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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello Dodger67, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

• ACTRIAL's six month experiment restricting new page creation to (auto)confirmed users ended on 14 March. As expected, a greatly increased number of unsuitable articles and candidates for deletion are showing up in the feed again, and the backlog has since increased already by ~30%. Please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day.

Paid editing

• Now that ACTRIAL is inoperative pending discussion, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

• The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies. A further discussion is currently taking place at: Can a subject specific guideline invalidate the General Notability Guideline?

Nominate competent users for Autopatrolled

• While patrolling articles, if you find an editor that is particularly competent at creating quality new articles, and that user has created more than 25 articles (rather than stubs), consider nominating them for the 'Autopatrolled' user right HERE.

News

• The next issue Wikipedia's newspaper The Signpost has now been published after a long delay. There are some articles in it, including ACTRIAL wrap-up that will be of special interest to New Page Reviewers. Don't hesitate to contribute to the comments sections. The Signpost is one of the best ways to stay up date with news and new developments - please consider subscribing to it. All editors of Wikipedia and associated projects are welcome to submit articles on any topic for consideration by the The Signpost's editorial team for the next issue.

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Your draft article, Draft:Saudi women in the arts

Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Saudi women in the arts".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  » Shadowowl | talk 12:35, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2018

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

Administrator changes

331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG

Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

• Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
• Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
• The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
• The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

• A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
• The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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Your draft article, User:Vikash.kumawat96/sandbox

Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  » Shadowowl | talk 11:57, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Not my draft, but I've moved it to mainspace anyway. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:20, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Statistics

The site standard is to all intents and purpose WP:NOTSTATS. See also WP:TOOMUCH. As for discussions, see this RFC and this addition to the cricket project style guide. You might also see the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kagiso Rabada.

May I suggest that in future you first politely approach other editors via their talk page before rudely reverting their edits and making demands. Protea caffra (talk) 11:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Protea caffra, thanks for the pointers. May I suggest you see WP:BRD and WP:AGF, there is nothing "rude" about my reverting your edit, that's the "R" of BRD, reverting and then discussing is the normal way these matters are handled. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:24, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. I apologise for not having seen WP:BRD before which means my reaction was hasty and unjustified. The cricket project is trying to remove indiscriminate statistics from articles. I am new to editing but as a long-time reader I detest these tables. There seems to be a craze for creating them amongst editors in the sub-continent, especially one from Sri Lanka. Infoboxes are good and statistics in context are helpful aids like squad summaries, championship placings and the like. But, awards and whatever are just stats for the sake of stats and that breaches the NOSTAT rule. Protea caffra (talk) 12:32, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Didier Stainier has been accepted

Hi Dodger67, Thank you very much for restoring and accepting the article, and for your valuable feedback and tips. I will continue to edit and improve the article. Scairp4 (talk) 19:19, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

South African film production company & producers

Hello Dodger67:

Thank you for accepting my articles about Moonlighting Film Production Services and film producers Genevieve Hofmeyr and Phillip Key. The Moonlighting Film Production Services and Phillip Key articles were speedily deleted. I have rewritten them extensively in my own words to avoid any potential problem. If you find them suitable, could you please accept them? They are much shorter than the previous ones. Do you perhaps know why the Genevieve Hofmeyr article does not come up in Google Searches? There has been a comment that they are not notable - the company and both producers have produced and/or co-produced some of the world's biggest blockbuster films (eg "Avengers: Age of Ultron", "The Dark Tower", it's a very long list) and television series ("Homeland", "Black Sails", etc) so I'm not entirely sure how they are not viewed as notable given that they are the most successful and prominent South African producers and film production company.

Moonlighting Film Production Services: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Moonlighting_Film_Production_Services Phillip Key (film producer): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Phillip_Key_(Film_producer)#Phillip_Key_(film_producer) Genevieve Hofmeyr: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_Hofmeyr

The company's website is: http://www.moonlighting.co.za/film-tv/team/

Thank you very much.

Mockby 123 (talk) 07:40, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Coloured: capitalised or not?

Howzit, Dodge. In perusing some of the articles written in South African English (namely Apartheid) I've noticed there is some inconsistency as to whether "Coloured" should be capitalised or not, in the same way "white" and "black" are usually left uncapitalised. I always thought "Coloured" was a reference to a specific ethnic group (people of mixed race in Anglophone Southern Africa) and should therefore be capitalised as an ethnic group rather than a generic racial label accordingly. Are you aware of what the norm is in South African English? Does the capitalisation or lack thereof make the term pejorative in any way?

Thanks, --Katangais (talk) 21:36, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Katangais, I think this is a question for WikiProject South Africa. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

please help translate this message into your local language via meta

The 2017 Cure Award

In 2017 you were one of the top ~250 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 02:48, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Doc James, it's mostly due to the large overlap between the Medicine and Disability projects. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:06, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Help

Godger67, Thank you for replying my talk on Teahouse. Anyway, I know the article Draft:Morgan K Orioha has been correctly submitted and waiting a review in due course. But I think you can help do a review of it.Nwachinazo (talk) 15:02, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Nwachinazo why should your submission get preferential treatment ahead of the almost 1500 other drafts waiting for review? Please see WP:NODEADLINE. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:08, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Dodger67, I am not asking any preferential treatment for my article ahead of others, but simply seeking a technical assistance where necessary. I am aware that articles for submission on Wikipedia are not reviewed in a particular order.Nwachinazo (talk) 15:43, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

• Dodger, John from Idegon turned it down, and I can see why. Drmies (talk) 01:50, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

May 2018 at Women in Red

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Chochopk • Coffee • Gryffindor • Jimp • Knowledge Seeker • Lankiveil • Peridon • Rjd0060

Guideline and policy news

• The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is now indefinitely restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• A proposal is being discussed which would create a new "event coordinator" right that would allow users to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit.

Technical news

• AbuseFilter has received numerous improvements, including an OOUI overhaul, syntax highlighting, ability to search existing filters, and a few new functions. In particular, the search feature can be used to ensure there aren't existing filters for what you need, and the new equals_to_any function can be used when checking multiple namespaces. One major upcoming change is the ability to see which filters are the slowest. This information is currently only available to those with access to Logstash.
• When blocking anonymous users, a cookie will be applied that reloads the block if the user changes their IP. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. This currently only occurs when hard-blocking accounts.
• The block notice shown on mobile will soon be more informative and point users to a help page on how to request an unblock, just as it currently does on desktop.
• There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee is seeking additional clerks to help with the arbitration process.

Obituaries

• Lankiveil (Craig Franklin) passed away in mid-April. Lankiveil joined Wikipedia on 12 August 2004 and became an administrator on 31 August 2008. During his time with the Wikimedia community, Lankiveil served as an oversighter for the English Wikipedia and as president of Wikimedia Australia.

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Wikimania scholarship application for SA and SADC

The South African Wikimedia chapter is awarding a limited number of full and partial scholarships to attend Wikimania 2018 in Cape Town to SADC and South African based Wikimedians. The due date for applications is 30 May. You can get more information by clicking here. Don't waste time APPLY NOW! (Google docs form provided by WMZA) 20:36, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Samuel Neaman Institute concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Samuel Neaman Institute, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

If your submission is not edited soon, it could be nominated for deletion. If you would like to attempt to save it, you will need to improve it.

You may request Userfication of the content if it meets requirements.

If the deletion has already occured, instructions on how you may be able to retrieve it are available at WP:REFUND/G13.

Thank you for your attention. HasteurBot (talk) 01:31, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Capacity Building Workshop

Wikimedia South Africa will be hosting Asaf Bartov from the Wikimedia Foundation for 5 days where he will be conducting a series of Capacity Building Workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The workshops are aimed at addressing challenges faced by African Wikimedians and share tools that will enable them to better increase African content. In Johannesburg the workshops will take place on 25 - 26 May 2018 at the Goethe Institut, and in Cape Town Asaf will be meeting Wikimedians on 29 May 2018. Come and join us either in Johannesburg or Cape Town, we can pay for your travel to attend in either of these cities. You can click here to see more information or you can contact info@wikimedia.org.za. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:29, 20 May 2018 (UTC), delivered on behalf of Bobbyshabangu

Your draft article, User:SausageRoll101/sandbox

Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "sandbox".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. JMHamo (talk) 21:22, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.11 25 May 2018

Hello Dodger67, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

ACTRIAL:

• WP:ACREQ has been implemented. The flow at the feed has dropped back to the levels during the trial. However, the backlog is on the rise again so please consider reviewing a few extra articles each day; a backlog approaching 5,000 is still far too high. An effort is also needed to ensure that older unsuitable older pages at the back of the queue do not get automatically indexed for Google.

Deletion tags

• Do bear in mind that articles in the feed showing the trash can icon may have been tagged by inexperienced or non NPR rights holders. They require your further verification.

Backlog drive:

• A backlog drive will take place from 10 through 20 June. Check out our talk page at WT:NPR for more details. NOTE: It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing. Despite our goal of reducing the backlog as much as possible, please do not rush while reviewing.

Editathons

• There will be a large increase in the number of editathons in June. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

Paid editing - new policy

• Now that ACTRIAL is ACREQ, please be sure to look for tell-tale signs of undisclosed paid editing. Contact the creator if appropriate, and submit the issue to WP:COIN if necessary. There is a new global WMF policy that requires paid editors to connect to their adverts.

Subject-specific notability guidelines

• The box at the right contains each of the subject-specific notability guidelines, please review any that are relevant BEFORE nominating an article for deletion.
• Reviewers are requested to familiarise themselves with the new version of the notability guidelines for organisations and companies.

Not English

• A common issue: Pages not in English or poor, unattributed machine translations should not reside in main space even if they are stubs. Please ensure you are familiar with WP:NPPNE. Check in Google for the language and content, tag as required, then move to draft if they do have potential.

News

• Development is underway by the WMF on upgrades to the New Pages Feed, in particular ORES features that will help to identify COPYVIOs, and more granular options for selecting articles to review.
• The next issue of The Signpost has been published. The newspaper is one of the best ways to stay up to date with news and new developments. between our newsletters.

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Women in Red June Editathons

		Welcome to Women in Red's June 2018 worldwide online editathons. New: WiR Loves Pride New: Singers and Songwriters New: Women in GLAM New: Geofocus: Russia/USSR Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative
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You've got mail

Hello, Dodger67. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Conlinp (talk) 05:38, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Conlinp apparently your mail got eaten by my spam killer, could you send it again please - if it's still relevant. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 16:23, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Thats okay. Any chance you can rename an article when you have time. South African Chamber of Mines has changed its name to Minerals Council South Africa. Might need a redirect for its old name. Don't want to stuff it up. Thanks in advance. Conlinp (talk) 03:25, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Conlinp Done - a simple page move to Minerals Council South Africa with a redirect from the old title. Could you please add a citation for the name change. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:37, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Citation added. Conlinp (talk) 10:52, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful request for comment, administrators are now able to add and remove editors to the "event coordinator" group. Users in the event coordinator group have the ability to temporarily add the "confirmed" flag to new user accounts and to create many new user accounts without being hindered by a rate limit. Users will no longer need to be in the "account creator" group if they are in the event coordinator group.
• Following an AN discussion, all pages with content related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, broadly construed, are now under indefinite general sanctions.

Technical news

• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in June. This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team will build granular types of blocks in 2018 (e.g. a block from uploading or editing specific pages, categories, or namespaces, as opposed to a full-site block). Feedback on the concept may be left at the talk page.
• There is now a checkbox on Special:ListUsers to let you see only users in temporary user groups.
• It is now easier for blocked mobile users to see why they were blocked.

Arbitration

• A recent technical issue with the Arbitration Committee's spam filter inadvertently caused all messages sent to the committee through Wikipedia (i.e. Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee) to be discarded. If you attempted to send an email to the Arbitration Committee via Wikipedia between May 16 and May 31, your message was not received and you are encouraged to resend it. Messages sent outside of these dates or directly to the Arbitration Committee email address were not affected by this issue.

Miscellaneous

• In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required 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.

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Request on 17:01:17, 5 June 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by LauraRanocchi

• LauraRanocchi (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Giammarco Menga (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi @Dodger67, I think the reason you gave for rejecting the article is not totally true. In fact I have used reliable sources (CONI, which is the Italian National Olympic Committee, and Mediaset Premium, which is one of the most followed channel in Italy). Please let me know more in details what source you think is not reliable/independent. Thanks, Laura LauraRanocchi (talk) 17:01, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi LauraRanocchi, as I said in the supplementary comment, the problem is that the sources are not independent. You've cited two of the subject's employers and the organization that gave him the award. Sources must be both reliable and independent for an article to be acceptable. Look for news or magazine articles which discuss Menga and his work, written and published by people/organizations that have no connection to him. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:13, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the page deletion prodecure

Hey I was new to Wikipedia, so I was not having much knowledge about how to create a page. So I decided to give it a chance. Now I confused that why my page was deleted and can I get the second chance to rectify my mistake. Can you please guide me through the procedure of writing articles which will not violate any terms and conditions of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sangoli (talk • contribs) 06:27, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Sangoli, the answer given by Seraphimblade to your question at the Teahouse explains the problem. You cannot ever use Wikipedia to promote anything or anyone. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Review my first edit

Kindly check out and review my first edit, suggest how I can make it better.

Article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:DJ_Quest_GH Shammahamoah (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for editing my incoherent mumbles about Printed Electronic Circuits.

Chipveres (talk) 11:45, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome Chipveres. The tags I added will hopefully attract the attention of other editors who can help improve and expand the article further. If nobody turns up soon you could ask for help at WP:WikiProject Electronics where editors with an interest and expertise in the topic can be found. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Rejection of my draft Wikipedia entry

Roger

This is the first note I’ve posted on Wikipedia and I am not sure about protocols. I find the pages of instructions rather confusing.

I wrote the note below before reading your profile. I am not challenging your right to comment on my draft, but I have to assume that, in forming a judgement on what impact my work may or may not have had you are familiar with the energy debates that were taking place in the UK in the 1970s and 80s, the role played by the Friends of the Earth, and the status of the individuals named in footnotes.

Anyway, here’s what I wrote. And apologies is I’ve screwed up on the protocol and posted in the wrong place.

Mike

PS: CPRE is the Council for the Protection of Rural England, now known as the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

Roger

In less than an hour of my posting a draft entry in the sandbox you had rejected it as “basically self-promotional spam” and I wondered how you had come to this conclusion and whether you had looked into any of my claims.

I do appreciate that articles should “refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources” and I had tried my best to conform to this in the draft.

My piece is relatively short, but it does mention that one of my books (‘Nuclear Prospects’, co-authored by Robin Grove-White, former Director of the CPRE) had prompted an Editorial in The Times and was discussed in Parliament by Lord Avebury (for a time I advised Lord Avebury -- and Leo Abse MP -- on civil nuclear issues); I quoted Sir Brian Flowers’ comments on the book). Another book (‘The End of the Nuclear Dream’) prompted an Editorial in the New Scientist and a glowing book review — as well as appreciative comments from four senior MPs, who I named (John Prescott, Tony Speller, Frank Cook & Mathew Taylor). And I provided information on independent book reviews on two of my other books, one (about ‘Solar Prospects’) was published in the New Scientist, another (about ‘Energy without End’), in Energy World. Both books were also well-received.

All four of these books were published by Friends of the Earth and (I think) made a contribution to the national debate on energy policy, and at critical times (which you can see from the comments/reviews that I’ve cited). And two of the books (‘Solar Prospects’ and ‘Energy without End’) foresaw many of the things about renewables that we take for granted today, and they provided the framework on which FOE formulated its renewable energy strategy. They were published in 1983 and 1986 before the invention of the world wide web (in Mar 1989) and 25 years before renewables actually took off in Britain.

For the last 18 months I have been developing a campaign to raise public awareness of the dangers to western democracy from ‘fake news’ and disinformation, and I thought it would be helpful to upload something about myself on Wikipedia for people who might be curious about my credentials in this era of ‘post-truth’. I am not running the campaign to become famous or to make money; I am doing it because I'm deeply concered. And for what it’s worth, I’m not paid for this work and not looking to be paid.

I have emails from a number of significant individuals about the importance of this initiative, but I didn’t feel it appropriate to include them in the piece. As it happens, I had another one this afternoon; it’s from the Director of Advantage Africa (who’s referring to a briefing on fake information that I sent him earlier in the day): “Thanks Mike. I have printed off the summary and will read it - important work you are doing on this. Andrew.”

If you really think I’m into self-promotion, you might like to read what I wrote about myself on two of the three websites that I manage (Powerful Information & Critical Information). The third website (MK Humanists) has nothing about me except that I chair the group.

I’d be grateful for some clear advice on what I need to do to the draft to meet Wikipedia’s standards.

And perhaps you could also let me know if I am allowed a second opinion.

Thank you

Mike

PS: If I were looking for self-promotion I might have mentioned that through Powerful Information I was responsible (with my small staff) for raising £1.6 million for development work in Eastern Europe and West Africa; sending >£100k of specialist environmental publication to resources centres in two dozen low-income countries; assisting dozens of local NGOs to build their capacity, including 6 that I personally nurtured into being; and through our network of local partners: providing training for 300+ school teachers and supporting 80 student environmental projects (12 in Romania went on to win regional or national prizes); providing non-formal basic education for over 4,000 rural women in Sierra Leone, and skills-training for 165 blind men and women; and in Ghana, empowering 1,025 subsistence farmers with a knowledge of IPM and how to protect themselves from pesticide poisoning — I have the names of 170 farmers who were poisoned in the Volta Region (where we were working), including 35 who died. My colleagues also spoke with some 14,000 high school students (and 550 teachers) to warn them of the dangers (25-40% of students in the schools we targeted were involved in spraying, and they did this without training or protection).

MikeFloodWiki (talk) 08:39, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Disability

Hi, Dodget67.

I made this revision on Disability after you reverted me.

I added “A” before “disability” and a link to Sense in the lead sentence and made some other, minor changes. I did not re-add the link to Persons with reduced mobility that I erroneously re-added after you undid a revision where it was added. I assume you undid my revision for re-adding the link to the “Persons with reduced mobility articlem” so I hope that my latest revision is fine. Interqwark ^{talk contribs} 22:40, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in study

Hello,

I am E. Whittaker, an intern at Wikimedia with the Scoring Team to create a labeled dataset, and potentially a tool, to help editors deal with incivility when they encounter it on talk pages. A full write-up of the study can be found here: m:Research:Civil_Behavior_Interviews. We are currently recruiting editors to be interviewed about their experiences with incivility on talk pages. Would you be interested in being interviewed? I am contacting you because of your involvement in Wikipedia’s Women in Red project. The interviews should take ~1 hour, and will be conducted over BlueJeans (which does allow interviews to be recorded). If, so, please email me at ewhit@umich.edu in order to schedule an interview.

Thank you Ewitch51 (talk) 19:35, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

NPP Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Dodger67, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel: there are currently 2900 unreviewed articles, and 4000 unreviewed redirects.

Announcing the Backlog Elimination Drive!

• As a final push, we have decided to run a backlog elimination drive from the 20th to the 30th of June.
• Reviewers who review at least 50 articles or redirects will receive a Special Edition NPP Barnstar: . Those who review 100, 250, 500, or 1000 pages will also receive tiered awards: , , , .
• Please do not be hasty, take your time and fully review each page. It is extremely important that we focus on quality reviewing.

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Application for WikiIndaba Steering Committee Open

The due date for applying to be part of the WikiIndaba steering committee (WISCom) is this Friday the 22nd. Apply now and be part of the African Wikimedia Movement. (Message from Bobbyshabangu 10:57, 20 June 2018 (UTC))

Your draft article, Draft:Disability in Sri Lanka

Hello, Dodger67. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Disability in Sri Lanka".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing.  » Shadowowl | talk 17:19, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the alert shadowowl, I redirected it to the mainspace version. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:02, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Latest edited articles related to WikiProject:South Africa

Hello Dodger67,

What would be the best place to find the latest articles related to WikiProject:South Africa? I am currently trying to gather a list of articles needing improvement. Those articles would be used during an edit-athon with South African librarians, as part of next Wikimania.

Best regards. African Hope (talk) 20:05, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

African Hope ask on the Wikiproject talk page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:58, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Dodger67, thanks. African Hope (talk) 12:24, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

July 2018 at Women in Red

		Hello again from Women in Red! July 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: Sub-Saharan Africa Film + stage 20th-century Women Rock Continuing: Notable women, broadly-construed! Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Are we losing momentum? London calling (the Mayor of London!) Publication about Wikipedia's coverage of women mathematicians Women in Red is featured in Toolhub
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

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

Administrator changes

Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor

Gogo Dodo

Andrevan • Doug • EVula • KaisaL • Tony Fox • WilyD

Bureaucrat changes

Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about the deletion of drafts closed with a consensus to change the wording of WP:NMFD. Specifically, a draft that has been repeatedly resubmitted and declined at AfC without any substantial improvement may be deleted at MfD if consensus determines that it is unlikely to ever meet the requirements for mainspace and it otherwise meets one of the reasons for deletion outlined in the deletion policy.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus that the {{promising draft}} template cannot be used to indefinitely prevent a WP:G13 speedy deletion nomination.

Technical news

• Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an upcoming change that will restrict editing of site-wide JavaScript and CSS to a new technical administrators user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Wikipedia. For more information, please review the FAQ.
• Syntax highlighting has been graduated from a Beta feature on the English Wikipedia. To enable this feature, click the highlighter icon () in your editing toolbar (or under the hamburger menu in the 2017 wikitext editor). This feature can help prevent you from making mistakes when editing complex templates.
• IP-based cookie blocks should be deployed to English Wikipedia in July (previously scheduled for June). This will cause the block of a logged-out user to be reloaded if they change IPs. This means in most cases, you may no longer need to do /64 range blocks on residential IPv6 addresses in order to effectively block the end user. It will also help combat abuse from IP hoppers in general. For the time being, it only affects users of the desktop interface.

Miscellaneous

• Currently around 20% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 17% a year ago. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless if you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:22, 3 July 2018 (UTC)

Roy Ward Ragle

Hi Dodger67, Thank you so much for your quick review and emendations of my article on the woodcut artist Roy Ward Ragle. Everyone had discouraged me from trying to contribute. You made my first article into a smooth and rewarding experience. Sorry my thank you comes late, each page is a new code! Dank u en misschien tot in the toekomst. (˜˜˜˜˜) Herlinde Spahr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herlindespahr (talk • contribs) 18:25, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

infobox

hi, as reverter I inform you, I have opened a chat about the infoboxc, thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cambridge#infobox_-_children_labeled_as_issue Govindaharihari (talk) 16:37, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

About Draft: La_Raza_film_making

Hello Dodger67, I saw the comment that you left in the Draft and I wanted to make the text as concise as possible so that it does not look promotional. What kind of information do you think would be appropriate to enhance the text? Would you prefer more of an explanation of why the Direction is attributed to ordinary people and a community, the filming style and creation of the concept and/or about how the studio began to incorporate ordinary people into their films? I will appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael.j.schwartz (talk • contribs) 00:28, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Hi Michael.j.schwartz, short answer - yes, yes, yes and yes. Longer version - yes more about the background, the methods, social context, etc will improve the article, insofar as you can find sources for these aspects. I peronally have two questions in particular; how does it compare and contrast with cinema verité, and is it related in some way to improvisational theater? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:56, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Dogder67, I will work on expanding the draft and differentiate the articles that you mentioned. Also, I forgot to tell you the title would be La Raza filmmaking, not film making.Michael.j.schwartz (talk) 07:32, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Hello Dogder67, I forgot to mention it, but I have already made the requested expansions directed at the origins of the La Raza filmmaking methodology. Please let me know if it's necessary to do anything else. Thank you.Michael.j.schwartz (talk) 18:46, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Hello Dogder67, I just saw the comment that WBG made in the article about WT: FILM, but I was not mentioned or rather I did not see anything about La Raza Filmmaking.Michael.j.schwartz (talk) 07:10, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Michael.j.schwartz My request for opinions has already been archived at WT:WikiProject Film/Archive 70#Draft:La Raza filmmaking, however nobody responded so there's nothing useful there. I think we should simply accept it and then let the community try to improve it further with you. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:00, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello Dogder67, thank you for all your help and instructions to improve the article. Michael.j.schwartz (talk) 05:13, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Havemeyer page

Hello, I just added more verified sources on the Havemeyer family itself for the Havemeyer family page. Let me know what you think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vleigh098 (talk • contribs) 04:27, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Vleigh098 Great! You've solved the issue. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:18, 12 July 2018 (UTC)

Dodger67 How do I add numbers for the references in the "references" section of the page?. Just figured it out! (Vleigh098)

User:Jaws is twilight/sandbox

Why don't you delete that by yourself? ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 04:08, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Abelmoschus Esculentus, If I had deleted it myself the deletion would have been based on only my assessment and opinion. Having one person tag and another delete means that at least two editors agree that deletion is correct. For speedy deletions a second opinion is a good thing. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:12, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Understood and thanks for your reply, it’s very helpful :) Abelmoschus Esculentus (alt) (talk to me) 07:31, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Delete article

Thanks for your comments. I will work with Limhl001 andedit the same draft. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiatsing (talk • contribs) 01:55, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Article rejected?

Hi Dodger67. I need more information on why my article was declined. We modeled it after several different Wikipedia articles (e.g., AlienVault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlienVault); in order to comply to the same methods used by similar accepted articles. This seems subjective. Please provide more insight. I've studied Wikipedia extensively for weeks and feel I'm complying by the standards and guidelines put forth by Wikipedia policies and terms of use. If you could be more specific as to how to improve this article It would be much appreciated.

Thanks RosyCanfield (talk) 21:53, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi RosyCanfield, unfortunately I'm travelling with very limited internet availability for a few days. I'm sure the folks at the WP:TEAHOUSE would be able to assist you. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 20:35, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

August 2018 at Women in Red

		An exciting new month for Women in Red! August 2018 worldwide online editathons: New: Indigenous women Women of marginalized populations Women writers Geofocus: Bottom 10 Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative Notable women, broadly-construed! For the first time, this month we are trying out our Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in August. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
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NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. ()

Hello Dodger67, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

New technology, new rules

• New features are shortly going to be added to the Special:NewPagesFeed which include a list of drafts for review, OTRS flags for COPYVIO, and more granular filter preferences. More details can be found at this page.
• Probationary permissions: Now that PERM has been configured to allow expiry dates to all minor user rights, new NPR flag holders may sometimes be limited in the first instance to 6 months during which their work will be assessed for both quality and quantity of their reviews. This will allow admins to accord the right in borderline cases rather than make a flat out rejection.
• Current reviewers who have had the flag for longer than 6 months but have not used the permissions since they were granted will have the flag removed, but may still request to have it granted again in the future, subject to the same probationary period, if they wish to become an active reviewer.

Editathons

• Editathons will continue through August. Please be gentle with new pages that obviously come from good faith participants, especially articles from developing economies and ones about female subjects. Consider using the 'move to draft' tool rather than bluntly tagging articles that may have potential but which cannot yet reside in mainspace.

The Signpost

• The next issue of the monthly magazine will be out soon. The newspaper is an excellent way to stay up to date with news and new developments between our newsletters. If you have special messages to be published, or if you would like to submit an article (one about NPR perhaps?), don't hesitate to contact the editorial team here.

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IMDB Citation

Thank you for taking the time to review and provide feedback on what I need to correct. I am truly excited to submit a page on wikipedia, which is such a great community for people. I removed the IMDB note. Since that was the only feedback, is this now approved?

Bettemarkets (talk) 11:30, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Hi Bettemarkets, no it's not approved yet. Other criteria also need to be reviewed. AFC reviewing is an iterative process, a draft is asessed according to the reviewing workflow (take a look at this). A review is stopped as soon as a valid reason to decline is found, further criteria are not looked at. This is to avoid "flooding" the inexperienced submitter with a long list of problems all at once. Fixing problems one or to at a time is easier to deal with and far less discouraging than recieving a "shopping list" of things to fix. I will not be reviewing your draft again as we need to avoid potential biases of one reviewer causing the draft to become skewed. I see you have resubmitted it, so it's up to the next reviewer to give you further beedback (or accept the draft). Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:08, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

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

Administrator changes

Sro23

KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

• After a discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like MediaWiki:Common.js and MediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by bureaucrats. Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
• Following a request for comment, the WP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to Wikinews should only be made as per the external links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

• The WMF Anti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on the second set of wireframes for the Special:Block redesign that will introduce partial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:31, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Aussie Invader article

Roger - thanks for your quick feedback - as a 'newbie' to Wikipedia editing I value all the help I can get. I have made a start on references but need to know if links to other Wikipedia articles count as valid references (I assume so)? Also what 'rule of thumb' should I use to decide what needs to be referenced? Most of the 'facts and figure' info in the article can be found on the AI5R website so is a general ref to that sufficient? Thanks --BazFitz49 (talk) 04:39, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi BazFitz49 a wikilink is not a reference, and Wikipedia is not a reliable source, so you can't use it as a reference. The subject's own website or publications are acceptable for basic uncontroversial facts and figures, see WP:SPS. The problem you are still facing is to prove thst the subject is notable, by citing several reliable and independent sources that contain substantial discussion/information about the subject. So far I see you have one newspaper article, though I have not looked at it to see if it truly independent (press releases and interviews are not) and contains sufficient depth if information. Also take a look at the Referencing for beginners guide. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 10:36, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Request on 14:16:38, 6 August 2018 for assistance on AfC submission by InfoBeyondTech

• InfoBeyondTech (talk · contribs)
  • User:InfoBeyondTech/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hello Dodger67, I recently had attempted to publish an article about a software tool Security Policy Tool. However, it was declined due to notability issues. Could you please give me more details so I can determine what more is required to pass it. The software tool and technology behind the tool is cited in several National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) publications and articles. I am not sure why that does not suggest its notability enough being mentioned in several places by one of the top science and research government agencies in the USA. Thank you.

InfoBeyondTech (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi InfoBeyondTech, the History section of the draft makes it clear that there is a direct relationship between NIST and the company concerned, thus NIST publications are by definition not independent sources so they do not establish the notability of the subject. To demonstrate that the subject is notable, several sources that are simultaneously independent and reliable, and have written about the subject in significant depth, must be cited. In fact such sources should be the basis of most of the article. Wikipedia does not really care what the subject or its associates, emmployees, agents, or any other connected people or entities have to say about it. It's only when outsiders, such as journalists or academics, write about it that it becomes notable.

By the way, your current username is problematic, I will post a message about the issue to your talk page so that you can take remedial action asap. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:18, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Testing AfC drafts in the New Pages Feed

Hi Dodger67 -- I wanted to get in touch with you directly since you weighed in early on in the project to add AfC drafts to the New Pages Feed. The engineering work on the project is far enough along that it's possible for community members to test things out in the Test Wiki. Since you do so much reviewing for AfC, we would value your opinion. Thank you! -- MMiller (WMF) (talk) 19:40, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Delete Article

Please I want you to delete the draft:YNW Melly because I have a better page for him which is Draft: YNW(Jamell Demons) and also draft: YNW Melly doesn’t meet the standard of article for Demons to be published Ziggy 2milli (talk) 20:05, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Ziggy 2milli that page has already been moved. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:37, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Just a reminder

You marked a draft as under review a couple of weeks ago. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 22:35, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Primefac, declined as a copyvio. The comment I posted earlier got no response. I left it marked as I was hoping the cv would be fixed - then I forgot about it... The subject is very likely to be notable so I'm a bit reluctant to delete the draft - it's not a complete copyvio. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:47, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Rejection of article

Roger,

This is my first article. Do I need to give credit for the article you mentioned?

What specifically do I need to delete?

Spacecowboy1000 (talk) 03:03, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

If you are concerned about the article because of the similarity of the biographical wording to the press release, the words in the press release come straight from Mr Mays NASA bio which he wrote. They are not copyrighted by the news outlet. Spacecowboy1000 (talk) 03:10, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Spacecowboy1000 when you directly quote a source it must be marked as a quote and a citation must appear immediately after. See the Referencing for beginners guide. It would be best to reference the original NASA page rather than a press release that simply "regurgitates" the same text. The NASA site also has a bit of an advantage because as a US federal government body it's publications are not copyrighted. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:32, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks. Spacecowboy1000 (talk) 16:47, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

September 2018 at Women in Red

		September is an exciting new month for Women in Red's worldwide online editathons! New: Women currently in academics Women + Law Geofocus: Hispanic countries Continuing: #1day1woman Global Initiative Check it out: Monthly achievement initiative All creators of new biographies can keep track of their progress and earn virtual awards. It can be used in conjunction with the above editathons or for any women's biography created in September. Try it out when you create your first biography of the month.
		Latest headlines, news, and views on the Women in Red talkpage (Join the conversation!): Call for members for the Gender Diversity Visibility Community User Group Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red#The Endless Night of Wikipedia’s Notable Woman Problem (To subscribe: Women in Red/English language mailing list and Women in Red/international list. Unsubscribe: Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:55, 26 August 2018 (UTC) via MassMessaging

RE: Test edits

Hi, besides the fact that you used a template on me which is pretty rude, I do not believe this was a test edit, what made you think it was? I mistakenly used test in the edit summary, apologies, and I see the Western Cape flag isn't showing, my bad. Did you even look at the diff? See WP:DTTR. Kind regards, Waddie96 (talk) 07:27, 26 August 2018 (UTC) _{(ping me if you reply here)}

WikiProject X Newsletter • Issue 12

Newsletter • August 2018

This month: WikiProject X: The resumption

Work has resumed on WikiProject X and CollaborationKit, backed by a successfully funded Project Grant. For more information on the current status and planned work, please see this month's issue of the newsletter!

-— Isarra ༆ 22:24, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Cheers, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Asterion • Crisco 1492 • KF • Kudpung • Liz • Randykitty • Spartaz

Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

Amorymeltzer • Mr. Stradivarius • MusikAnimal • MSGJ • TheDJ • Xaosflux

Guideline and policy news

• Following a "stop-gap" discussion, six users have temporarily been made interface administrators while discussion is ongoing for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide CSS and JavaScript pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.

Technical news

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
• Some abuse filter variables have changed. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables on mediawiki.org. They have a note which says Deprecated. Use ... instead. An example is article_text which is now page_title.
• Abuse filters can now use how old a page is. The variable is page_age.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of Checkuser and Oversight appointments. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the Functionaries team, and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Link spam

Hi, Dodger I checked and these are relevant links that will be helpful for new hams and those wanting to study the DX side of the hobby. I am a licensed ham. KD7IIC. Over 200 countries that I have cards to and I know good content ;). Thanks. Troy — Preceding unsigned comment added by MTtroy (talk • contribs) 22:26, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Radio 1

Thanks for tidying up all those listings on BBC Radio 1. There was some prose content which I think got caught up in the clearup, which I have partially restored - I didn't think it fell foul of WP:NOTRADIOGUIDE so thought it could remain. I realise, however, that much of it needs to be edited and referenced better. Cnbrb (talk) 20:06, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join us for the Months of African Cinema in October!

Greetings!

You are receiving this message because your username or portal was listed as a participant of a WikiProject that is related to Africa, the Carribean, Cinema or theatre.

This is to introduce you to a new Wikiproject called AfroCine. This new project is dedicated to improving the Wikipedia coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the carribbean, and the diaspora. If you would love to be part of this or you're already contributing in this area, kindly list your name as a participant on the project page here.

Furthermore, In the months of October and November, the WikiProject is organizing a global on-wiki contest and edit-a-thon tagged: The Months of African Cinema. If you would love to join us for this exciting event, also list your username as a participant for this event here. In preparation for the contest, please do suggest relevant articles that need to be created or expanded in different countries, during this event!

If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Committee For the Future

Just tried to message you, but think it failed. If you have read the Harvest Moon page, you know that I have quite a bit of paper documentation on the CFF because I was one of the founding members. I will be pleased to share things with you if you are interested. g. Quickscan1 22:07, 27 August 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickscan1 (talk • contribs)

Just found out that "Project Harvest Moon" page has gone live today. Hope to work with you on "Committee for the Future" page when you are ready. gQuickscan1 21:21, 28 August 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickscan1 (talk • contribs)

Hi Quickscan1 take a look at Draft:Committee for the Future where I have so far just listed a few sources I could find. Please feel free to work on it. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:34, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Hi Roger, If you can give me an email address I can share with you lots of CFF original documentation. I cannot deal with posting directly on Wikipedia. Hope you can help. g.Quickscan1 08:46, 29 August 2018 (UTC) <′class="autosigned">— Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickscan1 (talk • contribs)

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Committee_for_the_Future nother blogger just sent me this site. g.Quickscan1 21:11, 29 August 2018 (UTC)A — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickscan1 (talk • contribs)

Are you there? Still need a direct email for you. g.Quickscan1 23:02, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Quickscan1 if you go to my user page you will find "Email this user" in the menu on the left. However a personal collection of documents is unfortunately not usable for a Wikipedia article, only previously published sources can be referenced. Your documents may be useful for a historian to use for a journal article. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:50, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Don't understand how new information ever gets on the net. Oh, well. Thanks. g. Quickscan1 19:43, 8 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quickscan1 (talk • contribs)