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Books & Bytes – Issue 49

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Books & Bytes
Issue 49, January – February 2022

• New library collections
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April 2022

Your edits at 2022 Invasion of Ukraine article. You mention being active at Wikimedia Commons and I was wondering if you could have someone look at updating the animation map of the invasion. The current one only goes to March 24 and is almost 2 weeks old. Can someone update it? ErnestKrause (talk) 16:19, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

In all honesty, I wouldn't know whom to ask, but if you take a look at the history of the file, I feel confident these editors have access to the correct information. Sorry I cannot help you in a better way. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 16:25, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Administrator changes

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Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Love is blind image in Idiom

I added a clarify tag to an image (Love is blind) you added to the article Idiom almost eight years ago. I don't understand how that image is relevant to that section of that article, or to the article itself, and your edit summary didn't explain it. The phrase "love is blind" may be an idiom, but since the article doesn't mention it, the image is more distracting than helpful to me. Other readers may be likewise puzzled, so maybe you could add something to establish the image's relevance. Thanks. —8.9.93.141 (talk) 21:58, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, 8.9.93.141 for taking a closer look at this edit of mine. You are correct: it is hard to understand the relevance without a descent description. Would Donato Barcaglia's impression of the proverbial_phrase love is blind be suitable to subscribe it? I noticed that even on the German Wikipedia no description has been added to the image . On the other hand, this might put the reader in the full picture and could replace the actual image. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 04:58, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

WP:FFD

When Marchjuly (talk · contribs) suggested starting a discussion at WP:FFD they meant starting a new entry specific to that image on that page, which has a little bit of process to it just so that we can try and keep things straight. You can read the how-to at Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion#Listing_a_file, or if you'd like me to I can start a discussion there for you and just post the link for you to join in. VernoWhitney (talk) 14:30, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you VernoWhitney, I think that is a splendid idea, I mean, if you would be so kind as to start a discussion. I am not very familiar with these kind of discussions and also, there is this language barrier I am struggling with constantly. Lotje (talk) 15:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I've gotten the posting started -- you can go to Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2022 April 15#File:Hermann Julius Hoefle mug shot 1961.jpg and comment there. I'm afraid I can't help much with the language barrier, but if you can go to that page and explain what you mean by "things have changed a lot recently... and the world might never be the same again" and how that might help the use of the Hermann Höfle image in List of major perpetrators of the Holocaust meet the requirements of Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, that would be greatly appreciated. VernoWhitney (talk) 15:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you VernoWhitney for your help. I will give it a try. Lotje (talk) 15:35, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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Bad reference replacements

Here is the diff - several old astronautix.com pages now forward to 404 page, so we have archived versions in the references. That's okay. Replacing the old link with a hard link to the 404 page, as the script did, is not the right approach. --mfb (talk) 14:26, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry mfg, don't quite understand what you mean, can you explain further? Thanks. Lotje (talk) 14:29, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

The added http://www.astronautix.com/4/404page.html as reference URL is wrong (and the added title is wrong, too). The referenced page never existed there and never will. It would be better to keep the old (dead) URL with the correct title in the reference, in addition to the archived version of it. --mfb (talk) 14:39, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

I undid it, but what happens to all of those I ask myself. Lotje (talk) 14:44, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

If we have an archived version it's probably fine, but it's a larger problem. At least 2100 articles reference it, most of them with outdated links. I checked a few and the articles are still available, but under a new URL with no predictable pattern. An archived version could be added by bots, updating the link automatically is probably not feasible. --mfb (talk) 02:25, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Mfb what would you do with the (dead) link to www.nps.gov in the article of Karel Bossart? Lotje (talk) 05:44, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Found an archived version and added it. I started a bot request for the astronautix links. --mfb (talk) 14:03, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Y're a star Thanks. Lotje (talk) 14:07, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

 Done --mfb (talk) 09:10, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

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Editing newsletter 2022 – #1

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New editors were more successful with this new tool.

The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at most WMF-hosted wikis. You can join the discussion about this tool for the English Wikipedia is at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Enabling the New Topic Tool by default. You will be able to turn it off in the tool or at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

The Editing team plans to change the appearance of talk pages. These are separate from the changes made by the mw:Desktop improvements project and will appear in both Vector 2010 and Vector 2022. The goal is to add some information and make discussions look visibly different from encyclopedia articles. You can see some ideas at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project#Prototype Ready for Feedback.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 50

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Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022

• New library partner - SPIE
• 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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

Administrator changes

AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

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Bureaucrat changes

Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes

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Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Books & Bytes – Issue 51

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Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022

• New library partners
  • SAGE Journals
  • Elsevier ScienceDirect
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Information Processing Society of Japan
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• 1Lib1Ref May 2022

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

Administrator changes

Valereee

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Editing news 2022 #2

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Maïté Duval

Beste Lotje,

Dankjewel! Iets anders: de zoon van de overleden Frans-Nederlandse beeldhouwster Maïté Duval wil voorop het corresponderend NL-artikel liever het beeld Volupté. Op de Engelse wiki heb ik dat al vervangen. Zoon vond per mail terecht dat beeld Volupté Duval beter kenschetst dan haar Tornado-monument dat er eerst stond.

• Kun je idem vervangen op nl.wiki ?

Dankjewel, ook namens de familie van Duval ! Slava Wikii ! Hansmuller (talk) 11:43, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

 Done, denk je dat we een foto van Maïté Duval kunnen krijgen op Commons? Kan die gelijk in de infobox geplaatst worden. Thanks. Lotje (talk) 12:32, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Dank! (100 kredietpunten! Cryptobetaling?) Zal familie te gelegener tijd vragen. Ave et vale, Hansmuller (talk) 09:49, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

hail and farewell ??? Lotje (talk) 10:09, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

Administrator changes

DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720

Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

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Guideline and policy news

• A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
• An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Update: Phase II of DS reform now open for comment

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Precious anniversary

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Eight years!

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Hello Gerda Arendt thank you for your kind words :-) Lotje (talk) 05:31, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 52

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Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022

• New instant-access collections:
  • SpringerLink and Springer Nature
  • Project MUSE
  • Taylor & Francis
  • ASHA
  • Loeb
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

Administrator changes

ScottishFinnishRadish

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Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
• Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
• Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news

• The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

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  • Astronautics~enwiki
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  • Natalya
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  • SB Johnny

Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

• DGG

Guideline and policy news

• The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
• An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Books & Bytes – Issue 53

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Issue 53, September – October 2022

• New collections:
  • Edward Elgar
  • E-Yearbook
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  • Wikilala
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

Administrator changes

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• Alex.muller
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• Ron Ritzman
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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Marcourt

Lotje, why did you undo the change to the profile of this piece of shit? If someone is usurping public funds, then that is stealing. Period. Why would you even bother intervening here? 2A02:A03F:643F:D000:F07E:79CF:BB90:308E (talk) 19:38, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Contentious topics procedure adopted

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The above proposals that are supported by an absolute majority of unrecused active arbitrators are hereby enacted. The drafting arbitrators (CaptainEek, L235, and Wugapodes) are directed to take the actions necessary to bring the proposals enacted by this motion into effect, including by amending the procedures at WP:AC/P and WP:AC/DS. The authority granted to the drafting arbitrators by this motion expires one month after enactment.

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Happy Holidays!

Hello Lotje : Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV (talk) 03:35, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

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		For your tireless contributions to making Wikipedia the best Encyclopedia in this history of the world. Thank you Lotje. Metro2fsb (talk) 04:18, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Assistance with Russian think tank article

Lotje I see that you wrote on Agentura.Ru Are interested in the article about another think tank, Draft:Council for Foreign and Defense Policy. I would appreciate any help that you can provide. I would be grateful for any help at all. 04:14, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

@Metro2fsb: thank you so much for reaching out. Unfortunately, my knowledge of the Russian language is far from good and I might not be of able to be of any (goodà help. Though, I stay tuned. Have a nice day. Lotje (talk) 05:37, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

if you could watch the page, that would be ideal. there are sources here in English too:

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

according to sources, this 1 of the most influential think tanks.

Carolina Vendil Pallin and Susanne Oxenstierna. (August 2017). Russian Think Tanks and Soft Power. https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--4451--SE Metro2fsb (talk) 05:54, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Lotje, for some reason, the political ideology is actually broken. Pls fix a litle of it's political ideology, thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Servant of the Politics (talk • contribs) 05:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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New Article

Hi Lotje Not been in touch for a while, hope you are well and cheery. Could I ask, do you know if Theroadislong is OK? I ask, as I've just written a new draft article, 'Draft:Sottish Castles Restoration Projects'. I asked Theroadislong for his opinion on a first draft and he was in general agreement that it was an appropriate subject. I've written three articles before and he approved them all, straightaway. But this one he said I should put it up for Review! (which I've done) Is he much less active or something? Hope you don't mind me asking. Best wishes Ross ArchaicW (talk) 16:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: sorry, I couldn't tell you, but did you actually @ArchaicW: him? Cheers Lotje (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: Now it is like I would do it. If you don't like it, just revert :-) Cheers. Lotje (talk) 17:31, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje! Brilliant, thank you! I actually thought that list would be better in a table, but trying to master the intricacies of Wikipedia's MarkUp AND VusualEditor languages was quite beyond me for one project! Indeed, I cannot think why they don't scrap BOTH of them and use say LibreOffice, which I use for word processing all the time - I can throw together a table in that language in a minute! Anyway, that is good. I think I might make the image a wee bit smaller, and of course add a few more images of the Castles as available on Wikimedia Commons - feel free! Thank you - hope you thought the article was interesting as well. Ross ArchaicW (talk) 21:08, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes indeed - that was partly what puzzled me, as I had been in touch with him several times before. But if you don't know of any reason, not a problem. I'll just wait and hope to get a sympathetic Editor. Thanks for reply. Ross ArchaicW (talk) 21:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: you are very welcome  :-) Lotje (talk) 06:42, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: Theroadislong is back in town, alive and kicking. Lotje (talk) 05:37, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje! Thanks for that info - maybe he'll have another look at the 'Scottish Castles' draft article, as I can hardly ask him again! I'll send a longer message to you later, as I've another project you might be interested in, but I'm busy at the moment - with some DIY! Ross ArchaicW (talk) 12:07, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday - DIY took longer than expected! Thanks for letting me know that Theroadislong is in business. Perhaps if he has been on holiday and is refreshed he might look favourably on the ‘Scottish Castles’ draft!

However, I’m actually writing about another project which I have done a bit of work on but not finished. During WW1 there was a terrible railway accident here in Scotland when a large number of soldiers were killed at a place called Quintinshill near Gretna.

It’s all very fully described in a Wikipedia article, ‘Quintinshill rail disaster’. One thing missing is the names of all the soldiers who died. Typing them all out would be quite a task. There is a Memorial here in Edinburgh and I thought to photograph the two halves of the Memorial and the ten individual panels with the names with the intention to add them to the Article.

I got the first part done, high quality images where all the names are easily readable, ages ago. Then I put all the images up on W Commons more recently. What I haven't done is put them into a gallery on the Article site – yet again, I looked at creating a gallery and thought this is just too difficult!

Would you be interested in sharing this project and putting up the images? If you would with your knowledge I’d be very grateful - but if not, it’s not a problem.

On Wikipedia, the Article is entitled ‘Quintinshill rail disaster’. All 12 images are on Wikipedia Commons if you search for ‘Gretna Memorial’.

They are named as:

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.0) Panel Left Main

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.1) Panel Left One

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.2) Panel Left Two

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.3) Panel Left Three

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.4) Panel Left Four

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (1.5) Panel Left Five

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.0) Panel Right Main

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.1) Panel Right One

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.2) Panel Right Two

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.3) Panel Right Three

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.4) Panel Right Four

Gretna Memorial, Rosebank Cemetery (2.5) Panel Right Five

I did this numbering very carefully, as I thought it would keep them together and in order, but for some reason it didn't quite work, but they are all there.

Right at the end of the Article, there is a section called ‘Memorials’, with three photographs. I thought the images of the panels could go under these, with the whole ‘Panel Left Main’ picture centred, then the five left close-up panels in a row below.

It’s important that the panels are in the right order, that is one to five, as that is how they are on the Memorial itself, with Officers first(!) then all the names in alphabetical order. Then below that the whole ‘Panel Right Main’ photo, then again the panel right close-ups.

If you put them up in that order, I could then add some text as appropriate. If you feel like doing that, it would be great, no hurry of course, but if not, think nothing of it.

Very best wishes Ross ArchaicW (talk) 15:36, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello ArchaicW imo a gallery page on Commons would be the best solution. I made an example in my sandbox. Thanks for your comments. Lotje (talk) 16:47, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje Thanks for getting back to me so promptly - sounds as if you think that this info is a good idea. Not sure how to view your sandbox? However, I really would like to put this into the main Article on Wikipedia itself? I think I once read somewhere that too many photos on Articles is not encouraged, but I have seen quite a few and I think in this case the images of the panels would be more likely to be viewed than if you have to leave the main site? Would that be OK? Thanks Ross ArchaicW (talk) 17:52, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: to view my Sandbox (pardon the mess). I leave it up to you {{smiley, feel free to do what you think

would to be best for the reader. Cheers Lotje (talk) 20:51, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje Thanks - I've had a look at your sandbox. I'll have a play around on my sandbox and let you know what I come up with (but it might be a day or two). PS How do I make a link from my message to my sandbox so that you can see it!! Ross ArchaicW (talk) 12:32, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW:, I added User:ArchaicW/sandbox to my watchlist and if you create another sandbox, I'll find out by looking at your contributions. ooking forward to seeing what you will come up with Cheers. Lotje (talk) 12:36, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

My goodness, Lotje - you have been busy! Just looked at the 'Draft: Scottish Castles Restoration Projects' and I see you improved all the references and added images of all the 'Case Studies' etc. Great improvement! Would you like to now ask Theroadislong if he would like to approve the article! Cheers Ross (I'm working on the Gallery idea in my Sandbox) ArchaicW (talk) 17:32, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@ArchaicW: since you cvreated the article, imo the honor is all yours :-) Lotje (talk) 17:36, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

OK! I'll have another go at him! (Very politely) Ross ArchaicW (talk) 17:46, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Gretna Memorial Think I have managed to lay out the images as I had in mind. I put the whole panel image in just as a single centered photo, then below that I created a Gallery of five spaces in a row for the panels, narrowing in the default to 80 units instead of 120. (NB NOT useable like this, as no text and just random five panels.) Do you think this would work incorporated into the Article? Would it maintain the relative positions and ratios on different computer screens? See if you can have a look Many thanks Ross ArchaicW (talk) 17:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

I changed it on my sandbox :-) Lotje (talk) 21:33, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that looks as if you have set it up as I did. Only thing, when I changed the scale on my screen, it went from five across to four and one below! Do you think that is just something that happens when using a Gallery, or can you 'freeze' it somehow? Ross ArchaicW (talk) 12:43, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Depends on the <gallery widths="80" perrow=5">

perrow= 5 --> means 5 images in a row

perrow= 4 --> means 4 images in a row

perrow= 3 --> means 3 images in a row

perrow= 2 --> means 2 images in a row

Hope that answers your question. cheers Lotje (talk) 13:05, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje OK, I think you have set this up in Markup language, as against the Visual Editor (which I used?) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Gallery_tag. If you set it up as 'perrow= 5', it will hold the five images in the row? Is that correct, do you think? Ross ArchaicW (talk) 18:02, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello ArchaicW, yes, that is how I did it. perrow=5: the word says is: per row 5 Cheers Lotje (talk) 06:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Lotje

CASTLES Had another look at this, your idea of putting the 'before' and 'after' photos together a very good one, but could perhaps both be a bit bigger? I see you have put them in as a Gallery, so better adjusted in Markup? Also, thought the plans image was a bit too big, so made that smaller, hope you agree.

GRETNA MEMORIAL Now we've got a good layout, would you be prepared to put them up in the Article as I suggested before, now way up this page! One problem is making sure they are in the right order, that is, left panel main, then small panels, left one to five, etc. I could then add a bit of text as necessary. But if you are not happy doing it, not a problem. Best wishes Ross ArchaicW (talk) 12:25, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello ArchaicW the size/gallery on the Draft:Scottish Castles Restoration Projects have been changed.

As to your question with respect to the Quintinshill rail disaster, I suggest you put your question forward on the Talk:Quintinshill rail disaster, the talk page for discussing improvements to the Quintinshill rail disaster article. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 04:45, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Lotje. I'll be in touch Ross ArchaicW (talk) 10:21, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

DRAFT:CASTLES Hi Lotje I see you've been 'watching' the Draft: Castles! I'm a bit bemused, as Theroadislong initially indicated that (quote) an article on the subject would be acceptable on Wikipedia, but he's twice now said the draft reads too much like an essay. Hence I am still editing out the phrases that I assume he does not like! Ross ArchaicW (talk) 16:30, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 55

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I noticed an edit of filling in a bare reference, and that you're using reFill 2 (or at least the edit was marked that way). I'm not familiar with that particular tool, so I'm not sure if this is part of the tool or a manual part of the edit, but the edit here [1] was not completely valid. There was no pipe "|" character in between the website and access-dates params. It was entered like this: |website=www.grittv.comaccessdate=March 16, 2023. ButlerBlog (talk) 18:03, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Butlerblog for your attention. the fact is, the mistake was all mine because I added the website afterwards an omitted to ad the pipe characther. Cheers Lotje (talk) 05:29, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem!! That's kind of why I reached out - I wasn't sure if it was an issue with the tool or what, so I just wanted to make sure you knew about it in case it was. ButlerBlog (talk) 18:03, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

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"External link"

In the future, please try to use "External links" instead of "External link" for section headings, per MOS:LAYOUTEL. Thanks! :) ~ Eejit43 (talk) 14:45, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

@Eejit43: thank you for your remark, though, I must say, that I have been noticing if: I ad "external links" and there is only 1 link, a bot comes by and changes it to singular. Or have I been dreaming? Thank you foryour time. Lotje (talk) 14:58, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

That is not the case (as far as I know, if it is, the bot should be disabled), it should always be "External links" no matter how many links are included :) ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:03, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

That's fine by me Eejit43, from now on it shall be "External links" :-) So sorry to read you have health issues. Lotje (talk) 15:08, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

No worries at all, thank you for doing that! :) ~ Eejit43 (talk) 15:09, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

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Scottish Castles

Hi Lotje! Still trying to get this Scottish Castles Draft accepted - but nobody will look at it! Or if they have, they see Theroadislong's comments and will not touch it. I just don't understand this. First of all he indicated that he thought the article was OK, then he comes up with this 'essay' stuff, (which I beleive is now totally edited out). But I must say I think it is most unfair of him to say that he is declining to review it, then to add that it "feels like an essay". Do you know any other reviewers who might be more in sympathy with this article? Many thanks, hope you are well Ross ArchaicW (talk) 16:58, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello ArchaicW, I am very well Thank you for asking. Don't know how to tackle this, but if it where on the Dutch Wikipedia, I would go the the Dutch version of the Village pump.Since you have a Teahouse and a Help desk, I guess you could bring your question forward to the attention on one of both. Have you tried the reviewing possibilities? I also noticed the Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Reviewing instructions. I very much hope you succeed in your endeavour, cause imho it is a subject/article like the Castles in Portugal. Don't understand why there is the redirect from Castles in Scotland. So sorry I cannot be of any better help to you. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 04:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Dear Lotje

Thank you very much for your very helpful ideas - I'm not very good at all the different way you can do things in Wikipedia, just have the occasional idea for an article! I see 'DIYeditor' has had a look and made a suggestion for the title - I do hope he/she will have a further look and possibly suggest and pinpoint anything else they feel needs done to get the draft article accepted. Thanks and best wishes Ross ArchaicW (talk) 12:04, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

You are very welcome ArchaicW Glad I could be of any help. Lotje (talk) 12:13, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I don't see a Draft:Scottish Castles (which I was going to rename) or Draft:Scottish castles, what is the article in question? —DIYeditor (talk) 09:34, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@DIYeditor: Thanks for dropping a note. The article is Scottish castles and, miracle, miracle, it is there now :-) Cheers. Lotje (talk) 09:39, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@DIYeditor:, only me again, mixed it up, it is the Draft:Scottish Castles Restoration Projects which might (maybe) need a closer look at. Thanks Lotje (talk) 09:42, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I made comment on the draft's talk page about the title's formatting. I don't have time to take an in depth look at the draft at this time beyond the title. —DIYeditor (talk) 09:54, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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Jasminum Sambac

I noticed you left a message in my talk page. The paper was from "PHARMACOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF JASMINUM SAMBAC- A REVIEW". The link seems to be working for me. https://zenodo.org/record/1210527/files/57.Jasminum sambac.pdf . it gives error sometimes but here's the download link "https://zenodo.org/record/1210527/files/57.Jasminum%20sambac.pdf"

Also, thing to note is pharmacological property of plants aren't WP:MEDRS so one can't edit and add medical uses of plants in wikipedia. Hope you find this information useful Machinexa

Thank you very much Machinexa for the info. I added the link you gave me and about the medical uses of plants. Also, the WP:MEDRS is a good thing. We are not going to play Doktor Google here on Wikipedia. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 04:28, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 57

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Issue 57, May – June 2023

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Wikidata links

Please note that, per Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Archive 204#New RFC on linking to Wikidata, it is not generally appropriate to add links to Wikidata to mainspace, as you have been doing. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:04, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello Pppery, don't quite understand what you are saying. Can you give me an example as to what I did wrongy? Thanks. Lotje (talk) 03:59, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Rephrased: the linked discussion says that you shouldn't make edits like Special:Diff/1166528678 that add {{Q}} to mainspace. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:23, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much Pppery that was very helpful. Wonder if that way of dealing with this kind of links would be accepted on the Dutch Wikipedia too though Cheers. Lotje (talk) 04:32, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't speak Dutch, but as a general principle different wikis handle Wikidata very differently. The English Wikipedia is skeptical, but many other languages are more accepting. So I wouldn't be surprised if it was. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:35, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

At the time, when I entered the <nowiki</nowiki> with text, I was made clear that adding text that was only to be seen by me, was not accepted. Lotje (talk) 04:42, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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

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

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
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commonscatinline

Can you help me understand why are you replacing on many pages the already existing and functioning commons category link boxes with "commonscatinline"? Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 03:26, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello Ooligan, replacing the commonscat by the commonscatinline has to do with the fact the external link section is very short or, when it is hanging somehow "lost" (immediately) under the infobox. Hoping this is helpful to you. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 05:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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

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• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
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Technical news

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

Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

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

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Books & Bytes – Issue 58

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Issue 58, July – August 2023

• New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
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Precious anniversary

Precious

Nine years!

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Dear Gerda Arendt, how kind of you to remember. Thank you very much. Lotje (talk) 09:37, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

For gallery, if desired

The little Lotje have gallery of lovely images on userpage for cheering up. Here another, so yummy! Enjoy! bishzilla _ROARR!! pocket 17:47, 4 November 2023 (UTC).

Well thank you Bishzilla, I'll surely enjoy this and now, and tomorrow I will to find a place to add this wonderful image. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 17:52, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

[Breathing out a light spray of {{cookie}} crumbs as she speaks :] Too late, the evil Darwinbish has stolen your cakes! The cakes made her happy and she'd like to give you a great big hug for leaving them where she could reach them. Spread the WikiLove by giving her more cakes, unless you want her boys to pay you a visit! darwin bish 18:05, 4 November 2023 (UTC).

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Corinth Canal

Hi - I hope this will not be a bother to you, and I apologize that I do not know the editing processes and all that insiders do (thanks!) on Wikipedia.

I was reading the article Corinth Canal, and you are the latest person to edit it, so that is why I'm hoping that you can lead to some necessary corrections there.

I see some definite contradictions on the width and navigation maximum of the canal, when comparing: - 1st paragraph in Overview states 24.6 metres. - 1st paragraph in Layout agrees. - 2nd paragraph in Layout states that the canal "can accommodate ships only of a width up to 17.6 metres... - ... then the very next sentence states that "a 22.5 metres...wide cruise ship successfully traversed the canal"

I hope that you can find the correct information or contact someone who can do so.

Kind regards. 96.230.88.32 (talk) 01:55, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello anonymous user, thank you for your vigilance . My guess is that, after the reopening of the canal, the max. size of ships allowed through the canal is 17 meters.. But to make sure, I'll ask George E. Koronaios who might be able to find the exact information since the reopening of the canal. Lotje (talk) 05:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Good morning, Lotje. The Canal is currently closed and will be open again between February and March. I have just made a phone call to the company responsible for the Canal. For more information, you can always check their website (https://corinthcanal.com/). This is also the link of the liveview map of the Canal (https://corinthcanal.com/live-%ce%ba%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%b7/). Cheers! George E. Koronaios (talk) 06:32, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@George: so glad you could take a look into this question by User: 96.230.88.32. I am thrilled with the result of your phone call. thank you ever so much. Lotje (talk) 07:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

• Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
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Lebanese University

Your edit of 15:43, 5 December 2023 (UTC) of Lebanese University is summarized as "Filled in 17 bare reference(s) with reFill 2", but I don't think it was very helpful. I hope you will consider my subsequent edits to be beneficial. Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:06, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Anomalocaris, for your edits. I refined a bit more. Hope that is okay with you? Cheers. Lotje (talk) 05:30, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Best wishes!

Dear Lotje, Best season's greetings, i.e., Heppie Xmas :-)), and an excellent 2024! Hansmuller (talk) 12:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Tahnk you veru much Hansmuller Lotje (talk) 12:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

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Maxim

• Enterprisey
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• Aoidh
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Maxim

• Enterprisey
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Arbitration

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

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

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Happy New Year, Lotje!

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Thank you very much Abishe, you too Lotje (talk) 14:43, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 60

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Issue 60, November – December 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• Ameliorate!
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• Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
• Cobi
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Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

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• Enterprisey
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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• East718
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• Stan Shebs
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Bureaucrat changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

• Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
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Pieter Biewenga

@Lotje, I answered on User:Morne's Afrikaans Wiki Talkpage about Pieter Biewenga Photo's. I will get out of this conversation now and leave you to sort it out, by yourself or with Morne, but I would really love to know what the resolution is. I found this page: Kategorie:NouCommons - Wikipedia. Please post an update. All the best. Thermofan (talk) 08:38, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@Thermofan: thank you ever so much for your kind help. I surely will post any updates. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 10:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

@Thermofan: don't know if the userpage of Rooiratel on the af.wikipedia is on your watchlist, but Jeff G. added some information. Hope that helps. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 14:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank You! Thermofan (talk) 07:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

@Thermofan: you are very welcome Lotje (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Page errors in article Christianity

Hi Lotje. I was reading about Christianity, but realized all the sections were gone. I checked the page history, and compared the revisions. It seems like you were trying to add stuff, and then deleted all the other sections. Was this a mistake? Discussion is here Waterard ^water?(talk | contribs) 19:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello Waterard that was indeed a mistake. If you take a look at this, you will see that from the minute the mess started, I tried to find a solution. I'dd love to see this solved. Cheers Lotje (talk) 03:50, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

• IEEE and Haaretz now available
• Let's Connect Clinics about The Wikipedia Library
• Spotlight and Wikipedia Library tips

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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

Administrator changes

Nyttend

• JohnOwens
• Killiondude
• MelanieN
• Nihonjoe

Bureaucrat changes

Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

Joe Roe

Oversight changes

GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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

Administrator changes

Graham Beards

• Deskana
• Mets501
• Staxringold

Bureaucrat changes

• Deskana
• Warofdreams

Oversight changes

Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Elli
• HouseBlaster
• Pickersgill-Cunliffe

• Brianga
• De728631
• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

• One new partner
• 1Lib1Ref
• Spotlight: References check

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African movies 2024 with ebube

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

• Ian.thomson
• Modussiccandi

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

• Courcelles
• GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Well Wishes

Hi Lotje. I just saw you thanks me for an edit I did tem months ago on Libya. Wishing you all the best. ZAWADI NPC (talk) 15:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

• The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimania presentation
• New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

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