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The Signpost: 24 May 2018

• From the editor: Another issue meets the deadline

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• Opinion: Integrating my many lives on Wikipedia

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

Al Ameer son • AliveFreeHappy • Cenarium • Lupo • MichaelBillington

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• In early May, an unusually high level of failed login attempts was observed. The WMF has stated that this was an "external effort to gain unauthorized access to random accounts". Under Wikipedia policy, administrators are required to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

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The Signpost: 29 June 2018

• From the editor: The Admin Ship is still barely afloat, while a Foundation project risks sinking

• Special report: NPR and AfC – The Marshall Plan: an engagement and a marriage?

• Op-ed: What do admins do?

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2018

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

Administrator changes

Pbsouthwood • TheSandDoctor

Gogo Dodo

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

Bureaucrat changes

Andrevan • EVula

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

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

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The Signpost: 31 July 2018

• From the editor: If only if

• Op-ed: The last leg of the Admin Ship's current cruise

• Opinion: Wrestling with Wikipedia reality

• News and notes: Another newspaper for Wikipedia; Wikimania 2018 ends; changes at NPR

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2018

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

Administrator changes

Sro23

KaisaL • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

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Hello old friend

Just dropping by to say hi; it's been a while. Hope all is well with you. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 18:43, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

• From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia

• Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin

• News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend

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• Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2018

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

Administrator changes

None

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

Optimist on the run → Voice of Clam

Interface administrator changes

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

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Ran Oz deletion

Hi, hope you are well, I want to ask that you deleted the page of Ran Oz that I created based on a single vote of Delete which was sensed inappropriate and doubted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ran_Oz Please at least relist it for another week or tell me how to appeal that decision because I think it is unfairly deleted. Looking forward. Than you Superuomo rinascere (talk) 08:21, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

I agree with the two editors who commented in the AFD that Mr Oz is not notable and, so, I will not be undeleting the article. If you wish to dispute my closure, you can do that at WP:DRV. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 16:51, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks I thought it was worth adding, I'll find more sources and then resubmit and ask from you your opinion. Superuomo rinascere (talk) 10:45, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Daniel Ivandjiiksi

Hi Salvio. I undid your two edits on Daniel Ivandjiiski. You deleted a whole section of material on his fine in Miller Buckfire which is independently sourced to FINRA (e.g. WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD) as a primary reference? Also, you deleted the reference to his compliant case. The reason why I put this in is that there is so much misguided discussion on the internet about this case (e.g. that he has been found doing a 'pump and dump' scheme etc.), plus the compliant also published several details about Daniel. Happy to discuss. Britishfinance (talk) 11:42, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

I have serious WP:BLP concerns about the material you put in. Per policy, if an editor wants to include controversial information regarding a living person, he needs to include reliable sources. For that, secondary sources are not only preferred, but required (see WP:BLPPRIMARY). Please revert per policy and then obtain consensus to reinclude (see WP:BLPREQUESTRESTORE). Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:54, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Salvio. If you google Daniel Ivandjiiski, you get a lot of "junk" about him being banned for insider trading. However, the actual facts of the case from FINRA (the US Government body that affected the ban) is that the amount was small - $750 (which I noted) and that Daniel did not appeal it and just moved on. I cited FINRA's full finding because it is the only way to properly chronicle what actually happened, without adding any POV on to it. I think giving the full FINRA reference and citation, without anybody editing it, is the right thing to do here - it is the fairest way to handle this? Also, there is a lot of junk on the GEROVA case on the internet where people have posted that Daniel was sued by the US SEC for market abuse and reference GEROVA. Again, when the actual case is cited, it turns out that GEROVA was a complaint, not an SEC suit, and that the SEC went on to jail the company, not Daniel, for the market abuse. I did put up full comments on the Zero Hedge TALK page about this but nobody responded (however, per your note above, I will put a full post on Daniel's TALK page as well regarding these items). I do think that it is important that Daniel gets a proper WP:BLP treatment and that the actual known facts about him are properly cited, without editing, to show people that what they think they know about Daniel, is not always consistent with the facts? Anyway, appreciate your input and expertise in this, and hopefully, you will see what my edits were for? thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 12:05, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

I imagined that you were acting in good faith and, for that reason, I chose the least "admin-y" way of dealing with the issue. I understand where you're coming from; however, it is not for Wikipedia to debunk claims made by others. In respect of the FINRA findings, you can probably add it after the Bloomberg source, to clarify the smallness of the amount, because BLPPRIMARY allows that. In the other case, I think we cannot include the complaint and my feeling is that what you're doing could probably be seen as original research... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:15, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Okay, I will add back the FINRA findings (and also note what I am doing on the TALK page for Daniel). Should I simply note that we was the subject of a complaint regarding market manipulation, were he was subsequently shown by the SEC to be correct? It seems a pity not to mention it as it is a material event in his bio and the facts of the event are not widely known. Seem a pity not to put the facts down as they were but maybe with less detail so that it did not cross into OR territory? thanks again. Britishfinance (talk) 15:46, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the FINRA findings, that's ok. Regarding the rest, my opinion is to see what the consensus is; if nobody responds on the talk page, you can try starting an RFC or asking for an opinion at WP:BLPN. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 13:55, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Okay, understand that. I will put the FINRA content back in (but note it on the talk page for others), and I will leave the compliant case out, but raise the issue as a separate section on the talk page. I'll give it a few weeks and circle back on your suggestions if I get no response. thanks again. Britishfinance (talk) 19:05, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

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September 2018

Your addition to Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. I am sorry to hear about your health issues that may affect your ability to work on Wikipedia. However, please do not move material to mainspace that includes obvious copyright violations, as you appear to have done in this case. MPS1992 (talk) 03:24, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Wrong person... Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 03:27, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

The article history shows: "Salvio giuliano moved page Draft:Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom to Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom". Please do not move copyright infringements from Draft to mainspace in future. MPS1992 (talk) 04:31, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Tell that to the person who actually added the copyright infringement or to the person who approved the draft. I simply deleted the redirect that was standing in the way of the move and moved the approved draft, trusting the other editor's judgment. Incidentally, it's considered bad form to template regulars. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 04:38, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

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Thanks for replying and i hear you.... but it's still ok if i keep using huggle right? PS: please reply by tagging my name, cause i do not take a look at my watchlist B. N .D | ✉ 12:25, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

@B.N. Dehigaspage: to use Huggle, you need rollback; you can still user Twinkle, however. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:28, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Thanks again..... but i use huggle as read only and it has been helping me to catch vandals... is that still ok? B. N .D | ✉ 12:31, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

@B.N. Dehigaspage: I didn't know that was possible, but I'd say you can, as long as you ensure that you're only reverting vandalism. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 12:32, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

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