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Page Protection Request

Hi there. Could you place The Apprentice (UK series 14) under semi-protection until the end of December? We got some IP Users making unhelpful edits to this article that need to be curbed. GUtt01 (talk) 19:58, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

GUtt01. Gave it a month. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:54, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Hi, can you put The Witchfinders under page protection? We got an IP user vandalising it with slander against another editor. It's my belief it's Hyper121, who caused this trouble to them before, and is using IPs to circumvent a Indefinite Block against them to commit slanderous attacks upon them. User being victimised is AlexTheWhovian, who doesn't deserve this. GUtt01 (talk) 16:36, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

{{u:GUtt01||. Semi the page, revision delete the comments and blocked the IP. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 16:55, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

We need page protection on It Takes You Away ASAP! Vandalising harassment attacks on AlexTheWhovian have been committed on this page. I think we also need to highlight the matter on the Admin noticeboard - we need to alert Admins that this editor is being targeted with harassment and trolling attacks, and it is possible someone is doing so after being blocked for this behaviour. GUtt01 (talk) 14:47, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

Al Ameer son • Randykitty • Spartaz

Boson • Daniel J. Leivick • Efe • Esanchez7587 • Fred Bauder • Garzo • Martijn Hoekstra • Orangemike

Interface administrator changes

Deryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
• A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
• A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

• Administrators and bureaucrats can no longer unblock themselves unless they placed the block initially. This change has been implemented globally. See also this ongoing village pump discussion (permalink).
• To complement the aforementioned change, blocked administrators will soon have the ability to block the administrator that placed their block to mitigate the possibility of a compromised administrator account blocking all other active administrators.
• Since deployment of Partial blocks on Test Wikipedia, several bugs were identified. Most of them are now fixed. Administrators are encouraged to test the new deployment and report new bugs on Phabricator or leave feedback on the Project's talk page. You can request administrator access on the Test Wiki here.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
• Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries

• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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IP Troll detected

There's an IP trolling the editor I mentioned to you before, who seems to think he deserves being harrassed. People may be entitled to making their own opinions, but if you dare say someone should be harrassed for something that was not there fault at all, and is being purely victimised, then you are as bad as them - this is purely my opinion. IP is 86.187.169.80. GUtt01 (talk) 10:32, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

GUtt01. I blocked the IP and semi protected the talk page. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:24, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

I think we have a serious problem with IPs targetting AlextheWhovian. There is persistent attempts to slander and victimise him, and common link seems to be towards pages he edits covering Doctor Who. GUtt01 (talk) 21:10, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

GUtt01 Did you see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Lookin for a range block please? I guess a range block can't work. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:09, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Yeah. As soon as you block an IP, the individual could just get another allocated to them, and keep on going. It does seriously raise a question - how can Wikipedia truly tackle harassment, slander, and vandalism, if it maintains an open policy of editing for those without accounts? If someone tries to vandalise and gets their registered account blocked, at least trying to circumvent it with another account makes it easier to spot the behaviour and note the account as a sock puppet. GUtt01 (talk) 23:00, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

List of islands by area

Hi Cambridge, I noticed you reverted my change on the number of countries on the island of North-South America. While the statistic states that there are 35 countries within the American realms, some of these are Caribbean or other island countries, and so are not part of the landmass of North/South America. There are 10 countries in mainland North America and 13 in South America:

• Canada
• USA
• Mexico
• Belize
• Guatemala
• El Salvador
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Surinam
• France (French Guiana)
• Brazil
• Uruguay
• Argentina
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Bolivia
• Peru
• Ecuador

So, by my count, 23. Please let me know if this clears up the misunderstanding. Thanks, RedPanda25 22:31, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

RedPanda25. Sorry about that. Chalk it up to me being stupid that day. I just rolled it back. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:47, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding, but I have another question: should disputed territories such as Kosovo and Somaliland be included in the count for Afro-Eurasia? Also, I don't know how they got the number of 14 dependencies, as the only ones in mainland Afro-Eurasia are Hong Kong and Macau . I'm going to check if the same mistake was made for that landmass (and I have a feeling it was). Regards, RedPanda25 01:00, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

How's the Weather? Hamster Sandwich (talk) 22:55, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Hamster Sandwich. Thanks for the tea. It's −30 °C (−22 °F) with a wind chill of -43. Still a lot better than the −38 °C (−36 °F) and -52 wind cill we had a couple of weeks ago. How is where you are? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:24, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Uh... Warmer than there! 0C trending to -8 over the next few days. Presently a miserable cold mist. I keep seeing your name pop up on my watched pages and thought I'd drop a note here. The Martin Hartwell article finally resembles something people could read. I have been recently pleased to see a few articles I created are at least "B" class now. Very satisfying, and I think the first ever article I wrote here Angus McAskill is a much better joint as well.

At the risk of inviting opprobrium, (which I think is something I can completely disregard after getting the stick the other day) I would say that after a week or so back in the saddle, the only thing I'm lacking at the moment is the "See Recent Changes" tool. I'll ask for it back in a month or something. No need for me to ever block or even rollback when there are so many people on top of things.

I mentioned on my little user space that I have certain friends in the project who I have worked with, and you are certainly one of them. Glad to see you have remained so engaged in the project! Best regards, Hamster Sandwich (talk) 23:38, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much. It's always good to see old friends back again. Welcome back. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:36, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

• Question: Would you have acess to an image of a Beech 18 at YCB that we could use for the Hartwell article? Best regards, Hamster Sandwich (talk) 20:58, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Hamster Sandwich No I don't. I can't remember the last time I saw one. There are only two Canadian civil register Beech 18 at Commons, File:C-FWJC Beech Expeditor 3T Central Mountain Air YVR 11APR93 (6926180007).jpg and File:Beechcraft D18S CF-QPD (16389694212).jpg. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:36, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for that... Having one on the field at YCB would have been too perfect. I think that article could be bumped up from start class at this point as well. It's pretty well complete. There can't be much more to add to that than there is now. Reading the note that Hartwell left his son, when he thought the end was coming... The truth of a man at the end.... "I was good in my heart" Reminds me of Mawson's Ordeal. Cheers man, Hamster Sandwich (talk) 22:27, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

User failing to heed warnings on vandalism

This user, Dboora, has been warned about vandalizing Wikipedia articles, and it seems they've been cheeky to not heed this. Could you make them learn that this behaviour is not acceptable? GUtt01 (talk) 22:21, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

Actually, I think you better block the editor in question - I don't believe they are using it for anything other than vandalism, based on their contributions on Wikipedia. They have done nothing at all than this. GUtt01 (talk) 22:36, 5 December 2018 (UTC)

GUtt01 I see they haven't edited in a while. See what happens. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 09:30, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Caught them doing the same thing again tiday - they vandalised an article with personal opinion. They are not doing anything constructive at all.

Criteria for PP?

Hi. At [1] you declined to protect the page with "Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection". I stated "Of the last couple dozen edits [in about 3.5 months], only one was possibly legitimate". After skimming WP:PP etc. (which are very long), I don't see any real guidance on what is considered "enough". I was about to propose semi-protection on Robin Williams on similar grounds, but it's not as severe as the other article. What metric should I use to keep from making requests that will be declined? Is there something else I can do, other than wasting time having to watch pages so closely? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 00:17, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

AlanM1. Normally several a day is needed. If there are one or two a day then pending changes but that articles editing is slow. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 09:53, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Persistent ref spamming

Good morning. We're having a problem with persistent WP:REFSPAM by an IP at French Alps, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alps and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Can you please semi this for some period of time? - Ahunt (talk) 13:24, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Ahunt Gone with four days foe now. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:05, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Super, thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 15:17, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Category:Inuit from the Northwest Territories has been nominated for discussion

Category:Inuit from the Northwest Territories, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Bearcat (talk) 23:46, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

About moving my article

Hi!

Can you tell me please why did you move my article to sandbox? It's very important and I need it to be done by tomorrow. My username is Alexandra117 and my article was Arta si arhitectura mameluca.

Thank you

Alexandra117. This is the English language Wikipedia. All articles must be in English. You should either post it at the Romanian Wikipedia or translate it into English. By the way there is already Mamluk architecture. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:36, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Merry

		Happy Christmas!
		Hello CambridgeBayWeather, Early in A Child's Christmas in Wales the young Dylan and his friend Jim Prothero witness smoke pouring from Jim's home. After the conflagration has been extinguished Dylan writes that Nobody could have had a noisier Christmas Eve. And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in at them. Jim and I waited, very quietly, to hear what she would say to them. She said the right thing, always. She looked at the three tall firemen in their shining helmets, standing among the smoke and cinders and dissolving snowballs, and she said, "Would you like anything to read?" My thanks to you for your efforts to keep the 'pedia readable in case the firemen chose one of our articles :-) Best wishes to you and yours and happy editing in 2019. MarnetteD|Talk 18:22, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Please protect Silent Letter

Hi CambridgeBayWeather. You recently implemented protected status to Silent English alphabet. The same vandal that was modifying that article has been vandalizing Silent letter. The user in question is a mobile editor, so their IP address jumps around a bit. As a heads up, that user also has a history of vandalizing Hard and soft C. Can you protect Silent letter and possibly watch Hard and soft C?

My past discussions regarding the user were addressed to Home Lander, whom I have also notified about this issue. All the best, Overjive (talk) 22:11, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I have semiprotected the article and implemented a rangeblock of the user in question. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Just wanted to acknowledge that I have read this note as well. Thanks. Home Lander (talk) 00:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks all. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:17, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Recent full protection of India article

Recently you put the article on India under full protection, but you left the disruptive edit unreverted. It's important that it be undone, as not only does it use non-MOS and non-consensus numerical expressions but at least two of the conversions are wrong ("7.5 lakh (75 million) years ago" and "over 1,200 crore (1.2 billion)...people"). Dhtwiki (talk) 22:42, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

That's because I was protecting and not taking part in a content dispute. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 08:10, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Yes Cambridge, but that doesn't mean to reward one User who repeatedly violates 3RR and punish others who had the decency to not engage in revert war. Please revert it to the original version and then you can protect it. --King Zebu (talk) 08:05, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Also, what about Wikipedia:Stable version?! Clearly the version which you protected isn't stable because it represents the POV pushing by one User while violating multiple Wikipedia MOS guidelines. I urge you to use better judgement. --King Zebu (talk) 09:22, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Aircraft flight control system

We seem to be having a persistent IP vandalism problem with this article. Can you please give it a short period of "semi"? - Ahunt (talk) 16:50, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Ahunt. I've gone with a week. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:57, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Super, thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 23:20, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Yo Ho Ho

ϢereSpielChequers is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Christmas, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec18a}}~~~~ to your friends' talk pages.

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Revdel

Hi CambridgeBayWeather, Hope all is well,
Just wondering should this have been revdelled ?, I originally closed the ANI thread as "blocked and revdelled" (assuming it had been) but the OP has since told me it's not revdelled so thought I'd ask or make you aware,
Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:15, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Davey Thanks for pointing that out. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:59, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Davey2010 CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:18, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi CBW, No worries thanks for revdelling :), Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 12:14, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

	Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
	Hi CambridgeBayWeather, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Prosperous New Year, Thanks for all your help and thanks for all your contributions to the 'pedia,    –Davey2010 Merry Christmas / Happy New Year 14:30, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas !!!

CAPTAIN RAJU(T) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

India dispute

Hello CambridgeBayWeather. Since you recently protected India due to a dispute about style, you might be interested in a recent complaint at WP:AN3 that I closed with a warning to one of the parties. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 05:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Xmas

FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:39, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello CambridgeBayWeather, 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 2019. Happy editing, Walk Like an Egyptian (talk) 05:39, 25 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Harshad PK Page Move

Hello CambridgeBayWeather. Can you help me to move page name Harshad PK to Harshad. He is Indian film Maker and Known as Harshad Labeeb3030 (talk) 04:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Labeeb3030 Done. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:10, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

CambridgeBayWeather,
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and a Happy New Year to you and yours! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:20, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, CambridgeBayWeather!

Happy New Year!

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

Happy New Year!

CambridgeBayWeather,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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• Sorry bit late I know but late is better than nothing at all :) - I wish you and yours a very Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New Year, Take care, –Davey2010 ^{Merry Christmas / Happy New Year} 17:26, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes

Galobtter

Orangemike

BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange

Bureaucrat changes

Addshore

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork

Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

• The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
• Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

• Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

• Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
• {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

• Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

• Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
• Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Rupesh D Gohil Page

Dear CambridgeBay

Hope you are doing good Rupesh D Gohil this page created in 2016 and working fine till last week without any issues last week aneemi bot deleted this page without proper reason after this i recreated this page again. with more and genuine references

please allow me to edit this page again.

Thank you Sachin G — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachinscreativity (talk • contribs) 06:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

The page was deleted in 2016. All the bot deleted was a redirect. I see you have been working on a draft. When you think it is ready put the submit tag on and if it is accepted then it can be moved. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:43, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Warning for Edit Warring

I am not sure why I am being warned for edit warring. I am reverting the edits User:Joel David 99 of because he's adding information that is unsourced and not confirmed by any reliable source. I have given my rationale for reverting, where as User:Joel David 99 keeps adding the same information. Coderzombie (talk) 12:31, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Coderzombie Because you aren't reverting vandalism which makes it edit warring. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:43, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to join WikiProject Brands

	Hello, CambridgeBayWeather. You are invited to join WikiProject Brands, a WikiProject and resource dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of brands and brand-related topics. To join the project, just add your name to the member list. North America1000 20:14, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Reinstatement of page: Martha Skewermann

Hi CambridgeBayWeather, the page 'Martha Skewermann' was recently deleted, apparently due to (A7: No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events)) however there is definite public interest in this page as indicated by existing public interest in Martha Skewermann via her public web presence. If you could undelete the page that would be great! Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pru Skewermann (talk • contribs) 15:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC) Pru Skewermann (talk) 15:44, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Pru Skewermann. I have restored it and moved it to User:Pru Skewermann/sandbox. It will need sourcing to show how it is notable. The fact that they have a web site is not an indication as just about anybody can create a site. Has it been mentioned by others in a non-trivial way? CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:03, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Category talk:Actress filmographies#Tara Strong Filmography Should be Renamed to List of Tara Strong Performances

You're invited to join the discussion at Category talk: Actress filmographies#Tara Strong Filmography Should be Renamed to List of Tara Strong Perfomances.

However another admin by the name of Anarchyte said it will be "out of place if the article's name got changed" on his/hers talk page.

Another admin this time who goes by the name of Acroterion had a message from someone else saying that after saying " Murdoc Niccals isn't protected. The Tara Strong filmography is indefinitely protected. You can ask Ohnoitsjamie for a change." Unfortunately said admin's talk page is protected.

Lastly, some actors/actress filmographies in their respective categories have the fancier sounding naming convention of List of (name) Perfomances rather than the simple and boring (name) Filmography. Leading sentence rather be changed into "Canadian-American actress Tara Strong has done voice work for numerous animations and video games and has performed in various live action productions."

So please accept the name change. Primary source for mentioned article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Strong_Filmography.

Night,

67.81.163.178 (talk) 23:48, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Please read WP:FORUMSHOPPING. MarnetteD|Talk 00:40, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

IP there appears to be only you so no I'm not moving it and also the whole forum shopping thing. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 10:08, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Protection of List of Presidential Trips

Hi, I'm wondering why you've protected List of presidential_trips made by Donald Trump (2019)? I don't see any disruption among the IP edits and if there was, short-term semi-protection would seem most appropriate. Galobtter (pingó mió) 18:30, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Galobtter (talk · contribs) Because of Wikipedia:Rough guide to extended confirmed protection ("Discretionary sanctions (which can be applied to articles on a number of topics specified by ArbCom) do not explicitly include ECP. However, ECP has been applied to a number of pages as a discretionary sanction. This includes pages related to the Gamergate controversy[5][6] and Indian castes.[7]"). CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:53, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

I know you can apply ECP as a discretionary sanction here, but I'm wondering why - there is no requirement to ECP anything to do with Trump. Galobtter (pingó mió) 12:55, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Galobtter. See Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2 and Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/American politics 2#Discretionary sanctions (1932 cutoff) which would include ECP. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:08, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

There is discretionary sanctions for American Politics, yes, but no requirement to ECP articles relating to American Politics - that is only the specific General Prohibition (separate from DS) which only applies to Arab-Israeli conflict related articles. Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:21, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Galobtter See what I wrote above. It can be applied to multiple topics that are subject to discretionary sanctions. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:35, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Page Protection Request - Government shutdowns in the United States

Can this article have some page protection please - either semi-protection or edit-confirmation protection - as there's been persistent problems with vandals on it, and it's probably being influenced by current events in the US.GUtt01 (talk) 08:10, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:00, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

May

I ask what was wrong with the article? You can reply on the talk page if you want. 92.6.189.117 (talk) 11:08, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

The title is non-neutral and tends to be North American use only. Something more general like Client (prostitution) would be more neutral. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:10, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Restored and moved. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 11:23, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Request for move an article page

To The Administrator

      Wikipedia

Sir

   I want to an article page title name changed by you.The article page is Sattari, Malda.I hope you moved the page Sattari, Malda to Sattari.The Wikipedia haven't an article page on Sattari name but it has redirect page.I hope you help me and moved the page with correct information and inline citations.

Yours Faithfully User:JMM000 JMM000 (talk) 16:35, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Done. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:11, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure this was a valid request. The page that was at Sattari was moved first to Satari, Goa then Satari, and I'm not sure the reasons for this are clear, as the article still uses both Sartari and Sattari. Most of the references on that page use Sattari and sometime since this revision someone has done a search and replace to change most (but not all) occurrances of Sattari to Satari, even in the titles of the references. I think some further consensus is needed on what name the page now at Satari should use, and if it is "Sattari" then decide on whether this or Sattari, Malda is a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, or whether it should be a DAB Spike 'em (talk) 13:01, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

On further checking, the person who changed Sattari to Satari is a banned SOCK, and the person who requested this move has requested the same to 2 other people so seems to be hunting around for someone to do so, rather than making a formal move request. Spike 'em (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Spike 'em I think I got them back to where they were before anybody started moving them. JMM000. If you want them moved then go to Wikipedia:Requested moves. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:40, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, and I've changed Sattari to have consistent spelling in article and have reference titles reflect what the sources say (as some do use Satari). Spike 'em (talk) 13:54, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi, the talk page of Sattari still redirects to Talk:Sattari, Malda, so not sure where the correct one is (as I was going to start a discussion on the correct name there). Spike 'em (talk) 15:51, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Dear, Sir/administrator I will request you to see Sattari page's original references/inline citations or informations because Sattari page title is originally related with 'Satari' title and then the Sattari, Malda page title is original related with 'Sattari' title.If you make my request, I will fill helped by you. Thanking you User:JMM000 JMM000 (talk) 15:16, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Ask for move

Dear, Sir/Administrator

User:CambridgeBayWeather Early you few hour ago you moved two article pages Sattari, Malda to 'Sattari' and Sattari (Sub district) to 'Satari' there is correct and one only but why you letter moved different or another title such as 'Satari' to 'Sattari' and 'Sattari' to 'Sattari, Malda.Your first edit is extremely correct.I hope you correct reverted there like as your firstly edit on there pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMM000 (talk • contribs) 19:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Request

Dear, administrator

Please saw my reply — Preceding unsigned comment added by JMM000 (talk • contribs) 20:21, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Satari (Sub district) listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Satari (Sub district). Since you had some involvement with the Satari (Sub district) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Spike 'em (talk) 23:07, 19 January 2019 (UTC)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)

hey there, thanks for protecting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show). Pepper Gaming (talk) 23:51, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

Discovered humour

Re this item: the next time I block somebody or protect an article for the length of time in question, I should really log the duration as one [[fortnight|Ponyo]]. :D —C.Fred (talk) 00:22, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

Washington County Northstars

Can you please reverse the deletion for my page (Washington County Northstars) I dont know why you put a speedy deletion tag on it, you should have just told me what to do so I could fix it. Please undo this Hockeywiz12 (talk) 16:13, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Hockeywiz12. It has already been deleted. In general high school sports teams are not going to be notable. See Wikipedia:Notability. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:07, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Christian terrorism

You facilitated the move of Christian terrorism to List of Christian terrorist incidents. I strongly object to the way that this move occurred, and I'd like to discuss it here with you before escalating the issue. The page has long been a POV-battleground. The move was motivated by an underlying POV-pushing agenda. There was essentially no opportunity for discussion. This is the kind of controversial move that, at a minimum, should have gone through the WP:RM process. Please move it back (I would have done it myself, but I don't have the necessary permissions), pending talk page discussion. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:36, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

All I did was move it from List of Christian Terrorist incidents (note the capital) to List of Christian terrorist incidents. Anyway it's put back. No time to fix the double redirects though. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:57, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Yes I realize that you were just fixing T→t, but I still figured you were the best person for me to ask. Thank you very much for restoring the pagename, I appreciate it greatly. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:07, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Jawad Fares

Hello there, I removed the tag because it comes from a new user who has no contributions and is continuously trying to delete the page for no apparent reason. I contacted the user, WikiUser658, on his talk page to understand the motive behind the actions but got no response. I also requested protection for the page to avoid further vandalism. I would therefore very much appreciate your help and advice. Thank you. Lebsci (talk) 17:06, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Lebsci First of all putting an article up for deletion is not vandalism. You really don't have to do anything. If the article is judged to be OK then it will be kept. It isn't going to be deleted based on one persons request. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 18:27, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello

Can you please protect this article for some time? Someone is continuing the edit war with an IP adress, it might be the user Wikaviani--105.157.71.131 (talk) 20:10, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

It should be OK for now. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:32, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

this user keeps adding things even though no consensus has been reached in the talk page. --105.157.71.131 (talk) 20:52, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

204.48.16.189

user:204.48.16.189 is making threats of violence on her talkpage. CLCStudent (talk) 21:48, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks CLCStudent. Changed it so they can't edit their talk page. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 21:53, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Battleground

I thought you might want to know that AZSH's first edit after their block expired[2] is a revert on the article they were previously blocked for edit-warring on. M.Bitton (talk) 00:04, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

M.Bitton Thanks for pointing that out. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:10, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Naomi Osaka ranking change.

I understand that mods don't want her rankings to change as it is not the date yet on which the ranking technically change, the 28th of January. What time is it ok to change the rankings: When rankings change on the wtatennis.com website, on the date in the US, on the date in the EST time zone or something else?

On other top 10 female tennis players I changed their rankings and the corresponding date as the wtatennis.com/rankings website has released their new rankings Sunday night. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Holdenpi (talk • contribs)

Holdenpi That is something that needs to be discussed at Talk:Naomi Osaka. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 17:02, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Legal threats

I have a COI WP:LEGALTHREATS case here. Can I trouble you to impose a block, as per the policy? - Ahunt (talk) 13:57, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Ahunt Done. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 16:44, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! - Ahunt (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Astroworld-Wish You Were Here Tour 2 protection

@CambridgeBayWeather: Hi, I have noticed a bunch of disruptive edits from IP users on the page Astroworld-Wish You Were Here Tour 2 and I and fellow Wikipedians are getting fed up. If you could place a semi-confirmed edits until the end of March that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! (talk)

Albany6 I'm not seeing much in the way of IP edits. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:07, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

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

Administrator changes

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• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

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The Sustainability Initiative

The Sustainability Initiative

Hello CambridgeBayWeather: An invitation for you to check out the Sustainability Initiative, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of the Wikimedia projects. If you're interested, please consider adding your name to the list of supporters, which serves to express and denote the community's support of the initiative. Thanks for your consideration! North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:36, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your wonderful improvements to the Indian hospital page! Allanaaaaaaa (talk) 18:04, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

Trisquel

Hi again. Since the second round of semi-protection expired on this article the same IP is back to vandalizing this article. Can we get longer-term semi-protection? - Ahunt (talk) 14:05, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

No problem. Go with 6 months this time. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 14:07, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. It always seems to be one fixed IP address, 207.215.78.126, so perhaps if it recurs after this period we can just block that one single IP? - Ahunt (talk) 15:12, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

It might. There is a main one from the US but I see a second minor one from Scotland. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

I am hoping they just "find a new hobby". - Ahunt (talk) 15:32, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

A user

Greetings Have been wanting to speak with you but under different circumstances, regardless... GUtt01 is being troublesome, please look into it? Thatwasreal (talk) 06:52, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I've just seen this message, and I am not being troublesome. This user is under the belief that I am. They recently had a couple of reversions made against edits on America's Got Talent by me, for claiming that there was grammar issues, when they were actually introducing the issues. I am not looking for trouble, but I don't feel comfortable having him harrassing me for something minor - I don't think he understands that users can delete messages on their talk page without needing to respond to them. GUtt01 (talk) 07:38, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

You are both being rather silly. Arguing over "Each" and "A". If the dispute is that bad take it to Talk:America's Got Talent, that's what it is there for. By the way for the other word being disputed try spelling it out in full and see if it fits. "over the course of it's history" becomes "over the course of it is history". Anyway, I see that the whole sentence has been changed a bit and looks fine as is. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:21, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I understand we should have taken it into a discussion on the article's talk page, but for some reason, I think they went overboard over minor grammar issues. Truth be told, I couldn't see sense in the sentence going "A season typically..." cause it just sounded wrong when you say it out loud. Anyway, I only hope he ignores me as much as I will ignore him - I just don't want the aggro and friction that disputes cause. GUtt01 (talk) 14:37, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

CBW, this is so nutty, as I said before I wish we were talking under different situations. I have known of you a while! GUtt01 has been questioned on his / her page before about being difficult and troublesome. They are following me around on Wikipedia and changing things that I didn't put up carelessly - they are worthwhile contributions. I am quite qualified to work in journalism, tv, as a reporter, etc... Would you like me to enumerate what this user is doing? They don't understand Strunk's obviously. They fly "false flags" and say they are on here to benefit whoever when they are quibbling much of the time. I can show you four more things but this is enough for now. I am tired of it!!! Thatwasreal (talk) 23:33, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I'd ignore him. He's really got no reason to question people reverting his edits if they believe there is an issue or mistake being made. I found he made a minor edit that introduced a grammar mistake, when the sentence it was put into had been perfectly fine as it was. And... how can he say he has known of me for a while? That user only started editing at the beginning of this year. GUtt01 (talk) 23:38, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Temp Semi-Protection required for The Grand Tour

I've taken a look at the history log of The Grand Tour, and I think it might need a temporary period of semi-protection - there's been some disruptive editing by IPs on that article, and I think some of the editors who reverted those would probably appreciate this being discouraged. GUtt01 (talk) 23:40, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

User name raises suspicions

I was taking a look at the history log of America's Got Talent: The Champions, when I came across a user with a name that raised suspicions. The user is called "Gottalentfan2019", and although they have only done a few edits, the name is too close to that of User:Gottalentfan, who was blocked for being a sockpuppet of another user who tried to circumvent their block, as per this this investigation. Could you check to determine if Gottalentfan2019 is not the same user using another sockpuppet, please? It just sounds to be too much of a coincidence, what with the similarity of names. GUtt01 (talk) 08:12, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I just too a look and saw the user was blocked - did I truly uncover a sockpuppet based on my suspicions? And if so, that quickly? GUtt01 (talk) 13:19, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I figured it was based on editing pattern and name. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:48, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured the name was probably part of the reason - when I saw it, I recognised a too strong similarity to another that I knew had been blocked for being a sockpuppet. Hence my concern it was the same person circumventing their block again. GUtt01 (talk) 21:15, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Temp Semi-Protection urgently required for America's Got Talent: The Champions

We need to stop vandalism on this page - there are multiple IP users editing it in a disruptive way, and all share the same nature of editing. I don't know what their game is, but we need to discourage this fast! GUtt01 (talk) 18:02, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Repeating the request - We definitely have a problem with disruptive editing on this article - the same person, under different IPs, keeps repeating the same style of editing without heeding any warnings. GUtt01 (talk) 09:33, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

OK. Done for a week. You may get a faster response at WP:RFPP but here works as well.. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 14:17, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I think this individual, hiding behind IPs, has a rather annoying knack for this. Let's hope he doesn't start doing this to other articles regarding talent contests. GUtt01 (talk) 16:57, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Thinking of you this morning

I was on wunderground.com today, looking at the map of their weather station network. I noticed a little dot on what I knew to be Cambridge Bay. I got curious, and confirmed it here. Just made me think of you this morning, so I thought I'd drop a line and say hi, and hope you are well! I still laugh about Ragged Ass Road! --Hammersoft (talk) 15:35, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Hammersoft It's suddenly turned mild here. Much better than the -35 we were having. Coincidence, Tom Cochrane who sang Ragged Ass Road was in Cambridge Bay last week. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:39, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

• Awesome! I know every word of the "Life is a Highway" song. It's funny though; your mild is not my mild. :) The older I get the less tolerant of the cold I become. There's a saying; freezing is your age. The older you get, the higher the temperature before you're freezing. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

I was thinking of CambridgeBayWeather recently too. Got some frost nip for the first time in years when my tears literally froze to my cheek and I was glad to live only as far north as I do. Has your grand-daughter been stuffed in the water tank recently? That was one of the funniest talk page exchanges I've ever seen. Meters (talk) 21:18, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

No I've been good and not stuffed anybody in the water tank for a while. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:20, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

If I remember correctly you put a hatch in the roof so it wouldn't be such a contortionist's act next time. Meters (talk) 04:44, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

It was the floor over the partial basement/room under the main floor of the house. The house is on stilts and most of it under the main floor is storage space. Part of it is a room with the boiler, water tank, sewage tank and hot water heater. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 04:51, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

Hi, I'm PRehse. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Sahib Bir Singh, and have marked it as unpatrolled. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you.

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Gregory Tony page move

Hi CambridgeBayWeather, I noticed you moved the page Gregory Tony (sheriff) to Gregory Tony, I listed this page at Wikipedia:Requested moves as the disambiguator may actually be necessary so that readers do not confuse the sheriff with the kickboxer with the same name as the only difference is the e being replaced with an é, and a hatnote may not be sufficient and it may be more appropriate to make Gregory Tony a disambiguation page in this case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64222368Z260O (talk • contribs) 20:07, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

No need. It's the same with a multitude of articles on Wikipedia. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:41, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

ICYMI

Hi. Just FYI in case you weren't aware, since you have some prior experience: WP:ANI#User:AZSH. Best, Leviv ich 04:03, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Need help - Another user is provoking an edit war despite asking for discussions and consensus on a matter.

A user is provoking me into edit warring, despite asking for discussion and consensus over an element of an article that is central to the problem. On the article for America's Got Talent I rearranged a table to focus purely on who was the host and judges for each respective season of the TV programme, but the user wants to revert it into something else that is not only a complete mess but highlights the chair order of judges, when that factor is not part of the table's purpose. The user is beginning to fray my nerves, because I already added my argument to the discussion on the article's talk page, and they just aren't listening to what I am trying to point out. GUtt01 (talk) 09:06, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

And now they are edit warring. I have informed they are doing that, but they just won't listen. I don't want to keep reverting, but I need an admin to stop things getting out of hand - I may be at fault, I don't know, but this has got to stop! I want to discuss the problem!! GUtt01 (talk) 09:09, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I have been putting in the Edit summary for him to stop reverting and open discussion, but he's not listening. The user is SportsFan007, and they were reported before for Edit Warring. Please help! He will not discuss the issue with me or on the article's talk page. GUtt01 (talk) 09:18, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I sigh with relief - he's stopped now and entered discussion on the article's talk page. That's all I wished had been done. No action needed now. GUtt01 (talk) 09:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Please help with article "Auad Raphael"- page nominated for deletion

Please help with article "Auad Raphael"- page nominated for deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.206.70.40 (talk) 15:49, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Stop adding spam. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:57, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

It's not spam — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.206.70.40 (talk) 16:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

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

Administrator changes

Evad37

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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Keegan • Ks0stm

Oversight changes

There'sNoTime

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Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
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And he stoppeth one of three

Why not have Ancient Mariner (disambiguation)? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:30, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Martinevans123 There is now and it's a redirect to Ancient mariner (disambiguation). CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:36, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Gosh that was quick. Only took -14 years. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:40, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Martinevans123 And stupid on my part the capitalised version should have been the main disambig so I moved the lower case version over. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:44, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

"Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!' An understandable mistake. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:49, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Found a User whose name seems... suspicious

Reviewing this - [3] - I came across an edit on America's Got Talent article with a user whose name is GTtfan2019. Although they have done one edit, this name is suspiciously similar to that of "Gottalentfan2019". It may coincidence, but this user's name has my suspicions questioning if the editor has created another sockpuppet. Could you check it out, if possible, just to determine if my suspicions are founded, or wide off the mark, please? GUtt01 (talk) 00:12, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

possibly but with only one edit hard to tell. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 02:00, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Unfree image removed - Rohan Fernando (geneticist)

Hi, I saw that you removed the pictures in the article "Rohan Fernando (geneticist)". I am new to Wikipedia, and I was wondering why these pictures were removed. Hope you can help me! THanks, N — Preceding unsigned comment added by ABG ISU (talk • contribs) 20:33, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

ABG ISU. Rohan Fernando (geneticist) is a living person. So even though the two images may the correct fair-use rationale there is a good chance that a free image could be found. See Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. One possible way is to contact him or the university to see if they would be willing to donate an image. However, them saying that the image here is OK will not work. The page would need a proper license on it or the would need to contact the OTRS with their permission CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 22:04, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Wilkerson

He wants to be known as Stevie this year. Why did you move his page back to Steve? I'm just seeking a clearer explaination. Kunigunda987 (talk) 00:00, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

OK. So who is Joe Trezza and what authority does he have over another person's name? For all we know Trezza could be playing a joke on Wilkerson. On top of that Twitter is not a reliable source for a BLP. All the references, but one, in the article Steve Wilkerson say "Steve". One of mlib references says says "Stevie" but the other mlib reference says "Steve". One a number of reliable sources use "Stevie" then the article could be moved. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 00:35, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Joe Trezza is the Orioles beat reporter from mlb.com. He was just relaying to his followers what the Orioles PR department said. Thank you anyway. Kunigunda987 (talk) 00:44, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

PCCW

AnomieBOT version is not the "stable" version. The edits by Nashmanhk was reverted by Abelmoschus Esculentus due to paid and was blocked. Matthew hk (talk) 12:10, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

OK. I went back aa bit more. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 12:14, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

New mailing list for Wikimedia Canada

Good day, this message is to inform you that Wikimedia Canada has created a new mailing list operated by Mailman. This mailing list is for all discussions related to the Wikimedia movement in Canada, in both English and French. Announcements from Wikimedia Canada will always be bilingual, but you are welcomed to discuss in any language of your choice. The old google group will be abandoned. To join this mailing list, please go to [4]. Please make sure to check your spam folder for the confirmation email since it seems to always go there. Also, please forward this message to anybody who may be interested. Thank you and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. JP Béland (WMCA) (talk) 13:11, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Underground Resistance

Hi, just wanted to say thankyou for the work you've done on Underground Resistance and related pages. You've done what I was hoping to achieve but got into a bit of a mess on the way and gave up, was going to contact an Admin today about it! Thanks again :) Altcurrents (talk) 18:01, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Altcurrents. No problem. Glad I could help. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 19:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Natalie Shaw

the original page actually said that is had numerous issues on it look at the histroy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cadetrain (talk • contribs) 21:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Carlton Fredericks Website

You have protected the Carlton Fredericks page from edits at the request of the author.

The page relies for sourcing on a self-published, non-neutral source, Quackwatch.org. Quackwatch.org is the website of Stephen Barrett, and the article is by Stephen Barrett. Wikipedia's criteria for credible sources provides, "self-published media are largely not acceptable." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Self-published_sources_(online_and_paper). The site is also an advocacy site. It is a non-neutral source, which produces negative articles about individuals deemed by the website owner to be "quacks."

The page also repeats, verbatim, material from this source without quotations, a violation of Wikipeda's antiplagiarism policy. The sentence "A heavy smoker, he died of a heart attack at the age of 76." is a quote from Quackwatch.org. As written, the article suggests Fredericks died from complications due to smoking. In the context of the negative article, this sentence is offered to further discredit Fredericks' claims about health. No support is offered for this claim.

The article was edited to remove the smoking reference (unsourced and nonneutral) and to remove the citation to Quackwatch (a non-neutral, self-published source). (The edit also had the advantage of eliminating the page author's plagiarism.) An explanation of the edit was provided when it was made.

The author of the page persistently reversed the edits, without reason or support. To avoid Wikipedia's ban on edit warring, he switched from his logged in account to editing as IP and continued to reverse the edit. He then reversed the edit again and appealed to you to protect the page.

Please explain why you are preventing a correction of page that would bring it into compliance with Wikipedia's policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.100.193 (talk)

You can note that QuackWatch.org is run though an advisory board of experts, so hardly WP:SPS. - Ahunt (talk) 15:49, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Please see the definition of "self-published." Also, please explain the basis for the claim that an advisory board exists, that it is expert, and that it has reviewed this article. Finally, please explain why you believe this article to be neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.100.193 (talk) 18:08, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Well IP I most certainly did not protect the page based on a request from Stephen Barrett. Are you making a claim that Barrett is editing as Alexbrn and as IP 82.132.229.89? If you think that is the case you need to go to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations or stop making silly claims. Quackwatch has been found to be reliable for certain things and Ahunt is not suggesting that it/they have reviewed the Carlton Fredericks page. Wikipedia does not have outside organisations review pages. I protected the page due to the Wikipedia:Edit warring that was occurring. Finally, you are at the wrong page. If you think the material should not be included then go to Talk:Carlton Fredericks. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:54, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

No, I did not claim that you protected the page at the request of Stephen Barrett. I claimed that you protected the page at the request of the page author/editor, Alexbrn. I suggested this because the last entry before you blocked editing was Alexbrn's talk comment, "Last good." Alexbrn reversed the edit multiple times without justification, switched to IP to continue to reverse it to avoid being called out for edit warring, and apparently finished by calling upon you for help to prevent the edit, which you provided.

The Quackwatch article is a self-published source; sourcing from these is largely prohibited under Wikipedia policy. It is also a non-neutral source with respect to this topic, and the extensive reliance on it as a source makes the article non-neutral. You can tell that the Quackwatch article is a non-neutral source because the article is titled "A Critical Look at Carleton Fredericks." The author, Stephen Barrett, writes slam pieces on alternative medicine practitioners he deems to be "quacks." Both the use of self-published pieces as sources and non-neutrality are prohibited under Wikipedia policies. This was already pointed out in talk on the edit page and can be found in the edit history. It did not prevent Alexbrn from summarily reversing the edit. Reposting these comments on the talk page would likely not lead to a different result. (It should also be noted that the Barrett article has numerous mistakes, including the name of the subject.)

No one has suggested that Wikipedia has or should have outside boards read articles. The comment was a response to Ahunt's comment that Quackwatch claims to be run through an advisory board, which seemed to have been offered as a counter to the fact that the Barrett article is self-published and non-neutral. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.156.100.193 (talk) 13:07, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

WP:AFD

An article you created or have contributed to has been nominated for deletion
Click the image for an important message. Like, it's April Fools' Day today, you know? So...   Keep   on   keepin'   on!    North America1000 10:08, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Flodden is up for deletion again

Portal:Flodden is up for deletion again. See: Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Flodden (2nd nomination)

--Auric talk 12:39, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Draft:Ulugbekhon Maksumov

Hi @CambridgeBayWeather: Here is another editor who is moved his article out of draft, perhaps due to his other draft being rejected. scope_creep^Talk 15:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

scope_creep. I see you moved it back let me know if they move it again. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 15:53, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Mentioned your administrative action

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Anti political shills. I commented on one of your administrative actions. Nil Einne (talk) 21:50, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

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

Administrator changes

Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB

Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah

Mentifisto → Lofty abyss

Interface administrator changes

Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes

DeltaQuad

Kingturtle

Technical news

• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Susan Glenny (sports women)-page that was salted that is still listed as a draft by the creator

as well as Susan Glenny. Which should be deleted and salted as well. (I moved Susan Glenny (sports women) to Susan Glenny earlier, which yes they should be salted). Thanks. Wgolf (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Wgolf Thanks. Got it. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 03:37, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Demorea Sock

Would you mind mentioning that you blocked the sock at the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Demoreasimpson16, which I had created prior to your blocking), that way it can be properly closed, please? Thanks! - Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:28 on April 10, 2019 (UTC)

Neutralhomer Forgot about that. Done now. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 07:33, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Okie Dokie. Thanks! - Neutralhomer • Talk • 07:34 on April 10, 2019 (UTC)

Airport articles

Regarding ft vs. m in airport articles, fair point. I'll keep the original feet measurements in the Infoboxes in my future edits. But that doesn't change the fact that articles which relate to countries using metric units should show metric units first, as per WP:METRIC. Getsnoopy (talk) 02:18, 12 April 2019 (UTC)

Please restore the page that you deleted

Hi there,

I created a page a few days ago which has been deleted by you because another page was already created before with the same information. I understand this and I completely agree with you, however, there is much information that needs to be corrected on the old page and I couldn't make any of those changes. The page was created from another account and unfortunately, I don't have access to that account anymore.

My client "Craig Huey" wants me to either update the information about him on the old page or create a new one. Can you please help me with this so that I can solve this issue as soon as possible?

If you could help me out with this then it will really great.

Thank you, Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterGuirguis10 (talk • contribs) 00:48, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Redirection

Hi, it appears that you tried to create a redirect at List of defunct airlines of Republic of Fiji, but didn't do it correctly. I've fixed it now. For future reference, the correct redirect syntax is:

#REDIRECT [[target page name]]

You can check redirects with the Preview button before saving them. If you have created a working redirect, the preview will show the name of the target page alongside a bent arrow (or "Redirect to:" label in text mode). — Smjg (talk) 14:45, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom 2019 special circular

Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email Change your password now if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security

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Why have I received this message? All administrators are receiving it. What prompted you to send this message? Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account. What do I need to do? Only to follow the instructions in this message. Check that your password is unique (not reused across sites). Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable). Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers. How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)? You can find out more about 2FA at m:2FA.

This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:55, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019

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

Administrator changes

HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS

Necrothesp

Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman

Interface administrator changes

Pharos

Bureaucrat changes

Primefac

CheckUser changes

Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello

You have no right to move pages created by me. I will leave the wikipedia, I will no longer collaborate. Thank you Alvorado 12:29, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Alvorado I'm sorry you feel that way but things like List of defunct airlines of Republic of Panama should be at the common name which is Panama. In other words the same name as the country. We don't have List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland but we have List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom which is the common name. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 13:02, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

Help request with failed page move archiving

Hello, I just botched up a page move, and would ask for your help: I practise page-move archiving for my talk page, and had intended to archive my talk page to the next sequential namespace, User talk:Ohconfucius/archive36, but instead moved it to User talk:Ohconfucius/archive. Could you please help me by moving the archive to the intended place and then deleting the un-numbered archive (redirect) left behind? Many thanks in advance, -- Ohc ^¡digame! 16:40, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Ohconfucius No problem. Fixed. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 16:43, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Many thanks. Regards, -- Ohc ^¡digame! 20:57, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

Artist stubs

Hello! I thought I would drop you a note as I have been making stub articles on women artists, many of whom turn out to be from Nunavut. I found theses particular artists by parsing the permanent collection list of the National Gallery of Canada. I recently saw also that the Avataq Cultural Institute did not have a page, so I made one. As you live in Nunavut, I thought you might have ideas for improvement. I know that sounds like "Do you know Jack from Toronto", but I have a feeling you might have input. See the list on my user page. Thanks.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 16:25, 20 May 2019 (UTC)