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Britain First/Glasgow City Council

The 3-month IP block on their IP addresses expire tomorrow. The range was reblocked on enwiki for 6 months about two weeks ago, so I expect them to resume editing here. IP's are listed here. Thank you, Vermont (talk) 02:17, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hopefully they will have forgotten about us compared to en.wiki. But if not we can just out a 6 month on. -DJSasso (talk) 12:37, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unblockself

Note that administrators no longer have the ability to unblock themselves if blocked by another admin. This also applies to bureaucrats. Please see this and phab:T150826. Thank you, Vermont (talk) 02:45, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Vermont. Sounds like a good idea. --Auntof6 (talk) 05:21, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh this is dangerous on a small wiki like ours where if an admin account is compromised they could block all admins quickly. -DJSasso (talk) 13:57, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There's talk of being able to block only the admin that blocked you. I'm not sure if it's in effect. It would alleviate the issue you mentioned, although I'm still not very happy they made these changes globally without local consensus. Vermont (talk) 14:53, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah they talk about doing that, but the actual code change comments don't mention that they actually put that in so I am not sure. -DJSasso (talk) 15:35, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stop Wikipedia asking for more money!

I’ve already donated just a short while ago (months) it was a fair amount now I am being bombardrd with requests for more! If I become a member and log-in each time, can I escape the persistent RED donation banners. -70.56.30.238 (talk) 02:11, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is possible to stop the banner from showing if you have an account as when you aren't signed in you don't have any personal preferences set. The banners do only show during the funding drive I believe, so once the yearly drive is complete they go away as well if you would rather not register an account. -DJSasso (talk) 12:13, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Histmerg request

Please refer to details at Wikipedia:Simple talk#How to merge and maintain both page histories? -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 16:53, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New Wikimedia password policy and requirements

Please help translate to your language

The Wikimedia Foundation security team is implementing a new password policy and requirements. You can learn more about the project on MediaWiki.org.

These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in length.

These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let us know on the talk page.

Thank you!

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 21:21, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Username against policy and vandalism

User:Boobzzzz's username is against the username policy as I understand it, and their only edit (https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cell_differentiation&curid=214739&diff=6336762&oldid=6310855) was vandalism to Cell differentiation. Diadophis (talk) 01:51, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Diadophis: I noticed the account before... but for now I'm watching it closely for further activity. The username itself is barely acceptable, so we'll wait for additional behavior. Please feel free to ping me if there is any additional questionable conduct. Operator873talkconnect 02:07, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Diadophis: It would help if you leave that user a warning for the edit you reverted. If they vandalize enough, or exclusively, they might get indeffed for that even if we can't block them for a bad user name. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:14, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

user:MUDAWATU LINGA NAIK and user:MUDAVATU LINGA NAIK sport "cock" in hindi, namely "lingasm". 54.82.127.171 (talk) 10:20, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinitely blocked. Vermont (talk) 10:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Boobzzzz still unblocked. block it please. 54.82.127.171 (talk) 10:41, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have a reason to block that one. Boobs is a slang term for breasts, but it's not rude or pejorative. It also has other meanings. --Auntof6 (talk) 12:02, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

VG articles backlog

There are four proposals, and the comments are quite clear-cut. What we need is an uninvolved admin to take appropriate action. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:13, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Search

I was searching on the site for Jeffrey Dahmer, I found him. Hitler, yep I can search and find him. The BTK killer is there and so is that woman who killed her five kids when she drown the in a lake. But when I search for Dr. Judy Wood....nothing. Zero. A PHD professor who is razor sharp...I wonder what she has to say that Wikipedia feels so strongly about or is being strong-armed and has nothing say,(I vote the latter). So let me get this straight, now you are choosing...CHOOSING, what information is important and selectively filtering that info based on a set agenda. Apparently what she has to say annoyed someone enough that they told you not to publish it. So let’s hear your brilliant explanation, cause whatever side of the street you choose to walk here, sets you up for failure. Youmlose either way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.40.131 (talk • contribs)

I don't know the person you particularly are talking about. However, all articles are based on having to meet notability requirements. It is also dependent on someone actually writing about them. You are on Simple English wikipedia which writes about topics in simpler English. We don't have as many articles as English Wikipedia because we don't have as many editors. -DJSasso (talk) 15:49, 14 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Annual reminder about deleting pages due to RFDs opened this year

This concerns pages at RFD being deleted under the following circumstances:

  • The RFD is created in 2018
  • The RFD consensus is to delete the page
  • The page is deleted in 2019

When this happens, the standard delete reason in the drop-down menu will show the wrong year. That is because the delete reason always shows the current year, regardless of when the RFD was created. Therefore, if the above circumstances exist, please do not use the standard delete reason. Instead, copy the page name of the RFD discussion page, and use that, enclosed in square brackets, as the delete reason.

Other things that can help this situation are:

  • Not creating RFDs during the last week of this year (if they can reasonably be avoided)
  • Promptly closing RFDs that are due to close this year
  • For RFDs opened this year but due to close next year, closing them early if that looks reasonable.

RFDs created and closed in the same calendar year are not affected. Neither are RFDs closed with a consensus of keep.

Thanks. Let me know if there are any questions. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:56, 15 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User rights

Is there a reason why administrators are unable to grant confirmed userrights? On most wikis they can. Vermont (talk) 03:13, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Changing certain user rights is linked to a certain role; you might need the bureaucrat (or steward) role to change them. It looks like I (as a bureaucrat) can grant the status. --Eptalon (talk) 22:29, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed is a userright able to be given by admins on most wikis I'm familiar with; I was wondering if there was some sort of community consensus not to allow admins to grant it. Otherwise, I believe it should be changed. Thanks, Vermont (talk) 23:05, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Karabakh

Dear Sirs, Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan Republic that occupied by Armenian military forces. All people from Azerbaijan (ethnicly Turkish) left their homes because the armenian invasion. They just cleaned territory from Turkish people who lived there. UN has 4 resolutions (822, 853, 874, 884) that Armenia has to go back from Azerbaijani land - Karabakh. From 1992 Azerbaijan has more than millions refugees from their motherland. And this page on Wilipedia about Katabakh wrote by armenians who say this is their land. Please delete this page or make them tp write right things about history. It is inapropriate and unacceptable to see in Wikipedia such a lie. Thank you all for your time.

I've since reworded our local article on Nagorno-Karabakh to be a bit more neutral than before. I'll note however that Wikipedia is not a place to push a political agenda. Our goal is to be a neutral encyclopedia. We don't censor information at the request of individuals either. Please take this opinion elsewhere. Hiàn (talk) 23:08, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas

It's been a copyright violation of a history.com article since December 19, 2016. I've reverted to the edit immediately prior, although a lot of good faith edits in the meantime have been nullified by that. Thanks, Vermont (talk) 22:16, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nearly four months on; where should I start in order to better my chances of an accepted standard offer?

Hello there. I hope you've had a nice Christmas. I am writing here because I am wondering where should I start on here in order to have a better chance of an accepted standard offer. I have wrote nearly 30+ articles on the English Wikipedia, and have a degree of rights on that wiki. So, should I help here on the admin board? Should I "translate" articles into lesser English and upload them here? Where should I start, and what should I do on here? Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks once again. The Duke of Nonsense (talk) 16:20, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to chime in here. We have a lot of work to do in terms of articles - entire topics are missing and information is entirely outdated in places. We also have a fair amount of vandalism (a controllable level, of course); I'd suggest beginning work on articles. Hiàn (talk) 16:35, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Hiàn: Thanks for the quick response. I'll think I'll do that. Where is vandalism most prevalent? Thank you. (Please ping me when you reply). The Duke of Nonsense (talk) 16:42, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Honestly during the night hours from 2:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC; there's really no specific place. The RecentChanges page isn't overflowed constantly most of the time so it's not all that hard to patrol from there. Hiàn (talk) 16:45, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
For some reason I seem to remember you having a blocked account, although don't see it in your block log. As you mention a standard offer, could you explain with what account and when you were blocked? Also, kindly don't refer to Simple English as "lesser English". Thank you, Vermont (talk) 16:51, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Found it. You have one confirmed sock registered on simplewiki, although with no edits. If you want to write articles, I recommend reading WP:HOW and User:Auntof6/simplediffs. If you want to work in anti-vandalism, you can patrol Special:NewPages, Special:RecentChanges, or join the #cvn-simplewikis IRC channel on Freenode. Thanks, Vermont (talk) 16:59, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont: Thanks for the quick response. I profoundly apologise for refer to Simple English as "lesser", what I meant was easier English. I did not mean to cause offence, as I meant easier. I used the wrong word. Thank you. The Duke of Nonsense (talk) 17:02, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No issues. If you have any questions, feel free to ask at WP:ST, here, on my talk page or that of any administrator. Happy editing! Vermont (talk) 17:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Uploader

I'd like to request uploader rights to upload files locally. I understand simple Image use policy. Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 17:07, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@ZI Jony: Unlike English Wikipedia, this Wikipedia doesn't host files. To use files here, they need to be on Wikimedia Commons. --Auntof6 (talk) 19:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Well, we can, technically speaking, and do in some cases, but don't have the procedures and documentation necessary to facilitate uploading as is done on enwiki. At some point I think it may be useful to look into getting local uploading enabled for everyone. Vermont (talk) 21:02, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I meant that our policy is not to host files (except for a few administrative ones): see Wikipedia:Image use policy. It's one of the ways we keep things simple here. Enwiki allows fair use files that Commons doesn't accept. To do that, we'd need to be monitoring the files to make sure the fair use was legitimate, and have procedures for transferring to Commons where appropriate, all things I think we can do without. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:25, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yep; I just wanted to clarify for those who were reading. A note to ZI Jony: You say you understand the image use policy, yet in the second sentence of said policy it states the Simple English Wikipedia does not allow images to be uploaded directly to this project. I will recommend that, in the future, you read applicable policies thoroughly prior to engaging in a new area of contributing or requesting permissions. Thank you, Vermont (talk) 21:45, 27 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Noted, Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 13:11, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Import request

Hi there. If an admin can import en:Template:Infobox intangible heritage and any related templates it would be much appreciated. Hiàn (talk) 04:16, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Hiàn: Done. It didn't appear to have any subpages other than the doc page. If you find any other specific related pages are needed, leave another request. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:59, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Much appreciated Auntof6. Hiàn (talk) 16:37, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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