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Precious anniversary[edit]

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:53, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Never fails to cheer me. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:52, 27 October 2020 (UTC).

November edith-a-thons from Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | November 2020, Volume 6, Issue 11, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 180, 181 Online events: New: Textile arts | Stage+Screen+Radio+Podcast Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman | BLM/Anti-discrimination Contest (Oct-Nov-Dec): Women in Asia Help us plan future events: Virtual Ideas Cafe Join the conversation: Women in Red talkpage Stay in touch: Join WikiProject Women in Red | Opt-out of notifications Social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020[edit]

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

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The Signpost: 1 November 2020[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #440[edit]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Nate Borofsky albums[edit]

A tag has been placed on Category:Nate Borofsky albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.

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"Template:Disambig-cleanup" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Disambig-cleanup. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 2#Template:Disambig-cleanup until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 22:03, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]

Greetings,

Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

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Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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Wikidata weekly summary #441[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #442[edit]

"A Subaltern" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect A Subaltern. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 16#A Subaltern until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 23:19, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Civil parish bot[edit]

Hi. You seem to have been left off an original ping list for this one. Your involvement in place articles could suggest you might interested in this topic. Thanks. See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_England/Parishes_RfC Acabashi (talk) 14:24, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #443[edit]

Proposed deletion of Guillermo de Cun[edit]

The article Guillermo de Cun has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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"ChAdOx1" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Ftd[edit]

Template:Ftd has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --TheImaCow (talk) 20:20, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

December with Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | December 2020, Volume 6, Issue 12, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 182, 183 Online events: New: Women who died in 2020 | Philanthropists Continuing initiatives: #1day1woman | BLM/Anti-discrimination Contest (Oct-Nov-Dec): Women in Asia Other ways to participate: Help us plan future events Join the conversations on our talkpage Become a member Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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"Boris J" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 November 2020[edit]

Nomination of William H. Nation for deletion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #444[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2020[edit]

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• There is a request for comment in progress to either remove T3 (duplicated and hardcoded instances) as a speedy deletion criterion or eliminate its seven-day waiting period.

Technical news

• Voting for proposals in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey, which determines what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year, will take place from 8 December through 21 December. In particular, there are sections regarding administrators and anti-harassment.

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Numbered navigation tag[edit]

Template:Numbered navigation tag has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:47, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

<div class="noprint right" style="margin:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0|0.5em 0 0.5em 0.5em;">
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Template source posted above per your request. It looks like it was discovered due to the use of non-existing templates. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 17:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Sirouhi Belorian for deletion[edit]

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"St. Pauls school,Winchmore Hill,London" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #445[edit]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Solomon Islands football referees[edit]

A tag has been placed on Category:Solomon Islands football referees requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.

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Wikidata weekly summary #446[edit]

Best wishes for the holidays[edit]

		Season's Greetings
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, and all best wishes for the New Year! Adoration of the Magi (Jan Mostaert) is my Wiki-Christmas card to all for this year. Johnbod (talk) 12:11, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #447[edit]

Your draft article, Draft:Weather compensation[edit]

Hello, Rich Farmbrough. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Weather compensation".

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The Signpost: 28 December 2020[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #448[edit]

A New Year With Women in Red![edit]

Women in Red | January 2021, Volume 7, Issue 1, Numbers 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188 Online events: New: Climate and environment | Public domain Contest (Jan-Feb-Mar): Africa contest Year-long initiative: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman | Women who died in 2020 Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Proposed deletion of John Chaucombe[edit]

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"Bustan Ketab ((publishing)" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #449[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2021[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #450[edit]

"1oo years war" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Adam Gutstein[edit]

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BLP unreferenced and tagged for almost 10 years, no actual claim to notability.

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Wrong tags produced by Wikileaks edit filter[edit]

Hi, could you fix the wording of the tags produced by Wikileaks filter (Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard#Wikileaks_filter_(#1034)_is_misleading) as now it's inaccurate: it says that Wikileaks is deprected rather than unreliable. Alaexis_¿question? 07:14, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #451[edit]

Category:Speculative fiction podcasts has been nominated for renaming[edit]

Category:Speculative fiction podcasts has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. TipsyElephant (talk) 21:24, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

RfD nominations you may be interested in[edit]

There are a whole bunch of redirects starting "Complete list of" that have been nominated at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 24 which you may be interested in sharing your views on. Thryduulf (talk) 12:51, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #452[edit]

February 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | February 2021, Volume 7, Issue 2, Numbers 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191 Online events: New: Black women | Classicists | Folklore Contest (Jan/Feb/Mar): Africa Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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"Countires of the world" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Formatting of centuries[edit]

re [1]. I am curious why did you replace numeric 17th to seventeenth. Per MOS:CENTURY, both formats are valid. Are there any grammatical preferences? Lembit Staan (talk) 20:30, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

User:Rich Farmbrough#Things that stayed too long[edit]

You might be interested. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 19:56, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2021[edit]

Nomination for merging of Template:Rewrite section[edit]

Template:Rewrite section has been nominated for merging with Template:Cleanup rewrite. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 07:26, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #453[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2021[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

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Arbitration

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John Eversley[edit]

Dear sir, I respect your work, but this must be the lightest stub I've ever seen. It really needs work. May I assist, or do you want to delete this? Bearian (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

By all means assist! It's a wiki. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:18, 3 February 2021 (UTC).

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Award+recognises+John%27s+contribution%3B+in+association+with+RBS.-a0178074996

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-princess-royal-shakes-hands-with-mr-john-eversley-news-photo/834710966

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Taxi Girl albums[edit]

A tag has been placed on Category:Taxi Girl albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.

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Wikidata weekly summary #454[edit]

Speedy deletion nomination of Captain Tom (disambiguation)[edit]

A tag has been placed on Captain Tom (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either

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"Template:Redirect from UK spelling" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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"Template:Redirect from maiden name" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #455[edit]

Category:Women in the The Troubles (Northern Ireland) has been nominated for discussion[edit]

Category:Women in the The Troubles (Northern Ireland) has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Regards, SONIC⁶⁷⁸ 21:10, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Category:Decades in the the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic has been nominated for discussion[edit]

Category:Decades in the the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Regards, SONIC⁶⁷⁸ 21:11, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Andrew Brooks[edit]

Hi, Rich Farmbrough. You created the article Andrew Brooks (scientist) on 8 February; it seems that we already have a rather detailed article on the same person under the title Andrew Brooks, created just a few days earlier. Content-wise your two sentences should be covered by that longer article but maybe the source you stated in your article might be added in that parallel article and Andrew Brooks (scientist) might be kept as a Wikipedia:Redirect. We also have Andrew Brooks (disambiguation) where you added a link to your article, so maybe the other article should be listed there instead and also "What links here" might have to be checked but as far as I can see, apart from that disambig page there is not much that links to your new article. So this looks like a relatively simple case of Wikipedia:Merging. --Proofreader (talk) 19:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

This is odd, I definitely looked for an existing article. Thanks for letting me know, I have made it into a redirect, I would have been fine with you doing the same. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:18, 16 February 2021 (UTC).

Thanks for the quick reaction. Just stumbled across that one while checking the entries in the categories, so I am more into maintenance and only notify authors accordingly. Sometimes you actually even have cases where people with the same name die on the same day, which is why I rather not interfere too much with the articles themselves. So thanks again for fixing that one. --Proofreader (talk) 19:53, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Template editor request[edit]

Hi and sorry for the intrusion, I was looking for an active editor I had noticed around who holds the template editor flag. I am looking to re-boot Wikipedia:WikiProject Country Music and need someone to remove "Inactive" from the {{WikiProject Country Music}} template banner. I would appreciate your help if possible. Have a great day JW 1961 Talk 22:49, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done Good luck! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 22:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC).

Thank you JW 1961 Talk 22:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

More Sauce[edit]

I saw you helped yourself to some of my sauce here so I added some more here. 79.70.188.241 (talk) 22:20, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #456[edit]

March 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | March 2021, Volume 7, Issue 3, Numbers 184, 186, 188, 192, 193 Online events: New: Art+Activism | VisibleWikiWomen Contest (Jan/Feb/Mar): Africa Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Troubles(?)[edit]

This change feels almost "microcosmic" of the article subject. Is there a reason to remove the more generic template and replace with a label discussed (as a point of contention) within the article itself? Guliolopez (talk) 03:11, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Guliolopez Both {{EngvarB}} and {{Use British English}} are very generic, if you feel the need you could fork the {{Use British English}} to {{Use Irish English}}. I doubt if there are a significant number of places where this would make a difference. I am not aware of any words that are spelled differently in formal writing in Irish English compared with other European varieties of English, which is the stated purpose of {{EngvarB}}. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 03:25, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

Seems I had a hand in this template many years ago. I'll try to use it on Irish articles. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 03:29, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

Thanks for the follow-up.

For Ireland-related articles (including those on Irish coins, Irish diaspora, Irish institutions and others where the ENGVAR is relatively well-established) it may, as you suggest, be best to use the "Irish English" template.

For Northern Ireland-related articles (including those on The Troubles, County Londonderry, Ulster and others where real-world and project-based contention is relatively well-documented) it may be worth considering whether to swap the generic template for the "British English" template.

While, as you say, there are limited linguistic or spelling differences, the terms "British" and "Irish" sometimes come with cultural and political baggage. Unrelated to spelling. Anyway, I'll get out of your way. Just a heads-up/thought-to-consider I guess... Guliolopez (talk) 03:57, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Pages translated from Võro Wikipedia[edit]

A tag has been placed on Category:Pages translated from Võro Wikipedia requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.

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Cosmetic editing, again[edit]

Hi! As far as I can see, this edit made no perceptible difference to the rendered page. Are you not under a permanent restriction from making such edits? I note that the restriction (the first of the four to which you are subject) specifically prohibits changes to the capitalisation of templates, but with that edit you changed {{short description}} to {{Short description}}. That edit is just one of many that made the same two trivial and unnecessary changes. At 17.36 UTC today you made 10 edits; how did you do that without using automated processes? Ping Ealdgyth, Mdaniels5757 and TonyBallioni, who participated in this discussion in April last year. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 20:02, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

You are pointing to the wrong edit. The edit changes the category to Use British English, which changes the rendered page, and is not therefore a "cosmetic" edit.

As to automated processes, there is neither a prohibition in place relating to them, nor a necessity to resort to them them to make ten edits per minute.

Thanks for your encouragement.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:14, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

I wasn't going to get into this today (it's supposed to be my day to goof off with hubby) but ... The change in categories is not actually rendered - it's a hidden category in both cases. This is the previous version - note the "member of 34 hidden categories at the bottom which lists the cat as Category:Use British English from October 2013. After the edit - this is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Long_(artist)&diff=next&oldid=1001640912 diff - at the bottom are still listed 34 hidden categories and the category is unchanged - Category:Use British English from October 2013. Near as I can see... nothing has changed on the rendered page - even if we consider the hidden category a "rendered" change. I wish you'd spend as much time productively editing as trying to figure out ways to game things... it'd be a lot easier on everyone. Ealdgyth (talk) 20:28, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

No one is compelling you to get involved, nor yet to make ad hominem attacks.

Fixing an incorrect categorization is productive editing.

The category is changed, if you look at the "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page" section in the link you gave, you will see {{Template:Use British English}} - despite the fact that it is not in the edit box. Welcome to the limitations of the WikiMedia software.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:36, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

Yes, wrong diff. See this one instead (sorry 'bout that). The edit does not change the rendered page, as Ealdgyth rightly says. The second of the four restrictions to which you are subject clearly states "... he is entirely prohibited from using Auto Wiki Browser"; if you aren't using that, what automated process are you using that so accurately reproduces its behaviour? It also reads "Rich Farmbrough is not permitted to make any mass changes to articles, broadly construed, and regardless of editing method, cosmetic or not, without a demonstrable consensus from the community that he is explicitly permitted to do so". Where exactly is the demonstrable consensus that allows you repeatedly to change {{EngvarB}} to {{Use British English}}, even in articles such as Highland cattle where it is clearly inappropriate to do so? (per WP:TIES, if it's to use a specific subset of EngvarB, that should be Scottish English). You are clearly and specifically prohibited from messing with the capitalisation of templates, yet you continue to do so. You are clearly and specifically prohibited from "changing template redirects to templates (see here for AWB stock changes on this item, with the understanding that bypassing template redirects will only be done when there is a substantive edit being done", yet you continue to do so (here, for example). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:09, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome to further refine {{Use British English}} to {{Use Scottish English}}, {{Use English English}} and {{Use Welsh English}} if you wish. For me the utility in doing this is marginal, because the spelling does not vary significantly, if at all, between these varieties of English, especially in the formal register.

It appears you are searching for any ground that can result in action taken against me. There's not a lot I can do about that, but hope you will see this is not productive.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:34, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

(edit conflict) So it did not in fact impact the rendering on the page, which is what your editing restriction is for. To my knowledge you have never agreed that any of your ban violations are in fact ban violations, so I don’t think it’s productive to argue about that point with you. Since everyone else seems to agree it was cosmetic, I’ll go ahead and skip to the next question: Consensus in respect of Rich Farmbrough's editing restrictions shall be defined as approval at WP:BRFA or a formally closed WP:RFC with more than ten non-canvassed participants.

Can you please point to consensus for this edit as defined by your other editing restrictions? TonyBallioni (talk) 21:11, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

It did impact the rendering on the page. I'm sure you'll block me anyway one way or another. I fail to see how doing so will improve the encyclopaedia. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:34, 28 February 2021 (UTC).
21:34, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

I think the discussion about whether this is cosmetic or not and what method you used to do the changes are ultimately irrelevant. What you did was a mass change. If you do a mass change, cosmetic or not, you need a consensus to support that work. Can you point to such a consensus? Barkeep49 (talk) 22:12, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

There is clearly consensus that articles should be correctly categorised. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 22:19, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

The restriction requires that you point to an explicit consensus in a BRFA or RfC for the specific changes you are making. This is now the fourth request for you to provide such a consensus. TonyBallioni (talk) 22:21, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

Block[edit]

Since the answer to the question asked by Tony and repeated by me, that is whether you have a discussion which supports the change you've done, has not been answered with a diff I'm assuming the answer is no and have blocked you for 1 month for violation of your community imposed editing restrictions. In a previous edit you said that you weren't going to edit in fear. Good. I think no editor should edit in fear. What I do hope you do is edit within community consensus which has been laid out rather extensively given your editing interests and style in the form of specific editing restrictions. If there is in fact a specific consensus that supports this change please point it to me and I will reverse this block. Barkeep49 (talk) 22:24, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

I would still be interested to know if anyone actually believes that any of my edits have made the 'pedia worse rather than better.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 22:35, 28 February 2021 (UTC).

Rich Farmbrough, I do - on a net basis. If you consider any edit on their own on a +10 to -10 scale, where +10 is adding a new featured article and -10 is insidious vandalism in a the form of say, a long term hoax, your edits will fall in the 0 category. They don't change the encyclopedia for readers. I will accept a minor nudge to the positive category, per your arguments of usefulness - so perhaps a +0.1. However, if you are doing so by breaching your editing restrictions, you are doing your edits against the consensus of the community - not because the edit itself if against the consensus (which is debateable), but because you are the one performing it. Therefore, you are damaging the encyclopedia, and pushing the edit into the negative category - ergo, making the encyclopedia as a whole worse, rather than better. Worm^TT(talk) 11:15, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Exactly so. This is purely discriminatory behaviour.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:56, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

Rich Farmbrough, you've missed my point. You are damaging the encyclopedia by making barely useful edits, which in turn cause controversy. Worm^TT(talk) 11:02, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

I have a long term goal of having a Wikipedia free from errors, including grammatical, stylistic and factual. The Engvar family of tags are important to achieving this, and over 300,000 articles have an Engvar tag.

The purpose of the tags is to identify preferred variety of English, primarily to establish the correct spelling variety for certain words.

Without these tags it may not be possible to establish if an article is using the correct spelling. (Even with them it is hard problem.) Therefore changing a tag to reflect the most narrow version of English that we identify (but no narrower) is useful, not "barely" useful.

On the other side of your calculus is disruption. It seems to me that those challenging useful and positive work, let alone those destroying it are the people who are causing the disruption. It is as if you asked for someone voluntarily picking up litter from the streets to be arrested because he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt. Or perhaps, less neutrally, a large, red, letter "A". And there are enough short-sighted admins, and there is enough first mover advantage for this to be effective.

For shame.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:30, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

Rich, I'm going to take your analogy and run with it.

Firstly, you are not voluntarily picking up litter - that implies that everyone agrees with your actions. You are individually picking wildflowers, which some people agree are weeds. However, you are doing it on the side of a highway. People are concerned, because you are in the way and they're not even sure that the weeds need to be picked at all. You've been asked, multiple times, to stop doing it, but have instead moved to a different colour wildflower.

The police are eventually involved and you've been issued a ban on wildflower picking. Yet, you still insist of picking wildflower. I could even go on about your history, where you used to ride a lawnmower over all the wildflower, taking out the odd rose at the same time - but you think that didn't matter because you only killed one rose and got rid of thousands of wildflower.

So, it's not discriminatory behaviour, that someone else who happens to pick a wildflower doesn't get sanctioned for doing so and it's not about your Hawaiian shirt. It's about you not listening to everyone else and that's your problem not everyone else's.

What's more, given the perennial nature of these issues and your refusal to acknowledge that they are issues, I'm starting to believe that a 1 month block is insufficient, and perhaps something more indefinite might be appropriate. Worm^TT(talk) 11:24, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't think so. You would have to show me one of these mythical wildflowers to establish any chance credibility. Ideally one in the recent past, and ideally much more than one - sufficient to outweigh the gian hogweeds, but to even consider your extension (or perhaps perversion) of my analogy, at least one.

And threats, even - maybe especially - veiled ones, become you far less than a run-of-the-mill admin.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 09:43, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

Edits such as merely changing parameter names (especially just changing to a dash between two words) are pointless because they won't get noticed by a normal reader. They are negative to the project in the sense that you're merely increasing the memory usage on Wikipedia. Stick to your editing restrictions and community consensus. Violating your restrictions or community consensus instead of respecting them is only to get you blocked again. Appeal your restrictions if you want to get rid of them. Seek consensus if the community is against the type of edits you're intending to make. Heymid (contribs) 16:21, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Heymid I agree. However the edit linked to by the OP is the Wrong Edit - not the one they meant to talk about.

The change you see there is a matter for dispute elsewhere, because someone is changing all these automatically, and with no other changes. The best way to make this kind of change is while changing something else more substantive, and indeed many editors are doing this. A clean-up task for the last 20%, 10% or 5% would then be a good idea, to ensure the change is complete.

Ironically this is the approach I have taken for the last decade or so, however some people get very upset by this.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:46, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

Why would you even be bothered with making edits that won't have a visible effect on the page, let alone automatically? Try writing/editing content instead. Now, that's real usefulness. Heymid (contribs) 11:21, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

If you read my reply to you above, you will see that I did no such thing. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:20, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

Well, it seems the main problem here was that you went ahead and carried out systematic mass changes without the approval of community consensus, which is against your editing restrictions. Heymid (contribs) 21:39, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Let me just add that this edit did, in fact, absolutely nothing to the rendered page for non-logged in readers, because you merely changed hidden categories. Until you start admitting to the issues that led to the block instead of attacking or blaming others, I suggest you remain blocked. Heymid (contribs) 12:24, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

It has been previously agreed that changing hidden categories does constitute an allowed edit, though there is no reason you should know this.

I would rather you not say that I am attacking or blaming others, unless you can back that up.

I would also rather you not imply that I am duplicitous. <Thanks for fixing that.>

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC).

It's rather odd for Rich to state if anyone actually believes that any of my edits have made the 'pedia worse rather than better when the block comes to simple accountability. – The Grid (talk) 16:26, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Why is it odd? There are edge cases where it is a good idea to block people who improving the project. I don't agree that this is one. Rather this is a case where the processes themselves have been brought into disrepute. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:56, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

The processes haven't been brought into disrepute, they work correctly. The problem is, you have created needless work for other people, because a canned summary like "cleaned up" and "fixed typo" is exactly what vandals do, and are impossible to distinguish from good faith edits without a human editor checking. Some of us do keep an eye on articles we have spent a long time working on, because we don't like people laughing at Wikipedia saying "Ha ha, they call this a Featured Article but look at these errors! Ha ha ha!" (in this case, the probable cause is the editor who improved it to FA in 2006 hasn't been around for 10 years and most people editing the article since don't know or care what FAC is) and all the time you make insignificant edits with canned edit summaries that don't provide any tangible benefit to the encyclopedia, you waste people's time. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I'll take a practical example I saw on my watchlist here. The edit summary "clean up" is unhelpful and means I have to spend time working out a) what the change was and b) whether the article continues to meet the good article criteria after it. Your assertion that the flags help the reader identify the variety of English used is, in practice, incorrect, and does not prevent me from having to revert an edit with the summary "rv, using British English" every now and then, because human beings do not notice that. Spelling and grammar fixes are too sophisticated to be able to fixed by machine (or machine-like) tasks and activities.

"The Engvar family of tags are important to achieving this, and over 300,000 articles have an Engvar tag." - No, no, no - the way to achieve this is to welcome more editors who are good at fixing spelling and grammar. Here's an example.

So I agree with Worm's assertion that your edits that specifically led to this block are neutral and neither improve nor degrade the encyclopedia - they are simply a giant time sink. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:35, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

It's reasonable to say that the edit summary was unhelpful, I'm sure that I could have done better in that respect.

You claim that the tags are of no use to man nor bot. I respectfully disagree. I have always considered them primarily metadata, better placed at the end of the article with the "etceteras" - others who consider them instructions to editors prefer placing them at the top. That's fine.

There are many ways this could be used, for example a browser plug-in which switches the spelling dictionary, a gadget which changes the edit window background according to variety of English, an edit filter that warns if a spelling change has been made in the wrong direction.

It is, of course, fallacious to say that because you have sometimes to revert an engvar error, that the tags are of no use in that respect. You would need a proper control and to compare the rate of errors between the groups - this would not be a hard exercise.

Well done for welcoming users. I doubt, though, that any one "spotted" three occurrences of "to to" in a minute without using a search tool. They will have seen many false positives (Occitan literature is a true positive). Some terms have less false positives, "Cambidge" and "Oxfrod" for example - which I have fixed many occurrences of on many Wikipedias, what you would doubtless call a "machine like" activity. (But Ray Cambidge is a very real, and very correctly spelled person.) (Note: there are now 5 fresh mis-spellings of "Cambidge" on en:wiki and 7 of "Oxfrod", which I will not be able to fix for a month.)

I should note that I have welcomed thousands of new users, though I have not targeted them for their spelling abilities.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:25, 3 March 2021 (UTC).

You are at the end[edit]

Rich Farmbrough, I beg of you to read this carefully. I have watched your situation for many years now. I have at many junctures felt you haven't only been treated unfairly, you have outright been abused. Worse, such abuse has been supported as right and proper. There were times when I was flat out amazed that you continued editing here. There is a slippery slope tendency on this project that when a person is under censure of some kind, the community feels at liberty to accuse that person of more and more malfeasance, whether justified or not, and it sticks. Your only choice, and I do mean ONLY choice, is to read the sanctions against you and follow each one to the absolute letter, very...VERY...broadly construed. If even for a nanosecond there is the slightest, tiniest little doubt about what a sanction means in a given scenario, you have to stop what you were planning on doing. Then, seek help to clarify...and do not do the edits you were planning without getting crystal clear clarification. If you never get clarification, you never do the edits. Regardless of the veracity of this block, regardless of whether your edits are justified or not, regardless of whether a huge number of great wrongs have been committed against you, you are at the end. You can't argue your way out of this. You can't justify your way out of this. You can't convince people with another rephrasing of your stance to show them that your way is the way forward. It doesn't matter if your edits are 100% perfect. It doesn't matter if the newest editor, making their first ever edit, would get applauded for doing the edit you are making which would cause controversy if you did it. It doesn't matter if you created the best featured article ever, from scratch, in one single edit. It isn't a question of whether your edits are proper or not. That has absolutely no meaning now with respect to you. There is no possible defense of your edits if there is the tiniest, slightest question about whether they conform to your sanctions or not. I will repeat; you are at the end. WTT noted above that an indefinite block is possibly a better solution. You've been on this project for almost 17 years. You're one of the most prolific editors on this project ever. You are on an extremely unstable cliff edge with the edge crumbling beneath your feet and a thousand meter drop below you. The slightest motion on your part will end your massive devotion to this project. There will be no coming back from an indefinite block. You have been given countless opportunities to comply with your sanctions. You can either flawlessly comply with your sanctions or end your career on this project. Choose wisely. --Hammersoft (talk) 13:12, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. I have considered this matter carefully over the years, and come to very similar conclusions. That is why I have the quote at the top of this page.

I have always hoped (and often believed) that we were supporting one another to produce an encyclopaedia, but - to extend your analogy - I know that there are enough people who would like to give me the extra shove into the abyss.

If I come back from this block and fix one typo, and get indeffed for it, it's still one typo fixed. The alternative is to be paralysed by fear and achieve not even that.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:44, 3 March 2021 (UTC).

Rich, I think you're one of the best editors on Wikipedia, and on the handful of occasions I've spoken to you in the Pendrel's Oak over the years, it's always been a pleasant and fruitful conversation - indeed, just about everybody I know who's met you would agree you're a nice guy. I don't personally want to see you blocked, but I can't unblock you without a good consensus to do so. So I'm simply trying to play Devil's Advocate for a bit and explain why people are upset with some of the edits you made. It's true that metadata may be able to provide a user interface extension, but it doesn't imply it will or that everyone will use it over the current established method of looking at diffs of raw text - and frankly if you think the WMF is going to deliver that successfully, then you've got more confidence in them than I have. Unless you can appreciate why those advocating a block are doing so, I can't unblock you. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 13:58, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

I do appreciate why, and broadly there are three classes of issue that arise (please do tell me if you think I'm missing something):

1. Cases where I have got something wrong, or misjudged something. Example: the edit summary you mentioned. I will always fix this sort of thing as soon as I can.
2. Cases where someone is annoyed, perhaps understandably, because of something that is correct. This can be because they don't understand (e.g. the ISBN printed on a book can be wrong, or can be hard to read), because there is some WP:OWNership issue, or because of some side effect (like watch lists). These issues can be resolved with good will on both sides.
3. Cases where someone is simply looking for any "rule breaking" regardless of the effect - whether by me specifically, or anyone in particular. It's not easy to tell whether they see this as an end to a means, I. E. pushing me further towards that cliff edge for personal or project reasons, or they are just rules obsessed.

We are all human and make mistakes. I don't think mine are particularly egregious. In the above discussion, we have one editor quoting the wrong edit, one or two who don't understand how the editor interface works, and one who doesn't understand why {{Use Scottish English}} is exactly the same as {{Use Welsh English}} from the point of view of categorization. (They are both redirects … and {{Use English English}} is up for deletion as we speak.) Making these types of mistake in normal course of business might be considered minor, but to not be absolutely careful in these types of discussion does seem to me egregious. These canards will be repeated, indeed already have been, even if I refute them.

The history is now so deep and convoluted that it appears there is no unwinding it, and no-one really has the stomach for it, least of all me. I did manage to resolve the ArbCom stuff a few years back, but subsequent attempts to resolve issues met with poisoning-the-well attacks. Moreover this sort of stuff is boring and unproductive.

There is, it seems, no road back to normality in Wikiland.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 16:26, 3 March 2021 (UTC).

A road back to normality[edit]

I've been lurking, and hadn't planned to jump in, but your last comment made me change my mind. I've been on both sides of this with you, at one time criticizing cosmetic edits done via AWB, and at another, editing a number of articles on your behalf by applying a series of bulleted wish-list items you had created here while under some other block, until someone linked me to WP:PROXYING and I had to stop. Others have said enough about the current situation, probably better than I could have, so I won't belabor that by adding my own. (I especially liked Worm's lovely extended metaphor, which made me want to run right over to Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser and immediately add WP:LAWNMOWER as a shortcut, but I've so far resisted the temptation.)

Anyway the point I wanted to make, in response to your comment about "no road back to normality" is that there is, and it's called WP:CLEANSTART. I'm sure you're aware of it, so I won't go into long explanations, but I urge you to consider it. It would also effectively deal with some of the valid concerns that Hammersoft wrote about in their heartfelt cri de coeur above regarding the taint—deserved, or not—which may grow after accusations or blocks seem to take on a momentum of their own regardless of their final disposition. This is exactly what a clean start is best at; all that will be washed away, and you get a, well, clean slate.

Curiously, and entirely coincidentally, I happened upon a brief essay called Quiet return, that has a few words to say about the topic of clean starts. ^[a] I feel a clean start could really work for you, and I hope you consider it. I have some concerns if you are truly able to abandon some previously well-worn paths you've traveled, which is a must, if this is to work for you. Selfishly, I also want to be able to lurk, and see you "succeeding" in your new identity, but the whole point of a clean start is that if done properly, I will neither recognize you, nor be able to congratulate you on a job well done, and your future contributions to the encyclopedia. ^[b] If you end up going that route, under your "Retired" template, a little addition saying that you will be looking into clean start, would be nice to see.

There have been times you've annoyed the crap out of me, but I'd still like to see you improving the encyclopedia, because I know you are capable of it. It's possible that that is no longer feasible under this username, and may have to be under another one, and if that works out for you, I will be as pleased as anyone. In sum, there is a road back to normality, perhaps a difficult road, so the question is, are you willing to take that road, and stick to it without wandering off into the weeds? I hope so. What more can I say, than, "all the best!" Mathglot (talk) 22:08, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

• WP:CLEANSTART is not available to Rich. Quoting that policy, "A clean start is not permitted if there are active bans, blocks or sanctions". Rich is under sanctions, as shown at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions. --Hammersoft (talk) 22:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

  @Hammersoft: Yes, but that ends in a month, unless changed, doesn't it? Mathglot (talk) 22:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

• No. All the sanctions on Rich listed at Wikipedia:Editing restrictions are indefinite in nature. --Hammersoft (talk) 22:39, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

  Oh dear, I fear I've held out false hope, then; my apologies, Rich. Looks like at least some of the restrictions may be appealed a year after, which expired recently; not sure about the other. Mathglot (talk) 22:46, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

@Mathglot No worries, I was too busy to follow the discussion, but I have of course considered the four obvious identity change options. As well as a "secret restart" breaking the rules, I see no reason why my edits should not be under my own name. I have a limited amount of time and energy available for Wikipedia, and I don't intend to expend it concealing my identity, even under some kind of Alias Smith and Jones amnesty.

In much the same way I'm not enamoured with the idea of trying to get editing restrictions overturned. I have tried this before, and succeeded with the various ArbCom findings, but an attempt to get a clean slate met with poisoning the well reactions. To do it properly requires a huge amount of research, as everyone (including me) mis-remembers what happened, if they in fact ever knew. (Yesterday, for example, I discovered a highly salient fact about a recent incident, which I was hitherto unaware of.)

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 09:22, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

I'm glad you enjoyed the analogy, Mathglot. My quiet return essay is pragmatic in nature, and so as much as Rich isn't eligibly for a Clean Start, per Hammersoft - a quiet return only has one requirement.. don't get noticed. I'm afraid I wouldn't recommend it for Rich, for a couple of reasons. First, I don't believe he would want to let go of his 1.7 million edit history. Secondly, he would have to be un-noticeable and if Rich was able to be un-noticeable, he wouldn't need a fresh start. People have a lot of respect for Rich and are willing to give a lot of leeway, which is why he's still on this project despite many blocks, including a year long one, community editing restrictions and an Arbcom Case.

The way forward for Rich is twofold - deferring to others opinion and attention to detail. By the former I mean ensuring he has explicit consensus (including a diff link) for any group of changes he wants to make and for the latter, double checking each edit against his editing restrictions. Worm^TT(talk) 09:17, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

**** the 1.7 million edit history. I think that's used against me more than for me! If you look in the history of the appropriate stats page, you'll see that I elected to remain anonymous even at the "top" of that table for years - until someone accused my of trying to "conceal" my edits!

And as for being unnoticeable, that would involve leaving errors, great and small, unresolved, deliberately. Not doing that.

Moreover I have chosen to edit under my own name, I take responsibility for my edits. I have had my identity subpoenaed from the Foundation by some numpty solicitors - I doubt they "revealed" it.

As to the explicit consensus, I followed that ridiculous ER to the letter (and spirit), and yet the editor who instigated it still went on a fresh AN/I rant, involving dozens of editors from which a grand total of four(!) editors supported Barkeep's further restriction (apparently meant to help me) which requires an RFC with ten(!) or more editors, for, effectively, every edit I make! Yes I could maybe comply with such, but the burden would be intolerable, if not for me, certainly for almost any other editor. And as such I don't think I should go along with it.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 09:22, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

I think your best bet at this stage is to focus on your own behavior instead of that of others. You may be partially right, but it isn't gonna help your case, I'm afraid. Heymid (contribs) 10:22, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Assuredly, being right has never been enough. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:39, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

Indefinite[edit]

Rich, I am sorry that you considered my statement that "something more indefinite might be appropriate" to be a veiled threat - you're right, they're not becoming. However, your statements above that you 'don't think you should go along with your editing restrictions' explicitly as well as the other statements that you have made in this section - I simply do not believe that you will abide by these restrictions after a month. As such, I'm altering your block to indefinite - that is "the indefinite period until I (or another administrator) have confidence that you will abide by your restrictions, or an alternative solution presents itself" Worm^TT(talk) 11:13, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Let me just add that I would very much like to see you back on the editing field again. It would be a shame to lose your contribution forever. I hope you will come clean and address the issues that have gotten us to this very point. Heymid (contribs) 11:16, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

I would like to discuss this with you in more depth, but I simply do not have the time currently. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 11:35, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

Absolutely - I have not taken this decision lightly and would happily see you return to editing. Feel free to ping me when you do have sufficient time. Worm^TT(talk) 11:37, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

And Rich, if and when you have that tete-a-tete with WTT, if three doesn't spoil the party, then ping me, too. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 09:12, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2021[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #457[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2021[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2021).

Administrator changes

TJMSmith

Boing! said Zebedee • Hiberniantears • Lear's Fool • Only • WGFinley

Interface administrator changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• 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.
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• There is a discussion in progress concerning automatic protection of each day's featured article with Pending Changes protection.

Technical news

• 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).

Arbitration

• 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.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2021 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AmandaNP, Operator873, Stanglavine, Teles, and Wiki13.

Todo Template Suggested for deletion in CKB-Wiki[edit]

Hello i want to inform you that Template:todo has been suggested for deletion i think the template is related to you it is from CKB wikipedia [here], thank you. Sakura emad (talk) 00:59, 2 March 2021 (UTC)

Sakura emad This is simply a redirect, I suspect all uses now use the better name. Thanks for letting me know. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:59, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

The Ninja[edit]

@Jack Sebastian: I noticed you tagged some statements in that article. Possibly this ref. might help. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:44, 5 March 2021 (UTC).

Wikidata weekly summary #458[edit]

Replacing EngvarB[edit]

Hey Rich, I took a quick look at the history of Irish euro coins after making a quick fix there and noticed you'd made an error during one of your runs. So {{EngvarB}} is not the exact same as {{Use British English}}, but is a placeholder of sorts that could be any variety where -ise is preferred to ize. Of course there's nothing wrong with replacing it with a more specific template where appropriate, if the article consistently spells it fiord then go ahead and replace with {{Use New Zealand English}}, and likewise with any article that has naturally evolved to a specific variety, but again it's not a blind search and replace.

The other thing to bear in mind is that sometimes a more generic template is used deliberately to avoid needless edit-warring and bad feelings. {{EngvarB}} is probably best for articles that have anything to do with the long and frought history of Anglo-Irish relations. Likewise, for Kashmiri related articles it's probably best not to replace it with either {{Use Pakistani English}} or {{Use Indian English}}. Although, I suppose {{Use Commonwealth English}} would be ok there, and I think is also used for many other things with ties to multiple commonwealth nations where writers try to keep the spelling and vocabulary somewhat generic.

Anyway it's a minor error that's already been fixed, but it may be worthwhile to check back on some of your other recent edits to see if there are any similar ones page watchers haven't caught yet. Cheers, 71.46.56.65 (talk) 13:53, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

"3.1415926535897932384626433832795" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #459[edit]

Proposed deletion of Panther motorcycle (North America)[edit]

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Proposed deletion of Panther motorcycle (China)[edit]

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"Template:United States Senators from maine" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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"Category:Italian Folk Music" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Category:Uncategorized articles needing expert attention has been nominated for deletion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #460[edit]

April editathons from Women in Red[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:We Start Fires albums[edit]

A tag has been placed on Category:We Start Fires albums requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more 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.

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The Signpost: 28 March 2021[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #461[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2021[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2021).

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• 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)

Arbitration

• A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

Nomination for deletion of Template:Integer format[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #462[edit]

Noticeboard notice[edit]

A discussion regarding your bot account is currently open at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Clearing_bot_watchlists. Please see and respond to the discussion there. If you do not respond, developer action may be taken without your cooperation. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

As you are blocked, feel free to ping me here with any reply. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for merger of Template:Poem[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #463[edit]

Concern regarding Draft:Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos[edit]

Hello, Rich Farmbrough. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Draft space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for article space.

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Known in German as Chanoc und der Sohn Santos gegen die mordenden Vampire

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC).

Wikidata weekly summary #464[edit]

The Signpost: 25 April 2021[edit]

The Signpost: 25 April 2021[edit]

"Template:Str rt" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Wikidata weekly summary #465[edit]

"Template:Str repc" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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May 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | May 2021, Volume 7, Issue 5, Numbers 184, 188, 197, 198 Online events: New: May Mays | Mental Health Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Women in Europe contest Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman See also: Wikimedia District of Columbia: 100 DC Women contest Wikimedia CEE Spring: Central and Eastern European Women contest The Wikipedia Library: #1Lib1Ref Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:0.8/Second half[edit]

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Concern regarding Draft:Porpius Aurelianus[edit]

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:0.8/First half[edit]

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MfD nomination of Wikipedia:0.8/Second half[edit]

Wikipedia:0.8/Second half, 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/Wikipedia:0.8/Second half and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:0.8/Second half 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.

Please note, I did not nominate either of these pages for deletion, and I see that you have been blocked, but I think you are still entitled to notice of these nominations. Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:49, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #466[edit]

Wikidata weekly summary #466[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2021[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2021).

Administrator changes

Enchanter • Carlossuarez46

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• 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.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed to suppress. This is for technical reasons. You can comment at T112147 if you have objections.

Arbitration

• 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.

Nomination of List of fatal dog attacks in the United Kingdom for deletion[edit]

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Your draft article, Draft:Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos[edit]

Hello, Rich Farmbrough. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos".

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. If 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!} 23:11, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

You are welcome. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 17:12, 25 June 2021 (UTC).

Nihilism[edit]

Nothing matters, including your permanent block. Come watch TV with me. --90.235.34.213 (talk) 00:45, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 17:12, 25 June 2021 (UTC).

Sukiyan[edit]

Since you are the last person who edited sukiyan add an image of it too, but not the yellowish one which is a picture which looks like bhaji and fritter. but the greenish hued one. Atheistbisexual (talk) 14:56, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Porpius Aurelianus[edit]

Hello, Rich Farmbrough. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Porpius Aurelianus".

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. If 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!} 14:46, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

June 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | June 2021, Volume 7, Issue 6, Numbers 184, 188, 196, 199, 200, 201 Online events: New: Wiki Loves Pride | June Junes | Jewellers & Watchmakers Contest (Apr/May/Jun): Women in Europe contest Year-long campaign: Women's rights Continuing: #1day1woman Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage | Help us plan future events Become a member | Opt-out of notifications Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Years, months and days before now[edit]

Template:Years, months and days before now has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. User:GKFX^talk 20:25, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Delink/phase 1 a[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Delink/phase 2 a[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Delink/phase 3[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Delink/phase 2[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2021[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• 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.

Arbitration

• 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.

Nomination for deletion of Template:Wikipedians having been offered adoption progress[edit]

Template:Wikipedians having been offered adoption progress has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 08:30, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Category:Monthly clean-up category (Wikipedians having been offered adoption) counter has been nominated for deletion[edit]

Category:Monthly clean-up category (Wikipedians having been offered adoption) counter has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Gonnym (talk) 08:31, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

July 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

Women in Red | July 2021, Volume 7, Issue 7, Numbers 184, 188, 202, 203, 204, 205 Online events: New: July Julies | Finance, economics & banking | Olympic & Paralympic Games New contest (Jul/Aug/Sep): Latin America contest Continuing: Women's rights | #1day1woman See also: "Mind your elders" Other ways to participate: Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help plan and coordinate future events. Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Follow us on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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The Signpost: 27 June 2021[edit]

You've got mail Tom Falcon Hazell Wikipedia page[edit]

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Florence Nightingale was right, brother[edit]

About the spirit of fear and what little can be done, I mean. As a question or a statement, "what" indeed. Rest in indefinite virtual peace, Rich, sorry for not realizing (or maybe forgetting) you left us here sooner. I hope you're in a good place, for real. I won't cry for you, but I'll raise a glass in your honour to the overall tune of nursing, may they continue to shed mercy and comforting grace over us all, in those hours of need, in some form or another. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:28, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Swwiki templates[edit]

Hi Rich, some years back you helped to edit templates etc at swwiki (which is fondly remembered by the dinosaurs on our team). No we have a number of templates which do not work any more as they have been changed and moved over to this matryoshka doll style with lots of subtemplates. Unfortunately we have nobody who is able to rectify or adapt to that level. Could you have a bit time to spare to help us out? (Example: Infobox Settlement and the maps). Cheers Kipala (talk) 19:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Sure, I've made a start. A bunch were removed last year, so I'm trying to fix those as well. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 17:50, 15 July 2021 (UTC).

Articles and others[edit]

A graphical calculator for calculating electrical quantities in transmission lines.

• Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)
• Kerswell Priory
• Combe, Dulverton
• Redoc (REDOC currently a redirect)
• Curly Horse
• Hit Me with Your Best Shot
• P. K. Kuroda
• Pangolin-Cov
• Prototype pollution
• Georges Bergès should not redirect where it does. Georges Bergès is a reasonably well-known art dealer.
• The Social Lion
• Wimble should be a dab page. Straw winder, hole maker, hook'd thing, surname.
• List of Lorne Greene's New Wilderness episodes
• Wood screw need a proper article, not a redirect to a paragraph George Nettlefield
• Cambridge movement (civil rights)
• Popscene (club) the ref https://djmag.com/content/shining-example doesn't seem to support any neighbouring statements. In any case the url should be added.
• Ref for rainfall in Stamford 1830. [7] p277?
• Root of the tongue v. base of the tongue. This makes it clear that the base is the posterior 1/3 - we seem to imply that the base is something else. It cites potentially useful refs.
• duck-billed water-mole
• Birchall there was a Canadian of some notability of this name, around 1890. See [8]
• Inverted asterism (Asterism (typography))- E.G. Notes and Queries issue 2. Robin Hood @ Gutenburg.[9]
  • Palm Markup Language (PML) Private use area \UE041 PML
  • Text Creation Partnership Text Creation Partnership (tcp) E020
• Post_Traumatic_Stress_Disorder_after_World_War_II #Dutch Shultz should say "came close to" not "attempted" - cite the BBC source from same sentence.
• unsigned
• Clematis montana confused "taxonomic synonym"
• Powdered wainscot
• Glossary of entomology terms
• Hyperop, hyperkinetic (dab?)
• Abaá delink "colonial times".
• Hydroxychloroquine numerous -> "a number of" to reflect source.
• Chaperone (protein) revent -> revert
• Alton Estate https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/alton-estate-plans-clear-key-hurdle-despite-absence-of-developer/5108657.article
• Pencil https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650995/
• Nikolai Ovcharov -> Nikolay Ovcharov
• Shirley Melvin Doris Polsky Blumberg Twins
• https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/how-mollys-game-got-molly-bloom-out-of-the-poker-life.html
• Paul Gicheru & Philip Kipkoech Bett,
• Regulatory_T_cell#Thymic recirculation needs copyediting.
• Aspiration (injections) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5333604/
• animal hypnosis, death-feigning, immobilization reflex, paroxysmal inhibition, thanatosis, cataplexy, submission reflex, freeze reaction, fright paralysis, and behavioural arrest.
• Supressed artists.
• Æthelflæd Delegates from Europe, the US and Canada
• Gentleman's

1. DC143C => #D40000

• Larmor clock

huh? :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 13:50, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

I have a list of articles that I have noticed need fixing. However it's all the articles I have read since 11:13 on the 5th of March. This shorter list is of things that I am likely to forget. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 17:52, 31 July 2021 (UTC).

See Rfd for Georges Bergès. Mathglot (talk) 08:42, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for that! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 16:38, 4 September 2021 (UTC).

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The Signpost: 25 July 2021[edit]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Cleanup/Articles with probable cleanup sectionon talk page[edit]

Template:Cleanup/Articles with probable cleanup sectionon talk page has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 17:28, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

John T. Chain Jr.[edit]

Infobox says he is dead. Rest of the world disagrees. Your call. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:58, 2 August 2021 (UTC).

Thanks for fixing that! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:29, 17 August 2021 (UTC).

Ruhanika Dhawan[edit]

Has an inconsistent birth date, according to the references 2007 is more likely to be accurate. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:45, 15 August 2021 (UTC).

Nomination for merger of Template:Fixcaps[edit]

Template:Fixcaps has been nominated for merging with Template:Title case. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:45, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Sdkb: This is useful, oddly I visited WP today to record the below text for later use, and {{Fixcaps}} is exactly what I need to avoid retyping the whole thing.

{{Fixcaps|KEgAN/PAUL, /TRENCH, /TRubner and co. /LTD. /PATERNOSTER /HoUsE, /CHARING/CROss /ROAD. 1899}}

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and co. Ltd. Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road. 1899

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 14:57, 26 August 2021 (UTC).

Is @Sdkb: aware the output is different ? Is the merger to have both outputs?

{{fixcaps|ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT}}

Origins and early development

{{Title case|ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT}}

Origins and Early Development

--Moxy- 19:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of AR12665[edit]

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There is nothing notable about this particular solar active region. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to express how unnotable this active region is to someone who is not acquainted with solar phenomena. In short, the only reason there are articles on this active region at all is because NASA used it to demonstrate the evolution of sunspots (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/two-weeks-in-the-life-of-a-sunspot and https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory-watches-a-sunspot) resulting in other news outlets copying the story.

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Speedy deletion nomination of SKU (redirect)[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 August 2021[edit]

Football - squad information - footer[edit]

Hello Rich, I've seen you have edited this template back in the days. Could you check it for me as I don't feel comfortable yet to edit templates. At the template page this |} and below it the "Source citation needed" seems wrong. And could you edit it so the source gets displayed like the following (with space)?

with space "Source: Realmadrid.com" --> This seems to be a workaround I found but should not be necessary (s= Realmadrid.com)

without space "Source:Realmadrid.com" (current display I'd like to improve)

Countless other templates get displayed with space, like this one

On a sidenote: A lot of these templates found at Fb templates have some weird symbols and errors in them. Could be worth a check either. Regards Goalgetter9 (talk) 14:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Sry just saw that you've been blocked. I guess you can't edit this then but maybe you know someone who can. Goalgetter9 (talk) 15:20, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Goalgetter9 the "|}" closes the table that is opened by {{Fb si header}}. You won't see this in articles. If you provide {{Fb si footer}} with a source: e.g. {{Fb si footer|s=Jimmy at the Three Lions}} then it will cite the source:-

|}

• Source:Jimmy at the Three Lions

It will only display "[Citation needed]" if no source is provided.

To use a space after the colon insert a space - that should present no dangers (if it doesn't work use '&nbsp;').

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:39, 1 September 2021 (UTC).

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Biomechanical (band) albums[edit]

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Hi, UnitedStatesian. Please don't bother notifying me of empty album-by-artist category speedies. If all the albums have been deleted, they serve no purpose and can be deleted at will. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 11:22, 21 September 2021 (UTC).

The Signpost: 26 September 2021[edit]

"Afghanistan War (2001-)" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Afghanistan War (2001-). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 26#Afghanistan War (2001-) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Aasim (talk) 23:19, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest![edit]

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021[edit]

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November![edit]

Greetings,

It is already past the middle of the contest and we are really excited about the Months of African Contest 2021 achievements so far! We want to extend our sincere gratitude for the time and energy you have invested. If you have not yet participated in the contest, it is not too late to do it. Please list your username as a participant on the contest’s main page.

Please remember to list the articles you have improved or created on the article achievements' section of the contest page so they can be tracked. In order to win prizes, be sure to also list your article in the users by articles. Please note that your articles must be present in both the article achievement section on the main contest page, as well as on the Users By Articles page for you to qualify for a prize.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Thank you once again for your valued participation! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Diseases by symptom[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ideography (disambiguation)[edit]

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Multiple issues/doc/old[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Molestin Records albums[edit]

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• UnitedStatesian I believe I've already asked you not to notify me about empty album categories. If not, I'm asking you now. Thanks! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 01:43, 19 November 2021 (UTC).
  

Nomination for deletion of Template:Whybots[edit]

Template:Whybots has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Did Q28 make a mess today? 04:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

User_talk:q28 Hi, I use this template. If you have another template that you think would make better use of this name, let me know, and we can come to an arrangement. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 01:46, 19 November 2021 (UTC).

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December 2021 at Women in Red[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 November 2021[edit]

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Rvv please[edit]

Please revert this. Worm That Turned All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:15, 5 December 2021 (UTC).

Looks like @Hammersoft caught it long before I noticed this message Worm^TT(talk) 09:11, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

In addition, I should say two things.

1. You have made about 100 edits to this page since you've been blocked, none of which have been appealing the block. Generally, this is "frowned upon", though not specifically disallowed.
2. Your talk page is ridiculously long, and takes time to load and update.

Now, I'm not one to go around removing talk page access unless necessary, but since I'm seeing your page in my watchlist almost every day, and I've waited 9 month for a discussion about an unblock, I'll be removing it by the end of the year. You will be able to ping me, but what you did above wouldn't. Worm^TT(talk) 09:45, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

@Worm That Turned If we're going to allow & carry out the constant requests for edits made here, is the block on this editor still preventative & beneficial to the encyclopedia? Regarding your second point, do you expect that Rich will be able to archive this page while blocked? SQL^{Query Me!} 15:19, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Mass editing without appropriate consensus cannot be carried out by proxy requests on this page @SQL. That is why Rich is blocked and so even with Rich stretching the limits of acceptable editing by proxy the block clearly, in my view, remains preventative. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:51, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

@SQL, Rich could archive his page while blocked, by simply implementing some bot driven code at the top - equally, he could blank notifications he had read that were non-discussion based.

This is the first request that he's asked me directly, and while I would have (for exactly the reasons Hammersoft did), I haven't felt any impetus to make the other changes he's requested, and nor, do I believe has anyone else (some easy changes have been ignored for months)

The block is necessary, preventative and benefical as long as Rich is likely to not abide by his sanctions. Worm^TT(talk) 16:04, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

• I'm not a big fan of editing by proxy. I reverted the vandalism because being aware of it, I wasn't going to let it sit there. Rich, the edits you've been effectively asking other people to do on your behalf would all be ok if you were unblocked. You obviously are still devoted to this project. Please, reconsider your stance vis-a-vis your restrictions and consider making an unblock request. I too will be eventually removing this talk page from my watchlist. --Hammersoft (talk) 14:43, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
  • I am not a great fan either. I have not asked people to make changes with the exception of vandalism. On an average day I see half a dozen errors, whether of fact, grammar, spelling or style, simply in the course of my reading. While I also see these errors on other sites, including sites as, or more reputable than Wikipedia, they are nothing like as common.
  • Whether you or anyone else watch this page is your own decision.
  • Thanks for fixing the vandalism.
  • All the best: Rich Farmbrough 15:02, 6 December 2021 (UTC).
    
• Like Hammersoft I am not a big fan of editing by proxy. I had originally read WTT's post above stating that Talk Page Access would be revoked if there wasn't an appeal forthcoming by the end of the year, not that Worm was going to remove this page from the watchlist and thought that a reasonable idea. So let me say, that if you continue to push our tolerance for proxy edits, and I will note that pushing community tolerance is why we're here in the first place, and there is no appeal forthcoming - an appeal I think you stand a reasonable shot of being successful with if you're willing to stop picking WILDFLOWERS - after the first of the year I will remove TPA. If that happens you would still, obviously, be allowed to appeal by means of WP:UTRS. Barkeep49 (talk) 15:55, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
• To clarify my position on one point; I don't think talk page access should be removed if Rich doesn't ping people. Whether we watch this page or not is up to us. Whether we get pinged or not is not up to us. --Hammersoft (talk) 20:04, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
• I will second Hammersoft here, the 'opening statement' for suggesting to close the talk-page access states 'Generally, this is "frowned upon", though not specifically disallowed.' ... 'about 100 edits' [in 9 months]. Frowned upon. If there were excessive pings, long heated discussions between RF and others, excessive unblock requests, or clear, regular proxy requests (which I think for the current remarks on this talkpage an extreme stretch) then yes, that should be silenced. Without that, just dewatchlist this page and go on with what you normally do, and it certainly does not warrant withdrawal of talkpage access. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 10:56, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
  • I'll voice strong agreement with Beetstra here. I don't see what harm is being caused by Rich if he isn't pinging anyone. The project isn't being disrupted. If he wants to make changes to his talk page, let him. The threat of TPA removal is wrong. --Hammersoft (talk) 17:54, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

    @Dirk and @Hammersoft ultimately I don't feel strongly about this and given your objections I am willing to agree to do nothing based on Rich's current use. However, I want to underscore that the reason Rich is indefinitely blocked is because of his repeatedly violating community norms, and when those norms turn into explicit consensus for Rich (in the form of restrictions) of violating those. So I see doing something that is generally frowned upon as continuing the kind of behavior that has unfortunately led us to this situation which is why I wrote what I did above and did not immediately revoke TPA unlike with the normal editor who edits their talk page while blocked for things other than related to the block. I would like to see Rich be unblocked because I think Rich has a lot of value to offer to Wikipedia, but ultimately having some respect when others push back on your actions is necessary. My noting of all this probably enough of a "frown" at this time anyway. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:32, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

    • • I'll strongly concur that working within community norms is critically important. While Rich may be operating outside of community norms here on this talk page, the reality is that (short of pinging someone) the impact on the project is non-existent and otherwise purely voluntary for those who choose to have this page on their watchlists. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:36, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Please read carefully[edit]

1. I don't believe I have excessively pinged people. I can see two explicit pings, one providing a useful reference to another editor, and one in reply to a message left here. If anyone has time to audit the page and it turns out that I have pinged anyone enough to cause a reasonable person annoyance, I will apologise unreservedly.
2. I have, I believe, not asked anyone to make an edit on my behalf before the anti-vandalism request. I asked the blocking admin, because if they decide to do it, it is as unimpeachable as it can be.
3. In my "to do" list above I have generally, and more so as time progressed, listed just the article title, occasionally with a cryptic note to myself, precisely because I don't want anyone to be troubled by receiving accusations of proxying.
4. I have defended the Wikipedia community against accusations of being toxic. I think, however, it is in some ways dysfunctional. This thread is a good, if minor, example. No one is trying to do anything other than their best, however an attempt to have vandalism removed has become a rather threatening encounter.
5. I have a busy talk page, largely due to the amount of stuff I have done or projects I am involved with. I can clear it down if that's helpful.
6. As far as imposing a deadline on an appeal, this seems unreasonable. It will not help the project. If the consensus is that vandalism should not be reported, then I will stop reporting it.
7. This thread has taken a little over two hours to deal with. When I was a more or less full time editor, I had more time for this sort of thing, and people were, by and large, more relaxed. I rarely have time for more than minor editing these days, and little inclination to deal with bureaucratic hurdles, especially when every word is subject to misinterpretation and misrepresentation for the lifetime of the project.
8. I shan't be following this discussion closely, but will catch up before making any other changes to this page.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 09:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC).

I'll point to the statement I made above in reply to Dirk and Hammersoft for much of my response. I do want to correct one thing: As far as imposing a deadline on an appeal, this seems unreasonable. It will not help the project. If the consensus is that vandalism should not be reported, then I will stop reporting it. is not correct. From what I said one of three things would happen:

1. You would apply to be unblocked now. As I stated in the original message I think there's a clear path towards a successful appeal when you're ready.
2. You do nothing at this time. In which case the talk page would have been there when you were ready to ask for an unblock.
3. You keep using your talk page to ask for proxy editing. In this case your talk page access would have been revoked, but you would have been able to appeal, whenever you wished, using UTRS which I also noted in the original message.

I write all this just to be clear that I was not imposing a deadline and so you are clear that if talk page access were to be revoked in the future you would still be able to appeal on whatever timeline you wished. Barkeep49 (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

@Barkeep49:you keep repeating the ‘keep using your talk page for proxy editing’. Except for a request to revert vandalism, that is not the case IMHO. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 04:11, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Fair point; I could have been more precise in my language. Bottomline I count 81 edits since he was blocked having nothing to do with the block. During that same time period I count 46 edits you've made to your user talk. Granted this isn't quite apples to apples for reasons we can all name, but I do think it speaks to the larger truth that his use of this talk page while blocked falls outside the norms. Barkeep49 (talk) 04:28, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

And what harm is that causing, exactly? So long as he doesn't ping people outside of an unblock request, I don't see the issue. --Hammersoft (talk) 13:50, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, December 2021[edit]

Bots Newsletter, December 2021

BRFA activity by month Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots. Our last issue was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots. Overall Between September and December 2019, there were 33 BRFAs. Of these, Y 25 were approved, and 8 were unsuccessful (N2 3 denied, ? 3 withdrawn, and 2 expired). September 2019 Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE! Y Monkbot 16, DannyS712 bot 60, Ahechtbot 6, PearBOT 3, Qbugbot 3 · N2 DannyS712 bot 5, PkbwcgsBot 24 · ? DannyS712 bot 61, TheSandBot 4 TParis goes away, UTRSBot goes kaput: Beeblebrox noted that the bot for maintaining on-wiki records of UTRS appeals stopped working a while ago. TParis, the semi-retired user who had previously run it, said they were "unlikely to return to actively editing Wikipedia", and the bot had been vanquished by trolls submitting bogus UTRS requests on behalf of real blocked users. While OAuth was a potential fix, neither maintainer had time to implement it. TParis offered to access to the UTRS WMFLabs account to any admin identified with the WMF: "I miss you guys a whole lot [...] but I've also moved on with my life. Good luck, let me know how I can help". Ultimately, SQL ended up in charge. Some progress was made, and the bot continued to work another couple months — but as of press time, UTRSBot has not edited since November 2019. Article-measuring contest resumed: The list of Wikipedians by article count, which had lain dead for several years, was triumphantly resurrected by GreenC following a bot request. October 2019 Y OAbot 3, DannyS712 bot 47, Pathbot 2, PearBOT 2, DannyS712 bot 59, DannyS712 bot 62, HasteurBot 14, PearBOT 4, WOSlinkerBot 4, MilHistBot 5 Curb Safe Charmer adopts reFill: TAnthony pointed out that reFill 2's bug reports were going unanswered; creator Zhaofeng Li had retired from Wikipedia, and a maintainer was needed. As of June 2021, Curb Safe Charmer had taken up the mantle, saying: "Not that I have all the skills needed but better me than nobody! 'Maintainer' might be too strong a term though. Volunteers welcome!" November 2019 Now you're thinking with portals. Y BHGbot 4, YiFeiBot 2, DannyS712 bot III 64 · ? PearBOT Old bots do new tricks: DannyS712 bot III 64 prowled redirects, YiFeiBot 2 archived GoCE requests, and BHGbot 4 removed links to portals deleted at MfD (until its authorization was revoked in January at operator BrownHairedGirl's request). December 2019 Y DemonDays64 Bot, DannyS712 bot III 66, Bot1058 6, Monkbot 15, MilHistBot 6, PearBOT 5, DannyS712 bot IV 65 · N2 SportsStatsBot · Xinbenlv bot, SteveBot 8 Redirects to be autopatrolled: A RfC took place at WP:NPP, closing with unanimous consensus that new redirects should be automatically marked as patrolled by bot. DannyS712 wasted no time, and submitted DannyS712 bot III 66 the next day; it passed two days after that. 200,000 bios get short descs: Along a similar vein, Bot1058 6 was approved to remove disambiguation pages from Category:Monitored short pages and a new bot (DemonDays64 Bot) changed lots of http links to https using JavaScript Wiki Browser. One particularly neat task, PearBOT 5, automatically generated short descriptions for more than 200,000 biographies. In the next issue of Bots Newsletter: What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers? What happens when two bots want to clerk the same page? What happens when an adminbot goes hog wild? Will reFill ever get fixed? What's up with ListeriaBot, anyway? Python 3.4 deprecation? In my PyWikiBot? (It's more likely than you think!) These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out! Signing off... jp×g 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC) (You can subscribe or unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding or removing your name from this list.)

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