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Deprecating a source

If a source has been deprecated in WP:RSN, these steps are required when closing the discussion:

1. Close the RfC with a closing statement indicating that there is consensus to deprecate the source. If there is consensus in the discussion to specifically refrain from one of the standard deprecation measures ( auto-revert or edit filter), note this in the closing statement and skip the associated step.
2. Auto-revert: Create a discussion for the source under User talk:XLinkBot/RevertList § Proposed additions. Use SBHandler to add the domains associated with the source to User:XLinkBot/RevertList and User:XLinkBot/RevertReferencesList.
3. Edit filter: Add the domain to Special:AbuseFilter/869 in line 3, which starts with deprecated =:. This requires the edit filter manager permission, which administrators can assign to themselves.
4. Create or update the entry for the source in the perennial sources list and the deprecated sources list.
5. Add an entry to the "Deprecated" list in the section User:JL-Bot/Questionable.cfg/General § RSP.

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RfA

Anachronist/links ( talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) My admin log

Congratulations! ( X! ·  talk)  ·  @931  ·  21:20, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, it is an honor to be demoted to janitor! ~ Amatulić ( talk) 00:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Congrats! Have fun :) Airplaneman ✈ 01:28, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Congrats from me as well. There are a few nifty admin scripts you might find useful - block warnings as a dropdown menu for example. Feel free to crib from my monobook. Ϣere SpielChequers 06:05, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Cribbed. Thanks! ~ Amatulić ( talk) 21:38, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Belated congrats! Best wishes on the "demotion"... Jusdafax 15:41, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Questions

1. Suppose in WP:RFPP you see a semi-protection request for article XYZ. In looking at XYZ, you find a slow edit war going on among the handful of edits per day. Not all the edits are warring. There have been more than three reverts by both sides but 3RR doesn't really apply because the reverts span more than a week. In the edit history you don't see much actual vandalism, maybe averaging one random incident per week. The most frequent anonymous IP edits, however, involve an anon attempting to add well-sourced material that a regular editor has been reverting, characterizing the anon's contribution as WP:UNDUE-weight POV-pushing. This regular editor, who is well-established and respected with thousands of productive edits, made the semi-protection request. The anon has no talk page contributions, although he has clearly explained his edits with edit summaries. What do you do, and why?
2. (Optional question; you don't have to answer if this RfA's clock runs out first) The largest backlogs on Wikipedia are Category:Wikipedia files with a different name on Wikimedia Commons and Category:Wikipedia files with the same name on Wikimedia Commons. Why do you think most administrators prefer not to touch these? Do you feel it is important to reduce these backlogs? Why or why not? Do you have suggestions to make the process more efficient?
3. We have four levels of user talk page warnings to apply to vandals, spammers, people who push a non-neutral point of view, people who insist on adding unsourced content, etc.

   a. Would you require escalation through all four levels before you'd block an editor? Why or why not?

   b. Are there cases where you wouldn't block a user who has received a final level-4 warning? Why or why not?

First day on the job reply

Glad you made it. No, one thing admin's never run out of is something to do. Dloh cierekim 13:35, 28 August 2010 (UTC)