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Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
- Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
- There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.
Regarding the CVUA
Hi Puddleglum, I'm asking if I can become a CVUA trainer. I think I've gained enough experience to become a trainer. I've been taking it easy the past month, but now I'll be spending more time here. It's fine if you'll say no, no worries. Thanks, Thanoscar21talk, contribs 22:26, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21, hi, thanks for reaching out! I remember being eager to become a trainer after I graduated, so I just have a couple bits of advice for you.
- Take it a bit slow. It shows well that you came here before adding yourself, but remember that we're really in no big hurry. Being slow and cautious is better than fast and making lots of mistakes, it helps build good experience.
- Speaking of experience, it's a good thing! Even though you only have a thousand less edits than I, the longer you're here, the more you'll see, and that helps when helping others.
- Get some specific experience, like helping out at the Teahouse. Even though it isn't CV specific, answering questions there is still a good way to learn how to help
- Anyway, that's all I really have. Bottom line: I'd wait two more months at least, just gaining experience, getting into the situations you're going to be teaching students about, and just getting around looking at things. Teaching isn't just putting stuff up and then looking at the answers manual when grading, it's going through you're students contribs, helping them out as needed, elaborating at hard points, and just knowing how to do stuff. This isn't to say you're inexperienced, just not quite to the level I personally would like to see in a CVUA trainer. Does this make any sense? I mean everything as simply critical advice, not anything personal. I'm glad you're so eager, we always need more help! Cheers, -- puddleglum2.0 21:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- Puddleglum2.0, yep, got it! I'll come back maybe around the new year. Thanks! Thanoscar21talk, contribs 21:35, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thanoscar21, that should be plenty of time, you'll be great then! Thanks again for your enthusiasm! All the best, -- puddleglum2.0 21:37, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
- Puddleglum2.0, yep, got it! I'll come back maybe around the new year. Thanks! Thanoscar21talk, contribs 21:35, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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CVU Academy work Comment
HI Puddleglum2.0 hope you are doing well. I finished my first assignment in the CVUA a few weeks ago, and wrote the answers in my CVUA page. You mentioned you were busy and it would take some time to grade them, but I just wanted to touch base with you in case you haven't had a chance to see it. Thanks! Alan Islas (talk) 13:09, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
- Alan Islas, oh sorry, actually in order for your ping to go through on the page, you have too sign the post, because you didn't, I didn't get the ping so didn't see it. answering now. Thanks for bringing this up! Cheers -- puddleglum2.0 23:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
- Puddleglum2.0, no worries, that was my fault for forgetting to sign. Thanks for reviewing, will continue to work on the next set of questions. Regards, --Alan Islas (talk) 04:32, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
July 2020 GOCE drive bling
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The Minor Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to Puddleglum2.0 for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2020 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Tdslk (talk) 18:15, 9 August 2020 (UTC) |
Hi Puddleglum, you accepted the c/e request for this article on 7 August but haven't yet made any edits to it; please can you let us know your intentions? Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:08, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
- Baffle gab1978, sorry, my computer broke and then before I was able to fix it I went on a vacation with family. I should be a bit more able to do stuff now though. Apologies for the delay. -- puddleglum2.0 14:32, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- No worries; thanks for your reply. I was hoping it was something like that... I'm glad you managed to enjoy a family break in these uncertain times. :) Cheers, Baffle☿gab 21:38, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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CVU Academy work:User: Warning and reporting Comment
Hi Puddleglum, I added answer to the Warning and reporting stage of my CVUA traning. No rush, just to let you know in case you didn't receive the ping. Thanks! Alan Islas (talk) 13:04, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
- Alan Islas, hi, see above section for why I couldn't grade. I'll get to that ASAP. Cheers! -- puddleglum2.0 14:33, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
- Puddleglum2.0, no worries, hope you had a very good vacation. Thanks! --Alan Islas (talk) 12:19, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for comment
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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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WikiCup 2020 September newsletter
The fourth round of the competition has finished, with 865 points being required to qualify for the final round, nearly twice as many points as last year. It was a hotly competitive round with two contestants with 598 and 605 points being eliminated, and all but two of the contestants who reached the final round having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were
Bloom6132, with 1478 points gained mainly from 5 featured lists, 12 DYKs and 63 in the news items;
HaEr48 with 1318 points gained mainly from 2 featured articles, 5 good articles and 8 DYKs;
Lee Vilenski with 1201 points mainly gained from 2 featured articles and 10 good articles.
Between them, contestants achieved 14 featured articles, 14 featured lists, 2 featured pictures, 87 good articles, 90 DYK entries, 75 ITN entries, 95 featured article candidate reviews and 81 good article reviews. Congratulations to all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.
Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk), Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:52, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
- A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors
must
orshould
use the articles for creation process. - A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
- An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission.
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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hey, i have decided to leave the academy, so if you can remove my name, that will be great, i leave with good intentions. thank you for helping me, and goodbye. New3400 (talk) 14:01, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter
Guild of Copy Editors September 2020 Newsletter
  Hello and welcome to the September GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since June 2020. Current and upcoming events
September Drive: Our current backlog-elimination drive is open until 23:59 on 30 September (UTC) and is open to all copy editors. Sign up today! Election reminder: our end-of-year Election of Coordinators opens for nominations on 1 December. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term and are elected on an approval basis. Self-nominations are welcome. If you've thought of helping out at the Guild, or know of another editor who would make a good coordinator, please consider standing for election or nominating them here. Drive and Blitz reports
June Blitz: An uncorrected typo (even copy editors make copy editing mistakes!) led to an eight-day "leap blitz" from 14 to 21 June, focusing on requests and articles tagged in May. 19 participating editors claimed 54 copy edits. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here. August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Other news
June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated! Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above). Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Jonesey95, Baffle gab1978, Puddleglum2.0, Tdslk and Twofingered Typist. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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note re article
hi. what happened to that article, that we were discussing a while back? did that ever get written? just curious. please ping me if you reply. thanks! --Sm8900 (talk) 19:22, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2020).
Administrator changes
Ajpolino • LuK3
Jackmcbarn
Ad Orientem • Harej • Lid • Lomn • Mentoz86 • Oliver Pereira • XJaM
There'sNoTime → TheresNoTime
Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely
1) if the result of a deletion discussion is to draftify; or 2) if the article is newly created
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- A request for comment found consensus that incubation as an alternative to deletion should generally only be recommended when draftification is appropriate, namely
Technical news
- The filter log now provides links to view diffs of deleted revisions (phab:T261630).
Arbitration
- The 2020 CheckUser and Oversight appointment process has begun. The community consultation period will take place from September 27th to October 7th.
- Following a request for comment, sitting Committee members may not serve on either the Ombuds Commission or the WMF Case Review Committee. The Arbitration Committee passed a motion implementing those results into their procedures.
Miscellaneous
- The Universal Code of Conduct draft is open for community review and comment until October 6th, 2020.
- Office actions may now be appealed to the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee.
Feedback requests from the Feedback Request Service
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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Feedback request: Geography and places Good Article nomination
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