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== An important message about renaming users == |
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| ⚫ | Hi RobH, This is me Tulsi Bhagat. I am one of the administrator of Nepali Wikipedia. I would like to request you to add me on Wikipedia-ne administrative interface [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/wikipedia-ne]. Also, mail me the administrator password. Regards, [[User:Tulsi Bhagat|Tulsi Bhagat]] ([[User talk:Tulsi Bhagat|talk]]) 16:19, 14 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Dear RobH, |
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* So operations requests typically shouldn't be requested via individual operations members, or via talk pages. Please file all mailing list requests on our [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org Phabricator] installation. The full details on how to receive operations assistance is listed on https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Operations_requests#Mailing_lists. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=Wikimedia-Mailing-lists THIS] is a link to create a task directly, with the proper wikimedia-mailing-lists project. If you create the request there, someone in ops (perhaps me, perhaps others) will perform the requested reset. Having all our requests go via phabricator ensures all proper procedures are followed. Thanks! --[[User:RobH|RobH]] ([[User talk:RobH#top|talk]]) 17:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC) |
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I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat. |
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== How we will see unregistered users == |
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As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide [[mw:SUL finalisation|single-user login finalisation]] (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully. |
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Why is this happening? As currently stated at [[m:Global rename policy|the global rename policy]], a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects. |
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Hi! |
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You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki. |
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The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed. |
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When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed. |
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Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called [[m:Global renamers|Global renamers]]. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the [[m:SRGP|requests for global permissions]] page on 1 September, a week from now. |
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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 [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation/Improving tools|better tools]] to help. |
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In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to [[:m:SRUC|the request page for a global rename]]. |
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If you have not seen it before, you can [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|read more on Meta]]. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can [[m:Global message delivery/Targets/Tech ambassadors|subscribe]] to [[m:Tech/News|the weekly technical newsletter]]. |
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Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier. |
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We have [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation#IP Masking Implementation Approaches (FAQ)|two suggested ways]] this identity could work. '''We would appreciate your feedback''' on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can [[m:Talk:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|let us know on the talk page]]. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January. |
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If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the [[m:SUL|Help:Unified login]] page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for [[m:Talk:Global renamers|global renamers]]. You can also contact me on [[m:User talk:Keegan (WMF)|my talk page on meta]] if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities. |
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Thank you. |
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/[[m:User:Johan (WMF)|Johan (WMF)]]<section end=content/> |
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18:15, 4 January 2022 (UTC) |
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== Add a gadget? == |
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Hi Rob, it's been a while -- hope all is well with you! Do you think you could enable the gadget "Cat-a-lot" here? (It's enabled on Commons, not sure where else.) It would help a great deal in organizing pages. I files a Phabricator ticket, but it was closed since apparently wmf wiki admins don't use phabricator. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128976 -[[User:Peteforsyth|Pete F]] ([[User talk:Peteforsyth|talk]]) 23:20, 5 March 2016 (UTC) |
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: I replied at [[phabricator:T128976]]. --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 18:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC) |
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| ⚫ | Hi RobH, This is me Tulsi Bhagat. I am one of the administrator of Nepali Wikipedia. I would like to request you to add me on Wikipedia-ne administrative interface [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/wikipedia-ne]. Also, mail me the administrator password. Regards, [[User:Tulsi Bhagat|Tulsi Bhagat]] ([[User talk:Tulsi Bhagat|talk]]) 16:19, 14 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 4 January 2022
Wikipedia-ne Mailing List
Hi RobH, This is me Tulsi Bhagat. I am one of the administrator of Nepali Wikipedia. I would like to request you to add me on Wikipedia-ne administrative interface [1]. Also, mail me the administrator password. Regards, Tulsi Bhagat (talk) 16:19, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
- So operations requests typically shouldn't be requested via individual operations members, or via talk pages. Please file all mailing list requests on our Phabricator installation. The full details on how to receive operations assistance is listed on https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Operations_requests#Mailing_lists. THIS is a link to create a task directly, with the proper wikimedia-mailing-lists project. If you create the request there, someone in ops (perhaps me, perhaps others) will perform the requested reset. Having all our requests go via phabricator ensures all proper procedures are followed. Thanks! --RobH (talk) 17:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
How we will see unregistered users
Hi!
You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.
When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.
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.
If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.
We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.
Thank you. /Johan (WMF)
18:15, 4 January 2022 (UTC)