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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Hello, Mdaniels5757,
I was surprised to see a Welcome message from you on this editor's User talk page on January 1st when they didn't even start editing until January 3rd. We generally do not welcome editors until they start making contributions on the project so please do not do so in the future. And, in this case, they were quickly blocked as a sockpuppet which is what prompted me to look into their user talk page and their edit history. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 22:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Liz. Hope you're well. This account was one I created per an ACC request, in accordance with the ACC guide. Accounts created for ACC requests are automatically welcomed by the tool -- it's not something I do manually. (For an example of another user creating an account with the ACC tool, see this account, which JJMC89 created).
- Regarding the fact that the user is a sock, consistent with the guide and the NDA I signed, all I can say is that the proper procedure was followed. If you'd like to see the request itself, given that you are a CheckUser and arbitrator, I'm sure Stwalkerster would be happy to provide you the information. If you're interested, you're also welcome to sign up for a tool account, which once approved should give you access to view this and other requests. (And we always need CU help!) Best, — Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, Mdaniels5757,
- Thanks for posting a note on my User talk page as I don't check my "pings". I also post a high number of Welcome notices so I receive a great number of pings, more than I can respond to. I didn't know about your work with ACC requests, that explains why you Welcomed the editor before they had even made 1 edit. I have no interest in pursuing this, I accept your explanation and thank you for your work creating accounts for editors who, for whatever reason, can't create an account themselves. I know we can always use more help with the ACC area.
- And while I might now have "CU" now listed by my username or on my User page, using these tools requires instruction which I haven't received so consider me just a regular admin editor. I think diving into SPI investigations can take up all of ones time so I have no plan on making much use of the tools. It's just part of the package you receive when you become an arbitrator. But thank you for that link, I might take advantage of that and get signed up. Liz Read! Talk! 01:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 66
[edit]The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 66, November – December 2024
- Les Jours and East View Press join the library
- Tech tip: Newspapers.com
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --17:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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Hey, thanks for helping all those people get Wikipedia accounts. I appreciate it. Drmies (talk) 18:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC) |
- Aww, thanks @Drmies! — Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Seriously--it's a lot of work and it won't make the front page, so thank you! Drmies (talk) 21:20, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
MfD nomination of User talk:VancityRothaug
[edit]User talk:VancityRothaug, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:VancityRothaug and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User talk:VancityRothaug during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. VancityRothaug (talk) 17:20, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 January 2025
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