User talk:SHB2000/December 2023
 | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
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.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from Sunandshade (05:56, 17 December 2023)
Possible typo in Sandbox banner. On my Sandbox page, it has a banner. One sentence in the banner says, "Are you ready to request an experienced editor review it for possible inclusion in Wikipedia?" To me, it seems "review it for" should be changed to "review for". Or am I missing something. Doesn't everyone have the same banner? That would be millions of people. And no one thought this was a typo? If you agree it's a typo, should I report it to someone? Should I change it? How. Thanks for your help. --Sunandshade (talk) 05:56, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
- @Sunandshade: Hi, you should probably start a discussion on the relevant talk page. I'm unfortunately not of much use right now given I'm travelling in Aotearoa. --SHB2000 (talk) 00:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hope you are having fun. I'll do that but I don't know what the appropriate talk page is. It's not an actual article or even a help page but a banner on my sandbox. Could you tell me which talk page I should use? Thanks. Sunandshade (talk) 04:41, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, yeah, definitely. Sorry for being a bit vague earlier – the relevant page is Template talk:User sandbox. Hope that helps! --SHB2000 (talk) 05:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for the details. I'll give it a try. That page was created more than 10 years ago & has only 1 entry. If I don't get an answer, I'll try Teahouse. Sunandshade (talk) 05:12, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Oh, yeah, definitely. Sorry for being a bit vague earlier – the relevant page is Template talk:User sandbox. Hope that helps! --SHB2000 (talk) 05:02, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hope you are having fun. I'll do that but I don't know what the appropriate talk page is. It's not an actual article or even a help page but a banner on my sandbox. Could you tell me which talk page I should use? Thanks. Sunandshade (talk) 04:41, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- I sent my question to the page you recommended & someone immediately gave a short discussion about the issue & fixed it. All within 30 minutes. Amazing. Sunandshade (talk) 19:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)