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This Month in GLAM: September 2015





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Grants:IEG/Wikipedia likes Galactic Exploration for Posterity 2015

Dear Fellow Wikipedians,

I JethroBT (WMF) suggested that I consult with fellow Wikipedians to get feedback and help to improve my idea about "As an unparalleled way to raise awareness of the Wikimedia projects, I propose to create a tremendous media opportunity presented by launching Wikipedia via space travel."

Please see the idea at meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedia_likes_Galactic_Exploration_for_Posterity_2015. Please post your suggestions on the talk page and please feel free to edit the idea and join the project.

Thank you for your time and attention in this matter. I appreciate it.

My best regards, Geraldshields11 (talk) 22:07, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Duplicate of edit-warning

There is a duplicate edit-warning here. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}}{Talk} 22:06, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Great Logo Design for Wikipedia's 5m English articles

Best Logo Designer Award
Hi! This is SWASTIK 25. Your logo design for memorializing 5 million English language articles in Wikipedia is fantastic!!! Swastik 12:07, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
@SWASTIK 25: - Thanks much, the compliment is much appreciated! -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:29, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
Welcome Fuzheado. It is worthy of appreciation. --- SWASTIK 25 (Talk)

Suvrat Raj

Can you salt the article as well? The user had created 4 separate sock accounts to circumvent the warnings in re-creating the article/removing tags. Thanks. --Cahk (talk) 08:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Deletion before writing complete details

Could you please resurrect the deleted article named Titanium Sponge Plant in India. I was about to fill the details in a few minutes as I was first creating a layout of the page (headings along with little info). All the details that, I hope, would satisfy every reader including you are ready with me. Even if you do not do that, please reply asap. I now realize that I should have taken the draft approval way instead of direct article creation. Thanks in advance.hey_pal (Friend.hey)(talk) 09:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC) The article has importance and it is also one of the unique project as the country is just fifth in implementing such intricate science project, I mean to sat that it is not a cliche kind of topic. Thanks.hey_pal (Friend.hey)(talk) 09:18, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@Friend.hey: I've re-created it to give you a chance to edit, but can you explain it's notability? If not, then it will probably be deleted again. It does not seem to be the first titanium sponge plant, as this one in 2011 was the first [1], unless this one is related? Perhaps you can explain. -- Fuzheado | Talk 09:24, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Sure. I thank you very warmly for such a step to resurrect an important article. I assure you that you will like it after its completion and that I'll use the draft policy to make the future articles. Regarding notability, I would like to mention that the plant in India is the only one in the world (or I say first in the world) which can undertake all the different activities of manufacturing aerospace grade Titanium sponge under one roof ie leaching, heated vacuum distillation and others of Kroll process (a process to make it) to make the metal almost 99.7% pure. hey_pal (Friend.hey)(talk) 09:33, 1 November 2015 (UTC) Rest of the countries follow a partly process like one imports, another process to one level and then further application till it becomes sponge. I would also like to tell you that there is no any such article even of the first such plant by someone. Thanks.hey_pal (Friend.hey)(talk) 09:35, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Hi! Before trusting a bot blindly, might you please take a few seconds to check what it reports on? There is no copyright infringement, because a) I was the author of Bardas Parsakoutenos, which is supposed to have been the copy-paste, and b) Wikipedia has no copyright. Please restore the deleted article. Thanks in advance. Constantine 10:14, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

@Cplakidas: Yeah, sorry about that - I restored the article after realizing that even before seeing this message. I didn't notice the first name difference and saw that you had a good standing in creating reliable content. Thanks. -- Fuzheado | Talk 10:16, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your swift action! Best regards, Constantine 10:22, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Special Barnstar
Yes, seriously, thanks a whole lot for your logo contribution. It is a great-looking, professional logo that will represent Wikipedia, the community, and the milestone in celebration well. Mz7 (talk) 22:23, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks @Mz7: for the kind words -- Fuzheado | Talk 10:24, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Congrats!

Well done!
Congrats on making the winning logo for the 5M articles celebration! w.carter-Talk 23:16, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Thanks @W.carter: it's been a fun project -- Fuzheado | Talk 10:25, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Teamwork Barnstar
For your contributions to the Five million articles announcement. Pine 21:26, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Great logo. Thanks. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 06:22, 2 November 2015 (UTC)

Strategy for reading department

Hi Fuzheado, I see you have recently joined phabricator tickets for mobile and reading features, you might as well want to have a look on the startegy process here. Thanks!--Melamrawy (WMF) (talk) 15:38, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

@Melamrawy (WMF): - Thanks for the note! I'm trying to understand more about the mobile design process and how to evolve the mobile experience, so I'll be doing more catching up on this. -- Fuzheado | Talk 16:31, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Video from WikiConference USA

Hi, have you had a chance to upload the videos from your camcorders yet? I'm particularly anxious to have access to the video of the workshop that I led on Sunday regarding Wikipedia culture. Thanks, --Pine 04:20, 9 November 2015 (UTC)

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Request for removal of protection

Requesting removal of this indefinite semi-protection. The article is relatively quiet, the need for protection is long past. Thanks. 72.198.26.61 (talk) 23:54, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and requested this at WP:RFPP. Thanks. 72.198.26.61 (talk) 17:01, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

This has been declined at RFPP and I strongly disagree. You seem like a reasonable person (we've interacted on the Paris attacks talk page); do you agree with this decline? 72.198.26.61 (talk) 13:54, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

The RFPP request has been archived with no response to my appeal. Would you please unprotect? 72.198.26.61 (talk) 21:08, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

I honestly don't see the issue here. This article lacks any of the hot button issues that tend to attract vandals. There was a problem on the first day because it was front-page news. As I've said, there is no current news coverage, and the editing activity has fallen to almost nothing. If you won't unprotect, I hope no one will consider it disruptive if I hit RFPP again every 7-10 days. 72.198.26.61 (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks!

More often than not, I see your name in the edit history of articles related to current events. Thanks for your contributions. ---Another Believer (Talk) 23:20, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

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Help decide the future of Wikimania

The Wikimedia Foundation is currently running a consultation on the value and planning process of Wikimania, and is open until 18 January 2016. The goals are to (1) build a shared understanding of the value of Wikimania to help guide conference planning and evaluation, and (2) gather broad community input on what new form(s) Wikimania could take (starting in 2018).

After reviewing the consultation, we'd like to hear your feedback on on this survey.

In addition, feel free to share any personal experiences you have had at at a Wikimedia movement conference, including Wikimania. We plan to compile and share back outcomes from this consultation in February.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk), from Community Resources 22:01, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

Pre-posting: 7 supports, no opposes
Post-posting: 5 supports, 7 opposes (some with confused rationales)
Total when you pulled it: 12 supports, 7 opposes

The original posting may have struck you as too hasty, but you pulled the Lord Lucan blurb when there was still an overall consensus in favor of posting, then closed the thread so no one could comment further. While leaving only 3 blurbs on the front page.

Why are you discounting all of the earlier supports? Do I need to visit ITNC every day after something is posted and reaffirm my support to make sure it is not discounted?

Please restore; I don't think any other admin could do so without accusations of wheel warring, but that pull was against consensus. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:39, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Last December, I invited you to share your views on the value of Wikimedia conferences and the planning process of Wikimania. We have completed analysis of these results and have prepared this report summarizing your feedback and important changes for Wikimania starting in 2018 as an experiment. Feedback and comments are welcome at the discussion page. Thank you so much for your participation. I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, 22:47, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

February events and meetups in DC

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Op-ed

Just because you don't like the comment, it doesn't make it trolling. Don't delete others comments. You're an admin: you should know better. You should also know how to sign your posts, even if they are dickish and childish. – SchroCat (talk) 20:22, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Calling someone's posts dickish really undercuts your argument that they are the one who is acting childish. Gamaliel (talk) 20:34, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
  • Nonsense, SchroCat. You're experienced enough to know better than to feed the trolls. The editor should have posted such controversial commentary from their main account, instead of creating a sock like an anonymous coward. Unless you genuinely believe they're a new editor who found the obscure corner Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2016-02-17/Op-ed with their very first edit — do you? For my part I think they're a plain troll, and well at home on this site — by no means necessarily black, or a woman. Good block. And I have now blocked the second sock, Laticia Hersey 2. Oh, but perhaps that's fucking awful censorship too?[2] So sorry. Bishonen | talk 20:58, 20 February 2016 (UTC).
  • So a comment from a potentially new user is deleted and the account blocked with no proof of them being a sock? Has WP:AGF been suspended? Is there proof against the account been filed anywhere? What I believe about the individual is neither here nor there, but knee-jerk blocks with no evidence do no-one any good. (For the record, the accounts LH2 and now 3 should be blocked, but not the first without proof). – SchroCat (talk) 21:05, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

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Email

Hi Andrew. Did you get my email from last week? Thanks. Peter Damian (talk) 11:31, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

@Peter Damian: - I've checked all my emails, and I don't see anything. Resend? -- Fuzheado | Talk 11:46, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
Thanks, Just tried again. To avoid all confusion, my email address has 'edward' in it. Peter Damian (talk) 13:19, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

March events and meetups in DC

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Pod cast 119

Hi Andrew. I made a partial transcription of 119 here. Let me know of any mistakes. My question is whether some of the material in the podcast was not a discussion of material already in public domain, but rather a primary source. For example, you mention that the Board vote was not unanimous, although Patricio said it was. How do you know this? Thanks Peter Damian (talk) 10:32, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Panama Papers leak

Template:Panama Papers leak has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Jolly Ω Janner 08:40, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Top read

I just posted an update on WP:ITN/C but it seems better to continue the conversation elsewhere as that Merle Haggard discussion will be closed fairly soon, now that it's a done deal. As you're an influential Wikipedian, I didn't want you to miss it and so am repeating here. Maybe you and your lurkers will pick up the thread. Andrew D. (talk) 10:39, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

  • Today, I have been trying out the new mobile app created by the WMF for Wikipedia on the iPhone. It's interesting to note that, unlike the Android app, this doesn't list the ITN entries. Instead, it has a different section of Top read on English Wikipedia. This currently lists:
  1. The Adventures of Tintin
  2. Ravi Shankar
  3. Rogue One
  4. Merle Haggard
  5. Panama Papers
That's a reasonable way of presenting hot topics, just like what's trending on Twitter or the top stories on BBC News, and Merle Haggard does well in this view. ITN is becoming redundant... Andrew D. (talk) 10:31, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
@Andrew Davidson: - Thanks for pointing that out, and I would like to have a more long-lasting conversation about ITN and its standards. When I have more time (soon I hope) perhaps we can kick it off on the Talk page. Another idea I had was to perhaps invite folks in the conversation to be on the Wikipedia Weekly podcast to discuss it. I also noticed the mobile app does not incorporate all the fine work of ITN, which is sad in some ways. But I didn't think about making the flow of information go the other way and have ITN take a cue from the most visited stats. It's worth exploring. I'm still perplexed, and saddened, that the human-oriented magic of speed and depth we usually tout in Wikipedia is being intentionally hobbled on WP:ITN/C. -- Fuzheado | Talk 10:49, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
  • You're welcome. I'm not familiar with the podcast. I don't usually like that format as verbal speech is so slow and inflexible compared to text. But I'll sample some recent examples to get a feel for what goes on there. More anon. Andrew D. (talk) 10:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Message at Commons

Hi there! Just to let you know you've been left a message at Wikimedia Commons. All the best, Ubcule (talk) 21:08, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

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Just in case you didn't see it...

Persoonia terminalis is now a featured article...and thus fulfilling my promise to myself that if I was lucky enough to score the 5000000th article I could turn it into one and thus show how unfinished this place is. Cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:32, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

@Casliber: - Thanks for letting me know, I had not seen that! Do you know if it's been written up anywhere else yet? -- Fuzheado | Talk 13:43, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Nope. Pretty quiet actually (I didn't check the signpost...hang on....) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:10, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
Heh, Signpost mentioned it in their featured dispatch of March 3 but missed the fact it was the 5000000th article.....so, no, nobody noticed...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:16, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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Videos of action verbs

Andrew, I am often participating in monthly c:Commons:Photo_challenge and inspired by our discussions in the past just proposed a new theme for some time in the future: c:Commons_talk:Photo_challenge/themes#Video:_verbs. I do not know if it will get picked, since it is a little outside of what we usually do, but it might be worth a try. If it ever goes somewhere I would appreciate if you could help spread the word. --Jarekt (talk) 13:19, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

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Thought experiment

Hi. I was only vaguely listening to your thought experiment regarding inaccuracies, omissions, and bias in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. To be clear, the English Wikipedia has thousands of examples of omissions and inaccuracies, including many instances of libel and bias that have lasted for years. Even if we discounted the many less visible (and now swept under the rug) issues in Wikipedia articles, there is the Seigenthaler incident, which of course led to the creation and implementation of the biographies of living persons policy. In this light, the moral high ground looks a lot less tall. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:04, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@MZMcBride: - Oh yeah, I was not bragging about any Wikipedia moral high ground. I think you misunderstood the purpose of it. The example of Britannica was to consider our own fault lines. I was trying to think of content of yesteryear in Wikipedia, centered in best accepted practices of that time, that we could point to as being poor in retrospect. I'm inclined to think that there are more examples if we think harder. Perhaps it's the way we referred to transgender individuals that got significantly better after Chelsea Manning debates. Look at Google Trends, and the term "cisgender" was barely used before 2009, and only started to take off in 2011.[3] So in the lifespan of Wikipedia, a whole new term has become popular and mainstream. Reading 2003 Wikipedia would probably rarely mention the term vs today. Some metrics would be fun to compute around this. Another case: remember when Wikipedia had "spoiler alerts?" It seems silly now, but that was the accepted practice back then, probably as an extension of USENET and blogging culture. These are the types of things I'm talking about - ambient, pervasive and systemic practices of the past, and not factual inaccuracies in isolation. I think it's an interesting thing to think about at length. Does that make sense? -- Fuzheado | Talk 16:22, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Your draft article, User:Fuzheado/Harbin

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Euro 2016 blurb at ITN

We typically use an ENGVAR neutral variation of the blurb for the conclusion of association football and other sporting tournaments. I hadn't realised that you'd changed it to an American variant before I moved it back to the way we've always done it (and will continue to do it). Just wanted to let you know. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:19, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

@The Rambling Man: - The edit was to make it more compact and useful, and not out of anything "American." Using "concludes" and "final" is redundant, and makes it bleed on to three lines unnecessarily. Also, it doesn't mention UEFA, which is an important omission and gives context for the general public. Could you enlighten me as to what you consider "American" about it, regardless of whether it gets re-edited or not? -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:00, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
ENGVAR, the very reason we typically post blurbs the way you removed, because British English often allows for discretionary plurals. Please look back over the last couple of hundred events of this nature and you'll see exactly the same methodology being applied. As for your "compact" version (7 bytes shorter) see also WP:Sea of blue (although as an admin posting to the main page, I'm certain you know this kind of thing)... The Rambling Man (talk) 14:33, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
And please archive your talkpage, it's unmanageably large. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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ITN recognition for Garry Marshall

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Block

Thank you for blocking User talk:Drrharpe33. There was also a sock User talk:2607:FCC8:AD8B:7E00:F90B:8E2B:E5CC:415A. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 03:32, 24 July 2016 (UTC)

judor

YOU : Hello, I'm Fuzheado. I noticed that you made a comment on the page User_talk:Ss112 that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia is built on collaboration, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You will be blocked if there is any further behavior of this type. Fuzheado | Talk 15:26, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

this user often delete my edits without a real cause, he deletes the charts positions for belgium although i add a real and official source, if you count, you see the chart position of the song even if it's under 50, it's a source like another moreover, he said "I really get the feeling he will do it again when a user does something he doesn't like", he doesn't have to "get the feeling" i will do it again cordially (sorry i'm not a native english speaker) Judor92 (talk) 00:39, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

@Judor92: I have explained to you five times now including in edit summaries that it doesn't matter that you source it, positions under 50 on the Ultratip chart are not ranked, and you can't assign a number to them by counting down the list because they are listed alphabetically. Counting down the list is incorrect; if the song doesn't have a number next to it, any attempt to assign a number to it is original research. And yes, I do get the feeling you will do it again. If you think it's acceptable to swear at somebody as well as revert them merely because you don't understand why they undid your edit, then you probably haven't learnt by now. Sorry Fuzheado, noticed this on your talk page and felt it would be best to reply here. Ss112 08:40, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Long talk page

Since you have an extremely long talk page you may wish to archive it or use Template:Skip to top and bottom to help others. Its really too long. VarunFEB2003 (talk) 12:13, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

Prevalence

This ref says "The prevalence has been estimated to be 1 in 5-10,000 individuals in the general population."[4] Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 11:52, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

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Ahmad double picture FYI

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Extended confirmed protection

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A barnstar for you!

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Hillary Clinton

Erm... You just protected definitely the wrong version at Hillary Clinton. Sławomir Biały (talk) 17:09, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Also, you should probably block Cenationfan (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Sławomir Biały (talk) 17:09, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Why would I be blocked? I'm just trying to get the porn pics removed from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cenationfan (talkcontribs) 17:12, 13 October 2016 (UTC)


Sorry, there was an obscene message appearing in the diff you left. But on closer inspection, it wasn't your edit that caused the problem. I am assuming that some template was vandalized, which appeared on the page. Sławomir Biały (talk) 17:13, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm actively trying to remove the inappropriate content, but I cannot edit more than once... Please know that I have not posted anything obscene. Cenationfan (talk) 17:17, 13 October 2016 (UTC)Cenationfan

Somebody added that stuff onto Template:NYT topic (a redirect) so the crap was transcluded onto the article. It has been removed and the redirect is now template-protected. —MRD2014 (talkcontribs) 17:43, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

@MRD2014, Cenationfan, and Sławomir Biały: - Yes, thanks all. I protected the HRC article out of desperation, analyzed the HTML, found the offending stuff right before the NYT topic template, and then commented it out. But it seems that someone fixed the template first, so I think we're good. -- Fuzheado | Talk 17:54, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Can you restore the indefinite full move protection that was in place before this happened? —MRD2014 (talkcontribs) 17:59, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
@MRD2014: - Yes, thanks for reminding me.  Done - Fuzheado | Talk 18:06, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mi-Ai Parrish

The article Mi-Ai Parrish has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not enough notability for the subject at this time. Just being the publisher of a notable newspaper does not confer notability on the subject, per WP:NOTINHERITED. Subject fails WP:GNG.

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Desperately seeking receipts

Hello! I REALLY REALLY NEED the receipts for the GLAM Banners for Philadelphia. If you've got an email receipt from putting in the order, just forward it to me. I have to submit the final report for the Grant next week, so if we can't get you paid before then, it will be a problem... Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:53, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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protection

Why did you protect the page Mannequin Challenge? I fail to see the persistent vandalism that you see. Can you please show me? And why would you protect a page while there is an AfD going on? That seems rather counter intuitive. I would at least wait for the AfD to close before protecting it. Especially when you made 38.5% of the edits to the page. Cheers. NikolaiHo☎️ 04:10, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

There were at least three volleys of IP editing in the 12 hours before the semiprotect that were detrimental to the article. The semiprotection will expire tomorrow. -- Fuzheado | Talk 18:39, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
But why did you remove the AfD tag before it was closed? [5]Was it an accident? NikolaiHo☎️ 20:12, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Fuzheado.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Fuzheado. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

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Can you reset PC protection setting, or can you change the duration of semi-protection? I see simultaneous PC and semi-protection. --George Ho (talk) 01:14, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for reminding me. I removed the PC on it. Let me know if you need any other changes. -- Fuzheado | Talk 01:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

I ask you to revert your closure of this discussion just an hour or so after it started. Yes, many people said "keep", but they were all in violation of WP:NOT#NEWS, of which you could get a much more blatant violation than this. People saying things like "investigation has barely started", "that AFD makes Wikipedia look stupid", "per WP:COMMONSENSE", "the attacker hasn't even been identified yet" and "few injuries, little known attacker" are actually giving reasons why we should not have an article about this event rather than why we should have one.86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:39, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Is there any reason why you have not replied to me although you have been editing since I posted this? Admins are supposed to respond to civil questions. If you don't reply then either this needs to go to deletion review or the WP:NOT#NEWS policy needs to be changed. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 21:01, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hi. I see you've applied PC1 to this article, but that only requires confirmation of new or unregistered accounts' edits, and the user who has been edit-warring here to include the BLP violations does not fall into that category. I would suggest full protection? Thanks, Black Kite (talk) 10:47, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

Dexter Fowler

You can edit him to be a Cardinal now. The press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. KidEss93 (talk) 14:20, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

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Deletion discussion about Anas al-Basha

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I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Anas al-Basha should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anas al-Basha .

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Nomination of Truemors for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Truemors is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Per WP:ADMINACCT could you please explain why you posted this item? Did you actually look at the article? The Rambling Man (talk) 23:02, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

And this looks like you're going for some kind of record de-sysopping. Do explain, as you are expected to do, per WP:ADMINACCT. The Rambling Man (talk) 23:04, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Janea Padilha for deletion

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Mizzou article nominated for deletion

FYI, 2015 clash between the media and racial protesters at the University of Missouri has been nominated for deletion. Mark Schierbecker (talk) 04:45, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

AR-15 variant

Thanks for adding references to AR-15 variant.[6] However the sources do not address the assertion for which the "citation needed" tag was placed, namely that "An AR-15 variant refers to...". Neither of your sources mentions the term "AR-15 variant", which seems to have been created by Wikipedia editors. So I am going to revert your edit. If you can find a source which backs up this name then that'd be great. Felsic2 (talk) 02:39, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

@Felsic2: - Rather than revert it, can you just rewrite it? Basically the "variant" is not going to get universal usage. It might be "AR-15 style," or "AR-15 mod," or "AR-15 derived," but they are essentially the same as saying variant. You could do away with all of this by just putting the "based on Stoner's original AR-15 design" and leave it at that. But having the citation needed hanging there in the lede is unhelpful to the reader. -- Fuzheado | Talk 02:43, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
The problem, in my opinion, is that the title of the article is inappropriate. "AR-15 variant" is not a term used by any significant sources. Further more, it sets the wrong scope for the article. No one on the talk page has been able to explain why it's a suitable title, but they insist it has to stay there. I've been meaning to start a formal page move RFC and your edit is a reminder to get it started. I'll ping you for it. Felsic2 (talk) 02:49, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
@Felsic2: - I agree with you to some extent, in that I'm not sure how this particular article fits into the universe of articles on the AR-15 in Wikipedia. I do seem to think the ArmaLite AR-15 article is rather short and incomplete, and this was likely to have been created/split to not clutter that particular article. So I don't think the AR-15 variant claims that this exact phrase is the one being used in the community of shooters and gun folks, but rather it's a catch-all article for what you have to recognize is a major industry/culture in AR-15 style rifle customization. The disambig page for AR-15 seems to express this. -- Fuzheado | Talk 03:01, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
My view is that the proper article title is "AR-15", to cover the entire family of AR-15 firearms. That makes sense to me becasue there are countless sources that refer simply to "AR-15s". There was an AR-15 article that served as an umbrella, but then someone realized there was no Colt AR-15 article and decided the right fix was to move the old article to that title, creating the "variant" article to cover what didn't fit into the Colt article. But that leaves no article to describe the inter-relation of the various AR-15 and M16, the core commonalities, etc. One side effect is that random editors try to "correct" various articles because they don't include that overview. So everyone's life would be simplified if the article existed at a logical title instead of a contrived one. Felsic2 (talk) 03:13, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

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  • JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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RfC on "No paid editing for Admins" at WT:COI

I've relisted an RfC that was run at WT:Admin in Sept. 2015. It is at Wikipedia talk:Conflict of interest#Concrete proposal 3 as there are a number of similar proposals going on at the same place. Better to keep them together. Smallbones(smalltalk) 04:28, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

ThoughtAudio Review Request

I am seeking independent and neutral viewpoints on the article ThoughtAudio, which is being considered for deletion. If you have a few minutes to review it, I would appreciate your article contributions and opinion on the decision as to whether it merits being retained and improved, or deleted. ThoughtAudio was targeted by the same editor that made a failed attempt to delete the wikiquote article Michael Scott Gallegos. There are only 3 reviews/votes so far. I am hoping that a minority viewpoint as to the worthiness of the article will not prevail. My work is mainly in the creation of new wikiquote articles @ELApro and time is rarely spent (until these two episodes) in nonproductive controversy. I am a long time editor for Wikipedia, but have not created many articles here. I would much appreciate your advice and/or contributions with regard to the process. ELApro (talk) 23:50, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Bowling Green massacre

On 21 February 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bowling Green massacre, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that U.S. presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway's mention of a nonexistent massacre in Bowling Green, Kentucky, went viral? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bowling Green massacre. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Bowling Green massacre), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi Fuzheado, you closed the discussion itself, but forgot to fix the article and article talk pages to reflect that. :) LadyofShalott 16:31, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

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Extra usergroups for brand new users

Hello Fuzheado, I see you have added some user groups to User:Toiletpaperorientation who self describes themselves as someone that is "learning Wikipedia" - but your log says they are an experienced user. They do not appear to have been warned about the arbcom remedies they would mostly be protected against by not being in extendedconfirmed; and do not appear to have ever created an article (regarding autopatrolled). Is this an alt-account of an existing user - or can you further elaborate on your rationale? Thank you, — xaosflux Talk 18:12, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Same question regarding User:Maybejustthechangething. Please note, I've got no concerns about the confirmed user group. — xaosflux Talk 15:25, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
  • I've reset these users to just the "confirmed" group - please ping me or drop by my talk page if you want to continue this discussion. — xaosflux Talk 14:37, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
    • Thanks @Xaosflux: for handling this and resetting them. We were in a middle of an edit-a-thon demonstration and had to change the permissions on a temporary basis for the articles they were working on. I only got back from the Wikimedia Conference so haven't even been in wiki for a while so thanks for understanding. -- Fuzheado | Talk 14:41, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia Revival

Information icon Hello, I'm Jamesjpk. I wanted to let you know that the Wikiproject Spoken Wikipedia, has been tagged with a semi-active tag. I am messaging you about this because you are listed under the wiki-project's list of active participants. Please contribute to the WikiProject if you want to keep it alive! I hope that it becomes active again! Jamesjpk (talk) 22:25, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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Please support the Sustainability Initiative!

Please support the Sustainability Initiative!

Hi, Fuzheado! Please allow me to follow up on a project that was discussed at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin a couple of weeks ago:

I am writing you to ask for your support for the Sustainability Initiative, which aims at reducing the environmental impact of the Wikimedia movement. Over the past two years, more than 250 Wikipedians from all over the world have come together to push the Wikimedia movement towards greater sustainability.

The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation has recently passed a resolution stating that the Foundation is committed to seeking ways to reduce the impact of its activities on the environment. Now, we are working with the Wikimedia Foundation staff to have all Wikimedia servers run on renewable energy by 2019.

In order to demonstrate that this is an issue that the community really cares about, I would like to ask you to sign the project page as well. Thank you! --Gnom (talk) 16:15, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Edward Betts

Hi, can you please restore the find link tool to the orphan template as the adverts have been removed, thanks Atlantic306 (talk) 18:04, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #257

Wikidata weekly summary #256

Hackathon to help Wikipedia 1.0

Hello! I hope you're doing well. I don't think I've seen you since Gdansk in 2010! You're listed as a member of the Wikipedia 1.0 team, so I thought you might be interested in this Hackathon on August 13-18 in my home town of Potsdam, New York, right after Wikimania. Let me know if you'd like to participate. Thanks, Walkerma (talk) 04:56, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #258

Redirect needed

Hallo Fuzheado, If you bold an alternative name in the lead of an article, as in SNAC it should be the target of an incoming redirect: I've created the rd from Social Networks and Archival Context but also raised a question on the talk page! PamD 07:37, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

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This Month in GLAM: April 2017





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  • Basque Country report: Students working on literature with new Wikipedian in Residence
  • Belgium report: Brussels writing weeks; Dutch Language Union workshop; Civic Lab Brussels start; Edit-a-thon Leuven
  • Brazil report: Wikimedia Conference, gender and International collaboration
  • Germany report: You may only harvest after putting a grain
  • Ghana report: GLAM Ghana duly launched
  • Italy report: Open Data for Cultural Heritage
  • Macedonia report: 12 Peaks hiking challenge
  • Netherlands report: The Netherlands and the World: Photo hunt Chinsurah; Photohunt public library Tilburg; Wikipedian in Residence for UNESCO's Memory of the World programme in the Netherlands; Picture books from Koninklijke Bibliotheek
  • Spain report: Management and dissemination of cultural heritage
  • Sweden report: GLAM-EduWiki collaboration awarded Pedagogy Award of the year at Swedish museums; Connected Open Heritage
  • UK report: Bio-Medical History Residences
  • USA report: New connections at the Library of Congress and Smithsonian
  • Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes
  • Wikidata report: Federation and new datatypes
  • WMF GLAM report: DPLAFest and Beyond
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This is to confirm that I am the same Guy Macon who just sent you a message on facebook. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:00, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

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This is old, I know, but "snow close" may give the wrong message to editors. With only three votes since the start of the AfD, and with all three previous discussions closed as some form of "no consensus", the topic is clearly contentious and such an early close is inappropriate, not to mention that there clearly is more than "a snowball's chance in hell" for the discussion to reach a result other than a clear keep. Is it too late to amend the wording of that closure? feminist 16:22, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough - I've changed it from snow to speedy. Does that work? -- Fuzheado | Talk 16:53, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
It's too late to reopen the discussion, but my point still stands that this discussion does not deserve a preliminary "keep" closure with previous discussions not reaching consensus. Not that I doubt this topic is notable, but I think the closure should be marked as erroneous in some way or another. feminist 01:30, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
I'm not interested in changing the close any further. The point was, the 4th nomination was done by a newbie who didn't even know that there were three previous nominations, and provided no real rationale. The person probably should have posted it as a talk page discussion and not a nomination. If someone wants to list it again for deletion, they are welcome to do so for iteration number five. -- Fuzheado | Talk 12:08, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
Fine, I'm not going to argue about the AfD close any further here, but this attitude illustrates everything wrong with Wikipedia. Dismissing the opinions of a courteous editor acting clearly in good faith because the editor (with more than 200 edits over five months before the AfD nomination) is a "newbie" is a surefire way to sterilize new editors who have potential. WP:DICDEF is absolutely a valid rationale for deletion, and should be respected instead of being closed prematurely. I don't disagree that a talk page discussion would be more appropriate, but an AfD isn't out of the question either. Not realizing that there had been previous AfDs to an article is a reasonable mistake that may be made by any editor, considering how Twinkle does not remind AfD nominators of previous discussions. Still, does it matter anyway, when all previous discussions failed to reach a consensus? I know, this goes way beyond the scope of the AfD discussion itself, but this is especially disappointing from an editor who passed RfA with less than 2 months of editing experience and around a thousand edits. feminist 15:02, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
We'll have to agree to disagree. -- Fuzheado | Talk 20:16, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

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