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On your hard work and well deserved achievement. Graham Beards (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Congratulations, Femke! The article you nominated, Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
- Popping by to say congratulations and thank you for this! It’s so wonderful that a difficult topic is now a source of such high-quality information. Are you thinking of nominating it? I think having it on Main Page now that it’s so good would be a real service! I also wanted to say thank you for such a great intro to FAC—I had really had only limited experience with featured articles until now and learned so much from watching you progress this entry. Really appreciate the contribution across the board! Innisfree987 (talk) 01:47, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks :). For noncontroversial articles, or those where the main author has more of a background in the topic at hand, the road to FAC is usually (much) shorter. So if you plan on bringing an article to FAC, it might be much easier.
- I'm torn between nominating now and waiting for May 12 next year. I've missed the opportunity to nominate for October Invisible Disabilities Week, which takes places at the end of October. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 07:32, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, May is a good idea too! Thanks for the perspective on FAC, that makes sense and is definitely a bit less daunting, ha. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you, and it was wonderful accomplishment for all the years that the article was batted back-and-forth with all the controversies. I especially appreciated the editors were able to talk out their differences and compromise to come to consensus. Without your direction and reputation and for being fair and patient that would not have happened IMO. Ward20 (talk) 23:31, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
- Oh, May is a good idea too! Thanks for the perspective on FAC, that makes sense and is definitely a bit less daunting, ha. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
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The Featured Article Medal | |
| By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 19:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC) |
Was this a typo or a sly comment on RfA? CMD (talk) 09:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- That was indeed a typo :). I blame final-obstruent devoicing (p and b are pronounced the same at the end of a word in Dutch, and my brain sometimes gets confused in English). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 11:47, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
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- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
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Administrator Elections | Call for Candidates
The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Call for candidates.
Here is the schedule:
- October 8–14 - Candidate sign-up (we are here)
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
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- The requirements to run are identical to RFA—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed.
- Prospective candidates are advised to become familar with the community's expectations of adminstrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful and unsuccessful RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing.
- The process will have a one week call for candidates phase, a one week pause to set up SecurePoll, a three-day period of public discussion, followed by 7 days of no public discussion and a private vote using SecurePoll.
- The outcomes of this process are identical to making requests for adminship. There is no official difference between an administrator appointed through RFA or administrator elections.
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Good evening Femke. I am looking to make this the TFA for 25 November. Is that ok with you? If so, do you fancy having a crack at a draft blurb? Gog the Mild (talk) 17:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 25 November 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 16:03, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks @Gog the Mild. The blurb looks good, will make some small amendments later. For the lack of image: how small does the image need to be to come on the front page? I might have time to make a version with larger text so it's still readable. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:21, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Femke. I wouldn't worry about to image. Any TFA image will need to be used in the article. And you will need to lose 75 characters to make room for it. The text size is set, so as to fit in with the rest of the main page. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:38, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrator Elections | Discussion phase
The discussion phase of the October 2024 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
- October 22–24 - Discussion phase
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
- November 1–? - Scrutineering phase
During October 22–24, we will be in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages will open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Discussion phase.
On October 25, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close again to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.
Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps a week or two. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose). As this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").
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Administrator Elections | Voting phase
The voting phase of the October 2024 administrator elections has started and continues until 23:59 31st October 2024 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/October 2024/Voting phase.
As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
- October 25–31 - SecurePoll voting phase
- November 1–? - Scrutineering phase
In the voting phase, the candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies for a vote will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote tallies cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's tally during the election. The suffrage requirements are different from those at RFA.
Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps a week or two. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose). As this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").
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Hey. Unluckily enough, you were on top of the admin list at the recently active user page.
There's a user, Uttrakhandhistory, who keeps uploading copyrighted text to Wikipedia in spite of multiple warnings and blocks. It's probably a CIR situation. Because of that, Draft:Nantram singh negi has some edits that need to be revision-deleted. It's possible that further action (another block, etc.) is necessary. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 07:33, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
- Blocked and revdelled @I dream of horses. They managed to add some more text just before I blocked and I haven't reviewed that, and haven't requested a possible speedy on Commons for the image. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 08:05, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
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Happy to see a featured article above. When should that best appear? Can I help you with the nomination? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
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| Now that voting is over, I wish to thank you, Femke, for comprehensively reviewing all candidates of the admin election. Your time and efforts in service of the community are greatly appreciated. starship.paint (talk / cont) 01:58, 1 November 2024 (UTC) |
I don't see this as above the threshold for removal on my part. Commenting on why an oppose is not convincing falls, I think, within acceptable discourse. It didn't seem over the top or bad faith, rather it looked to point out that they found the vote unconvincing because it looked to be a response to a current conflict rather than an assessment of the candidate. Obviously, reasonable people can disagree on where the lines are, but this isn't past the line for me.
Courtesy ping to TParis. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:02, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the message and reasonable people can disagree. The comment doesn't look bad faith to me, sure, but I do find the wording or tone over the top. To me, "personal vindictiveness" is an attack on character, rather than on the content. If TParis had used your wording, nothing would be amiss. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:07, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's not the wording I would have chosen (as my editing is perfect and above reproach), but I don't think it meets the threshold for me to strike or remove it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Fair enough. My threshold to replace it with ((NPA)) as a non-monitor as also not met :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Folks - when did civility become only about words and not deeds. Someone is angry that their GA got denied, and is disrupting this RFA because of it. That is a civility issue - not my comments.--v/r - TP 14:17, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- I don't disagree with that, either, but the threshold for removing or striking a vote is even higher. When I read it I was reminded of the oppose at my RFA because one of my nominators had blocked them years earlier. Per WP:MONITOR, however, it requires policy violations and no rational reason for the vote for removal. Opposing because you do not agree with the candidate's reading of a process is rational, so I'm this case we'll have to trust bureaucrats to give it appropriate weight. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:24, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- I see the oppose is starting to veer in the wrong direction now as well, TP, so I'm definitely not saying everybody else is an angel.
- SFR: This may be me not quite up to date with what we agreed around monitors, but there are less drastic measures in the toolbox than removing !vote rationales, right? Like moving to talk or requesting people to focus on content. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:28, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's phrased as "normal moderation tools". I've got my eye on it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Well it seems we're mostly resolved - so I am going back to my video game. Replies from here on out won't be so responsive but I'll get to them eventually if there are anymore issues.-- v/r - TP 14:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- That's my plan for a bit later today too. Picked up the silent hill 2 remake for my wife, only she can't play scary games so she just watches it like a movie while I play.
- Femke, if anything else pops up don't hesitate to ping. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Well it seems we're mostly resolved - so I am going back to my video game. Replies from here on out won't be so responsive but I'll get to them eventually if there are anymore issues.-- v/r - TP 14:40, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's phrased as "normal moderation tools". I've got my eye on it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:32, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Folks - when did civility become only about words and not deeds. Someone is angry that their GA got denied, and is disrupting this RFA because of it. That is a civility issue - not my comments.--v/r - TP 14:17, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Fair enough. My threshold to replace it with ((NPA)) as a non-monitor as also not met :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 14:15, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- It's not the wording I would have chosen (as my editing is perfect and above reproach), but I don't think it meets the threshold for me to strike or remove it. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
Technical news
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Arbitration
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
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