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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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Guideline and policy news

• A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

• Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. ( T178356)
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• A link to the user's Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
• A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

April 22: Earth Day Edit-a-thon + April 23: Wiki-Picnic

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-- Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:35, 21 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Hello! I just wanted to give you a fair heads up that, with some hesitation, I reverted your content removal from Twitter files. I think you're probably right about some of the sources, but what really caught my eye was the ref name "Grynbaum"—I recognized that as a NYT writer, and, indeed, that reference was to his NYT article, which detailed what Kevin McCarthy had said while on Fox News. Even if Fox News is generally unreliable, I don't think that means it's objectionable to use a New York Times article quoting what the Speaker of the House said on Fox.-- Jerome Frank Disciple ( talk) 13:22, 25 April 2023 (UTC) reply

That's fair, I removed Newsweek and Daily Beast leaving the Grynbaum one. Andre 🚐 14:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Sounds great! Sorry that I didn't restore those portions of your edit myself—in hindsight, I should have, but, at the time, I figured it would be smarter to make sure you weren't preferring an all-or-nothing approach.-- Jerome Frank Disciple ( talk) 14:56, 25 April 2023 (UTC) reply

No worries. Thanks Andre 🚐 15:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC) reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Administrator changes Spicy Ale jrb Dbachmann DGG ( deceased) Jimbo Wales

CheckUser changes Jimbo Wales Oversighter changes Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

May 17: WikiWednesday + Queering Wikipedia @ BPL + on Zoom

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John Durham’s Investigation Has Disclosed Corruption: His Own. The Barr-appointed special counsel was supposed to reveal “the crime of the century.” All he revealed was his incompetence—and worse. ^[1]

It would be good for the Durham special counsel investigation and Russia investigation origins counter-narrative articles. Somewhere there is a source that early on called Durham's efforts an attempt to "cover-up" (or "coverup") Trump's misdeeds. We need to find that source. -- Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 15:31, 17 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Great article. Andre 🚐 15:51, 17 May 2023 (UTC) reply

• The Russia Investigation Was Not A Hoax It's amazing/depressing that four years after the Mueller Report was released this still needs to be pointed out.

Andre 🚐 15:56, 17 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page Republican Party (United States) has an edit summary that appears to be inadequate, inaccurate, or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. Thank you. Chances last a finite time ( talk) 18:27, 23 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Your recent editing history at Republican Party (United States) shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

Being involved in an edit war can result in you being blocked from editing—especially if you violate the three-revert rule, which states that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Also keep in mind that while violating the three-revert rule often leads to a block, you can still be blocked for edit warring—even if you do not violate the three-revert rule—should your behavior indicate that you intend to continue reverting repeatedly. Chances last a finite time ( talk) 18:29, 23 May 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Chances last a finite time: you are the one out of line here. If someone reverts your changes, you must talk it out, not continue to shoehorn them in. ɱ (talk) 18:31, 23 May 2023 (UTC) reply

@ Ɱ If he wants to erase edits, he should explain why directly and not in a misleading way. [1] "need to use source as a reference in the article" makes no sense as a reason to undo edits when the source was already used as a reference in the article. Chances last a finite time ( talk) 18:36, 23 May 2023 (UTC) reply

Don't template the regulars. Andre 🚐 20:02, 23 May 2023 (UTC) reply

May I ask why you don't have administrator or bureaucrat anymore? Blitzfan51 speak to the manager 17:07, 31 May 2023 (UTC) reply

I resigned in 2018 after making a few mistakes and actions/comments, some of which were rather ill-conceived and I regret. If you really wish to exhume the remains they're all in the history of various talk pages. There was a pending arbcom case being brought against me so I resigned instead, under a cloud as they say. to spare the community and myself the pain and frustration of that. Andre 🚐 17:52, 31 May 2023 (UTC) reply

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for your immense contributions over the years... It's appreciated. Volten001 ☎ 08:01, 1 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Thank you! That's very kind! Andre 🚐 15:23, 1 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Hi, I saw your name on the editor's assistance list so I decided to reach out for assistance. I made a revision to Manu Ríos under the Personal Life section. I was reverted. I disagree but I didn't want to get into an edit war so I reached out on the other editor's talk page. I didn't get a response there so then I reached out on the talk page of the main article, asking for discussion. I have not received a response there either. What should I do now? Should I now ask for a third party? Thanks in advance. Clockswatcher ( talk) 17:42, 2 June 2023 (UTC) reply

My suggestion would be to abandon your attempted edit. Unless you can explain why it's an improvement. Andre 🚐 23:00, 2 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Hello Andrevan. I am the declared COI editor for Tetragon Financial Group and have posted an edit request to update and change the article for accuracy and clarity. I noticed your active participation in WP:WPCPY and previous helpful edits on company pages. Would you mind taking a look and helping out with these changes? Thank you, CC for Tetragon ( talk) 09:51, 5 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Thanks, but I won't have time to help with this right now. Andre 🚐 13:55, 5 June 2023 (UTC) reply

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes Ingenuity Ddstretch Prodego Resolute

CheckUser changes Courcelles

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
• As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

• Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous

• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

June 21: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce

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-- Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 01:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC) reply

FYI, an IP has mentioned you at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Genetic studies on Jews. Johnuniq ( talk) 08:42, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Oy vey. This should be closed and the IP warned if not blocked. They're accusing me of antisemitism and neonazism because they believe any genetic analysis of Jews (I am Jewish as I explained) is that, and they want to delete any scientific genetic article and replace with their own fringe religious views. Andre 🚐 12:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

I've placed a one month rangeblock on that IP range for long term edit warring, bludgeoning, and casting aspersions. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 12:47, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Thank you! Andre 🚐 12:50, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

@ ScottishFinnishRadish, this IP might be a sock based on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Heydan Seegil Andre 🚐 19:42, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Seems likely, and although it won't be linked at SPI it is good to have the record. When it starts up again, let me know. ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 21:27, 15 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Hey, Andrevan. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Mann Mann ( talk) 02:36, 19 June 2023 (UTC) reply

• Thank you! It's a special one. My 20 year anniversary of my first logged-in edit. Andre 🚐 02:58, 19 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Happy First Edit Day! Hi Andrevan! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:38, 19 June 2023 (UTC) reply

• Thank you!! Andre 🚐 00:04, 20 June 2023 (UTC) reply

I have created a new essay and would welcome some critique on the talk page there:

• User:Valjean/Wikipedia's credibility

Valjean ( talk) ( PING me) 22:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC) reply

I haven't dug into it in depth yet, but on first glance it looks promising. Andre 🚐 01:02, 22 June 2023 (UTC) reply

I noticed you were the first to make an that looked like a !vote, but there isn't an RfC, so what is going on with all the uninvolved editors popping in? DN ( talk) 02:29, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply

Yeah not an RFC, just wanted to register my opposition. Andre 🚐 02:44, 24 June 2023 (UTC) reply