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November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello Mdaniels5757:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 2300 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Ranjanshruti770

Just as a note, I've blocked Ranjanshruti770, an account you created, as a likely sockpuppet of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Omkrishnajena. Izno ( talk) 05:52, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Izno OK, thanks for letting me know. You might want to look at the IP in the ACC request (#337694) (or have someone else do so) to ensure it is blocked in a way that will require CU approval on ACC if you desire that. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 14:19, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
Resolved via Discord. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 19:21, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 6 November 2023

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

Administrator changes

added 0xDeadbeef
readded Tamzin
removed Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

added Pppery
removed

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD 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


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Podcast transcription

Hi, I was wondering if offhand you knew of a service that could provide a transcript of a podcast, specifically this one.-- Laun chba ller 15:06, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Launchballer No, sorry. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 15:18, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
( talk page stalker) Podcasters I listen to swear by https://www.descript.com/Jonesey95 ( talk) 19:18, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 November 2023

Move closure for Nahal Oz Massacre

Hi Mdaniel. Would you mind providing more insight on why you closed this merge request as "merge"? Thanks. Ayenaee ( talk) 04:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Ayenaee Of course. I closed the move request as "move" because I believe that the consensus was that (1) the prior name was a WP:POVNAME and (2) it wasn't the WP:COMMONNAME anyways. I found the comment of Vice regent (the only !vote after another page mover noted that "consensus is leaning towards a move") especially persuasive. The only comment I believed deserved substantial weight that was in favor of keeping the article at the "massacre" title was Longhornsg's, but I found that it was effectively rebutted and outweighed by the other comments in favor of moving. (I note that, per WP:PIA, I disregarded Odin818's comment, although it wouldn't have made a difference to the result). I hope this answers your question; please feel free to reply with any follow-up questions. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 17:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for your response. Nothing else you’ve been comprehensive. I’m new to these kind of debates and understanding how you apply your mind to the closure is helpful. Ayenaee ( talk) 07:10, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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

CheckUser changes

removed

Oversight changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

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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Books & Bytes – Issue 59

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

  • Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
  • Tech tip: Library access methods

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The Signpost: 4 December 2023

Your reversion on Forge FC

I thought I reverted what appeared to be vandalism, and you reverted my reversion here? Could you kindly explain why you reverted it? Thanks. – 64andtim ( talk) 19:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@ 64andtim I meant to revert the same thing you reverted, your revert was correct. Perhaps the new page loaded in Huggle and I didn't notice? In any event: sorry, my bad! — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 19:56, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

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@ Seawolf35 Got it! I've forwarded it to people who can help. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 20:54, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

ACC for re-incarnatation of indef'ed spammer

I don't know anything about the ACC process or back-end queue, but Premkumarp9741 that you created is Mahalakshmischeme9741 that I had blocked recently. That new account immediately resumed the same spam behavior too:( Any hint about what their need for ACC (rather than self-creation) was, like an autoblock resulting from my block of the older account? DMacks ( talk) 08:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@ DMacks It was likely either a block on their IPv6 address (which we can't see) or an autoblock that required them to use ACC. I've escalated this to a CheckUser to look into the accounts. This is also somewhat my fault: although there were no blocks visible, there was something that in hindsight should have raised my suspicions about the request (sorry for being vague, confidentiality). Thanks for letting me know. Best, — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 15:52, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
Sounds like a good path forward. It's one of several "scheme"-related spam targets. Feel free to ping me if there's an open SPI, or ask CU to contact me. DMacks ( talk) 18:39, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Mdaniels5757! I'm currently on the lookout for editors who could make good use of the admin toolset. You seem like an obvious candidate from an initial look at your contribs! I see that back in 2020 you noted wanting to do a bit more content creation before running - did you get around to this? I'm not sure it would necessarily be a blocker given the volume of anti-vandalism work you're doing but I'd be happy to chat further if you're interested. Sam Walton ( talk) 23:39, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Samwalton9 Wow, thanks! No, I haven't. I'll be busy for a few days, but I'll reach out soon! — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 02:49, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
Sure, no worries, just let me know and I can get started on creating a venue for us to discuss further. Sam Walton ( talk) 10:16, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

My mistake at EFFPR

Forgive me for making such a mistake at EFFPR that either I have done such recklessness or I didn't even understand EFFPR's purpose if at all, and I do understand your opposition at the EFN on my self-nomination, but that's because sometimes there may be some kind of backlog of reports that go unanswered for days that require an EFH or an EFM.

I'll promise not to repeat those mistakes at all again. – 64andtim ( talk) 21:17, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive

New Page Patrol | January 2024 Articles Backlog Drive
  • On 1 January 2024, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.
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The Signpost: 24 December 2023

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23

Why did you revert my edit to the 14th amendment page? CO did not "succeed" in keeping him off the ballot. the next line says they added him back. And hearing from the SC is neutral. "Seeking relief" is biased. Your edit is clearly biased. I'm neutralizing it. Please undo your revert. Magnus1313 ( talk) 20:03, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Magnus1313 I will respond on Talk:Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution shortly. — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 20:05, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

Arbitration

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The Signpost: 10 January 2024

Books & Bytes – Issue 60

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

  • Three new partners
  • Google Scholar integration
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Deletion and move request on wikimedia commons

Could you please delete this redirect " File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg", and move " File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg" to "File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg", thank you. ColorfulSmoke ( talk) 15:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 January 2024

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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

CheckUser changes

removed Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

removed

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. ( T326065)

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


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Property Vandalism: Misattribution of Music Genre Origin on Wikipedia

Hi Wiki Administrator,

Kindly please assist, I am reaching out to report a critical issue concerning the accuracy of information on Wikipedia, specifically regarding the origin of a music genre. My recent registration on Wikipedia was prompted by the discovery of false information attributing the origin of a music genre established in South Africa to Nigeria, as claimed by a registered user.

Upon reviewing the Wikipedia page on [the genre ' Amapiano'], I was troubled to find that the origin of the music genre was inaccurately represented, falsely labeled as originating from Nigeria. As someone familiar with the history and cultural significance of the genre, which was established in South Africa, I am deeply concerned about the implications of this error and the potential dissemination of misinformation to readers.

To rectify this issue, I am kindly requesting that the misattribution of the music genre's origin be thoroughly reviewed and corrected to accurately reflect its establishment in South Africa.

I am available to provide further clarification or assistance if needed. EncyclopediaEureka ( talk) 23:58, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 February 2024

MDanielsBot

Hello Mdaniels5757, I hope you are doing well. I just wanted to inform you that MDanielsBot has not updated the markadmins data at User:MDanielsBot/markAdmins-Data.js for the last 25 days. Maybe it needs fixing. Thanks. DreamRimmer ( talk) 08:54, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

@ DreamRimmer Thanks for letting me know. It's fixed now. Sorry for the delay! — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 20:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! – DreamRimmer ( talk) 04:11, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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User:Prodraxis submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I would like to nominate Mdaniels5757 for Editor of the Week for their tireless back-end work. They work at WP:ACC a lot of times, doing the thankless task of creating accounts for users who wish to create an account but can not due to underlying IP blocks. They also operate MDanielsBot, which helps clear stale AIV reports and does many other tasks useful for maintaining Wikipedia. Additionally, they work on responding to edit filter false positive reports. Their technical skills have been a great benefit to Wikipedia and to its editors.

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> Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 16:23, 10 February 2024

  • @ Buster7 and Prodraxis: Aww, thank you so much! (And sorry for dropping off the face of the earth for the last month -- real life got busy for a bit!) — Mdaniels5757 ( talk •  contribs) 20:44, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
Have a view at my profile. Countrymaster ( talk) 14:22, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. ( T353388)

Miscellaneous


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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

Books & Bytes – Issue 61

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

  • Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
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The Signpost: 29 March 2024

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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

Administrator changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. ( T313405)

Arbitration

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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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024

Hello Mdaniels5757,

New Page Review queue January to March 2024

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.

Reminders:

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