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Administrators' newsletter – May 2020
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).
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Werner Heisenberg
[edit]Hi there, please remove the pending changes protection of Werner Heisenberg. I belive it's no longer applicable. comrade waddie96 (talk) 18:05, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
- While I don't share your optimism and would observe that it was needed as recently as March, I will disable it as a test per your request. Thanks for the heads-up. Samsara 10:24, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
The page is both indefinite pending-changes protected and indefinite semi-protected. The first of these is therefore apparently redundant. I see you were the last one involved in protecting the page. Mind fixing this needless redundancy? Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 03:12, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
- The verb "fixing" does not apply to things that cause no issues. Furthermore, there is an unresolved bug that makes keeping PC active the currently correct practice. Samsara 11:35, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2020
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BOTN
[edit]In case you were not aware, there is a discussion at BOTN regarding a bot you have blocked. Your participation would be appreciated. Primefac (talk) 20:20, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
Please add page protection level for CBS Sports & NBC Sports
[edit]Hello, Samsara (talk), I was wondering if there would be a way you or any other admin could please add a protection level to the CBS Sports & NBC Sports articles here on Wikipedia? There's plenty of vandals out there who keep making disruptive edits by adding text claiming that both CBS & NBC broadcast NBA games on CBS & NBC. Neither claim is factually correct. I'd greatly appreciate it if you or another admin could please add a protection level to both articles preventing these sockpuppet accounts from futher vandalizing these articles. Please help? Thank you in advance. Charlesaaronthompson (talk) 15:35, 23 July 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
- Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
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Happy First Edit Day!
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Reduce protection level of Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards pages
[edit]You've indefinitely semi-protected a bunch of Nickelodeon's kid's choice award pages due to long term abuse. Would it be possible for you to reduce the protection levels on those pages to pending changes? They've been very infrequently edited since protection. Full list of affected pages:
- 2005 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2006 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2007 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2008 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2009 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2010 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2011 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2013 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2014 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2015 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2016 Kids' Choice Awards
- 2017 Kids' Choice Awards
Chess (talk) (please use {{ping|Chess}}
on reply) 02:36, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- I don't understand this request - "been very infrequently edited since protection" is the intended effect. There is no expectation that articles of historic award ceremonies will continue to receive legit edits at a high rate. Samsara 00:56, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
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Hello?
[edit]Just checking in to see how you're doing, Sam!! Long time - no hear. Atsme Talk 📧 22:52, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hi @Atsme: Nice to hear from you. I'm doing okay, thanks. How are you? Samsara 00:43, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Surviving!! I was just checking in because I haven't heard from you in a while. I feel better now. Are you getting through the COVID pandemic relatively unscathed? Atsme 💬 📧 00:47, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Have so far not tested positive, so either haven't caught it, or I am/have been asymptomatic. But I don't mingle as much and I adhere, literally, to masks and soap. What about you - when you write "surviving", one might be concerned... Samsara 00:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Mine is more with reference to WP. I'm enjoying life on Bonaire where we've been blessed to have very few COVID cases, but unfortunately, 2 deaths. We're at -0- new cases now, so Saturday night is mine for the taking and I'm headed out the door!! Take care, Sam - enjoy the weekend and happy editing! Atsme 💬 📧 01:06, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Have so far not tested positive, so either haven't caught it, or I am/have been asymptomatic. But I don't mingle as much and I adhere, literally, to masks and soap. What about you - when you write "surviving", one might be concerned... Samsara 00:51, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Surviving!! I was just checking in because I haven't heard from you in a while. I feel better now. Are you getting through the COVID pandemic relatively unscathed? Atsme 💬 📧 00:47, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
The article Samsung NX 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OIS has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Fails WP:NPRODUCT.
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Halloween and LGBT People
[edit]Hello Samsara--I am doing some research on Halloween and discovering that there is a long historical relationship between LGBTQ+ people and Halloween, and that Halloween--similar to Carnival--has been a very queer holiday. I would like to add some of that information to the Halloween article but need access to do so. Please let me know if I would be allowed access. Thanks! RachelWex (talk) 22:43, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
- Hi @RachelWex: your account was upgraded to extended confirmed user in 2016. That's like level 2. Editing the article should only require level 1 ("autoconfirmed") per the configuration made to it, so you should be able to edit. If you are experiencing problems, they are not to do with the protection settings of the article. Perhaps you were trying to edit during a database lock? Try again and if you encounter error messages, maybe take them to WP:VP/T, where you'll get a quicker response than I can usually give right now. Samsara 00:33, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
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Please see an unprotect request
[edit]Please see the unprotect request at User_talk:BethNaught#Hanukkah regarding the Hanukkah article which was indefinitely protected in 2016. Debresser (talk) 23:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
Immune system protection
[edit]I saw your note after I protected that article (and made a hash of it in doing it). I did it for 12 hours, after reviewing some of the vandalism and figuring 12 hours would take it past it being TFA. --Hammersoft (talk) 01:33, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- According to server time, it's now yesterday's FA, so I think your decision is fine. Just because we haven't, as far as I can recall, interacted before, I want to make sure you're aware of the convention of generally not protecting the TFA to allow newbies to get a first taste of editing Wikipedia. The idea is to especially not protect it while it's the main article, so in that light, as I said, what you did seems fine. Cheers, Samsara 01:41, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
- Concur. Thanks for the tip! --Hammersoft (talk) 02:26, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Protected page
[edit]You protected the page for three years. Guess what? I have a calendar. And my calendar is now set for three years from today. You cannot stop me!
2600:100E:B135:B368:3641:DD96:DC8E:1214 (talk) 08:17, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Protection
[edit]Why this page is unprotected now?. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- Fixed. Samsara 18:52, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. But it was indefinitely ECP before. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 19:04, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- I can see one recent edit that would have benefited, from DarkArmy - are there others? Samsara 19:55, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- Well, sorta... they did participate in discussion. Samsara 19:57, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- I can see one recent edit that would have benefited, from DarkArmy - are there others? Samsara 19:55, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks. But it was indefinitely ECP before. Akhiljaxxn (talk) 19:04, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).
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- Speedy deletion criterion T3 (duplication and hardcoded instances) has been repealed following a request for comment.
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A barnstar for you!
[edit]The Admin's Barnstar | |
Did you just protect TWO pages I was involved with? Good work on WP:RFPP in the last 24 hours. Scorpions13256 (talk) 19:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC) |
- Thank you, Scorpions13256. I used to be a lot more active at RfPP a few years ago, let's see if I can claw my way back to previous activity levels (probably not, but I'll try to make a contribution when time permits.) In any case, I appreciate the award. Samsara 20:02, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
Rihanna
[edit]Seeing as Tbhotch was vandalising the page the most, shouldn’t it be extended for a little while so that genuine editors can edit it without being penalised for it? 2A04:4A43:44FF:996D:5C57:B872:3441:E7FB (talk) 20:57, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
Adding pp-vandalism and pp-pc1 in Johannesburg
[edit]Hello samsara, because you are protected Johannesburg in semi for 3 months and indefinite pending changes. Please adding pp-vandalism and pp-pc1 in the article. Thanks. 110.137.190.132 (talk) 11:41, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you for your attention to this detail. We have bots who do that. Regards, Samsara 11:42, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
Michael Spence
[edit]The section you added on the no-confidence vote is already in the article (under "Fundraising and expansion of the university"): When international student numbers did not reach an expected increase in 2012, the university was forced to make staff redundant, in response to which 80 of the university's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences teaching staff voted on a motion of no confidence in Spence.
. This is why it is so hard to explain this at RPP - the IP users are in part removing material that is already there. Deus et lex (talk) 13:07, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- Happy to change to "more than 80" and add "overwhelmingly endorsed" though. Deus et lex (talk) 13:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have combined into the one section. By the way, the accusation of sockpuppetry was totally unfair and unreasonable. Deus et lex (talk) 13:19, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- I made no such accusation. I laid out facts that could have been explained in other ways. Samsara 13:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- I don't understand why I make a complaint to help improve an article and instead end up being the one that is complained about. How is that helpful? Deus et lex (talk) 13:29, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- I made no such accusation. I laid out facts that could have been explained in other ways. Samsara 13:21, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- I have combined into the one section. By the way, the accusation of sockpuppetry was totally unfair and unreasonable. Deus et lex (talk) 13:19, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
- Happy to change to "more than 80" and add "overwhelmingly endorsed" though. Deus et lex (talk) 13:08, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for improving the article, and apologies for being cranky with you yesterday. Even if you choose to take no further action on the RPP, I'd be grateful if you could keep an eye on the article at least, the IPs have been reverting far more than what you have added in. Deus et lex (talk) 00:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
Protected article
[edit]Hi!
On 19:49, 27 January 2021 you protected Andrés Arauz, something that seems to be a reasonable precautionary measure. However, some old vandalism dating back to 20 January remains and can't be fixed in <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-08-12|title=Andrés Arauz nuevo[…]. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9s_Arauz&type=revision&diff=1003871804&oldid=1001611559
Thanks for fixing and have a nice day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.195.158.232 (talk) 00:32, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
- Done Thank you. Samsara 03:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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User acting childish and raging for no reason
[edit]A user by the name of TVFan88 has been acting very childish such as raging in all caps, whining over little things, etc, he also has been attacking me by constantly edit warring against me in a childish manner, he seems to also have anger issues. I think you should block him until further notice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pong3SouthFrieza34 (talk • contribs) 03:03, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- Which articles is this affecting? Samsara 03:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
- It seems to be affecting the Horrid Henry (TV series) page, but I do believe Pong3SouthFrieza34 is telling the truth as unlike TVFan88, he doesn't seem to be raging and he also is providing a source, while TVFan88 is going crazy at him for no reason at all and is calling it fake with no evidence either.
This drama is over, The reasons i put up a UNO reverse card, You have been Edit warring along with other users Edit warring, restoring hoax on that page! some users are sockpuppets, And they restore hoaxes for no reason, The source is fake, It's inspect Element, And also this is very Cringy nowadays, And it's fake news, You are acting like Fox News! That's why i put up the UNO Reverse Card here so you can stay away from this page and restoring hoax, You and your little lies, It wasn't me That i did, It was you, I can't stand with this cringe, It has to stop.
THANK YOU!
-TVFan88 11:30PM — Preceding unsigned comment added by TVFan88 (talk • contribs) 04:31, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
No TVFan, you need stop this, you are acting childish by going back and forth with him, especially you TVFan, as you have been making rather ridiculous comparsions, like are you really comparing a whole entire News station to one single user? Also enough with the childish and amateur comments such as "Cringey" or "UNO Reverse card" as it makes you look even more childish than you already are. Not to mention, DO YOU EVEN HAVE PROOF IT'S INSPECT ELEMENT? No? then OK, it will stay until the time being.
UNO Reverse Card
-TVFan88 (talk) 3:00PM EST — Preceding undated comment added 20:00, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
Is that all you say? UNO Reverse Card? Do you really think that's funny? Well it's not, I wouldn't be surprised if you were one of those generic Gotards that like to act childish for no reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolman971 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
- Already protected by administrator EvergreenFir. Samsara 08:19, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).
Interface administrator changes
- A request for comment is open that proposes a process for the community to revoke administrative permissions. This follows a 2019 RfC in favor of creating one such a policy.
- A request for comment is in progress to remove F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a, which covers immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- A request for comment seeks to grant page movers the
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target. The full proposal is at Wikipedia:Page mover/delete-redirect. - A request for comment asks if sysops may
place the General sanctions/Coronavirus disease 2019 editnotice template on pages in scope that do not have page-specific sanctions
? - There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.
- When blocking an IPv6 address with Twinkle, there is now a checkbox with the option to just block the /64 range. When doing so, you can still leave a block template on the initial, single IP address' talkpage.
- When protecting a page with Twinkle, you can now add a note if doing so was in response to a request at WP:RfPP, and even link to the specific revision.
- There have been a number of reported issues with Pending Changes. Most problems setting protection appear to have been resolved (phab:T273317) but other issues with autoaccepting edits persist (phab:T275322).
- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, any gender-related dispute or controversy and associated people.
Sanctions issued under GamerGate are now considered Gender and sexuality sanctions. - The Kurds and Kurdistan case was closed, authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for
the topics of Kurds and Kurdistan, broadly construed
.
- By motion, the discretionary sanctions originally authorized under the GamerGate case are now authorized under a new Gender and sexuality case, with sanctions
- Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.
You placed the Toyota Camry article under the Pending Changes protection on October 13, 2017 (apparently with no specified expiration date). It seems that the article has remained under the PC protection since then. Could you please unprotect the article now? Per the WP:PCPP policy, "Indefinite PC protection should be used only in cases of severe long-term disruption," and that's not really the case here. Looking at the article's history for February-March, I don't see a few edits that were not accepted but they did not appear to have been actual vandalism. I don't think the article qualifies for PC protection now, as there is no active vandalism or BLP or copyright violations there. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 12:17, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Black panther
[edit]Hello, I see you have placed PCP on Black panther. However, this is giving autoconfirmed users an edge in edit wars, which can be problematic. Would you consider unprotecting? Thanks! Firestar464 (talk) 01:15, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
- Recent edits convince me that it should remain thusly protected. Samsara 02:02, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).
- Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS
- Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
- Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the
delete-redirect
userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.
- When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
- Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)
- A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).
Interface administrator changes
- Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
- The 2021 Desysop Policy RfC was closed with no consensus. Consensus was found in a previous RfC for a community based desysop procedure, though the procedure proposed in the 2021 RfC did not gain consensus.
- The user group
oversight
will be renamed tosuppress
. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.
- The user group
- The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.
Administrators' newsletter – June 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).
- Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless
- Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)
- Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
- Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.
- Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.
- After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.
Unprotection request
[edit]1 was put under pending changes 2 years ago for frequent vandalism, but there has been little since. I propose that this page be unprotected since it can be handled by regular counter-vandalism patrollers. Thanks in advance! (please ping on reply) Sennecaster (What now?) 05:47, 12 June 2021 (UTC)
- It is under semi, not PC1. The PC1 has remained enabled because of this bug. Samsara 02:03, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Question
[edit]Hi @Samsara:, Can I ask question to you ? When i read any wikipedia article at the end of article I found categories box .How to remove this?(Fade258 (talk) 12:45, 17 June 2021 (UTC))
- I suspect the most comprehensive solution would be a userscript through GreaseMonkey, as that will work even when you're not logged in, as long as you're using the same browser where you installed the script. Mediawiki also very similarly provides a userscripts mechanism, but these will only be active when you are logged in. I'm not aware of any script that does exactly what you're asking, but it is definitely possible to create one with GreaseMonkey. HTH, Samsara 18:24, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).
Interface administrator changes
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- Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
- An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.
- IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.
- The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.
Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).
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- An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.
- Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)
- Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.
- You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.
The article Miswart has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
dictionary definition WP:NOTDIC
While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}}
notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}}
will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. rsjaffetalk 23:40, 24 August 2021 (UTC)