User talk:Seraphimblade
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The Calvine UFO
[edit]Hi. You removed the photo of Craig Lindsay which I had included on the Calvine UFO page. It’s the second time it’s been removed and from what I gather you’ve done this due to copyright. This image is essential to this case. Craig released the only known photo of the sighting and provided the only first person testimony so we need this photo on here. I have the permission of the copyright holder to add it - he is happy for it to be shared via CC-4. Ie Reproduced with his credit but no commercial use or reuse without his permission. I’m new to wiki so perhaps I’ve listed it incorrectly. Could you advise as we really need to have an image of criag with the photo on the page. Could i include it if I wrote about it directly in detail?? Or can you tell me how I list it with CC-4 thanks Drewphotoboy (talk) 22:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Drewphotoboy, at the top of this page, in the section marked "Please read before posting", there is a specific instruction to discuss article edits at the article talk page, not my talk page. Please do that. Seraphimblade Talk to me 22:36, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks and apologies. Will do. Drewphotoboy (talk) 22:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
Proposed decision posted regarding Yasuke
[edit]In the open Backlash to diversity and inclusion arbitration case (also called Yasuke), in which you offered a preliminary statement, the proposed findings and remedies have been posted—though you are not mentioned in any of them. If you wish, you may review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For a guide to the proposed decision, see Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Party Guide/Proposed decision. SilverLocust 💬 00:33, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
Technical news
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Arbitration
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
regarding topic ban by Shahray
[edit]The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Even after my apologies and demonstration of good faith in AE to get consensus for my changes, none of the "administrators" responded to this appropriately. I have no intention to wait 3 months for something to happen, since you responded in more detail than the others, can you please suggest whether I need to rephrase my initial statements or do something else? Shahray (talk) 06:06, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- To maintain fairness and so that everyone looks at the same thing, I do not discuss open AE requests outside of AE. Please comment only at the request. Seraphimblade Talk to me 06:45, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Seraphimblade, well you haven't replied in AE yet, so please reply in AE if you can. For some reason you (and not just you) went to "Result of the appeal" immediately, instead of listening and discussing first? Do you think it's fair? Shahray (talk) 07:01, 5 November 2024 (UTC)