User talk:Blue Riband/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Thank you for the Welcome Riley! I was already able to contribute to the TS Empire State (VI) article as I had the reference for the right launch date.Blue Riband► 23:17, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

No problem! So sorry for the late reply to this! I have created over 700 accounts for Wikipedia for editors like you to use but only few use them so I am so glad that you are taking advantage of it. If you need any help, give me a shout here. -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 22:22, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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I have made a procedural closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Legend of Mary Magdalene due to the nominators disruption to Wikipedia. The nominator was engaged in a conflict with another editor of whom both are currently indefinitely banned. I see that the article Legend of Mary Magdalene is an in progress sub-article to Mary Magdalene in which almost every section has a sub-article. If you feel the there is a strong case the article should be deleted, please open up another AfD with the specified reasons for deletion. Mkdw^talk 03:08, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

I closed it under WP:SK 2b as cited in my NAC statement. The nomination was a bad faith nomination with no reason for deletion except for disruption and edit warring. Both the page creator and the nominator were almost immediately banned after posting the nominations. Under 2b, an AfD cannot stand if the nomination did not have merits under XfD. You can properly nominate the page for a new AfD if you think it should be deleted. Simply asking for a page to be deleted because of another user's state is not a valid nomination. Mkdw^talk 03:42, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

The problem has been resolved. I was going to propose a merge but another editor has since made a re-direct to the main Mary Magdalene article. Blue Riband► 04:35, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

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The Reason Why I Made The Smile HD Is Because This Video Is Popular — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.94.231.166 (talk) 04:37, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

• I left a response on your talk page: User_talk:186.94.231.166.Blue Riband► 12:18, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

I opened a deletion review of BrowserStack. You might want to participate. Thanks, –Krinkle 23:01, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

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Hi! I notice you’ve recently updated the article on the USS Sequoia. I don’t know if it’ll be of any use to you, but you might want to check out this article for anything extra. Great job updating! — SpikeToronto 15:42, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

• Thank you. I've had the Delaware courts website bookmarked and kept checking it for some decision. As soon as the court order appeared I was able to jump in and update the article. A lot of people care what happens to Sequoia as the page view hits increase dramatically after any update. Hopefully the legal saga has ended and all that remains is the formal transfer of Sequoia's ownership. I don't expect to see any more court action, so the next we might hear of this is if and when the yacht is moved out of storage and transferred to some place for proper restoration. (It seams that just about every news article picked up on the judge's comment about the raccoons.) She's going to need deep pockets as it appears Silversmith had been going broke trying to maintain her. Perhaps in hindsight he's sorry he didn't sell the yacht back to the government in 2004. But given that he lied to the lenders one has to wonder if that offer ever existed.Blue Riband► 04:03, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

@Blue Riband: I’d love to see it returned to government ownership and exclusive presidential use. Coincidentally, I too doubted the alleged 2004 offer. But, then again, Cheney had stated he wanted to see a return to the “imperial” presidency of the pre-Watergate years. So, it may be possible. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 15:02, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

@SpikeToronto: As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over till it's over". Check my latest update.Blue Riband► 04:02, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

@Blue Riband: Wow! Fascinating update. Thanks for letting me know. The saga continues … — SpikeToronto 18:20, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Riband, thanks for pointing out the relevant discussion for TITANIIC and how it may impact Titanic II. I think as things stand I would not strongly object to a merge request to the Titanic II article as the project is clearly abandoned. I think in retrospect there is some justification for merging this and Replica Titanic in to the main Titanic article, although I wouldn't consider it worth the effort myself. It comes down to a debate on what level of detail is really encyclopaedic on a subject like this. Personally I'm happy with the articles as they are; serving as a perhaps over-detailed record of now abandoned projects, which would be inappropriate for the the main Titanic article. MatthewHaywood (talk) 16:45, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

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Matthew.dimasi.offical (talk) 15:49, 23 October 2018 (UTC) Hey Blue Riband, I'd first like to thank you for providing reasoning for why my Titanic 2 page edit was not accepted. In my edit I changed the ship status to 'Planned' and did not change it to 'Under Construction' like you had said. I more than truly agree with you that saying Titanic II is under construction is mainly publicity but despite that it can easily be classified as in 'Planning Stages' given by the recent activity of Blue Star Line, in some of the articles available on the Blue Star Line Website, Clive mentions that talks are underway with people across the world to re start the Titanic II project. To restate I am agreeing with you that 'Under Construction' should not be listed on the ship status page due to it not officially going ahead at the shipyard yet and due to publicity but for the project to be in 'Planning' is accurate. If you still do not agree with the ship status being changed to 'Planning' then might I suggest it is at least changed to 'Announced' or something along those lines. Matthew.dimasi.offical (talk) 15:49, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back. I hope you will review Talk:Titanic II because the latest announcements had been happening in the context of a four year delay where the keel laying was constantly being pushed back. So there is a lot of justified skeptcism based on that past history. It's been "in planning stages" since 2012 and here it is 2018 with still no build contract. An editor who has a professional maritime background claims that Jinling has to expand their facilites to build a ship over 200 meters in length. We also have some editors who strongly believe that a ship should not have an article at all until steel is cut. The "signed contract" was accepted on consensus becuase the ship line and ship yard both have a financial committment on the line. Titanic II is a controversal article and you can help by participating in the consensus discussions at Talk:Titanic II

Your screen name and mention of "Clive" suggests that you have an official role in the Blue Star Line and may have a personal or professional relationship with him. If you are then be aware of WP:COI because we're expected to maintain neutrality in articles. Blue Riband► 16:15, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi Again Blue Ribband, thanks for your explanation and I now see why my edit was rejected. Also as formal clarification I do not have any job position at Blue Star Line and I have no social interaction with Clive Palmer, my mention of him without his last name was merely a mistake. I'm heavily interested in the Titanic II project and I'm always eager to contribute to it so thank you for correcting my ship status statements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthew.dimasi.offical (talk • contribs) 09:46, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

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Blue Riband here. Yes, I'm aware much of the history on the MV Doulos is indeed copy/paste from the Newport News Apprentice website. The web site owner was very happy to have the material on Wikipedia but balked at having to use the legal language required. It's been two years so I thought this had been taken care of long ago. I'll reopen communication with him and say that he 1) has to replease the text under a CC BY-SA-3.0 license or 2) his historic material will have to be dedacted from the article. If he doesn't agree to properly license the text to Wikipedia then I'll do a re-write. A pity. Having worked in a shipyard he should have understood that certain procedures have to be followed and it's not good enough to just say, "It's OK with me." Blue Riband► 23:09, 21 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hello Jumpytoo. At the time File:Doulos Phos Hotel.jpg was uploaded there wasn't a replaceable file available since the Hotel was then a proposal and in that form existed only as computer renderings. Now however the Hotel has finally opened and it doesn't look much like the computer-generated view anyway. Sorry this wasn't addressed earlier when the hotel opened and the rational was no longer valid. Blue Riband► 23:20, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

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what I edit about Titanic II is in a summary, it's actually about critic reviews giving a negative response, and I only typed words like Bruce Davidson's performances were highlighted for praise. (it's what it says from the sub-article: Reception) ROBLOXGamingDavid (talk) 00:49, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello ROBLOXGamingDavid, I didn't look at any of your other edits but just at Titanic II. When we change an article by adding in something like construction status, we need to use a reliable source to support that change. In this case that source would have been a dependable news or industry publication. To date, there has been no evidence that Palmer's ship is under construction or even has a signed contract with any shipyard. Had a contract been signed Palmer surely would have made it a huge publicity event. This is why your edit was reverted. What's considered a "reliable source"? You might find WP:RS helpful. Blue Riband► 21:01, 3 March 2021 (UTC)

Oh that, sorry, I didn't realize. I thought there was going to be construction, but i sometimes neglect to get any sources. I understand. ROBLOXGamingDavid (talk) 01:01, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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Why did you revert the last edit on the page Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! using the POV as pretext? It was perfect and accurate and was made with the exact purpose to satisfy all parts in disagreement, with no sign of perceptible bias, even less than before. Why did you do that? What was wrong with it? 151.18.10.217 (talk) 12:22, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello 151.18.10.217, I reverted the last edit because it contained unsourced content and WP:POV pushing. The last editor from ISP 151.44.78.107 stated that he/she "Did not include sources yet". Sources need to be included when the edit is made, not whenever the editor gets around to it. If you are editing from both ISP addresses it is also a violation of Wikipedia policy to use multiple accounts. The use of multiple accounts outside of established policy for doing so is known as sockpuppetry, and is not permitted. See WP:MULTIPLE. Blue Riband► 12:33, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

I added the sources now. And I don't use multiple accounts, I edit from the phone, I don't know why should appear I use multiple accounts, I use only one account with the same phone. I don't know what POV you're talking about, everything I wrote is documented and known facts, even sourced, like the American/Western critics who started it all and the ganguro style with lion and Afro items. Everyone knows it. 151.18.10.217 (talk) 15:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

The edit that I had reverted came from ISP 151.44.78.107. If the same device is using wifi then the ISP shown will be that of whomever is hosting the wifi service. I would encourage you to create an account and thus not get blamed for edits made by others. When disputes over content arise, editors are expect to start a discussion about those differences on the article's talk page (in this case here: Talk:Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!). Edit warring without discussion is seen as disruptive editing. You mentioned that ganguro style is something "everyone knows". How do you expect them to know? It's not likely that they will unless the person is familiar with that genre. Blue Riband► 13:10, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Is it because the address changes everytime I move? I still don't get how this works and I don't feel the necessity to create a user name yet. Anyway, I didn't say everyone knows ganguro style, I said that now everyone knows the misunderstanding about it after that event.

Yes. Every time you connect to a different wifi point the ISP address will change. The creation of a Wikipedia user account will solve the multiple ISP problem. Blue Riband► 13:21, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Ok, but everything's fine now? I did good this time? And if yes, can also Yiosie2356 be informed?

Please contact Yiosie2356 yourself on his/her talk page. Better yet, invite Yiosie2356 to a discussion on the article talk page. Civil discussion among editors is how consensus is reached on Wikipedia. Blue Riband► 13:29, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Can I first have your opinion on my last work to know if I respected the requests this time (I really hope so) so I can ask him/her the same?

I'm not familiar with the anime genra and have not picked through the edits to see if the sources actually do support the new content. What I had reverted earlier was addition of content without sources - something that is a lot easier to check. Again, I would encourage you to

1) start a discussion at Talk:Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! and,

2) copy the argument you made on Yiosie2356's talk page to the article talk page and invite him/her to go there and join the discussion.

Disputes about article content are best made on the article talk page so that the comments are all in one place rather than scattered among all the different user talk pages of the concerned parties. Blue Riband► 15:30, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. I hope he/she reads and accepts my invite.

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Thank you for tagging this page for speedy deletion. However, you neglected to post a notification about the tagging on the talk page of the page creator. This is an important step in the deletion process. Most new page patrollers and admins use Twinkle to do this, when they tag pages. Once you set up your Twinkle Preferences to check off "Notify page creator", then Twinkle will post these talk page notices for you. Twinkle has some other nice features like maintaining a log for you of pages that you've tagged for deletion. Please consider using it or, if you don't want to, post a notice on the page creator's talk page yourself. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:59, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

@Liz - You were too fast for me. I went to that editor's talk page and by the time I had the right formatting for the template the article was already gone. I had requested the CSD manually as I wasn't sure which category applied. The editor clearly did a lot of work but doesn't understand the notability criteria or sourcing a stand-alone bio requires. Blue Riband► 04:08, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

@Liz I'm not sure on why the page was deleted and didn't see anything in my inbox. Are you guys ok to provide some feedback and things that I can change in the future for further articles that I might possible write? Is their any way that I can retrieve the article? The only reason I ask is that I made the article for my dad so that his hard work can be reconsidered and all of the accomplishments that he has done in his life and thought I'd give it a go?

Thanks for hearing me out guys,

Ethan. User:Ethan0431 (talk) 04:18, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

@User98908655227 / Ethan0431- The article was deleted under catagegory "A7", which means that it didn't note why Torres was notable under Wikipedia's WP:ANYBIO standards. When I read your article it just outlined his culinary career but didn't mention any awards, critical reviews, media interviews, or independent profiles that would elevate him to being outstanding and notable among professional peers. There are hard-working chefs who make dining an enjoyable experince but Wikipedia has a high bar for anyone to have their own article.

It also lacked any sourcing. When an editor has trouble finding reliable and independent sources then, generally, the person they want to write about isn't notable. You clearly put a lot of work into it and you might ask the deleting administrator to "userfy" it for you - this would make it a user page and not in wikipedia mainspace. But I did see in the page history that it had been previously been rejected at Articles for Creation so the answer might be no. I would suggest that you look at the pages of Gordon Ramsay or Paul Prudhomme or other notable chefs as guidelines before you compose the bio again. Why he is notable should be mentioned within the first 2-3 sentances. It must have reliable sources to verify the content. See Referencing for Beginners for ideas on where to look for sources. Blue Riband► 05:02, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

I suspect that new user Sparrowbeach is a block evader/vandal. 151.34.253.71 (talk) 11:45, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads-up. If this editor is indeed a block evader/vandal then their block will likely be extended. Blue Riband► 16:43, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Don’t you policemen ever stop? 174.212.99.253 (talk) 03:52, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

I was going to U5 User:ModernSchoolFBD, but saw that you beat me to it. Thanks for helping keep Wikipedia free of advertising! weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 05:05, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

You're welcome. I've been patrolling the account creation log. In my brief experience in doing so, when a newcomer almost immediately creates a user page about half the time it's promotional in some way. Fortunately, they usually don't become problem children but instead just go away when they learn that they don't get free web hosting. Blue Riband► 05:13, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you for pointing that out. I'll immediately cease patrolling the account creation and recent changes logs. If doing so only serves to bite newcomers and not to screen out spamming and vandalism then such actions are only doing more harm than good. Blue Riband► 10:12, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

I'm not asking you to stop patrolling, just to be judicious in how you do it. Some usernames are so offensive that they are blockable on sight, no matter where they edit, or don't. Organisation usernames don't cross that line. Anything you see at RecentChanges obviously falls under the rules of this wiki. Thanks, Cabayi (talk) 10:40, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

A reminder, users are not bound by the local username rules of this WMF project unless they've edited this project. As for the idea of blocking users on the basis of what you think they might possibly do... have you seen Minority Report? Cabayi (talk) 07:00, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

@Cabayi You're referring to the User name report regarding Theusernamehasbeenblacklistedbecausethiswebsitewontletmesaythefword (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? I looked up policy on this one precisely because there were not yet any edits. According to WP:UPOL: "Usernames are not allowed on Wikipedia and will be immediately blocked upon discovery if they:..

• "...are deliberately deceptive, confusing, misleading, unnecessarily long...
• "...imply the intent to troll, vandalize, disrupt, advertise, or spam Wikipedia...
• "...imply that you are not here to build an encyclopedia..."?

We already have indicators of "precrime" in effect. Perhaps you see this as no harm done yet, but I'm having some trouble understanding how I should anticipate an individual administrator's interpretation of this policy. Blue Riband► 11:33, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

I am. The report ended up dividing opinion. :-) Cabayi (talk) 10:30, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hello, you can just call me Betty Crocker if you'd like, it's my new nick and code name. :)

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Hello BettyCrocker321, you are new and probably not aware that Wikipedia has much higher standards for "Fair use" images. The Betty Crocker logo that you tried to use was labeled "Fair Use" but Wikipedia only allows corporate logos in articles about the corporation itself, see WP:LOGOS and WP:OVERUSE.

The image that you had uploaded to Betsy Ross flag has been removed by another editor so I can't see were you got it. Flicker has been a huge problem here because some editors had done a "Flicker wash" - copyrighted images were uploaded to a Flicker site before using them on Wikipedia.

There's a lot to learn about Wikipedia. Here is a tutorial link to help you get started: WP:I. Blue Riband► 11:52, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello Blue Riband,

The Betsy Ross flag photo that I uploaded was completely free, and I got it from either iStock or freeimages.com. I now know about why the Betty Crocker logo was being deleted. Thanks.

Yorus Truly,

BettyCrocker321 (talk) 18:32, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

I took a look at iStock and it mentions pricing. Freeimages.com mentions in their licensing that "you are granted a free, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable license to use the content subject to the terms and conditions of this license agreement." The problem here is that licensing that allow it to be used on Wikipedia are not free enough to meet Wikipedia's goals. The "non-transferable" term is the killer. Here's a long article on image use: WP:IMAGEPOL. Scroll down to " Fair-use/Non-free images".

Here's a page with sites that offer free images that conform with Wikipedia policy: Free image resources Blue Riband► 19:34, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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This IP address, 2601:986:8001:D870:C1C2:EA35:7F3A:FC41 and 2601:986:8001:D870:0:0:0:4860, needs to be blocked for vandalizing and distroting facts about Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! and for suspiciously being a sockpuppet with a similar IP address who previously vandalized the page in a similar way. 151.36.156.109 (talk) 00:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Do whatever you feel is the right thing to do. Blue Riband► 01:02, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Why have you restored the vandalized version?151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

I've restored it to the last stable version before ISP editors got into a conflict with each other. Blue Riband► 01:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

But he's/she's a vandal and a sockpuppet previously suspended.151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:19, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

If a vandal and sockpuppet is allowed back then they can edit unless they do something that causes them to get re-blocked. (You're new - how to you know who is a vandal and/or sockpuppet?)

If you keep reverting the article without discussion I'm going to report you for edit warring and/or disruptive editing. Please see my message about how to start a discussion on your talk page. Blue Riband► 01:24, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

But IP address, though anonymous, is almost the same, and the edit is almost the same.151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:27, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Enough. I'm not an administrator and have no power to block anybody. If you believe that Yorshie2356 had "vandalized" the article please start a discussion about your disagreement on the article talk page here: Talk:Hatsune_Miku:_Colorful_Stage!. Blue Riband► 01:30, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

I can't believe it, I CAN'T BELIEVE. IT'S ABSURD!151.36.156.109 (talk) 01:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Then go to the article talk page and outline specifically what you think is absurd. At Wikipedia we can't throw around accusations of vandalism and sockpuppetry without evidence and specifics. Article content is reached by discussion and consensus. I have no expertise in this genre but did have to intercept an earlier edit war in this article. You must discuss your disagreement in a clear and concise way with fellow editors who are familiar with this genre. Blue Riband► 01:40, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for welcoming to Wikipedia! I have recently just joined and have made around 10 edits already. I just wanted to say hi and that I hope you have a good day. See you another time. Riot33k (talk) 18:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

To the article Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs has now been added an inappropriate and non-neutral "racist" in the introduction: "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is a 1943 racist Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Bob Clampett." Could you do something about it and remove said word, please? 151.19.155.62 (talk) 10:30, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not censored. The "racist" insertion was made by User:Ser Amantio di Nicolao. Go to his/her talk page and tell that editor what you just told me. Or, you can start a new discussion on that article's talk page. The article is protected due so recent ISP vandalism but the Talk page is not. On Wikipedia we are expected to engage in discussions with editors when there is a dispute on content or a question of an edit following Wikipedia policy.

What you are doing is asking me to revert edits for you. You are the one who needs to open a discussion. Please review the policy on WP:NPOV to make sure you are on solid ground. Blue Riband► 12:17, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Ok — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.37.20.71 (talk) 14:01, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

FYI: I'm not the one that "inserted" the language, exactly. There's been an IP trying to override the article with preferred language, and I was undoing its edits, as they had been undone previously. And because someone (likely the same editor) has attempted to rope me into this exchange as well. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 17:12, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Yes, I was roped into a different article but with the same argument. As for your "inserting" the word "racist" I had only gone back to the last time the word appeared but didn't look back further. When I encounter heavy ISP warring I'm more inclined to revert back to the last stable version by an editor with some experience. That means some constructive edits in between can get lost but it's time consuming to pick through each one - that was especially true on a page that had over 100 edits in the previous 24 hours.

I told this ISP editor to take it up with you as you had appeared to be the one who added the term but I'll have to look further back. If this editor wants to contribute to Wikipedia he or she has to learn to begin talk page discussions so that a consensus can be reached. (I also have a past history with this editor that's not relevant here.)

What we have here is WP:POV pushing. There are some editors who strongly feel that an animator's intentions were deliberately racist with mean-spiritedness aforethought. Others look it within its historical time context when racial and ethnic stereotypes were rightly or wrongly not considered offensive. Personally I go with the later view unless we want purge a good portion of our film and literature catalogues because somebody found something that was not to their liking. I'll investigate more and see if further action is needed. You won't be pinged but if you change your mind and choose to join in the arguments - you know were to find them. Blue Riband► 20:03, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

@151.37.20.71, @151.19.155.62, and @151.36.156.109 - I'm seeing three different ISPs so I'm not sure if this is addressed to one or more people.

Though it's probably not your intention, what you are doing is edit warring by proxy. "Coal Black.." is protected and you are trying to recruit other editors to make a an edit that you want. In this case you are using the WP:NPOV agrument. I did a more through search regarding "Coal Black" and its description as "racist" goes back to at least 2006. So you will need to make your argument on the article talk page. Whether the word "racist" should be removed as a matter of NPOV or whether the word should stay because of overwhelming evidence that it is widely regarded as such is a matter for editorial consensus.

In Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! you told me that I had restored to a "vandalized" version done by "ISP socks of a banned user". None of those statements were true. You could not tell me how it was vandalized, who was the banned user, or which ISPs were the alleged socks. (As luck with have it a newly registered editor found your talk page comment and was very pleased to help you out.) Just as an editor who wants to add content to an article is obligated to provide sourcing, so too an editor who makes accusations of vandalism and sockpuppetry must provide specific evidence for those charges.

Unless and until you get an account, and I know who I'm having a discussion with, please don't contact me again. If you want to ISP edit go ahead and do so. But I've told you what you need to do. I'm not willing to proxy edit for you. Blue Riband► 20:52, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

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	For doing a great job tracking down promotional user pages and nominating them for CSD Spihncter (talk) 18:04, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

So we can't write articles about ourselves or people we personally know? Alrose1977 (talk) 19:10, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Alrose 1977. You are new to Wikipedia and probably don't yet know that Userpages are intended for editor to express their own interests in how they will contribute to Wikipedia. Some new editors take the term "Userpage" to an extreme and post an entire professional resume. (This is especially true of music artists.) Others post so much personal information that they unknowingly open themselves up to identify theft. Wikipedia discourages us from writing autobiographies or writing about anybody with whom we have a close personal or professional relationship. Because articles are supposed to be neutral in tone, it's often difficult for someone to be objective about those close to them.

For a guideline on what you can and cannot have on a Userpage please take a look at WP:USERPAGE.Blue Riband► 20:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

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Should be reversed to Deltaspace42 version ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 22:34, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

You can edit yourself, but explain why it should be reverted to the one last edited by Deltaspace42. I see some ISP edits - were those your while logged out? Blue Riband► 01:20, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

As an unrelated party to those IPs and socks, I am curious as to your reason to revert it back to 1109435324. That revision already suffered problem with respect to the unexplained removal of content that has been extensively discussed in the talk page (and was not otherwise overturned), with 1) no consensus to remove computer scandal; 2) consensus to insert homosexuality ban. The "award and recognition" is only those made to organization, not specifically to the subject of the article, meaning that the subject should not attempt to take credit alone for a collaborative efforts. --124.120.107.150 (talk) 05:06, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

I reverted back to a version before the most recent edit war, although in hindsight it probably should have been reverted back further than that. Personally I have no interest in this subject but did contact the most recent editors and encouraged them to discuss this on the article talk page, which is the way to handle content disagreements. You make excellent points but as yet nobody has started a new talk page discussion. Blue Riband► 12:47, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Can you help me write the Academic journal ?ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 03:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

I created my account because of 100000 baht reward from his daughter.But I am only a student studying to become good teacher .

I am writing the Academic journal about Finland education reform 1999 and 1995 Thailand education reform.That is the reason I came across the rewards.

Becausse you had more experience in Wikipedia do you know how to find the actual person , If so we could split the rewards.ทีมกฎหมาย (talk) 07:58, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't do proxy editing.

You also left messages on your own talk page in Thai. This is the English language Wikipedia and users are asked to communicate in English. Blue Riband► 11:25, 12 September 2022 (UTC)Blue Riband► 11:22, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

kindly lemme know why you want speedy deletion of my page. Dikazy Glitz (talk) 14:05, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

As mentioned in the pink box, I nominated it for deletion because it appeared to be promotional. You are new to Wikipedia and probably don't know that userpages are not intended to be personal biographies or professional resumes, nor are they meant to be personal websites. For details on what one can and cannot have on a Userpage please look at WP:USERPAGE.Blue Riband► 14:10, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

okay, great. Dikazy Glitz (talk) 14:17, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello Blue Riband. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of User:MoazRobo, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: G1 does not apply to the userspace. G3 is more applicable here. Thank you. BangJan1999 18:11, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

G3 is for vandalism and hoaxes? I didn't think either was deliberately intended by this editor. Blue Riband► 18:17, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Blue Riband, did you intend that the user page or this user be deleted? As it appears the user page has been speedily blanked, thus also dropping any tags placed there. (Also left this message at User_talk:Faisalishqbznd Group29 (talk) 18:04, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Please see my response at User_talk:Faisalishqbznd Blue Riband► 03:19, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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Dear Blue Riband/Archive 1,

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• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

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An article you recently created, Brooklyn Preparatory School (disambiguation), is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more 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. Boleyn (talk) 16:46, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

I've G7'd it. The other two schools with "Brooklyn and "Preparatory" in their names don't meet WP:GNG. One was a somewhat obscure early childhood daycare/preschool. The other is a charter secondary school and recent consensus feels that just being a seconday school - with no other widespread coverage - fails GNG. So without mention of those two institutions a disambiguation page won't be needed. Blue Riband► 20:10, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Heya, just wanted to drop you a quick note. If you see a page that needs to be deleted under WP:OSPOL, please consider using a neutral or non-obvious reason for deletion, especially if you are using a tool like Twinkle. This saves the reviewing oversighter from needing to suppress both the page, the edit summaries, the deletion log, and the user talk page of the user in question to remove the notice of why the page is being deleted (a neutral deletion reason will only require suppression of the edit(s) in question). As a small note, please don't use {{uw-selfinfo}} for notification since you are not an OSer and thus cannot actually do what that message says. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 07:25, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the alert as I wasn't aware of how many pages had to be supressed in situations like this. Twinkle doen't have a CSD category that specifically deals with self-disclosure of personal information. Going forward, I'll just give "too much pesonal information" as the reason without specifying what that information is. Blue Riband► 11:27, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

That works, ta. Primefac (talk) 12:58, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello Blue Riband. I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of User:Andrew J. Crowe, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. BangJan1999 02:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

This page seemed borderline Userpage/webhost but the flag for me was him posting an actual DOB indicating that he is only 15. Your call, as there is probably some admin leeway for interpretation in cases like this. Blue Riband► 02:23, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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• Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
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• The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
• In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.

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Thank you SunDawn. It was surprising that a major train station like this did not already have its own article. But it's been over 25 years since it was demolished and that makes it harder to find on-line sources. Thankfully the Historic American Buildings Survey had a good deal of information. Blue Riband► 20:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

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

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• Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
• Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
• A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

• The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration

• Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
• The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
• A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

• The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
• Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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• A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356)
• The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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

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• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

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• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

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• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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

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• Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
• As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

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• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

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• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

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Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news

• Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration

• Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Guideline and policy news

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

Arbitration

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

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Arbitration

• Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping.
• Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
• The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous

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

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

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

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Guideline and policy news

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

Technical news

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

Arbitration

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

Miscellaneous

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

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

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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

Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace Template:Tl tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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

Administrator changes

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Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (Template:Phab)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Template:Noping, Template:Noping

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which Template:Tq.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Template:Noping German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

Miscellaneous

• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. Template:Phab

Arbitration

• Template:Noping, Template:Noping and Template:Noping have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. Template:Noping and Template:Noping are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with Template:Tl. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping, Template:Noping.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Technical news

• Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. Template:Phab
• A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. Template:Phab

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
• A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
• A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

Technical news

• A new filter has been added to the [[#special:Nuke]] tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. Template:Phab
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the [[#special:Nuke]] tool. Template:Phab

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

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Miscellaneous

• Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.

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Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
• An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in Template:T. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

Miscellaneous

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Thank you so much for your additions to the article, and for help keeping it in good shape. I didn't write it originally, but I pushed it through the GA process years ago. It's been interesting to watch the subsequent developments. (To give you an idea, when I first started work on the article the route alternative hadn't been selected yet, and the route evaluation committee had only recently narrowed down the list to 4 alternatives. It went from 4 to 3 while I was in the GA nomination process). However, I have to ask about this [1]. Do you really believe the legal battles are over? Sadly the USA is littered with examples of well funded activists killing infrastructure projects using any minuscule law on the books they can find. I can only imagine the infrastructure this country could have if our infrastructure builders didn't have to spend years fighting every project in court. While the railroad builders won this battle, past experience tells me the war isn't over. Dave (talk) 16:18, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Dave. I had made the edit that there WAS a legal a challenge because the SCOTUS ruling was 8-0. How many rulings have zero dissent! I'm not an attorney but if a group wanted to launch a new challenge they would have to use an entirely new legal argument. And they would have to be well-funded bacause legal fees to take a case that far are not cheap. You may very well end up being right but at least for the foreseeable future the matter appears to be settled. We will soon see. It's a battle between those who support American oil production and those who want a 100% transition to wind and solar sources.Blue Riband► 18:53, 30 May 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

• A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
• An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with Template:Tl. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1Template:NbspJuly to 30Template:NbspSeptember. Sign up now!
• Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
• Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
  • South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as Template:Tq
  • The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.

Technical news

• Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. Template:Phab

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
• An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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