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Administrators' newsletter – October 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2018).

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  • The Arbitration Committee has, by motion, amended the procedure on functionary inactivity.
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An herb garden. Herbs are plants with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, in medicine, or as fragrances.
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Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola.
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NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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Latin music (genre)

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This week's article for improvement (week 45, 2018)

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Civics

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Distribution map of modern man (Horniman Museum)
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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

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Community Wishlist Survey – NPP needs you – Vote NOW
  • Community Wishlist Voting takes place 16 to 30 November for the Page Curation and New Pages Feed improvements, and other software requests. The NPP community is hoping for a good turnout in support of the requests to Santa for the tools we need. This is very important as we have been asking the Foundation for these upgrades for 4 years.
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Equator

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This week's article for improvement (week 48, 2018)

Siri is a virtual assistant part of Apple Inc.'s iOS, watchOS, macOS, HomePod, and tvOS operating systems.
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181 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C London Buses (talk) Add sources
10 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: C East Thames Buses (talk) Add sources
506 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme) (talk) Add sources
11 Quality: Low, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: Start London Buses route 93 (talk) Add sources
33 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C SIAE (talk) Cleanup
14 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start De La Salle School, St Helens (talk) Cleanup
6 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Leytonstone bus station (talk) Cleanup
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Bayerische Oberlandbahn (talk) Expand
16,052 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: B Doctor Who (talk) Expand
53 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C McGill's Bus Services (talk) Expand
169 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: B, Predicted class: C Gautrain (talk) Unencyclopaedic
377 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: B Rail transport in Great Britain (talk) Unencyclopaedic
29 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: B St Bonaventure's (talk) Unencyclopaedic
342 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: C Tokenism (talk) Merge
395 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: C Turkish Airlines fleet (talk) Merge
12 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start Hawaii National Guard (talk) Merge
201 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Family Fortunes (talk) Wikify
36 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start North Finchley (talk) Wikify
195 Quality: Medium, Assessed class: C, Predicted class: C Younès Kaboul (talk) Wikify
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start MF Liburnija (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Axial osteomalacia (talk) Orphan
3 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub ASL19 (talk) Orphan
33,254 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Start, Predicted class: Start Emily Atack (talk) Stub
5 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Stub Harris Bus (talk) Stub
2 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub MV Sveti Krševan (talk) Stub
44 Quality: Low, Assessed class: NA, Predicted class: Start Karel Sedláček (talk) Stub
30 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Start My Name Is Tanino (talk) Stub
18 Quality: Low, Assessed class: Stub, Predicted class: Stub Victoria bus station (talk) Stub

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2018

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2018).

Administrator changes

readded Al Ameer sonRandykittySpartaz
removed BosonDaniel J. LeivickEfeEsanchez7587Fred BauderGarzoMartijn HoekstraOrangemike

Interface administrator changes

removedDeryck Chan

Guideline and policy news

  • Following a request for comment, the Mediation Committee is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
  • A request for comment is in progress to determine whether members of the Bot Approvals Group should satisfy activity requirements in order to remain in that role.
  • A request for comment is in progress regarding whether to change the administrator inactivity policy, such that administrators "who have made no logged administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped". Currently, the policy states that administrators "who have made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least 12 months may be desysopped".
  • A proposal has been made to temporarily restrict editing of the Main Page to interface administrators in order to mitigate the impact of compromised accounts.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Wikipedia. If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately. Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on a website that suffered a data breach. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
  • Wikipedia policy requires administrators to have strong passwords. To further reinforce security, administrators should also consider enabling two-factor authentication. A committed identity can be used to verify that you are the true account owner in the event that your account is compromised and/or you are unable to log in.

Obituaries