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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirateSchwede66K6kaEaldgythFerretCyberpower678Mz7PrimefacDodger67
BriangottsJeremyABU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
  • Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
  • The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

Obituaries

  • JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

174.126.145.186

I "block conflicted" with you on this IP. Feel free to reverse mine if you feel my duration was too harsh. -- ferret (talk) 23:55, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ferret: Apparently "block conflict" is a word now (Should write WP:Block conflict someday). </joke> I don't mind, actually; one month will keep the user at bay long enough for them to get a new hobby. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 23:57, 2 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thank you! You can hold me to that promise at WP:Rename too! *thumbs up* - Happy editing

Craig (talk) 03:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Username advice

Hi, I have a question regarding a similar username and don't really know much about username policy so thought I would ask here for some advice as I saw you edit the UAA page. I noticed Kosack1 appear today and wondered if there is any action that can be taken for this username? The user has made two edits, one of which was to Buzz Aldrin, which was reverted, a page I have reverted some vandalism on in the last few weeks (not sure if it's related). Thanks. Kosack (talk) 13:20, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kosack: I've indeffed the user for attempted impersonation given their vandalism; they may have known you through your reverts on the Buzz Aldrin article. Some form of attempted impersonation did occur to me back in the days when I was still an immature but prolific and engaged vandal fighter in 2014... see this ANI thread for details. I was advised to just leave a note at UAA explaining the impersonation; if it's blatantly obvious that they're trying to mock you, I'm sure it'll be blocked right away. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 14:44, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks very much for your help. Kosack (talk) 15:01, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2017)

A high school in Malaysia
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Secondary school

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New language

I live in Canada but I'm a member of small national minority from Serbia and Croatia in Europe called Rusnaci (Rusyns, Ruthenians).

Our language is Slavic, but pretty different from other Rusyn variants of language. Linguists made special name for my nativa language: južnorusinski language (or: južnoruski language). My first logical duty could be to put my native language to the group of languages (left, bottom with title "Languages" ) and after that start with /Main_Page in južnorusinski language where I can put a lot of info and materials about:

južnorusinski language

južnorusinski literature (poetry, novel, short story)

 -"-  mass media ( newspapers, magazines, annual books;  TV, Radio, Internet websites...)
 -"-   education: preschool, school, high school, Department of južnorusinski language and literature at University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  -"- GCI church (Greek Catholic church) - religious life
 -"-   Theater 
      Topographical use of južnorusinski language etc

I need /Main_page to open for start.

Can you help mi to do this? With advice, or tell me where I can find instruction how I can register a NEW language on Wikipedia G. Koljesar 02:38, 6 February 2017 (UTC)Keresturec — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keresturec (talkcontribs)

Hi Keresturec. New language wikis are handled over at Meta; see this page on how to propose a new language wiki. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 02:54, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 February 2017

19:45, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

GettyResearchInstitute

Hi k6ka. I just wanted to let you know that I'm impressed with how you handled User talk:GettyResearchInstitute by using discussion rather than a block. I think this is a model of how username policy violations from good-faith editors should be handled. Mz7 (talk) 22:37, 10 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2017)

The Sun and planets of the Solar System (distances not to scale) are examples of astronomical objects.
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Astronomical object

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18:06, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

09:40, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2017)

Växjö surrounded by lakes, as seen from an airplane
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Växjö

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Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Guild of Copy Editors February 2017 News

Hello everyone, and welcome to the February 2017 GOCE newsletter. The Guild has been busy since the last time your coordinators sent out a newsletter!

December blitz: This one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 11 through 17 December; the themes were Requests and eliminating the November 2015 backlog. Of the 14 editors who signed up, nine editors completed 29 articles. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all who took part.

January drive: The January drive was a great success. We set out to remove December 2015 and January and February 2016 from our backlog (195 articles), and by 22 January we had cleared those and had to add a third month (March 2016). At the end of the month we had almost cleared out that last month as well, for a total of 180 old articles removed from the backlog! We reduced our overall backlog by 337 articles, to a low of 1,465 articles, our second-lowest month-end total ever. We also handled all of the remaining requests from December 2016. Officially, 19 editors recorded 337 copy edits (over 679,000 words).

February blitz: The one-week February blitz, focusing on the remaining March 2016 backlog and January 2017 requests, ran from 12 to 18 February. Seven editors reduced the total in those two backlog segments from 32 to 10 articles, leaving us in good shape going in to the March drive.

Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: In December, coordinators for the first half of 2017 were elected. Jonesey95 stepped aside as lead coordinator, remaining as coordinator and allowing Miniapolis to be the lead, and Tdslk and Corinne returned as coordinators. Thanks to all who participated!

Speaking of coordinators, congratulations to Jonesey95 on their well-deserved induction into the Guild of Copy Editors Hall of Fame. The plaque reads: "For dedicated service as lead coordinator (2014, 1 July – 31 December 2015 and all of 2016) and coordinator (1 January – 30 June 2015 and 1 January – 30 June 2017); exceptional template-creation work (considerably streamlining project administration), and their emphasis on keeping the GOCE a drama-free zone."

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19:25, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2017)

Parallel goods traders queuing outside Sheung Shui Station in Hong Kong
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Grey market

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On this day, 7 years ago...

Hey, K6ka. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
Mz7 (talk) 04:22, 27 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

19:55, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2017