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List of Presidents of the United States by time in office[edit]

Seems like you have a brilliant idea about why "Lincoln's Missing Bodyguard" has anything to do with James Garfield. Please share with the audience why. Stupidity is insisting that something wrong is right, and doing it more than once. 84.208.206.123 (talk) 13:28, 15 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Discuss it on the article's talk page. Waggers TALK 08:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Waggers"

I ask you once again: What part of a book about Lincoln, two books actually, has anything to do with James Garfield?

84.208.206.123 (talk) 15:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you're being more civil this time. I saw an edit that removed references without explaining why, other than a garbled rant in the edit summary; these edits were from an IP address not a registered user and had already been reverted several times, by several different editors. I don't think it was unreasonable on that evidence to revert what very much appeared to be an edit-warring IP vandal. Looking at the references in question, I think there is a good case for their removal. As I said above, I suggest you make that case on the article's talk page so that any interested editor can contribute. Waggers TALK 16:35, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your arguments. I clearly stated that several of the references were WRONG!!! You did not bother to check, just clicked undo. In a previous attempt to correct the article I wrote:

"It is common knowledge that these presidents died in office. References about their deaths belongs in the article about the individual presidents. In addition: several of the links are just wrong. Especially Garfield."

The references don't serve any purposes. I have tried to change three times. I won't try a fourth. Not my fault that the Wikipedia police can't understand easy things. Just carry on with inaccurate articles. 84.208.206.123 (talk) 22:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Global Collaboration products newsletter: 2017-11[edit]

Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.

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The Global collaboration report for October is now available.
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Most recent changes

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Future changes

Live updates on Recent changes will be moved out of beta and into the standard feature set by the end of the year. [6]
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Other projects

Compact Language Links has been deployed on German Wikipedia. [11]

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Another one for the trophy cabinet! Many thanks Insertcleverphrasehere. Waggers TALK 14:10, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2017[edit]

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

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

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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.
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Reverted Ravenhill edit[edit]

Hi, Waggers! I cut the line about Ravenhill working on a TV series as repetition because there was no sourcing for the comment and just a section or so down the page, there's a sourced listing for the actual TV series, Vicious. Rudeguerrilla (talk) 20:57, 12 December 2017 (UTC)Rudeguerrilla[reply]

Lady Bird[edit]

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Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Notifications, Structured discussions, Edit Review Improvements and Content translation. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.

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The last Global collaboration details report is now available (in English).

Edit Review Improvements [More information • Help pages]

The filters are now deployed as a default feature on all wikis on RecentChanges and RecentChangesLinked pages.
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Some design improvements have been done to Related Changes page to integrate the new filters. [17]
"Save current filter settings" menu and legend overlapped the results. This is now fixed. [18]
Some small design improvements have been done. [19]

Content translation [More information • Help pages]

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Miscellaneous

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Nomination of Jason MacIntyre for deletion[edit]

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2018[edit]

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Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

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Arbitration

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The Signpost: 16 January 2018[edit]

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Itchen College[edit]

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The Global Collaboration report for December is now available (in English).
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Bug fixes

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2018[edit]

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

Administrator changes

None

Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

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The Signpost: 5 February 2018[edit]

Op-ed: Do editors have the right to be forgotten?

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Recommendations for your WikiProject Hampshire will be delivered soon[edit]

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Recommending new editors to your WP Hampshire[edit]

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Please let me know below if you have any general feedback about our recommendations. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 05:23, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Waggers, Just wonder if you had a chance to look at the recommendations I sent? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 22:40, 12 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Waggers, I update the recommendation list sent to you earlier. I fixed some bugs in the previous version (as you might have seen that some editors on the previous list were not quite active). Very sorry about it, but now, everything should be good! Please take a look, and let me know what you think! Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 16:54, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 February 2018[edit]

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Proposed deletion of File:Southampton Bassett Green.PNG[edit]

The file File:Southampton Bassett Green.PNG has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Orphaned map.

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And other map images related to Southampton that are similar; just trying to clear out some very old files that are no longer useful. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 19:09, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

- Hi User:BU Rob13, thanks for the heads-up. These maps were the best we had for a time but I agree there are now much more useful images available. I don't think they would particularly add any value by being moved to Commons; I could go through and speedy delete them under G7 (author requests deletion) but it's probably worthwhile giving other editors the opportunity to rescue them if they wish, so proposed deletion is probably still the best plan. This does make me realise just how long I've been working on Wikipedia and how much things have moved on in the last 12 years! WaggersTALK 09:23, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Indeed. These images were once extremely valuable, but as we've moved more towards maps generated by templates, they've mostly gone unused. In a sense, it shows how far we've come. I'm trying to clear out a lot of these old files to make it easier to maintain the file namespace, so you may get a couple more messages like this. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 13:53, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Waggers[edit]

Hi Waggers, it would be great if you have a chance to take a look at the new editors I recommended to you. Thank you! I would also help invite some new members, but they are not the ones on this list. Bobo.03 (talk) 20:15, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018[edit]

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

Administrator changes

Lourdes†

AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V

† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards: -revi, Green Giant, Rxy, There'sNoTime, علاء.

Obituaries

Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

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Collaboration products newsletter: 2018-02[edit]

Latest news from the Wikimedia Global Collaboration team, about Map improvements 2018, Notifications, Structured discussions and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.

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Collaboration and Language are now going their way separately. Updates about Content Translation are not included in this newsletter anymore. Please refer to the Language report.
Collaboration has a new project: Map improvements 2018.
- The team’s engagement with maps is based on 2017 Community Wishlist proposal Kartographer Improvements, though the work won’t be restricted to items named there.
- The project is currently in its very early research and planning stages.
- It has a limited term that’s scheduled to conclude at the end of June 2018.

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Recent changes

es.wikipedia, es.wikibooks, sv.wikipedia, and simple.wikipedia get ORES predictions on Recent Changes (and on Watchlist through "⧼eri-rcfilters-beta-label⧽" Beta feature). [47][48][49][50]

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Transclude special:relatedchanges on a subpage removed #contentSub. This is now fixed. [54]

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Problems

Between week 7 and 20 February, when you thanked someone for an edit, the thank went to the latest unthanked edit to that page. It didn't matter which edit you tried to give thanks for. This has been fixed. [57]
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Hiding quotes by Sally Miller Gearhart[edit]

Could you please elaborate why we should censor out her controversial statements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartu (talk • contribs) 08:25, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Kartu: Hi Kartu. First up, we should definitely not censor her statements - Wikipedia is not censored. But we do have to be very careful to make sure that any controversial statements relating to a living person are properly sourced and referenced. Also we need to ensure that our articles read well, so inserting a controversial statement randomly into an article is not constructive. By all means, write a properly sourced, separate paragraph or section - but please take the time to make sure it is well researched, properly referenced, doesn't give undue weight to the controversy and the article flows well and maintains a neutral point of view. Hope that helps. Waggers TALK 08:30, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the quick reply, Waggers. Based on it I'm still confused what the issue actually is, as you mention several:
        * Is it "not properly sourced" (edit history shows that that has been addressed already) 
        * Does not suggestion to reduce population of one gender to 10% not important enough, to be included in summary? 
        * This part is clearly not neutral POV: "Gearhart does not base this radical proposal on the idea that men are innately violent or oppressive", we don't know, what she is basing it on, "male-bonding" being particularly "dangerous", is not mutually exclusive with men being "innately violent or oppressive".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartu (talk • contribs) 10:24, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Recommending new editors to WikiProject Hampshire[edit]

Hi Waggers,

I am continuing to send you recommendations for project Hampshire. When you have a chance, please take a look. Thank you!

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Teresa Stokes (talk · contribs)	Teresa Stokes's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Society and People, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project!	2012-4-17	98	Newcomer	invite	survey
Ohgoshhi (talk · contribs)	Ohgoshhi's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category People and Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project!	2015-11-30	64	Newcomer	invite	survey
Acpvynwinch (talk · contribs)	Acpvynwinch made 9 out of their most recent 15 edits to articles within the scope of your project.	2018-1-14	15	Newcomer	invite	survey
Forestperson (talk · contribs)	Forestperson made 8 out of their most recent 18 edits to articles within the scope of your project.	2015-2-25	18	Newcomer	invite	survey
Hellinadustcart (talk · contribs)	Hellinadustcart made 4 out of their most recent 200 edits to articles within the scope of your project.	2014-8-28	200	Experienced Editor	invite	survey
CelestialKeystone (talk · contribs)	CelestialKeystone made 2 out of their most recent 227 edits to articles within the scope of your project.	2017-11-21	227	Experienced Editor	invite	survey
Loweredtone (talk · contribs)	Loweredtone's editing history suggests a strong match with your project. Most articles they have edited fall under the Category Geography and Society, and most of your project's articles also fall under these categories. Studies have found that editors with a stronger topic match with a project tend to edit more and stay longer in the project!	2016-10-28	254	Experienced Editor	invite	survey
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Bobo.03 (talk) 04:50, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Bobo.03:, some of these have already been invited and others aren't a great fit for the project so now new invitations sent this time around. Waggers TALK 12:27, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for deletation[edit]

We recently noticed that a wiki about fanport has been deleted. Would like to know the reason behind deletion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanport this is the old link.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.110.219.119 (talk) 11:44, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@83.110.219.119: The article was deleted under criterion A7 of the Criteria for Speedy Deletion - the article did not indicate why its subject is important or significant. Waggers TALK 09:51, 19 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Collaboration products newsletter: 2018-03[edit]

Latest news from the Wikimedia Collaboration team, about Map improvements 2018, Notifications, Structured discussions and Edit Review Improvements. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.

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The Collaboration team has announced the start of a new project: In-Context Help and Onboarding. The idea is to improve retention of new wiki editors by giving them short tutorials and other training experiences related to, and triggered by, their current activities on the wikis (that’s the “in context” part). The project follows from the conclusions of the New Editor Experiences research. The work is in its very early stages, but we’d like to hear from people with ideas on the subject—particularly if you have experience supporting or training new contributors.

Map improvements 2018 [More information]

Maps using Maplink and Mapframe functions now include an extra zoom level (level 19). This is part of the Kartographer Improvements, the number one request of the 2017 Community Wishlist survey. [61]

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Signpost issue 4 – 29 March 2018[edit]

Op-ed: Death knell for The Signpost?

News and notes: Wiki Conference roundup and new appointments.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2018[edit]

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

Administrator changes

331dot • Cordless Larry • ClueBot NG

Gogo Dodo • Pb30 • Sebastiankessel • Seicer • SoLando

Guideline and policy news

Administrators who have been desysopped due to inactivity are now required to have performed at least one (logged) administrative action in the past 5 years in order to qualify for a resysop without going through a new RfA.
Editors who have been found to have engaged in sockpuppetry on at least two occasions after an initial indefinite block, for whatever reason, are now automatically considered banned by the community without the need to start a ban discussion.
The notability guideline for organizations and companies has been substantially rewritten following the closure of this request for comment. Among the changes, the guideline more clearly defines the sourcing requirements needed for organizations and companies to be considered notable.
The six-month autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) ended on 14 March 2018. The post-trial research report has been published. A request for comment is now underway to determine whether the restrictions from ACTRIAL should be implemented permanently.

Technical news

There will soon be a calendar widget at Special:Block, making it easier to set expiries for a specific date and time.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee is considering a change to the discretionary sanctions procedures which would require an editor to appeal a sanction to the community at WP:AE or WP:AN prior to appealing directly to the Arbitration Committee at WP:ARCA.

Miscellaneous

A discussion has closed which concluded that administrators are not required to enable email, though many editors suggested doing so as a matter of best practice.
The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team has released the Interaction Timeline. This shows a chronologic history for two users on pages where they have both made edits, which may be helpful in identifying sockpuppetry and investigating editing disputes.

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