Wiki governance audit/2021/Wikibooks

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General instructions On the checklist page, indicate what has been checked (or in some cases, not checked) and the problems that are found. Any problems found do not have to be related to the checklist, but could plausibly be solved with reasonable effort. If you have to ask another user for help, or post on a page, indicate that you have done so and a reasonable timeframe to check back and make sure that proper action was taken. Sometimes proper action is not feasible (technically/politically/etc.) That is okay, but note that for next year. Bureaucracy Should the wiki even exist? Generally, the answer is almost always yes. CPP summarizes valid reasons why it should not anymore. Generally, the issue would be a very small number of pages. Chapter or user group wikis are owned by that chapter or user group. If that group ceases to exist it is unclear what happens. If the wiki seems to be out of date or unused, it may be worth following up with the group to see if they still want to keep using it. Should the wiki allow global sysops? The cutoff is less than 10 admins or less than 3 admins making a logged action within the last 2 months. However, stewards have been reluctant to enforce the 10 admins part. However, local communities are allowed to override default behavior. See Global sysops/Local discussions. If you think that a community needs help but doesn't fall below the threshold, you are welcome to start a discussion with that community. Change requests should be made at SRM. Should the wiki adopt the global bot policy? The instructions are at Bot policy/Implementation. It is probably best to focus on wikis that don't have bureaucrats; wikis with lots of admins/bureaucrats that have not signed on probably have rejected the policy. Confusion Do the sidebar pages lead to valid destinations? Are they listed on Project:Village pump (Q16503)? Are they on Distribution list/Global message delivery? Inactivity Are there inactive rights holders (admin/interface admin/bureaucrat/CU/OS)? [1] Any CU/OS that has no edits/logged actions in over 1 year can be removed by going straight to SRP. If the wiki is listed at Admin activity review/Local inactivity policies then ask a bureaucrat or admin to perform the policy and remove the inactive admins. If all the admins are inactive under that policy it is unclear what to do. Some requests at SRP in that situation have been successful. Chapter wikis and some other special wikis are exempt from the global AAR. See User:Openbk/list2 for a list. But it may be worth asking around (i.e. the chapter) to have admins removed who are clearly inactive, or to come up with an inactivity policy. If the wiki does fall under AAR: what happened in this year's run? Occasionally wikis are indeed missed for some odd reason. 2021 note: if AAR for this year has not happened yet then please let that process run, and focus on rights holders who have been inactive for 3 years and were missed in AAR19. Are speedy deletions backing up? Check on Global sysops/Speedy delete requests. If an administrator has edited recently, ask them to review. If not or they do not answer after 7 days, go to SRM. Check Special:RecentChanges - are there any obvious problems? (vandalism/spam not being addressed, runaway bots, etc.) Are there long-term projects related to this wiki on SRM that aren't being addressed? Malicious behavior If there are no current administrators, some of the following steps can be skipped. Typically the two most abused admin rights have to do with blocking and user rights. Check Special:Log/block. Focus on blocks of established users. On a cursory glance does this seem right to you? Are blocks being made that show that the admin has no idea how to do range blocks? Check Special:Log/rights. It is the general expectation of stewards nowadays that permanent adminship requires 8 support votes, and bureaucrat requires 15 support votes. +sysop/crat without any obvious discussion is troubling. (Chapter/test wikis are given an exemption from this). Check the user rights structure through pages like Special:Statistics or Special:ListGroupRights. Does it make sense to you? Check the CU and OS logs. Even if there are no permanent CU/OS holders, it is worth a check to determine if there has been misuse of rights by stewards, WMF staff, or OC. (Of course, the number of users who can actually check this is limited. There will be a separate item for this in the checklists, and we may have to close some annual rounds without this having been completed for all wikis). Obvious problems with content (NPOV, machine translations) should generally be referred to SWA, SRM, or RFC as appropriate. If there are recent RFCs or SWAs related to this wiki, they may be worth reviewing. Check AbuseFilter for malicious abusefilters. Previous examples: Requests_for_comment/Userrights_on_Hindi_Wikipedia#Comment_by_Nemo, User:Snowolf/List of wikis with weird restrictions This may require additional privileges if the filter is private. When you are making notes, please just state the facts and use diffs, and try to keep personal commentary to a minimum until this is referred to another venue. Generally issues from this section need to go to discussion with that admin, then with the community, then to RFC. User:Rschen7754/Help, my wiki went rogue! may also have some suggestions. Privacy Check for privacy-violating scripts: Load the wiki in a browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge. Open the developer console with F12, click on the Network tab, and reload the page. Are all the scripts from Wikimedia sites? (wmflabs.org is not okay, they do not have the same NDA that the production environment uses). If you are not an interface administrator (or GS/GEI/steward) you will need to request assistance at SRM.

Added to GMD, no other issues found. --Rs chen 7754 17:07, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 17:14, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to look at deletion requests. Proposed global bot policy. Added to GMD. --Rs chen 7754 17:27, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

2 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 03:57, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Added to GMD. Deletion requests out of scope. --Rs chen 7754 17:45, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 19:02, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:07, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Deletion requests out of scope. --Rs chen 7754 19:31, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 19:45, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Objection, closing as not done. --Rs chen 7754 18:18, 8 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 20:17, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 20:43, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 20:58, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 23:07, 23 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:15, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Something appears to be wrong with GMD here, filed phab:T313672. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:30, 24 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:18, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:36, 24 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:21, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review deletion requests. Not GS but activity is low, should be reviewed next time. Proposing global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:51, 24 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

8 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 03:43, 28 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 21:17, 17 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Moved stuck deletion request to GS/R. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:57, 24 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted. --Rs chen 7754 02:59, 24 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:23, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 05:51, 26 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review deletion requests. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 05:56, 26 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No answer, moved to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 21:56, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

2 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:02, 1 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 04:25, 19 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 05:59, 26 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Waiting a week to see if the admin candidate will take care of the deletion requests. Proposing global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 06:05, 26 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

A lot of pages deleted but I won't count those as they would have happened anyway. --Rs chen 7754 18:06, 29 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Moved 3 pages to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 02:11, 27 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:26, 27 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 03:47, 28 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 03:51, 28 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

A lot of inactive interface admins but no other problems found. --Rs chen 7754 00:57, 29 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 01:00, 29 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

More missing MassMessage issues but no other issues found. --Rs chen 7754 01:06, 29 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review deletion requests. --Rs chen 7754 06:09, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

3 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 17:31, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 17:48, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 17:57, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Admin is marked as bot. Numerous deletion requests going unactioned, asked admin but someone else asked already. Bureaucrat is inactive. Definitely a wiki of concern. --Rs chen 7754 18:08, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Moved to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 01:46, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

45 deleted, some still outstanding (but might not be actioned) --Rs chen 7754 23:02, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 01:02, 7 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 18:31, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 18:33, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review deletion requests. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 18:42, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

5 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:04, 4 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 18:48, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 18:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review speedy deletion requests. --Rs chen 7754 18:57, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

4 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 20:01, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed bot policy, moved deletion requests to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 19:36, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted, more outstanding. --Rs chen 7754 21:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

4 pages deleted, 1 left. --Rs chen 7754 03:55, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted. --Rs chen 7754 16:13, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 19:41, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 19:57, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 21:15, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 21:25, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Was opt-ed out of GMD [2], not sure this is the right call. Found a 1 month old spam page (!) --Rs chen 7754 21:33, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted. --Rs chen 7754 21:33, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

(削除) Moot anyway, I intend to propose the closure of the project. As that process can take months, (削除ここまで) leaving marked as done. --Rs chen 7754 22:12, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Referring to Small wiki audit/audits/Kyrgyz Wikibooks, there are some valid pages. --Rs chen 7754 22:52, 30 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 00:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposing global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 00:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposing global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 01:14, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposing global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 04:05, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 06:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Hit by the MassMessage bug. Significant number of copyvios and wrong language pages - sent some to SRM and also referred to Small wiki audit/audits/Macedonian Wikibooks. --Rs chen 7754 19:55, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

89 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 14:55, 2 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Global bot done, still issues. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Procedurally marking as done. --Rs chen 7754 01:57, 11 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. More MassMessage issues. --Rs chen 7754 21:42, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Asked admin to look at deletion request. --Rs chen 7754 21:51, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted. --Rs chen 7754 02:36, 1 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Asked admin to look at deletion request. --Rs chen 7754 22:05, 31 July 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Moved 3 pages to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 23:11, 7 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

3 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 23:24, 7 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 06:06, 1 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

2019: questions about inactivity, granting of bureaucratship. --Rs chen 7754 03:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked once again about the inactivity policy on VP. --Rs chen 7754 18:23, 1 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Only comment was a decline. --Rs chen 7754 01:09, 7 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Postscript: 2 admins removed. --Rs chen 7754 06:06, 18 March 2023 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 18:29, 1 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Moved speedy category to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 01:53, 2 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

52 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:47, 2 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 07:10, 2 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:34, 3 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 03:47, 3 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Asked admin to review deletion requests. --Rs chen 7754 03:55, 3 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Moved to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 01:21, 10 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

4 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 07:09, 10 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Requests for comment/Conflict in Russian Wikibooks - recommending closure. Asked admin to review deletion requests. --Rs chen 7754 04:46, 3 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

5 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:07, 3 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked for the RFC to be closed. --Rs chen 7754 05:21, 12 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

More massmessage issues. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 02:45, 4 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Will ask new admin to handle deletion requests. --Rs chen 7754 03:13, 4 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin. --Rs chen 7754 01:43, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

6 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 17:05, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Was added to global bot set. --Rs chen 7754 01:13, 7 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

2019: concerns about governance. --Rs chen 7754 03:18, 7 December 2020 (UTC) [reply ]

Concerns, but no issues found at this time. --Rs chen 7754 07:29, 4 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 01:16, 5 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Was done. --Rs chen 7754 01:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

More MassMessage issues. Proposed global bot policy. Some deletion requests at GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 01:29, 5 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

2 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 18:05, 5 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:41, 20 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 02:48, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Asked admin to review deletion requests. Proposed global bot policy. Notified admin of inactivity policy (1 month notice) --Rs chen 7754 04:16, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

4 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 17:04, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Inactivity part cancelled, user edited. --Rs chen 7754 23:08, 7 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 06:09, 8 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 04:29, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:12, 8 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

More MM issues. Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 04:39, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:30, 8 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 04:47, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:30, 8 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 04:51, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 04:55, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:10, 9 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 05:02, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 21:00, 10 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Moved 1 page to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 05:08, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

1 page deleted. --Rs chen 7754 17:01, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:16, 9 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 05:59, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:29, 9 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. Moved deletion requests to GS/R. --Rs chen 7754 06:04, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

5 pages deleted. --Rs chen 7754 17:02, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 18:26, 9 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Proposed global bot policy. --Rs chen 7754 06:10, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Done. --Rs chen 7754 01:56, 11 September 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

No issues found. --Rs chen 7754 06:14, 6 August 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

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