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Easy Company Deletion

I don't think that your deletion of the Easy Company 505-2 Bat- Easy Company page was warranted - AH (talk) 03:47, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eiffel Software

I don't understand why you keep wanting to delete "Eiffel Software". The article is referenced from other pages in the Web, which now have broken links. The article had been there for a long time and the company itself has been around since 1985 in Santa Barbara; the notoriety is clear. This is not particularly a promotion page, just factual.

I recreated a page and may not have done it the right way because I am not a Wikipedia expert. But this is only because I noticed the deletion of the page only after several months. In my opinion the original page should be restored, possibly with improvements.

If there are reasons for deletion they are not clear and should be stated explicitly, otherwise it is just an arbitrary act. Santa barbarians (talk) 06:41, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple Article Deletion

Hello. I noticed you had many of my articles deleted. Well a recent development happened and I wish a request to have it undeleted to add this recent source in (http://www.formulascout.com/noah-watt-to-race-in-danish-f4-with-jan-magnussens-team/37011)

I also feel that you appear to be suffering from this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Overzealous_deletion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvm21 (talk • contribs) 18:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea what this is in reference to, other than that it violates WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. --Kurykh (talk) 04:05, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Stig Harder, Fashion Net & Lumiere

Hey Kurykh,

Could you help restore the articles for FASHION NET at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Net, Lumiere at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumiere_(magazine) and my own at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig_Harder? I read the reason was there weren't enough references online to establish notability.

I got in touch with Justlettersandnumbers and she/he informed me I could request a WP:deletion review with the reason "significant new information has come to light since a deletion that would justify recreating the deleted page." At the Deletion Review article, I read I should talk to the closing administrator first.

Here are several references from print publications back when the Internet was in its infancy:

My executive membership at the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (click on letter H): https://www.iadas.net/membership/

Also, an old video capture from BBC Television on Fashion Net: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F5FgRZhSik

The archived page for Cooper Hewitt's "Mixing Messages" exhibition in 1996-1997 where Lumiere was included is at:

https://web-beta.archive.org/web/19970215142503/http://mixingmessages.si.edu:80/mm/dialogue/comm5.jhtml;MSkKN8ldt0c3R4wNNhG9EntHIMA793ySd5zF1QNZss8m0lA

The article itself is missing from the archive, but my staff back then did a screenshot: https://www.stigharder.com/media/cooper-hewitt-1997.jpg

Thank you so much.

Kind regards,

Stig

Stigharder (talk) 03:31, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please get back to me, Kurykh — thank you.

Kind regards,

Stig

Stigharder (talk) 19:31, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The citations you posted, if they are indeed new, would not qualify as "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" under WP:GNG, since they are only passing mentions. Notice how my quoted portion has three parts: (1) significant coverage; (2) reliable sources; and (3) independent of the subject. I stand by my decisions on the AfDs. If you continue to disagree, please take it to WP:DRV. --Kurykh (talk) 03:54, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Kurykh,

Thank you so much for this.

I found the issue of HENNE that the article appeared in; while written in Norwegian, I trust this covers all three criteria. Here's the photo I took of it right now.

https://www.stigharder.com/media/henne-magazine-2002.jpg

Thanks again, Kurykh.

Kind regards,

Stig

Stigharder (talk) 10:09, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Kurykh,

I've had the article in HENNE transcribed and translated into English on Google. After having a good look at WP:GNG it seems this article fulfills all requirements for notability. What do you think?

NORSKTOPPEN:

Gründer på nett

Han har bodd i Los Angeles, New York, Paris og Barcelona. Kanskje blir Tokyo neste stopp for STIG HARDER (33), nordmannen som lanserte verdens første mote sider på Internett.

Stig Harder er utgiver av to av verdens største og mest kjente mote-nettsteder på Internet: Fashion Net og Lumière. Ideen kom da han flyttet til Paris for åtte år siden. - Først kjøpte jeg et modem og koblet meg på Internett. Jeg søkte etter ordet "fashion", men fant ikke en eneste relevant side. Det var da jeg bestemte meg for å starte. Stig Harder lanserte Fashion Net i 1995. - Dette markerte noe nytt. New York Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, The Guardian, CNN, Le Monde, TIME Magazine...., alle beskrev Internett som det nye mediet for mote. Senere samme år lanserte han Lumière, verdens første elektroniske motemagasin på Internett. Nylig ble Lumière nominert som et av verdens beste mote-nettsteder. I juryen satt blant andre Bjørk og David Bowie. - Før lanseringen snakket jeg med Chambre Syndicale, organisasjonen som arrangerer mote-showene i Paris. Jeg nevnte Lumière og Internet, og de sa spørrende: "Inter...., what?" Da visste jeg at vi fortsatt hadde langt å gå. Men da Chambre Syndicale senere så hva vi hadde laget, sa de: "Wow - it looks just like a magazine!" Det var gøy å vise dem Internett for aller første gang. Stig Harder er født i Flekkefjord. Han har studert grafisk design ved Art Center i Sveits og Los Angeles. Han har jobbet som designer i New York, München og Paris. - I tiden framover skal jeg bruke mesteparten av energien min på å utvikle eksperimentelle og innovative ting på Lumière. Tokyo blir muligens neste stopp - jeg var det i mars og ble veldig imponert. Nå lærer jeg meg japansk. Se mer av Internett-sidene på www.fashion.net og www.lumiere.com. TTS

A translation from Norwegian to English at:

https://translate.google.com/#no/en/NORSKTOPPEN%3A%0A%0AGr%C3%BCnder%20p%C3%A5%20nett%0A%0AHan%20har%20bodd%20i%20Los%20Angeles%2C%20New%20York%2C%20Paris%20og%20Barcelona.%20Kanskje%20blir%20Tokyo%20neste%20stopp%20for%20STIG%20HARDER%20(33)%2C%20nordmannen%20som%20lanserte%20verdens%20f%C3%B8rste%20mote%20sider%20p%C3%A5%20Internett.%0A%0AStig%20Harder%20er%20utgiver%20av%20to%20av%20verdens%20st%C3%B8rste%20og%20mest%20kjente%20mote-nettsteder%20p%C3%A5%20Internet%3A%20Fashion%20Net%20og%20Lumi%C3%A8re.%20Ideen%20kom%20da%20han%20flyttet%20til%20Paris%20for%20%C3%A5tte%20%C3%A5r%20siden.%20-%20F%C3%B8rst%20kj%C3%B8pte%20jeg%20et%20modem%20og%20koblet%20meg%20p%C3%A5%20Internett.%20Jeg%20s%C3%B8kte%20etter%20ordet%20%22fashion%22%2C%20men%20fant%20ikke%20en%20eneste%20relevant%20side.%20Det%20var%20da%20jeg%20bestemte%20meg%20for%20%C3%A5%20starte.%20Stig%20Harder%20lanserte%20Fashion%20Net%20i%201995.%20-%20Dette%20markerte%20noe%20nytt.%20New%20York%20Times%2C%20Vogue%2C%20Harper's%20Bazaar%2C%20The%20Guardian%2C%20CNN%2C%20Le%20Monde%2C%20TIME%20Magazine....%2C%20alle%20beskrev%20Internett%20som%20det%20nye%20mediet%20for%20mote.%20Senere%20samme%20%C3%A5r%20lanserte%20han%20Lumi%C3%A8re%2C%20verdens%20f%C3%B8rste%20elektroniske%20motemagasin%20p%C3%A5%20Internett.%20Nylig%20ble%20Lumi%C3%A8re%20nominert%20som%20et%20av%20verdens%20beste%20mote-nettsteder.%20I%20juryen%20satt%20blant%20andre%20Bj%C3%B8rk%20og%20David%20Bowie.%20-%20F%C3%B8r%20lanseringen%20snakket%20jeg%20med%20Chambre%20Syndicale%2C%20organisasjonen%20som%20arrangerer%20mote-showene%20i%20Paris.%20Jeg%20nevnte%20Lumi%C3%A8re%20og%20Internet%2C%20og%20de%20sa%20sp%C3%B8rrende%3A%20%22Inter....%2C%20what%3F%22%20Da%20visste%20jeg%20at%20vi%20fortsatt%20hadde%20langt%20%C3%A5%20g%C3%A5.%20Men%20da%20Chambre%20Syndicale%20senere%20s%C3%A5%20hva%20vi%20hadde%20laget%2C%20sa%20de%3A%20%22Wow%20-%20it%20looks%20just%20like%20a%20magazine!%22%20Det%20var%20g%C3%B8y%20%C3%A5%20vise%20dem%20Internett%20for%20aller%20f%C3%B8rste%20gang.%20Stig%20Harder%20er%20f%C3%B8dt%20i%20Flekkefjord.%20Han%20har%20studert%20grafisk%20design%20ved%20Art%20Center%20i%20Sveits%20og%20Los%20Angeles.%20Han%20har%20jobbet%20som%20designer%20i%20New%20York%2C%20M%C3%BCnchen%20og%20Paris.%20-%20I%20tiden%20framover%20skal%20jeg%20bruke%20mesteparten%20av%20energien%20min%20p%C3%A5%20%C3%A5%20utvikle%20eksperimentelle%20og%20innovative%20ting%20p%C3%A5%20Lumi%C3%A8re.%20Tokyo%20blir%20muligens%20neste%20stopp%20-%20jeg%20var%20det%20i%20mars%20og%20ble%20veldig%20imponert.%20N%C3%A5%20l%C3%A6rer%20jeg%20meg%20japansk.%20Se%20mer%20av%20Internett-sidene%20p%C3%A5%20www.fashion.net%20og%20www.lumiere.com.%20TTS

Stigharder (talk) 17:42, 29 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Even if that is one (and that's very debatable), note how WP:GNG and WP:BASIC require more than one source. They don't say how many, but note the plural. As I've said before, you really should head to WP:DRV, but one new source that may not even pass WP:GNG isn't going to get you anywhere. --Kurykh (talk) 05:57, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Kurykh,

Thank you so much.

Why do you believe this source is "very debatable"? The other sources that may qualify are Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt's "Mixing Messages" exhibition in 1996-1997 at https://web-beta.archive.org/web/19970215142503/http://mixingmessages.si.edu:80/mm/dialogue/comm5.jhtml;MSkKN8ldt0c3R4wNNhG9EntHIMA793ySd5zF1QNZss8m0lA and https://www.stigharder.com/media/cooper-hewitt-1997.jpg

Soon,

Stig

Stigharder (talk) 22:00, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the instructions at WP:DRV are "Discuss the matter with the closing administrator and try to resolve it with him or her first. If you and the admin cannot work out a satisfactory solution, only then should you bring the matter before Deletion Review." You're that person, so I'm hoping you can help get the pages undeleted.

Stigharder (talk) 22:03, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beware of Darkness discography

Why did you relist Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beware of Darkness discography? --Jax 0677 (talk) 01:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Jax 0677: I looked at it again, and I don't know why I did that. Closed the AfD as merge. Thanks for the heads up! --Kurykh (talk) 03:30, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Smagorinsky

Clearly a no consensus, not a delete. Please change your close. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:00, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have reopened the AfD and relisted it one more time for a last opportunity to arrive at some consensus. --Kurykh (talk) 19:41, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up on a "coincidence"

Hey Kurykh. I came upon some relatively suspicious activity with a coincidence regarding you (that I suspect may not be one). User:Conflictoreditor, a "brand new" user (or not) in his or her first edits, made five serial deletion requests at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion (all of which I've declined). Two of the requests are for undeletion of pages created by socks of two rather large, separate sock farms (both of which create Indian-related content; this makes me somewhat suspicious the two sockmasters, that have been treated separately, may be one and the same, with this user as the linkage). Anyway, three of the five requests regarding pages deleted through AfDs, and you were the deleting admin on all three (1, 2, 3). Just coincidence? Maybe. Thought I'd give you a heads up anyway.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:18, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Catriona Bhatia

Do you mind userfying this article so we can use some of it in the David Steel#Family article? That was one of the points made by people in the WP:AFD discussion. Fiachra10003 (talk) 14:08, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See User:Fiachra10003/Catriona Bhatia. --Kurykh (talk) 21:51, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delia Antal

Thank you very much for encouraging further debate about that article. It feels very strange to me because this was very innocent - I saw her film at a friend's recommendation; I looked her up and saw a lot of articles and posting about her (including a mention of her and her film for the British Film organization BAFTA on another Wikipedia article) so I started this article. It seems undeniable to me that she has accomplished some notable things - mostly the film D'Ora - so I just don't get this. Can you shed some light for me! Thank you!! Akrumoftruth (talk) 21:17, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Cebuano Wikipedia

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarah Torgov

Hi Kurykh. I had started to added some sources to this article, and I was hoping to have a little more time. I should have said something in the deletion discussion. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:02, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering if you could put it in user- or draftspace? Or would you mind if I do that? Thanks, Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 20:23, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Paul Erik:

Done: see Draft:Sarah Torgov. --Kurykh (talk) 04:37, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 15:33, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/That thing with Rich Appel

Hello, Kurykh. When radio programs are featured as the subject of television interviews, can that material be used as a reliable source in a citation? In addition to other references used, three TV interviews are available to bolster my request for undeletion. - JGabbard (talk) 22:05, 7 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relistings

Hi Kurykh: Just a note that if you're using a script to relist AfD discussions (as I do), it is not updating the correct log date in the discussion after relisting. I manually correct my relistings after using the script. I have corrected this for you for the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Indy Hall AfD discussion (diff). You may want to consider updating your relistings per this matter. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:31, 13 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

FabricLive.30

Hi,

You deleted the FabricLive.30 page because of notability failure, and I can understand that. However, why does every other article in this series still exist? @Domdeparis: said he would add the rest of the series to the deletion request, but this didn't happen. I would like to see my article reinstated, or delete the whole series altogether (or add

This 2000s DJ mix album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

to the article ;) ). I like Wikipedia, but this inconsistency is driving me nuts. Robcuiper (talk) 07:15, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi the explanation for the deletion was "The result was delete. The available argument for keep is WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, which doesn't address the concerns laid out in the nomination. Kurykh (talk) 21:03, 25 February 2017 (UTC)" and I think the same argument applies for reinstatement. I didn't have time to nominate the other articles, I hope to find the time but feel free to do so yourself. Domdeparis (talk) 09:39, 16 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Burp suite

Hello, This Article was amended. please delete the template. Thanks --Fabiorahamim (talk) 16:31, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ukrainian Medical Dental Academy closure

You closed it as no-quorum and simple no-consensus, but there are two editors other than me (nom) who both explicitly agreed at least that there should be some redirects even if not outright deletion of all. The participation seems like "not just the nom" and instead a consensus for some sort of action. Could you explain your reasoning in a little more detail? DMacks (talk) 02:51, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

April 2006 in Malaysia and Singapore

Please be advised that there are many more articles tagged under this AfD than were listed in the nomination itself. – Train2104 (t • c) 19:33, 27 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help Required

Hello Kurykh (talk), I hope you are doing good. Have not listened from you from a while. There is something on user talk page that I need help with me, it is about Anjali Ameer. Hoping to see you soon. Thanks Conflictoreditor (talk) 16:52, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anca Pop

Can I restore Draft:Anca Pop now? She's signed to 3 record labels so far, she has a single released worldwide, I think she deserves the article. — MUST BE Love on the Brain. 12:50, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matse Uwatse

Greetings Kurykh. Hope this message meets you well. I want to create Matse Uwatse article from the scratch, but so that it doesn't qualify under G4, I decided to go to deletion review, on getting there, there was a notification that I must discuss with the closing admin first. This is a summary of my argument:

This article was deleted based on the consensus to delete at the AFD. In terms of policy, it might/should have been kept under a different circumstance. I want to rewrite the article but decided to come here first so that it doesn't qualify under G4. Theoretically, I participated in the AFD that led to its deletion but functionally I can argue that I didn't. Some of the latter delete votes are without strong merit. NBMA is the national award for broadcasters in Nigeria, endorsed by the NBC, just because it was established recently doesn't make it a non-notable body for its winners. BON awards is the oldest Nollywood-only award, and again, just because it was established in the 2000s does not make its winners non-notable. Both are the major awards for professionals in their respective fields. This is Nigeria we are talking about, you don't expect to see award ceremonies that are 50 years old. What we use to measure notability is significant coverage, and these awards have that and the prestige to confer notability on its winners. I believe subject clearly passes WP:ANYBIO and WP:ENT, I can also make a case for WP:GNG. A copy of an older version of the article can be found here (that was before I added a number of sources to it).

I have created close to 300 undeleted articles on WP, if I should recreate, you can be sure it will be encyclopedic, non-promotional and verifiable and inline with guidelines and no experience editor would deem it necessary to nominate for deletion. Do you think I still need to go to deletion review or I should just recreate? Darreg (talk) 09:47, 8 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DaCast

I accepted the AFC article DaCast because notability has been shown, but I also can't see if the article is substantially different from what was deleted. If it isn't, I will nominate it for speedy deletion as a recently deleted article and take it to DRV. SL93 (talk) 19:26, 12 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Deletion review for Steven Scheu

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Steven Scheu. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 23:26, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article The Yakshagana Puppets

Hi, The article The Yakshagana Puppets now has enough references and which is a genuine subject. Kindly restore it for updation.

Wikieditorksd (talk) 15:28, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

pkew pkew pkew

hi, so i go to Pkew Pkew Pkew (band) wiki page and apparently you delete the page, whats wrong with that?

Administrators' newsletter – September 2017

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

Administrator changes

Nakon • Scott

Sverdrup • Thespian • Elockid • James086 • Ffirehorse • Celestianpower • Boing! said Zebedee

Guideline and policy news

ACTRIAL, a research experiment that restricts article creation to autoconfirmed users, will begin on September 7. It will run for six months. You can learn more about the research specifics at meta:Research:Autoconfirmed article creation trial, while Wikipedia talk:Autoconfirmed article creation trial is probably the best venue for general discussion.
Following an RfC, WP:G13 speedy deletion criterion now applies to any page in the draftspace that has not been edited in six months. There is a bot-generated report, updated daily, to help identify potentially qualifying drafts that have not been submitted through articles for creation.

Technical news

You will now get a notification when someone tries to log in to your account and fails. If they try from a device that has logged into your account before, you will be notified after five failed attempts. You can also set in your preferences to get an email when someone logs in to your account from a new device or IP address, which may be encouraged for admins and accounts with sensitive permissions.
Syntax highlighting is now available as a beta feature (more info). This may assist administrators and template editors when dealing with intricate syntax of high-risk templates and system messages.
In your notification preferences, you can now block specific users from pinging you. This functionality will soon be available for Special:EmailUser as well.

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.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:35, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – October 2017

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

Administrator changes

Boing! said Zebedee • Ansh666 • Ad Orientem

Tonywalton • AmiDaniel • Silence • BanyanTree • Magioladitis • Vanamonde93 • Mr.Z-man • Jdavidb • Jakec • Ram-Man • Yelyos • Kurt Shaped Box

Guideline and policy news

Following a successful proposal to create it, a new user right called "edit filter helper" is now assignable and revocable by administrators. The right allows non-administrators to view the details of private edit filters, but not to edit them.
Following a discussion about mass-application of ECP and how the need for logging and other details of an evolving consensus may have been missed by some administrators, a rough guide to extended confirmed protection has been written. This information page describes how the extended-confirmed aspects of the protection policy are currently being applied by administrators.

Technical news

You can now search for IP ranges at Special:Contributions. Some log pages and Special:DeletedContributions are not yet supported. Wildcards (e.g. 192.168.0.*) are also not supported, but the popular contribsrange gadget will continue to work.

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.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Article Kiranraj K

Since the article deleted due to the reason non-notable filmmaker. Now for this article enough references. Kindly restore it for further updation.

Wikieditorksd (talk) 13:58, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Luis Perez (football)

Hi. WP:DELREVD says to discuss it with the closing admin first. I have found several sources that I don't believe were in the article at the time. I think it may be notable. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Would you be interested in relisting the discussion or something? Thanks, WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 03:04, 8 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural notification: Deletion review for Luis Perez (football)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Luis Perez (football). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 18:45, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Halloween cheer!

Happy Halloween!

Hello Kurykh:
Thanks for all of your contributions to improve Wikipedia, and have a happy and enjoyable Halloween!
– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:40, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Send Halloween cheer by adding {{subst:Happy Halloween}} to user talk pages with a friendly message.

Administrators' newsletter – November 2017

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

Administrator changes

Longhair • Megalibrarygirl • TonyBallioni • Vanamonde93

Allen3 • Eluchil404 • Arthur Rubin • Bencherlite

Technical news

The Wikimedia Foundation's Anti-Harassment Tools team is creating an "Interaction Timeline" tool that intends to assist administrators in resolving user conduct disputes. Feedback on the concept may be posted on the talk page.
A new function is now available to edit filter managers that will make it easier to look for multiple strings containing spoofed text.

Arbitration

Eligible editors will be invited to submit candidate statements for the 2017 Arbitration Committee Elections starting on November 12 until November 21. Voting will begin on November 27 and last until December 10.
Following a request for comment, Ritchie333, Yunshui and Ymblanter will serve as the Electoral Commission for the 2017 ArbCom Elections.

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.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:50, 2 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2017

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

Administrator changes

Joe Roe

JzG

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

Wikimedians are now invited to vote on the proposals in the 2017 Community Wishlist Survey on Meta Wiki until 10 December 2017. In particular, there is a section of the survey regarding new tools for administrators and for anti-harassment.
A new function is available to edit filter managers which can be used to store matches from regular expressions.

Arbitration

Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is open until Sunday 23:59, 10 December 2017 (UTC). There are 12 candidates running for 8 vacant seats.

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)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Kurykh. 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)[reply]

Huda Kattan

Hi Kurykh. I came across Huda Kattan via WP:THQ#Someone added several tags to an article I created. I am wondering if this version is an improvement over the one you deleted per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Huda Kattan or is it something which should be tagged for speedy per WP:G4. Just for reference, the article was directly added to the mainspace and was not submitted via AfC and there's no page history remaining for the previous version. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:07, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Election box ranked choice no change

Template:Election box ranked choice no change has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 22:44, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2018

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

Administrator changes

Muboshgu

Anetode • Laser brain • Worm That Turned

None

Bureaucrat changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

A request for comment is in progress to determine whether the administrator policy should be amended to require disclosure of paid editing activity at WP:RFA and to prohibit the use of administrative tools as part of paid editing activity, with certain exceptions.

Technical news

The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey results have been posted. The Community Tech team will investigate and address the top ten results.
The Anti-Harassment Tools team is inviting comments on new blocking tools and improvements to existing blocking tools for development in early 2018. Feedback can be left on the discussion page or by email.

Arbitration

Following the results of the 2017 election, the following editors have been (re)appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Alex Shih, BU Rob13, Callanecc, KrakatoaKatie, Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos, RickinBaltimore, Worm That Turned.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:37, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Your deletion of Category:Delete

It appears that the category was a maintenance category designed to let administrators find out what pages need deletion easily. Would you please consider restoring it? The N^th User I have no ideas for what to put here. Care to differ or discuss? 23:32, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

why my articles are being deleted

please tell me. I had worked very hard for them. I feel like crying. Nepallove you 06:15, 7 January 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NepalMyMotherland (talk • contribs)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2018).

Administrator changes

None

Blurpeace • Dana boomer • Deltabeignet • Denelson83 • Grandiose • Salvidrim! • Ymblanter

Guideline and policy news

An RfC has closed with a consensus that candidates at WP:RFA must disclose whether they have ever edited for pay and that administrators may never use administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except when they are acting as a Wikipedian-in-Residence or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
Editors responding to threats of harm can now contact the Wikimedia Foundation's emergency address by using Special:EmailUser/Emergency. If you don't have email enabled on Wikipedia, directly contacting the emergency address using your own email client remains an option.

Technical news

A tag will now be automatically applied to edits that blank a page, turn a page into a redirect, remove/replace almost all content in a page, undo an edit, or rollback an edit. These edits were previously denoted solely by automatic edit summaries.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee has enacted a change to the discretionary sanctions procedure which requires administrators to add a standardized editnotice when placing page restrictions. Editors cannot be sanctioned for violations of page restrictions if this editnotice was not in place at the time of the violation.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2018).

Administrator changes

Lourdes†

AngelOfSadness • Bhadani • Chris 73 • Coren • Friday • Midom • Mike V

† Lourdes has requested that her admin rights be temporarily removed, pending her return from travel.

Guideline and policy news

The autoconfirmed article creation trial (ACTRIAL) is scheduled to end on 14 March 2018. The results of the research collected can be read on Meta Wiki.
Community ban discussions must now stay open for at least 24 hours prior to being closed.
A change to the administrator inactivity policy has been proposed. Under the proposal, if an administrator has not used their admin tools for a period of five years and is subsequently desysopped for inactivity, the administrator would have to file a new RfA in order to regain the tools.
A change to the banning policy has been proposed which would specify conditions under which a repeat sockmaster may be considered de facto banned, reducing the need to start a community ban discussion for these users.

Technical news

CheckUsers are now able to view private data such as IP addresses from the edit filter log, e.g. when the filter prevents a user from creating an account. Previously, this information was unavailable to CheckUsers because access to it could not be logged.
The edit filter has a new feature contains_all that edit filter managers may use to check if one or more strings are all contained in another given string.

Miscellaneous

Following the 2018 Steward elections, the following users are our new stewards: -revi, Green Giant, Rxy, There'sNoTime, علاء.

Obituaries

Bhadani (Gangadhar Bhadani) passed away on 8 February 2018. Bhadani joined Wikipedia in March 2005 and became an administrator in September 2005. While he was active, Bhadani was regarded as one of the most prolific Wikipedians from India.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:00, 2 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

House elections 2014

I really like the work you've put in on the new maps for House elections. For the 2014 edition, however, it depicts Republicans picking up NH-2 when it was held by the Democratic incumbent. Could this be adjusted? Iseult^Δxparlez moi 06:23, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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