Administrators' newsletter – August 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2019).
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- Following a request for comment, the page Wikipedia:Office actions has been changed from a policy page to an information page.
- A request for comment (permalink) is in progress regarding the administrator inactivity policy.
- Editors may now use the template {{Ds/aware}} to indicate that they are aware that discretionary sanctions are in force for a topic area, so it is unnecessary to alert them.
- Following a research project on masking IP addresses, the Foundation is starting a new project to improve the privacy of IP editors. The result of this project may significantly change administrative and counter-vandalism workflows. The project is in the very early stages of discussions and there is no concrete plan yet. Admins and the broader community are encouraged to leave feedback on the talk page.
- The new page reviewer right is bundled with the admin tool set. Many admins regularly help out at Special:NewPagesFeed, but they may not be aware of improvements, changes, and new tools for the Curation system. Stay up to date by subscribing here to the NPP newsletter that appears every two months, and/or putting the reviewers' talk page on your watchlist.
Since the introduction of temporary user rights, it is becoming more usual to accord the New Page Reviewer right on a probationary period of 3 to 6 months in the first instance. This avoids rights removal for inactivity at a later stage and enables a review of their work before according the right on a permanent basis.
This week's article for improvement (week 32, 2019)
![]() The human body has several organs.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Butter churning in Nepal • Flea market Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 5 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2019-32
13:24, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 33, 2019)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Organ (anatomy) • Butter churning in Nepal Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2019-33
18:19, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 34, 2019)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Great Spirit • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Tech News: 2019-34
15:21, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Hi
Ip by staff I didn’t do anyhow — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blake20 (talk • contribs) 23:58, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
This week's article for improvement (week 35, 2019)
Hello, K6ka.
The following is WikiProject Today's articles for improvement's weekly selection: Please be bold and help to improve this article! Previous selections: Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso • Great Spirit Get involved with the TAFI project. You can: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 August 2019 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject TAFI • |
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Elaine Cameron-Weir edits
Hello,
I was editing the page of Elaine Cameron-Weir to better reflect her career. An updated and concise narrative biography felt appropriate. If my original edit could be restored, that would be much appreciated.
Id245829 (talk) 20:58, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I noticed that my edits to the Wikipedia page for Elaine Cameron-Weir were reverted again. These changes were made per her gallery's request. Can my changes be reinstated? If not, what can I do to make sure that my edits are not removed?
Id245829 (talk) 14:14, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
- Id245829, the reason your edits were reverted were:
- Your edit removed basically everything from the article, including valid citations to sources.
- Your edit replaced the entire article with something that is both shorter and less informative than the previous version.
- Have a look at this edit, for instance. An edit like that would almost certainly be reverted, because you removed the entire article and replaced it with something of lower quality.
- You may also want to look at your talk page to see the messages left for you there.
- Moving forward, there are some things to keep in mind:
- Editing with a conflict of interest is a bad idea. If you're being asked to make changes by someone you're close to or work for, it's worth taking a pause. Additionally, if you're being paid to edit, you must explicitly disclose who is paying you. In such cases, it is often preferred that you use the talk page of the article to discuss changes, and make edit requests for any changes you want to make.
- Everything you add needs to be verifiable. Everything on Wikipedia needs to be supported by reliable sources, and they must be properly cited in the article. We cannot accept original research (e.g. "I just know it" or "<person> told me").
- We do not remove information simply because "it is old" and "outdated". If it is encyclopedic and well-supported by sources, we keep it. The process of updating articles, therefore, should not result in the removal of the entire article.
- —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:23, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2019
- News and notes: Documenting Wikimania and our beginnings
- In focus: Ryan Merkley joins WMF as Chief of Staff
- Discussion report: Meta proposals on partial bans and IP users
- Traffic report: Once upon a time in Greenland with Boris and cornflakes
- News from the WMF: Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year
- Recent research: Special issue on gender gap and gender bias research
- On the bright side: What's making you happy this month?