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ArbCom 2019 special circular

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Administrators must secure their accounts

The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:40, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

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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.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:03, 4 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

How we will see unregistered users

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Hi!

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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.

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18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

The Template Barnstar

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  The Template Barnstar
For all your work making DYK work. Thanks. --evrik (talk) 20:14, 13 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

NPP Award

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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

For over 100 article reviews during 2021. Thank you for patrolling new pages and helping us out with the backlog! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:22, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Sixteenth anniversary on Wikipedia!

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Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

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Dear Maile66,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 19:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I added the icon to my user page — Maile (talk) 21:41, 25 December 2022 (UTC).Reply

Widget

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Windows 11 you can do this by right-clicking the taskbar, then clicking Taskbar Settings. From here you can disable widgets

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Sealioning

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@SL93: Have you by any chance seen Sealioning? Just saying ... life is too short to respond to someone who does this. — Maile (talk) 12:36, 26 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

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Always precious

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Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:47, 14 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Lovely thoughtfulness. — Maile (talk) 01:10, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

First Edit Day

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2024

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Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Happy New Year

2024

Like 2019, remember? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:19, 1 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

On the Main page: the person who made the pictured festival possible --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for sharing. — Maile (talk) 03:58, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
 
story · music · places
Thank you! - Today a friend's birthday, with related music and new vacation pics --Gerda Arendt (talk) 23:03, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

NPP Awards for 2023

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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar

For over 100 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:44, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
Wow! Really? I hadn't been keeping count. Thanks for the recognition. — Maile (talk)

WP:G7

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Hi Maile66. I noticed that you deleted a redirect left from a disruptive move to NTT (disambigation) per WP:G7, which isn't in accordance with this criterion: For redirects created as a result of a page move, the mover must also have been the only substantive contributor to the pages before the move. Unfortunately, I was also cheated and requested a WP:G14 nomination of NTT (disambiguation). Could you restore all the revisions before its deletion? Thanks, NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 01:27, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

This one is a little confusing to me. I just reverted my delete. Did this work for you? If not, please advise how I shoud do it. — Maile (talk) 01:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I didn't state it clearly. I was asking for deleting NTT (disambiguation) and restoring all the revisions before its first deletion. NTT (disambigation) should have been reverted to NTT without leaving a redirect at the first time because of the misspelling "disambigation" in its title. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 02:09, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
There's probably a way to easily do this. But I don't want to botch it for you, so I've left a message at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Delete-Undelete assistance requested. — Maile (talk) 03:06, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

An award for you!

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  The Master of Salad Award
Awarded to Maile66 for staying strong, Popeye-strong, even in the face of UTTER LACK OF NOTABILITY. That's how we're going to win this war! ;) Drmies (talk) 13:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
I proudly accept the award. If your ESP is working, you should now be seeing me taking my bows. — Maile (talk) 13:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, I was driving to work but I think I felt something--then again maybe I've been playing Tonight's the Night too often. How's it going Maile? Still here after all these years, I see: thank you for that. Ima go see what other AfDs you been in, just to mess with you. Take care! Drmies (talk) 14:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Maile, it may be the Dutchman in me, but when I look at Hofstra University rape hoax I'm tempted to delete this on the spot as a BLP violation! Drmies (talk) 14:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
You are welcome to look through my edits of anything, as far as I'm concerned. I have no idea what you are getting at here. But there have been a lot of AFDs ... just within the last 12 months. The thing about AFD is, like all of Wikipedia, anybody can join in, regardless if they know WP's complicated, and often conflicting, guidelines on anythig and anybody. And you can often find a WP guideline to justify any direction of something. — Maile (talk) 16:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
Just joking, my friend--but I'm glad I saw that Hofstra thing. You run into these old things and you wonder how they got written up in the first place, and how they managed to stay around. How long do you think our project will last? Drmies (talk) 16:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
The overall Wikipedia project? I believe it will out-live me. Judging from the Deceased Wikipedians/2024, Jimbo Wales dreamed up a doozie of international connections when he created Wikipedia. We all have become an international family. — Maile (talk) 20:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page Review Question

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Greetings,

I was wondering how I could get a page reviewed. I noticed you reviewed a page I created recently. would you be able to help me find where to request a page review for Kathryn Fort, or find out if it has been reviewed?

Thank you, --8barzmusic (talk) 16:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)8barzmusicReply

The prior article was just a random pick from the Newpages listings. Also, the Newpages reviews are not necessarily a full review. It really depends on which project the subject matter is. I would encourage you to ask questions about Kathryn Fort at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red. They can be pretty helpful with advice and guidance. For leanning the ropes, and getting reviews, it's helpful to be part of a project such as Women in Red. You might want to join up with that project. — Maile (talk) 18:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Thank you! What a nice gesture. — Maile (talk) 02:35, 2 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame

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Hi, Maille66! I see you were the last person to comment on Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame's Talk page, so this is why I'm asking you this: should the page somehow be split because it's so long? First off, I'm not Hawaiian. I looked at the page carefully, though, and it's not puffed up at all. Everything there should be on Wikipedia.
But. It's. So. Long.
It takes a bit to load on my computer and I look at it on my phone I sort of feel lost at sea. I think this doesn't give the Hall of Fame what it deserves because it's a bit difficult to see the article's content. Is it time for someone to split the page into a family of pages of a more manageable size? I don't deserve the honor of doing that, though. I'm not Hawaiian and not a musician.

I get the sense that the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame is worth preserving and learning about, so I hope this can happen. If I should be asking someone else, please let me know and I'll do that. Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 21:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

I wish I had an answer for you, but I don't. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of such lists on Wikipedia. You might try posting that question at Wikipedia talk:Stand-alone lists. Or perhaps Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style. I— Maile (talk) 21:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
One more place might have an idea. Post your question over at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Maybe they might have a solution — Maile (talk) 22:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page for Review - Paruvu

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Hi @Maile66

Greetings. I have created a page on Telugu language show Paruvu.

I am looking for your help and guidance. Do comment if it looks good enough.

Thank you Filmy World (talk) 18:56, 9 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for asking, but this is an area I have no experience in. You might want to try posting at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television. — Maile (talk) 19:03, 9 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Sure, Thank you! Filmy World (talk) 01:29, 10 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Reporting vandalism

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To the IPs (possibly the same user) who have lately been reporting suspected IP vandalism to me, and possibly to other admins, please be advised that the appropriate place to report these incidents, and most likely to get quicker action, is at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. That site is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Thank you for your diligence, but please report them at the site I have linked. — Maile (talk) 16:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

This User Page Is Urgent For Deletion

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:12.160.169.190 115.134.97.195 (talk) 14:52, 28 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Declined request: Wrong venue. Post your request at WP:AIV. Please don't ask me to delete user pages or content therein. Don't post these requests here again. — Maile (talk) 12:12, 29 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

ANI discussion

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  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. AllTheUsernamesAreInUse (talk) 17:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

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Voting for coordinators is now open!

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

  • The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

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Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. Register your vote here by 23:59 UTC on 29 September! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:34, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Can you rethink the speedy deletion of A.m and P.m?

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The reason why I made those redirects is because I made that mistake. I'm not sure what's "implausible" about forgetting an extra period. CheeseyHead (talk) 16:43, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

May have messaged the wrong person lol CheeseyHead (talk) 16:49, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see you messaged Asilvering after your above message to me. Hope you got all straightened out. — Maile (talk) 17:30, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yep, my bad. I think we deserve a very teeny tiny trout each. A sardine, perhaps. -- asilvering (talk) 17:34, 1 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Batman and Robin (disambiguation)

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I got a note that this has been nominated for speedy, and it's already gone. Can you refund to User:Rich Farmbrough/Batman and Robin (disambiguation) so that I can evaluate. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 10:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC).Reply

It's quite important to check CSD, they are only Candidates. Many editors do not fully understand the CSD conditions, and some even use the mechanism maliciously. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 14:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC).Reply
I was not familiar with how to do a refund, so I posted about this on Wikipedia:Help desk#Refunding a specific deletion. Hope this worked out for you. — Maile (talk) 14:06, 15 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The Bugle: Issue 222, October 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 65

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
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  • Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Wikipedia Library
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Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military history newcomer of the year and military historian of the year

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The Bugle: Issue 223, November 2024

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Women in Red December 2024

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Women in Red | December 2024, Vol 10, Issue 12, Nos 293, 294, 324, 325


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Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards

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