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ArbCom 2019 special circular
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Administrators must secure their accounts
The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:37, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
- Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.
Technical news
- XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.
Arbitration
- In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases,
the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions
; administrators found failing to have adequately done sowill not be resysopped automatically
. All current administrators have been notified of this change. - Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.
- In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases,
Miscellaneous
- A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
- A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.
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Question
What does sperm contains that could make girl pregnant? Sekiwejoyi (talk) 09:38, 18 May 2019 (UTC)
- Genetic material I guess. I don't know why you're asking me, I'm hardly an expert. Have a look at the sperm article. PhilKnight (talk) 21:51, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Question
On Boris Sokoloff's page, I included a list of Fiction and non-Fiction books he wrote and cited where I found them. The list has been deleted.
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).
Administrator changes
Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
- An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
- An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.
Technical news
- The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
- Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.
Miscellaneous
- The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
- The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.
Tana Ramsey (Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson) listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tana Ramsey (Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson). Since you had some involvement with the Tana Ramsey (Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson) redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. B dash (talk) 10:44, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2019).
Administrator changes
- 28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam1 • Flyguy649 • Fram2 • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe
- 1Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
- 2Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.
- In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.
- The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
- The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
- A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.
Technical news
- The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.
Miscellaneous
- In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.
Hello!
Good to see you're still alive and kicking around here! Hope you're doing well :-) Steven Crossin 21:13, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks Steven. PhilKnight (talk) 19:01, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
- A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.
Arbitration
- Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.
Miscellaneous
- Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
- The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.
Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
2.31.225.153
user:2.31.225.153 is abusing her talkpage right now. CLCStudent (talk) 21:21, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've revoked talk page access. PhilKnight (talk) 22:01, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).
Administrator changes
Bradv • Chetsford • Izno
Floquenbeam • Lectonar- DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
- Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime
Technical news
- Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
- The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
Miscellaneous
- A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.
T-43
Thanks for that. I'm forever getting caught out by the slow internet loading the editools bar. I didn't notice it this time!!--Petebutt (talk) 05:42, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
- No problem. PhilKnight (talk) 22:19, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
Drafts
You might want to get this one also. Praxidicae (talk) 18:29, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 18:31, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for welcome, plus query
Not quite sure who I am talking to, but assuming it is Phil, thanks for the welcome! Query: The web page I had been editing froze, then I lost all my changes. Recreated them and now getting a 404 error on save attempts. It lets me review ok. Is this a software bug or because I have edited my own edits too much? Thanks, Janet Janet AG51 (talk) 05:34, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Janet, sounds like a bug. From your edits it seems that you got past the problem. PhilKnight (talk) 20:49, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which
applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories
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- Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which
Technical news
- As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.
Arbitration
- The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
- The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC
focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future
, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.
Miscellaneous
- The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.
Cheryl has died according to her family via Twitter. --85.193.152.179 (talk) 20:34, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
- Do you have a link? PhilKnight (talk) 20:35, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
- This IP is long term abuser User:JaySmith2018 – Thjarkur (talk) 20:37, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
You've got mail
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.Nonsky (talk) 21:02, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
Protect
Hi, can you protect User talk:Udo T., under constant attack? Thanks, Denisarona (talk) 14:41, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Now ok, Edgar181 has protected it. Thanks, Denisarona (talk) 14:42, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Moar tools, please?
Hi PhilKnight, thanks for blocking 176.143.17.168 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) for disrupting Marcus Papadopoulos (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). After your block, 37.166.222.254 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and 37.166.150.110 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) have been making the same edits to that article. I was wondering if semi-protection of the page might be warranted at this point? Let me know if you'd rather I take this to RFPP or SPI or ANI or somewhere else. Thanks again! – Levivich 17:40, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi Levivich, I've semiprotected the article for a week. PhilKnight (talk) 17:45, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
LP301 and LPO301
Thanks for deleting those articles made by LP301, but a new account named LPO301 appears to be copying mainspace articles into draftspace and is probably a sock of LP301. Could you delete those and potentially block the accounts? Thanks, CalOtter (talk) 15:40, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
- Hi CalOtter, thanks for letting me know. I've deleted and blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 15:53, 13 October 2019 (UTC)
WikiProject India
Namaste, PhilKnight. We would like to inform you about the recent changes to the WikiProject. As you may know, the old newsletter for WikiProject India ceased circulation in 2010. Now we have re-launched the newsletter in a new way. As a member, you are cordially invited to subscribe to the newsletter. Thank you.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:56, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.
- The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).
- A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.
Greetings. Would you please the deleted article to my userspace? I would like to see what was there. I am about to move Alexander Carr (actor) over top. Thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 00:47, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hi FloridaArmy, the entire content was "Lead Vocalist in The Krew." PhilKnight (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks. FloridaArmy (talk) 20:15, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanking note
Thank you so much sir/madam. As soon as I requested, you unblocked me. Thank you very much. Karna DV (talk) 01:30, 8 November 2019 (UTC)Karna DV