This is an archive of past discussions with User:Kirill Lokshin. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Per [1], 101.128.245.134 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is likely an open proxy (and the LTA using it is highly suggestive that it is). Could you block it for longer than 24 and revoke talk access? Home Lander (talk) 01:52, 18 September 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-09-18T01:52:00.000Z","author":"Home Lander","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Home_Lander-2019-09-18T01:52:00.000Z-Proxy_IP","replies":["c-Kirill_Lokshin-2019-09-18T01:54:00.000Z-Home_Lander-2019-09-18T01:52:00.000Z"]}}-->

Home Lander, done. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 01:54, 18 September 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-09-18T01:54:00.000Z","author":"Kirill Lokshin","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Kirill_Lokshin-2019-09-18T01:54:00.000Z-Home_Lander-2019-09-18T01:52:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

G'day everyone, the voting for the XIX Coordinator Tranche is at the halfway mark. The candidates have answered various questions, and you can check them out to see why they are running and decide whether you support them. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2018. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:36, 22 September 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-09-22T07:36:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2019-09-22T07:36:00.000Z-Wikiproject_Military_history_coordinator_election_half-way_mark","replies":[]}}-->

Kirill, thanks for making the disclosure that you did. The RfA has been withdrawn now. Would you be willing to discuss some of this further? What I specifically wanted to ask you was what your views are on ArbCom overturning the WMF ban of Fram? If you would prefer me to ask this at a WMDC-specific location or wiki, I can do that. I can see it is awkward, because the press release was from WMDC, but I see that you hold strong personal views yourself on this yourself. I was also looking through the category of WMDC press releases and see that there were a lot of press releases in 2012 and less in other years (1 in 2011, 6 in 2012, 2 in 2013, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 2 in 2018 and 1 in 2019). A lot of them are funding announcements. There are three that I would say are clearly advocating a position (the ones that start 'statement on'): Official statement of Wikimedia DC on SOPA and PIPA; Wikimedia DC statement supporting Senate action to restore Net Neutrality; and the most recent one Wikimedia DC Statement on Terms of Use Enforcement. How common is it for WMDC to take stances like that, and how common is it for Wikimedia chapters in general to be doing that sort of thing (I can see how it can be a good thing, I can also see how it might be really difficult to agree on wordings for things like that!)? Carcharoth (talk) 15:18, 27 September 2019 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2019-09-27T15:18:00.000Z","author":"Carcharoth","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Carcharoth-2019-09-27T15:18:00.000Z-Follow_up","replies":[]}}-->

A final update, for now:

The third grant-funded round of WikiProject X has been completed. Unfortunately, while this round has not resulted in a deployed product, I am not planning to resume working on the project for the foreseeable future. Please see the final report for more information.

Regards,

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Precious

Seven years!

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• The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
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• Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.

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G'day all, March Madness 2020 is about to get underway, and there is bling aplenty for those who want to get stuck into the backlog by way of tagging, assessing, updating, adding or improving resources and creating articles. If you haven't already signed up to participate, why not? The more the merrier! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:19, 29 February 2020 (UTC) for the coord team__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-02-29T08:19:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2020-02-29T08:19:00.000Z-March_Madness_2020","replies":[]}}-->

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• A request for comment closed with consensus to create a Village Pump-style page for communication with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Administrator changes

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• A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
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Arbitration

• A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

15 years ago, you made your first edit! To think that you've contributed almost 80,000 edits in that time is incredible. I would say good job but I think that's an understatement!

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Hey, Kirill Lokshin. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 11:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-06-08T11:33:00.000Z","author":"CAPTAIN RAJU","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-CAPTAIN_RAJU-2020-06-08T11:33:00.000Z-Happy_First_Edit_Day!_2","replies":[]}}-->

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G'day Kirill, just a heads-up that Italian War of 1521–1526 is on the list (WP:URFA/2020) of old FAs that need checking ahead of a possible FAR. I had a quick look, and there are a few issues, but it wouldn't take much to bring it back up to solid FA. Given you were the major contributor, would you mind having a crack at it? I'd be happy to c/e after everything was checked/cited etc. Let me know? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-22T00:19:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T00:19:00.000Z-Italian_War_of_1521\u20131526","replies":["c-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-22T16:32:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T00:19:00.000Z"]}}-->

Hi Peacemaker67! Thank you for the heads-up; I'm happy to fix up any issues with the article. It'll take me a week or two to go through and get everything cited properly, so I'll let you know once that's done. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:32, 22 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-22T16:32:00.000Z","author":"Kirill Lokshin","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-22T16:32:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T00:19:00.000Z","replies":["c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T21:33:00.000Z-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-22T16:32:00.000Z"]}}-->

Thanks Kirill! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 21:33, 22 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-22T21:33:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T21:33:00.000Z-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-22T16:32:00.000Z","replies":["c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T05:58:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T21:33:00.000Z"]}}-->

Battle of Bicocca is also an older one on the list for a check. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:58, 24 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-24T05:58:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T05:58:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-22T21:33:00.000Z","replies":["c-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-24T16:34:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T05:58:00.000Z"]}}-->

Peacemaker67, I think that one just needs a few extra citations, unless you see some other issue with it. I can take care of it either way. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 16:34, 24 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-24T16:34:00.000Z","author":"Kirill Lokshin","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-24T16:34:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T05:58:00.000Z","replies":["c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T22:35:00.000Z-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-24T16:34:00.000Z"]}}-->

Both of these just need a check to ensure they haven't deteriorated too much, a few citations etc. Nothing drastic that I could see. The way I see it, most FA writers who are still active watchlist and monitor their FAs, so it is unlikely that they are going to need too much work. It is the ones with inactive, retired or site banned principal editors that need closer scrutiny. For example, Cla68 has a bunch. Thanks for looking at these two, I'll add any others of yours I come across. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2020-11-24T22:35:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":6,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2020-11-24T22:35:00.000Z-Kirill_Lokshin-2020-11-24T16:34:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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Hey y'all, the April 2021 WikiProject Military History Reviewing Drive begins at 00:01 UTC on April 1, 2021 and runs through 23:59 UTC on April 31, 2021. Points can be earned through reviewing articles on the AutoCheck report, reviewing articles listed at WP:MILHIST/ASSESS, reviewing MILHIST-tagged articles at WP:GAN or WP:FAC, and reviewing articles submitted at WP:MILHIST/ACR. Service awards and barnstars are given for set points thresholds, and the top three finishers will receive further awards. To participate, sign up at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_History/April 2021 Reviewing Drive#Participants and create a worklist at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/April 2021 Reviewing Drive/Worklists (examples are given). Further details can be found at the drive page. Questions can be asked at the drive talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 31 March 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-03-31T17:25:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2021-03-31T17:25:00.000Z-April_2021_WikiProject_Military_History_Reviewing_Drive","replies":[]}}-->

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• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
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Category:Battles involving the Safavid dynasty has been nominated for renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Oculi (talk) 13:51, 4 May 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-05-04T13:51:00.000Z","author":"Oculi","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Oculi-2021-05-04T13:51:00.000Z-Category:Battles_involving_the_Safavid_dynasty_has_been_nominated_for_renaming","replies":[]}}-->

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• Following an RfC, consensus was found that third party appeals are allowed but discouraged.
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• The community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure was closed, and an initial draft based on feedback from the now closed consultation is expected to be released in early June to early July for community review.

A tag has been placed on Category:Russian and Soviet military history articles by quality indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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Thank you for reverting the deletions. It's a controversial moment (he's up for a university presidency) and there may be more of the same--any chance you can make the page semi-protected? There have been three episodes of vandalism. See also User_talk:Malcolmxl5#Richard_Corcoran_page. 71.209.71.229 (talk) 02:12, 14 May 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-05-14T02:12:00.000Z","author":"71.209.71.229","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-71.209.71.229-2021-05-14T02:12:00.000Z-Richard_Corcoran_page","replies":[]}}-->

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that the “Testicles” accounts keep coming in. Be on the lookout. 🐍 Helen 🐍 17:03, 14 May 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-05-14T17:03:00.000Z","author":"HelenDegenerate","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-HelenDegenerate-2021-05-14T17:03:00.000Z-The_testes_accounts","replies":[],"displayName":"\ud83d\udc0d Helen \ud83d\udc0d"}}-->

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May I ask how Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Operation Majestic Titan was coded into the Mil History template? I was wanting to do a similar thing for another project so wikiwork is created. Noah^Talk 20:21, 18 May 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-05-18T20:21:00.000Z","author":"Hurricane Noah","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Hurricane_Noah-2021-05-18T20:21:00.000Z-Special_projects_coded_into_wikiproject_templates","replies":["c-Kirill_Lokshin-2021-06-01T22:55:00.000Z-Hurricane_Noah-2021-05-18T20:21:00.000Z"],"displayName":"Noah"}}-->

Hurricane Noah, the special project coding that you're interested in is generated by {{WikiProject Military history/Special project categories}} (and the associated child templates). However, please keep in mind that the {{MILHIST}} template is one of the few project banners that are based on custom code rather than {{WPBannerMeta}}; I suspect that making something like this work with a banner based on {{WPBannerMeta}} would be rather more complicated that simply copying the code over. Kirill Lokshin (talk) 22:55, 1 June 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-06-01T22:55:00.000Z","author":"Kirill Lokshin","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Kirill_Lokshin-2021-06-01T22:55:00.000Z-Hurricane_Noah-2021-05-18T20:21:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

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• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

Good Morning,

I submitted a page for Betsperts Media & Technology group last week, I saw it was denied due to "unambiguous promotion" and I wanted to get some details on how I can correct that. I noticed the page I put together was similar to other companies like ours in the sports gambling industry like the Action Network's page. I'd very much like to get a Wikipedia page up for our company, if there's anything further I can do to accomplish that please let me know. Thank you

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Any help you can give would be appreciated. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 02:19 on May 14, 2021 (UTC)

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Administrator changes Trialpears AGK • Eliz81 • Mulad • ThaddeusB • Vianello • Who Lacrimosus → Ikuzaf Interface administrator changes Ragesoss

CheckUser changes AGK • DGG Oversighter changes AGK

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

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• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes BusterD Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94

CheckUser changes TheresNoTime Oversighter changes TheresNoTime ST47

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• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-01T01:58:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2021-09-01T01:58:00.000Z-Wikiproject_Military_history_coordinator_election_nominations_open_2","replies":[]}}-->

Can you please undo some of these revisions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Beano_timeline&diff=prev&oldid=1038352221

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Noreplyz&diff=prev&oldid=1038352085

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jr_Mime&diff=prev&oldid=1038352019

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Beano&diff=prev&oldid=1038351968

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

Jake Wartenberg

Emperor • Viridian Bovary

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Guideline and policy news

• Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
• A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
• A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
• A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

• The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are still open, but not for long. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! No further nominations will be accepted after that time. Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:43, 10 September 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-10T02:43:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2021-09-10T02:43:00.000Z-Wikiproject_Military_history_coordinator_election_nomination_period_closing_soon","replies":[]}}-->

I receieved a notification that my sandbox has been deleted, as requested by you, because it has "hoaxes". It is my sandbox, who cares if it has hoaxes on it? Am I really not allowed to make stuff up and put it in my sandbox? Sillygoose762 (talk) 03:46, 13 September 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-13T03:46:00.000Z","author":"Sillygoose762","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Sillygoose762-2021-09-13T03:46:00.000Z-Why_was_my_Sandbox_Deleted?","replies":[]}}-->

Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Appropriate questions for the candidates can also be asked. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:39, 15 September 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-15T04:39:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2021-09-15T04:39:00.000Z-WikiProject_Military_history_coordinator_election_voting_has_commenced","replies":[]}}-->

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Hey y'all, voting for the 2021 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche will be closing soon. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2021. Voting will be conducted at the 2021 tranche page itself. Thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:32, 26 September 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-09-26T02:32:00.000Z","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-2021-09-26T02:32:00.000Z-Wikiproject_Military_history_coordinator_election_voting_period_closing_soon","replies":[]}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes Blablubbs Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)

Oversighter changes Callanecc Mkdw Interface administrator changes Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
• Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

• DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

• A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
• Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
• The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

• Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
• The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

Precious

Nine years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-02T09:21:00.000Z","author":"Gerda Arendt","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Gerda_Arendt-2021-10-02T09:21:00.000Z-Precious_anniversary_3","replies":[]}}-->

Hello there @Kirill Lokshin would you mind adding my new task force to the WikiProject Military history template? Cheers. J-Man11 (talk) 23:34, 4 October 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-04T23:34:00.000Z","author":"J-Man11","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-J-Man11-2021-10-04T23:34:00.000Z-New_task_force","replies":["c-Peacemaker67-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z-J-Man11-2021-10-04T23:34:00.000Z"]}}-->

(talk page stalker)G'day J-Man11, the usual arrangement is that you would propose such a task force to the project via the project talk page, and if the members thought it was useful, it would go in the incubator to see if there was sufficient interest. Frankly, the task forces are moribund, and I doubt it will attract the necessary support, but I've been wrong before. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:38, 4 October 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z","author":"Peacemaker67","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Peacemaker67-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z-J-Man11-2021-10-04T23:34:00.000Z","replies":["c-J-Man11-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z"]}}-->

Ok, then sorry about that. I'll work on it. J-Man11 (talk) 23:38, 4 October 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z","author":"J-Man11","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-J-Man11-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z-Peacemaker67-2021-10-04T23:38:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

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Wishing Kirill Lokshin a very Lokshin happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:24, 29 October 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-10-29T03:24:00.000Z","author":"CAPTAIN RAJU","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-CAPTAIN_RAJU-2021-10-29T03:24:00.000Z-Happy_Adminship_Anniversary!_2","replies":[]}}-->

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Administrator changes Clpo13 Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage Interface administrator changes Evad37

CheckUser changes Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news

• Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

• Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

• GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

I have nominated Italian War of 1521–1526 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:30, 10 November 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-11-10T21:30:00.000Z","author":"SandyGeorgia","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SandyGeorgia-2021-11-10T21:30:00.000Z-Italian_War_of_1521\u20131526_Featured_article_review","replies":[]}}-->

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

Administrator changes

A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

• Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
• The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration

• Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
• The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. You must be 18 years of age or older, reside in the United States to participate in this study. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, [email protected] Apolo1991 (talk) 15:06, 15 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-15T15:06:00.000Z","author":"Apolo1991","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Apolo1991-2021-12-15T15:06:00.000Z-Survey_about_History_on_Wikipedia_(If_you_reside_in_the_United_States)","replies":[]}}-->

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I hope this is just life and such and that eventually you'll be back. Thanks for the work you've done. —valereee (talk) 03:16, 30 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-30T03:16:00.000Z","author":"Valereee","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Valereee-2021-12-30T03:16:00.000Z-Hope_you'll_return","replies":["c-Ched-2021-12-30T04:43:00.000Z-Valereee-2021-12-30T03:16:00.000Z"],"displayName":"\u2014valereee"}}-->

• ^^ What she said ^^ You've been a godsend over the many years. — Ched (talk) 04:43, 30 December 2021 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2021-12-30T04:43:00.000Z","author":"Ched","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Ched-2021-12-30T04:43:00.000Z-Valereee-2021-12-30T03:16:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"\u2014 Ched"}}-->