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Maccast Deletion Review
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Hi:
I am new to Wikipedia. My username is ArieltheUnicorn. I was utterly'dismayed'''''''at reading the messages about the article on Jim Shapiro. In fact, I used the link and read the article for myself to seee what all the fuss was about. My Dad always taught me to make up my own mind on things like this!! ;0) I AGREE COMPLETELY with the Administrators that the article should have been deleted IMMEDIATLEY!!!!! There was NOTHING positive in the article AT ALL!!! :( :( :( JIm Shapiro is apparently a complete SNAKE he is the type of attorney that all the jokes were made up about! You know, the ones that give the rest the bad reputation!
Deletion of The Maccast entry
Hi,
On August 26th, 2007 I posted the following in your talkback and I have not received a response yet. Can you please upate me on this request? Thank you.
I am writing to request that you re-list the page related to my podcast. I currently have a page listing my bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Christianson and the Wiki link to the information on the podcast itself is a dead since this page was removed. Your rationale for de-listing was cited as CSD A7 - Unremarkable people, groups, companies and web content that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject. My podcast is listened to by over 25,000 people worldwide each week. I would argue that is "significant". The show provides entertainment value on par or equal to that of other radio and video shows that are listed elsewhere on Wikipedia. Please reconsider your decision to remove this content.
Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phylaxis (talk • contribs) 05:27, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for the (apparently) invalid WP:AIV report. At the time, from what I understood, personal attacks in all forms are unacceptable. I was patrolling the sandbox, and found this, that looked like an attack. I warned, then he/she added this. I gave a final warning, and then the user added [1]. I thought that it was unacceptable for anyone to add something like " ALL OF THE WIKIPEDIA MODERATORS AND ADMINISTRATERS LOVE SUCKING COCK", "Wikipedier is a pussy", etc. I guess those kind of attacks don't warrent a block for WP:NPA, and I'll ignore such things in the future. Again, sorry for the invalid report.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A.21:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Alphachimp, haven't seen you in a long time. Listen, I need to ask you a favor. Me and the other participants at WT:NYCPT have worked on creating articles for Staten Island Railway stations and have also modified {{Infobox NYCS}} for SIR article use. But we need to find the opening dates for the SIR articles. But we need to find the opening dates for the stations, and surprisingly; nycsubway.org and stationreporter.net have them. So let me know if you come across any sources that can provide this. I'll continue adding the infoboxes to the stations. Thanks.
Other than that, what's going on? I haven't seen you around the project for a long time. Knowing you're an admin an all, I really do hope you still do participate at the project. Marc Shepherd has also returned and we've also been getting a substantial amount of help from Larry V and NE2. So things at the project are okay, and I hope you're good too. So get back to me when you can, and enjoy your wikibreak. —Imdanumber1 (talk • contribs • email) 20:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I hereby award Alphachimp the Barnstar of Diligence for their continued work in making sure that editors reported to Administrators intervention against vandalism are hastily reviewed for their vandalism, and blocked if necessary! The community appreciates your actions, because without Administrators like you, vandals would be running loose everywhere! Thanks! ✬Dillard421✬(talk • contribs)07:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't think that block went through, because it did not show up on block list. Sorry about that, it was an oversight on my part. alphachimp06:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Castratingkittens
He's requesting unblock. While I would like to see him change the username, do four vanity edits really warrant an indefinite block? I'm inclined to unblock and offer another chance, unless there's more to the story. Daniel Case (talk) 08:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Tagging of WikiProject Companies articles using Alphachimpbot
Hi. As per the discussion over at Bot Requests, are you still willing/able to help out with my request? If so, here is what I would like Alphachimpbot to do:
Additional Tasks, not required but would be nice if they are easy to accomplish
Set the class parameter of the WikiProject Companies banner to "Stub" if a stub template is used on the article
If the banner for WikiProject B&E ({{Business}}) is already on the talk page, but the class & importance parameters have not been set, then remove it (this was agreed with WP B&E participants at this discussion)
I would like to nominate you for a position in the Bureaucracy. After reviewing some of your contributions, I think you would make a great addition on behalf of the Wiki community. Please reply on my talk page. --InvisibleDiplomat66617:56, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much! At this point I'd rather not be a bureaucrat, simply owing to the time required for such a post, and the unnecessary stress that would come about as a result of the nominating process, but thanks again :D. alphachimp22:21, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
LOL. That would be me. Found out from Metros I gotta go through a validation and creation process for the nomination. So, if you concur I would be happy to nominate you for RfB. --InvisibleDiplomat66619:01, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just popping in to remind you about the possible botting. On a completely unrelated topic how long did it take you to become an admin? I know it is very off topic but I am a curious person. –– Lid(Talk) 10:04, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Your name popped up while browsing which surprised me as I thought you had vanished sometime last year, nice to see you. As it turns out it takes fourteen months from that comment for me to become one and due to you helping me out a fair bit way back when this means you are indirectly responsible for the hundreds of complaints on my talk page from creators of articles I have deleted. Now how do you feel? –– Lid(Talk)11:04, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
haha, there's nothing quite like causing lots of complaints. Congratulations on your relatively new adminship. I wish I had known so that I could have voted. Keep up the good work, alphachimp20:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why was my page deleted?
Hello.
I posted an article about the North American Nunchaku Association and you removed it.
Please let me know why.
There should be no reason it was removed.
I dunno how often you monitor the AIV Helperbot talk pages, but there have been a couple of weird report deletions by Helperbot2 recently (User talk:HBC AIV helperbot2#Odd report removal). I am guessing there is a race condition where helperbot reads the page, as user submits a report, then helperbot writes the page back?
If so, you probably already thought of this, but I suppose the bot (or, sigh, another bot) could detect this kind of condition by looking at the helperbot edit summary and if there were modifications that did not match the edit summary, restoring those?
Hello, just letting you know that your bot (as well as all the rest in the series) appear to have died. I assume this is a toolserver issue, since they all died at once, but the IP addresses aren't blocked, so I was checking to see if there was something you could look into. None of the bots have made any edits in the last 50 minutes. Hersfold(t/a/c)20:53, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Mykungfu (6th)
Hi AC--After some time off, the MKF sockpuppet appears to have returned--even assuming good faith, his/her edits are the same, and he immediately went to the same edits he left when blocked before. After attempting to use several open proxies to circumvent the blocks on his former accounts, he now appears to be editing from User:RobertOgleFan. I am just contacting admins like yourself that have had experience with MKF. -RoBoTamice14:50, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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delete my account
I wasn't sure who to ask or where to ask so here goes.
"Imagine a room with 1000 tiny monkeys with 1000 huge typewriters. Now imagine hundreds upon thousands of those rooms, pushed together more tightly than any architect could possibly conceive. Now imagine a single head monkey to lead them all - sorting, filing, and publishing the work of the many monkeys and many typewriters. That monkey is the Alphachimp, and he welcomes you to Wikipedia."
The article on Nanos Valaoritis was first written by me. I now notice at the bottom of the article under References that a claim is made for the article having originally appeared in the Greek version of Wikipedia and translated from that source. This is not true. If it appears in the Greek version, then that version was translated from my initial English version.
-- Michael Haag —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelhaag (talk • contribs) 14:23, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You deleted an article about Ultralingua some time ago. I was not the author and never saw the article in question.
I have prepared a new article about Ultralingua, based on similar articles about proprietary software, that have not been deleted.
Please review this article before I post it, and leave a message on Kudpung (talk) 09:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)my talk page.[reply]
hi, if you are who asked about penultimate as opposed to final, yes, they were all on the NEXT to last shows, all of them had special shows put aside for their lasts, and the penultimate ones were the ones that (I guess cause it went down that way with Carson) they have chosen to book people to "serenade"
This delete (which you beat me to by just a couple seconds) probably should have been as "attack page" or some such, rather than "patent nonsense" (which it wasn't). It's not a huge deal, especially with such obvious vandalism as this, but it does help to keep the deletion logs organized in case something ever comes up. Thanks, rʨanaɢtalk/contribs04:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to suggest that the deletion of the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canasta_(band) be reconsidered. Below is information supporting the criteria for notability (music) as well as additional supporting documentation.
1. Has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable.[note 1] This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries...
7. Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city; note that the subject must still meet all ordinary Wikipedia standards, including verifiability.
From the above Sun-Times article, by Jim Derogatis...
"Though its popularity can be traced to the indie duo Cardinal in the early ’90s, the ork- (short for “orchestral-”) pop genre has produced some of the best bands in the Chicago underground in the last decade, starting with Yum-Yum and continuing with the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, the 1900’s and Head of Femur. Canasta certainly deserves a place on this list..."
10. Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a compilation album, etc. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article.)
A link to the trailer for Diminished Capacity (IFC Films), starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda, which features Canasta's "Slow Down Chicago" (it comes in about halfway through)...
http://ifcfilms.com/viewFilm.htm?filmId=776
6. Is a musician who has been a member of two or more independently notable ensembles, or an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians.
Canasta's vocalist is a member of The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, who's already featured on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_Yard_Gospel_Choir)...
Canasta has performed for sizeable audiences all over the country, including stops at the SXSW Festival (Austin), CMJ Music Marathon (NYC), CMJ Rock Hall Fest (Cleveland) and Tomorrow Never Knows Fest (Chicago).
In their hometown, they have headlined the legendary Metro, held the esteemed “Practice Space” residency at Schubas and played sold-out gigs at Double Door, Empty Bottle, Subterranean and Schubas.
They’ve shared stages with artists such as Wilco, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Macy Gray, Grizzly Bear, Kaiser Chiefs, Sloan, Devotchka, Voxtrot, Menomena, White Rabbits, The Lemonheads, The Delgados, The Dears, The Posies, Jeremy Enigk, The Clientele, The New Amsterdams, Crooked Fingers, American Music Club, Longwave, Earlimart, Califone, Annuals, etc.
Both of their self-released CD's, including the Find the Time EP, as well as the full-length, We Were Set Up, have sold out of their first 1,000 copies.
While preparing demos for their sophomore follow‐up, Canasta invited talented friends to remix and re-imagine their debut record’s songs, resulting in We Were Mixed Up. All in all, it’s nearly 100 minutes of music, re‐imagined by some of the most talented folks Chicago has to offer, including members of Office, The Hood Internet, Brighton MA, Allá and others. The album is available as a free digital download from their website.
Canasta's debut full-length was recorded with Ted Cho (Poi Dog Pondering) at North Branch Studio, home to Smog and Jeff Tweedy, and mastered by Mike Hagler (Wilco, The New Pornographers). The album featured guest appearances from vocalist Edith Frost, upright bassist Barry Phipps (The Coctails), trumpeter Max Crawford (Archer Prewitt), pedal‐steel guitarist Steve Dorocke (Freakwater) and cellist Alison Chesley (ex‐Verbow).
Well I'm for it, but just me does not count as consensus. You had consensus at the BRFA right? That should still "count" as enough right? Tim1357 (talk) 18:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the welcome Alphachimp. Can you look at the new page I created and let me know if I did it right? It's a translation of an existing page in the Catalan Wikipedia (Viquipedia), plus I added a few references.
Removing Betty Martini's info--Mission Possible...your own agenda?
Why would you possibly choose to remove all of Betty's info she's compiled to inform the public of the dangers of excitotoxins? Plus so much more of her hard work to serve to keep the public awake in order to guard their own health? Could it be that you have fallen in line with the agendas of Big Pharma and the Global Elite for population control? If her name is mentioned anywhere, so should her mission be. The fact that you've deleted her page on this is suspect.
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concerns a "tunnel experiment," as proposed by Galileo in his Dialogo.
The article would clearly benefit by having it pointed out that, although it could be, the experiment has as yet not been performed. In its original form the idea is to have a tunnel dug through the Earth so that a test object ("cannonball") can be dropped into it. This is, of course, impossible. But the same physical principles would be revealed by using laboratory-sized massive bodies instead. The experiment could be performed in an Earth-based laboratory or in an orbiting satellite.
Articles that discuss these possibilities and present further reasons for doing the experiment can be found at:
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Travel Channel Producer Seeking info on the Source of the photo of Austen Leslie
Hi Jason!
My name is Suzy Beck, I'm a producer for a show called Food Paradise that airs on the Travel Channel. I'm currently working on an episode all about Fried Chicken and we featured Jacques-Imo's as one of our "Fried Chicken Paradises." Obviously we can't talk bout Jacques-Imo's fried chicken without mentioning Austin Leslie! I'm looking for a photo of Austin Leslie to use in the piece and I found the photo that you posted on Wikipedia. Travel Channel is really strict with permissions to use photos, and I noticed that Jason Perlow is credited as the source - is he the photographer? If he is the photographer, do you have a way that I can get in contact with him to see if he will sign a material agreement allowing us to use his photo? Please feel free to email me at suzy.beck@prometheuspix.com and please also feel free to pass my email address align to Jason Perlow.
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to "Cascade Festival of African Films", you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Alphachimp talk 02:51, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what this is about, as I have no idea what that topic is or why I've been accused of messing with it. I think you've made a mistake. I VERY RARELY edit ANYTHING on this site, and even then it's only been articles about heavy metal music. This has me baffled. Please let me know what's going on. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.12.117.76 (talk) 22:25, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
I'm not sure what this is about, as I have no idea what that topic is or why I've been accused of messing with it. I think you've made a mistake. I VERY RARELY edit ANYTHING on this site, and even then it's only been articles about heavy metal music. This has me baffled. Please let me know what's going on. Thanks.[reply]
As you can see from the timestamp, that warning was issued in 2006. Six years ago, someone else was presumably assigned to the IP address that you have now. So the warning wasn't really addressed to you, and you can disregard it. Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:28, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, i need some help with Vandalism on WBIR and WTNZ's articles an IP user keeps removing people from the news team on both articles i have contacted WBIR and the people they still work for the stations. ACase0000 (talk) 05:32, 17 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, after long years since making it (I think it was me, maybe it was already there), I was going to start a community page and a corresponding dab per [wiki-search below the available redlink]
06:13, 20 February 2007 Alphachimp (talk | contribs) deleted page Hatzic (Deleting page per CSD A1: Short article that provides little or no context.)
Many BC local and community articles were just stubs at the time; did it not have a stub tag? I still find the occasional one that doesn't. It might not have had one maybe? And a simple google search would have come up with the major community and area of the Fraser Valley that this is, with a high school, a native archaeo site and museum, lake and adjoining prairie and mountain all taking their name from "Hatzic", which was the name used for the people of the locality; given it's an obscenity for the male member, referring to a root gathered in the area, what their actual name in Halkomelem was I don't know; unless in the days it wasn't an obscenity per cultural changes in times past and was in fact the name of the group. They are linked west to the Kwantlens, as I was recently told by another user who's steeped in local lore (he's 84)
The primary topic of that title is a major topic, i.e. the community, and has numerous related dabs; rather than deleted it you should have tagged it for expansion and improvement. Or perhaps contacted the author; if it was me I was around Wikipedia for a while already and had made many community/locality titles for BC, this may have been one of them.
What was the reason for you to delete the above non profit charitable society page , can you kindly restore it please.(Raafat (talk) 01:21, 4 April 2015 (UTC))[reply]
My name is Master Phillip Redmond. I'm one of the senior students under Grandmaster William Cheung. When I did a wiki search I found that there was information missing. First of all. My name and the other senior Master, Keith Mazza in the U.S. weren't mentioned. Also, William Cheung has changed the name of his Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu Association to the Global Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (GTWCKFA). I made the corrections and someone named Chrisw80 deleted them. I made the corrections again and he deleted them again saying that I needed a secondary source. I understand that part so I sent him a message showing a video of the ceremony I performed with William Cheung to become the second of only two people in the U.S. to have had the honor. My updates were still deleted. What can I do to fix this? Sifupr (talk) 15:54, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sifupr, What Chrisw80 told you is correct. What are needed are reliable secondary sources (see WP:RS for more information on reliable sources). If the information you want to add is commonly known, it is usually fairly easy to find a source with a some online searching. Also, when you use {{edit COI}}, it's helpful to put the request on the talk page of the article you would like changed, that way is is clear where you want the changes done. TimothyJosephWood16:50, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
William Cheung
You know what, I guess there's nothing I can do. When people who know the facts about William Cheung read his wikipedia page they'll just have to rub their heads.
Have a great day.
Phillip Redmond — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sifupr (talk • contribs) 16:02, 20 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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You've barely done anything at all on Wikipedia since 2010, and nothing since 2014. Why don't you head over to WP:BN and resign your adminship? — Scott•talk17:08, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks so much for your opinion. At this time I intend to become more active in the near future. If you have any specific concerns, I'd be happy to discuss. Thanks! alphachimp12:59, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Kenny Vaughan
Hey, I was wondering why you deleted a page on producer/songwriter/guitarist Kenny Vaughan? He's done a substantial amount of work in music, TV and film and was just curious.
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Thanks!
Md massimino (talk) 20:27, 23 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.
JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.
Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed pending your return if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, and that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. MadmanBot (talk) 01:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Following a community discussion in June 2011, consensus was reached to provisionally suspend the administrative permissions of users who have been inactive for one year (i.e. administrators who have not made any edits or logged actions in more than one year). As a result of this discussion, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month. If you wish to have these permissions reinstated should this occur, please post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard and the userright will be restored per the re-sysopping process (i.e. as long as the attending bureaucrats are reasonably satisfied that your account has not been compromised, that your inactivity did not have the effect of evading scrutiny of any actions which might have led to sanctions, that you have not been inactive for a three-year period of time, and that you have not been inactive from administrative tasks for a five year period of time). If you remain inactive for a three-year period of time, including the present year you have been inactive, you will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. Further, following a community discussion in March of 2018, administrators suspended for inactivity who have not had any logged administrative activity for five years will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFA. This removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon you in any way. We wish you the best in future endeavors, and thank you for your past administrative efforts. — JJMC89 bot00:06, 1 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I'm creating an article on politicans and I want to make this article on a Nebraskian politican that has the same name. Did you delete an article about a politican with that name 12-13 years ago or was that a different Mike McDonnell or is that a different Mike McDonnell? I don't know if you remember that far or not but I just wanted to check before I went to create the article.
Recently, several Wikipedia admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were desysopped on an emergency basis. In the past, the Committee often resysopped admin accounts as a matter of course once the admin was back in control of their account. The committee has updated its guidelines. Admins may now be required to undergo a fresh Request for Adminship (RfA) after losing control of their account.
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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.
We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.
Hey there! Hope all is well with you A-chimp! (I used to go by Imdanumber1, but have dropped the name to go with something less arrogant). I know it's been a while since you've been on Wikipedia and even longer since you've been on the NYCPT WikiProject, but you're always welcome to come back and help out. Have a nice day! —LRG5784 (talk·contribs·email) 12:55, 15 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
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. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
How we will see unregistered users
Hi!
You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.
When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.
Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.
We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.
Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period
Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of January 2023.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.
Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions have been removed.
Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.
