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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
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- 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)
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- 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.
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- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Welcome to the drive!
Welcome, welcome, welcome TheDoctorWho! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.
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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer 
Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
voorts (submissions) and 
Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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March 2024 GAN backlog drive
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WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to 
Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.
Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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- 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.
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- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
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- 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.
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February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award
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DYK nomination of Line of Duty (series 3)
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DYK nomination of Line of Duty (series 3)
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
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.
New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
Hello TheDoctorWho,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
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Promotion of List of Cobra Kai episodes
WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please see this page. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
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!
Parent Articles
Hi, but is it actually a parent article when there are no individual season articles ? Atlantic306 (talk) 20:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes. There is an article for List of The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes and indicidual serial pages such as Revenge of the Slitheen and Death of the Doctor so the main page is a parent article to all of those. The recirring/guest cast can be mentioned in those articles or in a prose format of the parent article. TheDoctorWho (talk) 20:40, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- Ok, thanks for explaining, Atlantic306 (talk) 20:43, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Boom (Doctor Who)
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Your GA nomination of Boom (Doctor Who)
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TFL notification
Hi, TheDoctorWho. I'm just posting to let you know that List of Cobra Kai episodes – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 21. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
TFL notification for June 2024
Hi, TheDoctorWho. I'm just posting to let you know that List of accolades received by Line of Duty – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for June 24. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
Dot and Bubble
Would you be opposed to me being a co-nom on Dot and Bubble? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:35, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Absolutely not! Just listed you. I meant to ask before I nominated this time, but got sidetracked. I saw your ping on the Series 14 page btw. I have SB and TCORR on my to-do list. I do have access to the full Unleashed episode for TCORR so that may help. Would you be interested in co-nominations on those two episodes as well? TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:42, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Absolutly. Looking into aquiring a bluray of TCORR as I'm fairly certain it contains the unleashed episode. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- It sucks not having access to iPlayer in America. The full episodes of Unleashed for TCORR and the 2023 specials are available for semi-cheap purchase on Amazon. I bought all four. I'm hoping they eventually had Series 14 to those as well, but the four that are on there weren't added until at least after Christmas (not sure of the exact date), so it may not be until after the series finishes airing. I'm also pretty confident that the Behind the Scenes videos on YouTube are cutdown versions of the full Unleashed episodes, but we're only getting one-third to one-half of the episode with those. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:51, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Would you like to be put down as co-nom for TDC gan? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'd love to, if you don't mind. I hope to eventually get a filming section into that article before the GAN review. Sadly there's only so much time in a day
TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:34, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- I'd love to, if you don't mind. I hope to eventually get a filming section into that article before the GAN review. Sadly there's only so much time in a day
- Would you like to be put down as co-nom for TDC gan? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 00:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
- It sucks not having access to iPlayer in America. The full episodes of Unleashed for TCORR and the 2023 specials are available for semi-cheap purchase on Amazon. I bought all four. I'm hoping they eventually had Series 14 to those as well, but the four that are on there weren't added until at least after Christmas (not sure of the exact date), so it may not be until after the series finishes airing. I'm also pretty confident that the Behind the Scenes videos on YouTube are cutdown versions of the full Unleashed episodes, but we're only getting one-third to one-half of the episode with those. TheDoctorWho (talk) 03:51, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- Absolutly. Looking into aquiring a bluray of TCORR as I'm fairly certain it contains the unleashed episode. Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 03:44, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
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Doctor Who - Rogue - Music
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Hi there,
I understand that you deleted my reference to "Libertango" by Astor Piazzolla because you thought that the references weren't valid, however it does not change the fact that the music is in the episode.
If you watch the episode at around 20:50 and onwards while the Doctor and Rogue dance, you will hear a piece of music being played. It is the same as 3:40 in this performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepPfI7ebMY - which is a performance of Libertango by Astor Piazzolla. I recognised it because there was a well known cover by Grace Jones in the 80's, which I first incorrectly referenced, however even though I cannot find a journalist who mentions it, the piece is unmistakably Libertango.
I don't really care but I would think that people who are as interested in Doctor Who as you seem to be would care to know a relevant fact about the episode. It is not as if all facts on Wikipedia are required to have a reference, and yes I possibly did overdo it with unreliable references because an earlier edit removed my edit for having no references, however one only has to listen to a few seconds of the episode and a few seconds of the relevant piece to realise that it is in fact the piece, regardless of whether a notable source has realised as such. It is probably that there are precious few references to any of the music in the episode and that the person who wrote the single article that does reference the other pieces mentioned was not alive in the 1980s and had no clue that the piece being played was in fact quite famous. This does not, however, change the fact that a simple listening to the piece with reference to the music in the episode demonstrates clearly that it is in fact the piece played.
As I said, I don't really care for petty edit wars, and this is about the most petty and pointless edit war ever and doesn't speak much for the character of those who are waging it, but the facts are undeniable. That clearly demonstrates a failing on the part of the two people who chose to bury an undeniable fact because they believe that facts are not important. It also demonstrates that Wikipedia lacks appropriate mechanisms for referencing pieces of music that work without a teenage journalist having to have knowledge of music before the year 2000.
So, if you actually care about facts, perhaps you could find a way to leave this fact in the article. I don't personally care that my edit that pointed to an undeniable fact was cut out, but you need to choose whether you care about facts at all. Your actions so far say otherwise. Ozrygle (talk) 08:25, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
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- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
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Toymaker
Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Devil%27s_Chord&oldid=prev&diff=1230864688 yes, I linked the serial page instead of the character page, because there is no character page. Anyone wanting to learn more about the Toymaker will have to go read the serial page. In the future, if you don't like an added link then I would prefer to see the link edited to point to a better page (if it exists) instead of simply reverted. Banaticus (talk) 20:19, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
- I believe that linking to an episode/serial when the text refers to the character would be a slight case of WP:EASTEREGG. If there is no character then there should be no link. You said it yourself, there is no "better page" so it was removed altogether. The only "better page" would be a character article. Not to mention, if EASTEREGG wasn't in play here, the fact that the Toymaker has appeared in more than one episode is more reason not to link to a specific serial. The Giggle that specific text references only occurred in "The Giggle" and not in "The Celestial Toymaker". TheDoctorWho (talk) 08:31, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
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Good Topic
Hi, just wanted to drop you a quick message to say that I read your reply to the points I raised, and the only reason I haven't (and likely won't) respond directly is because I'd only be restating my original position, which as noted I'm not strongly wedded to anyway. Will see what (hopefully) other editors make of the situation. And I suppose, in a way, I've helped you make your argument for the path you want to take stronger. best regards JustAnotherCompanion (talk) 11:55, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
Doctor Who SDCC Panel response
Hi there, I appreciate your message letting me know what the truncated edit summary was supposed to say. Rather than 'rules lawyer' or pull out a bunch of different links to other WP policies or guidelines, let me try taking a different tack first of all:
What do you see happening after the SDCC panels occur? Will the article be updated to say 'The following panels happened and this exclusive news was revealed'? Fair enough if there's something notable - [name] chooses this panel to announce they're leaving, or the like. But what if no news is revealed, and "will appear on a panel" simply becomes "appeared on a panel"? Does this now mean we can list every convention and panel that people made appearances on?
That's why I didn't see anything notable about this information and removed it. It read, and reads, like a publicity announcement or cruft. I'm not going to press the issue too much, other than by possibly posting a version of the above on the article talk page, as SDCC will happen and be over soon. But I would be surprised if anything happens at the panels that justifies keeping them mentioned.
I hope that better explains my thinking. If you do wish me to pull out the bunch of different links that ultimately led me to using the one that following the links suggested to me was the most appropriate, I could do that yet XD best regards JustAnotherCompanion (talk) 18:22, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Either way, yes. If exclusive news is revealed, we'll add it. If not, we'll just change it to past tense. People appearing on a convention/panel doesn't inherently make it notable, so no, we don't list every single one. That would be WP:INDISCRIMINATE. However, we should (and do) write about things that receive significant media coverage, such as the Doctor Who panel(s): [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], and [11] are all independent reliable sources that covered the information. There's also more beyond just those. If these sources weren't available, I wouldn't have added it because 1) it couldn't be proven, and 2) it wouldn't establish the notability.
- One could make the same argument about anything else.
"Gatwa and Gibson promoted the series in New York City; advertisements were streamed on billboards in Times Square, and interviews were featured on Good Morning America, ABC News and Late Night with Seth Meyers."
What makes that statement notable? Do we cover every advertisement in NYC or every person who ends up on GMA? Of course not, there's no way we ever could. There are certain circumstances where it makes sense though, such as in an a section on an article that's specifically covering the promotion of a television series. By excluding it when there is such widespread international coverage, we would be failing our readers. TheDoctorWho (talk) 20:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
I have a feeling we're going to be dealing with a lot of B.S. this season. And I don't mean just on TV... Bgsu98 (Talk) 19:41, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- I sadly concur. With the lack of being able to pause/rewind feeds I can only imagine the kind of chaos it will bring. TheDoctorWho (talk) 02:27, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- You know how much I always appreciate your work on these BB articles, but I really don't like the dash (-) in the HouseGuests table. I really think putting the Day underneath (with or without parentheses) really looks neater, and narrows the overall width of that table. Let me know what you think. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:33, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- I replaced the dash with a line break. That should solve the immediate issue. I'm indifferent on the parentheses, but if you actually want them, let me know. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:39, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- I saw where you posted on the article's talk page after I posted this here. I think the line break is fine. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- I replaced the dash with a line break. That should solve the immediate issue. I'm indifferent on the parentheses, but if you actually want them, let me know. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:39, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- You know how much I always appreciate your work on these BB articles, but I really don't like the dash (-) in the HouseGuests table. I really think putting the Day underneath (with or without parentheses) really looks neater, and narrows the overall width of that table. Let me know what you think. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:33, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
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WIkiProject Doctor Who Newsletter: July 2024
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Tulsa King
 | Hello, TheDoctorWho. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Tulsa King at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:46, 23 July 2024 (UTC) |
- Hi TheDoctorWho, I've now finished my c/e. In the Season 1 table of the section "Episodes", I am seeing an error message: "Preview warning: Page using Template:WritingCredits with unknown parameter "tfirst"". This warning only shows in preview mode. I looked at the template in question {{WritingCredits}}, which does not have a "tfirst" parameter so I've no idea why it's there; you can probably remove it with no bother. Anyway, good luck with the article. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 04:46, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the copy edit!
I've corrected the template, it's a parameter that used to exist, but was recently replaced. TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- No probs; ah, that would explain it, these things happen. :) I've fixed the template link in my message. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the copy edit!
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RE: Doctor Who Series 14
I'm concerned about your nom for series fourteen due to the fact it's current under a move discussion (Thus, the article isn't stable and wouldn't meet one of the GA criteria). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel you should probably wait for the move discussion to finish before nominating so it doesn't conflict with the ongoing move discussion and get auto-failed because of it. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- I actually originally intended on waitinf, and have for a while (you can see my original message on Alex's talk page. However, I had anothwr read over the good article criteria, and the stableness of the article specifically refers to edit warring/content disputes, which isnt the case here. No one has attempted to move the article prior to the discussion being closed, and even if it is moved, it wouldn't be easily moved back without a page mover. The article itself has been stable for quite a while even when ut comes to the series 14/season 1 dispute, ehich wasnt originally the case. TheDoctorWho (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
- If that is the case, then best of luck with the nomination. I hope all goes smoothly. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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