User talk:5225C/2020/August
Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
- Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
- There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
edit- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
Comparing Wikipedia to similar projects.
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
And thanks for the photo, Ghislaine!
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
Plus lots of affiliations!
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
Pandemic, politics, and possibly paid editing.
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
Plus a proposed massive invasion of privacy!
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
soldiers, sports, and actors feature heavily this month.
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
Death and Alexander Hamilton.
- Gallery: Photos of threatened species from iNaturalist
Sometimes you just have to ask.
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
Privacy is critical to sustaining freedom of expression and association, enabling knowledge and ideas to thrive.
- Recent research: Receiving thanks increases retention, but not the time contributed to Wikipedia
And other new research publications
- Essay: Not compatible with a collaborative project
Some editors aren't.
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
Rest in peace.
- In focus: WikiLoop DoubleCheck, reviewing edits made easy
Making Wikipedia the encyclopedia that anyone can review.
DYK for E5 Project
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On 5 August 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article E5 Project, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping, the e5 Project is producing solar- and wind-powered ships to transport fuel oil? You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, E5 Project), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
IP block exemption
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5225C (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log) • SI)
Request reason:
I have been blocked on one device only, which is the one I mainly use to edit. This is because my educational institution's IT policy requires the routing of internet traffic through Forcepoint servers which makes me appear to be using a colocation/web host/VPN/etc. The relevant IP address is 116.50.58.0/23. I was previously granted an IP block exemption by @5 albert square: which expired yesterday. I would appreciate it if I could be granted this status permanently as this arrangement will not be changing in the foreseeable future.
Note: I did try to submit an appeal through the UTRS system, but the new version removes my username from the appeal if I select "The underlying IP address is blocked".
5225C (talk • contributions) 05:27, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Accept reason:
Done for two years. I'm not willing to make it indefinite so soon, but if the issue persists in two years, it can be made indefinite then. ST47 (talk) 06:28, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
AfC notification: Draft:2020 Italian Grand Prix has a new comment
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- @Robert McClenon: There are links to the page in 2020 Formula One World Championship#Grands Prix, 2020 Formula One World Championship#World Drivers' Championship standings, and 2020 Formula One World Championship#World Constructors' Championship standings, and they've been there since the 2020 Championship page was created.
5225C (talk • contributions) 00:24, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2020
edit- News and notes: The high road and the low road
Will the Scots language Wikipedia survive?
- In the media: Storytelling large and small
COVID, Fox, Kamala, Scots, cryptocurrency, and more.
- Featured content: Going for the goal
Sports, music, military and more
- Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
Wikidata's profound impact on Wikipedia
- Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
Watch out for those Mustelodons!
- Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
More politics than usual.
- News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
Celebrating of our community in a different format.
- Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
And other new research results
- Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
Everybody deserves a vacation!
- From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
A question from 2005 that we still haven't answered.
- Obituaries: Marcus Sherman, Jerome West, and Pauline van Till
Rest in Peace.
Notice of Dispute resolution noticeboard discussion
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This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution.
Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you!
Corvus tristis (talk) 16:49, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you for the notice.
5225C (talk • contributions) 22:36, 31 August 2020 (UTC)