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Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022).

Administrator changes

AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl

Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue

Bureaucrat changes

Lee Vilenski

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

Technical news

• user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

West Flemish

@Femke:, can you take a look at https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discuusje_gebruker:Femke, you might wish to inform the visitors in Flemish. If need be, I wiould be more then happy to assist you. Cheers. Lotje (talk) 05:30, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Answered there / Alsdaar beantwoord. Femke (talk) 16:08, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Description in Eglish

@Femke: wil je hier eens kijken of de vertaling alsook de wikilink in het Engels correct is? Thanks. Lotje (talk) 08:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Ik heb het verbeterd :). Femke (talk) 16:07, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Soup for you!

Please Share the chicken and vegetable soup and toast I am having for for lunch in rural Victoria! On the climate tipping point, I was impressed when you took a breath, worked out why you were upset, and re-engaged. Really well done! Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 01:03, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Thanks :). Always love a good (vegan) chicken soup when recovering from illness. The tipping point article has caused me some frustration (not to the point where I've been upset, but still). It's a technical topic, but attracts a lot of non-technical editors using lay sources and passion. Best way forward is to clean it up and bring it to WP:GA status. Femke (talk) 17:55, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tipping points in the climate system

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Tipping points in the climate system you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:01, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Femke, we're almost there. I hope you're recovering from whatever you had... If you could write a couple of sentences to fill out the lead, so that it mentions the main sections of the article, I'll close the GAN. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:10, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Tipping points in the climate system

The article Tipping points in the climate system you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Tipping points in the climate system for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:42, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

pv-magazine.com still on spam blacklist after more than a decade

Hello Femke,

I see you just edited an electricity article. Some years ago I and many others made several unsuccessful attempts to get pv-magazine.com removed from the spam blacklist at MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist (the line is \bpv-magazine\.com\b). But I gave up after spending a lot of time trying. I don't have any COI by the way.

Don't know if you feel it might be worth your time and the aggravation of you making a request?

Chidgk1 (talk) 19:46, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

I've never really worked with spam blacklists. I see the website clearly indicates press releases and sponsored content vs their own analysis, which indicates that it can be used. Their nonsponsored content doesn't raise red flags with me. Do you know why they were blacklisted? Femke (talk) 19:56, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Over 10 years ago one of their employees cite spammed some Wikipedia articles with their content. So the original ban was correct in my opinion. Shortly after a new editor took over and wrote to apologize and ask for the ban to be lifted. After that many Wikipedians tried to get it removed from the blacklist but it was always refused - for example in 2018 a reason given was "because the site contains mainly scraped material, for some material it is unclear where it is coming from." I gave up trying in 2019. If it is likely to cause you stress then don't attempt it. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:08, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

looked into it a bit more. Consensus seems quite strong that this should remain blacklisted, so you'll need new arguments to change the consensus. Probably the best you can do is provide evidence of good editorial standards (unique analysis that doesn't benefit specific organisations, corrections issued, way to report errors and so forth). I still have very limited energy, so can't help you further.. Femke (talk) 06:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Wind

I have nominated Wind for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 13:34, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award

On behalf of the FAR coordinators, thank you, Femke! Your work on Antarctica has allowed the article to retain its featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. I hereby award you this Featured Article Save Award, or FASA. You may display this FA star upon your userpage. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 03:30, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

	The Million Award
	For your contributions to bring Antarctica (estimated annual readership: 1,800,367) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:55, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

Very much appreciated both :) Femke (talk) 15:57, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Tipping points in the climate system

On 3 August 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tipping points in the climate system, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Amazon rainforest may change into a savanna once it passes a tipping point? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tipping points in the climate system. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Tipping points in the climate system), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 6,986 views (582.2 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of August 2022 – nice work!

theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 02:09, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022).

Administrator changes

Valereee

Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
• An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

• The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
• Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
• Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
• Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Ducks

Are the ducks on your user page Black-bellied whistling duck? I see these daily and enjoy them greatly. Good luck with your adminship! Jacona (talk) 19:06, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Today I learned that yes, they are black-bellied whistling ducks (according to Commons). I've never seen them myself I believe (maybe in a zoo). Thanks :). Femke (talk) 19:12, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from MarkRJeffery (22:34, 16 August 2022)

Hi, I attempted to make a couple edits to the Pro Tools wiki today, which focused on the contributions other people (not myself) who developed software components for the earliest versions of Pro Tools. As someone who was employed by the company, I know first hand "who did what". There are web citation sources that also establish the same history. It appears that my changes were automatically rejected. I suspect this is due to my attempted to write about myself in this same context a few months ago. I endorse the principle that people should not write about themselves. However, these current edits were solely oriented toward documenting the contributions of others. If you can let me know why my "submit" was rejected and what steps I can take to remedy the issue, I would be grateful. Thanks, in advance. --MarkRJeffery (talk) 22:34, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello! First of all, have you read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and specifically WP:DISCLOSE? It advises you should disclose your COI at the talk page or your user page (or in each edit summary, which is more effort).

I'm not entirely sure what happened. What was the web source that you wanted to add? Some sources that have been used for spam in the past cannot be added to Wikipedia articles. If the source was a WP:reliable source, you can make an WP:edit request at Talk:Pro Tools, asking that another editor review the proposed edit. See also Wikipedia:Guide to effective COI edit requests. Femke (talk) 17:47, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Your request for adminship

Hi Femke, I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Congratulations for both your landslide nomination and for your place on WP:RFX200 - an excellent achievement, so well done! As always, the administrators' reading list is worth reading and the new admin help pages are most certainly available if you feel that you might require some practice with the tools in a safe environment prior to applying them elsewhere on the project. Good luck! Acalamari 08:34, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations, and good luck! :D — Ixtal ^{( T / C )} ⁂ Join WP:FINANCE! 09:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations! Let the fun begin. Feel free to ask for help if you get stuck. Schwede66 09:33, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congrats! Welcome to the mop-corps :) Nosebagbear (talk) 09:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Femke, for running and for an admirable, even enviable RfA. Look forward to seein' you 'round the pedia! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 10:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations for successful RFA! Thingofme (talk) 10:44, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Also, for having a visually pleasing final tally — 200/2/2! — The Most Comfortable Chair 11:40, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations Femke! the wub "?!" 11:58, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful adminship! (And I think you will be satisfied for topping 200-for a second I thought you didn't. :) ) Sarrail (talk) 12:09, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Well done! Congratulations, am sure you're going to make splendid use of the mop, . . dave souza, talk 12:43, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

• Congratulations! Double century too. Well-deserved. Johnbod (talk) 14:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
• Congrats! --Victor Trevor (talk) 14:33, 18 August 2022 (UTC)
• Congratulations. A well-deserved recognition and achievement! —RCraig09 (talk) 16:01, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks all, really appreciated :). Will take some time to get used to all those extra buttons. Femke (talk) 16:15, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Congrats! Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:05, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

• I know I'm a bit late to the party here, but congratulations on passing your RfA! Trainsandotherthings (talk) 22:59, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

welcome to admin-corps

Welcome to the admin-corps.

If you have any (technical) questions or doubts, please feel to ask me, or any admins. Most of the admins are very co-operative, and helpful, ProcseeBot and not all of them though. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 20:17, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

A baton for you!

	A baton for you!
	Continuing the tradition originally started by Tamzin for DanCherek's RfA, I'd like to pass the baton to you as Wikipedia's newest administrator. I didn't personally participate in your RfA, but I'm positive that if anyone has 200 people vouch for them, then they're a true help. Good luck, and long live the baton! DatGuyTalkContribs 09:25, 19 August 2022 (UTC)