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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Restoring old revision of File:Screenshot from Un Chien Andalou.jpg

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The film is now in PD in the US, so i think the original upload should be restored and reverted.--Mayimbú (talk) 05:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

checkY restored. Jay 💬 09:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you do the same with File:RKR wiki pic.jpg? The original file uploaded 2 days before the hidden version seems to be missing in the file history. --Mayimbú (talk) 17:06, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The hidden version (from 2010) was smaller (10 KB). I have restored it though. Jay 💬 05:43, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Abbey Jack Neidik

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Hi Jay, You offered to help make the COI/paid editing disclosures "Let me know if you need help making the disclosures. Jay 💬 07:13, 24 November 2024 (UTC). I would like to mak the disclosure and would be most grateful for your help. Ireneangelico (talk) 15:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As per that talk, did you go through WP:Paid-contribution disclosure#How to disclose and have any questions regarding it? Jay 💬 16:22, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WTF

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You've been an administrator since like forever (fooled me, I didn't even realize you were one) and you're this clueless? If your objective is to raise my blood pressure to the limit, you've succeeded brilliantly. wbm1058 (talk) 19:40, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clueless about what? I wondered the same about you, but I knew you are an admin since you deleted a page. Jay 💬 19:44, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your close at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 14#Common lime didn't, in practice find "no consensus". It found a consensus that not only is Tilia × europaea the primary topic, it's the only topic. What a farce. Maybe it's primary topic in the UK, but I think the tree's practically unknown in the United States – I'm not aware of them lining any roads here. To have a primary topic, you need to have a consensus that there is a primary topic. Per WP:Primary topic, "highly likely—much more likely than any other single topic" means highly likely editors will agree that it's much more likely than any other single topic. When editors can't come to an agreement, the default is to disambiguate.
Well, I've just cooled off enough to read your last sentence, "No prejudice against converting this to a disambiguation page", so that's what I'm gonna do, i.e. override your close. – wbm1058 (talk) 13:25, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I made the "no consensus, retarget" per WP:NCRET: .. it may be appropriate to retarget a redirect in these circumstances, even absent explicit consensus for the retarget. There were no multiple retargeting options to go for the "no consensus, disambiguate". By the way, you are discussing this close objection under the title "WTF", and I'm assuming doing that was an oversight. Jay 💬 14:43, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'd never noticed the subpage Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Common outcomes before, so thanks for the pointer, so now I know where you were coming from. I don't like to see essays that have not been thoroughly vetted by the community plastered with so many shortcuts that are used to imply they have been vetted as justifiable rationales for closing discussions. None of the three WP:NCRET examples fit this particular case. Just disregard my arbitrary section header if you like, it's not important. – wbm1058 (talk) 15:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request to rename WikiProject

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Hi there, I'm hoping you might be able to help us over at WikiProject Eurovision. We recently had a discussion on renaming the project and consensus was reached to rename to "WikiProject Song Contests". Given the large number of sub-pages which have been created over time, I felt getting help from an admin would be beneficial, just so I don't royally screw it up! Looking through the pages I don't believe everything needs to be renamed, as a lot of stuff has been archived, so if you're willing to help, please let me know if you'd like a full list of pages to be renamed! Many thanks. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 10:39, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If the archived pages needn't be renamed, then won't they continue to show in a user search and create confusion? For example, WP:WikiProject Eurovision/Archive/todo. If a user types in "WP:WikiProject Eurovision" in the search bar, it will list this and all archived pages. Or is it sufficient that the base WP:WikiProject Eurovision page is deleted (and not made a redirect) as part of the pagemove, while any other non-archived pages continue to exist as redirects to the new page name? Upto 100 subpages can be moved as part of a page move. Jay 💬 16:35, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).

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  • Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:28, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you review?

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Hi, Jay! I had applied at WP:RFP/R but no admin has replied yet. I would like to know if you can review the request. Thanks Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 14:51, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you wait a week or two? You will be completing a month only today, and your request was made last week, when you had not met the criteria. Jay 💬 14:57, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll wait. Till then, I'll be using Twinkle Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 06:01, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jay, Sorry to disturb but, now there's problem at WP:PERM/PCR. No sysop has answered anyone for 3 days. Xiphoid Vigour ||⚔|⚔|| 08:18, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't participate in user rights pages to know if a 3 days backlog is big. Normally how big does a backlog get? I see only 4 entries before yours. Jay 💬 08:29, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's not big but, it's also the most requested right on en wiki, I think. User are also adding below mine. Xiphoid Vigour ||⚔|⚔|| 08:33, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The backlog is usually a few hours. Xiphoid Vigour ||⚔|⚔|| 08:36, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

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Draft:Andrew Fox (businessman)

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Thank you. You have provided all of the information that we need. I will be declining the draft and have filed an SPI. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:51, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to participate in research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.

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Advice on undeletion

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Hi Jay, thank you for your help. There was an article that I believe was targeted deletion for personal reasons.

Given the notability, could you advise on what to? The undeletion request is detailed here:

Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Nikil Viswanathan

Thank you for your time and consideration 🙏

Best regards, Tonys94 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 03:39, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice on keeping it neutral and facts focused. Assumed reasons for deletion irrelevant.Tonys94 (talk) 18:21, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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You've got mail

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Hello, Jay. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Darsana.vinod (talk) 04:47, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Liz is active but not responding to her talk page messages. Jay 💬 13:23, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay Jay Thank you for your response and am still waiting Darsana.vinod (talk) 17:34, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025 March 24#MAIN PAGE!

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Should this RfD be closed? I see mostly keep !votes, and this has had two prior RfD's (both of which were closed as keep). Asking you for advice because you're an uninvolved administrator. Plant🌱man (talk) 02:09, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just voted and got involved! Jay 💬 10:00, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Bruh 😭 well thanks anyways. Plant🌱man (talk) 15:21, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

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"WindowsXI" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect WindowsXI has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 April 17 § WindowsXI until a consensus is reached. Srleffler (talk) 06:07, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Gaurav Dwivedi

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Hello Jay,

Thank you for updating the reference citation for Gaurav Dwivedi in FTII page.

My draft for his wiki page has been rejected by previous reviewers.

I have not resubmitted it after last review. Can you please review it and give your opinion about the page and his notability. I will be adding more references.

Please help with your experienced opinion so that I can make his page better.

Thanks,

Prachi Vyas

PrachiVyas27 (talk) 15:48, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did try to clean up the draft, but what the latest review said is still valid - the references .. do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions)... If you are able to find references with significant coverage (not interviews), then you may add them. Jay 💬 01:37, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much Jay for your time in reviewing my draft and editing. I will try to find more sources and also I will update one award nomination he had for best actor for short film Still Voices at an american film
festival.
Thank you,
Prachi PrachiVyas27 (talk) 07:32, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is no source that the Best Actor nomination was for him, and I have tagged it as {{citation needed}}. Jay 💬 06:04, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Jay,
I am grateful and thankful to you for editing Gaurav Dwivedi's draft and including valuable information. I added more content today, added commercials with youtube links citations, which are commercial videos. Also added Award nominations section and references. Added page title.
Can you please review it once more. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thanks and Regards,
Prachi Vyas PrachiVyas27 (talk) 02:15, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have unfortunately removed all changes. See the edit summaries. You may discuss further at the draft talk page. Jay 💬 06:05, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Jay,
Thank you for your time to refine my draft. I understand that references are needed to prove any information listed there. For his best actor nomination , I found it mentioned in this link : https://thereviewmonk.com/person/gaurav-dwivedi/
why is this link not being considered as a reliable source.
secondly he has done many commercials and that had been a testament for his modeling work. Can I add those again? PrachiVyas27 (talk) 12:10, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the reviewmonk page, towards the end it shows .. Gaurav Dwivedi was nominated for the best actor award. Wikipedia ^ Show Less That page uses Wikipedia itself as a source, so is not usable. I removed the commercials because the youtube links you added were primary sources, and the youtube account is unverified. It is the same with his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts - they are all unverified. Typically, notable actors get their accounts verified for their fan base and to avoid impersonation.
Also, if you have an external connection with Gaurav Dwivedi, you have a WP:Conflict of interest and will have to disclose the same. See WP:DISCLOSE for details. Jay 💬 12:44, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Jay, Thank you for explaining it to me. I wanted to add commercials youtube links because he is seen in the commercial video and that is the proof that he actually acted in the commercial. Please suggest how can we have those added in his wikipedia page, if not youtube links.
Also , I wanted to know that how to proceed to find reliable sources about someone’s nominations.
Thanks,
Prachi Vyas PrachiVyas27 (talk) 12:50, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moved the discussion to User talk:PrachiVyas27#Commercial ads and nominations. Jay 💬 13:27, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Jay. For commercials I will search for more sources. And for nomination too. I think thats the only nomination I saw on google for him. PrachiVyas27 (talk) 13:47, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And regarding that link you said is using wikipedia as a source, I dont think thats the case because that wikipedia link at the end of the article is redirecting to draft page but I didnot include any award information untill yesterday in the draft page.I first found this link on google and then used it as reference to update award nomination. So it is other way round. Please give your thoughts. I am not sure when this article was published. Your thoughts on this please 🙏
Thank you,
Prachi PrachiVyas27 (talk) 13:41, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The wikipedia link at the end of the article is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaurav_Dwivedi , the article page, not the draft page. It used to be a Wikipedia article and has been deleted 3 times - in 2015 and 2017. In 2016, the article did mention the Best Actor nomination, see the web archive. In any case, the fact that a website relies on Wikipedia as a source, implies it is not reliable, and cannot be used. Jay 💬 13:58, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh ok , got it. Thank you for explaining Jay. I thought it is redirecting to my draft page. PrachiVyas27 (talk) 14:02, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Your question at Special:Diff/1288296481 is answered by mw:Help:DiscussionTools#Talk pages permalinking: The link to a comment is available from its timestamp, in the signature. Clicking (or tapping on mobile) on the link copies the permalink to your clipboard. It actually took me longer than I'd like to find this info; I'd discovered it simply because I was curious about the new formatting of the comment timestamps and clicked them. en-wiki documentation, such as Wikipedia:Signatures, has just a sentence without citing the more in-depth MediaWiki documentation (which also helpfully provides a brief summary of its implementation across Wikimedia wikis). I plan to do something about this [how difficult the MediaWiki page is to find] hopefully later today. Rotideypoc41352public (talk) 00:01, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

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2025–26 Big Bash League season

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I will be in the process of accepting the draft, but the title is protected. Would you mind to unprotect the title to make way for move? Thanks. ToadetteEdit (7M articles) 20:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I have removed admin protection. As an extended confirmed user, you should be able to move the draft. Jay 💬 05:44, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2025

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Deletion review for Westlake, Washington

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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Westlake, Washington. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SounderBruce 04:45, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfD bot

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Hello Jay! I figured I needed to tell you that VWF bot has started making edits like this one to the RfD page, since I saw that you normally remove the entries manually. Thanks you! Vanderwaalforces (talk) 13:24, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I had noticed. Jay 💬 13:33, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2025

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Deletion review for 1.73..

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An editor has asked for a deletion review of 1.7320508075688772935274463415058723669428052538103806280558069794519330169088000370811461867572485756756261414154067030299699450949989524788116555120943736485280932319023055820679748201010846749232650153123432669033228866506722546689218379712270471316603. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:07, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question for some redirects

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I see you on redirect discussions, so thought to ask you this question. I saw this redirect discussion Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh_redirects_listed_at_Redirects_for_discussion and was looking into the target page and saw that it has 100+ redirects (look at last 100+ here) using various combinations of words (not sure if some are encyclopedia worthy terms) added by the same user who has done the nomination. Is this something that this encyclopedia allows? I am assuming good-faith but it sounds disruptive. Asteramellus (talk) 20:22, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have seen such redirects, but have not encountered a discussion about redirects with extensive word combinations created by a user possibly on the same day. This can be a question for WT:Redirects for discussion. Jay 💬 17:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Asteramellus (talk) 11:38, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, Jay. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

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How to enable IP Reveal

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Your draft article, Draft:Sutapa Sikdar

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Hello, Jay. This message concerns the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Sutapa Sikdar".

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 08:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).

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  • Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
  • Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

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MfD nomination of User:Kailash29792/Sathyajith

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User:Kailash29792/Sathyajith, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Kailash29792/Sathyajith and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Kailash29792/Sathyajith during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kailash29792 (talk) 02:58, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Override a new draft?

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Jay, I see that an IP just created Draft:Adam the woo for a newly deceased YouTuber. I believe the spelling is incorrect, so I am presently working on Adam the Woo, as this is the spelling as it is being reported in reliable sources. Can you tell me what is the proper procedure in this case — i.e., is it more correct to promote the draft or allow me to publish my article — assuming of course that he is notable, which I believe he is. StonyBrook babble 06:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There can be multiple draft pages on the same topic either in draftspace or userspace. You could have created your own draft with the proper spelling, or enhanced the current or created directly in mainspace. In any case, now that it is in mainspace, the question is moot. Jay 💬 09:20, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's six of one or a half dozen of the other, I guess. If the only difference is that I lose creator credit to the IP, then it's no bigee. I'm no better than the next human contributor (but the supercomputer pilfering all of our stuff? Well, that's a different matter!). StonyBrook babble 11:17, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I guess I just missed you. My question was answered here. Cheers. StonyBrook babble 08:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

10-Hydroxy Lycopodium alkaloids

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I think you deleted the article 10-Hydroxy Lycopodium alkaloids (not the redirect 10-Hydroxy ''Lycopodium'' alkaloids, the nominated redirect) by mistake. Needs to be restored? Steel1943 (talk) 16:32, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for informing. Restored. XFDCloser was facing problems because of the quotes, and I changed the section title at the RfD for the close to go through. I don't know why XFDCloser deleted the non-quoted title. Jay 💬 18:27, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]