Fayenatic london
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Hello @Fayenatic london:
In the recent discussion about "Release history" table, Andrew318 said that those are distributors, not labels. If you have any further comments as you wish, as well as Chinese talk page. 2001:D08:2901:5053:17E2:EEC0:6088:DC75 (talk) 08:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the links. I have no particular knowledge or opinion on this matter, and will follow the consensus. – Fayenatic London 08:51, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:1576 in Portuguese Mozambique
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A tag has been placed on Category:1576 in Portuguese Mozambique indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 09:12, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the message, Liz. This enabled me to delete all the empty parent categories after Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_July_11#16th_to_19th_century_in_(Portuguese)_Mozambique, leaving a link to that discussion in the deletion log. – Fayenatic London 21:35, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's confusing to tag all of these empty categories that weren't marked as being part of a CFD discussion and have them all disappear. Is this how it is done? Should I just delete any more I come across that look like they are associated with a CFD discussion? I've gotten in trouble for doing that before. Liz Read! Talk! 21:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well, I was happier that you left these for manual deletion. In this case I chose to redirect one because a former subcat had a cat header template that will resolve the redirect. IMHO it would be best practice to tag and list them all in the nomination, after which the list can be given to the bot, but that can be a lot of work. – Fayenatic London 08:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- By the way, all of the categories from Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 July 6#Category:Tourism in the Republic of Artsakh were deleted with an explanation of CSD G6 "Housekeeping", should these categories be restored and redeleted with a link to the CFD discussion that caused them to be deleted? Liz Read! Talk! 21:59, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Liz: Thank you for this note. Yes, I believe those category pages should be restored and redeleted. Firefangledfeathers deleted them but can't be blamed as it was Marcocapelle who tagged them with {{db-xfd}}. Marcocapelle did include a link to the discussion, but that template does not put that into the default edit summary. Perhaps we can edit db-xfd to do so. Meanwhile, Marcocapelle, please append db-xfd rather than replacing the page content, so that the deleting admin at least has the opportunity to use the "delete" link in the CFD template, which pre-fills the deletion log edit summary. – Fayenatic London 08:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- By default I am copying the db-xfd script, including the date of the discussion, to the edit summary. Do you mean that this does not suffice? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:44, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Indeed, that does not suffice. Only admins will have access to that edit summary after deletion, and even they would have to go to the bother of viewing the page history. We want the discussion link to be left in the deletion log entry. {{Cfd all}} facilitates this, but db-xfd does not ATM. – Fayenatic London 08:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- On further inspection I see that db-xfd does make use of the XFD link if provided, and in that case you did provide a link to the CFD log page albeit not to the discussion, viz. {{db-xfd|votepage=Log/2024_July_6}}. However, Firefangledfeathers seems to have used another deletion script rather than clicking the deletion link in the template. Firefangledfeathers, please amend your practices to leave a link to the discussion in the deletion log, rather than a bland reference to G6. – Fayenatic London 09:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- I plan to! Liz already got me the memo. I can restore and redelete
- soon, once I'm off mobile. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 11:32, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Now done. Thank you both. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- On further inspection I see that db-xfd does make use of the XFD link if provided, and in that case you did provide a link to the CFD log page albeit not to the discussion, viz. {{db-xfd|votepage=Log/2024_July_6}}. However, Firefangledfeathers seems to have used another deletion script rather than clicking the deletion link in the template. Firefangledfeathers, please amend your practices to leave a link to the discussion in the deletion log, rather than a bland reference to G6. – Fayenatic London 09:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- By default I am copying the db-xfd script, including the date of the discussion, to the edit summary. Do you mean that this does not suffice? Marcocapelle (talk) 08:44, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Liz: Thank you for this note. Yes, I believe those category pages should be restored and redeleted. Firefangledfeathers deleted them but can't be blamed as it was Marcocapelle who tagged them with {{db-xfd}}. Marcocapelle did include a link to the discussion, but that template does not put that into the default edit summary. Perhaps we can edit db-xfd to do so. Meanwhile, Marcocapelle, please append db-xfd rather than replacing the page content, so that the deleting admin at least has the opportunity to use the "delete" link in the CFD template, which pre-fills the deletion log edit summary. – Fayenatic London 08:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- It's confusing to tag all of these empty categories that weren't marked as being part of a CFD discussion and have them all disappear. Is this how it is done? Should I just delete any more I come across that look like they are associated with a CFD discussion? I've gotten in trouble for doing that before. Liz Read! Talk! 21:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- And thank you. Thanks also to user:Liz for tagging a further batch of parent categories; see also Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_July_22#Untagged_categories_from_the_Portuguese_Mozambique_CfDs. – Fayenatic London 22:57, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Category:Armenian buildings in Azerbaijan has been nominated for deletion
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Category:Armenian buildings in Azerbaijan has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
CFDS
editCould you have a look at the New Zealand region batch nominations at the bottom of Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Speedy#Current_requests? I think they can be processed. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:33, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. I pinged the nominator. – Fayenatic London 22:05, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
Is this supposed to be used by {{DisestcatCountryDecade}}? (Obviously, it was at some point – or else you would not have created it! – but I am not sure if it is currently needed.) Best, HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 00:55, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- @HouseBlaster: as Pppery has reminded me occasionally, I have still not got round to updating Template:DisestcatCountryDecade. See e.g. User_talk:Fayenatic_london/Archive29#Nomination_for_deletion_of_Template:DisestcatCountryDecade/core. I cen retrieve the templates/category myself if needed, so I have deleted the category under G7.
- If you would like to update the template yourself to work like {{estcatCountryDecade}}, please go ahead. – Fayenatic London 19:51, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
Done. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 22:36, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Deletion review for Category:People with acquired citizenship
editMaxBrowne2 has asked for a deletion review of Category:People with acquired citizenship. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. —Cryptic 22:27, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi there. I take it you meant to nominate this category at CfD, but no discussion seems to have been created at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 July 24 § Category:Painters by theme. Ham II (talk) 19:09, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks – I had not saved the nom, and have since been busy IRL. Now at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_July_26#Category:Painters_by_theme. – Fayenatic London 19:38, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Your draft article, Draft:List of audio recording pioneers
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Hello, Fayenatic london. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "List of audio recording pioneers".
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 14:59, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. Note already left for the originator at User talk:Actaudio. – Fayenatic London 15:46, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:List of given names derived from fiction
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Hello, Fayenatic london. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:List of given names derived from fiction, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 06:07, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 4 § Disestablishments in Seychelles
edit A category or categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 August 4 § Disestablishments in Seychelles on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 20:36, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- @HouseBlaster: it would have taken less work to populate the hierarchy. – Fayenatic London 23:27, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Your submission at Articles for creation: List of given names derived from fiction (August 15)
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- If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
- If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.
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interested
editI am trying to offer advice at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kowal2701 and feel that I am out of my depth, I used to lean heavily on now departed template tweakers - I have no idea who to turn to now - the issues are re the setting up of the oral tradition thingies, any thoughts? Not offended if you are not interested. JarrahTree 08:58, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Cheers, I replied there. – Fayenatic London 21:37, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
1990s Soviet television categories
editThese categories are causing the redirect Category:1990s in Soviet television to be populated but the templates don't have instructions on how to override the names and the creator is now blocked. Please can you fix either the categories or the templates to remove the problem. Timrollpickering (talk) 09:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Category:Technical universities and colleges in Germany has been nominated for deletion
edit Category:Technical universities and colleges in Germany has been nominated for deletion. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. SFBB (talk) 11:46, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Category tagged for renaming but no CFR discussion started
editHey there - I see that you tagged Category:Wikipedia template parameter issues for renaming back on July 13, but I just looked around and haven't been able to find an actual discussion started about it over at WP:CFR. Figured I should let you know in case you may have forgotten to open a discussion when the tag was added. 🔹Blue (talk/contribs) 14:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you. I still have tabs open in my browser with these pages, a sandbox with an incomplete CFD nomination, and a discussion with Andrybak at Category talk:Wikipedia template tracking categories. I'll revert the category pages now and wait for a conclusion at a related live CFD, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_August_19#Category:Wikipedia_utility_templates. – Fayenatic London 14:48, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- That sounds to me like a good approach, thank you! 🔹Blue (talk/contribs) 21:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
- I think the same issue is at Category:Infobox template tracking? HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 04:31, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- That sounds to me like a good approach, thank you! 🔹Blue (talk/contribs) 21:24, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Nomination of Kim (surname) for deletion
edit The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim (surname) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Category:British liberal theorists has been nominated for merging
edit Category:British liberal theorists has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 00:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Category:Arabian slaves and freedmen has been nominated for renaming
edit Category:Arabian slaves and freedmen has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 03:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Category:Christian saints from the Ottoman Empire has been nominated for renaming
edit Category:Christian saints from the Ottoman Empire has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle (talk) 13:52, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Corneliu Bârlădeanu (October 2)
edit - If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Corneliu Bârlădeanu and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
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- This appears to be incorrect. I replied at Draft talk:Corneliu Bârlădeanu. – Fayenatic London 15:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
Miscellaneous
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
About my Edits
editI would like to know why you decided to delete my hard work? I have never vandalized anything here on Wikipedia and I have always followed the rules. What did I do to you? It's because of attitudes like yours that I'm thinking about abandoning Wikipedia, because I thought they only deleted articles and categories from those who vandalized Wikipedia...
All my hard work was for nothing... MafiaBoy123 (talk) 13:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
For reference, this is about Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_October_14#Category:Amirov_brothers.
- Hi MafiaBoy123, somebody else noticed first that there was a category just for 2 brothers. The purpose of categories is to enable readers to navigate between related pages, but those cases were already linked, so the category added nothing to Wikipedia navigation. I checked what else was in the hierarchies around that category, and found a very similar one with only two sisters, which clearly should be decided the same way as the one with two brothers.
- I can't find any articles about e.g. political families of Kyrgyzstan.
- So, if those two categories were deleted, the two parent categories would become empty, so they would also be deleted. Some editors would have left them to be deleted later, leaving no trace of the reason, but I consider that it is fairer to list such parents in a nomination, so that anybody looking for those categories later can follow the links and see WHY they were deleted. In this case they would see that the name was correct (it's not as if e.g. "Kyrgyzstani" should be "Kyrgyz"), but the categories were merely deleted for the time being because there were not sufficient contents as to need a navigational hierarchy.
- I did also look around Category:Families by nationality to see if other countries had categories for families with very little content. Some had only two sub-cats, but in those cases they had more members, or the members were articles actually about families rather than individuals; either way, the categories are worth keeping.
- I hope that helps you understand. We don't create every category into which we could theoretically place an article. We only create/keep categories that are useful for navigation. Best wishes, – Fayenatic London 13:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- I wondered what you meant by "all my hard work", as you have plenty of other good work here that nobody is deleting. Then I realised that you have created a few more 2-page subcats in Category:Mixed martial arts families. I suggest that you tag them with {{db-author}} yourself, if you don't want to be upset by other people nominating them. – Fayenatic London 13:53, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- For the record, more micro categories which happen to be part of this editor's work are now nominated at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_October_31#Families_of_two. – Fayenatic London 21:43, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in a research
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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.
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Notable people
editCould you please use "notable people" as a section heading, per WP:USCITIES. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:20, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677: Sorry and thank you; I have changed a few more from my recent edit history. Do you happen to know if this heading is also standard for other countries? – Fayenatic London 14:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for not getting back sooner. The "notifications" feature for several editors has not been working the past week, but seems to be partially restored. I looked at WP:CITY and most country guidelines use "notable people". Hey, cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- OK, thank you, I'll use that from now on. – Fayenatic London 10:49, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677: For info, I have changed several others in the US and elsewhere, but generally did not change "residents" of buildings, streets, neighbourhoods or counties. – Fayenatic London 11:45, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 12:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for not getting back sooner. The "notifications" feature for several editors has not been working the past week, but seems to be partially restored. I looked at WP:CITY and most country guidelines use "notable people". Hey, cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:41, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
Technical news
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Arbitration
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Request redirect
editHi Admin, I would like to request your assistance in redirecting the new page, The Miss Globe, to the original article, Miss Globe International. The content on the new page is essentially a copy of the The Miss Globe section and lead from the original article. Thank you. 🌼𝓡𝓬 𝓡𝓪𝓶𝔃🍁 (talk) 05:42, 4 November 2024 (UTC)