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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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is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
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provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
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provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.
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until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
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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 β€” that they are
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Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at
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Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at
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Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at
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this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the
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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
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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.
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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.
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Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.
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our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular,
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Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
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ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.
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For good services as an admin, for being the 1,000th admin, and for resigning the tools in a noble manner.
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on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can
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Enable Two-factor authentication (2FA), if you can, to create a second hurdle for attackers.
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I generally respond to messages on the talkpage of the sender, unless requested otherwise.
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Recently, several Knowledge admin accounts were compromised. The admin accounts were
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if your Knowledge account password or email password is reused on another website,
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The Arbitration Committee may require a new RfA if your account is compromised.
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Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
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Use strong, unique passwords for your Knowledge account and associated email
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Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)
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describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
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Please don't remove/revert things on here, as I like to see everything.
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You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.
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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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How can I find out more about two-factor authentication (2FA)?
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Check that your password is strong (not simple or guessable).
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Thank you for your past contributions to the project. β€”
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is suitable for inclusion in Knowledge according to
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