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Threat

Hi Stewards' recently I received AWB rights on English Wikipedia and I had installed JS wiki Browser on global.js . I can now use the script on all Wikimedia projects including one here at Meta. Since it is a tool that is used for making repetitive or continuous editing it can make huge edits. But I scare that it can also be used for vandalism on a very huge extend. This tool is used globally and if restrictions (as on enwp/Commons) than only specific people can use it orelse anyone can use it making as a free available mass vandalism tool. It has some check page that can only restrict its usage on that wiki. I request to find out a way that this tool and others similar (if any) has been made compulsorily asked local permission before usage on local project as a mass vandalism prevention step.

--Tiven2240 (talk) 07:35, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There are easier ways of vandalizing than using AWB, and I don't recall any AWB vandalism on small wikis during my tenure. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. – Ajraddatz (talk) 08:01, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ajraddatz: I completely agree that there are different ways too. But isn't mass vandalism possible by this tools? I had used it first on my local wiki almost 500 constructive edits but what about it if they were used for vandalism. In small wiki there are no frequently visiting administrators that can stop. Till the time they visit it would be a lot of disruptive edits. --Tiven2240 (talk) 08:08, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mass vandalism can be reverted by stewards, global sysops, and global rollbackers nearly instantly using mass rollback scripts. We monitor small wiki recent changes using an IRC feed, and could respond very quickly. AWB does not pose a significant threat to small wikis. – Ajraddatz (talk) 08:14, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, as someone who has fixed URLs crosswiki, I see this as a feature not a bug. --Rs chen 7754 08:16, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ajraddatz: am not reporting any vandalism here am just asking to find out a preventative measure. Is there a need for the vandalism to happen for taking any steps?. Can't we have some preventive steps for the issue I mentioned above? --Tiven2240 (talk) 08:21, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, as Rschen and Ajraddatz said this a) has its benefits and b) there is no problem. Thus a preventive action would not be warranted. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:44, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep in mind the balancing of risk that would be needed as well with the work required to manage it; if you implement AWB controls on a wiki with little or no administrators, who is going to manage the legitimate access requests? I've personally fired up AWB to fix random templates, etc on small wikis that were causing Lint Errors - having to go through a registration process would have meant I would have just skipped it. — xaosflux ^Talk 20:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This seems to be largely a solution in search of a problem.Whilst I appreciate OP's concern(s), I don't support any prohibition on AWB access on other-wikis.Winged Blades of Godric (talk) 15:33, 30 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As a Commons admin I have had to undertake crosswiki updates due to files, so having to seek permission on 00s of wikis to be able to edit would be butt-ugly, especially where there are no admins. As such I support the commentary about AWB and maintenance of the status quo. If we had an issue at a small wiki then it is a quick and easy measure to individually implement a stop measure at that wiki. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:57, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Disable privacy violating JavaScript on he.wikivoyage

Hi stewards, can someone disable (commenting out is fine) the importScript('MediaWiki:MapFrame.js'); line on wikivoyage:he:MediaWiki:Common.js? It is making external requests to a third-party server for all users unconditionally, a violation of the privacy policy. It was noticed on phab:T186247. Thanks, Legoktm (talk) 23:29, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done by voy:he:Special:Diff/190999 (global sysop action) --rxy (talk) 23:40, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- I apply hack in voy:he:Special:Diff/191003 then I reverted above action.--rxy (talk) 01:28, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2018 Steward elections results

The 2018 Steward elections have ended at 14:00 UTC.

The Election Committee, after verifying the votes, has announced the final results, Therefore the following 5 candidates were elected:

The Election Committee wishes to thank all of the candidates for their time and interest and the voters for the time spent reviewing the candidates and taking part in this important global process. Also the ElectCom wishes to thank all the other volunteers who helped in the coordination of the election process.

The results of the 2018 Stewards confirmation will be determined in the upcoming days.

For the Election Committee,

RadiX ∞ 18:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stryn (talk) 18:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

HakanIST (talk) 19:21, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mardetanha ^talk 07:31, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wahooo new stewards!! Congrats all! – Ajraddatz (talk) 18:38, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you to all the other candidates for standing, the !voters for their insights, and the election committee for organizing the election. Green Giant (talk) 19:20, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's just voters, steward elections are a vote, begone silly enwiki words!!!! – Ajraddatz (talk) 19:46, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Old habits die hard :) Green Giant (talk) 20:14, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I too would like to thank the election committee for organizing this election, all the other candidates and all those who voted (both for and against) - your comments of support are humbling as always, and the constructive criticism provided will help me become a better contributor. Thank you - TNT^❤ 19:22, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations to all. Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 19:52, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all (The election committee, candidates, voters & watchers) , wish we'll do well --Alaa :)..! 20:02, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome new stewards! — xaosflux ^Talk 20:03, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ladies and gentleman, I'll have to be less lazy (see my userpage) now

— regards, Revi 20:07, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and good luck to the new stewards! Trijnstel_talk 21:39, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to all Wikimedians! --rxy (talk) 21:41, 28 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Content dispute over at Administrators of Wikimedia projects/Croatian projects

There's a content dispute over at Administrators of Wikimedia projects/Croatian projects. One of the administrators from Croatian Wikipedia keeps changing the list in a way that does not correspond to the actual rights users have. For example, they keep changing the rights of Dalibor Bosits, Denny and Joy from 'sysop' to 'ex-sysop' even though the users in question still have those rights (see here, here and here under 'hr.wikipedia.org'). Their several requests to have the rights removed were rejected by stewards, so unless another steward chooses to actually comply with their request, I don't see the point of inaccurately changing the list. See the talk page for a more in-depth explanation. -- 89.111.226.77 17:33, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This page has been protected pending an outcome. Note this is obviously not a "content" issue in the traditional sense. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Xaosflux, we are having a problem with a parachutist IP that ignores the attitude of the community of editors of Wikipedia in Croatian. Are we going to please the parachutists IP's that do not edit nor maintain the project or the true active users that express their attitude and expose their reputation by writing articles, voting or discussing? Kubura (talk) 20:26, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stewards have nothing to reject, they are obliged to according to the explicit will of the community.
For some reason, this IP dislikes the outcome of the discussion and voting and puts himself above the whole community. That IP is not from Croatia, but from Republika Srpska, entity of Radovan Karadžić, the entity that was in war with Croatia (that is completely ethnically cleansed, almost no Croats there), from which the aggression on Croatia took place.
Anyway, no answer, no explanation from the steward Vituzzu. Not towards me, not towards whole hr.wiki - he did not show up on our Village pump. Kubura (talk) 20:35, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You've yet to explain what a 'parachutist IP' is. Based on your overall tone, I assume it's not a compliment. Anywho, people can contribute anonymously and, as I've said before, if you've got a problem with that, that's entirely on you. Furthermore, I'm by no means 'ignoring the attitude of the community of editors of Wikipedia in Croatian'. Your requests were denied twice here on Meta. I'm merely making sure you're not inaccurately changing certain pages. If another steward chooses to comply with your request, I'm not going to stand in your way in terms of editing that page. If that doesn't happen (and it most likely won't), you ought to stop vandalizing the page with inaccurate information. By the way, you get an A+ for the personal attacks / ramblings, based on geolocating my IP address, that have nothing do to with this discussion at all. Stay classy and make sure you avoid addressing anything substantial as usual. -- 89.111.226.77 22:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've just noticed that you're now canvassing people to harass @Xaosflux: and @Vituzzu:, and myself while you continue to play the victim, even though you're objectively the one who keeps putting in inaccurate information on that page. This is just bizarre at this point. -- 89.111.226.77 22:56, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, looks like Vituzzu replied saying that they won't be fulfilling this request and that it's unlikely any other steward will either, so... That should put this to a rest, I reckon. -- 89.111.226.77 01:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New creations on sdwiki

New pages on sdwiki show a possible bot editor rapidly creating pages with no useful content. The wiki has 2 administrators, one making their last action on the 22nd of February. A quick cleanup would be much appreciated. --Eurodyne (talk) 02:57, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]