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Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2020).
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Guideline and policy news
- Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection
any article on a beauty pageant, or biography of a person known as a beauty pageant contestant, which has been edited by a sockpuppet account or logged-out sockpuppet
, to be logged at WP:GS/PAGEANT.
- Community sanctions now authorize administrators to place under indefinite semiprotection
Technical news
- Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
- Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
- Sysops will be able to use Special:CreateLocalAccount to create a local account for a global user that is prevented from auto-creation locally (such as by a filter or range block). Administrators that are not sure if such a creation is appropriate should contact a checkuser.
Arbitration
- The 2020 Arbitration Committee Elections process has begun. Eligible editors will be able to nominate themselves as candidates from November 8 through November 17. The voting period will run from November 23 through December 6.
- The Anti-harassment RfC has concluded with a summary of the feedback provided.
Miscellaneous
- A reminder that
standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people.
(American Politics 2 Arbitration case).
- A reminder that
I have unreviewed a page you curated
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(Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
Jessamyn (talk) 02:59, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
- Hi, still Jessamyn. This was an error based on me learning to use the tool. Apologies for the intrusion. Jessamyn (talk) 16:56, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
Just Curious
Why do you think so many editors use a "-" instead of a "." in the frequency of the branding in the infobox? Sometimes there is a dash and that's fine, but when the logo clearly shows a "." it just doesn't make sense to me that some people would put a dash. user:Rudy2alan (talk)
- Yeah, can't say. Seems like it ought to match whatever's in the logo. Mlaffs (talk) 15:07, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
When you have time, would you look over, add to or change anything in this new draft? Thanks! user:Rudy2alan (talk)
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Could you take a look at this draft and add anything you think is appropriate? Thanks! user:Rudy2alan (talk)