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Reversion of September 8 edit

Hi. The edit that was reverted in the article was not a test - it was a correction. The space probe is heading to the asteroid 101955 Bennu to collect and return samples; the September 8 article current links to the Egyptian deity it was named after. 160.93.6.6 (talk) 16:28, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

  • I stand corrected. Thanks for letting me know! -- Dolotta (talk) 16:34, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thanks for reverting that attack on my talk page. Yanjipy (talk) 11:36, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

Administrator changes

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  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2018).

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Technical news

  • Partial blocks is now available for testing on the Test Wikipedia. The new functionality allows you to block users from editing specific pages. Bugs may exist and can be reported on the local talk page or on Meta. A discussion regarding deployment to English Wikipedia will be started by community liaisons sometime in the near future.
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Arbitration

  • Eligible editors will be invited to nominate themselves as candidates in the 2018 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 4 until November 13. Voting will begin on November 19 and last until December 2.
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Happy Birthday!

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Have a very happy birthday on your special day!
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

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  • Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
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  • In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
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Take part in a survey

Hi Dolotta

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why in deletion?

why Sunday Suspense is in deletion category as the information on the page all are okay and up to date? MirchiBen (talk) 11:56, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

  • @MirchiBen: The person who took the article to articles for deletion mentioned that it was unsourced and fancruft. You can explain why the article should not be deleted here. As mentioned on your talk page, removing the template from the page is not the way to prevent it from being deleted. Good luck and happy editing! -- Dolotta (talk) 13:37, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Edit was correct

I changed a misspelled word: quinqennial → quinquennial; this is not a "test" -- please see: The dictionary definition of quinquennial at Wiktionary —Cheers, 2606:A000:1126:28D:8C4E:82EB:DC21:4BB8 (talk) 02:41, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Max A. Goldstein has been accepted

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Catrìona (talk) 04:23, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Thorvald Andersen (disambiguation) has been accepted

Thorvald Andersen (disambiguation), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Dan arndt (talk) 04:42, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Comment

I have absolutley no faith in wikipedia 'editors' and their ability to accuratly store data. It apppears you and other regular users are only interested in what is 'important' to you. Go ahead, try an delete Irish music... the bands exist; and don't need wikipedia to affirm such.

please stop spamming my email. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dafteire (talk • contribs) 15:19, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

  • @Dafteire: Can you clarify what page you are mentioning? I've never e-mailed you and I don't recall having any reaction with you before. -- Dolotta (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Bicycle with single brake lever

Please do not delete my drafts and say Happy editting. That is plain insulting and I am NOT HAPPY. Please thing how you have made me unhappy as you go to sleep tonight. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 18:04, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

@Djm-leighpark: As mentioned on the template that I left on your talk page, see WP:REFUND/G13 if you plan on working further on your draft. -- Dolotta (talk) 18:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Guideline and policy news

  1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
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  3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

Technical news

  • Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:
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  • Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
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Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Draft: General Francisco Morales Llerena of Ecuador, South America

Dear Dolotta,

I have submitted and I have published my Wikipedia article of General Juan Francisco Morales Llerena on the Spanish version of Wikipedia.

With a lot help from Spanish Users and Spanish Administrators the Wikipedia article on General Morales has exceeded my expectation. I say this because when I first started, I tried to do the Wikipedia page on the English Wikipedia version. I was told by English Wikipedia administrators that I might try and have the article published on the Spanish Wikipedia site. Well, with a lot of revisions and some deletions, my Wikipedia article evolved into one that is very competitive with other Wikipedia articles.

I would appreciate it if you would delete any and all previous drafts in English, only. However, I do want to, definitely, preserve the Spanish version that is on the Spanish version of Wikipedia.

Also, could you check my Wikipedia communications because before your message I receive a message from a Russian (Bot) which I did not understand. And 30 minutes later I received a message from someone who I think over ruled the message from the Russian (Bot). As I am still a beginner on Wikipedia, could you tell me if my Wikipedia article on General Morales is in danger of any Wikipedia infraction.

My Wikipedia article is as follows:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Francisco_Morales_Llerena

Thank you very much for your attention in this matter.

Bodvar Antonio Gregersen--Bodvar Antonio Gregersen (talk) 18:36, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

@Bodvar Antonio Gregersen: The only page up for deletion is the draft on the English Wikipedia. I'm never on the Spanish language version and wouldn't want to get rid of all of your hard work on another language's WP. Good luck! -- Dolotta (talk) 18:40, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

g13

Can you please stop mass g13ing drafts? Some of us hang on to our drafts because we either forget about them or are waiting for hard copy sources that often take time to research or even get busy in real life. You are blindly tagging things that are encyclopedic just because they have a specific date. g13 isn't meant to just get rid of everything that's old but also the mass g13 tagging is bordering on disruption as it's also flooding recent changes and winds up getting blindly deleted. Praxidicae (talk) 17:21, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

  • @Praxidicae:I completely agree with you that real life responsibilities can force Wikipedia to take a back seat -- I know from personal experience! I will make it a point, in the future, to send you a personal heads up if I come across one of your drafts again so you can have the opportunity to keep the draft. That being said, an extremely large percentage of the stale drafts that I have seen are test edits or the like that has little or no encyclopedic effort behind them. Good content creators like yourself are responsible for a relatively small proportion of stale drafts. -- Dolotta (talk) 17:53, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
I don't want a personal heads up. It's about looking at what you're tagging before doing it - there is no reason that a thousand of your latest edits (save for a few in between) should be mass tagging g13. The problem right now is that you're blindly tagging them as there are several that were tagged and subsequently deleted (and undeleted) that if you'd looked at them, probably could have even been moved to main space. Praxidicae (talk) 17:56, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
For the most part, if I had not added the G13 tag, somebody else would have. Have a good day. -- Dolotta (talk) 18:15, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Your submission at Articles for creation: Debra Porch (January 18)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by JMHamo was:
This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
JMHamo (talk) 06:39, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
  • Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
  • A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

  • A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

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Mia Art+Feminism edit-a-thon

Mia Art+Feminism Edit-a-Thon

Hello Dolotta. You are invited to attend an Art+Feminism edit-a-thon at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from noon to 4pm. Art+Feminism is an international campaign where people come together to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. During the edit-a-thon we will be updating and creating Wikipedia articles on subjects related to gender, art, and feminism, with a focus on artists represented in Mia's collection

Hello, Dolotta. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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Nate • (chatter) 04:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Was the email sent? Haven't seen it pop into my inbox yet. Nate • (chatter) 14:54, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
Whoops.... The joys of tax season and three preschool kids. I'll pull it out of my draft box and send it your way shortly. -- Dolotta (talk) 16:05, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

  • The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
    • paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
    • checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Annie Stebler-Hopf has been accepted

Annie Stebler-Hopf, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. If your account is more than four days old and you have made at least 10 edits you can create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

Missvain (talk) 22:56, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

The OLES2129 student strikeout

Regarding the persistent student vandalism of the requested articles pages, curious if you have any thoughts or input on my proposal to at least address the issue. I feel like something has to be done, as much as I admit it's not likely to have very much effect. -- FeRDNYC (talk) 03:09, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

  • Thanks! I'll comment there. -- Dolotta (talk) 03:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@FeRDNYC: I was going to respond there, and I might do it yet in the morning (Wisconsin time) but I thought I would let you know that I think the professor might have responded.

Administrators' newsletter – April 2019

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
  • As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.
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Thank you

Thank you for your comment concerning the Avon, Rock County, Wisconsin-RFD (talk) 11:56, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

  • Your welcome! -- Dolotta (talk) 11:58, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Comment

Please look at the Schneyville, Wisconsin article talk page-many thanks-RFD (talk) 09:40, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

  • I've replied there. Thank you as always! -- Dolotta (talk) 20:33, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
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