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Administrators' newsletter – January 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).
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[REDACTED] Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
- There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- At least 8 characters in length
- Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
- 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.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:38, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Thibodeau
Typo in my edit summary. I meant to reference WP:SPORTSTRANS. An anonymous "league source" is usually considered premature. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 01:25, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
Hungerford massacre
An IP edit warring against established editors on spelling would normally be semi-protection not full protection wouldn't it? -----Snowded 07:35, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
- That typically merits full protection or no protection per the protection policy, unless it's clear cut. We don't automatically side with people based on whether they have accounts or how long they've been editing. Enigma 22:18, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
Deletion of Envato Page
Hey there Enigmaman, I started the process of reviewing the deletion of Envato's page in Misplaced Pages. I had numerous discussions with people in the live chat as well sa read the comments included in the following page (https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Envato). I am unsure how to access the content of the page in order to build a better page. As far as I understand the issue was around notability of sources included.
On the other hand as far as I can see Envato is a globally operating business with 13 years history and I might be wrong but it seems that it's the worlds largest digital assets marketplace (?). I am confident that I have already found a large number of notable sources to add in their[REDACTED] page.
Anyway to access their previously built page?
Kind Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tolkinas (talk • contribs) 02:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Issues with reverts on Ralph_Northam
Are you having similar issues as I am with a specific editor reverting spelling corrections made to the above-mentioned article? airuditious (talk) 20:34, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
- I see what you mean but hopefully the editor will stop now. Enigma 02:31, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
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 Misplaced Pages: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.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
Locking Raiders-based articles
Would it also be a good idea to lock Oracle Park, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, and 2019 Oakland Raiders season for the same reason as locking Oakland Raiders? Seems like those are also getting hit with the WP:RSBREAKING edits. Yosemiter (talk) 16:35, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
- OK. I did the Raiders because I was responding to a request at RfPP. Doing others now. Enigma 16:56, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
- While I agree these pages should be protected, I don’t know about them all being admin only. I don’t think there’s enough edits on any of these pages to really justify that high of a protection level.--Rockchalk717 00:08, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
- One of the people making the problematic edits was extended confirmed. The alternative to full protection would be blocking the extended confirmed accounts doing it. This causes less problems and they're not protected for long. Enigma 03:34, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
- Gotcha, appreciate the explanation.--Rockchalk717 07:49, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
- One of the people making the problematic edits was extended confirmed. The alternative to full protection would be blocking the extended confirmed accounts doing it. This causes less problems and they're not protected for long. Enigma 03:34, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
- While I agree these pages should be protected, I don’t know about them all being admin only. I don’t think there’s enough edits on any of these pages to really justify that high of a protection level.--Rockchalk717 00:08, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Declined page protection request
Hi, in light of this recent decline for page protection, I wonder if I could ask you for some advice on what to do about the situation.
These two pages, and a number of others, have been the subject of a slow edit war for a number of months. Two blocked sockmasters seem to have firm but differing views on what the IPA pronunciation symbols for the names should be, and have been periodically reverting each other (and anyone else who changes/removes their additions), each time under a new IP address or account. SPIs have been raised, multiple accounts have been blocked (see the page histories - all of the recent contributions on both pages come either from a sock of Ragaricus or ZenZung, or someone reverting them) but the (occasional) disruption continues. I appreciate that it's only once every couple of weeks, but time is being wasted reverting, chasing up and blocking socks etc - if page protection isn't warranted, is there anything else you can suggest? Pinging @Horst Hof:, who filed the request and has been discussing this with me. Cheers GirthSummit (blether) 19:55, 11 February 2019 (UTC)
- I can't protect a page that hardly receives any edits at all. Stefano has had 4 edits this year. Ditto for Matteo. Enigma 02:25, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hi - I get that, I wondered if there is anything else that you can suggest - or is it just something that we have to put up with? GirthSummit (blether) 08:54, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
- I don't think pending changes would be appropriate. Maybe a range block if we could figure out the range? Enigma 18:20, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
- Hi - I get that, I wondered if there is anything else that you can suggest - or is it just something that we have to put up with? GirthSummit (blether) 08:54, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Audrey Geisel
Hi. Can you tell me which speedy deletion criteria you used to delete Audrey Geisel? Best wishes, Barkeep49 (talk) 20:23, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
- I saw that you restored the page. Thanks for that. Can you restore the talk page as well? Best wishes, Barkeep49 (talk) 23:34, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
- There's nothing to restore unless you want me to restore an incorrect template which states she is a living person. That was the only content on the talk. Enigma 03:15, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- I believe you were pinged there but for clarity I thought I would link you to this discussion where a response would be helpful. Best wishes, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:26, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- The confusion stems from the article (redirect) page not being fully restored (with latest edit) when it was restored. Then it was complicated by my adding an edit that had been missed, and further compounded by a couple more edits being restored. —В²C ☎ 15:41, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
- I believe you were pinged there but for clarity I thought I would link you to this discussion where a response would be helpful. Best wishes, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:26, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
- There's nothing to restore unless you want me to restore an incorrect template which states she is a living person. That was the only content on the talk. Enigma 03:15, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro President Dispute Edit
Hello Enigmaman,
This is AlmostValDay1996, a contributor to Misplaced Pages. I have happened to stumble upon the Misplaced Pages page for Brazil and I happened to notice that there was a dispute regarding the presidential status of Jair Bolsonaro. I checked the source to see where the person that put his presidential status as disputed and it was an article about a Brazilian actor who proclaims to be Brazil's president. However, this is completely unofficial as the sources say that he proclaims to be president, but there are no other sources nor any news about José de Abreu being recognized worldwide as Brazil's current president. Please check the below sources that I found regarding the dispute to make sure if José de Abreu is receiving recognition as Brazil's president or it is just a claim that José de Abreu created himself. Thank you for your time and have a nice night.
Sincerely, AlmostValDay1996
Sources:
https://f5.folha.uol.com.br/celebridades/2019/02/jose-de-abreu-se-proclama-presidente-do-brasil-e-diz-que-se-inspira-em-guaido-na-venezuela.shtml
http://www.cearamirimlivre.com/2019/02/bomba-ze-de-abreu-e-presidente-do-brasil.html
https://rd1.com.br/jose-de-abreu-se-autoproclama-presidente-do-brasil-e-provoca-bolsonaro/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlmostValDay1996 (talk • contribs) 06:23, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).
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Guideline and policy news
- The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
- Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Misplaced Pages 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-wp
wikipedia.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.
- paid-en-wp
- 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).
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:12, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
Katie
She did edit yesterday. And she granted me EFH the day before. But mostly she's off-wiki - User:Cabayi/Clerking. Cabayi (talk) 16:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
- Procedure is to ask the protecting admin first unless they're clearly inactive (like if they haven't edited in months). Enigma 16:43, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
- OK. Thanks for clarifying, Cabayi (talk) 16:54, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).
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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.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:57, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
Heads up
You just replied to a nine and a half year old talk page post and blocked someone because of it. The Ozzy Mandias (talk) 22:43, 8 April 2019 (UTC)