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Rathish/Ratheesh Ambat
Today you closed this AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ratheesh Ambat. The "keep" result is valid but you apparently did not read the entire discussion. Keeping the article requires a page move by an Admin, because of an old block on the subject's true name. Read the nomination and the following comment. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
- Apologies for missing that. I see another admin fixed the title. MBisanz talk 21:14, 26 October 2021 (UTC)
Payal radhakrishna
Hello Sir i will try to improve the article can u please move the article to draft space 70mmreels (talk) 17:38, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
Aish Divine
Hi you closed this AfD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Aish_Divine. The page actually meets both WP:MUSICBIO and WP:SIGCOV guidelines, has more than 20 references in publications such as Rolling Stone, Vice etc which are independent 3rd party mainstream global publications. None of the delete votes cited the Wiki criteria for notoriety correctly. Please advise exactly how this article doesn't meet the wiki criteria and I'll be happy to update. Thank you.Teagleman (talk) 13:32, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but the commenters involved in the discussion felt that those references did not satisfy the cited standards. I would suggest you bring the matter to WP:DRV if you would like to restore the article. MBisanz talk 20:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benvanshi
Hi, should the delete be overturned as both the nominator and participant have been blocked as sockpuppets? regards, Atlantic306 (talk) 01:34, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
- Hi. I came here regarding the same.
- The same nominator and the other same sole participant turned out to be socks (not related it seems). Are you open to consider undeleting and/or re-opening AfD/second nomination for further participation? I am unaware of both the subjects and have no idea what they even are. — DaxServer (talk) 14:11, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- I have reverted and relisted those articles for further participation. MBisanz talk 20:34, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for relisting them, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 23:35, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
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AFD closure
Hello, there, MBisanz,
It looks like there are some associated pages in the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of book-based war films (wars before 1775) nomination that weren't automatically deleted when you closed this discussion. Thought I'd give you a head's up. Liz Read! Talk! 04:28, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
- Fixed, thanks! MBisanz talk 04:30, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
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regard Dellwoods close
Hi MBisanz. So, not exactly a big complaint, but regarding your close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Dellwoods, I mean it was a contentious and contended AfD, but you did a four word close, which kind of leaves us hanging as to what factors you considered and how. I don't personally agree with the close, but it's not a big deal (as a merge the material is retained), and of course it's not a Deletion Review case or anything, but still, I wish I knew more. I'm not asking for more now or anything, but, while four-word closes are fine for slam-dunks, I wish contended AfDs had more detailed closes. Just saying. Cheers, Herostratus (talk) 20:30, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
- Noted and appreciate the feedback. MBisanz talk 00:19, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
Removal of Broadside Electric
What happened to the Broadside Electric page? It looks like it has been deleted, and now other orphaned content is being deleted as a result.
I did see one comment elsewhere in a deletion discussion that mentioned the band isn't noteable. About all I can offer in response is this link to a number of mentions elsewhere on Wikipedia. Various songs by them are considered notable in the folk music community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdandrea (talk • contribs) 21:16, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
- The deletion discussion is explained at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Broadside Electric (2nd nomination). You will need to find sources outside of Wikipedia. MBisanz talk 00:20, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
Hey MBisanz, I just noticed your close of Coat of arms of Christmas Island, and I don't think it matches consensus. Out of four participants, only one supported retargeting to Flag of Christmas Island#Creation, and that !vote was admittedly "weak". On the other hand, two participants (myself and Hut 8.5) noted consideration of Flag of Christmas Island, but were opposed to it. Two participants explicitly wanted deletion, and I am also not opposed to deletion myself, so consensus should be "delete". -- Tavix (talk) 02:49, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
- I read your comment as supporting retention somewhere and Hut's as admitting that the Flag article had somewhat relevant content. The Flag article close seemed preferable to a no consensus outcome. MBisanz talk 00:22, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
- That's a fundamental misunderstanding of both Hut's comments and my own. If Hut was supporting a retarget to the Flag article, they would have had a !vote of retarget, not delete. Hut states why in the second sentence: the Flag article does not give enough details. I also made clear in my comment that I do not support retargeting to a "failed proposal" (which was my characterization of the Flag article, which may be a bit hasty in retrospect), nor do I support retargeting anywhere else that does not have any information on the coat of arms. I guess I could have made it more clear that the only options remaining would be 1) Armorial of dependent territories#External territories (since removed) and 2) deletion, but I fully expected someone to comment behind me to clarify whether or not the "failed proposal" was the same as the coat of arms that was depicted at Armorial of dependent territories#External territories. Do you see how that gets to a deletion consensus, or should I take it to DRV? -- Tavix (talk) 02:14, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
- I will reopen it because you know your own thoughts better than I do, but I could see someone else closing it in the same way because you say "we ought to have information somewhere to sustain the redirect." A redirect cannot point to nothing, so a comment like that leaves the closer trying to find somewhere to point at. Regards, MBisanz talk 04:15, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- That's a fundamental misunderstanding of both Hut's comments and my own. If Hut was supporting a retarget to the Flag article, they would have had a !vote of retarget, not delete. Hut states why in the second sentence: the Flag article does not give enough details. I also made clear in my comment that I do not support retargeting to a "failed proposal" (which was my characterization of the Flag article, which may be a bit hasty in retrospect), nor do I support retargeting anywhere else that does not have any information on the coat of arms. I guess I could have made it more clear that the only options remaining would be 1) Armorial of dependent territories#External territories (since removed) and 2) deletion, but I fully expected someone to comment behind me to clarify whether or not the "failed proposal" was the same as the coat of arms that was depicted at Armorial of dependent territories#External territories. Do you see how that gets to a deletion consensus, or should I take it to DRV? -- Tavix (talk) 02:14, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Lucas and Taft
Hi, could you change your closing statement at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucas, British Columbia to reflect that the result for Lucas was 'delete', the result for Taft was 'keep'? That was evidently the outcome but your statement makes it seem like they were both deleted. Lennart97 (talk) 10:01, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
Also, when closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Race Against Time (novel series) you missed the following redirects: Journey to Atlantis (1985 novel), Evil in paradise and Escape from raven castle. Lennart97 (talk) 10:14, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
As I see, the FFD discussion was closed as "no consensus", defaulting to keeping the sample in three articles. Is it the right decision? --George Ho (talk) 21:21, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
- It at least should remain in the song article. The other two are subject to editorial discretion. MBisanz talk 02:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
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Happy New Year, MBisanz!
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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Grind_(board_game)
Hi, Would you mind undoing the closure at [1] and allowing a longer discussion? The only delete !vote came just hours before the closure and I pretty strongly disagree with some of the reasoning in that !vote. In particular, being a non-profit site has nothing to do with reliability and the site in question appears to have strong editorial control. Not saying that this is a clearly wrong !vote, merely that there should be some time to discuss it. Thanks. Hobit (talk) 04:40, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- I have reverted, but still believe it is a deletion outcome. There was plenty of time to discuss and PMC appears to have been unconvinced by the changes made during the discussion. MBisanz talk 01:11, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. You may well be right, but I think PMC's arguments are flawed. Worth further discussion IMO. Hobit (talk) 13:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Samples of two Soundgarden songs
As I see, you closed two FFD discussions on File:Hands All Over (Soundgarden song - sample).ogg and File:Jesus Christ Pose (Soundgarden song - sample).ogg as "kept". Should the conclusion have been kept in their respective song articles and removed from all others, or must I be bold and do what was suggested there? George Ho (talk) 02:08, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
- The conclusions were intended to include the removal from the other articles. Thanks. MBisanz talk 01:12, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- Not according to rationales in this one and that one, both closed as "kept" and nothing else. Also, the files have redirects still used in the articles. --George Ho (talk) 02:03, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
- I adjusted the close rationales. MBisanz talk 00:56, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks. Now what to do about the now-unused redirect pages, file:JesusChristPose.OGG and File:HandsAllOver.OGG? I did suggest deleting those at FFD discussions. George Ho (talk) 01:18, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- I adjusted the close rationales. MBisanz talk 00:56, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
- Not according to rationales in this one and that one, both closed as "kept" and nothing else. Also, the files have redirects still used in the articles. --George Ho (talk) 02:03, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
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Recreation of Kylie Cantrall redirect
Yesterday, 24 February, you concluded my RfD to delete the redirect "Kylie Cantrall" as a delete. This page appears to have been recreated: Kylie Cantrall. Embarrassingly I placed a speedy-delete template not knowing I needed to be administrator, which I self-reverted. However I'd like you to consider taking action on this matter. I'm a bit miffed I have to bring this up at all, it's not something I'd consider consequential enough to take to the global admin noticeboard for example, but it is unusual and ought to be flagged up. JAYFAX (talk) 18:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Giurtelecu Şimleului
Hi! Do you think you might be able to reopen this RfD? I had just been looking at it and was about to comment when you closed it. Also, I'm a bit perplexed by the close itself: nobody that I can see was arguing for keeping all of the redirects, and the one explicit "keep" was based on an argument (potential for an article) that at RfD is more commonly used to justify deletion per WP:REDLINK. There was only one other comment that wasn't completely supportive of the nomination, but that editor still said they'd be fine with the deletion of most of them, and the nominator's argument (that the redirects don't help searches) hasn't been countered by anyone. – Uanfala (talk) 01:50, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- Seconded. A "no censensus" closure without further commentary or guidance is not helpful here. -- Tavix (talk) 02:19, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- Some of your RFD closes raise questions, MBisanz, in a couple cases editors wanted the redirect changed to a different target, not deleted. Having looked over today's RFD page yesterday, I was surprised to see some of these redirects deleted considering comments people had made during the deletion discussion. Liz Read! Talk! 02:20, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
- I reopened the RFD that Uanfala flagged, although I am skeptical it will change further given the low, brief, and vague participation. I saw Jay's point that he would be fine with the deletion of many of them, but his comment that "others need to be looked at individually" makes it difficult to identify a clear consensus for each item.
- Liz, I am happy to revisit any closes you are concerned with, but in at least of those cases, I saw conflicting desires for retargeting and a clearer consensus toward deletion. MBisanz talk 01:22, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- And you deleted dozens of talk pages, and only the talk pages, apparently, as part of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 6#Giurtelecu Şimleului Jewish Cemetery? Even though this discussion is still open and hasn't been closed? Or did you close this discussion and then revert yourself? This is all just rather odd. And that's coming from me! Stay well. Liz Read! Talk! 02:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- I closed the discussion and then reopened it. I thought I made sure all of the pages were undeleted, but maybe it was only the talk pages. It is academic now that someone else has closed as "delete." MBisanz talk 01:57, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
- I'll go through the 5 non-Giurtelecu Şimleului redirects and update my vote. Jay (talk) 03:12, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
- And you deleted dozens of talk pages, and only the talk pages, apparently, as part of Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 February 6#Giurtelecu Şimleului Jewish Cemetery? Even though this discussion is still open and hasn't been closed? Or did you close this discussion and then revert yourself? This is all just rather odd. And that's coming from me! Stay well. Liz Read! Talk! 02:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of Template:WPPJ-BLP
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North-South divide in Scotland
Hello Matthew, can you write the closure report for WP:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 March 15#North-South divide in Scotland? Jay (talk) 05:58, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
- That's a surprising close. The editor who proposed retargeting to the dab page suggested a change to that page; without such a change, this outcome looks like a worse version of the status quo. And if the change does get made, then it's unlikely to stay as it would be against the dab guidelines. Given that retargeting to the dab page is not easily defensible (the term isn't really ambiguous), I'd have given more weight to the proposal to refine to a section of the current target, which would have also worked as a default outcome of a no consensus close ("no consensus" being justifiable because the participants were equally split between the two options). Still, I think relisting might be the best option. – Uanfala (talk) 10:14, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
I agree that it was a close call but the individuals who reviewed the content asserted with confidence that this was the best location in light of the history of the article. It had been delisted already and I felt that it was clear enough to avoid a “no consensus.” MBisanz talk 00:11, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- The way I see things, it was a close call between two options that were different from the one selected in the close. I don't think a confident assertion counts for much once a major fault has been pointed out. I imagine the close may have been arrived at by assigning a bit too much weight on the preference of the two people who were confident enough to produce their bolded votes visibly at the start of their comments, and not quite enough weight on the substance of the discussion (a mistake that we all make sometimes, especially when in a hurry). MBisanz, do you think you might be able to re-open the discussion? – Uanfala (talk) 00:52, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- I think the close was good, but obviously always open to feedback, so I have reopened and relisted. MBisanz talk 01:29, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
- Let's look at the vote that said
It would be a perfect target as it would allow people to end up at the right place.
While that is the definition of what an ideal redirect is, there was no explanation to that opinion. Another vote gave the history, and suggested a target (ostensibly related to the history's explanation, but not mentioned in the explanation). From the closure statement, I intended to find out if the closer had got the justification for the target that I missed, and which I had asked for in the discussion. - The nomination had suggested Geography of Scotland#Political Geography as an option, which was not opposed, and was supported by me. I would have expected this point to also come out in the closure statement, and why it was not considered. Is it the "another location" mentioned in the close? Jay (talk) 05:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the relist. I have now pinged the voters for an explanation. Jay (talk) 06:01, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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Updates to bureaucrat minimum activity requirements
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Following a discussion at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard, the minimum activity requirements for bureaucrats have been updated to also include the the recently updated minimum editing requirements for administrators (i.e. at least 100 edits every 5 years). This will be enforced beginning in January 2023. Should you no longer wish to volunteer as a bureaucrat you may request removal at SRP and.or let us know at WP:BN.
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"Wonthaggi Human Powered Grand Prix" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Always precious
Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:42, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
XFD Closer
Just a heads up, XFD Closer has a bug right now where it does not always carry out the closure (at RfD at least, I'm not sure about elsewhere). You'll need to go through the closes you just made and make sure that they are carried out (which is a good idea to double check anyway). -- Tavix (talk) 20:22, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- These have been closed as Delete, but have not been deleted: Clean team, Baksı, Baksi, 1–2 finish, History of zoology (disambiguation), Bigamy (in Civil Law). Jay (talk) 20:30, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. MBisanz talk 00:48, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- It would have been much more helpful to delete those with a link to the discussion instead of "XfD". The discussion has handy links for closure
[ Closure: keep/retarget/delete ]where if you click the delete button it will prefill the deletion screen with a link to the discussion. You still need to go through discussions you closed as keep and make sure the RfD tags are removed, and discussions you closed as retarget and make sure they are retargeted properly and the tags removed. -- Tavix (talk) 00:57, 1 May 2022 (UTC)- Thanks, I just did the manual review. I do not think I missed anything. MBisanz talk 01:15, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I've had a sweep at the leftovers, and I found two discussions where the delete outcome hasn't managed to go through: Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_March_17#Our_Lady_of_Regla and Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_March_17#Fame_Monster:_The_Lady_Gaga_Story (both are from March). – Uanfala (talk) 15:04, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, fixed those now. MBisanz talk 17:04, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I've had a sweep at the leftovers, and I found two discussions where the delete outcome hasn't managed to go through: Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_March_17#Our_Lady_of_Regla and Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_March_17#Fame_Monster:_The_Lady_Gaga_Story (both are from March). – Uanfala (talk) 15:04, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks, I just did the manual review. I do not think I missed anything. MBisanz talk 01:15, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- It would have been much more helpful to delete those with a link to the discussion instead of "XfD". The discussion has handy links for closure
- Thanks for the heads up. MBisanz talk 00:48, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
close of Harry Potter's Rfd
I saw your close of Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2022_April_21#Harry_Potter's as retarget. Tavix did suggest retargeting, but the article at the base name Harry Potter is about the novel series; it would seem to me this redirect is much more likely to be used in reference to Harry Potter (character), as in Tavix's example, which was why I agreed with Tavix's reasoning but not the suggested target. In any case, I don't think the consensus was to retarget to Harry Potter. Can you take another look, or provide further explanation? Cheers, Mdewman6 (talk) 01:27, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Bureaucrat Chat
Your input is requested at the freshly-created bureaucrat chat. Useight (talk) 03:06, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
Thomas Milo article
Hello, I see that the Thomas Milo article was deleted after a discussion. This guy is a giant of Arabic typography. I was going to make an article about him, but I'm wondering if you could undelete the article or if I could have access to the deleted text so I don't have to start from scratch.
I have plenty of sources. There's virtually an entire chapter about his work at DecoType in the book Nemeth, Titus (2017). Arabic type-making in the Machine Age. The influence of technology on the form of Arabic type, 1908-1993. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30377-5. OCLC 993032900. and he's probably the most cited figure in the book as well. I will develop the article and provide reliable sources. إيان (talk) 05:09, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).
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- Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
- Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.
Technical news
- The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
- A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.
"Wikipedia:Hs" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Wikipedia:Hs and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 May 23#Wikipedia:Hs until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. NotReallySoroka (talk) 04:21, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022).
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- Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.
Technical news
- Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
- The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.
Arbitration
- Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
- An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.
Question
Have you ever met any people born in Africa who live in the United States? If so, which countries were they born in? AmericanEditor350 (talk) 21:06, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).
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Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.
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Seventeenth anniversary on Wikipedia!
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).
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- An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
- An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
Technical news
- The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
- Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
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- A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
- An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.
Technical news
- The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
- The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
- The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.
Miscellaneous
- The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
- Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Deletion review for Harry Potter's
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ScottishFinnishRadish bureaucrat chat
Hi MBisanz, I have started a bureaucrat discussion for ScottishFinnishRadish's RfA. It can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat chat. Thanks in advance. Acalamari 01:41, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).
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- Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
- Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
- Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.
Technical news
- The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
Arbitration
- Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
- A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
- The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.
Miscellaneous
- An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
- You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
- An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
- Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.
Greetings
It's been nearly six months. I hope all is well with you? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 06:58, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).
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- The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
- An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
- AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
Miscellaneous
- The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
- You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
- Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like
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KSI vs. Joe Weller deletion reversion
Hi @MBisanz, to start out just want to say I'm relatively new to wikipedia and not 100% sure this is the correct way to go about what I'm trying to achieve (I saw that on Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion it says "If you believe that the deletion was handled improperly or that circumstances have changed, please contact the administrator who deleted it." which is why I ended up posting this here) so applogies in advance if it is not.
In February 2018 you deleted an article on the boxing match between two YouTubers and amateur boxers, Joe Weller and KSI. At the time this was after a vote deemed that it was not noteworthy, which was probably the correct call at the time, however I think circumstances have changed as this is now considered the event (specifically due to KSI and what he has gone on to do, including proffesional bouts) that 'kickstarted' the current trend of influencer boxing events which now recieve a lot of coverage and are often streamed on reputable TV channels and sports streaming services like DAZN.
I was wondering if it would be possible to revert the deletion of this article with that new information in light. Or, if you think it would be more apropriate, the article could be reinstated in draft space or my user space and I would happily edit it and bring it up to date.
Thanks in advance and sorry for the ramble, haha TripleJayDoubleYou (talk) 06:29, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
- The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
- An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.
Technical news
- A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)
Arbitration
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
- The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
- The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
- A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.
Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add
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Alan Weinberg
Is there some means of retrieving the information on AW - see [2] - and posting it to the London Wiki page [3]? Jackiespeel (talk) 15:43, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.
Arbitration
- Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
- The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
- The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
- Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
Bureaucrat chat - invitation to participate
The RfA for MB has gone to a bureaucrat chat. Please join in the discussion. Primefac (talk) 15:02, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
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- Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
- Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.
Technical news
- The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
- In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
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Nomination for deletion of Template:RfCU-OS
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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
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- Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
- Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
- A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.
Technical news
- The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.
Arbitration
- Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
- The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
- A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.
Miscellaneous
- The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
- Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
- The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a
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Request for Restoration of page Siobhan Flynn
Please let me know if I am contacting you incorrectly.
I requested an undeletion of the Siobhan Flynn biography here, and I was told to contact the administrator who deleted the page - Yunshui. Yunshui does not appear to be editing for Wikipedia anymore, and as listed on the discussion page you are the administrator who marked the page with result delete, here.
Moving forward I would file a request at deletion review using the template provided, right? 2603:8000:B640:5430:C13E:EC2C:33E3:D476 (talk) 22:11, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
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- A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
Technical news
- Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
- The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
- A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.
Arbitration
- The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
- A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.
Orphaned non-free image File:Athletic wcc logo.gif
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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 23:56, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next several days.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:09, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
Article for Francis Lucille
The article for Francis Lucille was deleted. However, he is an important contemporary non-duality/advaita teacher, direct follower of Jean Klein and teacher of Rupert Spira. http://www.advaita.org.uk/teachers/direct_path.htm There is a French article for him. Michaelmross (talk) 16:21, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions have been removed.
Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.
Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux Talk 00:13, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Procedural removal of bureaucrat access
Hello MBisanz, following from the above, in accordance with Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Inactive bureaucrat accounts; your 'crat access will also be removed. Thank you for your service! — xaosflux Talk 00:14, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
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- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
Technical news
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
Congrats on life things!
Sorry it's impacted Wiki:( DMacks (talk) 13:01, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
- Right. Congrats & Good luck! - Nabla (talk) 01:41, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
- Indeed, congratz on life things! ·addshore· talk to me! 16:09, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
"Wikipedia:Code of conduct" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect Wikipedia:Code of conduct has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 July 10 § Wikipedia:Code of conduct until a consensus is reached. QuickQuokka [talk • contribs] 09:28, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
Arbitration
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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Miscellaneous
- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members
A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2023 October 1 § Category:WikiProject X members on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Qwerfjkltalk 09:34, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
Execuflight Flight 1526
Hi, I made this request at WP:REFUND, however the admin UtherSRG has redirected me here. I copy-pasted the request below:
- There were 2 AFDs conducted, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Execuflight Flight EFT1526 in 2015 and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 Akron Rayathon Hawker 800 crash in 2016. The former was closed as merge, however I failed to find the page history that goes back. The latter was closed as no consensus, but it became a redirect with the page history preserved, but was not particularly well developed. The main concern here is that the event fails WP:NOTNEWS and WP:ROTM, and someone mentioned in the 2015 AFD that it would be WP:CRYSTAL to expect future significance. However, in 2021, aviation documentary series Mayday made a 40-minute episode on this incident. You can find the Amazon page for the season here (it's S16E2). In addition, on the 1 year anniversary Cleveland 19 published an article on the accident. Both of these seems to push this above WP:INDEPTH and WP:LASTING to be featured beyond the time after NTSB published their report. I wish to restore the article deleted in 2015, as the 2016 article has nothing much to salvage on. If possible I wish the article can be restored to my userspace as User:S5A-0043/sandbox/ExecuFlight flight 1526 so that I can work on it more after restoration. S5A-0043Talk 11:51, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
I will leave this until after October 22nd, after which I will make a request at WP:DRV if there is no response. S5A-0043Talk 12:55, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Megalon Deletion Request
Hello friend, I only recently became aware of the deletion request for the article on Megalon which has concluded with the consensus of merging it with Godzilla vs. Megalon. I just thought I would give you a heads up, I was working on expanding it in a separate userspace before transferring it over to the main article, but have sort of put that project in hiatus while I am working on the multitude of other articles. Anyways, you are welcome to make edits on that userspace if you wish because I won't be able to to any major edits to it for a while. Good luck on your endeavors and happy editing! Paleface Jack (talk) 18:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
BAG membership
Hello. You are listed as a member of the Bot Approvals Group but it appears you may not be actively helping in this area anymore. Do you intend to return to BAG-related activity on Wikipedia, or are you happy to be removed from this list? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:00, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
- Just to let you know that I have now removed your name from the list of active BAG members. Thanks and best wishes — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know. I probably won’t be active in BAG any time soon. MBisanz talk 02:27, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Happy Birthday!
 | Happy birthday! Hi MBisanz! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:39, 12 March 2024 (UTC) | |