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Latest comment: 7 years ago by MediaWiki message delivery in topic The Signpost: 23 June 2017


Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

 

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

  Administrator changes

  Doug BellDennis BrownClpo13ONUnicorn
  ThaddeusBYandmanBjarki SOldakQuillShyamJondelWorm That Turned

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 9 June 2017

Thursday June 22: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA

Thursday June 22, 6-8:30pm: Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon @ MoMA
 

Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing at the Museum of Modern Art Library's third annual Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon, during which we will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to LGBT art, culture and history.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.

Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBTQ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the Black Lunch Table project.

Experienced Wikipedians will be on-hand to assist throughout the day. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will have library resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics on hand.

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA, 4 West 54 Street - between 5th/6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Please note that this entrance is one block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue.

Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 21:40, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

P.S. Stay tuned / sign up early for our Sunday June 25 Hackathon @ Ace Hotel, the Sunday July 9 Wiknic on Governors Island, and other upcoming events.

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Mass killings under Communist regimes

You indef-protected this article back in 2011, and reading through the mess that was, it seems like you made the right call at the time. Now after over five years, it's the longest-standing protected article. What are your thoughts on dropping this to semi or extended confirmed? —Guanaco 10:59, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

The full protection was not due to actions of inexperienced editors, so downgrading it doesn't make much sense. As long as the underlying consensus-required sanction remains (and I can't touch that unilaterally since it's not mine), I don't see much point in removing the full protection, since pretty much every edit requires a previous consensus anyway. (The two exceptions are not really relevant: there's only so many minor edits you can make to a page, and in all likelihood they've all been made already, and there shouldn't be any obvious vandalism/BLP violations on the page given the full protection.) T. Canens (talk) 21:42, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 23 June 2017