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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103 Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

CheckUser changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Oversighter changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news

• Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.

• Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes.

Miscellaneous

• The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

how do i start a wiki for my business -- Paranormal knights of Scotland ( talk) 17:18, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Paranormal knights of Scotland welcome to Wikipedia, if you want to use the MediaWiki software for your business, it's probably best to look at this article about installing MediaWiki software or searching for a service that would host mediawiki instances. If you wish to write an English Wikipedia article about your business, I would strongly recommend that you don't, conflict of interest editing is strongly discouraged here. Just i yaya 02:03, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

I am looking at the Chrysler Canada page and see that there are very few plant images. I may be of some help. From 1958 till the mid nineties, I operated the Chrysler Canada photographic department and have numerous images from that era that I would be willing to share. -- Lawrence monkhouse ( talk) 22:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

@ Lawrence monkhouse: That's awesome! Wikipedia would greatly appreciate any photos you're willing to share! If you don't have a commons.wikimedia.org account you can create one for free and start uploading photos (that you own) with the upload wizard. It's a relatively straightforward process, but if you need any assistance at all, please feel free to reach out to me or Justiyaya for help. –– FormalDude ^talk 22:15, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

can I move about to the THERE... I'm very knew to this portion of wiki but have used it for years without realizing I could be of more value. Once I create my account can I move about the various portals under the same username? -- PIESMATTER ( talk) 20:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi PIESMATTER, welcome to Wikipedia! Sorry, I'm not entirely sure what you need help with, can you please clarify your question? If you are asking about what tasks you can do here, consider checking out the Wikipedia:Task center for a list of tasks, if you are asking about the portal name space, this should provide a good general overview on the topic, if you are asking about the different Wikimedia projects, here is a list of all of them with explanations on what they are used for. Hope this helps :D Just i yaya 23:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

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Hey, anytime I come across an active edit war while reviewing pending changes, I wonder what's the best course of action: Leave a warning message and revert the edit warring user or simply leave a warning message? WP:EW doesn't seem to be very clear on that, so I want to make sure that I'm doing the right thing. Let me know what you think. Thank you Throast ( talk | contribs) 17:33, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@ Throast Great question, I'm a bit confused on that too, but generally speaking if the is edit clear vandalism or something against policy revert it and leave a warning (template/no template based on situation), if 2 editors are both edit warring and none of the exemptions apply and the content of the edit is not against policy it's probably best to warn them both and not revert, accepting might still be fine if covered by guidelines. It's really different every single case... Sorry if this didn't really help much, and thanks for sending me a message. Just i yaya 18:27, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Seems like a good solution. I've always reverted citing WP:EW until now but it feels wrong since you're in a sense joining the edit war (at least it could be perceived that way). So unless there's a clear policy violation, I'll accept and leave a warning message from now on. Thanks for your input. Throast ( talk | contribs) 18:39, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

I would say that generally speaking I've reverted telling people to discuss if they didn't leave an edit summary when reverting a revert that makes sense, and although BRD is "never a reason for reverting", the revert would generally be supported by policies. It's really different every case in terms of reverting too, generally leaving it alone is probably the better choice if you're unsure. I don't think I'm explaining this very well, pinging FormalDude for thoughts maybe? Just i yaya 19:28, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

You've got it basically spot on to what I would've said–it's different for each time/case. One exception is it's typically always okay to revert someone who has broken the WP:3RR. In cases where both editors have broken the rule, it's sometimes necessary to request full page protection, warn the editors, and/or report them to Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. –– FormalDude talk 20:28, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

On the other hand, it feels unfair to let someone slide who has brute forced their edit to be the most recent. I think the notion that both parties involved in edit warring are always disruptive is not true in many cases. We have one editor who wishes to retain the status quo, which I don't see anything wrong with as long as there's a valid reason, and one editor who disrupts. As long as the disruptive editor doesn't break 3RR, they will have their way if we don't revert, which feels wrong. In my opinion, 1RR should universally replace 3RR but this is obviously not the right place to discuss that... Throast ( talk | contribs) 23:55, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@ Throast Changing 3RR to 1RR might be a good idea but would make anti vandal work a lot harder if the exceptions aren't changed, perhaps adopting 1RR as a personal policy when having a content dispute is a better option maybe? Just i yaya 03:53, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

How do I make a page -- Usernameisused ( talk) 13:32, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Usernameisused, welcome to Wikipedia! If you want to create an user page, you can click on your username and create one, be sure to follow the user page guidelines. If you want to create an article, see WP:1st, keep in mind that creating an article is one of the hardest things for new editors, so consider choosing another task before attempting it, thanks! Just i yaya 14:20, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

@ Usernameisused If the inquiry is regarding your sandbox, I would strongly encourage you move on to another task to work on in Wikipedia, you would be much more useful to the project there, if you have any other questions, feel free to put them below :D Just i yaya 14:39, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

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