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You had temporarily blocked 98.227.23.122 (u) (t) from making edits due to vandalism on the Peoria, Illinois article. It appears they are unblocked now and doing the same sorts of vandalism. Suppafly (talk) 17:28, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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Could you please help me with this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Omotola_Omidiji It has both citation and categories but there's still this message: This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (September 2015) This article has not been added to any categories. Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles. (September 2015) 9jafootballwiki (talk) 12:45, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I'll be happy to take a look at the article and see if I can help. Edison (talk) 18:43, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

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I never added Daniel Kappler's name to the San Francisco mayoral election, 2015 page. I did hyperlink his name to his campaign website. When I returned to the page I saw that all the other candidates names were now hyperlinked and Daniel Kappler had been removed. I returned his name and I specified that he is a write in candidate and yet his name was removed again. As being a write in Candidate is a legitimate aspect of the democratic process why should his name excluded? What's the harm in providing the public with this information?^[1] James9446 (talk) 04:05, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Hello Edison, thank you for reverting my edit, I'm sure you thought it was just vandalism. However, what you didn't know is that yesterday morning, Taylor Swift, the queen of life, asked Barack Obama if he could change the month of October's name to Octaber. He has just issued a declaration that the month's name has been officially changed as of Octaber 31, 2015. I was simply changing it to reflect what the president said. Thank you, and all hail Queen TayTay. Forget the haters, love you for you (talk) 02:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hope your living conditions are nice under the bridge with the other trolls. Edison (talk) 02:19, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hey Edison, I recently made a change on the carbonara wiki because I felt I lacked a certain... hmmm.... PIZAZZ. This way it appeals to the youth demographic, who will be thinkers of tomorrow. Carbonara is one of the greatest wonders of the world, and deserves to be recognised as such. I kindly ask that you refrain from undermining my heartfelt attempts to spread its slurpy goodness.

New paragraph added 03/11/15. Edison my boi, we certainly had some disagreements over Carbonara, but I think that we should make peace and unite under the carbonara banner. Changes should be made to the Wikipedia entry to adequately depict carbonara for any uninundated reader who happens to come across the god food. Contact back, and we can further discuss. I hope this is the start of a long and happy friendship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carbonaramaster (talk • contribs) 21:17, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hail Caesar, Carbonaramaster Carbonaramaster (talk) 02:05, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Edison! I am glad you have look at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013 page, I have created. The reason was just to start it, because people here are searching for and they never found it on Wikipedia. I have started this topic as soon as I wonder, that Wikipedia don't have this "Notable" topic. I already post a request to other users to help me in the topic to expand it, but still I got no response. I was worried if my page not get deleted. So I believe we have to wait for some time. Let other members come and expand it, as I have given a lot of study and helping material with the post. Thanks bro, and if you want to help in topic by any means I will be forever in doubt. Thanks Fawad — Preceding unsigned comment added by FWd82 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi Edison! I am glad for your response. I know not every legislation considered as notable. But the one I mention HERE is so important. The reason for that is, in Pakistan there are four Provinces. one of them is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. before 2013 there were divions of land based upon West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967. But now they are based upon Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013 or HERE. I was going to edit and expand some articles as I am having some Govt document in hands right now. They need to link with the Article I mention above, and you know this is not a good idea for me to link so many article to any external link again and again, rather than we can create one wiki article which full describe the Act. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the Administrative units are changed. Before they were called Union Councils now they are called Wards, Wards are having Village Councils and Neighbourhood Councils. So I was going to expand the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Location Stub. Previous Locations and Administrative Units are not applicable anymore. So I helped Here: Babuzai, Aka Maruf Bami Khel, and by creating more location stubs like Sar Sardaray, Swat (Which is also Patrolled by a user :( ). So! If I am going to help with District Swat and its Tehsils, wards, VC and NC. I have best references in my hand provided by Govt Officials, but the thing is co-operation. Please help me in this regard, or If my articles or way of doing is wrong, let me know I will leave Wikipedia, as I don't love to spam. Best Regards. FWd82 (talk) 16:19, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

I'm not sure if this is where I should be posting this, so apologies in advance if it's not. In regards to independent sources needed to show the validity of an article, would these be something I could use? Also, thanks for clarifying all of this stuff for me :)

http://blogs.discovery.com/bites-animal-planet/2015/10/get-the-facts-on-national-cat-day.html http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/we-chat-with-the-creator-of-the-ray-clovis-cat-cartoon http://www.83degreesmedia.com/features/theory081214.aspx https://theoryanimation.com/about http://cltampa.com/tampa/best-local-animator-made-good/BestOf?oid=4250961 www.imdb.com/name/nm3546284/ https://www.facebook.com/utalumni/posts/866916596678020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katie at theorystudios (talk • contribs)

Did you read WP:RS? In deciding whether a source is "reliable" by Wikipedia standards one might exclude, ironically, anything like Wikipedia, where the content is created by anonymous editors. If a source has signed articles and an identified editorial board who decide what gets published, and has a reputation for fact checking and accuracy, then it is probably a reliable source. http://blogs.discovery.com/bites-animal-planet/2015/10/get-the-facts-on-national-cat-day.html is just a blog, though it is affiliated with Animal planet. Your company just gets a passing reference, which does not do much to support notability. https://theoryanimation.com/about is not independent. www.imdb.com/name/nm3546284/ is like Wikipedia, a site anyone can edit, and is not a reliable source for anything but maybe screen credits, year of release, and running time. https://www.facebook.com/utalumni/posts/866916596678020 is Facebook, where anyone can say just about anything, so not a reliable source. On the other hand http://www.83degreesmedia.com/features/theory081214.aspx has a signed article with substantial coverage of the subject and has editorial control, so it looks pretty good. http://cltampa.com/tampa/best-local-animator-made-good/BestOf?oid=4250961 looks good, but it is brief. http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/we-chat-with-the-creator-of-the-ray-clovis-cat-cartoon looks good, though it is more about the cartoon than the studio. Per the COI policy, you should discuss these refs on the article talk page rather than adding them to the article yourself. Wikipedia editors are often young folks interested in popular culture, and media, so some might be interested in the subject enough to flesh out the article if sources are identified on the talk page.

You might do better with one article about the studio than the two (or more) you might wish to create, to avoid accusations of spamming, or of creating a "walled garden" of articles. Please sign your talk-page posts with four tildes, and create a user pagestating that you work for the company you edit for. . Edison (talk) 03:56, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

This has nothing to do with the article's notability, but I watched and enjoyed the first episode (black magic book calls up monster). Good Abbot and Costello type humor. The lizard is great, but I wonder if the cat animator ever saw a cat. No claws, no sharp teeth, no cat nose (the flat pink spot does not do it), no whiskers, no raspy tongue for self-grooming, very flat face. I came to think of the cat as some sort of unknown alien creature. The cat does have an interesting personality. The sound and writing were good, and the special effects (fire and lighting changes) were good. I was glad the characters all had shadows rendered. Disney and other good old-school studios added shadows, which tied the characters to the backgrounds and indicated height from the ground. Edison (talk) 04:21, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

Dear Edison: You didn't leave an edit summary to explain why I am not allowed to post a request for a lookup in a journal on the Resource Exchange page. Please explain why you reverted my edit. Thanks.—Anne Delong (talk) 20:22, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

It was inadvertent and unintended. I have undone my edit. Sorry. Edison (talk) 20:23, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

That's fine. Thanks.—Anne Delong (talk) 23:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

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I want to translate the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber_Oil_Field in বাংলা Bengali. Can I ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jahanggir Jaman (talk • contribs) 17:43, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure if you are mistaking Mike Bushell for Matt Bushell or vice versa -- there are two consecutive AFDs with the same surname but I don't know if they're related. Otherwise, I know I hit a glitch when I was doing the second AFD but I can't fix it now. I am sure an admin will do so if there is an outstanding glitch in the system. Quis separabit? 04:09, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

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Hello Edison. I am confused about an article I noticed you were actively editing in the past, and wanted to ask you to help sort out the best course of "corrective action". The article is Hand Held Computer which I feel should more correctly be titled Hand-held computer by our MOS and best practice. I trust your judgement if instead you deem that I am mistaken. Please advise me of my error if this is the case. If I am correct I think you will need your admin tools to move this page over the redirect. Please look at the article when you have a chance and help ensure everything is in order. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 15:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

I was only able to find mention of it in one of the refs, https://fcw.com/Articles/2008/03/28/Have-feds-cheapened-contract-bonuses.aspx whuch calls it "handheld computer." Unless other refs can be found which call it "hand-held computer," I do not think it should be moved to that name. In fact, I think it lacks notability to satisfy WP:N and that it should be deleted unless more and better refs can be found which do more than make passing reference to it. The ref I found just seems to be calling it by a generic description, and not as a thing with an explicit name. Edison (talk) 20:35, 27 December 2015 (UTC).

Since I am the editor that started the article, let me provide some insight. At the time I wrote the article I was a regional Manager for the Census and had what you might call inside info about the device. It had a specific usage that was unique to the 2010 Census management of information. It assisted the census takers to locate people in a safe and controlled manner. It was a tool that aided the actual "on the street" census taker, made their job easier and quicker and the information supplied was more reliable. Within the Census, we called it the HHC. I think it has some notability but would understand if the consensus rules otherwise. I will NOT comment at the deletion request since, currently, the only editor to respond is not someone I wish to converse with. Buster Seven Talk 00:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

See ... These systems will support the data collection activities of Census Bureau enumerators and local census offices during the 2008 dress rehearsal and ultimately the 2010 Decennial Census. At the peak of data collection operations during the 2010 Census, the FDCA system will support approximately 500 local offices and over 500,000 enumerators. Buster Seven Talk 00:17, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback and help. I agree with everything you said and did regarding this article. I wish you wellness and good cheer; now and in the coming new year.--John Cline (talk) 04:20, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

Also, and explain the use of the HHC device as a GPS ascertaining device for 2008 dress rehersal, the 2010 Census, and potentially all future censuses. Efficiency, speed, reduced paper costs, secure collection and, most importantly, confidentiality were all important. I'm sure Google searching can show media articles (there were some glitches related to enumerator mis-use and the like if the right question is asked. Buster Seven Talk 07:08, 28 December 2015 (UTC).

has an image of an early prototype of the unit that was eventually used during the 2010 census. As you can see there is no keyboard so maybe calling it "computer" is the problem and should be removed from the title of the article and changed to "device" or some other more descriptive and less confusing word. Buster Seven Talk 18:54, 28 December 2015 (UTC)

You removed my comment from December 5 at WP:VPP on December 15 when you added a comment of your own. Please take care not to remove others' comments. Fences&Windows 15:19, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

See talk page of Fences and Windows. Unintended artifact of website. Edison (talk) 02:24, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Cool, no harm done. "Please understand that when I started using computers, I had to punch a deck of punchcards, or a punched paper tape." I had the benefit of a keyboard and disks/tapes when I first started, but I know a mechanic who maintained university computers when they still ran on valves and the like. Fences&Windows 00:38, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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• Please do not remove other people's comments from deletion discussions like you did with this edit. --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 20:02, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
  • Thanks. Having some problems with the browser which result in typing in something causing something else to disappear. Edison (talk) 20:03, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
    • I went back to the same page and tried inserting a sentence to the latest version. Before I hit "save" I hit "show changes" and it showed that other comments at various places in the page would have been removed, without my having hilighted them or otherwise marked them for deletion, so I did not post there. There's some bug in the Wikipedia software or in my own PC, it would seem. I'll try some test edits in my sandbox. Edison (talk) 20:14, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
      • I copied the entire AFD thread to my sandbox and did about 10 test edits. In no case did the addition of a comment cause removal of someone else's comment. The bug only appears when I edit the AFD page. Edison (talk) 20:45, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
      • I tried to replicate the bug at AFD and it still happens (I did not save the edit); I just added a comment in the middle of the thread and "show changes" indicated it would have removed someone else's comment. Edison (talk) 20:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

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Which wandalism, what are you sey???? Արթուր Կնյազյան (talk) 20:10, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Your vandalism at Parthenon. (The one in Greece). Edison (talk) 20:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Replied on their talk page. Edison (talk) 19:17, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

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Changed to the intended indef block. Edison (talk) 22:33, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

You should have received an email from me with a linked form to complete - could you please either complete it or email me if you didn't get it? Nikkimaria (talk) 20:19, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Please go there and explain whether you meant "Roman Catholic" when you said "catholic". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:24, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

Sure thing. Thanks, Bugs! Edison (talk) 05:49, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying. I was fairly certain I knew what you were asking, but for some reason the discussion devolved into a technical argument over the term "protestant". Overlooked in all this is the main point: That the current Court is dominated by Catholics, and has a couple of Jewish also - but no other category of Christian. Which is kind of amazing, actually. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:54, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

You asked elsewhere how to find a list of full films on Commons.

This is a great question and it has an interesting answer - I think there is no way, but obviously there could be lots of ways that this request could be met. There is Commons:Category:Films in the public domain, which is not the same thing. Overall, content on Commons could do with a lot more curation. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:08, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I have occasionally found an old public domain film linked from an article an watched it. After the discussion elsewhere on Wikipedia I was inspired to search on Google for PD films and found a list of great old PD films on Youtube l also found found some on Hulu I have been disappointed in the few classic films available online at Netflix, although they have a good selection on DVD. Thanks again for the response. Edison (talk) 15:58, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Edison. I noticed you started multiple identical discussions on several different talk pages about the size of US paper money. I suggest using transclusions or wikilinks, so that anyone who wants to respond will be directed to the same place, thereby giving greater opportunity to have a critical mass of participants. Wikipedia:Transclusion would be desirable if you can figure it out, because then the full conversation will be visible on all pages, but actually take place on only one of them.

I've responded to the one you started in the one-dollar-bill articles, so I suggest using that. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:01, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

A great idea. It seemed adequate to post on each talkpage, rather than posting on one and leaving followers of other talkpages in the dark, when I corrected something which looked obvious.. BTW, in what year did "transclusion" enter the English language? Not objecting, just asking. It seems an obscure neologism, or "obslogism." I'm aware it is commonly used by Wikipedians. When you say "I've started a discussion" a wikilink to the discussion is a helpful courtesy, although I'm sure I can find it readily. Edison (talk) 01:00, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

We actually have an article on it: transclusion. According to that, the term was coined in 1980. We have articles on almost everything! ~Amatulić (talk) 23:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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Please tell me more about how and when they could eavesdrop on mechanically-dialed calls. deisenbe (talk) 19:07, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

My mother worked for while as a phone operator in the era of direct dialing. They had a headset which allowed monitoring conversations by plugging in, in the room where the switch equipment was or at the operator positions. I don't know the exact circuit details. Any monitoring was to be done for "technical purposes" to make sure conversations were clear and noise-free, or whatever,and they were under orders not to reveal anything they overheard, and it was not law enforcement personnel listening in or recording the calls, but in the central office it was certainly possible for phone company personnel to plug in a headset and hear what was being said. This is not to say it was a constant or common practice. Today it is possible that all calls in the US and elsewhere are recorded for later listening by government security personnel, if there is a need, per an article in The Guardian quoting a former FBI agent.Edison (talk) 19:40, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Another way I know operators could listen to conversations is that in an emergency you could ask the operator to break into a conversation. It was necessary for the operator to hear the conversation to effectively break in and announce the farmer's barn was on fire or the doctor was urgently needed or whatever. Also I found a California Law Review (1991) which says courts have allowed testimony by long distance operators who "overheard" something in a conversation. Another snippet from 1972 indicates British operators commonly listening in on calls in Chippenham and sometimes heard the Royal Family's calls. And it is in not necessarily like picking up an extension, where there is a click and the call volume drops. If the monitoring circuit has a high impedance input to an amplifier, there would be no indication to the parties in the conversation that someone was listening in. Edison (talk)

Hi! I see that you commented at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/London_Buses_route_77. You may be interested in commenting at this new Article for Deletion nomination Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/London Buses route 53. Best wishes, jcc (tea and biscuits) 09:21, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

The ref for "heavanston" seem ambiguous if it still is a current nickname, but the ref does seem otherwise solid. I know Robert Shea lived in Glencoe because I was in his house and met him when he lived there. Since my personal recollections are obviously not a reliable source, I'll see if I can dig up some old newspaper articles or other publications that mention his residency. That was my intention when I put his name in the article, but I guess I got sidetracked. Ace-o-aces2 (talk) 19:41, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Here's Robert Shea's Obit. 2nd paragraph notes he lived in Glencoe. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-03-12/news/9403120059_1_historical-novels-robert-anton-wilson-conspiracy-theories Ace-o-aces2 (talk) 19:43, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Looks like we both found the obit at the same time. Go ahead and add it. Ace-o-aces2 (talk) 19:45, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

OK. Edison (talk) 19:47, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

I keep trying to add the ref, but it won't format right! What am I doing wrong? Ace-o-aces2 (talk) 20:10, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

A useful feature: When you click "Edit" and the edit window opens, at the top there is a place you can click called "cite," and then a click box appears saying "Templates." Then just fill in the blanks for URL, author, publication, issue date, date you looked at it. The blanks will differ depending in the type of reference, and I don;t know what they want in some of the blanks, but it makes a good citation. I added the obit to his article and I tweaked the Glencoe article to include the obit author name. Additionally I'm finding it is pleasant wikignoming just to Google for the name of the town and he name of the uncited resident, and there is often an article to cite. I'm adding refs for Bruce Dern and Scott Turow. Edison (talk) 20:18, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

I have noticed that you have made the claim that Joseph Priestley experimented with a wire and a Leyden jar, using the jar to make the wire glow and thus creating the prototype of an incandescent liight. Could you provide me with the source of this claim as information on this experiment is very hard to find on the internet?03:05, 17 August 2016 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by SQMeaner (talk • contribs)

Do we have consensus for an edit that mentions the experiments by Kinnersley with incandescent wires?SQMeaner (talk) 21:47, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

I see from the Ref Desk talk page that some users see that as an evil. That sentiment is so far from my version of reality and so depressing that I have decided to take a WikiVacation for a while.Edison (talk) 02:29, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

I wanted to express to you my perception, that the User Bull Rangifer is as equable and fair-minded an individual as is to be found here, so that one might truly assume good faith in querying him to understand the point of any editing he has done. One longstanding perspective, from an editor with hundreds of co-editing interactions with this chap, not always in peaceful contexts. I'd offer him to the Americans to run for president, as a unity candidate, if I thought it would do any good. Cheers. Le Prof 73.211.138.148 (talk) 03:47, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Postscript: You and I otherwise appear to share a fair number of other convictions regarding WP policies and guidelines, and so I can say I am happy to know of your work and perspectives. Le Prof. 73.211.138.148 (talk) 03:50, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

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Hi Edison.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:46, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

The Challenge Series is a current drive on English Wikipedia to encourage article improvements and creations globally through a series of 50,000/10,000/1000 Challenges for different regions, countries and topics. All Wikipedia editors in good standing are invited to participate.

• Use {{subst:The Challenge series invitation}} to invite others using this template.
• Sent to users at Northamerica1000/Mailing list using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 19 November 2016 (UTC).

Hello, because of an edit war on And you are lynching Negroes, and an on-going stalemate on its talk page, I am going through and notifying people who have previously worked on the article, and are still somewhat active to comment on the current state of the page. It is my intent to improve the quality of the discussion by broadening participation to more fully achieve consensus. Thank you. --evrik ^(talk) 19:03, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello Edison: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:30, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

From the icy Canajian north; to you and yours! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 13:56, 25 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Adam9007. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, Chloe Banfill, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 22:37, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

Adam9007 (talk) 22:37, 11 January 2017 (UTC)

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Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

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

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

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)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2017).

Administrator changes

Amortias • Deckiller • BU Rob13

Ronnotel • Islander • Chamal N • Isomorphic • Keeper76 • Lord Voldemort • Shereth • Bdesham • Pjacobi

Guideline and policy news

• A recent RfC has redefined how articles on schools are evaluated at AfD. Specifically, secondary schools are not presumed to be notable simply because they exist.
• AfDs that receive little participation should now be closed like an expired proposed deletion, following a deletion process RfC.
• Defender, HakanIST, Matiia and Sjoerddebruin are our newest stewards, following the 2017 steward elections.
• The 2017 appointees for the Ombudsman commission are Góngora, Krd, Lankiveil, Richwales and Vogone. They will serve for approximately 1 year.

Technical news

• A recent query shows that only 16% of administrators on the English Wikipedia have enabled two-factor authentication. If you haven't already enabled it please consider doing so.
• Cookie blocks should be deployed to the English Wikipedia soon. This will extend the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user after they switch accounts under a new IP.
• A bot will now automatically place a protection template on protected pages when admins forget to do so.

Hey, Edison. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 13:33, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

I remember that when I would search for some info on the Internet, the answer started coming up "Wikipedia says.." and the answers generally looked pretty sound. I remember when Google first emerged as an improved search engine. I remember pre-internet, when one used a Commodore computer to access bulletin boards operated by some hobbyist, or pre-internet services. I considered becoming a Wikipedia editor, since I had spent a lifetime acquiring information. In grade school, I considered it a well-spent recess if I had learned some interesting things from World Book Encyclopedia, Weekly Reader. or Science Research Associates reading (this was many years ago, when no one had envisioned an internet). Wikipedia seemed very complex and non-user friendly. The hardest thing was choosing a user name, since I wanted to display an interest in 19th century electrical technology. I chose "Edison," but it could as easily been "Tesla" or half a dozen other names. Edison (talk) 05:29, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello Edison

Very well. I shall desist. I did not know I would have needed a consensus in order to continue, but rather just rightful proof of the course of action (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human_geography#Question_regarding_human_geography), which I thought I had already provided. I had put the question to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Icons#Flag_icons_for_religious_dioceses_and_religious_buildings, though I had thought by my proof that I would not need a consensus/answer so long as the proof was correct. I hadn't seen their answer as permission, but as a scholarly and practical opinion. I did not mean to cause harm, but rather only consistency with the rules on adding flag icons in infoboxes. (I had originally started out editing some of the dioceses' wiki articles because many had scant info and were sometimes not presented well/in an organized manner.)

There is no penchant for nationalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style/Icons#Flag_icons_for_religious_dioceses_and_religious_buildings, but rather consistency on conformity to the rules on human geography as set in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons#Avoid_flag_icons_in_infoboxes and expounded on in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human_geography#Question_regarding_human_geography.

With regards to a diocese's structure and identification, there is a realistic functional distinction between one diocese to another and on nation's diocese's to another. In practice, diocesan structure and practice in functional matters is ultimately seen as very local and independent of adjacent dioceses and, in the case of national conferences, countries. Also, many dioceses' borders are structured around geopolitical lines of subdivisions within states (e.g. the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Charleston encompasses all of South Carolina; the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Freiburg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Freiburg and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Rottenburg-Stuttgart encompasses all of Baden-Württemburg; the Apostolic Vicariate of Saint Pierre and Miquelon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Iles_Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon encompasses all of Saint Pierre and Miquelon; the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Northern_Arabia encompasses all of Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar; and the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Southern_Arabia encompasses all of Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen), which is why there can be similarities between state borders and diocesan borders. Bishops of a nation often meet together in order to be consistent with practice on matters that pertain to a national level, so the presence of a flag is not seen as individualistic nationalism, but rather a form of general individual identification of a nation's bishops' collectivity on jurisdiction on matters that pertain to that nation.

While there is no doubt that in belief and faith all members of a body of leaders are united, running individual affairs that come up in one's own dioceses is seen as the responsibility and right of that particular diocese or bishops' conference (depending on the nature of the subject), which is often based on state and national lines.

--Ka24872482Akeakamai (talk) 22:26, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

Administrator changes

TheDJ

Xnuala • CJ • Oldelpaso • Berean Hunter • Jimbo Wales • Andrew c • Karanacs • Modemac • Scott

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion on the backlog of unpatrolled files, consensus was found to create a new user right for autopatrolling file uploads. Implementation progress can be tracked on Phabricator.
• The BLPPROD grandfather clause, which stated that unreferenced biographies of living persons were only eligible for proposed deletion if they were created after March 18, 2010, has been removed following an RfC.
• An RfC has closed with consensus to allow proposed deletion of files. The implementation process is ongoing.
• After an unsuccessful proposal to automatically grant IP block exemption, consensus was found to relax the criteria for granting the user right from needing it to wanting it.

Technical news

• After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
• Cookie blocks have been deployed. This extends the current autoblock system by setting a cookie for each block, which will then autoblock the user if they switch accounts, even under a new IP.

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2017).

Administrator changes

Karanacs • Berean Hunter • GoldenRing • Dlohcierekim

Gdr • Tyrenius • JYolkowski • Longhair • Master Thief Garrett • Aaron Brenneman • Laser brain • JzG • Dragons flight

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has clarified that user categories should be emptied upon deletion, but redlinked user categories should not be removed if re-added by the user.
• Discussions are ongoing regarding proposed changes to the COI policy. Changes so far have included clarification that adding a link on a Wikipedia forum to a job posting is not a violation of the harassment policy.

Technical news

• You can now see a list of all autoblocks at Special:AutoblockList.
• There is a new tool for adding archives to dead links. Administrators are able to restrict other user's ability to use the tool, and have additional permissions when changing URL and domain data.
• Administrators, bureaucrats and stewards can now set an expiry date when granting user rights. (discuss, permalink)

Miscellaneous

• Following an RfC, the editing restrictions page is now split into a list of active restrictions and an archive of those that are old or on inactive accounts. Make sure to check both pages if searching for a restriction.

Yes, you are correct, I forgot to remove the "s" behind "year", though please have a look at how the sentence was phrased before my edit. "Please do not make such tweaks which do not improve the ease of comprehending the article." Oh hell, did this improve the ease of comprehending the article. At the same time you should think about your word choice. Ever heard of good faith and all that be-nice-to-one-another and so on? It seems a little late for a welcome message to link those pages. Even a level 1 MOS warning sounds better than what you placed on my talk page. As an admin you should be able to do better. -ImmernochEkelAlfred(Spam me! (or send me serious messages, whatever you like)) 14:35, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

Administrator changes

Doug Bell • Dennis Brown • Clpo13 • ONUnicorn

ThaddeusB • Yandman • Bjarki S • OldakQuill • Shyam • Jondel • Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC proposing an off-wiki LTA database has been closed. The proposal was broadly supported, with further discussion required regarding what to do with the existing LTA database and defining access requirements. Such a tool/database formed part of the Community health initiative's successful grant proposal.
• Some clarifications have been made to the community banning and unblocking policies that effectively sync them with current practice. Specifically, the community has reached a consensus that when blocking a user at WP:AN or WP:ANI, it is considered a "community sanction", and administrators cannot unblock unilaterally if the user has not successfully appealed the sanction to the community.
• An RfC regarding the bot policy has closed with changes to the section describing restrictions on cosmetic changes.

Technical news

• Users will soon be able to blacklist specific users from sending them notifications.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2017 elections, the new members of the Board of Trustees include Raystorm, Pundit and Doc James. They will serve three-year terms.

Bully for you.Edison (talk) 03:29, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

For this user it is presently 9 on a 10 point scale. Edison (talk) 22:24, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

I always considered myself incapable of being bored. Either I have changed or Wikipedia has. What is the purpose served by having to write deletion rationales at AFD for innumerable articles about different lenses offered for sale by a company to go with one of their cameras (varying little from similar lenses offered over the years by other manufacturers)? These article families are like someone creating articles about every style of shoelace made by a company, or every flavor of toothpaste, or every style of sock. Some editors want Wikipedia to be a mirror of every catalog. Forward the antivanispamcruftisment brigade? There has to be something in life more meaningful . Edison (talk) 03:15, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Outside now will respond later@ww2casualties regards--Woogie10w (talk) 13:58, 25 June 2017 (UTC) I will answer tonight when I get home with multiple edits--Woogie10w (talk) 14:22, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

Happyme22 • Dragons flight

Zad68

Guideline and policy news

• The RFC discussion regarding WP:OUTING and WMF essay about paid editing and outing (see more at the ArbCom noticeboard archives) is now archived. Milieus #3 and #4 received support; so did concrete proposal #1.

Technical news

• Fuzzy search will soon be added to Special:Undelete, allowing administrators to search for deleted page titles with results similar to the search query. You can test this by adding ?fuzzy=1 to the URL, as with Special:Undelete?fuzzy=1. Currently the search only finds pages that exactly match the search term.
• A new bot will automatically revision delete unused file versions from files in Category:Non-free files with orphaned versions more than 7 days old.

Miscellaneous

• A newly revamped database report can help identify users who may be eligible to be autopatrolled.
• A potentially compromised account from 2001–2002 attempted to request resysop. Please practice appropriate account security by using a unique password for Wikipedia, and consider enabling two-factor authentication. Currently around 17% of admins have enabled 2FA, up from 16% in February 2017.
• Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

Administrator changes

Anarchyte • GeneralizationsAreBad • Cullen328 ^{(first RfA to reach WP:300)}

Cprompt • Rockpocket • Rambo's Revenge • Animum • TexasAndroid • Chuck SMITH • MikeLynch • Crazytales • Ad Orientem

Guideline and policy news

• Following a series of discussions around new pages patrol, the WMF is helping implement a controlled autoconfirmed article creation trial as a research experiment, similar to the one proposed in 2011. You can learn more about the research plan at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial. The exact start date of the experiment has yet to be determined.
• A new speedy deletion criterion, regarding articles created as a result undisclosed paid editing, is currently being discussed (permalink).
• An RfC (permalink) is currently open that proposes expanding WP:G13 to include all drafts, even if they weren't submitted through Articles for Creation.

Technical news

• LoginNotify should soon be deployed to the English Wikipedia. This will notify users when there are suspicious login attempts on their account.
• The new version of XTools is nearing an official release. This suite of tools includes administrator statistics, an improved edit counter, among other tools that may benefit administrators. You can report issues on Phabricator and provide general feedback at mw:Talk:XTools.

Made some needed improvements to the article. Drop by Talk:Baltic_Sea_anomaly#Disputed. - LuckyLouie (talk) 20:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

• ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
• Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

• You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
• Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
• In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

Arbitration

• Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.

Hello, Edison. You have new messages at Talk:Congress of the Confederation.
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208.114.41.141 (talk) 00:42, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

Beginning in September 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Anti-harassment tool team will be conducting a survey to gauge how well tools, training, and information exists to assist English Wikipedia administrators in recognizing and mitigating things like sockpuppetry, vandalism, and harassment.

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For the Anti-harassment tools team, SPoore (WMF), Community Advocate, Community health initiative (talk) 19:52, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

• Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
• Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

• You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

Arbitration

• Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
• A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Just a note to let you know that an AfD you participated in is up for review here. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 20:26, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

You tagged the sentence that Coates' first name is derived from an Ancient Egyptian language name for Nubia, writing in your edit summary "The ref does not say the name is from old name for Nubia". Actually, it does. The reference is a radio program, and the website hosts (as it says in big bold letters) "Interview Highlights". To read the complete transcript of the radio program, click on the link at the top left of the page:

GROSS: You've commented over the years about how a lot of people, even people who know you, don't know how to spell your name. They get it wrong. People who don't know you don't know how to pronounce your name. I should say, your name is spelled - your first name, Ta-Nehisi, is spelled T-A-dash - T-A-hyphen, that is-N-E-H-I-S-I. And you're named for, named after...

COATES: Oh, am I filling in here?

GROSS: Yeah, you're filling in.

COATES: Oh, OK, sorry.

(LAUGHTER)

COATES: I'm named after - it's an ancient Egyptian name for ancient Nubia actually. And it's so funny because people become so interested in it - and you know, been people doing etymology for me. And apparently the top portion of it means land, and then the Nehisi portion of it, apparently there are no actual, you know, vowels in ancient Egyptian, so people put vowels in order to make it pronounceable. But it is a designation for people who are browner- or blacker- or darker-skinned. As the name was given to me, it was literally land of the blacks or land of the black people.

— Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 01:53, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. In the article about Coates, the reference does not mention Nubia, so I tagged the article.As you pointed out, the audio of the interview contains Coates' explanation of his name's derivation, at some point. If the audio were the reference, the citation should say at what time in the interview the information is found. But we are blessed with a transcript of the interview, so the appropriate reference to cite would be the actual transcript, not the inappropriate "highlights." Do you agree? Like most people who see and hear his name, I wondered why the pronunciation did not match the spelling. The vowel "i" is an "ah" sound as the next to last vowel and an "ee" sound as the last vowel. An explanation of this is called for in his bio article. His explanation does not account for why the next to last "i" gets pronounced "ah," since he says the vowels actually used in ancient Egyptian are not preserved, so apparently it is a modern arbitrary choice. I also asked about this at the Reference Desk. I found a blog where someone saying he was Coates' father explained that he got the pronunciation and odd spelling from a family friend who was an "amateur Egyptologist." The "ta" for country and "nhsy" for Nubia seem clear but that does not explain the vowel spelling. The spelling/pronunciation are certainly not "wrong" since someone can pronounce his name or spell it as he wishes. Have you already or will you adjust the ref to point to the transcript? If not do you object if I change it? I think it should not be untagged while it points to the original text, unless your explanation is added. Regards, Edison (talk) 12:14, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

As I wrote, the reference is a radio interview. If you listen to the radio interview, you will hear Coates explain his name. The NPR website that hosts the recording of the interview has links on the top left to the complete recording and a complete transcript, and it includes selected highlights from the interview on the webpage. I will add a link in the footnote to the transcript for those readers who can't see the words "Interview Highlights" across the middle of the page or the words Download or Transcript in its upper left corner.

Virtually the sum total of my knowledge about the ancient Egyptian language is that it was written only in consonants and its vowel sounds are lost to history. (I exaggerate a little bit: I know about hieroglyphics and demotic script and the Rosetta Stone but that, truly, is the extent of my knowledge of the subject.) I wouldn't know how to pronounce any Egyptian word, including kmt, unless somebody told me. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:37, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

I am only slightly better in my knowledge of it than the college student who asserted in an essay test answer that the Egyptian wrote in "demonic." But if we can provide a ref that is less puzzling to the reader we have made the encyclopedia a bit better. It is good to see the referenced info without having to click on some button on the URL. It is like providing a page number in addition to a book title. Edison (talk) 17:24, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

I believe my change accomplished that by adding a direct link to the transcript without removing the link to the main page for the radio broadcast. The source is cited for three unrelated facts in the article, so changing its URL to suit only one of those facts might be inappropriate for the other citations. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 03:47, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

• The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
• A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

• Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
• Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

Obituaries

• The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

• Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
• A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

Miscellaneous

• Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
• The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk (talk) 18:12, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2017).

Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

None

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

• The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
• The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

• Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

"The OP implied the bill said things it doesn't explicitly say.". Can you please quote the words you are referring to? The IP voiced an opinion "overbroad provision permitting lawful harassment". (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 02:39, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

The OP said the bill contained an "overbroad provision permitting lawful harassment of citizens." Apparently the bill does not explicitly permit this. What about this is confusing to you? Edison (talk) 03:54, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

What seems to be inability to differentiate between the IP expressing its opinion and the mentioning of facts. If a friend of mine would say that my local jaywalking laws are "an overbroad provision permitting lawful theft" then I wouldn't ask for a reliable source that those laws allow theft; I would understand that that person was mad that (s)he got a fine for jaywalking. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 13:23, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Someone has re-hatted it. (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

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