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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.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• 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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Speedy deletion for Pippi Longstocking (2020 TV series)

Sorry, about that but, Pippi Longstocking doesn't reboot this series by Nelvana and DHX. Yes I Wish you Going to Delete page as Possible--Pre-Animation Man (talk) 20:13, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

• responded on user talk page «»Who?¿? 00:32, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

Need help on Electrical Engineering Project

@Who: Hello! As you are experienced in writing Articles related Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) i need your help as i am planning to establish a Program in our EEE Department in University. So i need your guidance. Thanks Mohammed Galib Hasan (talk) 16:12, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Who chopper.png listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Who chopper.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:33, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Responded on discussion page. «»Who?¿? 02:32, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tony Black (actor)

The article Tony Black (actor) has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. CallyMc (talk) 03:41, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of Tony Black (actor) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Tony Black (actor) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Black (actor) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. CallyMc (talk) 23:00, 2 October 2018 (UTC)

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Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3 listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3. Since you had some involvement with the Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 3 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 08:47, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Responded on Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2019_January_7#Episodes_from_Ed,_Edd_n_Eddy,_Season_5 as one response for all listed redirects. «»Who?¿? 16:13, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 4 listed at Redirects for discussion

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Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 5 listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 5. Since you had some involvement with the Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 5 redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 08:48, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Responded on Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2019_January_7#Episodes_from_Ed,_Edd_n_Eddy,_Season_5 as one response for all listed redirects. «»Who?¿? 16:13, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Special episodes listed at Redirects for discussion

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