User talk:SarekOfVulcan
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
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- A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
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CoalsCollective
[edit]Hello, SarekOfVulcan,
I was surprised you indefinitely blocked this editor while we were in the middle of a discussion on ANI and no one had suggested a block, much less an indefinite block, just an IBan. So, I was surprised to come back to the discussion and find one of the primary participants blocked and unable to participate further. And "disruptive editing" is kind of a catch-all block reason that doesn't provide much detail on what exactly you found blockworthy. But I guess it has something to do with this diff. Liz Read! Talk! 19:41, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- (edit conflict)As I said on ANI, their assertion that
I asked him to refrain, from kindness and courtesy, from commenting on pages while his case was being discussed at COIVRT
was contradicted, several times over, by the first diff supplied. And their response to the IBan proposal withIf Arthur wishes to deny to the connection to his father here then of course I will accept that
was doubling down on the harassment. I was trying to give the discussion time to work itself out, but those last couple of edits convinced me that it wasn't going to go well. As I said, I expect discussion to continue, I'm not assuming that my block is the last word on the subject. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:49, 4 March 2025 (UTC)- For my part, User:SarekOfVulcan, I'm very grateful for your intervention. I've had quite a few of these circular discussions with Coals over the past few weeks, and I'm completely exhausted. Whether the discussion continues or not, at least it will have given me a little respite! ArthurTheGardener (talk) 20:10, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
I would suggest revoking TPA from User talk:CoalsCollective, as they've decided to return and simply cast aspersions again. Though they claim to be scrambling their account password, I don't know we should trust that. — The Hand That Feeds You:Bite 16:48, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
- Well, if they keep going after this, definitely something to consider. Not needed otherwise. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:27, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 67
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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 67, January – February 2025
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Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Happy First Edit Day! Hi SarekOfVulcan! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 05:04, 29 March 2025 (UTC) |  |
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2025
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
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- Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
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- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
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Books & Bytes – Issue 68
[edit]Issue 68, March–April 2025
In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.
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