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In Newsroom --> "Disputed". Many require deletion with careful checking that they were not un-abandoned or otherwise useful. Please assist? (To update, click purge icon on that page.) Thank you in advance! Gryllida (talk) 11:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Microchip08 please? --Gryllida (talk) 12:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I was wondering what needed to be done to fix this so I clicked a few random links and many of them were allready marked and in Category:Speedy deletion. So if someone have time to delete pages it should reduce the number a lot. --MGA73 (talk) 18:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism: HoneyRamirez2014

HoneyRamirez2014 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Local vandalism: [1], [2], [3]. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 23:39, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Three more today: [4], [5], [6]. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 20:37, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

More today. [7], [8]. @Gryllida: can you take action on this? It seems to be increasing in frequency. Thanks. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:20, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Reported to GSR. Kind regards,--A09 (talk) 16:22, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Local block placed by EPIC. Thank you both. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

2024 ARPS Conference

This article was linked on the WikiNews Telegram group and it can also be found on my blog:

https://www.athbud.com/miscellaneous

It was deleted by @Tanbiruzzaman recently. I am not sure why?

See original deleted article link here:

https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/2024_ARPS_Conference

Thanks. ABuddhavarapu (talk) 23:44, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Closing DR about sxw-files

Could someone close Wikinews:Deletion_requests#825_sxw-files? It has been open since August 2023.

There is a discussion at Wikinews:2024 Copyright license upgrade if {{Printedition}} should be updated or if a new template should be created. If we are to change the template to "Template:Printedition 2.5" (or another name) then it would be good to have this DR closed soon.

If the files are to be deleted it is possible to use a script to mass delete or global sysops can help. So please do not let the time it take to delete the files be the reason not to close the DR. MGA73 (talk) 18:50, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

I have closed the discussion as successful and made the request for deletion below.

We no longer produce a printed edition. Therefore I think the easiest course of action would be to update {{Printedition}} to state the following:

This file is a release of the Wikinews Print Edition, which is no longer produced. Text contained in Print Edition articles created after September 25, 2005 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Some images are released into the public domain, others are used under the Wikinews fair use policy

I can make this change. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Ofcourse. No need to update template then :-) --MGA73 (talk) 15:49, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Requesting edits to protected pages and deletion of outdated files

This is a two-part request, both needs stem from this discussion started over a year ago: Wikinews:Deletion requests#825 sxw-files, which has achieved general consensus from the community.

The first part can be handled by either a local or global sysop. The second part involves deleting several hundred files and would likely be best handled by a global sysop.

1. For the User:MGA73/Sandbox list, we need an admin to remove any links, broken or functional, to OpenOffice SXW files as was done here: Special:Diff/4805561.
2. For the Category:Print Edition (SXW), we need all listed OpenOffice SXW files deleted.

If you have any questions, needs, or concerns, reach out to MGA73 or myself.

Thank you in advance! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

If the file page does not have {{Image info}} it might be a good idea to add that at the same time as the sxw part is removed. If my bot is granted a temporary admin status it might be able to fix most of the files in the first part and perhaps add the {{Image info}} too. Just so you know the alternative. --MGA73 (talk) 15:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)