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RFA

Thanks for thinking of me as somebody who would have a legitimate chance to pass at RFA. In the past, I've felt a bit intimidated by the atmosphere there, and was worried about being able to answer questions in a timely fashion; I mentioned my college work as a factor to another user in the past. That's been over with for a while, but I'll have real-life work occupying my attention for the next several months, so any attempt at RFA will have to wait. In the past, I haven't felt any need for the tools, but there have been a few incidents recently that have made me reconsider things. The recent request is one such instance; another came recently when a user asked me to change the TFL blurb on Main Page day, which I couldn't do without the bit. It was a bit frustrating to not be able to help upon being asked. I'm reaching a point where I'd be willing to consider a run in the future, and I plan on monitoring a couple of areas. First, I know of a major content creator who is setting up an RFA. I want to see how the community reacts to her run (she hasn't been involved in admin tasks as far as I know), as a guide to how a straight content contributor will be thought off. Also, I'd like to see if WP:ERRORS continues to be busy, as that is an area where I could make use of the tools. Anyway, I'll think about it, which is more than I could have said in the past. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:39, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Big East Conference mascot navbox

Template:Big East Conference mascot navbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 06:04, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Support before transclusion

Hi Grondemar. I just wanted to let you know I temporarily removed your support at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ealdgyth. As the RfA hasn't yet been transcluded, it isn't open for !votes. As soon as the RfA goes live, I'll ping you again to remind you to re-add your vote. Special:PermaLink/756335952 contains the text so you can easily copy-paste it. Cheers! ~ Rob13Talk 15:24, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

@BU Rob13: I won't edit war over this, but I would politely remind you to re-read ignore all rules and the reason I posted with the !vote. Blind bureaucratic enforcement of rules is not in the spirit of Wikipedia and does no one any good. –Grondemar 15:41, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
The problem with early !voting is that is (a) effectively extends an RfA, and (b) can cause an RfA to begin with momentum in a specific direction. This can damage the process. If you make your wishes known here very explicitly, I could perhaps re-add the !vote as soon as voting begins, although I'd probably pass that by some other administrators first to make sure that's acceptable on my part. Either way, I'll ping you upon the RfA going live, as I said above. If you prefer an email or some other method of contact, please do let me know. ~ Rob13Talk 15:45, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
The RfA is now live if you care to restore your !vote. ~ Rob13Talk 14:39, 3 January 2017 (UTC)
@BU Rob13: Thank you for the reminder. Vote has been restored. –Grondemar 14:50, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Talk:My Own Worst Enemy (song)/GA1

Grondemar, just a friendly reminder that you still need to get back to this GA review you opened but have yet to complete. Please give it priority; it's been waiting a few weeks. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:36, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

@BlueMoonset: Thanks for the reminder. I will try to get to this later today. –Grondemar 14:01, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Reference errors on 17 January

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Subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueClosure_BC_Detect_-_JavaScript_Security

Hi, I just written the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueClosure_BC_Detect_-_JavaScript_Security

1st question) Yes I'm involved on this project but I do not understand: when a person create a user on wikipedia you do not require ID Card, so my idea was to put my name and surname to be transparent. I feel that an editor will review it before the publishing.

2nd question) I wrote the article with the idea that an editor will review it and will modify the not suitable content. I'm contributing in OWASP Wiki from 2005 and it works in this way generally. So I have to write an article and you should say pass or not?

3rd question) Why do you delete also my entry for BlueClosure here? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_static_code_analysis#JavaScript

4th question) I see many articles written by the authors of the new idea, project but they are not deleted. What is the difference? For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_AppScan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burp_suite

May you help me to modify in a correct manner the page?

Thanks for your answer, Matteo

Matteo.meucci (talk) 18:56, 20 January 2017 (UTC) matteo.meucci - 20th January 2017

@Matteo.meucci: Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. To answer your questions:

  • We generally discourage editors from writing articles on subjects where they have a conflict of interest. Thank you for disclosing yours. Please make sure any future edits you make in this topic area follow the requirements at WP:PAID. Failure to follow Wikipedia's conflict of interest and paid editing rules will result in your account being blocked from editing.
  • Wikipedia works under the principle that anyone can edit. Once you save your edit, it is immediately visible to the whole world. New pages that are deemed too promotional or like an advertisement are subject to speedy deletion. Other new pages may be nominated for deletion by any editor if they do not believe the article meets Wikipedia's inclusion guidelines. Notability is a good place to start.
  • I'm not familiar with OWASP Wiki, but if you would like editorial oversight before your new article is published, you should check out the articles for creation process.
  • Regarding the other edit which you mention was reverted, I did not do that. You will need to take that up with the editor that performed the reversion. You can discover that by clicking the "History" button and reviewing the article history.
  • Regarding the other articles you link, Security AppScan has multiple references to independent reliable sources and therefore appears to meet Wikipedia's inclusion requirements. The other article, Burp suite, appears questionable to me; I have nominated it for deletion. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Let me know if I can be of further assistance. –Grondemar 06:03, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

DYK for List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches

On 24 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Randy Edsall, UConn football's all-time leader in games coached and wins as a head coach, was re-hired for 2017 after an absence of six seasons? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, List of Connecticut Huskies head football coaches), 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.

Schwede66 12:02, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Template:Fuck off listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Template:Fuck off. Since you had some involvement with the Template:Fuck off redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. ~ Rob13Talk 08:06, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

but why!?

hey Grandemar

can you please help me understand why you deleted the page Front Porch Realty Austin.

I don't understand..

That1don (talk) 00:17, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

@That1don: Front Porch Realty Austin was deleted under section G11 of Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion, which allows for the deletion of articles that read like advertisements for the subjects they cover. Wikipedia articles are required to be encyclopedic; they must cover notable subjects, use neutral language in describing those subjects, and cite reliable sources to support claims made in the article. Your submitted article did not appear to meet any of those three criteria. If you can provide independent reliable sources showing the notability of Front Porch Realty Austin, I will be willing to restore the article as a draft that you can work on improving before resubmitting into the encyclopedia proper. –Grondemar 04:22, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

The Middletown Press

Thank you for saving the drafted article, which was targeted for deletion, to User:Grondemar/Drafts/The Middletown Press. I just made a couple minor changes and moved it to mainspace, at The Middletown Press, where it was for several weeks. Perhaps/probably I should have checked with you first, about your plans. If you'd like to move it back to your space or draft space and develop it more there, that would be fine by me, just as long as it is not going to be forgotten like I forgot about it before. Otherwise it's best for an article to be out there getting attention in mainspace. I don't know why i didn't get it out there long ago. cheers, --doncram 03:31, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@Doncram: No problem, good move. I knew this was a notable topic worth saving, but I had it on more of a "long-term" list to work. It should be fine in mainspace. –Grondemar 04:24, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

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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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13:37, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Dab pages

Hi, Grondemar. I just wanted to let you know that the page IFK Uppsala is an article, not a disambiguation page. The best way to tell a dab page is to look for the {{disambig}} template at the bottom of the page. Also, dab pages should not have navboxes, infoboxes, images, references, or external links on them. With this in mind, would you please reconsider this decision? Thanks! — Gorthian (talk) 04:25, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@Gorthian: I will request a second opinion from another admin on this. Thanks. –Grondemar 18:43, 1 January 2017 (UTC)
Have you gotten that second opinion yet? The page still needs to be deleted. — Gorthian (talk) 02:14, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Just another reminder. — Gorthian (talk) 22:56, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
@Gorthian: My apologies for not answering earlier. I am currently very busy with off-wiki work. I will come back and address this and other wiki issues when I have a chance, although this might be in a week or two. –Grondemar 05:54, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, Grondemar. — Gorthian (talk) 05:57, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2017

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March 2017 WikiCup newsletter

And so ends the first round of the competition, with 4 points required to qualify for round 2. It would have been 5 points, but when a late entrant was permitted to join the contest in February, a promise was made that his inclusion would not result in the exclusion of any other competitor. To achieve this, the six entrants that had the lowest positive score of 4 points have been added to the 64 people who otherwise would have qualified. As a result, some of the groups have nine contestants rather than eight. Our top four scorers in round 1 were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, last year's winner, led the field with two featured articles on birds and a total score of 674.
  • European Union Iry-Hor, a WikiCup newcomer, came next with a featured article, a good article and a tally of 282 bonus points for a score of 517. All these points came from the article Nyuserre Ini, an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh,
  • Japan 1989, another WikiCup newcomer, was in joint third place at 240. 1989 has claimed points for two featured lists and one good article relating to anime and comedy series, all of which were awarded bonus points.
  • South Australia Peacemaker67 shared third place with five good articles and thirteen good article reviews, mostly on naval vessels. He is also new to the competition.

The largest number of DYKs have been submitted by Vivvt and The C of E, who each claimed for seven, and MBlaze Lightning achieved eight articles at ITN. Carbrera and Peacemaker67 each claimed for five GAs and Krishna Chaitanya Velaga was well out in front for GARs, having reviewed 32. No featured pictures, featured topics or good topics yet, but we have achieved three featured articles and a splendid total of fifty good articles.

So, on to the second round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 1 but before the start of round 2 can be claimed in round 2. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article candidate, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:52, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Grondemar. I'm just posting to let you know that Huskies of Honor – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 3. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 01:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2017).

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  • After a recent RfC, moved pages will soon be featured in a queue similar to Special:NewPagesFeed and require patrolling. Moves by administrators, page movers, and autopatrolled editors will be automatically marked as patrolled.
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Your GA review of A5758 road

Hi, 10 days ago you created a GA review page for the article A5758 road, but a review has not yet been done which I expected it would have by now (for a small article). Can you advise if you're still prepared to do this? Bungle (talk • contribs) 19:44, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

@Bungle: My apologies again for not completing this review in a timely fashion. Unfortunately real life keeps intruding every time I think I have a few moments for wikiwork. I still intend to finish this, hopefully this week, but if someone else wants to take over and complete this they should feel free to do so. –Grondemar 22:35, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
I see you have started making some minor edits on the article so I assume you are looking to start the review. You may have noted the discussion I had at GAN talk, where it would seem there is no set time as such to initiate once an intention is made, though I do think over 4 weeks is excessive. In saying that, if you are starting now then hopefully it can start to be settled. Bungle (talk • contribs) 17:42, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
@Bungle: Review is now posted and the article is on hold. I apologize again for the delay. –Grondemar 18:59, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

May 2017 WikiCup newsletter

The second round of the competition has now closed, with just under 100 points being required to qualify for round 3. YellowEvan just scraped into the next round with 98 points but we have to say goodbye to the thirty or so competitors who didn't achieve this threshold; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  • Scotland Cas Liber, led the field with five featured articles, four on birds and one on astronomy, and a total score of 2049, half of which came from bonus points.
  • Japan 1989 was in second place with 826 points, 466 of which were bonus points. 1989 has claimed points mostly relating to anime and Japanese-related articles.
  • South Australia Peacemaker67 took third place with two FAs, one GA and seven GARs, mostly on naval vessels or military personnel, scoring 543 points.
  • Other contestants who scored over 400 points were Freikorp, Carbrera, and Czar. Of course all these points are now wiped out and the 32 remaining contestants start again from zero in round 3.

Vivvt submitted the largest number of DYKs (30), and MBlaze Lightning achieved 13 articles at ITN. Carbrera claimed for 11 GAs and Argento Surfer performed the most GARs, having reviewed 11. So far we have achieved 38 featured articles and a splendid 132 good articles. Commendably, 279 GARs have been achieved so far, more than double the number of GAs.

So, on to the third round. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points equally.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 13:16, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2017

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Talk:California State Route 125/GA1

Hi! Do you plan on returning to this? --Rschen7754 16:44, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2017).

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WikiCup 2017 July newsletter

The third round of the competition has finished in a flurry of last minute activity, with 288 points being required to qualify for round 4. It was a hotly competitive round with all but four of the contestants exceeding the 106 points that was necessary to proceed to round 4 last year. Coemgenus and Freikorp tied on 288, and both have been allowed to proceed, so round 4 now has one pool of eight competitors and one of nine.

Round 3 saw the achievement of a 26-topic Featured topic by MPJ-DK as well as 5 featured lists and 13 featured articles. PanagiotisZois and SounderBruce achieved their first ever featured articles. Carbrera led the GA score with 10, Tachs achieved 17 DYKs and MBlaze Lightning 10 In the news items. There were 167 DYKs, 93 GARs and 82 GAs overall, this last figure being higher than the number of GAs in round 2, when twice as many people were taking part. Even though contestants performed more GARs than they achieved GAs, there was still some frustration at the length of time taken to get articles reviewed.

As we start round 4, we say goodbye to the fifteen or so competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them (some people have fallen foul of this rule and the points have been removed).

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 05:38, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2017).

Administrator changes

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  • Did you know: On 29 June 2017, there were 1,261 administrators on the English Wikipedia – the exact number of administrators as there were ten years ago on 29 June 2007. Since that time, the English Wikipedia has grown from 1.85 million articles to over 5.43 million.
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2017).

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WikiCup 2017 September newsletter

Round 4 of the WikiCup has ended and we move forward into the final round. In round 4, a total of 12 FAs, 3 FLs, 44 GAs, 3 FLs, 79 DYKs, 1 ITN and 42 GARs was achieved, with no FPs or FTs this time. Congratulations to Peacemaker67 on the Royal Yugoslav Navy Good Topic of 36 items, and the 12 featured articles achieved by Cas Liber (5), Vanamonde93 (3), Peacemaker67 (2), Adityavagarwal (1) and 12george1 (1). With a FA scoring 200 points, and bonus points available on top of this, FAs are likely to feature heavily in the final round. Meanwhile Yellow Evan, a typhoon specialist, was contributing 12 DYKs and 10 GAs, while Adityavagarwal and Freikorp topped the GAR list with 8 reviews each. As we enter the final round, we are down to eight contestants, and we would like to thank those of you who have been eliminated for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia. The lowest score needed to reach round 5 was 305, and I think we can expect a highly competitive final round.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to reduce the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck, and let the best man (or woman) win! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Godot13, Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth 06:26, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2017).

Administrator changes

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Arbitration

  • Applications for CheckUser and Oversight are being accepted by the Arbitration Committee until September 12. Community discussion of the candidates will begin on September 18.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2017).

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Arbitration

  • Community consultation on the 2017 candidates for CheckUser and Oversight has concluded. The Arbitration Committee will appoint successful candidates by October 11.
  • A request for comment is open regarding the structure, rules, and procedures of the December 2017 Arbitration Committee election, and how to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2017).

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removed Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

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Arbitration

Obituaries

  • The Wikipedia community has recently learned that Allen3 (William Allen Peckham) passed away on December 30, 2016, the same day as JohnCD. Allen began editing in 2005 and became an administrator that same year.
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WikiCup 2017 November newsletter: Final results

The final round of the 2017 WikiCup is over. Congratulations to the 2017 WikiCup top three finalists:

In addition to recognizing the achievements of the top finishers and everyone who worked hard to make it to the final round, we also want to recognize those participants who were most productive in each of the WikiCup scoring categories:

  • Featured Article – Cas Liber (actually a two-way tie with themselves for an astonishing five FAs in R2 and R4).
  • Good Article – Adityavagarwal had 14 GAs promoted in R5.
  • Featured List – Canada Bloom6132 (submissions) and Japan 1989 (submissions) both produced 2 FLs in R2
  • Featured Pictures – Cascadia SounderBruce (submissions) improved an image to FP status in R5, the only FP this year.
  • Featured Topic – Denmark MPJ-DK (submissions) has the only FT of the Cup in R3.
  • Good Topic – Four different editors created a GT in R2, R3 and R4.
  • Did You Know – Adityavagarwal had 22 DYKs on the main page in R5.
  • In The News – India MBlaze Lightning (submissions) had 14 ITN on the main page in R2.
  • Good Article Review – India Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (submissions) completed 31 GARs in R1.

Over the course of the 2017 WikiCup the following content was added or improved on Wikipedia: 51 Featured Articles, 292 Good Articles, 18 Featured Lists, 1 Featured Picture, 1 Featured Topics, 4 Good Topics, around 400 Did You Knows, 75 In The News, and 442 Good Article Reviews. Thank you to all the competitors for your hard work and what you have done to improve Wikipedia.

Regarding the prize vouchers - @Adityavagarwal, Vanamonde93, Casliber, Bloom6132, 1989, and SounderBruce: please send Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) an email from the email address to which you would like your Amazon voucher sent. Please include your preference of global Amazon marketplace as well. We hope to have the electronic gift cards processed and sent within a week.

We will open up a discussion for comments on process and scoring in a few days. The 2018 WikiCup is just around the corner! Many thanks from all the judges. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), and Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:41, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

WikiCup 2018

So the 2017 WikiCup has come to an end. Congratulations to the winner, to the other finalists and to all those who took part. 177 contestants signed up, more than usual, but not all of them submitted entries in the first round. Were editors attracted by the cash prizes offered for the first time this year, or were these irrelevant? Do the rules and scoring need changing for the 2018 WikiCup? If you have a view on these or other matters, why not join in the WikiCup discussion about next year's contest? Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email), Godot13 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:59, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

ANI Experiences survey

Beginning on November 28, 2017, the Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative (Safety and Support and Anti-Harassment Tools team) will be conducting a survey to en.wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with the Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works - which problems it deals with well, and which problems it struggles with.

The survey should take 10-20 minutes to answer, and your individual responses will not be made public. The survey is delivered through Google Forms. The privacy policy for the survey describes how and when Wikimedia collects, uses, and shares the information we receive from survey participants and can be found here:

If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be mailed to you via Special:Emailuser.

Thank you on behalf of the Support & Safety and Anti-Harassment Tools Teams, Patrick Earley (WMF) talk 21:12, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Grondemar. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...
International bowl
... you were recipient
no. 1531 of Precious,
a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).

Administrator changes

added Joe Roe
readded JzG
removed Ericorbit • Perceval • Thingg • Tristanb • Violetriga

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, a new section has been added to the username policy which disallows usernames containing emoji, emoticons or otherwise "decorative" usernames, and usernames that use any non-language symbols. Administrators should discuss issues related to these types of usernames before blocking.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Over the last few months, several users have reported backlogs that require administrator attention at WP:ANI, with the most common backlogs showing up on WP:SPI, WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. It is requested that all administrators take some time during this month to help clear backlogs wherever possible. It should be noted that AIV reports are not always valid; however, they still need to be cleared, which may include needing to remind users on what qualifies as vandalism.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation Community health initiative is conducting a survey for English Wikipedia contributors on their experience and satisfaction level with Administrator’s Noticeboard/Incidents. This survey will be integral to gathering information about how this noticeboard works (i.e. which problems it deals with well and which problems it struggles with). If you would like to take this survey, please sign up on this page, and a link for the survey will be emailed to you via Special:EmailUser.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:58, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
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