Welcome[edit]

So this is my talk page. I guess you can talk about me or whatever.

Disambiguation pages[edit]

Hallo, thanks for editing the Or disambiguation page. Unfortunately there's a rule that abbreviations etc only get included in disambiguation pages if they are used within the "target" article, the one the entry is leading to (in this case Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire). If you believe that the abbreviation "OR" is used for that game enough to be significant, please add that fact to the article first, and if this is accepted (leave it a couple of days in case anyone disagress with the addition), then that's the time to add it to the disambiguation page. Welcome to Wikipedia, and Happy Editing! PamD 14:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you, PamD! Benjamin (talk) 15:05, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

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Editing talk comments at Bromance Deletion[edit]

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Sorry about that, my bad, thanks, SPACKlick. Benjamin (talk) 16:53, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Students for Rand (January 8)[edit]

Disruptive Edits[edit]

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Accidental vandalism[edit]

Don't worry, we've all done it, one way or another!  :) ~ P-123 (talk) 21:45, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Seedr[edit]

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I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Seedr for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vinod 10:19, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

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June 2016[edit]

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A cup of coffee for you![edit]

I saw that your userpage says that you are in Riverside. I am writing to invite you to WikiConference North America in San Diego in early October. I think this is about two hours from you. Thanks for your interest in Wikipedia. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:13, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

Possible copyright violation(s)[edit]

Your contributions are appreciated. You are very welcome here. However, I have encountered possible copyright violation(s). Some or all of the content you added in recent edits to Talk:Basal metabolic rate and User:Benjaminikuta/todo appears to have been copy pasted from this source and has been removed.

Please remember that you must write in your own words. We cannot copy and paste from other websites. If I have made an error, please accept my apologies.

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Woah, you completely deleted my userpage?

Could you at least let me make a copy of it before you delete it forever?

Anna Frodesiak

Benjamin (talk) 20:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi there. I just noticed that. I've restored the non-copyvio parts. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:35, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks.

What did you delete, exactly?

It looks quite a bit different than I remember now... = /

Benjamin (talk) 20:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

I deleted the paragraph that was copypasted from https://examine.com/nutrition/does-metabolism-vary-between-two-people/

I will check to see if I deleted anything else. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

I double checked. I just removed the paragraph "One study[1] noted that one standard.......range of 150-270kcal depending on brand." Everything else remains.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:45, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks.

I'm still a little bit upset that the edit history is gone though...

If you would have just told me, I would have gladly removed the offending portion...

Benjamin (talk) 20:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

I thought the whole page was a copyvio. When that happens in userspace, admins usually prefer deletion rather that reversion. Anyhow, no worries. The offending text is now gone. Happy editing. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:54, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Images needing articles[edit]

I thought you might be interested in starting one of these articles:

• Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Images needing articles

Please let me know if you need any help. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:40, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak

Thanks, I added them to my to do list. : )

Benjamin (talk) 20:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Your refdesk post[edit]

It was removed repeatedly. There are several members of the community who consider it trolling or inappropriate. Please, find another place to ask such questions. I am not judging you or the post. I am simply saying that part of the community does not wish it there. That means such a post is disruptive.

Also, what sort of due diligence did you do prior to the post? Did you search lots and lots of academic sites first to find an answer elsewhere?

Please, for the sake of the community, please just edit constructively in the mainspace and forget about asking such questions at the refdesk. We can write an article together if you like. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:23, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak

Thank you for your reply.

What about the question is bad, the wording, or the subject matter, or something else?

Benjamin (talk) 07:07, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

I do not know exactly, but I know they do not like it. Also, the refdesk is a magnet for trolling posts, so posts such as yours are suspect. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:11, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

I don't see why I should be removed, if I follow the guidelines.

If I ought to be removed when I'm following the guidelines, perhaps the guidelines should be changed?

Benjamin (talk) 07:14, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

There are also guidelines that say editing disruptively is not permitted.

You have made 135 edits to the mainspace and now wish to see guidelines changed so you can post about the size of "assholes" and "vaginas" after such posts were removed by numerous members of the community.

Are you here to help build the encyclopedia or not? If you are, I suggest you start building. Please drop this. It is a waste of keystrokes and my patience is nearing an end. Thank you. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:20, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

I wasn't trying to be disruptive. Why was my question disruptive? I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to suggest that the guidelines should be changed in my favor, but rather, that they should reflect what the community would consider acceptable. If talking about vaginas should be off limits for the reference desk, then it should be stated, so that I know not to ask such questions in the first place.

Benjamin (talk) 07:41, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Anna Frodesiak I read the page on disruptive editing, and I don't see how my edits were disruptive. Benjamin (talk) 08:03, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

• I noticed that one of the times you restored the question, you used a severely inappropriate edit summary]. Personal attacks against IP editors are still personal attacks. We get a lot of trolling questions obsessed with a variety of topics, but genitalia is one of the more common ones. Your use of the word "asshole" instead of "anus" is one thing that makes the post seem more like a troll post than a sincere academic question. If you had said "are there any scientific sources comparing relative the sizes of anuses, hands, and mouths of humans and other primates?" Ian.thomson (talk) 09:10, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

That IP is not me. Thank you for your help rewording my question. Benjamin (talk) 09:15, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

If it's not you, then you get the idea about what sort of people usually make that kind of post. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:24, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Sex articles[edit]

Okay, I checked your userpage and contribs. Hmmmm, male, teenager, a fair number of edits related to sex. Okay, nothing wrong with that. So, why not use that interest constructively. Consider joining:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Sexology and sexuality
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Pornography

Post at the talk pages there with something like:

"...Hi. I am interested in starting an article to do with sex. Please suggest one that is notable and has lots of references out there, preferably a list article..."

Why a list article? Those often get really good hits. I started List of sandwiches years ago and it gets around 350,000 hits a year. Imagine a really good sex article you wrote read by that many people. Nice.

Do you know about WP:DYK? Your article can hit the front page and get thousands of hits. Even better is to make an article that gets thousands of hits a month and educates people for decades. Think about it. Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:32, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Indent your posts[edit]

QUICK TIP Indent your posts with colons, like this: I like bunnies. :Me too. ::So, we both like bunnies? :::Yep. Looks that way. ::::Pretty stupid conversaton. :::::Yep. Did I tell you I'm left handed? :No kidding? Me too. :) I like kittens. :Me too. ::So, we both like kittens. etc. etc.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:12, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Students for Rand[edit]

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January 2017[edit]

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User:EvergreenFir, I posted to the talk page, but you didn't respond. Why do you think the sources are unreliable? They are used on a couple different articles. Please help me make my edits better, rather than just reverting me. Benjamin (talk) 20:52, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed your comment on the article talk page. That was my fault. The issue is that medical statements require a different level of source. WP:MEDRS explains it, but maybe someone like Doc James can explain it a bit better. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:16, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Replied here[1] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 21:49, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

Your help desk questions[edit]

You have a response.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:14, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

[2] This one too.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:25, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, quite a while ago... thanks. Benjamin (talk) 01:13, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

Click on the green link to find out why it took so long.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:24, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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Thanks, sorry, reworded it. Benjamin (talk) 03:36, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

unblock[edit]

Just curious, how is this hotel's wifi different than any other public wifi? Benjamin (talk) 03:50, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Without knowing the IP, I have no way of knowing for sure. As above... SQL^{Query me!} 03:56, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Students for Rand[edit]

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Trouted[edit]

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE Benjamin (talk) 07:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

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Islam[edit]

I saw your post on the Islam article being biased

I posted material on the talk page for discussion and it immediately got deleted.

This was about the (Redacted)71.174.130.111 (talk) 17:06, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

What exactly has this got to do with my edits? Benjamin (talk) 18:09, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Your comment (Redacted)} 71.174.134.22 (talk) 01:01, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

That was not my comment. Benjamin (talk) 01:03, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

This seems to be you. (cur | prev) 16:33, 12 December 2017‎ Benjaminikuta (talk | contribs)‎ . . (19,657 bytes) (+183)‎ . . (→‎Not objective article promotes the view of mohammedans) (undo)71.174.134.22 (talk) 01:35, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

You should be able to easily see which comments are mine, as I sign my comments. My only two comments in that discussion are "Source?" and "This is not a forum for general discussion about Islam. All content must be sourced." I don't particularly care about the particulars of Islamic theology, for what it's worth. Benjamin (talk) 02:56, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

The article talk page doesn't seem to be a good place either as my pointing out the failing in the article was immediately deleted. You pointed out (in your signoff) that the article looked biased so I came here. As for not having any interest in Muslim theology, perhaps you should learn. This article is a good start https://www.rt.com/news/378635-sinkhole-grave-iraq-mass/

Your signoff states "Not objective article promotes the view of (Redacted)

Since you don't seem to want to be bothered I won't be back.71.174.134.22 (talk) 06:43, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Those are not my words, but it's added to the edit summary automatically because it's the title of the section. It's good that you linked to a news article. If you want to edit the Wikipedia article based on that information, you might be able to. Best wishes. Benjamin (talk) 06:47, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

LGBTQ acronym[edit]

Hello. An additional source I found on the LGBTQ acronym was in the Washington Post. Maybe it could be useful for you as well as the encylopedia source i originally found. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:54, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Benjamin (talk) 04:02, 17 February 2018 (UTC)

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Resource Request:Santa Cruz County In-Queery[edit]

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Curious if you had some input on the poverty discussion[edit]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_common_misconceptions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squatch347 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. I appreciate your contributions. I'm currently busy irl, but let me know in a couple days if you'd like me to comment further. Benjamin (talk) 00:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

It seems the conversation has stalled a bit. Perhaps I'm biased, but I really feel this section should be reverted to the last consensus point. I feel our newest contributor wants to make the entry into a huge discussion about poverty nuances rather than addressing the simple misconception. I'm probably reading into it, but I'm also worried that this particular correction has some baggage for many people, so they have a harder time accepting a correction. Squatch347 (talk) 11:26, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks for the message, and thanks for participating in the discussion. Yes, as I've said, I think it should be kept short and to the point. It should focus on the misconception itself, because that's the subject of this article. The controversy should be mentioned when it falls within the scope of the other articles. And yes, it is obvious that people have a hard time accepting it because of the political implications. Benjamin (talk) 00:30, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

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Copying within Wikipedia[edit]

Please review Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia.

When you copy-paste content from one article to another, as you did a number of times on List of common misconceptions: [3][4][5][6][7][8], it violates the basic attribution rules of Wikipedia. You have to at least link back to the diff you got the content from. However, List of common misconceptions is written in a terse style different from most articles, and so it doesn't work well to copy-paste entire paragraphs anyway. Entries need to be much shorter, and so you should rewrite it in the briefest possible way, avoiding copyright problems and bloating the list.

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Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 23:02, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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Economic inequality[edit]

Hi Benjaminikuta, why don't you help me clean up Economic inequality. Here are two links: WP:SPLIT and WP:SUMMARY. I split the page because it was about 5x the recommended size. Now, I think doing a nice summary style would be helpful. I say over the next month maybe we can clean it up. Seahawk01 (talk) 06:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

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• Shock Brigade Harvester Boris (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Wikipedia as Raymond arritt on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.

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Category:Wikipedians who wish Jytdog would come back has been nominated for discussion[edit]

Category:Wikipedians who wish Jytdog would come back, which you created, 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. ɱ (talk) · vbm · coi) 20:32, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Please don't disrupt Wikipedia to make a WP:POINT Legacypac (talk) 20:50, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

Happy holidays![edit]

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Benjaminikuta, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you a heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019. Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 talk to me | my contributions 21:35, 23 December 2018 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thanks! Benjamin (talk) 22:04, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2018[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019[edit]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Guideline and policy news

• There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

• The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
• Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

• Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

• Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
• {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

• Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

• Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
• Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

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Thank for the holiday greetings.[edit]

I hope you had a good holiday and hopefully break! Squatch347 (talk) 14:52, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! I hope you get broken too. = P Benjamin (talk) 20:17, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

References[edit]

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. Remember that when adding content about health, please only use high-quality reliable sources as references. We typically use review articles, major textbooks and position statements of national or international organizations (There are several kinds of sources that discuss health: here is how the community classifies them and uses them). WP:MEDHOW walks you through editing step by step. A list of resources to help edit health content can be found here. The edit box has a built-in citation tool to easily format references based on the PMID or ISBN.

1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "cite" click on it
2. Then click on "templates",
3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in the details beside a magnifying glass followed by clicking said button,
4. If the article is available in Pubmed Central, you have to add the pmc parameter manually -- click on "show additional fields" in the template and you will see the "pmc" field. Please add just the number and don't include "PMC".

We also provide style advice about the structure and content of medicine-related encyclopedia articles. The welcome page is another good place to learn about editing the encyclopedia. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a note. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:19, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Trouted[edit]

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: MY BIRTHDAY IS NOTABLE 198.105.83.50 (talk) 14:50, 15 January 2019 (UTC) Sincerely, Chanel

Thanks for the trout. Are you open to constructive criticism? Benjamin (talk) 15:06, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Recent Suspension[edit]

Thanks for the kind note. It was rather discouraging at first. After all, it seems clearly to have been started by an editor who is attempting to suppress dissenting opinion on an AFD page for Tabiti. When reviewed in depth a lot of the accusations were nonsensical and the similarities not in style, but in substance (which other editors had also agreed with). I did get a great response from the Admin who initially reviewed it and he seems to have come around to my point of view. I'd like to get him to update the post to a no finding, but the guy is pretty swamped with work so it will probably be slow.

It is discouraging that we have so many editors who really want to own a page and will take any effort necessary to get other editors removed who disagree with them. Squatch347 (talk) 17:37, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Best wishes. Benjamin (talk) 17:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

hh... hey... :-)))[edit]

	Thanks for telling me
	I literally just started wikipedia... I'm not even sure if this is how I should contact you... Thanks for the info. I added sources. Ephraim Cullen (talk) 05:58, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! You may contact me in this way. Please, do so, if you have any questions. I hope you will become a Wikipedia editor like the rest of us! I would like to help you! Benjamin (talk) 06:15, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2019[edit]

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

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

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February 2019[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Soybean, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please review WP:MEDRS for sourcing on medical topics. Zefr (talk) 04:18, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi! Sorry, I didn't notice right away that you had reverted me. I'll reply on the talk page. Benjamin (talk)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Soybean. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continual disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. Please stop trying to add this; your source is not useful in the prostate cancer section. Zefr (talk) 20:45, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

My edit is sourced. Please discuss on the talk page, not here. Benjamin (talk) 20:47, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Sex differences in human physiology[edit]

Hi, please see my comment on the talk page of that article before considering any reversion of my last edit. Thank you. Oska (talk) 21:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the... thanks[edit]

Hey! Shortly after I made my recent edit to List of common misconceptions, I received a notification that you thanked me for the edit! That has never happened to me before. So, thank you for thanking me! And you're welcome. I've heard that misconception about Curiosity several times, so I figured it would be good to have on the list. That page is one of the best and most important on Wikipedia, in my opinion. --ϟᴇɴsᴏʀꜰɪʀᴇ (✎|‽) 00:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I hope you continue to contribute. (^.^) Benjamin (talk) 01:01, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Musk/Grimes[edit]

I don't know if this is the right way to respond, but here I am.

I didn't navigate the talk page for Elon Musk, I usually don't look at them as they can be at times hard to navigate and sometimes unhelpful (at least in my limited experiences). I only saw that both his article and Grimes' article said they were dating under their "Personal Life" sections with nothing noting their separation, as had been done for any other relationship. When I searched for sources about an ending of their relationship, I didn't find any. I was just trying to make the page consistent with itself so readers would not get confused.

If you or anyone else thinks my edit is misleading/uninformed, you have my permission to remove it. I didn't mean to mislead anyone. My apologies if anyone thought this was improper. Thanks for the heads up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pbeier (talk • contribs) 23:36, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate you taking the time to edit. If you happen across a source that says they're still dating, feel free to add it. Benjamin (talk) 23:39, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 February 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

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Congratulations[edit]

	Best Wikipedia profile so far in 2019
	This image made me laugh, thank you for that. Apollon1779 (talk) 12:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! (^.^) Your kind words mean a lot to me. This is also the first award I've ever received. Benjamin (talk) 23:09, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Did you make an account just to give this to me? Benjamin (talk) 23:11, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

March 2019[edit]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Milk, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Please don't use primary sources from unreliable journals to edit medical content. Review WP:MEDRS for the quality of sources needed to discuss foods and cancer. Zefr (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

I cited a literature review, which is not a primary source. Benjamin (talk) 16:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 March 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019[edit]

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

Technical news

• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

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Trouted[edit]

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Reverting my edit on antidepressants. Sorry to delete your edit, but that particular study you posted is not relevant to the STAR*D trial section you posted it under. Additionally, on medical pages we prefer to summaries the existing state of evidence than just cite and explain individual studies. While we may sometimes cite and explain individual studies, this is the exception rather than the rule. I know that the page on antidepressants does this often (which may help to explain why it lost it's good article status), but I'm trying to clean things up. Therefor I'm going to revert the change. Thanks-- Wikiman2718 (talk) 23:04, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

You removed quite a bit of content. I'll post on the talk page. Benjamin (talk) 23:28, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

Ah, looks like it's been restored already. Ping me on the talk page if you'd like to discuss it further. Benjamin (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 April 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2019[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

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Marx and Labor Theory[edit]

Hey, I made a change to the wording of your last addition. Can you let me know if it makes sense? Happy to talk it through (though I'm off for the weekend) Squatch347 (talk) 14:01, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

It's all good! Benjamin (talk) 14:23, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019[edit]

UC Irvine edit-a-thon on May 17, 2019

Dear fellow Wikipedian, You are cordially invited to an edit-a-thon this Friday in Orange County, focused on gender equity. The event is a collaboration between UCI and Women in Red. Friday, May 17, 2019 10:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT (UTC-7) Langson Library, Room 228, at University of California, Irvine Points of contact: Logistics: moderator, Prof. Adriana Briscoe Schedule: facilitators, Roger Bamkin & Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight For more details, including the registration link, please see the meetup page. Everyone is welcome! We hope to see you there.

--Rosiestep (talk) 00:36, 14 May 2019 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019[edit]

Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019 Text mining display of noun phrases from the US Presidential Election 2012 The Editor is Charles Matthews, for ContentMine. Please leave feedback for him, on his User talk page. To subscribe to Facto Post go to Wikipedia:Facto Post mailing list. For the ways to unsubscribe, see the footer. Back numbers are here. Semantic Web and TDM – a ContentMine view Two dozen issues, and this may be the last, a valediction at least for a while. It's time for a two-year summation of ContentMine projects involving TDM (text and data mining). Wikidata and now Structured Data on Commons represent the overlap of Wikimedia with the Semantic Web. This common ground is helping to convert an engineering concept into a movement. TDM generally has little enough connection with the Semantic Web, being instead in the orbit of machine learning which is no respecter of the semantic. Don't break a taboo by asking bots "and what do you mean by that?" The ScienceSource project innovates in TDM, by storing its text mining results in a Wikibase site. It strives for compliance of its fact mining, on drug treatments of diseases, with an automated form of the relevant Wikipedia referencing guideline MEDRS. Where WikiFactMine set up an API for reuse of its results, ScienceSource has a SPARQL query service, with look-and-feel exactly that of Wikidata's at query.wikidata.org. It also now has a custom front end, and its content can be federated, in other words used in data mashups: it is one of over 50 sites that can federate with Wikidata. The human factor comes to bear through the front end, which combines a link to the HTML version of a paper, text mining results organised in drug and disease columns, and a SPARQL display of nearby drug and disease terms. Much software to develop and explain, so little time! Rather than telling the tale, Facto Post brings you ScienceSource links, starting from the how-to video, lower right. Play media ScienceSourceReview, introductory video: but you need run it from the original upload file on Commons Links for participation http://sciencesource-review.wmflabs.org/, review tool link in the left-hand sidebar at http://sciencesource.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page The review tool requires a log in on sciencesource.wmflabs.org, and an OAuth permission (bottom of a review page) to operate. It can be used in simple and more advanced workflows. Examples of queries for the latter are at d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource project/Queries#SS_disease_list and d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource_project/Queries#NDF-RT issue. Please be aware that this is a research project in development, and may have outages for planned maintenance. That will apply for the next few days, at least. The ScienceSource wiki main page carries information on practical matters. Email is not enabled on the wiki: use site mail here to Charles Matthews in case of difficulty, or if you need support. Further explanatory videos will be put into commons:Category:ContentMine videos. If you wish to receive no further issues of Facto Post, please remove your name from our mailing list. Alternatively, to opt out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page. Newsletter delivered by MediaWiki message delivery

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This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date. You have shown interest in the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic. For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:31, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 33[edit]

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:41, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 May 2019[edit]

Merger discussion for Doom loop[edit]

An article that you have been involved in editing—Doom loop—has been proposed for merging with Economic collapse. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. — Newslinger talk 05:29, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2019[edit]

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

Administrator changes

Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
• An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
• An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

• The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
• Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

• The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
• The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

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Curt Doolittle listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Curt Doolittle. Since you had some involvement with the Curt Doolittle redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 18:58, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Poem[edit]

A banned editor was upset with me deleting the work he'd done under his sock accounts, so he filed for the poem's deletion; I don't know how valid his arguments really were, but one chooses one's battles, and at least this way the poem is still easily accessible. DS (talk) 12:56, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see. That is unfortunate. Thanks for the reply. Benjamin (talk) 19:59, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Sum of all knowledge[edit]

Hi Benjaminikuta, I read this comment you made a while ago: I am constantly distressed and disappointed to see "sum of all knowledge" interpreted in an increasingly narrow sense. If you want to understand why this happens, I recommend this long(!) read: The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. --Ondertitel (talk) 22:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

@Ondertitel: Thank you for this. I really appreciate you taking the time to write me a message. Benjamin (talk) 00:18, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

RE:[edit]

Replied on Jimbo's page. Promethean (talk) 08:43, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks! By the way, you can ping me. Benjamin (talk) 08:49, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Hah. Yeah... Honestly, I only came back from an extremely long wiki break (Since about 2010) and so there's all these new features that I'm not in the routine of using! Promethean (talk) 08:51, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Floq[edit]

Benjamin, your question in itself is probably appropriate. But since Floq is not really in the mood, this probably makes your question inappropriate. Anyone resigning their tools must be quite devastated and shaken in their will to contribute to the project. This is one thing Floq posted in the drama over the incident that started by me: I don't believe you are uninvolved either; that didn't stop you from making a draconian block. I am just so demoralized and disillusioned; I give up. This is absolutely the wrong time for you to ask such a thing - it doesn't really matter at all. starship.paint (talk) 07:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 07:27, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

The June 2019 Signpost is out![edit]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2019[edit]

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

Administrator changes

28bytes • Ad Orientem • Ansh666 • Beeblebrox • Boing! said Zebedee • BU Rob13 • Dennis Brown • Deor • DoRD • Floquenbeam¹ • Flyguy649 • Fram² • Gadfium • GB fan • Jonathunder • Kusma • Lectonar • Moink • MSGJ • Nick • Od Mishehu • Rama • Spartaz • Syrthiss • TheDJ • WJBscribe

¹Floquenbeam's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

²Fram's access was removed, then restored, then removed again.

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment seeking to alleviate pressures on the request an account (ACC) process proposes either raising the account creation limit for extended confirmed editors or granting the account creator permission on request to new ACC tool users.

• In a related matter, the account throttle has been restored to six creations per day as the mitigation activity completed.

• The scope of CSD criterion G8 has been tightened such that the only redirects that it now applies to are those which target non-existent pages.
• The scope of CSD criterion G14 has been expanded slightly to include orphan "Foo (disambiguation)" redirects that target pages that are not disambiguation pages or pages that perform a disambiguation-like function (such as set index articles or lists).
• A request for comment seeks to determine whether Wikipedia:Office actions should be a policy page or an information page.

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Community feedback is invited.

Miscellaneous

• In February 2019, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) changed its office actions policy to include temporary and project-specific bans. The WMF exercised this new ability for the first time on the English Wikipedia on 10 June 2019 to temporarily ban and desysop Fram. This action has resulted in significant community discussion, a request for arbitration (permalink), and, either directly or indirectly, the resignations of numerous administrators and functionaries. The WMF Board of Trustees is aware of the situation, and discussions continue on a statement and a way forward. The Arbitration Committee has sent an open letter to the WMF Board.

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Books & Bytes Issue 34, May – June 2019[edit]

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:21, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Dr. Wen Chen[edit]

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Dr. Wen Chen".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 07:49, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

How unfortunate. Don't you have better things to do than go around deleting drafts that aren't causing anyone any harm? Benjamin (talk) 07:50, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 July 2019[edit]

Southern California Wiknic & Bonfire invitation[edit]

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IP Ban[edit]

At this point, I don't think the IP we are talking to is really pursuing any of these conversations in good faith. I think he is just trying to be on Wiki to get his daily dose of argument in. I'm starting to think the only way to move this page forward is for us to pursue an IP ban of the kid. Thoughts? Squatch347 (talk) 14:14, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Squatch347: Go ahead and try. 75.191.40.148 (talk) 14:38, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

@Squatch347: Thanks for the message. I certainly share your frustration. However, as someone who has been assused of trolling myself, I'm particularly sympathetic to those faced with such accusations. Also, a good rule of thumb is that WP:CESSPIT should be avoided at all costs. I doubt the IP would warrant a ban, anyway. Let's just keep editing, assuming good faith even if it's hard, and don't get too caught up in arguments. It's okay to stop replying after you've made your point, and that doesn't mean you've conceded. Benjamin (talk) 23:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 August 2019[edit]

Draft:Alan Bershtein[edit]

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, Draft:Alan Bershtein.

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 by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it. — JJMC89 (T·C) 01:10, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I forgot about that. What was it? It's kinda frustrating that I can't even see what it was now, so I don't even know if it's worth restoring. Benjamin (talk) 01:23, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Regarding Cloudflare in DDoS mitigation[edit]

Revert me back if you disagree with my point, you seem well-intentioned. However, I still don't think we should start listing companies there. BernardoSulzbach (talk) 23:02, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Replied on article talk. Thanks for assuming good faith, by the way. I really appreciate it. Benjamin (talk) 23:54, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019[edit]

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

Administrator changes

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• Editors using the mobile website on Wikipedia can opt-in to new advanced features via your settings page. This will give access to more interface links, special pages, and tools.
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Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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"Wikipedia's notability policy" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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Books & Bytes – Issue 35, July – August 2019[edit]

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The Signpost: 30 September 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – October 2019[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Speedy deletion nomination of Triplebyte[edit]

A tag has been placed on Triplebyte requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a company, corporation or organization that does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Kirbanzo ^{(userpage - talk - contribs)} 03:32, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

@Kirbanzo: Could you not? Benjamin (talk) 03:39, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Ed Champion moved to draftspace[edit]

An article you recently created, Ed Champion, does not have enough content and citations as written to remain published. It needs more content and citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Schazjmd (talk) 23:25, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

@Schazjmd: Is the subject notable? Benjamin (talk) 02:04, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Well, he isn't clearly not-notable, which is why I moved it to draft rather than suggest it for deletion. I didn't dig through all of the sources that you put on the Talk page, so I don't really know whether the coverage is due to a single event (WP:BLP1E) or more general. Schazjmd (talk) 13:38, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

@Schazjmd: It would be a real shame to go through the trouble of writing the article only for it to be deleted. Would you have a look? Benjamin (talk) 19:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

If we discount the Gould controversy, I don't find much on him. A paragraph in a New York Times article: (The site Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant also bears down on The New York Times Book Review and its editor, Sam Tanenhaus. Each week the site posts The Sam Tanenhaus Brownie Watch. It is an act of counting. It compares, among other things, the number of pages devoted to fiction versus nonfiction and the number of women assigned to review nonfiction, promising that if there are enough fiction pages or enough women Mr. Tanenhaus will be sent a brownie. Otherwise, the brownie will be denied.^[1] A parenthetical mention in a journal article: (A similar literary pilgrimage-the project of New York City blogger Ed Champion, who planned to walk from Brooklyn to San Francisco while writing essays-was recently canceled after its Indiegogo campaign failed to meet its fund-raising goal.)^[2] And his blog is quoted in a Guardian article about Mailer's death (the article is entirely quotes from various blogs about Mailer's death).^[3] (I couldn't link to any of those because I access them through my library's database proxy.)

He (or at least his blog) is notable enough to be mentioned in major news sources. But none of it is really significant coverage. Without better non-Gould coverage, and with him being a blogger and thus people suspecting promotional motivation, my gut feeling is that an article on him probably wouldn't be kept if someone nominated it for deletion. I'm not an AFD expert though. Schazjmd (talk) 23:40, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 23:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 October 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2019[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

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

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

Arbitration

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

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Books & Bytes – Issue 36[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 November 2019[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2019[edit]

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• An RfC on the administrator resysop criteria was closed. 18 proposals have been summarised with a variety of supported and opposed statements. The inactivity grace period within which a new request for adminship is not required has been reduced from three years to two. Additionally, Bureaucrats are permitted to use their discretion when returning administrator rights.
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• The global consultation on partial and temporary office actions that ended in October received a closing statement from staff concluding, among other things, that the WMF will no longer use partial or temporary Office Action bans... until and unless community consensus that they are of value or Board directive.

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Please comment on Talk:Libertarianism[edit]

Please comment on the discussion regarding the use of the term "right libertarian" to describe libertarians that do not oppose free markets, and that do not make a clear distinction between laissez-faire capitalism and advocacy of free markets. This discussion can be found on the talk page for the Libertarianism article. The term is primarily used in a derogatory way and by self-described "left-libertarians". The individuals described in that article, and in the poorly-titled right-libertarianism article do not typically identify with the political right - or the political for that matter. JLMadrigal @ 13:58, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the message. Benjamin (talk) 16:20, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 December 2019[edit]

Your draft article, Draft:Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram[edit]

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Community response to the Wikimedia Foundation's ban of Fram".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! ~riley (talk) 08:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@~riley: What's this? Benjamin (talk) 21:49, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

You made a draft page. It hasn’t been edited in six months so it has been deleted. ~riley (talk) 22:20, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@~riley: Yes, I know, but why did I make the page? What were the contents? Who edited it, and why? Benjamin (talk) 22:22, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

You made the page, no one else edited it. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you why you made it... Contents were minimal, I believe one sentence or less. ~riley (talk) 23:27, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

How odd... I'm curious now, what did it say? Benjamin (talk) 23:29, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Alabama Department of Revenue[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Alaska Department of Revenue – Tax Division[edit]

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Speedy deletion nomination of Kentucky Department of Revenue[edit]

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TheLongTone (talk) 16:30, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

I am a firm believer in the principle of actually adding content to an article before publishing it. You seem to have created a string of empty articles, and I doubt if any of these regional offices is actally notable. As for the category, words fail me.TheLongTone (talk) 16:33, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Arizona Department of Revenue[edit]

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TheLongTone (talk) 16:36, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration[edit]

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TheLongTone (talk) 16:36, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

@TheLongTone: Thanks for redirecting and leaving the page history intact, rather than outright deleting. Benjamin (talk) 23:32, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

The thanks are misplaced, some other well intentioned soul is responsible.(I am generally well intentioned, but rather curmudgeonly)TheLongTone (talk) 14:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

@Ost316: Thanks for redirecting and leaving the page history intact, rather than outright deleting. Benjamin (talk) 23:25, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2020[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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The Signpost: 27 January 2020[edit]

Discretionary sanctions notice for post-1932 American Politics[edit]

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date. You have shown interest in post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic. For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 37[edit]

On behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:10, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2020[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

• Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
• When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [9]

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2020 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2020, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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The Signpost: 1 March 2020[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2020[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Draft:Ed Champion concern[edit]

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Monetary policy[edit]

Hi, I saw your comment on Monetary policy article and I agree with you - an expert should elaborate on the impact of the political aspects on monetary policies. I know there is a huge impact, but I am not the one to write about it. What should we do? --Factspro (talk) 12:48, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the message! I might write a little bit if I ever get around to it, but I haven't been editing much lately. I just added a bit about the economic consensus in favor of central bank independence, but perhaps there should be a discussion about populist opposition to it from the left and right. I'm not sure if it should go in a different section, however. Anyway, I'd suggest being bold, and trying to contribute, even if you don't feel too confident. Feel free to ping me on the talk page! Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 06:03, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 March 2020[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2020[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Your draft article, Draft:Ed Champion[edit]

Hello, Benjaminikuta. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ed Champion".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 09:29, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Don't you have anything better to do? Benjamin (talk) 11:14, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Ed Champion[edit]

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Seeing your questions about STiki, I have given you Rollback. Please use it well and think before you revert. Back in the day, I used Huggle, but I don't know if that project is still active. --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 17:12, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I am honored. Benjamin (talk) 22:26, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

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COVID-19 pandemic in India-related articles[edit]

"The Economist, page 14" is not the proper way to cite a reference, especially for a controversial statement such as the one you added, about the lockdown being criticised. If the web version of the article isn't available, at least the article title is important. Please also see WP:CITE. Thanks. SerChevalerie (talk) 03:26, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

"While you should try to write citations correctly, what matters most is that you provide enough information to identify the source. Others will improve the formatting if needed." With the date and page number, I did include enough information to identify the source. Also, that's just a guideline, whereas WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM is policy. If you would like to help, I would greatly appreciate it, but simply reverting is not helpful. If you think the the source is unreliable, or the mention is undue, feel free to open a discussion on the article talk page. I'm not particularly interested in squabbling over the details of citation formatting. Benjamin (talk) 04:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Have found the online version of the article and added it to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India § Reception, but have removed it from the main article on the pandemic (considering WP:SUMMARY and WP:DUE). Best regards, SerChevalerie (talk) 05:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! I notice that section doesn't include any negative perspective at all, so I think it would be reasonable to include something, if perhaps not that. Benjamin (talk) 05:57, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Corbyn talk page - Malign[edit]

Hi Benjamin,

It is not clear why you added this. Talk page guidelines are: 'Talk pages are for discussing the article, not for general conversation about the article's subject... Keep discussions focused on how to improve the article.' WP:TALK#TOPIC. You should include an explicit statement about whether you are making a suggestion or question or comment about the article, or just providing background information. If the latter, it is not particularly helpful as it is just an anonymous opinion and is behind a paywall. Thanks. Jontel (talk) 05:34, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

I am suggesting the article incorporate the information. If you assume I'm competent and acting in good faith, then I would think that would be implied. Benjamin (talk) 06:04, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for coming back. Not necessarily, as some people share material on talk pages as background information or, as another editor assumed, to prompt discussion of the topic, which is not allowed. Most people will simply add material to the article directly, particularly if they are competent. You are quite entitled to make the suggestion in the Talk page instead, but you can see that it will save you time to be explicit about your purpose in future. Hope this is helpful. Jontel (talk) 19:44, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

By competent I mean aware of that rule. I thought it appropriate to post to the talk page first because it's a BLP and I expected it to be controversial, but I would be perfectly happy to just go ahead and make the edit if you support that. Benjamin (talk) 21:59, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

It's all about communication and persuading other editors. Whether you post it to the talk page first, and I understand your reason for doing so, or add it directly to the article, it is better to give reasons. As an edit to the article, that would of course be in the edit summary. As an addition to the talk page, you could say e.g.: 'I am thinking of adding this to (state section) of the article because (state reason). What do you think?' That just makes it easy for everyone, who vary a lot. Jontel (talk) 04:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

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The Economist[edit]

Hello there. I've checked the pages of recent Economist issues that you've been referencing, and haven't been able to verify the material. In future, you need to provide a full citation, including an article title, but could you perhaps shed some light on why I can't find any mention of migration from Africa to Europe on page 6 of the 28 March issue, for instance? Cordless Larry (talk) 19:26, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

I've worked it out: it wasn't page 6 of the main issue, but of a special report section, which is available online here. Incidentally, any claims about future projections should be attributed in the article text to the organisation or person making the projection. Cordless Larry (talk) 19:31, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. Benjamin (talk) 20:44, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

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Wikipedians in the Mediation Cabal[edit]

I wanted to follow up with you about this query on CFD. What's the use of preserving the edit history? Or are you referring to a list of people who were formerly involved with the Mediation Cabal? If the latter, using "What links here" for Mediation Cabal userboxes would fulfill the same function. bibliomaniac15 22:54, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I generally think edit history should be kept unless it would require revdel. Benjamin (talk) 23:25, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Hello, Benjaminikuta,

Article talk pages are intended to be used for discussing improvements to an article, they are not a forum for discussing a subject. Your comments might be better suited to social media or a message board. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:00, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

I am suggesting the content be added to the article. Benjamin (talk) 02:02, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something silly.

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Re: Cake[edit]

Re this edit: Have a piece of cake, Benjaminikuta! Bishonen | tålk 22:54, 2 February 2021 (UTC).

You have brought a smile to my face. Thank you. Benjamin (talk) 01:28, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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• 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.

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The Signpost: 27 June 2021[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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The Signpost: 25 July 2021[edit]

Books & Bytes – Issue 45[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2021[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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The Signpost: 29 August 2021[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2021[edit]

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

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
• A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
• A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
• A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

• The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 46[edit]

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The Signpost: 26 September 2021[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
• Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

• DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

• A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
• Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
• The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

• Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
• The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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The Signpost: 31 October 2021[edit]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2021[edit]

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

Guideline and policy news

• Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

• Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

• GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 47[edit]

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The Signpost: 29 November 2021[edit]