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The Signpost: 26 September 2024
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Hello
[edit]Hello I was editing the Katahdin page and you told me you deleted some of my edits because they didn't seem appropriate. I don't understand how. I was citing the sources foe the information I had provided including linking the page to another Wiki page. Can you please tell me what I did wrong? Thanks you AlistairBlackthorne (talk) 21:40, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, the edits were reverted because the links appeared promotional. Thank you. Ternera (talk) 21:43, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- The links I supplied lead directly to the websites of the Livestock conservancy, The Katahdin Hair Sheep group and referenced a page from the University of Oklahoma about the history of the Katahdin sheep
- Cheers, AlistairBlackthorne (talk) 21:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
September 2024
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Hi, Ternera. Thanks for patrolling new pages. I've declined your deletion request for a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to read the new tutorial for patrollers, criteria for speedy deletion, and particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion or proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. Thanks! 2601:5CC:8300:A7F0:5D7:5E2A:EBFA:7B67 (talk) 16:53, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Popular History Of The Santa Fe Trail Is Wrong
[edit]Hi Ternera,
I respectfully believe you made a mistake by removing the external link I added to Santa Fe Trail page. The information I provided is most certainly appropriate for an encyclopedia. I became interested in this subject while researching my 4-times Great Grandfather James Baird, an American entrepreneur and pioneer of the Santa Fe Trail.
Information on this Wikipedia page presents an intentionally narrow interpretation of American history. It propagates an incomplete and culturally offensive historical narrative of the Santa Fe Trail. Exaggerating the importance of William Becknell’s role and his relevance to the Santa Fe Trail distorts historical reality and perpetuates cultural beliefs that bolster Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism.
I respectfully request that you restore my external link
https://medium.com/@Tewksbury/popular-history-of-the-santa-fe-trail-is-wrong-a31ab61e1de4 on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail
I also welcome and encourage you to read my article on this subject. Please let me know how you intend to proceed. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Russell Baird (“RB”) Tewksbury
RBTewksbury (talk) 19:58, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @RBTewksbury. Thank you for reaching out. Due to the fact that you are the writer of the external link you added, and also because Medium links are not even allowed as sources per WP:MEDIUM, I reverted your edit. If you do add the link to the article a second time, I will not revert it and instead let someone more familiar with the topic make a decision. Have a good day. Ternera (talk) 20:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Ternera,
- Thank you for your prompt reply. And thank you for agreeing to “not revert it and instead let someone more familiar with the topic make a decision”. As a descendant of James Baird and a subject-matter expert on this topic, I am hopeful others will consider my external link addition appropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia.
- Cheers,
- RB RBTewksbury (talk) 21:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
[edit]News 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.
Hi!
[edit]I see you nicking all those vandals.
The ip hopper that is posting at noticeboards, just report straight away to AIV. It's a Long Term Abuse account that was originally called MidAtlanticBaby. It's not worth warning them. Knitsey (talk) 14:40, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for sharing! I'll keep that in mind. Ternera (talk) 14:49, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- No problem. Knitsey (talk) 14:53, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Edit Reversion
[edit]Hello, I just edited the page for Jolmaville and you reverted it because I did not cite a source. In my three revisions I: changed the population - which was incorrect - to be in accordance with the source already cited; corrected the name of one of the sources, which had the name of Marengo instead of Jolmaville; and put in the name of the Bad River Reservation, which had been there in a previous revision and seemingly had been mistakenly removed (in fact, there was an open ended sentence because it had been so obviously removed). The page is objectively incorrect without my revisions, what kind of source do you expect to cite that's not already there? Sean30303 (talk) 15:20, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hey there @Sean30303. I just took a look at the source and see that you are correct. I've reverted my edit - thanks for catching my error! Ternera (talk) 15:29, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- No problem, thank you Sean30303 (talk) 15:36, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrator Elections: Call for Candidates
[edit]Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates
The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Call for candidates.
Here is the schedule:
- October 8–14 - Candidate sign-up (we are here)
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
Please note the following:
- The requirements to run are identical to RFA—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed.
- Prospective candidates are advised to become familar with the community's expectations of adminstrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful and unsuccessful RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing.
- The process will have a one week call for candidates phase, a one week pause to set up SecurePoll, a three-day period of public discussion, followed by 7 days of no public discussion and a private vote using SecurePoll.
- The outcomes of this process are identical to making requests for adminship. There is no official difference between an administrator appointed through RFA or administrator elections.
- Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors.
Ask any questions about the process at the talk page. A separate user talk message will be sent to official candidates with additional information about the process.
To avoid sending too many messages, this will be the last mass message sent about administrator elections. If you are interested in the process, please make sure to watchlist the appropriate pages. A watchlist notice will be added when the discussion phase opens, and again when the voting phase opens.
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The Signpost: 19 October 2024
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Administrator Elections: Discussion phase
[edit]The discussion phase of the October 2024 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
- November 1–? - Scrutineering phase
During October 22–24, we will be in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages will open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase.
On October 25, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close again to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.
Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps a week or two. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose). As this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
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Growth News, October 2024
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Current work
[edit]Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module
We will add a new module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version on beta wikis and we will soon start an A/B test on our pilot wikis. This module will only display on the Newcomer Homepage if communities decide to utilize it, so learn how to configure the Community Updates module, or share your thoughts on the project's talk page.
Constructive activation experimentation
After showcasing early design ideas at Wikimania, we conducted user testing of design prototypes. We now aim to engage communities in further discussions and plan to run a targeted experiment, presenting a structured task within the reading view to logged-in new account holders with zero edits.
This Community Configuration extension was developed to help communities customize wiki features to meet their unique needs. The Growth team is now helping other Wikimedia Foundation teams make their products configurable:
- The Moderation Tools team now provides Community Configuration for Automoderator. (T365046)
- Certain Babel extension settings will be configurable soon. (T328171)
Future work
[edit]As part of the Growth team annual plan, we will continue to investigate ways to increase constructive activation on mobile, while also working with Data Products to move forward A/B testing functionality via the Metrics Platform.
Community events
[edit]- Growth team members presented Community Configuration: Shaping On-Wiki Functionality Together at Wikimania (slides). The session recording is available to watch on YouTube. This session provided an update on the Community Configuration project and introduced details about the upcoming features that communities will soon be able to configure. Representatives from the Moderator Tools, Editing, Web, and Campaigns teams shared their plans for utilizing Community Configuration in the future. Following these presentations, the WMF Growth team's Benoît Evellin and Martin Urbanec answered audience questions.
- Habib Mhenni gave a presentation of how mentorship works at WikiIndaba 2024. The recording is available.
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