User talk:Jauerback/Archives/2023
The Signpost: 1 January 2023Plus admin update and cool tools for the new year.
Sometimes you need to read more than just the headlines!
Interview of ComplexRational about their recent request for adminship.
Wikifunctions might drag it down.
Frustrations and successes.
Congratulations.
And other new research findings.
How Iranian press agencies help Wikipedia to reflect football in a better way.
You head into the featured content report. Amongst the features you see astronauts, both Gilbert and Sullivan, Ursula K. Le Guin's incredibly talented mother, and Billboard charts. It is pitch black, you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
It is mostly about football!
In which a couple sentences of text recontextualises an image.
Photographers, Sandy Hook, the shocking use of Nazi symbols in articles about Nazis, and "You wouldn't recognise a fact if it bit you in the ass". Happy New Year, Jauerback!  Jauerback, Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages. — Moops ⋠T⋡ 23:35, 3 January 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).
The Signpost: 16 January 2023It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".
UCoC draws nearer, alongside the rise of the machines, in mainspace this time.
Wikipedia's birthday, a cute dog, and nipplefruit.
The depths of Commons, at your fingertips. Or eyetips.
Debunking widely-told myths about New York's grandest and centralest railway station.
The economics of Wikipedia.
When notability conflicts with what it might be used for.
7,000,000-year Landmasses for Subduction discussions considered "too long".
Allow us to bring you back, back, back, to days of Wikifun rampant.
...and your ambigram. Also: Boring lava fields, birds of Tuvalu, and commelinid family names with etymologies.
War, sports, and all types of chaos.
The editor with five million edits, the death of Aaron Swartz, and rollback. Happy Fifteenth Adminship Anniversary! Wishing Jauerback a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 19:26, 26 January 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – February 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).
The Signpost: 4 February 2023
Last issue's vow for "something to show for these efforts" revisited.
As well as the continued rise of the machines, and Amanda Keton's WMF departure.
Section 230 before the Supreme Court in two cases, with broad implications for the web.
Or Santos on Wikipedia?
WMF issues salvo in latest battles of the Posting Wars
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Isamaa party sponsor Parvel Pruunsild files claim in Tartu County Court against WMEE head Ivo Kruusamägi and Reform Party politicians.
English Wikipedia among most "global" and Thai Wikipedia's among most "Western", but non-Western works neglected overall.
And other new research publications.
An interview with those who pitch in together
Letting you find out about yourself (and others).
An exceptionally good period for featured articles.
Can we have a chat? Disambiguation link notification for February 16An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Arlington Park, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page WGN. (Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:04, 16 February 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 February 2023UCoC Enforcement Guidelines pass, Wikimedia Enterprise financials, GPTs gone wild, and a speedy deletion criterion removed.
Also: Russ Baker's BLP, the digital commons, the NSA, and more on Pakistan.
Gautam Adani and his companies possibly behind scheme featuring scores of socks, infiltration of articles for creation process.
GPT: friend or foe?
Your one-stop hooker's handbook.
But much else to be found.
Lovey-dovey stuff for Valentine's.
And maybe a side of AI.
Also: let's delete images of Muhammed! Let's delete portals!
Yesterday's controversies, reported on today.
A musical interlude. Split, CroatiaHello, I am writing to you because you had already intervened here for the article Split, Croatia. I wanted to let you know that the IP has returned to vandalize the article: could you do something ? Greetings. --LukeWiller (talk) 22:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC).
Administrators' newsletter – March 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).
Steven ElderPlease delete this page from Wikipedia. Tuppenceworth (talk) 15:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
QuestionHello, I believe when I first started Wikipedia, you commented on my talk page and gave me tips. I wanna say thank you for that. But that is not the sole reason I'm here. I was wondering if you were offering to adopt a user because I want to be adopted by you. Just want to know. Purplelavendermidnights 17 (talk) 03:12, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 9 March 2023
A lack of transparency.
Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.
Probable answers: No, no, maybe?
Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.
And other new research publications.
Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article. The Signpost: 20 March 2023
Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!
One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.
Everything is broken, again.
Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!
An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.
All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear). HelloJust wanted to say thank you for taking care of that LTA. Cheers, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 11:23, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
New message from NP83 Curling
The Signpost: 03 April 2023
Errata regretted.
Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.
Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.
Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.
Thou gildest e'en the Signpost's trade.
And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.
A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.
Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet! Administrators' newsletter – April 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).
The Signpost: 26 April 2023
Plus: Wikipedians get own Mastodon account, and Wikiprojects move to uniform quality assessment.
Covering Russia, Poland, the Vatican, the U.S., and the "perilously thin" boundary between real life and Wikipedia.
The prolific editor, former Arbitration Committee member and co-founder of Wikimedia New York City died in April.
No news is good news, and this isn't no news.
The problem we haven't solved.
Can Wikipedia help keep AI agents honest?
In this article, we will look at The Signpost statistics. More precisely: Signpost article statistics by year, TOP 20 titles of Signpost articles, TOP 20 article authors, and the home wikis of article authors.
First of a two part series summarising the priorities for the Wikimedia Foundation's next fiscal year (July 2022–June 2023) including staffing, budget and other changes, and how to provide your feedback.
And somehow made it more readable than when it's not rhyming.
2011 and on.
The Selfish Hatnote, the Disambiguation Singularity, and other information-theoretic conundra of encyclopedic note.
Wrestling bumps world-changing technology from the #1 spot, imagine that. Administrators' newsletter – May 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).
Orphaned non-free image File:Weber.jpeg Thanks for uploading File:Weber.jpeg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 02:35, 4 May 2023 (UTC) Revoke TPAPlease revoke the talk page access of this user. They are continuing to be disruptive through their talk page. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 15:52, 6 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 8 May 2023
... and at WP:Mastodon.
Fake fines, false alarms and faux headlines!
And other new research publications.
...Layout lovers will hate this featured content's title.
There will likely be more to say next issue.
The second article in a series describing the priorities and work of the Wikimedia Foundation. The article invites Wikimedians to collaborate with the Foundation.
First national-level conference in the Indian subcontinent in seven years. The Signpost: 22 May 2023... and a referendum on Jimmy Wales' traditional role as a final court of appeal in arbitration policy.
Opposing scholars on ArbCom case.
Includes stronger sourcing restriction, and a nod to the UCoC.
And other new research results.
Bird is the word for featured pictures.
Celebs and Bollywood film dominated reader interest, as usual, but with a new persistent presence on the lists of a certain AI.
An online conference with 12 distributed trans-local in-person meetup "Nodes" on 5 continents. The Signpost: 5 June 2023
Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Building Committee Commences Command By Convening.
Also: Goog gets delist ask for en-wp yt-dl ar-ticle, wacky football fails.
Now is not this ridiculous, and is not this preposterous? A thorough-paced absurdity - explain it if you can.
Plus mortalities, and movies about mermaids. Administrators' newsletter – June 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
HelpCould you help me wikification and give it notoriety this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Casey_(BMX) --Jusaset (talk) 21:39, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 June 2023
Problems with emergency emails sent to WMF.
... and an AI writer explains why he just bought a paper encyc.
Poetry still present.
And other new research findings. Administrators' newsletter – July 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
The Signpost: 3 July 2023... and a new Elections Committee.
A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?
In which featured pictures have a pleasing orange/blue colour scheme for some reason.
Don't worry, they are mostly harmless.
Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area. ForeFlight pageI am a founder of the company (Jason) and thought wikipedia would be a good place to capture some of the history of the company. However my recent edits were removed for being "spammy" - what changes would be helpful to prevent my updates from getting killed? Millz311 (talk) 15:21, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 July 2023Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.
Ruwiki on the Ruinternet, Rauwerda on TEDx, and Jimbo on Fridman.
Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.
The collaboration process for the 2023 English fundraising campaign is kicking off now, right from the start of the fiscal year.
Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.
A summary of various tools designed over the years.
And various other research on large language models and Wikipedia.
Bold move intended to "get some variety" into Wikipedia arguments.
The annual report that tries to understand the Signpost through data, written in 2020, which never saw the light of day until now.
In which choices have been made™.
Sex, drugs and violence, English, math and science. Feral childPlease explain the error I introduced and what the last good edit is. Don't keep people who are not as expert as you guessing.Ricardogpn (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 August 2023
And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.
Or just another brouhaha?
Hot damn, it's damned hot!
Three editors have departed.
You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?
A serious visual investigation.
A compilation of over 3M citations.
Possible solutions after being re-harassed.
Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.
Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals. Administrators' newsletter – August 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
The Signpost: 15 August 2023
Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.
Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.
Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.
Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.
Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.
The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.
For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?
An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.
Some improvement on last week.
Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.
Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup. commmenthello good day. please my account got blocked , i dont know why , because am a new user in wikipedia , i would love to ask why , because i want to use the same article to create a new page , i will love you to direct me on how the whole things works. tnx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialslimbeatz (talk • contribs) 11:12, 18 August 2023 (UTC) The Fring PhotoI tried to make sure that the photo was not copywritten, I thought that because it was from Commons, that it was okay to use, IDK. It was a mistake, I just thought the top photo should fit in with the rest of the characters. MrCboY1997 (talk) 20:10, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.
Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.
"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".
And other recent research publications.
The good, the bad, and the nonsense.
A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.
I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah Administrators' newsletter – September 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
Are you in Knoxville ?This newspaper is cited 49 times... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 14:36, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 September 2023Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.
Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!
A Wikipedian and a friend.
Non-flammable, BPA-free, and really whips the llama's ass.
Covering all of August. Pretty much.
The Signpost brings you the latest from the source.
Sports, film and singers. We've got it all! "Gary Meyer" listed at Redirects for discussion
ITN recognition for Dianne Feinstein On 29 September 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Dianne Feinstein, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — xaosflux Talk 15:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 3 October 2023
Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.
Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!
And other new research publications
The first issue to feature two poetry article
Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.
Tamzin reflects on the hunt.
Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat? Administrators' newsletter – September 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
The Signpost: 23 October 2023
Long time passing
Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.
The benefits of research.
These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?
They are still fighting.
Sounds good!
"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates remember balls1234wtfhello again! !kurukitty! (talk) 01:05, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
 A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Ford County, Illinois indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion. If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 17:23, 30 October 2023 (UTC) Talk page accessHi, you might want to revoke talk page access at User talk:SlackerD2 as the user is continuing to make personal attacks. Thanks. — Czello (music) 20:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 November 2023
"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"
Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.
And three new admins!
You should learn some of our rules!
The winner is...
Do you ever wonder where Wikipedia articles come from?
And other new research findings.
Only literally.
A systematic approach.
Plus Kollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon, and ongoing war. Administrators' newsletter – November 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
Thank youThe person vandalizing Johann Tetzel has been so incredibly annoying - thank you so much for semi protecting the page! -REDACTED403 (talk) 13:57, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
User:Jauerback removing or deleting confirmed contentPlease advise why you deleted content from Dave King (Singer) page about his personal life and marriage to Gina Cavalier on 10/24/1998 where the articles were confirmed and verified by written sources. This can only be seen as personal vandalism. You also protected and blocked the page without giving notice on the contributor's page (barbarellasouth) which is in violation of the Wikipedia rules of ethics. The image present was also proved copyright through wikicommons. Please advise your reasoning for your deletion of this content. Barbarellasouth (talk) 18:55, 15 November 2023 (UTC) Notice of noticeboard discussion
Hills Hoist"Hills Hoist" is a brand of umbrella clothes line. There was no mention of umbrella clothes lines directly before my work. What is your parochial taxonomy of clothes drying ? It just looks like Pyxis Solitary asked you to torment me. .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 18:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 November 2023
Comic-con, Media summit, and a classic!
Plus: Sockpuppet investigators asking for help.
Or if it's Indian sport or cinema.
And other new research findings.
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are now open! Frank Sinatra and Michelle PfeifferHi, thanks for your help at Frank Sinatra and Michelle Pfeiffer. However, I noticed that the semi-protection you put in for both of these pages is significantly shorter than the previous semi-protections, which was one year in length for both pages, respectively. These one year protections also expired mere minutes before the vandalism resumed. See both pages' protection histories. Would you please consider making both semi-protections longer? Thanks. Sternip (talk) 23:05, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
I know it's time consuming, but can you take care of this issue on the above pages at your earliest convenience? Sternip (talk) 23:52, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
User:WWFCENA repeats same behavior after blockJust a heads up, after you blocked User:WWFCENA, they came back and immediately repeated the same edits. Mike Allen 22:37, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add Corey PerryI was about to request semi-protection when I saw you already applied it. Not a moment too soon. HangingCurveSwing for the fence 19:59, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 4 December 2023Just as his term was ending!
Plus Apple Pay, fiction, registration, expulsion, and elimination!
An analysis of a literary mystery.
Continuing years of efforts to improve free-to-read access.
"I think we ought to read only the kind of comics that wound or stab us. If the comic we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?" — Franz Kafka
And so are you.
Quite literally, and other fascinating featured articles, pictures and lists
If you don't fancy the sport that occupies over 25% of the slots in these lists, there's always movies, celebrities, and political follies to fall back on – or an unusual fired-for-the-weekend CEO.
This page in a nutshell: Whether or not someone has denied unsavory allegations — though such a denial may not merit being given equal weight in an article — a worthless shitpost should still be included. Administrators' newsletter – December 2023News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Filipino userHello! I’ve noticed you have recently blocked a Philippines-based user for improper edits. As a another Philippines-based user I am sorry you had to go through this experience. However, I have to inform you that the user’s reply to you in our language has been basically violations of WP:NPA (they’re accusing you of oppressing (the verb is “inaapi”) Filipinos and WP:OWN with xenophobic undertones (basically questioning your right to intervene in the topic affected because you are “just a foreigner”). I have just warned them already about what they are doing but I am leaving this message just in case they do not take the hint. Borgenland (talk) 17:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
block Without specific ReasonHellow i got alert with the content of blocked indefinitely. Since i have not committed anything wrong why i got blocked? Regards. Balash-Vologases (talk) 18:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 December 2023
Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.
Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...
Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.
Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.
Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".
No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.
And other new research publications.
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!
the dilution makes it stronger.
The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.
Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.
The debugging will continue until performance improves.
Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!
Winner receives a special prize!
Edit summary: "Only need this page for about 30 minutes to demonstrate to a friend how easy it is to create a Wikipedia page. Then it will be deleted." Edit WarringHi, I have simple question that nobody ever answers. What's the best way to win an edit-war. First of all, during edit wars both sides have justification whether it be passion or bureaucracy or whatever. Most of time it's just users who don't know that they're talking about or trying to keep things the same. What's the best way to win an edit war, I know that trying to keep undoing edits makes both sides look bad. So how do you win professionally and put a stop to the stupidity of both sides? UnboundBeartic (talk) 23:54, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Josh Cahill edit war is backG'day, thanks for previously protecting Josh Cahill, but the protection has expired and the edit war is back. Please re-protect and revert as you see fit. Jpatokal (talk) 03:04, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
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