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Thank you! What article was it? I'm here to start making major edits to the WikiProject ProWrestling for storyline buildups as soon as I become a Confirmed user. I joined because I noticed that it would take a while for WWE story lines to be updated on Wikipedia, so I'm now here to give up-to-date information on story lines. For instance, if a major part to a storyline (like if Daniel Bryan got payback on Triple H for an attack, I'd instantly put it on Wikipedia with a source) Thank you for the warm welcome. Who knows, maybe I could be more useful for other things around Wikipedia other than WWE? Cya around :) DrewieStewie (talk) 22:12, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

[5]. Unfortunately, the tool I used for revert does not support linking to the diff yet (in such cases). Materialscientist (talk) 22:25, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok. I see what you mean. But thanks for the welcome :) DrewieStewie (talk) 22:27, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Drewie, I've removed your entry again. First, you broke syntax in the accessdate perimeter, which as per above, the bot corrected before I was able to. Second, the source you used to support your statement about Orton wasn't the most reliable. The editors of this article have decided to only use the most reliable sources (see WP:RS) due to the potentially contentious subject matter. Claiming that a public figure has hepatitis C is libelous, so we need to be very careful about who we add. Thanks for your understanding in this matter. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 04:32, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, brother. I understand :) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 04:39, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good. Whew, I'm glad you reacted this way, since this is exactly the kind of thing that can disintegrate into nastiness. You are wise beyond your years, something I can say because I read your user page. ;) And another thing: I'm going to assume that you meant "Ok brother" like Winnie the Pooh would say, "Ok, bother!" since I am sister to five humans in this world but no one's brother. ;) Anyway, I'm glad you understand, like I said. I think it's great that you're contributing to wrestling articles here. The RS requirement isn't as strict for wrestling articles, since in order to be comprehensive, you'd have to use wrestling publications, websites, and other self-published sources. However, for the hep C article, we need to be stricter. Have fun learning about writing and how to use and cite sources here, and other WP policies. Christine (Figureskatingfan) (talk) 06:00, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Then ok, sister, haha. And I am having fun learning how to edit this thing properly, it makes me feel awesome. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 06:10, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not add or change content, as you did to CM Punk, without verifying it by citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. STATic message me! 17:51, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, i did put in a source. It quoted what Del Rio said in an interview, with a link to it on the page. That counts as a source. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 22:52, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wait, i made a citation error. fixed. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 23:06, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did to Sting (wrestler). This contravenes Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. STATic message me! 23:16, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa there, pal. You seriously think I'm at risk for getting blocked for this? Think again. I have no vandalism on this account, and i play a key role in a wikiproject. I'll source it. Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 23:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well I did think again. You need an exact source that says what you are stating in the article, a link to his entire timeline does not cut it. We have a policy on verifiability and WP:NOR and they must be followed. STATic message me! 23:53, 9 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey. Sorry. Its my own mistakes. I don't try to make too many. I shouldn't get blocked for just simple repeated mistakes. I'll try to lower my unsourcing mistakes ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:10, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Alright glad to know you won't be continuing, you most certainly will not getting blocked that way. Making the same disruptive repeated edits is a more immediate blockable offense than long term abuse, especially if it is to a BLP. STATic message me! 00:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I'm here with the best intentions to much better organize wrestling articles ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:17, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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http://www.pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_77361.shtml#.VMy3NGiG840 and http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/21831/20140512/batista-leaves-wwe-2014.htm Both sources say Batista left WWE. We need a source about him still under contract with WWE.--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 11:09, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, there's no source stating that he's still in WWE, but at the same time, I also can't find any sources from after the Raw after Payback saying that he officially left the WWE. What do we do in this case? Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 20:48, 31 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Source two. He left WWE.--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 12:33, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I noticed that you stated that you are 13. Quite interesting. Even I was 13 when I started editing back 2005. :) --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 08:08, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

14 now, need to update my page, but yeah. :) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk)|

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You need to stop adding Triple H as the "special guest" referee for Summerslam 2013 when Orton cashe in Money in the Bank. It actually doesn't matter if he counted it or not. He was not the guest referee for that match. He was only to guest referee for Bryan/Cena. It's like you're adding Paul Heyman when he counted Cena down against Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006. It doesn't work like that. I've been in the business since 2002 and been a fan since 1985. You've still got a lot to learn at your age. Do not add misrepresented information because it will be reverted. Mega Z090 (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Goldust isn't the longest performer from debut. Goldust debuted two moths before, but he left the company many times. The date you only include in the header is Goldust debuted before Undertaker. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 23:56, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In agreement with HHH, Taker clearly has the longest uninterrupted tenure. We don't need to note obvious technicalities in the lede.LM2000 (talk) 00:01, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I can live with that. No biggie, no trouble. I can still have it mentioned on Goldust's page though, right? Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:08, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it depends how you present the information (for example, he was in WWE for a cumulative time of...19 years?). Goldust hasn't the longest tenure in WWE. I think HHH, Mark Henry and Kane spent more time in WWE than goldust. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 00:15, 12 January 2016 (UTC) --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 00:15, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in this case, we're talking time apart from debut, not cumulative. Taker has cumulative 25 years 2 months (survivor series 1990, with a previous taping for superstars that aired after survivor series) , Goldust has (not cumulative) 25 years 4 months (msg show, sep 21, 1990) Once they both retire, that record will go to kane, who debuted in a raw dark match two months before hhh debuted. In 2021, if he is still active, he will get undertaker's record, provided taker retires this year. Immediately when goldie leaves, if after takers retirement, kane will take his record as well, unless goldust comes back afterward. Complex math, huh. ;) Future WWE Champion, DrewieStewie (talk) 00:34, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I have blocked this account for the block evasion that you admitted at the Teahouse. If you want to appeal your block, you must do so from your original account, User:Pixiemasters. Creating a new account to evade a block is contrary to policy. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:08, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Just so people won't be confused, I am posting here. I read an archived discussion on the Teahouse and I wrongly assumed nothing had been done, since the talk page used to appeal the block had a red link. The discussion is actually here. But I got a thanks from DrewieStewie, so I knew this person was no longer blocked.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:35, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification, Vchimpanzee. Cheers :) DrewieStewie (talk) 21:28, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey dude I just want to say thank you for sticking by me. I’m the guy who argued that Big Show and RVD should be WCW and ECW Triple Crown Champions, respectively. I was so annoyed about how many times the other guys kept saying that’s its ‘Original Research’ or ‘SYNTH’ and things like that. I gave up after they all banded up against me, agreeing with each other. But after reading your part recently, I just want to thank you for compromising with them. It means a lot, because Big Show and RVD are technically Triple Crown Champions, even though the won the last championship they needed under WWE, but they’re the same titles that were from WCW and ECW. So again, thank you for sticking by me and helping me out. User: Drummoe (talk) 1:03, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

No problem, Drummoe! Stay smooth, I’m happy to work with you in the future here on Wikipedia! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 01:21, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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I added this myself because the granting bureaucrat didn't place this on my page. It is there for my personal reference. DrewieStewie (talk) 00:53, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, DrewieStewie. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday. Sorry for wishing you this late. ☺️ Happy editing! Sincerely, Masum Reza☎ 18:40, 1 May 2019 (UTC) [reply]

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@MPS1992: Sorry about that. Didn't mean for your part of it to get caught in the shuffle. Your edit was good. Maybe I was sleepy and accidentally didnt see yor chane and reverted them all. Take care :) DrewieStewie (talk) 23:21, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Right, good. Thank you. The problem is, with all this reviewer rights and pending changes and whatever people call it nowadays, someone needs to fix the article. As of right now, that someone cannot be me. Specifically, these edits need re-doing by someone that is able to do that. MPS1992 (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's now no need for any further action here if you prefer not to -- I have requested reviewer permissions myself, so I should be able to make any required edits myself. Thanks for your help. MPS1992 (talk) 18:24, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@MPS1992: Congrats on getting it! Hope you do amazing work with the tool. :) DrewieStewie (talk) 04:19, 5 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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No problem, Neonorange! :) Happy editing, message me if you need anything else. Stay smooth. DrewieStewie (talk) 22:34, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pending changes reviewer is a big time sink for me. I tend to check the sources for every pending change—grammar and flow. It's like a compulsion to get everything right before signing off. Thanks again! — Neonorange (Phil) 22:43, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the article about Hong Kong 97's designer, perfect timing, I was just watching the AVGN video. Rong Qiqi (talk) 00:03, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Anytime, User:Rong Qiqi! DrewieStewie (talk) 00:11, 19 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DrewieStewie! I just wanted to leave you a message and wish you a great day and happy editing! I just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you, man... :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:03, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, hello there @Oshwah:! I'm happy to see you've checked up on me and were thinking of me, that was very kind of you. You really are a part of my Wikipedia family that spans in different fields on here. Many things have been happening both on and off wiki. On-wiki, I've need to resume pending changes review and AFD more often now that I have some more time on my hands, and I'm still studying and learning different things to see how to improve my productivity on Wikipedia. Maybe soon, I'll become a teahouse host, I think that could help me learn things better as I can look up the answer to a user question and learn as well or take example from another user/host's question. I am currently sourcing a draft for the article of Ricky Bell from New Edition/BBD. I created an article that was partially translated from Japanese Wikipedia, and partially English Wikipedia content. I still participate over at WikiProject Professional Wrestling. I may have problems enrolling in the CVU Academy, as the only available slot is in Australia time zone, while I'm in pacific standard time, plus I'm concerned about my time availability for that. I posted a major RFC on the WP:FRAM talk page regarding under-a-cloud status for resignations regarding normally questionable actions undertaken in relation to FRAM, which I can gladly say has an emerging consensus towards "no". And of course, on the side, I still occasionally participate in Oshwah antics (for WikiLove), while making sure I focus more on my Wikipedia duties and making sure they don't label me as NOTHERE. It's been almost a year since consensus forgave me for childhood block evasion, and while I know that some users will still be distrustful of me from transgressions that occurred halfway through my young barely an adult life, I strive to make things right and prove myself on Wikipedia and become more trusted as time passes (although I still do have a bad habit of frequently and repeatedly changing edits I just posted, LOL). Off wiki, next month I begin community college to study history, with the hopes of becoming a high school history teacher. I have just got a job washing dishes at a local pizza chain. I recently took a trip to Seattle for my alopecia (baldness condition) conference with the NAAF, which is an article I could probably expand sometime, given my knowledge of the organization and sources I could find. I am actually considering becoming a youth mentor for that organization too. So yeah, that's been whats up with me in the life of Drew. I hope you are doing well, my friend. If anything sticks out to you and you'd like to give me advice regarding things, fell free to drop some knowledge below. Happy editing! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 08:23, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! You've been quite busy and active on here! That's great to see! I'm happy that you're still doing well and that you have a continued passion with gaining more experience, participating in Wikiprojects that you love and enjoy, and growing as an editor and contributor to the project. We all make mistakes and nobody here is perfect; I don't hold your mistakes and your past against you at all, and I hope that you can continue to gain more experience and become a key player in the community despite that bump in the road one year ago. You're a true example as to why we give users a second chance and why we don't show users the exit door unless we truly have no other choice. Don't burn yourself out, and don't force yourself to spend time and effort towards projects and areas that you don't enjoy. You should be here because doing so makes you happy, and you should contribute to Wikipedia and specific projects and areas because you like it. If you're not happy and having fun here, then what's the point? :-) Don't let any shortcomings get you down or leave you feeling disheartened, and don't let anyone convince you that you're not valued here or that your dedication, time, and contributions aren't appreciated and don't make an impact here - that's simply not true at all. Be healthy, be well, keep a neutral, balanced, and stress-free lifestyle, and make sure that you keep your personal off-wiki life a priority. Wikipedia will always be here should you need to slow down, take a break, or take care of other matters in your life. :-) If you have any questions, need any input, help, assistance, guidance, or just need someone to talk to, my user talk page is always open to you. You're welcome to message me there any time you need or want to, and I'll be happy to help you with anything that you need. Keep up the excellent work, and keep continuing to do what you do, and contribute where you love. I'm happy to see that you're still active here, and that you're doing well despite being what I believe to be quite busy. :-) I hope that we keep in touch, and that you have a great day. :-) Best regards and best wishes - your pal, ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:11, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much @Oshwah:, I truly appreciate it! And it means a lot to me that more users are trustful and happy with my company on here than others and see me for who I am now and that I always have you in my corner to vouch for me if necessary. I do make sure I balance Wikipedia and real life to a point where it doesn't affect my advancement toward my future or get in the way of other leisurely activities, while not becoming too inactive on Wikipedia. I'm very happy with how you take the time to check on Wikipedians and uplift them so that their experience becomes enhanced and their Wikipedia development advances more easily. As for the whole FRAM mess, I am very happy that you've stuck around and stayed positive and there for the community throughout it all, and stayed out of trouble. While I don't blame anybody for their actions (such as those by Floq and WJBScribe) given the extraordinary circumstances and deeply respect them for resigning and taking a stand in the name of the community against what they believe was the wrong move by the WMF, I just as equally respect everybody who stayed and kept on taking administrative actions and continued being optimistic that the situation would be fixed soon, such as you. You've continued being a model Wikipedian and stayed out of trouble too, even if it wasn't wrong to put yourself in trouble in this case. You are loved and appreciated around here, and I appreciate you showing me that the same applies to me. Cheers, my friend :) DrewieStewie (talk) 10:04, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
• A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.

Arbitration

• Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.

Miscellaneous

• Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
• The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.

  Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019).

Administrator changes

Bradv • Chetsford • Izno

Floquenbeam • Lectonar

DESiegel • Jake Wartenberg • Rjanag • Topbanana

CheckUser changes

Callanecc • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Oversight changes

Callanecc • Fox • HJ Mitchell • LFaraone • There'sNoTime

Technical news

• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
• The advanced version of the edit review pages (recent changes, watchlist, and related changes) now includes two new filters. These filters are for "All contents" and "All discussions". They will filter the view to just those namespaces.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2019 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Miscellaneous

• A global request for comment is in progress regarding whether a user group should be created that could modify edit filters across all public Wikimedia wikis.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2019).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, a new criterion for speedy category renaming was added: C2F: One eponymous article, which applies if the category contains only an eponymous article or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories.

Technical news

• As previously noted, tighter password requirements for Administrators were put in place last year. Wikipedia should now alert you if your password is less than 10 characters long and thus too short.

Arbitration

• The 2019 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place October 4th to 10th.
• The arbitration case regarding Fram was closed. While there will be a local RfC focus[ing] on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future, there is currently a global community consultation on partial and temporary office actions in response to the incident. It will be open until October 30th.

Miscellaneous

• The Community Tech team has been working on a system for temporarily watching pages, and welcomes feedback.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2019).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC was closed with the consensus that the resysop criteria should be made stricter.

• The follow-up RfC to develop that change is now open at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2).

• A related RfC is seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors may now nominate themselves as candidates for the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections. The self-nomination period will close November 12, with voting running from November 19 through December 2.

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Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:17, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2019).

Administrator changes

EvergreenFir • ToBeFree

Akhilleus • Athaenara • John Vandenberg • Melchoir • MichaelQSchmidt • NeilN • Youngamerican • 😂

CheckUser changes

Beeblebrox

Deskana

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
• Following a proposal, the edit filter mailing list has been opened up to users with the Edit Filter Helper right.

Technical news

• Wikimedia projects can set a default block length for users via MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry. A new page, MediaWiki:ipb-default-expiry-ip, allows the setting of a different default block length for IP editors. Neither is currently used. (T219126)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee Elections is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 2 December 2018 UTC. Please review the candidates and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on the voting page.

Miscellaneous

• The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2020!

Hello DrewieStewie, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2020. Happy editing, ★Trekker (talk) 14:12, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Hey Trekker!! Thank you! I absolutely appreciate the merry Christmas and happy new decade wishes you have provided me, and I absolutely wish the same for you. Thanks for being great to work with in Wikiproject Pro Wrestling! Happy editing! :) DrewieStewie (talk) 18:16, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry that my username is a little dificult to ping. Haha. ★Trekker (talk) 18:41, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Trekker Oh its fine! I just did it again! XD DrewieStewie (talk) 18:49, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2019).

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
• A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
• Following a successful RfC, a whitelist is now available for users whose redirects will be autopatrolled by a bot, removing them from the new pages patrol queue. Admins can add such users to Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist after a discussion following the guidelines at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect whitelist.

Arbitration

• The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
• Following the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Bradv, Casliber, David Fuchs, DGG, KrakatoaKatie, Maxim, Newyorkbrad, SoWhy, Worm That Turned, Xeno.

Miscellaneous

• This issue marks three full years of the Admin newsletter. Thanks for reading!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2020).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
• The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.

Technical news

• Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
• When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [6]

Arbitration

• Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• The English Wikipedia has reached six million articles. Thank you everyone for your contributions!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2020).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
• A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.

Technical news

• Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2020 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: BRPever, Krd, Martin Urbanec, MusikAnimal, Sakretsu, Sotiale, and Tks4Fish. There are a total of seven editors that have been appointed as stewards, the most since 2014.
• The 2020 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Ajraddatz and Uzoma Ozurumba; they will serve for one year.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2020).

Guideline and policy news

• There is an ongoing request for comment to streamline the source deprecation and blacklisting process.

Technical news

• There is a plan for new requirements for user signatures. You can give feedback.

Arbitration

• Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.

Miscellaneous

• The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.

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