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Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
- A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors
must
orshould
use the articles for creation process. - A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
- An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission.
Your requests at WP:RMTR
It doesn't seem as though these requests are going to be moved as technical. Would you prefer these all be discussed in one discussion or separately? Steel1943 (talk) 14:42, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hello Steel1943. I recommend discussing them separately because the closer of this discussion recommended that unrelated nominations should be discussed separately. Hope this helps! Interstellarity (talk) 23:16, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Request on 19:08:28, 13 September 2020 for assistance on AfC submission by ReadingPro123
hi, i have updated article as per your notes, and wasn't sure if i needed to let you know. And if it's correct now, or if anything isn't i can update or delete anything to make it correct
ReadingPro123 (talk) 19:08, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
- @ReadingPro123: I will let someone else review it. That way, I get a more independent opinion on whether the article is ready for mainspace. Interstellarity (talk) 11:14, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Ok thank you ReadingPro123 (talk) 11:30, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Bold page moves
Hi Interstellarity,
Would you please be more tentative with bold mage moves, such as Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877) --> Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1805).
These subtle format preferences are not nearly as well established as writers of guidelines would like to believe, and guideline writers frequently get ahead of themselves. (YYYY-YYYY) allows for better consistency with older biographies where birth years become unknown, and biographies are particular notable for the death, and recogniZable for the year of death. Fiddling these small things on the basis of a reading of a recent guideline is unhelpful to any reader, and complicates the reading of practice. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:47, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
- Hello SmokeyJoe. The reason why I did those moves is because WP:NCDAB recommends that particular format when deciding on a title of a biography. It also talks about using dates of death in the last paragraph of the guideline. I will be more cautious on moving those pages and thanks for letting me know. Interstellarity (talk) 11:35, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
TheWikiWizard/Issues/September 2020
Hello, Interstellarity! Here is the September 2020 issue of TheWikiWizard.
- What's Hot! ("working from home")
- Articles (New One this month)
- Interviews (New Interview!)
- News about Wikipedia! (Wikipedia News and Updates!)
- Editor's Notes (News/Updates!)
- Activity Page (Activities!...)
- Ads (Super Cool Ads)
To change your subscription, or to subscribe click Here. We hope you like this month's issue! If you'd like to discuss this issue, please go to this issue's talk page. Happy Reading & stay safe! --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:48, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 27 September 2020
- Special report: Paid editing with political connections
- News and notes: More large-scale errors at a "small" wiki
- In the media: WIPO, Seigenthaler incident 15 years later
- Featured content: Life finds a Way
- Arbitration report: Clarifications and requests
- Traffic report: Is there no justice?
- Recent research: Wikipedia's flood biases