borrow the mrs' laptop at the moment. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:54, 3 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Harry, Good to see you around again, hope all is well. If you are still into grade II listed war memorials, I took some photos of this one. ϢereSpielChequers 17:58, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@WereSpielChequers: Thanks! Long time no see! I must get up to London soon. I like war memorials of all shapes and sizes but my focus is still Lutyens and related memorials. Congratulations on your elevation to sainthood, btw! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:22, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Welcome back. Harry, my spam folder has 3 emails that claim they're from you, from early February to 2 March, that are probably malware links to sites in Russia and Grenada. It could easily be someone spoofing your email, or you might have an infected machine. - Dank (push to talk) 02:05, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Hey Dan, I'm pretty sure its someone spoofing my address—Doug Weller mentioned receiving something similar but there's nothing like that in my sent folder. It wouldn't be the first time. It seems to happen every now and then. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:59, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Harry, that's a more religious analogy than I'm entirely comfortable with, but I shall see if my halo can be pressed into service as a frisbee. Ping me when you are next coming to see us in London. ϢereSpielChequers 10:40, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@WereSpielChequers: I might need to dispatch someone to the National Archives to help with an article in the near future (depending on how much it'll cost for them to send me a copy vs someone going in person). Would you be up for a trip to Kew? :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:34, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Harry, quite possibly, email me details in a week or so if you need me. ϢereSpielChequers 10:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

• Good to know you are back, I was getting worried for a while. I'm just cleaning up for my departure from Wikipedia, but if Wikimania goes ahead in BKK I'll be there to say a few real farewells despite what looked like attempts at Arbcom to ban me from the conference. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:38, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
• Ran into a page you just protected and thought, "Harry's back!" Hope spotting your work is a regular occurrence. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:36, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Can you revdel this [2]? Thanks. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 13:26, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don't feel that comes close to meeting the criteria for revdel. Note that the criterion is "grossly offensive, insulting, or degrading" (my emphasis), not just anything rude and unpleasant. In general, it's a principle of Wikipedia that we keep everything (even junk) unless it absolutely has to go because it causes harm. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

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Hello HJ. Please see this post at AIV today complaining about 116.206.40.2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). You previously created a one-week rangeblock of Special:Contributions/116.206.40.96/27 to deal with this possible Alex Neman sock, but it appears that the block might have to widen to /24 to deal with it. For example a block of Special:Contributions/116.206.40.0/24 might be needed. I just blocked the single IP that was reported. My own review of the /24 suggests that it might be blocked for a long time without losing any useful contributions. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ed. I usually start with a range narrow enough to capture all the IPs I know about and then widen from there if the problems persist. I had a look and you're right; we probably wouldn't be losing anything of value from a block of the wider range, so I've blocked 116.206.40.0/24 for a month. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:40, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. Regarding this RfP close...how about now? Those are all new since I requested protection. This anon has done this 5 times this month, some 15 or so times over the past year. I'm quite tired of reverting this single-purpose disruptor. As you noted, the edits are persistent. What can be done? The IPs are all from the same range: 2601:648:8701:2c0:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx. Might some sort of range block help? --IllaZilla (talk) 14:57, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

@IllaZilla: I've blocked 2601:648:8701:2c0::/64 for a month. That probably won't solve all your problems because it doesn't capture every IP they've used (I can't really do that without blocking half the Internet, and the software won't let me do that anyway), but hopefully it'll make it a little bit more difficult for them. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:46, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, hopefully that will provide some relief. --IllaZilla (talk) 15:14, 24 March 2020 (UTC)