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It is 09:01:09 on November 16, 2024, according to the server's time and date.

Resysop request (Dennis Brown)

Please resysop. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 03:29, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yay! -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:31, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Desysoped per own request during Fram incident. Looks good to go after 24 hours. Maxim_(talk) 03:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hooray! Welcome back, Dennis, we have sorely missed you! -- MelanieN (talk) 03:43, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! Nosebagbear (talk) 18:23, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! S Philbrick (Talk) 18:49, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Primefac (talk) 02:28, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:22, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Portals closed

Per the final decision of the arbitration committee linked above, please remove the sysop bit from BrownHairedGirl (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log).

For the Arbitration Committee, SQL ^{Query me!} 22:02, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would do it, but BHG and I have a bit of history in the disagreement on portals, so I recuse myself from doing this. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:16, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- @Nihonjoe: so far as I am concerned, this is a purely clerical task, implementing an ArbCom decision. Bureaucrats are not being asked to exercise any discretion.

So far as I am concerned, the ArbCom decision is deeply and multiply flawed, so I will be leaving Wikipedia (see User talk:BrownHairedGirl#Statement_by_BHG_on_the_ArbCom_decision) ... but it is also Wikipedia's highest authority in these matters, and is decision is final. So I hope that the community can rely on bureaucrats to implement ArbCom's decision. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that. Still, I'm more comfortable with someone else doing it (and it looks like Xaosflux has done that). I wish you well in your future endeavors, whatever those may be. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:33, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done per the ArbCom ruling. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resignation effective immediately (Pratyeka)

Pratyeka (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · undos · manual reverts · rollbacks · logs ^{(blocks · rights · moves)} · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)^{(acc · ap · ev · fm · mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te)}

Unless problems are fixed within hours, I am resigning from Wikimedia contributions effective immediately. A series of great efforts, most recently many days creating and updating maps related to the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak have been deleted or removed. Over the 17 years of my involvement I have noticed a clear, direct and unrelenting change in the culture of Wikipedia, making it ridiculously tiresome to contribute at all, despite bringing a unique skillset as a 20+ year software professional to the projects. I don't have time for this anymore. It's pathetic. Failing a 'fix this' button to save me time, I can only leave. Goodbye. prat (talk) 00:27, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Pratyeka: Can you be more specific regarding the "series of great efforts" that has been deleted? Links would be especially helpful. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If this refers to File:2019-nCoV Confirmed Cases Animated Map.webm, politics aside, I found the image helpful. I remember noticing that Taiwan's outline was in grey, a clear reference to its disputed status. There is an open RfC on this at Talk:2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak#RfC on map of infected cases that focuses on whether Taiwan should or should not be included in the map. Of course, if consensus on the talk page says that it should not be retained, then it should not be retained. It is unfortunate that these political issues are hindering editing of an article on an international outbreak. Dekimasuよ! 01:42, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)I believe the efforts largely revolve around Pratyeka's creation of File:2019-nCoV Confirmed Cases Animated Map.gif and File:2019-nCoV Confirmed Cases Animated Map.webm and insertion (e.g., [1], [2], and [3]) where others have removed it (e.g. [4]). See also Talk:2019–20_Wuhan_coronavirus_outbreak#RfC_on_map_of_infected_cases. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:54, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done @Pratyeka: it appears you are in a content dispute and those can certainly be frustrating - however there is no way for us 'crats to know if your "problems are fixed". If you want to have your administrator flag removed, please let us know explicitly. I do suggest you try going through some of the routine dispute resolution processes to work on your sticky situation first. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 02:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2020#February 2020

The following inactive administrators are being desysoped due to inactivity. Thank you for your service.

Mikaey (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
Fishhead64 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

— xaosflux ^Talk 03:55, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]