User talk:P199/Archive 5
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Kapas Island
edithi there, why did you delete the photos i uploaded ? did they violate any rules ? wish to know to avoid similar happening in future, thanks WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 13:32, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- @WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker: yes, see WP:IG, which says: "Articles consisting entirely or primarily of galleries are discouraged, as the Commons is intended for such collections of images." Moreover it was self-serving, only adding all your own images. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 16:06, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
- i thought i was only allowed to add my own images due to copy right ? WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 08:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- @WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker: that applies to uploading images. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 13:10, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- OK, thanks for the clarification WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 13:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- @WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker: that applies to uploading images. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 13:10, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
- i thought i was only allowed to add my own images due to copy right ? WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 08:08, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
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- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
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- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
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- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
The Signpost: 16 January 2023
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- From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Sorry, but ...
editI just found that Madridejos, Cebu, its wikidata has no finance numbers in it. And I can't work out where to find them - not in PSGC (and there is no webpage either). Have you got any idea how to find it? Auntie Kathleen (talk) 15:06, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Auntie Kathleen: No, sorry, I don't know. BTW, all the PH articles are standardized, so please don't change formatting! In particular, reducing text size is contrary to MOS:FONTSIZE, and you are also removing valid "access-date" parameters in the weather box. If there is a specific reason for making these changes, first discuss them at WP Philippines. Thank you. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 15:30, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
- I find what I originally ask myself: no reply at Tambayan Philippines
- There are several things wrong with {{Philippine Census}} –
- The internal format has the columns all aligned left, with a large gap aligned right in each column;
- The graph fills the whole width of the entity, which means the graph is too wide to understand easily;
- The width of the entity is too wide for my phone, neither table nor graph fits in a single view;
- In my phone, but not in my pc, the header is not as wide as the body;
- In my phone, but not in my pc, the header is not as wide as the body;
- I think two columns is enough. By using graph-width=right, for pc style two columns of data, their height would be more or less the same height as the graph. For narrower pcs and phones, it would allow the graph to appear underneath.
- {{Weather box}} –
- The width is too wide to fit in my phone. It is three columns short, either right or left. I don't think that reducing to 90% is contrary to MOS:FONTSIZE (which I have read) and allows whole width.
- [The colours are horrible, of course. To me, simple black and white text seems much better, Also see MOS:NAVBOXCOLOR ]
- Do something about User:Migfab008
- Auntie Kathleen (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- These are merely cosmetic changes to suit your device. The census and weather boxes are used in tens-of-thousands of articles (not just PH articles), so if everyone keeps on making changes to suit their own devices, nothing would be standardized anymore... -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 02:20, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
- I find what I originally ask myself: no reply at Tambayan Philippines
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
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- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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The Signpost: 4 February 2023
edit- From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function
- News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan
- Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos
- Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter
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The Signpost: 20 February 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
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- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
Technical news
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
Arbitration
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
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The Signpost: 9 March 2023
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- Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
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Disambiguation link notification for March 9
editAn automated process has detected that when you recently edited Kesagami Provincial Park, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Woodland caribou.
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The Signpost: 20 March 2023
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The Signpost: 03 April 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
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Guideline and policy news
- A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
Technical news
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
- The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
- A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.
Arbitration
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
- A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
Your revert of Fokker
editRe: you revert of a recent edit to Fokker with the reason "Not for company infoboxes" ... I respectfully ask you to reconsider. There are hundreds maybe thousands) of company articles where the age of the company's beginning and end are shown in the infobox. Truthanado (talk) 18:47, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Truthanado: I haven't noticed that, but when I do, I would remove it there as well. It just doesn't serve a purpose to state in every infobox how long ago a year is. Just my opinion of course, so maybe this should be discussed in a general forum or wikiproject... -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 12:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
DYK for St. Raphael Provincial Park
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On 13 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article St. Raphael Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the St. Raphael Provincial Park in Northern Ontario, Canada, is part of the 1,530 km2 (590 sq mi) St. Raphael Signature Site, which is recognized for its natural and recreational values? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St. Raphael Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, St. Raphael Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Speedy deletion declined: User:HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd
editHello P199, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: User does exist, or this is not a user page. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 17:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Ivanvector: Thanks for all your hard admin work. In this case, yes, the user exists "on paper", but the User page was not created by the namesake user but by an unrelated user, to promote some personal (?) topic it seems. If you still think that U2 doesn't apply, what deletion process applies then? MfD? -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 18:06, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
- The speedy criteria have to be applied narrowly - if the criterion says "pages of users that don't exist", and the user does exist, then that criterion does not apply, end of story. The criteria are very black and white, because they're the limited cases where pages can be deleted without any discussion. Normally yes, if a non-article page is declined for speedy deletion then the next step is MFD, as there's no PROD for drafts. In this case, though, I would normally review against other criteria and maybe just change the tag and delete the page anyway, but I was suddenly called into a meeting and didn't get a chance to review this page thoroughly.
- Having reviewed it now: the page was created by User:HistoricallyAccurate, and they created the page less than an hour after the account that that userspace belongs to was created. It seems obvious then that HistoricallyAccurate also created the HouseOfBetula-Gryfudd account. As far as I can tell this is the only other account that they have created, the content is made up (though there are fantasy nobility "leagues" and they have bled onto Wikipedia before), and none of the content was used in the user's other work. Since it doesn't seem to have any use towards Wikipedia's purpose it might meet WP:U5, except that it's supposed to be pages made by users without much other activity, and HistoricallyAccurate is fairly active. If they meant it as a test and weren't meaning to keep it then either WP:G2 or WP:G7 would apply.
- How about we just ask? For now I'll move it to a subpage of HistoricallyAccurate's user space, and then I'll leave them a message asking what they're meaning to do with it, if anything. In that case the page will also be eligible for deletion under WP:G13 if it's not edited for six months, so one way or another it will eventually be dealt with. If you disagree you can of course re-tag the article with a different speedy tag (I won't reject you again but can't speak for other admins) or start a discussion at MFD. Cheers, and thanks for your work patrolling. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 23:07, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
Parks, parks, oh wonderful parks!
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- @Whpq: Thank you! Slow process but more to come! -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:08, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
Spontaneous flora in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
editcan you explain why you delete the gallery in the site Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade my point is that those plants are as real as the church, the road, the river I understand that they also grow elsewhere but as you can see whit the géolocalisations those pictures where taken on the municipality site in those time so concern about ecologies for me it's important to realize that the plants are our day to day compagnon please reconsider Nichole Ouellette (talk) 14:36, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Nichole Ouellette: Thanks for your efforts at WP and your image uploads at Commons. As per WP:IG: "Wikipedia is not an image repository. A gallery is not a tool to shoehorn images into an article, and a gallery consisting of an indiscriminate collection of images of the article subject should generally either be improved in accordance with the below paragraphs or moved to Wikimedia Commons." In other words, the inclusion of the images at Commons is more than sufficient. Regards, -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 14:46, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 April 2023
edit- News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns
- In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia
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- Humour: The law of hats
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DYK for Lake of the Woods Provincial Park
edit On 28 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lake of the Woods Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the mainland portion of Lake of the Woods Provincial Park in northwestern Ontario, Canada, was deregulated as part of a First Nations land claim settlement? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lake of the Woods Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lake of the Woods Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
DYK for Kesagami Provincial Park
edit On 5 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kesagami Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the shores of Kesagami Lake in Kesagami Provincial Park (northern Ontario, Canada) are surrounded by "exceptional" peat cliffs reaching 4 metres (13 ft) in height? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kesagami Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kesagami Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Kesagami Lake
edit On 5 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kesagami Lake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the shores of Kesagami Lake in Kesagami Provincial Park (northern Ontario, Canada) are surrounded by "exceptional" peat cliffs reaching 4 metres (13 ft) in height? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kesagami Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kesagami Lake), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 8 May 2023
edit- News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU
- In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics
- Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions
- Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists!
- Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion
- News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation
DYK nomination of Otoskwin River
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Hello! Your submission of Otoskwin River at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Flibirigit (talk) 21:43, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 22 May 2023
edit- In the media: History, propaganda and censorship
- Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland"
- Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles
- Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs
DYK for Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park
edit On 24 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park, protecting the Otoskwin and Attawapiskat Rivers in Ontario, Canada, has archaeological and historical sites dating from 3000 BC to the 1800s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Otoskwin River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Otoskwin River
edit On 24 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Otoskwin River, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Otoskwin–Attawapiskat River Provincial Park, protecting the Otoskwin and Attawapiskat Rivers in Ontario, Canada, has archaeological and historical sites dating from 3000 BC to the 1800s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Otoskwin River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Otoskwin River), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 5 June 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
Technical news
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
The Signpost: 19 June 2023
edit- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
- Featured content: Content, featured
- Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics
DYK for Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park
edit On 28 June 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the White Otter Castle is the most popular attraction in the Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park, even though it is not accessible by road? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Turtle River-White Otter Lake Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Turtle River–White Otter Lake Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
The Signpost: 3 July 2023
edit- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
- Featured content: Incensed
- Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT?
Reversion of the images I added on Coron, Palawan
editI strongly disagree with your removal of my images that I added in the wiki page of Coron. I think they are significant because they show places in that town that are not normally known but should be known to other people. Therefore, I propose that it should be reverted since no one else has also placed pictures related to the geology of the area that is not limestone-related and Mt. Dalara. Pcbyed (talk) 13:47, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
- That is what is Commons for. If there was a paragraph on geology, then it makes sense to add an image on geology. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 13:50, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 July 2023
edit- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
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- Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide!
- Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master
DYK for Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park
edit On 26 July 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park in Ontario has some of the oldest and best samples of old-growth white pine in the Algoma region? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Algoma Headwaters Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
Precious anniversary
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The Signpost: 1 August 2023
edit- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
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- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
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Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
Proposal to Rename "South China Sea" to "West Philippine Sea" (La union wiki dispute)
editHello fellow editors,,
I would like to propose a discussion regarding the naming of the body of water commonly referred to as the "South China Sea." Given its geographical location and historical context, I believe it would be more accurate and appropriate to use the term "West Philippine Sea."
The name "South China Sea" has often been criticized for its bias towards one particular claimant and disregards the territorial disputes among neighboring countries. By using the term "West Philippine Sea," we can provide a more neutral and accurate representation of the area, highlighting the Philippines' claims without favoring any specific nation.
I encourage everyone to share their thoughts on this proposal. Let's engage in a constructive conversation and consider the historical, geographical, and political aspects when deciding on the most appropriate name for this body of water.
Thank you for your attention and participation.
Best regards, Haruno212007
Haruno212007 (talk) 04:20, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
- @Haruno212007: First, my personal talk page is not the place to propose naming conventions for international bodies of water. That should be done at Talk:South China Sea. And secondly, such a proposal would not pass. Your proposed name "West Philippine Sea" is equally contentious and only applicable to use within the Philippines. WP is global, and therefore we use globally accepted common names, see WP:USECOMMONNAMES. Regards, -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 18:24, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
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DYK for Kississing Lake
edit On 29 August 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kississing Lake, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that although Kississing Lake is threatened by water contaminated with tailings, it is the main resource for nearby residents? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kississing Lake. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kississing Lake), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
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Nomination of Ryan Gobbe for deletion
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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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
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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.
DYK for Aubinadong River
edit On 8 September 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Aubinadong River, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Aubinadong River in Ontario, Canada, was an indigenous canoe route and is still used for canoe camping as its main recreational activity? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Aubinadong River. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Aubinadong River), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 16 September 2023
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- Featured content: Catching up
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The Signpost: 3 October 2023
edit- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
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The Signpost: 23 October 2023
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Lauwersmeer - Dyke/Dam - contradiction?
editSee page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauwersmeer. My reading of it reveals that some clarification, or removal of contradiction may be appropriate.
Under "History", please review para 2, noting references to "32km", "dykes", "13km", "dam", "13 km dike plan was more expensive than the 32 km plan", and "government decided on the cheaper option". Then in para 4, note reference to "The 13-kilometer-long dike".
The whole reads as if the 32km plan was cheaper, and the government used the cheaper option, yet we are later told that the structure now existing is 13km. How can this be?
Perhaps someone with access to validated history of Lauwersmeer could clarify this? Pwat (talk) 09:34, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
- @Pwat: Wow, you are asking about an edit I did in 2007! And that edit was a merge, so I did not write that specific info. You better search through the original article's history to find who wrote it and ask them. Sorry, not much help... -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 16:14, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 November 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
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!
Deletion Nominations in Commons
editYou recently nominated the following images for deletion:
- File:Photo of St.George Utah.jpg
- File:Panorama of St.George Utah.jpg
- File:Old Highway 91 Bridge in Middleton Utah.jpg
With The claim that they are most likely not my own work, i can send you the link to my google photos with all the mete & EXIF data.
Link to album: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMqOJFN8aCTJLpDx-ZRR1c32RqtO1eG9oWhprKN6rqgMJP4fwJkUABy2kz2dMrILg?key=RHR1dExybDVzazJmWUVFTmtZa2RWRXNJNmVKMWdB (https://photos.app.goo.gl/n2yTTDbaEdrnhKAN8)
😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 18:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- I messaged you here because i am using a vpn to access commons & cannot edit there(I only need it for commons, i can access all other wikimedia foundation sites.) 😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 18:02, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- @PaulGamerBoy360:OK noted. I have copied your comments to the DR discussion at Commons. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- thanks, sorry about all of this. 😎😎PaulGamerBoy360😎😎 (talk) 19:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
- @PaulGamerBoy360:OK noted. I have copied your comments to the DR discussion at Commons. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:37, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
WikiProject Canada 10,000 Challenge seventh anniversary
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The Signpost: 20 November 2023
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- News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
- Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
- Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
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ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message
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The Signpost: 4 December 2023
edit- In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
- Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
- Comix: Bold comics for a new age
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- 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.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
DYK for Kaipokok Bay
edit On 12 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kaipokok Bay, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the only populated place on Kaipokok Bay in Labrador, Canada, is Postville (pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kaipokok Bay. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kaipokok Bay), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
DYK for Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park
edit On 23 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, contains part of the Experimental Lakes Area, a controlled area for conducting scientific experiments in lakes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
The Signpost: 24 December 2023
edit- Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
- News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
- In the media: Consider the humble fork
- Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
- In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
- Technology report: Dark mode is coming
- Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
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- Crossword: when the crossword is sus
- Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
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- Humour: Guess the joke contest