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Hello Red-tailed hawk,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

Suggestions:

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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and 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 and within 24 hours of the end of the final. 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 ( talk), and Cwmhiraeth ( talk)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " School of Cork".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:42, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Wow, what a mouthful. Perhaps you could condense that to something shorter...? jp× g 🗯️ 10:22, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Nice hint, one way or another I will get you to adminship. We could always start WP:RFANOM Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 21:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

+1 Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:19, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.) Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. Just wanted to say that you have one of the best user pages here. The photo is fantastic. I've had hawks land by me when in the woods, but your page is better than the real thing. With the barnstars underneath ... truly an A+ page. Thanks again for the revert earlier, at least the vandal got me to see something nice today. Stay well. Bringingthewood ( talk) 23:36, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! All credit for the hawk goes to Rhododendrites, whose photographs and other contributions to Wikimedia projects I am deeply grateful for. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:25, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Tellus (app), a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot ( talk) 00:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, can you check what you want rev-del applied to on Raja Rao. I think you've removed the wrong section and left all the text about The cat and Shakespeare which appears to be a copyvio of https://www.indianetzone.com/16/the_cat_shakespeare_raja_rao.htm while removing the section on Kanthapura. Nthep ( talk) 16:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Nthep: Fixed. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 17:27, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

I performed the WP:RD1 deletion of two revisions as noted. Can you please check if this was correctly done? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 17:54, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi EdJohnston!

Thank you for performing the RD1. Because of my mistake, the offending wikitext remained in these three edits. Can you revdel them as well?

— Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 18:59, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Nthep ( talk) 19:38, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " Amy DeGise".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " Grand Theft Auto: Salil al-Sawarim".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " Tellus".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit 23:32, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for sorting out the recent copy violations on the Iznik pottery page. - Aa77zz ( talk) 10:43, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

MrLinkinPark333 ( talk) 02:42, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. ― Buster7  ☎

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:20, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for being so generous and kind to my student, who is really trying her best on her Wiki entries despite the past mistakes. Your encouragement and help has made a big difference for a new editor who is really passionate about adding to Wikipedia. Thanks again. EtruscanMayhem ( talk) 17:45, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for your kind words and for leaving this note; I'm happy to see that the student has taken this well. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:34, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

For your current activity at Copy Patrol. S Philbrick (Talk) 14:17, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

My pleasure! :) — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 00:57, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Hey Red-tailed hawk, I noticed your comment here. [1] I suspect that these instances of copyright violations may be connected to this blocked user [2] Pinging Diannaa - LouisAragon ( talk) 21:48, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I've restored a cv-unsure template to the article so that the note on the talk page can be discussed. I'm a bit loath to slap a {{ copyvio}} tag and send to Copyproblems with out a more definitive look, since I can't myself look at the book sources. I was unaware of the historical Georgian copyvio problem; thank you for making the connection and pinging someone who's much more likely to know than me. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 21:55, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there. I don't remember this user. He did not have any edits to this particular article. — Diannaa ( talk) 22:30, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

While not specifically targeting this particular article, he [Georgiano] has edited numerous similar articles. The likelihood of someone disseminating copyright violations in articles related to the Medieval era of a relatively unknown country with a population of four million is rather low (based on my experience). Moreover, I believe that only Georgiano has been responsible for the dissemination of Georgia-related copyright violations to this extent. - LouisAragon ( talk) 16:02, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, Red-tailed hawk! Wishing you Season's Greetings and a Happy Winter Solstice! As the year comes to a close, I want to express my appreciation for your dedicated efforts on Wikipedia and extend heartfelt thanks for your assistance throughout the years. May the holiday season bring you and your loved ones abundant joy, good health, and prosperity.

RV ( talk) 10:07, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs · email), and Frostly ( talk · contribs · email). Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Hey, just a heads up, I recall it being discussed on one of the RFAs recently (can't remember which one exactly) that it is technically a violation of WP:INVOLVED for you to block accounts that are impersonating you. Taking Out The Trash ( talk) 19:01, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Huh. I had consulted off-wiki with a few folks, and they had seemed to indicate that it was A-OK to go ahead and block them in straightforward cases. If the consensus is that it's WP:INVOLVED to block those accounts, and also that I should avoid doing that, I'll avoid doing so going forward. Would you be willing to send a link to that RfA discussion, when you get the chance? — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 19:04, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) I'd say this is a case of: In straightforward cases (e.g., blatant vandalism), the community has historically endorsed the obvious action of any administrator – even if involved – on the basis that any reasonable administrator would have probably come to the same conclusion. Nobody ( talk) 19:10, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Found it now, it was Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hey man im josh Q10 with follow up discussion at User talk:Hey man im josh/Archive 10#Suggestion. Taking Out The Trash ( talk) 19:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Ok. I've opened up an XRV thread, since I'm getting conflicting feedback here. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 20:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

For the sake of those looking at this in an archive, the XRV thread closed with an endorsement of the blocks. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 18:17, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Could you consider dropping by Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Igor Mangushev and addressing some of the issues raised? My apologies for how long this review has taken, but trying to get it moving. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:57, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I had forgotten entirely about this review (Upon reading your message, I initially had thought this was the first time I had heard about it, but after checking my email it looks like I got a ping in July about it). I can try to take a look at some point over the next week, though I will admit that I am an absolute novice as it pertains to A-class reviews. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 20:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Hawkeye7: I've looked over the item. I broadly agree that there is an issue with comprehensiveness in the article; I think the article is broad in coverage, but I don't think it's quite comprehensive (surely, there has to be some Russian-language coverage of his childhood or life prior to turning 23 somewhere), so honestly I don't think the article is going to be up to A-class standards without additional research and substance in the article. I'm also not quite able to remedy this—my Russian-language skills are limited to doing things like saying "hi"—so I don't think I'm quite going to be able to get the article over the A-class hump. I'll note that I haven't really been actively involved in maintaining the article since February/March; I played no part in the GA review process, and CT55555 alone deserves the credit for getting the article up to GA quality from B/C-class. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 00:51, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

That's okay. I did not know who did what so I asked you both. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

	Some champagne for you!
	Here's to a new admin! I hope you have a very happy new year and I can't wait to see what you do with the mop. ❤History Theorist❤ 01:47, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I am so proud of you! Scorpions1325 ( talk) 01:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

You did it! Good luck in the future, and again, I love that photo! Stay well. Bringingthewood ( talk) 02:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I've now given you your mop. Your armchair is the one nearest the bins. You are expected to make the tea and take out the garbage until the next new admin comes along. SilkTork ( talk) 03:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to offer my congratulations on your successful RfA. I've seen you around helping out on copyright-related areas and am hopeful to continue to see ya, this time taking administrative actions! :) ~ Tails Wx 03:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you!! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Adding my congratulations here too! Copyright admins are very appreciated. CMD ( talk) 03:18, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Congrats on your RFA. -- Whpq ( talk) 04:03, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:40, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

	Here's your brand-new admins' crappy T-shirt
	Congrats on that RfA! Wish you the best of luck with your new tools :) Prodraxis ( talk) 04:44, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 04:44, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Red-tailed hawk, if you'd like, I'd nominate you for a gift t-shirt at Wikimedia Merchandise. ─ The Aafī (talk) 20:00, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Which gift t-shirt? The admin one or the normal editor one? Kidding of course. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (he|she|they) 21:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

haha, I wear this one and it is nice. ─ The Aafī (talk) 17:00, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Many congratulations on your successful RfA. Now you may take a short break (if you can) and then come back full force. Anyways, I guess Robertsky will be here soon with the baton. Happy editing and see ya around! Volten001 ^☎ 05:18, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:18, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations! – DreamRimmer ( talk) 05:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

You passed with flying colors! Thanks for volunteering, and please keep doing the great work that you do. —  Newslinger  talk 06:25, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

	The admin baton
	Congratulations on being the newest minted admin of enwiki. – robertsky ( talk) 08:59, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:49, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Tea. Minty, or lemon. Raspberry if neither of those are your thing. That must have been stressful. Any of these will help, though, and be pleasant considering the time of year. Share a glass? – ♠Vamí _IV†♠ 10:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA! XtraJovial ( talk • contribs) 15:05, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:49, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Glad to see your RfA was successful. It was obviously going to pass, but I don't think you deserved as many opposes as you got. Take a cookie :)

-- Ferien ( talk) 15:34, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:49, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Belated congratulations. Best wishes. Donner60 ( talk) 00:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

	The axe of responsibility
	Shiny new tools might be used to mete out justice, mercy or a dose of reality. Let us commit to not losing our cool when using them. Our only armor is the entire community's trust. We wear it for each other, each new contributor, and each new generation to come. May you ever be the community's champion. BusterD ( talk) 18:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Congrats on passing RfA! I was taking a holiday Wikibreak so didn't see your RfA but am glad that you passed fairly resoundingly. I hope that the experience hadn't been too streesful and look forward to your work with the mop. VickKiang (talk) 11:33, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 16:54, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

He is griefing many articles. I know what he is doing. Please help stop the vandalism 1q9w ( talk) 16:50, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

 Already done by Widr — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 16:53, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 30, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Administrator Conduct Case 2024-1: Mzajac/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:55, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You have demonstrated courage in the face of threats from government agents, along with keen judgment and a determined spirit. I wish you even greater achievements in the future on the English Wikipedia. Good luck. -Lemonaka‎ 01:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I came across the article Companion (Doctor Who) and noticed it had several problems. Before tearing into it, I engaged on the talk page. I'll admit I came in hot, as I often do, but I kept the discussion focused on my perceived problems with the article. The other editors responded by circling the wagons and more or less daring me to make the first edit, while assuring me it would almost certainly be reverted.

I want to improve this article, but I'm not sure if this is an issue for DRN or ANI. Just Another Cringy Username ( talk) 07:39, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) If you want my two cents, BRD is your friend. Make the edits you wanna make, then the ball's in their court. Consensus is always burdened on the person who wants to include the content. (And maybe ease up on the "there's a cabal of fanboys out to get me and ruin everything" rhetoric. Not the most productive.) theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her) 07:57, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:BRD is advisable, though it would be probably most helpful to engage in thorough and specific talk page discussion that propose specific changes before you take it to a noticeboard. This seems to be a content dispute rather than a conduct dispute, so I'd say that avoiding ANI is wise. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 15:21, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk,

It's nice to see you helping out with closing AFD discussions we can always use more admin closers. Just as a head's up though but the common practice among many closers is that if there is only a deletion nomination statement and one editor supporting deletion, the discussion is closed as a Soft Delete because of the low participation in the discussion. This means that the article can be restored upon request at WP:REFUND. Of course, if you have questions about this, please inquire with other admins who frequent AFD discussions. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:10, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi Liz! Thank you for your message; I'm aware of soft deletion. The article you've linked above in the section heading was not eligible for soft deletion due to a contested PROD. It looked like there was consensus among participants to delete; the arguments by the two participants, while not presented in a source-by-source SA Table, were based in policy. The closure was made following a relist. This was intentionally closed as a hard delete. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 04:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I see you're actively in the AE page and I think that's where I'm supposed to go to appeal my topic ban. There's a lot going on in this template though so I want to make sure I'm doing it right. Could I email you what I think my appeal is supposed to say? Cmsmith93 ( talk) 22:01, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

— Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 01:09, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm confused. What's going on? Is this case being analyzed or something? Fdom5997 ( talk) 04:09, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

I've brought the case to the general attention of the administrator corps for their evaluation. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 19:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

The Hawk found a high perch! So happy to see you've been properly recognized for your quality and competence. When you first came around your name made me smile because I love red-tailed hawks (all hawks really, even pun based ones) but that smile soon became because I can trust that when I see your name good things are happening or bad things are being cleaned up. If I can offer one piece of advice: many people will lash out at you for the admin actions you take no matter how reasonable and equanimous... They don't hate you, they hate the mop. Horse Eye's Back ( talk) 04:15, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for this. I am happy to hear of your fondness for the majestic creature after which I have taken my name. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 16:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Please respond to the questions I have posted for you at my talk page. Thank you. – Jonesey95 ( talk) 20:07, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

 Done — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 20:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry, I just wanted to point out that the page history I linked ( Seoul Subway Line 3), in my AIV report, also included an older account doing the same DUCK behaviour of redirecting: <this one>. That one is also glocked, one of the other-wiki blocks for that account also link to an LTA page. Not sure if you even want to investigate further, just figured I'd clarify. – 2804:F14:80A2:2E01:383A:951C:7025:13F2 ( talk) 05:07, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. I'll update the SPI note. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 05:12, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

With apologies, I do not care for it at all. It's not the signature per se. I have vague recollections that I used to rather like it before, which must have been before you became an admin. It links to this talkpage which gets highlighted by the admin+ highlighter script and the result is an abomination that requires of me extra effort not just to read what it says but to not skip three or more lines of text in its general vicinity. Maybe you could find a combination that works fine with and without the highlighter, if possible? Or, if it's just me, do feel as free to ignore. Best, Usedtobecool  ☎️ 16:38, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@ Usedtobecool: I've changed the target in the talk part of the signature to target Red-tailed sock's talk page (which will then redirect to my main one). Does this resolve the issue? — Red-tailed sock  _{(Red-tailed hawk's nest)} 00:25, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Yep. Perfect. Thanks! Usedtobecool  ☎️ 01:56, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

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[3] the last two articles made me wonder. You've posted to their talk page, so contacting you. Doug Weller talk 11:42, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

I'd have to do a deeper dive. I'll note that the ViWiki block appears to be for machine translation issues; if the contributions over there were spammy in nature and used machine translation, then I'd be inclined towards thinking yes. If it seems to be random cultural stuff, my inclination would be no. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 14:47, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Makes sense. Thanks. Doug Weller talk 15:05, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Red-tailed hawk. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, " Babatunde Akinboboye".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:45, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi Red-tailed hawk, if you have time I'd be grateful for your opinion on what the threshold is for an article getting a copyvio revdel tag. For the record here are my rewrites to a new article take care of some copying/minor paraphrasing from sources. (There were also a few things off about some of the text that were also included in the rewrites.) Best, CMD ( talk) 02:58, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi! I'll try to get you a proper response over the next couple of days. — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Chipmunkdavis: Did I follow up on this at a different venue, or did I forget to reply altogether? — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 18:18, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Don't think this was looked at. The later edit here runs close as well. CMD ( talk) 10:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I just wanted to thank you for your comments at the stewards confirmation. I know there's nothing personal in them, we've never interacted before (if I'm not mistaken) and so they were made solely for the good of the project, but I want you to know that I'm grateful for your public spirit and commitment to the encyclopaedia. Your comments were based on the notion that stewards should know when to step back from activities that involve only their home wikis. I agree with this, but I wanted to assure you that my sanction was completely unfounded also on the merits: thankfully I can prove (and did prove to the stewards) that I've never doxed, threatened or intimidated anyone. If you're interested I'm happy to provide details and evidence privately. So this really was a very unfortunate incident, and I hope that your and other editors' efforts to ensure that stewards don't use their global tools to handle local matters will bear fruit in the near future. Thanks, Gitz ( talk) ( contribs) 15:03, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima ( submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:

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• Vami_IV ( submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
• MaranoFan ( submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
• Skyshifter ( submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
• Sammi Brie ( submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
• voorts ( submissions) and Elli ( submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

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Hello! I just had a quick question i was hoping you could help me with. If a user account has multiple edits that need to be reverted, each on different articles, should we be warning after each individual revert that we impose? Elvisisalive95 ( talk) 03:24, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Depends on the context. If it's obvious vandalism being repeated everywhere, it might just be best to give a higher-level-than-1 warning to start out with (particularly if it's bad faith). If it's someone not understanding the MoS, and that person making the same good faith mistake in a ton of places, then I'd advise to drop them a single handwritten note on their talk page that explains what they're doing and points them towards the relevant guidance.

Is this a specific question regarding a specific case, or is this just a general question for the future? — Red-tailed hawk  _(nest) 03:36, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply & advice. I recently applied for Rollback rights and was told to do more patrolling of recent changes as well as warn each and every user. Today there was an instance with a user whom edited 3 separate pages, 2 of which did not seem to be constructive and 1 of which was introducing unsourced material. I played it safe and warned for each instance Here, as i made 3 separate reverts but it seemed to me 1 single warning discussing everything would better suffice. I thought i’d ask for future cases! Thank you very much for your reply and help. Elvisisalive95 ( talk) 04:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:

• Generalissima ( submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
• Vami_IV ( submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 ( submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
• Sammi Brie ( submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
• MaranoFan ( submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
• Skyshifter ( submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV ( submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

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No idea if you remember me or not from a few years ago with the Uyghur genocide debacle, but I was thrilled to finally log back in after a long time to see that you're an admin now! Congrats! Or, my sincerest condolences. Depending on your point of view. 😂 Seems appropriate to share a goat for a G.O.A.T. Hope all is well! Time for me to crawl back under my rock now.

OhKayeSierra ( talk) 05:48, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi Red-tailed hawk,

Thanks for your question about my edit request at 
Talk: Apollo Global Management#Edit to lead sentence. I responded a while ago, but forgot to ping you, so you may have missed it. I clarified my reasoning, so I hope you will consider editing the 
Apollo Global Management page. Thank you, 
Chamanch123 (
talk) 11:41, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Red-tailed hawk, could you have a look at WP:AN/I#UA0Volodymyr continuing to disregard topic ban? Since you are the unblocking admin, and the original blocking admin HJ Mitchell would like an opinion from you there. Thanks! —  AP 499D25 (talk) 23:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)