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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
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The Checkuser's Barnstar | ||
For your many years of adroit and valued service. If anyone deserves this, its certainly you! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 06:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC) |
+1 - sorry to see you taking a step back, Tony, you've been a good friend and source of valuable advice over the years. Good luck with whatever life brings you, and I do hope that you'll find time to return to more active duty here in the future, you'll be sorely missed. — Amakuru ( talk) 08:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar | |
For all the hard work you've done and all the effort you've put into making Wikipedia a better place. I noticed, and so did a lot of others. Beeblebrox ( talk) 15:51, 29 September 2023 (UTC) |
Think it wouldn't be fair not to thank the people in this section as well TonyBallioni ( talk) 22:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
I understand. Yet, there's always some sadness. Thanks for all the contributions. Lourdes 04:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
my story today |
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Thanks everyone. Appreciate the kind words from everyone who reached out here and via email. I'm not one for valedictory speeches, but the updates I made to the user page essentially sum up where I am: positive changes happening in my life that don't leave much time for Wikipedia. I'll likely still poke in from time-to-time to pontificate, but not nearly the degree I once did. I'll still monitor my email, so if anyone needs anything from me, feel free to reach out. TonyBallioni ( talk) 22:27, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi TonyBallioni, I read at the permissions that you were pulling them all, and was saddened to see you were leaving. I'm sorry to see you go. We never spoke much or at all, but I considered you and Kudpung the very definition of the Wikipedia administrator. I have a feeling we have now entered the general decline of the first generation of Wikipedia editors. Anyway. I hope you have a good time in your new endevours. It was great while it lasted and think you will be missed. scope_creep Talk 11:16, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
What a shock to see your name in the desysop list of
Admin News! I was initially baffled and upset, but understand this is just real life getting in the way, which is totally understandable. But, I can't let you leave without thanking you for all of your tireless contributions.
In all seriousness, helping you become an admin is what I consider one of my greatest accomplishments here, because in turn we got all of the accomplishments that came with your adminship (and other hats). All of that will be sorely missed. Take care my friend! We will miss you. Go Tar Heels :) — MusikAnimal talk 17:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC) |
Hello TonyBallioni:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long
Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
The Admin's Barnstar | |
I am saddened to hear that you're stepping back from the project, but simultaneously understand and wish you the absolute best. Thank you for everything you've done for the project, Tony. Your contributions and work as an administrator/functionary have been integral. TheSandDoctor Talk 16:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC) |
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
The Admin's Barnstar | |
Sorry to hear you have left Wikipedia, Tony! I hope all is well and I wish you the very best for the future. Patient Zero talk 00:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC) |
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RV ( talk) 17:15, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello TonyBallioni: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year! | ||
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC) |
TonyBallioni,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
CAPTAIN RAJU
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18:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Submachine (series). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jannaultheal ( talk) 04:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Hello TonyBallioni,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.
Reminders:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
You're missed, TonyB. I realise you're not an admin anymore, but I was wondering if you remember whether you finished what you were doing here [1]? Or maybe a TPW admin can help me out? I just can't make sense of the logs where deleted revisions are involved, perhaps that's just how the wiki is designed. Best, — Usedtobecool ☎️ 05:47, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
This 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. |
Archive 40 | ← | Archive 43 | Archive 44 | Archive 45 |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
|
|
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
The Checkuser's Barnstar | ||
For your many years of adroit and valued service. If anyone deserves this, its certainly you! CaptainEek Edits Ho Cap'n! ⚓ 06:01, 29 September 2023 (UTC) |
+1 - sorry to see you taking a step back, Tony, you've been a good friend and source of valuable advice over the years. Good luck with whatever life brings you, and I do hope that you'll find time to return to more active duty here in the future, you'll be sorely missed. — Amakuru ( talk) 08:04, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar | |
For all the hard work you've done and all the effort you've put into making Wikipedia a better place. I noticed, and so did a lot of others. Beeblebrox ( talk) 15:51, 29 September 2023 (UTC) |
Think it wouldn't be fair not to thank the people in this section as well TonyBallioni ( talk) 22:28, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
I understand. Yet, there's always some sadness. Thanks for all the contributions. Lourdes 04:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
my story today |
---|
Thanks everyone. Appreciate the kind words from everyone who reached out here and via email. I'm not one for valedictory speeches, but the updates I made to the user page essentially sum up where I am: positive changes happening in my life that don't leave much time for Wikipedia. I'll likely still poke in from time-to-time to pontificate, but not nearly the degree I once did. I'll still monitor my email, so if anyone needs anything from me, feel free to reach out. TonyBallioni ( talk) 22:27, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi TonyBallioni, I read at the permissions that you were pulling them all, and was saddened to see you were leaving. I'm sorry to see you go. We never spoke much or at all, but I considered you and Kudpung the very definition of the Wikipedia administrator. I have a feeling we have now entered the general decline of the first generation of Wikipedia editors. Anyway. I hope you have a good time in your new endevours. It was great while it lasted and think you will be missed. scope_creep Talk 11:16, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
What a shock to see your name in the desysop list of
Admin News! I was initially baffled and upset, but understand this is just real life getting in the way, which is totally understandable. But, I can't let you leave without thanking you for all of your tireless contributions.
In all seriousness, helping you become an admin is what I consider one of my greatest accomplishments here, because in turn we got all of the accomplishments that came with your adminship (and other hats). All of that will be sorely missed. Take care my friend! We will miss you. Go Tar Heels :) — MusikAnimal talk 17:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC) |
Hello TonyBallioni:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long
Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
The Admin's Barnstar | |
I am saddened to hear that you're stepping back from the project, but simultaneously understand and wish you the absolute best. Thank you for everything you've done for the project, Tony. Your contributions and work as an administrator/functionary have been integral. TheSandDoctor Talk 16:21, 27 October 2023 (UTC) |
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Interface administrator changes
Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review
the candidates and submit your choices on the
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MediaWiki message delivery (
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00:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
The Admin's Barnstar | |
Sorry to hear you have left Wikipedia, Tony! I hope all is well and I wish you the very best for the future. Patient Zero talk 00:50, 6 November 2023 (UTC) |
New Page Patrol | January 2024 Articles Backlog Drive | |
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 02:11, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
Onel5969 TT me 15:08, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
RV ( talk) 17:15, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello TonyBallioni: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:31, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy New Year! | ||
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth ( talk) 14:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC) |
TonyBallioni,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable
New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
CAPTAIN RAJU
(T)
18:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.
CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:47, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Submachine (series). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Jannaultheal ( talk) 04:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
|
|
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Hello TonyBallioni,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.
Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.
It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!
2023 Awards
Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!
WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.
Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.
Reviewing tip: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages within their most familiar subjects can use the regularly updated NPP Browser tool.
Reminders:
MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
You're missed, TonyB. I realise you're not an admin anymore, but I was wondering if you remember whether you finished what you were doing here [1]? Or maybe a TPW admin can help me out? I just can't make sense of the logs where deleted revisions are involved, perhaps that's just how the wiki is designed. Best, — Usedtobecool ☎️ 05:47, 4 April 2024 (UTC)