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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2018).

Administrator changes Galobtter Orangemike BorgQueen • Davidruben • Ocee • Revolving Bugbear • Theda • There'sNoTime • Timc • Tijuana Brass • Tristessa de St Ange Bureaucrat changes Addshore

CheckUser changes Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime Oversight changes AGK • Joe Roe • SilkTork Euryalus • Newyorkbrad • There'sNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• There are a number of new or changed speedy deletion criteria, each previously part of WP:CSD#G6:

1. G14 (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in Category:Candidates for speedy deletion as unnecessary disambiguation pages.
2. R4 (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no file links) that have the same name as a file or redirect at Commons are now covered under the new R4 criterion (discussion). This is {{db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
3. G13 (expanded): Userspace drafts containing only the default Article Wizard text are now covered under G13 along with other drafts (discussion). Such blank drafts are now eligible after six months rather than one year, and taggers continue to use {{db-blankdraft}}.

• The Wikimedia Foundation now requires all interface administrators to enable two-factor authentication.
• Members of the Bot Approvals Group (BAG) are now subject to an activity requirement. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.

Technical news

• Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new password policy and requirements. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, et al.) must have a password at least 10 characters in length. All accounts must have a password:

1. At least 8 characters in length
2. Not in the 100,000 most popular passwords (defined by the Password Blacklist library)
3. Different from their username

User accounts not meeting these requirements will be prompted to update their password accordingly. More information is available on MediaWiki.org.

• Blocked administrators may now block the administrator that blocked them. This was done to mitigate the possibility that a compromised administrator account would block all other active administrators, complementing the removal of the ability to unblock oneself outside of self-imposed blocks. A request for comment is currently in progress to determine whether the blocking policy should be updated regarding this change.
• {{Copyvio-revdel}} now has a link to open the history with the RevDel checkboxes already filled in.

Arbitration

• Following the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: AGK, Courcelles, GorillaWarfare, Joe Roe, Mkdw, SilkTork.

Miscellaneous

• Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.
• Around 22% of admins have enabled two-factor authentication, up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider doing so. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Organizing (structure) 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/Organizing (structure) 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. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 23:01, 2 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-02T23:01:00.000Z","author":"Gonzo fan2007","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gonzo_fan2007-2019-01-02T23:01:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Organizing_(structure)_for_deletion","replies":[],"displayName":"\u00ab\u00a0Gonzo fan2007"}}-->

The article Rex Kudo 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. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:51, 30 January 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-01-30T01:51:00.000Z","author":"Robert McClenon","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Robert_McClenon-2019-01-30T01:51:00.000Z-Proposed_deletion_of_Rex_Kudo","replies":[]}}-->

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Rex Kudo 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/Rex Kudo 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.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2019).

Administrator changes

Enterprisey • JJMC89

BorgQueen

Harro5 • Jenks24 • Graft • R. Baley

Interface administrator changes

Enterprisey

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is currently open to reevaluate the activity requirements for administrators.
• Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent request for comment has amended the blocking policy to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
• A request for comment closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating The Sun as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.

Technical news

• A discussion regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is in progress (permalink). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at WP:PERM, where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2019 Steward elections will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• A new IRC bot is available that allows you to subscribe to notifications when specific filters are tripped. This requires that your IRC handle be identified.

The article Institute for Collaborative Engagement has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication that subject meets WP:NORG notability guidelines

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Jmertel23 (talk) 01:53, 8 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-08T01:53:00.000Z","author":"Jmertel23","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jmertel23-2019-02-08T01:53:00.000Z-Proposed_deletion_of_Institute_for_Collaborative_Engagement","replies":[]}}-->

Your addition to Talk:Ecliptic had no discernible relation to the article, or to the topic of the Ecliptic. Pleas use talk pages for their intended purpose of improving Wikipedia articles. Jc3s5h (talk) 13:18, 8 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-08T13:18:00.000Z","author":"Jc3s5h","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jc3s5h-2019-02-08T13:18:00.000Z-Edit_to_Ecliptic_talk_page","replies":[]}}-->

Not sure what you're up to at talk:One Ring, but you broke the link to user:Darth Newdar. I cited wp:NOTFORUM, but I have no objection if you want to reinstate it; just be a little careful with the formatting! (PS: I do climb mountains. On occasion.) -- Elphion (talk) 23:30, 13 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-13T23:30:00.000Z","author":"Elphion","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Elphion-2019-02-13T23:30:00.000Z-re_my_revert","replies":[]}}-->

Hello Jerzy, do you remember this chap? I have just found out where he was born in London and inserted a rather poor image of it on his page. Most of the references are either dead or inadequate. Do you have any idea where musicians keep good references about their slightly obscure brethren? Kind regards. --Po Mieczu (talk) 17:19, 21 February 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-02-21T17:19:00.000Z","author":"Po Mieczu","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Po_Mieczu-2019-02-21T17:19:00.000Z-William_Hurlstone,_composer","replies":[]}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

Administrator changes Evad37 There'sNoTime Alex Shih • Brian • Mushroom • Nakon • Oscarthecat • PeruvianLlama • Ragib • Reaper Eternal • Rossami • Tom Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ritchie333

CheckUser changes There'sNoTime Keegan • Ks0stm Oversight changes There'sNoTime Ks0stm • Sphilbrick

Guideline and policy news

• The RfC on administrator activity requirements failed to reach consensus for any proposal.
• Following discussions at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard and Wikipedia talk:Administrators, an earlier change to the restoration of adminship policy was reverted. If requested, bureaucrats will not restore administrator permissions removed due to inactivity if there have been five years without a logged administrator action; this "five year rule" does not apply to permissions removed voluntarily.

Technical news

• A new tool is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee announced two new OTRS queues. Both are meant solely for cases involving private information; other cases will continue to be handled at the appropriate venues (e.g., WP:COIN or WP:SPI).
  • paid-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private evidence related to abusive paid editing.
  • checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org has been set up to receive private requests for CheckUser. For instance, requests for IP block exemption for anonymous proxy editing should now be sent to this address instead of the functionaries-en list.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2019 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Base, Einsbor, Jon Kolbert, Schniggendiller, and Wim b.

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Small matter of programming 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/Small matter of programming 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. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-03-10T05:10:00.000Z","author":"ToBeFree","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-ToBeFree-2019-03-10T05:10:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Small_matter_of_programming_for_deletion","replies":[],"displayName":"~ ToBeFree"}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2019).

Administrator changes Reaper Eternal • ThaddeusB Bogdangiusca • Christopher Parham • Necrothesp • Schneelocke • Siroxo • Sarah Mentifisto → Lofty abyss Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius

Bureaucrat changes DeltaQuad Kingturtle

Technical news

• In Special:Preferences under "Appearance" → "Advanced options", there is now an option to show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's Community health initiative plans to design and build a new user reporting system to make it easier for people experiencing harassment and other forms of abuse to provide accurate information to the appropriate channel for action to be taken. Please see meta:Community health initiative/User reporting system consultation 2019 to provide your input on this idea.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee clarified that the General 1RR prohibition for Palestine-Israel articles may only be enforced on pages with the {{ARBPIA 1RR editnotice}} edit notice.

Miscellaneous

• Two more administrator accounts were compromised. Evidence has shown that these attacks, like previous incidents, were due to reusing a password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. All admins are strongly encouraged to enable two-factor authentication, please consider doing so. Please always practice appropriate account security by ensuring your password is secure and unique to Wikimedia.
• As a reminder, according to WP:NOQUORUM, administrators looking to close or relist an AfD should evaluate a nomination that has received few or no comments as if it were a proposed deletion (PROD) prior to determining whether it should be relisted.

Hi,

Do you know where the name of that page comes from? I cannot find a source for this nickname (I agree it does look like a finger, but APOD sees a super-hero), so I wonder if this name is used in the astronomy community. Thanks, Seudo (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-04-17T03:18:00.000Z","author":"Seudo","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Seudo-2019-04-17T03:18:00.000Z-Finger_of_God_(Carina)","replies":[]}}-->

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Glossary of rowing terms 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/Glossary of rowing terms 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. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:46, 17 April 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-04-17T21:46:00.000Z","author":"RoySmith","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-RoySmith-2019-04-17T21:46:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Glossary_of_rowing_terms_for_deletion","replies":[]}}-->

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Walter Conrad. Since you had some involvement with the Walter Conrad redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:12, 23 April 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-04-23T03:12:00.000Z","author":"Clarityfiend","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Clarityfiend-2019-04-23T03:12:00.000Z-Walter_Conrad_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion","replies":[]}}-->

Administrators must secure their accounts The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised. Use strong, unique passwords for your Wikipedia account and associated email Change your password now if your Wikipedia account password or email password is reused on another website, exposed, or weak Enable two-factor authentication now for improved security

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:54, 4 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-04T02:54:00.000Z","author":"Cameron11598","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Cameron11598-2019-05-04T02:54:00.000Z-ArbCom_2019_special_circular","replies":[]}}-->

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-04T21:03:00.000Z","author":"Cameron11598","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Cameron11598-2019-05-04T21:03:00.000Z-Administrator_account_security_(Correction_to_Arbcom_2019_special_circular)","replies":[]}}-->

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mathias Pierre 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/Mathias Pierre 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. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 23:58, 4 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-04T23:58:00.000Z","author":"Premeditated Chaos","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Premeditated_Chaos-2019-05-04T23:58:00.000Z-Nomination_of_Mathias_Pierre_for_deletion","replies":[],"displayName":"PMC"}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2019).

Administrator changes HickoryOughtShirt?4 • RexxS Necrothesp Bratsche • Kyle Barbour • Kzollman • Madman Interface administrator changes Pharos

Bureaucrat changes Primefac CheckUser changes Reaper Eternal

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment concluded that creating pages in the portal namespace should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
• Following a request for comment, the subject-specific notability guideline for pornographic actors and models (WP:PORNBIO) was removed; in its place, editors should consult WP:ENT and WP:GNG.

Technical news

• XTools Admin Stats, a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: Steward Stats and Patroller Stats.

Arbitration

• In response to the continuing compromise of administrator accounts, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion amending the procedures for return of permissions (diff). In such cases, the committee will review all available information to determine whether the administrator followed "appropriate personal security practices" before restoring permissions; administrators found failing to have adequately done so will not be resysopped automatically. All current administrators have been notified of this change.
• Following a formal ratification process, the arbitration policy has been amended (diff). Specifically, the two-thirds majority required to remove or suspend an arbitrator now excludes (1) the arbitrator facing suspension or removal, and (2) any inactive arbitrator who does not respond within 30 days to attempts to solicit their feedback on the resolution through all known methods of communication.

Miscellaneous

• A request for comment is currently open to amend the community sanctions procedure to exclude non XfD or CSD deletions.
• A proposal to remove pre-2009 indefinite IP blocks is currently open for discussion.

Hi Jerzy, the unusual formatting at CMT seems to come from around when you edited it. Just wanted to see if you've seen the rather strict style at WP:MOSDAB, maybe just a mobile edit thing? Regards Widefox; talk 13:58, 11 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-11T13:58:00.000Z","author":"Widefox","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Widefox-2019-05-11T13:58:00.000Z-Dabs","replies":[]}}-->

Please contact the Arbitration Committee at [email protected]. Thank you. Katie^talk 16:02, 14 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z","author":"KrakatoaKatie","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-KrakatoaKatie-2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z-please_email_the_Arbitration_Committee","replies":["c-Jo-Jo_Eumerus-2019-05-25T14:23:00.000Z-KrakatoaKatie-2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z","c-Worm_That_Turned-2019-06-01T10:37:00.000Z-KrakatoaKatie-2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Katie"}}-->

Noticeboard query. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:23, 25 May 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-05-25T14:23:00.000Z","author":"Jo-Jo Eumerus","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Jo-Jo_Eumerus-2019-05-25T14:23:00.000Z-KrakatoaKatie-2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hi Jerzy. I'm just thinking of ways to move forward here. I've seen a few places where you've said you'd be happy to transfer to "administrator emeritus". I'd be happy to remove your admin rights and per Katie's comment, lift the arbcom block. If you could just confirm that you'd be happy with this course of action by either commenting here, or emailing me at worm.that.turnedgmail.com or the arbcom as a whole. Worm^TT(talk) 10:37, 1 June 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-06-01T10:37:00.000Z","author":"Worm That Turned","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Worm_That_Turned-2019-06-01T10:37:00.000Z-KrakatoaKatie-2019-05-14T16:02:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"Worm"}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2019).

Administrator changes

Andonic • Consumed Crustacean • Enigmaman • Euryalus • EWS23 • HereToHelp • Nv8200pa • Peripitus • StringTheory11 • Vejvančický

CheckUser changes

Ivanvector

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC seeks to clarify whether WP:OUTING should include information on just the English Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project.
• An RfC on WT:RfA concluded that Requests for adminship and bureaucratship are discussions seeking to build consensus.
• An RfC proposal to make the templates for discussion (TfD) process more like the requested moves (RM) process, i.e. "as a clearinghouse of template discussions", was closed as successful.

Technical news

• The CSD feature of Twinkle now allows admins to notify page creators of deletion if the page had not been tagged. The default behavior matches that of tagging notifications, and replaces the ability to open the user talk page upon deletion. You can customize which criteria receive notifications in your Twinkle preferences: look for Notify page creator when deleting under these criteria.
• Twinkle's d-batch (batch delete) feature now supports deleting subpages (and related redirects and talk pages) of each page. The pages will be listed first but use with caution! The und-batch (batch undelete) option can now also restore talk pages.

Miscellaneous

• The previously discussed unblocking of IP addresses indefinitely-blocked before 2009 was approved and has taken place.
• The 2019 talk pages consultation produced a report for Phase 1 and has entered Phase 2.

The article Sanford Steever 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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:39, 9 June 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-06-09T01:39:00.000Z","author":"Liz","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Liz-2019-06-09T01:39:00.000Z-Proposed_deletion_of_Sanford_Steever","replies":[]}}-->

(If the page gets large, it's easier to scroll back up into the ToC from here than to scroll down thru it from its top.)

Re North Haven, Long Island :    Failure to include that lk, which is needed to identify the name of the island the town is on, was a grievous error: some, and perhaps many, islands lie within the county we already mentioned, are mere entirely within a larger county, but Long Island is not only grossly elongated, but bigger in area than, I'd wager, the (island-strewn but non-insular) state of Rhode Island that's across Long Island Sound from it. The only LI county most folk can name is the one coterminous with the Borough (NYC) of Queens; those living close enough may be aware that its adjacent borough, DaBrahnks, is non-coincidentally conterminous with Kings County. (If you're curious enuf, see also Duchess County and Dukes County (Massachusetts). Anyway...) (That county may be somewhere near where we went to a vineyard for the wedding of our charming Romanian-born climbing pals, somewhere out near the wilds of Brookhaven; ya could look it up. Ah... four counties on Long Island, and quite logically, )   My point is especially motivated by the accompanying map of the town and its surrounding, which misleadingly appears to doubly label NH, a nearly insular town with not only its own name, but also the name of the vastly larger Long Island, as if the town had one name (NH), and because its quasi-peninsula compromises its continuity to its southwest, its another,

15:51, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Well, I got confused; briefly I thot my old account had been wiped out:I used a 40 year old login ID. Con si com sa. And tho I’m minutes early for my timezone, it would be appropriate to toast a cherry soda to Tony G., who long ago offered at least a toast per hour, as the various time zones reached the new year. Was it Iceland, Greenland, or Bermuda he blamed for the one on-the-half-hour? Good times.
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Another editor is disputing the (very long standing) transliteration of the Arabic version of the title of this article, remarking he is changing this because of a ḥarakāt (vowel mark?). I suspect you know more about this than me (or at least know someone who does) and may be in a better position than me to resolve the problem. Thanks. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 22:34, 7 April 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-04-07T22:34:00.000Z","author":"Soundofmusicals","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Soundofmusicals-2020-04-07T22:34:00.000Z-One_Thousand_and_One_Nights","replies":[]}}-->

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The end of this page is always a good place to leave messages to me, and for most users, by far the easiest ways of doing that is:

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Hi, Jerzy account! I address you via the ip-address of one Gary Riddell Zempel, and you’ll notice that my initials sound like Gee-Are-Zee, which sounds astonishing similar to the flagrantly ignorant American mis-pronunciation of the Polish name “Jerzy” (which less ignorant Yanks pronounce “YAIR-tsee”). I figured it would be clever to name my original account “Jerzy” bcz “Gee Are Zee” is the American pronunciation of the English-language letters G, R, and Z (occasionally, or historically, called “zed”).

Digressing — as I am prone to doing (sometimes exacerbated by delusions of grandeur, or fits of intellectual fancy, intoxication, simple foolishness, or clinically functional madness) — ….TBC….. 2601:199:C201:FD70:0:0:0:D602 (talk) 20:03, 29 January 2022 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2022-01-29T20:03:00.000Z","author":"2601:199:C201:FD70:0:0:0:D602","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-2601:199:C201:FD70:0:0:0:D602-2022-01-29T20:03:00.000Z-Leaving_me_a_message","replies":[]}}-->

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The article Jeanne de Montbéliard (15th century) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

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