Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

  Administrator changes

  Clovermoss
  Dennis Brown
 

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

 

  CheckUser changes

  Wugapodes

  Interface administrator changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

  Technical news

  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

  Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
  • Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

  Miscellaneous


February 2024

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Hey, can you review some of the edits and sources on Battle of Jigjiga (1900)? Some user keeps on reverting that page and I'm not really sure how to deal with him. Socialwave597 (talk) 19:22, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I've weighed in (a little) at Talk:Battle of Jigjiga (1900). -- Gyrofrog 22:23, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

  Miscellaneous


User talk:Abrasax123

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Could you please examine some of the edits and sources on the Amhara page? There's a user who keeps reverting changes, but I believe that my edits better suit the page overall. I have listed several reasons why the edits make more sense JUMPp1harm (talk) 01:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Balcha Safo

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Hello, there's currently a dispute going on in Balcha Safo, I'd appreciate if you could weigh in here and break the stalemate on the talk page. Thanks Socialwave597 (talk) 22:55, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

Happy First Edit Day!

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Invitation to join the Twenty Year Society

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Dear Gyrofrog,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Twenty Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for twenty years or more. ​

Best regards, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

— The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the Thanks

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cheers mate, and happy 20 years :D -REDACTED403 (talk) 13:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

  Administrator changes

  Nyttend
 

  Bureaucrat changes

  Nihonjoe
 

  CheckUser changes

  Joe Roe

  Oversight changes

  GeneralNotability

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

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The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

  Administrator changes

  Graham Beards
 

  Bureaucrat changes

 
 

  Oversight changes

  Dreamy Jazz

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Nomination for deletion of Template:Cite NewGroveJazz2002

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 Template:Cite NewGroveJazz2002 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym (talk) 07:44, 7 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 

  Technical news

  Miscellaneous


Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

  Administrator changes

  Isabelle Belato
 

  Interface administrator changes

  Izno
 

  CheckUser changes

  Barkeep49

  Technical news

  • Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
  • Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

  Arbitration


Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

  Administrator changes

  Pppery

  Interface administrator changes

  Pppery
 

  Oversighter changes

  Wugapodes

  CheckUser changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
  • A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 

  CheckUser changes

 
 

  Guideline and policy news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .

Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC) Reply

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 

  CheckUser changes

  Maxim

  Oversighter changes

  Maxim

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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Hello,

I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Wikipedia. If you haven’t yet had a chance, there is still time to participate– we’d truly appreciate your feedback. The survey is anonymous and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement.

Take the survey here.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:17, 13 November 2024 (UTC) Reply

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

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Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

 

  Administrator changes

 
 
 

  Interface administrator changes

 
  Pppery

  CheckUser changes

 

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Arbitration