Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

readded
removed

CheckUser changes

removed Maxim

Oversighter changes

removed Maxim

Guideline and policy news

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

Miscellaneous


Desysoped?

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If I may ask, why did you desysop yourself? You were one of the best admins around. Can we still count on you for closing DRVs that don't require the sysop bit? Owen× 15:15, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@OwenX: hi mate, thanks for the kind message. Pretty much for the reasons I touch on here. All things being equal I should be back next year at some point! Cheers, Daniel (talk) 19:03, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Looking forward to your return. Have a great time at the beach! Owen× 20:23, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hello, Daniel,
I was really disappointed to see in the Admin's Newsletter that you were no longer an administrator. We really rely on your level-headedness in AFDLand and you were very prolific in your discussion closures. But I was just browsing the ARBCOM candidates' list, saw your entry where you state this is a temporary situation so this really a message saying "I'm sad, no, never mind, I'm glad!" I think it's good to take a break when real-life activites are adding a lot os stress to your life but I welcome your return, whenever that happens. Liz Read! Talk! 22:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hi Liz, thanks for the message. Yes, only temporary - I will admit I was feeling a little burned out overall, but the main driving factor was my relative unavailability until mid-January due to travel & Australian summer (it is wedding season down here...). I look forward to picking up the tools again once I'm back on board 100%! Cheers, Daniel (talk) 01:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 6 November 2024

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Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC) Reply

Question for article

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Hey Daniel,

my name is Ben Dreyfuss. I’m a journalist. I’m writing an article about Wikipedia and for the lede I’m mentioning this discussion that you and some other editors had earlier this year that led to deleting the pages about me and my sister. The article isn’t me whining about how I don’t have a page but it’s the hook for a different topic relating to Wikipedia editing culture. I was hoping I might be able to ask you some questions about the general process you guys use for this stuff. Nothing “gotcha” or anything. But I don’t know any Wikipedia editors and s that deletion page was just brought to my attention I thought you’d be a good person to reach out to. My email is bendreyfuss at gmail dot com if you’re open to chatting with me!

best, ben 2600:8804:2311:2E00:94DC:B34F:99E7:53D6 (talk) 02:34, 17 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ben, thanks for reaching out. All press enquiries need to go through Wikipedia:Contact us/Press and partnerships first. If they give the green light, I'm happy to assist. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 08:28, 17 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Signpost: 18 November 2024

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ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

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cand q

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Thank you for standing for arbitrator. I am far away from it all (travel, mourning), not in the mood, so just an informal question you can answer or ignore:

What does this 2024 DYK tell you about infoboxes for classical composers in 2024? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Gerda, I am also travelling (in Central America currently) — I must admit, I have no idea what that hook from 2024 tells me about infoboxes. Not really a specialist subject of mine, or even one where I have any sort of institutional knowledge. Apologies, Daniel (talk) 16:48, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

candy q 2

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(Can't reply) Well, 11 years ago infoboxes for classical composers where a hot topic. If you look at the talk pages of the 5 composers, do you think they still are? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply