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November 9

New right side bar on pages

I'm getting this new sidebar on the right side of certain pages. I can't even figure out why it appears sometimes and not others. The number of large icons in the sidebar also seems to vary. I see it at User:Makeanaccount9 but don't see it at User:Bbb23. Is this "feature" described somewhere? How do I remove it? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:02, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't see it on either page. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 15:04, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Lucky me. --Bbb23 (talk) 15:11, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Is it Wikipedia:Page Curation/Help#Curation Toolbar? If not then please give a description of the content. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:12, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I think it is. I saw it in Test Wiki too. ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 15:14, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

On this page ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 15:14, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Does it look like this? ―Abelmoschus Esculentus 15:17, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Bbb23, Enable "Disable the page curation toolbar" in the gadgets section of preferences. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:32, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

That worked, thanks everyone. When was it implemented and why does it (apparently) come enabled as the default?--Bbb23 (talk) 15:46, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Bbb23, Wikipedia:Page Curation/Help#When was this released? mentions September 2012 as the implementation month. I don't know the answer to your query on why does it apparently come enabled by default (my guess is perhaps because you are an administrator). Lourdes 18:08, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

That's puzzling. I never saw it until very recently.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

My wild guess Bbb23 would be that you might have recently, accidentally clicked on 'Curation Toolbar' or 'Curate this article' in the 'Toolbox' section of the left sidebar. Lourdes 18:14, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm never that wild.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:17, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

RFA

Hi, I recently created an RFA. I received no opposition, and the timeline has passed, but I don't think anything has changed. Did I do something wrong? Thank you.WikiHogan654 (talk) 22:02, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiHogan654 I think it is not formatted correctly, as it was not seen by anyone. You aren't likely to succeed at the RFA; however, you don't need to be an admin to edit and create articles.331dot (talk) 22:11, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

331dot Ok, thank you. What do I need to change to format it correctly?WikiHogan654 (talk) 22:14, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what you did wrong, but you would need to follow the instructions at WP:RFA/N. As I said however, I doubt very much that any RFA you make would be successful and I strongly urge you to not attempt to do so at this time. As I indicated, you don't need to be an admin to do what you indicate on your RFA attempt that you want to do. 331dot (talk) 22:18, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

There were at least two problems. First, the {{subst}} somehow didn't work correctly, you may need to re-create the page from the template. Second, you didn't transclude the RFA on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Finally, I have to agree with 331dot; you will almost certainly get the RFA WP:SNOW closed at 0 support / 10 oppose if you run; do you really want 10 more people to tell you that you're not going to become an admin right now? power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:27, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

watchlist and Administrators Noticeboard

Hello. How do I watch just one section of the Administrators' Noticeboard (instead of being notified about any revisions on the whole noticeboard)? Thanks, 1292simon (talk) 22:23, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

I don't believe there is a way to do that. 331dot (talk) 22:25, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks 331dot. I best not shoot the messenger, but that is surely, ahem... an "area for improvement"! Cheers, 1292simon (talk) 03:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

@1292simon: see m:Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Watchlists#Make individual threads watchable. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:58, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate:, that would be great. Fingers crossed the proposal happens sometime! 1292simon (talk) 06:15, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Interesting article from MIT about Wikipedia

I wanted to share this with the help desk and teahouse.

• http://news.mit.edu/2018/wikipedia-disputes-unresolved-study-1106

TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 22:44, 9 November 2018 (UTC)