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Dear Mr. 78.26,

updating on Sinfonia Latina Music Festival/Roberto McCausland Dieppa, both seminal.

Regards,

Cherkes

https://www.elheraldo.co/sociedad/el-pianista-roberto-mccausland-revive-su-sinfonia-latina-964305

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https://laolacaribe.com/wp-content/uploads/edicion-168-LA-OLA-CARIBE.pdf 2603:6011:100:8115:210A:F36F:EEB1:84E5 (talk) 01:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

— Moops ^⋠T⋡ 21:47, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey 78.26 Hope you are doing good!! You had deleted the page Vineet Singh (Now after his name's spelling change Vinit Singh) as per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vinit Singh (2nd nomination) in 2018. He now got featured in Indian Idol 13 as one of the most prominent contestant because he has a playback career as he has playbacked in movies like Khiladi 786, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Policegiri, Action Jackson (2014 film), Moods with Melodies,etc after he debuted with Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005, there are now sources about him which are notable sources, So i am willing to recreate the page, Please share your opinion regarding this, Thanks

A couple of new sources which are notable and independent too are :[1], [2], [3].

Thanks Surya^{beej   ⋠talk⋡} 07:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Suryabeej: I'd be willing to restore it to draft space so you can work on it, unless you want to start from scratch. I'm not entirely convinced by all of the sources you sent (the first one seems like breathless idolizing, not neutral reporting), but if you think it can pass AfC then go ahead and try that process. Let me know. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 00:58, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

78.26: Hey apologies for responding late! Sure, If you can Restore the draft I am willing to work on it. Thanks!! Surya^{beej   ⋠talk⋡} 08:11, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm running into some Wikipedia server errors when attempting to restore. I'm going to be mostly offline for the next few days, so I beg patience. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 11:37, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Third time was the charm. @Suryabeej: I have restored to draft: Draft:Vinit Singh. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 11:41, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You were kind enough to quickly remove several defamatory edits of Rory Phillips (DJ) made by User_talk:95.147.222.131 but the defamatory elements are still visible in the two edits made to remove them by User_talk:162.195.122.96 is it possible to remove these too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Letsnotstart (talk • contribs) 21:25, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Letsnotstart: - you are correct, and good catch. Done. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 00:39, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@78.26: The Seventh-day Adventist Church article is still being persistantly vandalized. Can you please protect it again. Catfurball (talk) 16:23, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Catfurball: I dunno. These are pretty watched pages and they've been reverted (and blocked) very quickly. It's a borderline case. A better place to make this request is Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. I'm online/editing more sporadically than I used to be, so might not be able to respond before the report goes "stale". All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 23:52, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 78.26. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Oghema Niagara".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:40, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It always feels strange to leave these notices on the talk pages of long-time editors and admins. Of course, if you want to work on this draft, you can restore it whenever you like. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:42, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz: Yeah, sorry about that. I should finish that up, it's a very interesting story and highly notable, but there's so much conflicting information. I'll restore it when I'm ready to take it up again. In the meantime, thank you so much for all the hard work you do here. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. It's nice to see you around, I've noticed at AFD that we are a little light on admin help on Saturdays. I think folks take a well-deserved day off. Then they show up mid-day Sunday and things are back to normal. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:15, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, well count me among those who don't help out on Saturdays, sorry. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 04:26, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on Category:Grey Gull Records artists 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!} 01:12, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here... did you mean to say do not? ;) Regardless, thanks for watching the page. Silikonz💬 01:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Silikonz: Oof, thanks for catching that! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 01:45, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No prob :) Silikonz💬 01:45, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if you could hide the edit summaries of this recently blocked IP's edits as they promote racial hatred and uses a racial slur. Thank you in advance. Yue🌙 01:21, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Yue: Thank you.  Done 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 01:40, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Unless I am mistaken you are an admin on this project and have expressed willingness to provide the text of deleted pages to users who may need them. If this is correct, may I please ask you to send me the text of I due evasi di Sing Sing. I had opened a deletion review to have the page restored but was advised to recreate it instead. Which I might do more easily with whatever material had already been written. If you agree, could you please input the text on this page for instance? Thank you very much for your help. Yours, — MY, OH, MY! 21:41, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mushy Yank: I have restored the page to your user space. You'll find it at: User:Mushy Yank/I due evasi di Sing Sing. Please don't restore it to main space until it is properly sourced to reliable sources. Happy editing! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 00:22, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and thank you again. The page is now in the Main, as you can see. Only the editing history is missing (it is on my user's space page, though). I sort of remember there was a template or possible transfer to credit users who started the page before it was deleted. I will look up and try to do it. Apologies if it was needed before restoring it to the Main, Yours, — MY, OH, MY! 22:25, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mushy Yank: This could be resolved by deleting what's currently on the main page, and moving what's currently in your user space. Would you like me to do that? 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 23:12, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. If it is not too much work, I'd be very grateful if you can, yes. It seems the page has already been modified in the Main by another user, but if it's still possible for you to do it, thank you. I had also let a merge request (I guess) on the TP but if that does not interfere with your effort, again, thank you for help! — MY, OH, MY! 23:20, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mushy Yank: Yeah that gumms it up. I don't have time to do it right now, so I requested a history merge. I'm not sure I agree with the intervening edit, but I don't know much about WP:FILMMOS. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 00:25, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you! I am not sure either about that edit (I've left a note on the project page). Anyway, thanks again. — MY, OH, MY! 00:30, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, again. I was wondering if you could hide the edit summaries of this recently blocked IP's edits as they contain hateful and racist messages. Have a great weekend and thank you once again. Yue🌙 23:39, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

maybe a tps admin could do this? I’m basically offline and will be until Monday evening. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 23:51, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, have a great weekend then! Yue🌙 00:53, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings from Delhi! Could you please put the drafts of my deleted edits in my userspace and point me to them? I will combine them into a single redraft. I have been communicating with Grayfell. Awaiting your message. SuchetaR (talk) 08:58, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing to restore to your userspace, as none of your edits have been deleted. The self-promotion edits can be viewed in the article history. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 01:55, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, 78.26. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! interstatefive  00:04, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 78.26, May I bother you again and ask you to send me the text of I Crab Goalkeeper or its draft Draft:Crab Goalkeeper. As I found some sources, I would like to recreate the page and, again, I might do it more easily with whatever material had already been written. If you agree, could you please create the subpage on my behalf User:Mushy Yank/Crab Goalkeeper? (or what's the most easy for you) Thank you very much for your help. If you'd rather have me ask another admin next time, just let me know. Thanks again. Yours, — MY, OH, MY! 10:13, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mushy Yank:  Done 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:38, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. Yours, — MY, OH, MY! 16:41, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Aoidh (talk) 00:03, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 78.26, I'm a little confused how you get NC for this? The first three keeps were rebutted by three different people and no additional sources had been added/found after that. The fourth keep had no P&G basis at all, and the sixth keep spuriously claimed GNG from tabloid coverage was allowed. Most editors acknowledged the generally poor, tabloid quality of the sources, so given that everything alleged to be SIGCOV was exclusively on minor criminal events that received only fleeting attention in local news, wouldn't BLP and NOTNEWS policy override a claim of meeting GNG? JoelleJay (talk) 01:36, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JoelleJay: I think my closing statement explains it well enough. I'm sure you think that your side has utterly destroyed the other side's argument, but there were significant source analysis on both sides, and I found no way to reconcile the positions. I'm sure the other side feels just as strongly they obliterated your side's arguments. Both are policy based. There is fundamental disagreement as to whether or not there is SIGCOV in independent, reliable sources, and there is fundamental disagreement as to whether or not this is BLP1E. Any close other than NOCONSENSUS would be a supervote, in my opinion. If you feel the close is that erroneous that it needs to be overturned without re-litigating the article, then take it to DRV. Happy editing!78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your explanation...I was under no impression that the delete side was clearly stronger, rather my confusion was that the close doesn't address at all the BLP arguments, in particular the tabloid sourcing issues for negative content. Almost everyone agreed that the sources "weren't good", and the ones called SIGCOV were uniformly negative news announcements, so I would have appreciated more assessment of how an article written from those sources could comply with Be very firm about the use of high-quality sources. [...] Biographies of living persons ("BLPs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives and NOTNEWS. JoelleJay (talk) 03:41, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tabloid sourcing for negative content isn't a notability discussion, that is a content discussion. AfD is the wrong venue. I also disagree with the characterization that "almost everyone" agree the sources weren't good. I'd call it much closer to 50/50. Some of the keeps arguments stated that "some" of the sources weren't good, but that overall there were enough "good" sources to pass notability. If "almost everyone" agreed the sources "weren't good", I would have readily closed as delete. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 03:54, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 78.26. Thank you for the excellent close at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japan Time (TV series) based on the strengths of the arguments. I really appreciate it. Cunard (talk) 08:05, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

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

Administrator changes

Novem Linguae

• Deckiller
• Electionworld
• MBisanz
• Penwhale
• Raul654
• Roadrunner
• Viridae
• Yannismarou

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MBisanz

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.

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@78.26: Share your thoughts regarding the album if you wish to. 2001:D08:2901:372C:176E:668A:26DB:24BF (talk) 18:23, 3 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

By longtime precedent, record labels were judged by a inverse interpretation of NMUSIC #5.. carrying on from your comment on AfD. I don't want to go further in discussion and stray too far off from the actual discussion AfD. Can you maybe link me to some notable decisions spread over time? Graywalls (talk) 23:28, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Graywalls: thanks for your patience. Some illuminating discussions have occurred at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/430 West Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Orleans Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kung Fu Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afternoon Records (3rd nomination), Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skunk Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eulogy Recordings (2nd nomination). Plus the myriad discussions at NMUSIC and WP:N [(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(organizations_and_companies)#Categorization_of_notability_requisite_for_record_labels,_recording_studios,_art_collectives_and_like)]. Your question ultimately demands an empirical proof, which I have neither time nor inclination to provide. Not because this is what you intend, but because is no point in time where the most ardent inclusionist can say "Consensus is that anything possibly meeting NMUSIC#5 is kept" any more that someone else could say "By consensus record labels must always meet strictest interpretation of NCORP." Some other discussions of varying degrees of usefulness: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DeSoto Records Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jarrah Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Topshelf Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CandyRat Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Springman Records, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silkheart Records. I hope that's helpful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:43, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:35, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

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Firefangledfeathers

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

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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.

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

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• 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.

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 to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

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.

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

I was wondering if you could draftify/userfy this article for me. You deleted it five years ago per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Turley, but I think the subject might be notable now, having received coverage with The Return of the American Patriot, a film he directed in 2022.[4][5] StAnselm (talk) 19:49, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@StAnselm:  Done You'll find it at User:StAnselm/Steve Turley. Let me know if I messed it up somehow. Happy editing! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:53, 5 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. StAnselm (talk) 02:34, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, 78.26,

You recently restored this draft but because you didn't make a minor edit to the page after restoration, it was tagged for CSD G13 speedy deletion. Luckily, an editor checked the page log and saw that it was recently restored and untagged it before it was deleted. I recommend checking out User:SD0001/RFUD-helper to help with REFUND as it will take care of these steps so you don't have to remember them.

Hope all is well with you...have a great weekend! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:59, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz Thanks so much! What would I do without those who can write these scripts? Works like a charm. Likewise, hope you're doing very well. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 01:08, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 78.26. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Bernadine Strik, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 19:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

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• An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

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• Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

Arbitration

• Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.

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The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:51, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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... nice closure. Paul August ☎ 18:52, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome 78.26! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

CactiStaccingCrane (talk)17:54, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
• Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
• Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
• Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts (submissions) and Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, I hope this finds you well, i will like to get more information while my page was deleted and how to get it approved under the wikipedia guidelines Brightheseer (talk) 09:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Brightheseer:. Your page was deleted because user pages are to describe who you are in relation to your activities on Wikipedia. The Conflict of Interest disclosure was appropriate, even necessary. The advertisement for a seer is entirely inappropriate for Wikipedia. Articles about topics belong in mainspace when developed, and in your personal sandbox or in draftspace while in development. However, your text would be unacceptable in any location on Wikipedia because it was blatantly promotional (see WP:NPOV). It also does not meet the notability requirements for an article, so this must also be addressed before the topic can be considered for inclusion. Because you have a conflict of interest, you must use the Articles for Creation process. I hope that helps. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:39, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, 78.26,

Hey, I hope you are doing well this winter. I'm just leaving you a reminder that any time you restore a draft article or user sandbox that has been deleted due to CSD G13 criteria, you need to make an edit to the page or it shows up as eligible for deletion again. This is, as you might guess, because there have been no edits to this article in a few years so it is considered stale and abandoned. I've made an edit to the draft so you are good for another 6 months. Take care, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:51, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, hope all’s well?

Can you please copy my article to the user page please? Claudy Beats (talk) 22:43, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Claudy Beats: I'm afraid I don't understand your request. Your article is already at your user page. (User:Claudy Beats/sandbox). Please clarify. Thanks! PS, this draft very strongly violates our WP:NPOV policy. I hope that is helpful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 03:07, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh okay, if it is in the userpage ok. I was trying to write a biography, O don’t know how to do that correctly. Thank you! Claudy Beats (talk) 12:37, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First of all you need to read and adhere to WP:COI, WP:NPOV and WP:PROMO. I do not want to be unkind, but frankly if someone asked me to delete your draft for advertising, I would do so. I understand it is not your intent to do anything "wrong", but this is an encyclopedia, not a place to post your resume or press releases. Phrases like "remarkable journey and accomplishments serve as an inspiration to many" have no place in an encyclopedia. How can that possibly present an objective, dispassionate view of the topic? That's why you really shouldn't create an Wikipedia:Autobiography. How can someone be expected to be objective about themselves? You make such claims as "has published several books that have received critical acclaim." What critical acclaim? From whom? Without citations to reliable, independent sources, these claims are empty and completely promotional. I hope that is helpful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 04:29, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:40, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Hamisi Gift Musitwa popularly known as Volvexzshawa kindly research his Wikipedia was deleted and his a notable musician in Kenya Teresia Akinyi Achilo (talk) 06:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Teresia Akinyi Achilo: I cannot restore this. It was deleted by community discussion. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volvexzshawa If you think the deleting administrator misjudged the discussion you can file a report at WP:DRV. As I have read the discussion I would strong urge against this. If you have multiple reliable WP:INDEPENDENT sources from which to write an article, then I would start an article in draftspace via WP:AFC. I hope this helps. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 12:15, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to 78.26 for collecting 25 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:17, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

I am new to wikipedia and have had my recent article submission deleted. Can you please copy the content to my user page, so I can save the content and make the requested changes for resubmission?

Thanks Preet Kalkat (talk) 00:28, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Preet Kalkat: I'm sorry, but your page was deleted for copyright reasons, and I can't restore copyright violations. Please write your proposal in your own words, with different phrasing and structure than your sources. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 12:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am creating a new page for me but unable to add pictures Ambarish2anand (talk) 09:13, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ambarish2anand: Your page was deleted, because frankly it's one of the worst examples of self-promotion I've ever seen. I don't want to be unkind, but this is an encyclopedia, not a place to advertise yourself. Definitely read WP:COI and WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY before you attempt to make any further edits about yourself. I hope that is helpful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 00:02, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear 78.26,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 13:04, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You know I am confused by this AfD deletion, how does a person with SIGCOV like [6], [7], [8], who has won the Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival, and also a recipient of a Global Music Award of Excellence for The Four Players, the Clive Davis Award for Excellence in Music? [9]. Govvy (talk) 10:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

None of that was brought up in the discussion. If I were to close any other way than what I did, it would be a super vote, because I would be inserting my own opinion into the close. Because discussion consensus was clear-cut I closed without resisting. I am willing to re-open the discussion if you wish to present new information for consideration. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you reopen the discussion I would post a similar comment. He is not that well known in his field, but has a certain amount of recognition to get those awards, I would have thought it would easily pass WP:BASIC, well that's my two-cents, Regards. Govvy (talk) 16:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]