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Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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Category:Fellows of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences has been nominated for deletion. 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 the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:26, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red in December 2022

WiR Women who died in 2022
WiR Women who died in 2022
Women in Red December 2022, Vol 8, Issue 12, Nos 214, 217, 248, 249, 250


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Tip of the month:

  • Remember to search slight spelling variations of your subject's name,
    like Katherine/Katharine or Elizabeth/Elisabeth, especially for historical subjects.

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 20:57, 26 November 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

The Signpost: 28 November 2022

Joe Roe's close sows dough woes, manifestos... vetoes? overthrows?
Ineffective altruism, return of the toaster, Jess Wade keeps wading through it, Russia censors searches, schools embrace Wikipedia.
An interview with Wikimedia's Chief Advancement Officer.
Oh, just one more thing... AI couldn't help but notice you use that punctuation a little bit more than most people...
Are government goons prowling our fair encyclopedia?
Have we gotten past the point where better articles makes us a better encyclopedia? And what comes next?
Heather Ford's new volume on Wikipedia, knowledge and power in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Facebook's Galactica demo provides a case study in large language models for text generation at scale: this one was silly, but we cannot ignore them forever.
Okay, six hundred, but either way, the bionic editor speaks.
Productively doing nothing
And other research findings.
Do consider joining FPC, though: we need you.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
A lost article from our deep annals
The weeks and weeks, as reviewed by Wikipedia's readers.
Search upgrades, lawsuits, paid editing, and personal reflection.
A toast to good health, a health to good hoax, a hoax to good toast.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

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  • 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

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Seasons Greetings

Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

Donner60 (talk) 05:49, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red January 2023

Happy New Year from Women in Red | January 2023, Volume 9, Issue 1, Nos 250, 251, 252, 253, 254


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Tip of the month:

  • De-orphan and incorporate an article into Wikipedia using the Find Link tool

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 18:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

The Signpost: 1 January 2023

Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.
Wikifunctions might drag it down.
Frustrations and successes.
Congratulations.
And other new research findings.
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.
You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
It is mostly about football!
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.
Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass".

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

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  • 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.

Acting officials

Howdy. We no longer place 'Acting' underneath an office, in the infobox heading. We place it at the front. GoodDay (talk) 05:58, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.
The economics of Wikipedia.
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.
...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.
War, sports, and all types of chaos.
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback.

Women in Red in February 2023

Women in Red Feb 2023, Vol 9, Iss 2, Nos 251, 252, 255, 256, 257, 259


Online events:

Tip of the month:

  • Explore Wikipedia for all variations of the woman's name (birth name,
    married name, re-married name, pen name, nickname)

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 07:30, 30 January 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Guideline and policy news

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  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

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.
  • Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

The Signpost: 4 February 2023

Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.
As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.
Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.
Or Santos on Wikipedia?
WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.
English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.
And other new research publications.
An interview with those who pitch in together
Letting you find out about yourself (and others).
An exceptionally good period for featured articles.
Can we have a chat?

Now that they have changed the whole format for editing (I do not like it Sam I am), I don't have the Wikidata gadget that used to allow me to input stuff in Wikidata from an article interface and I don't know enough about that platform to complete an entire entry. I made this but I have no clue how to add fields other than what I have added. This is her photolink and the best ref for dates is this one. If you have time/interest can you fix it? Thanks SusunW (talk) 21:54, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I think I made at least some of the requested edits. I added some info in wikidata and her image. TJMSmith (talk) 22:31, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. I wish I could have my gadget back. This new look may be lovely for readers, but for editors, not so much. SusunW (talk) 22:38, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Antonello Bonci

Hello TJMSmith, I noticed you were the last user who checked for neutrality on the talkpage of Antonello Bonci. Since I am a semi-experienced editor, but with very little experience (or interest) dealing with COI-editing, I thought it best to contact you.

Earlier today I replied to a maintanance template question on Reddit about the Antonello Bonci article. Somebody who said he worked for Bonci and is a WP newbie, wanted to know how to get rid of the template. I advised him to the best of my abilities and also told him to contact you. To give you the full picture here is the chat we had on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1127n7h/maintanance_template_question/

I also looked at the edit history of the Bonci-page and after some digging noticed that user:EnoughBLS123 isnt the only 1 who only edited that page and tried to "sanitise" it. user:YVA123 has been doing the same thing. You might want to update the talkpage template to reflect that.

Anyway, I hope I can leave it in your capable hands.

Regards, Dutchy45 (talk) 00:46, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Nomination of Katie Bernhardt for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Katie Bernhardt is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katie Bernhardt until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Bedivere (talk) 21:54, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.
Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.
Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.
GPT: friend or foe?
Your one-stop hooker's handbook.
But much else to be found.
Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.
And maybe a side of AI.
Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!
Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.
A musical interlude.

Women in Red March 2023

Women in Red Mar 2023, Vol 9, Iss 3, Nos 251, 252, 258, 259, 260, 261


Online events:

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Tip of the month:

  • Mobile phone readers may only see the article "lead" – take some time to make it shine!
    Include something to keep people reading.

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 12:55, 26 February 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

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  • 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 [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

A tag has been placed on Category:Capella University faculty indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 01:21, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 March 2023

A lack of transparency.
Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.
Probable answers: No, no, maybe?
Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.
And other new research publications.
Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

Rina Amiri

Hi - I have done some minor edits on Rina Amiri's page as I am familiar with her and her work, we work with groups that overlap. I see you've done a lot of amazing work on her page.

I have not edited in awhile, I had an account that was about fifteen years old but when I went to log into it today I could not remember the password and it's not linked to my email. So it looks from my account like I'm a newbie editor but I'm not quite.

I asked Rina for the links to her bios on the State Dept and Council on Foreign Relations sites and she sent them to me. You will see them in the citations if you want to use them as references. I have other info on her if you're interested. Mostly bios and nothing earthshaking. But I wanted to ask you two questions. One was from her.

The statement that she is the third cousin of the last king is not actually correct. It was evidently reported that way by Boston Globe; I can't access it as it's behind a paywall. But in Afghanistan like other village-based societies, the term cousin is used very loosely. In some villages everyone is "my cousin." Her family is from the same tribe but there's no direct lineage like a third cousin.

Is there a way to correct or remove this? I know it was published by a reputable source. But if it's not correct, does it then need to be published somewhere that it's not correct?

The other is based on my own experience in working with activists in Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, etc., where you and your family can become targets. You basically never speak about their family members, at all, and definitely would not publish anything about a family member that could be used to track them. Is there a way to discreetly remove her parents' occupations for her family's protection?

Thank you, and great work on your editing.

Mary Maryw2 (talk) 02:47, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Category:Zelenskyy family has been nominated for deletion

Category:Zelenskyy family has been nominated for deletion. 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 the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:50, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:14, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!
One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.
Everything is broken, again.
Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!
An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.
All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

Rowan University faculty

Thanks for your additions to the article. Could you reference your additions with something besides rowan.edu sources? It weakens the quality of the article if it self-references like this. --Melchior2006 (talk) 14:44, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Dana Pe'er Wikipedia article

Hi TJMSmith, I noticed you started to improve Dana Pe'er's article. I've proposed an updated version of the article in my sandbox. Are you open to reviewing the sandbox? If you approve, would you be open to publishing the new version? I have a COI with the subject, so, I'll refrain from directly editing unless otherwise permitted. Appreciate your help in advance.---- Chefmikesf (talk) 18:56, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2023

Women in Red Apr 2023, Vol 9, Iss 4, Nos 251, 252, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266


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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

Errata regretted.
Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.
Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.
Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.
Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.
And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.
A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.
Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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ITN recognition for Nora Forster

On 8 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Nora Forster, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 11:55, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Ada Bello

On 9 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ada Bello, which you created and nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 21:59, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

The redirect Tymofiy Shadura 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 April 21 § Tymofiy Shadura until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 13:40, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for starting that! I was contemplating it myself this morning before deciding it wouldn't survive the undoubtedly quick-following AfD without more in-depth coverage of him. Heavy Water (talk) 01:30, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I think he just meets GNG because there are Warnock campaign related sources [1] plus the recent coverage due to his position with the Biden reelection campaign. TJMSmith (talk) 04:08, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 April 2023

Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.
Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.
The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.
No news is good news, and this isn't no news.
The problem we haven't solved.
Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?
In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.
First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.
And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.
2011 and on.
The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.
Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that.

Women in Red May 2023

Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270


Online events:

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Tip of the month:

  • Use the Google translate app and camera on your phone to translate text from an article or book

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--Lajmmoore (talk) 18:30, 27 April 2023 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Nomination of Betty Vandenbosch for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Betty Vandenbosch, to which you have significantly contributed, is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or if it should be deleted.

The discussion will take place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Betty Vandenbosch until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

To customise your preferences for automated AfD notifications for articles to which you've significantly contributed (or to opt-out entirely), please visit the configuration page. Delivered by SDZeroBot (talk) 01:01, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 8 May 2023

... and at WP:Mastodon.
Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!
And other new research publications.
...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.
There will likely be more to say next issue.
The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.
First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sonya Christian has been accepted

Sonya Christian, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Start-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. Most new articles start out as Stub-Class or Start-Class and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the help desk. Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider leaving us some feedback.

Thanks again, and happy editing!

TJMSmith (talk) 05:06, 14 May 2023 (UTC)