This is an archive of past discussions with User:Gogo Dodo. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
A request for comment asks whether partial blocks should be enabled on the English Wikipedia. If enabled, this functionality would allow administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces, rather than the entire site.
A proposal asks whether admins who don't use their tools for a significant period of time (e.g. five years) should have the toolset procedurally removed.
The fourth case on Palestine-Israel articles was closed. The case consolidated all previous remedies under one heading, which should make them easier to understand, apply, and enforce. In particular, the distinction between "primary articles" and "related content" has been clarified, with the former being the entire set of articles whose topic relates to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly interpreted rather than reasonably construed.
Following a request for comment, partial blocks are now enabled on the English Wikipedia. This functionality allows administrators to block users from editing specific pages or namespaces rather than the entire site. A draft policy is being workshopped at Wikipedia:Partial blocks.
The request for comment seeking the community's sentiment for a binding desysop procedure closed with wide-spread support for an alternative desysoping procedure based on community input. No proposed process received consensus.
Technical news
Twinkle now supports partial blocking. There is a small checkbox that toggles the "partial" status for both blocks and templating. There is currently one template: {{uw-pblock}}.
When trying to move a page, if the target title already exists then a warning message is shown. The warning message will now include a link to the target title. [1]
Arbitration
Following a recent arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee reminded administrators that checkuser and oversight blocks must not be reversed or modified without prior consultation with the checkuser or oversighter who placed the block, the respective functionary team, or the Arbitration Committee.
Following an RfC, the blocking policy was changed to state that sysops must not undo or alter CheckUser or Oversight blocks, rather than should not.
A request for comment confirmed that sandboxes of established but inactive editors may not be blanked due solely to inactivity.
Technical news
Following a discussion, Twinkle's default CSD behavior will soon change, most likely this week. After the change, Twinkle will default to "tagging mode" if there is no CSD tag present, and default to "deletion mode" if there is a CSD tag present. You will be able to always default to "deletion mode" (the current behavior) using your Twinkle preferences.
Following the banning of an editor by the WMF last year, the Arbitration Committee resolved to hold a Arbcom RfC regarding on-wiki harassment. A draft RfC has been posted at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Anti-harassment RfC (Draft) and not open to comments from the community yet. Interested editors can comment on the RfC itself on its talk page.
Miscellaneous
The WMF has begun a pilot report of the pages most visited through various social media platforms to help with anti-vandalism and anti-disinformation efforts. The report is updated daily and will be available through the end of May.
The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.
Arbitration
A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.
The Medicine case was closed, with a remedy authorizing standard discretionary sanctions for all discussions about pharmaceutical drug prices and pricing and for edits adding, changing, or removing pharmaceutical drug prices or pricing from articles.
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Sysops will once again be able to view the deleted history of JS/CSS pages; this was restricted to interface administrators when that group was introduced.
Twinkle's block module now includes the ability to note the specific case when applying a discretionary sanctions block and/or template.
Hello. I am here in regards of a new article, SuperMarioLogan. You are probably rolling your eyes, but hear me out. I have worked this week to make an article on the subject that includes all of the basic information about the subject which you can see here. It may not be perfect, and it may be missing some minor details, but I wrote the major, notable ones in this article. There are links to trusted sources such as The Washington Post and Good Morning America. The article explains why the subject is notable, and if an emerging YouTuber such as Corpse can have a Wikipedia page, SML should have one too, considering he's been covered by many news sources, he's apparently one of the "most watched kids channels" according to SocialBlade, he's been a very popular YouTuber for nearly a decade, and he is notable for quite a few things including his bizarre medical history, controversy with YouTube, and apparently winning an $800,000 Tom Brady auction was some sort of big news. I am not an avid fan of him by any means, and I know that the article I have worked on could use some sprucing up if it were actually being passed through, but the subject should really have a Wikipedia article by now. TrevortniDesserpedx (talk) 00:40, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
User:ToBeFree did you try to contact/ping me directly? I only became aware of this when IVORK pinged me here. As far as I can tell, it was never accepted as a draft, so I'm confused as to why it it was decided to unprotect the target and send the user's sandbox to mainspace. OhNoitsJamieTalk03:32, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi Ohnoitsjamie, should I have done that? The protecting administrator was Gogo Dodo, if I see correctly. They didn't respond, and there was an admin help request at Sdkb's talk page to remove the protection (permanent link). I have then explained that normally, WP:RFPP is the correct place for such requests, but the request seemed to be reasonable enough to remove the technical barrier to re-creation. All previous deletions were based on WP:A7; this is the first time a deletion discussion is held. Such a deletion discussion was practically asked for, and I saw no reason to prevent it from happening. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:23, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
@ToBeFree: Thank you for taking care of this. As you can see, I am not very active here anymore. I see that the article was created and now under AfD. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:03, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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