Permissions

Regarding this comment: Jc37 outlined in their comment the technical changes that would be required. Wikipedia:User access levels § Table shows the various permissions that are currently assigned to the sysop user group. Creating a new user group would be a change in policy; I think Jc37 was suggesting that the community enact such a change. isaacl (talk) 23:43, 14 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks for the info, very appreciated. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:26, 15 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

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Reminders

Coordinate error

Currently pages with coordinates at the top are not displaying correctly in their desktop preview, so I have been moving them to fix this issue and per Manual of Style. 108.18.207.147 (talk) 19:52, 17 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There must be something wrong with your system, because they are displaying perfectly fine on mine. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:53, 17 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi, I am still experiencing article preview issues on Google Chrome and Safari laptop browsers stemming from MOS:Order-related coordinate template placement on individual articles. Examples include Shubenacadie Canal, Halifax Harbour and Cape May Canal. 108.18.207.147 (talk) 19:01, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Those work fine for me. I suggest that you post about the problem on WP:VPT and see what the folks there have to say about it. Beyond My Ken (talk) 19:13, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Commenting on the POV of others

I would suggest it's best to avoid commenting on the POV of an editor as you did here [1]. It's better to focus on what the edit does or does not do to the article. Suggesting a strong POV is a double edge sword. For example, you fought tooth and nail to keep a prior Steve Bannon quote in the article [2] (and a related article [3]). However, when the RfC came consensus was against inclusion. You accuse me of having too strong a POV on the subject but wouldn't that apply to you? I mean you were so certain you were right that you literally copy/pasted content added by likely COI IP editor to the body without even noticing or acknowledging the unrelated Trump sentence. Anyway, if you think there is a POV issue, that is fine. Explain how those edits hurt the article. You haven't done that. Springee (talk) 00:48, 18 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I suggest that you keep your comments off of my talk page. I have no interest in what a civil point of view pusher of your political beliefs has to say, and you are therefore banned from this talk page, indefinitely. I have posted a notice to this effect on your talk page. Any further comments you make here will be deleted without being read. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:14, 18 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AlisonW case request accepted

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW/Evidence. Please add your evidence by June 30, 2023, which is when the evidence phase closes. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 23:51, 21 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Replaceable non-free use File:Lifeboat cast screenshot.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Lifeboat cast screenshot.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of non-free use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of non-free use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified how these media fully satisfy our non-free content criteria. You can find a list of description pages you have edited by clicking on this link. Note that even if you follow steps 1 and 2 above, non-free media which could be replaced by freely licensed alternatives will be deleted 2 days after this notification, per the non-free content policy. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Aspects (talk) 02:56, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Closure

I think your closing message in <this ANI closure> was a bit misleading. That is: the account who created that notice is the one who got check user blocked, not the one the notice was about.
– 2804:F14:80DB:4701:414B:6FE6:EBC8:E6F2 (talk) 04:52, 30 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thanks, fixed. Beyond My Ken (talk) 16:22, 30 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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family

I'm sorry you're having a family medical crisis, BMK. I hope everything works out. Valereee (talk) 08:52, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, that's much appreciated. Beyond My Ken (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Proposed decision posted for the AlisonW case

The proposed decision for the AlisonW case has been posted. Statements regarding the proposed decision are welcome at the talk page. Please note that comments must be made in your own section. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 15:24, 10 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:11, 15 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Many thanks!

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed

The arbitration case Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW has been closed, and the final decision is viewable at the case page. The following remedy has been enacted:

  • For failure to meet the conduct standards expected of an administrator, AlisonW's administrative user rights are removed. She may regain them at any time via a successful request for adminship.

For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 17:45, 16 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/AlisonW closed