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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes Sdkb The Night Watch East718 Isabelle Belato Mzajac Staecker Stan Shebs Sugarfish Tamzin

Bureaucrat changes SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
• Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news

• The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

Miscellaneous

• The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Trianglewelder (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240303011900","author":"Trianglewelder","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Trianglewelder-20240303011900-Administrators'_newsletter_\u2013_March_2024","replies":["c-DatGuy-20240304205100-Trianglewelder-20240303011900"]}}-->

@Trianglewelder there is a little email issue so please follow the IRC method at WP:REVDELREQUEST instead. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 20:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240304205100","author":"DatGuy","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DatGuy-20240304205100-Trianglewelder-20240303011900","replies":[]}}-->

I recently uploaded File:Three Little Pigs - Fuller Brush Man 1933 and 1948.png with two frames from different releases of The Three Little Pigs (film). Since it is a composite image, I scaled it to keep each frame within the non-free content guidelines of 320x240. But the final image file is more than 512px and more than 0.1 megapixels, so DatBot of course keeps resizing it.

I understand that I could upload each frame as a separate image, but I think that to ensure the proper context it's important for them to be seen together. Is there a mechanism to exclude an image from DatBot resizing, and if so, can you point me to how I would apply for one?

Thank you for all the work you do! —Tim Pierce (talk) 21:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240326211000","author":"Tim Pierce","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Tim_Pierce-20240326211000-Exclusion_for_composite_image?","replies":["c-DatGuy-20240327065600-Tim_Pierce-20240326211000"],"displayName":"\u2014Tim Pierce"}}-->

@Tim Pierce hi, yes, you can add {{Non-free no reduce}} to prevent JJMC89 Bot from tagging it for reduction. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 06:56, 27 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240327065600","author":"DatGuy","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DatGuy-20240327065600-Tim_Pierce-20240326211000","replies":["c-Tim_Pierce-20240328154700-DatGuy-20240327065600"]}}-->

Thank you! —Tim Pierce (talk) 15:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240328154700","author":"Tim Pierce","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Tim_Pierce-20240328154700-DatGuy-20240327065600","replies":[],"displayName":"\u2014Tim Pierce"}}-->

Hi DatGuy, in reference to the ticket# question at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Mxcronin, what should happen when an email is sent to [email protected] (or similar)? How does one get the ticket#? This was first time sending an email outside of OS or using the "email this user" function. S0091 (talk) 15:11, 30 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240330151100","author":"S0091","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-S0091-20240330151100-Email\/VRTS_question","replies":["c-DatGuy-20240330151300-S0091-20240330151100"]}}-->

I didn't quite remember if there is an automated response that gives you the ticket #, but seems there isn't. It's available in the VRT system or in the subject when you receive a reply. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 15:13, 30 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240330151300","author":"DatGuy","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DatGuy-20240330151300-S0091-20240330151100","replies":["c-S0091-20240330162000-DatGuy-20240330151300"]}}-->

Ahh, yes I see now. Thanks! S0091 (talk) 16:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240330162000","author":"S0091","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-S0091-20240330162000-DatGuy-20240330151300","replies":[]}}-->

Hi there, thanks for your help at Hurricane Ida. However, I noticed that the semi-protection you put in is significantly shorter than the previous protection which expired only a couple of weeks ago. This page has long been an LTA vandalism target and it's clear that long-term protection is needed. See the page 's protection history. Would you please consider making the semi-protection longer? Fretyr (talk) 16:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240330160800","author":"Fretyr","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Fretyr-20240330160800-Hurricane_Ida","replies":["c-DatGuy-20240330161200-Fretyr-20240330160800"]}}-->

There isn't a stable pattern of vandalism, but rather occasional sprees. The short protection is to dissuade them and reduce the whac-a-mole blocks. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 16:12, 30 March 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240330161200","author":"DatGuy","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DatGuy-20240330161200-Fretyr-20240330160800","replies":[]}}-->