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== Administrators' newsletter – January 2024 == | |||
== Happy New Year, Gogo Dodo! == | |||
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'''Gogo Dodo''',<br />Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable ], and thanks for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. | |||
<br /><span style="color: blue">—</span> ] <sup><span style="font-size:80%">⋠]⋡</span></sup> 00:19, 2 January 2023 (UTC)<br /><br /> | |||
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== Administrators' newsletter – January 2023 == | |||
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] '''Guideline and policy news''' | |||
*] ] (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an ]. | |||
] '''Arbitration''' | ] '''Arbitration''' | ||
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping| |
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Aoidh}}, {{Noping|Cabayi}}, {{Noping|Firefly}}, {{Noping|HJ Mitchell}}, {{Noping|Maxim}}, {{Noping|Sdrqaz}}, {{Noping|ToBeFree}}, {{Noping|Z1720}}. | ||
* Following a ], the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were ]. | |||
* The ] has ] with many changes to the ] procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month. | |||
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed. | * The arbitration case '']'' has been closed. | ||
] '''Miscellaneous''' | ] '''Miscellaneous''' | ||
* The ] is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the ]. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. ] | |||
* Voting for the ] has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023. | |||
* '''Tech tip''': You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using which won the Newcomer award in the recent ]. | |||
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== Administrators' newsletter – February |
== Administrators' newsletter – February 2024 == | ||
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] '''Guideline and policy news''' | ] '''Guideline and policy news''' | ||
* An ] about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback. | |||
*Following ], the ] now requires that prior written consent be gained from the ] to mark a block as only appealable to the committee. | |||
*Following ], consensus has been found to impose the ] over the topic areas of ] and ]. | |||
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* Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. ({{phab|T326065}}) | |||
* The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages. | |||
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* Following a ], 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. | |||
*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023. | |||
* Community feedback is ] for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at ]. | |||
*In December, the ] was adopted which replaces the ]. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial ]. There is ] of the changes and ] for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at ]. | |||
] '''Miscellaneous''' | ] '''Miscellaneous''' | ||
*Voting in the ] will begin on |
* Voting in the ] will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The ] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically to vote. | ||
* A vote to '''ratify the charter for the ]''' is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via ]. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found ]. | |||
* Voting in the ] will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023. | |||
* Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the ]. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. ] | |||
*'''Tech tip''': ] is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier. | |||
* The ] is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{tl|Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. ] | |||
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== Administrators' newsletter – March |
== Administrators' newsletter – March 2024 == | ||
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* ] of the 2024 ] is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the ]. | |||
*Following a ], ] (useless non-media files) has been deprecated. | |||
* Following ], the inactivity requirement for the removal of the ] right increased from 6 months to 12 months. | |||
*Following a ], the Portal CSD criteria (] (portal subject to CSD as an article) and ] (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated. | |||
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* The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. ({{phab|T353388}}) | |||
* The results of the ] have been ]. | |||
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* ] of the ] has ]. | |||
* The proposed decision for the ] case is expected 7 March 2023. | |||
* A case related to the ] is expected to be opened soon. | |||
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* The 2024 appointees for the ] are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] as members, with ] serving as steward-observer. | ||
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: ], ], and ]. | * Following the ], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. | ||
* The ] has started, which ] a {{tq|roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing}}. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023. | |||
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== Hi Question == | |||
== Administrators' newsletter – April 2023 == | |||
Can you help me create a[REDACTED] page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? ] (]) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
] from the past month (March 2023). | |||
: on your talk page. -- ] (]) 03:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Glad to see you are around. ] (]) 21:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
*Hear hear. ] (]) 21:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Hello young Mr Dodo! ] ] ] 22:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC). | |||
Thanks! Good to be back. -- ] (]) 03:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
== Administrators' newsletter – April 2024 == | |||
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* An ] is open to convert all current and future ] to (community designated) ]. | |||
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* The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. ({{Phab|T313405}}) | |||
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*An ] to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy". | |||
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* Editors are invited to ''']''' for ], an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve ] and other core articles on Misplaced Pages. | |||
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For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, ] (]) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- ] (]) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::Yep. Thanks again. ] (]) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
:::In the meantime, our genius is at it again. ] (]) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
::::Of course. I locked them. -- ] (]) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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* Phase I of the ] has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including ] (3b) and ] (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as ] (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the ]. | |||
* A ] is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving ] should be referred to the ]. | |||
] '''Technical news''' | ] '''Technical news''' | ||
* Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. 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. ] | |||
* Some older ]s will not be able to use ] on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of ]. ({{phab|T178356}}) | |||
* The ] has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default. | |||
* A link to the user's ] page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on ]. This was voted #17 in the ]. | |||
] '''Arbitration''' | ] '''Arbitration''' | ||
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* A case about ] has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023. | |||
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* This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA. | |||
* A ] is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the ]. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. ] | |||
* Voting for the ] election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the ] and ''']''' | |||
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* ] of the ] has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in ]. | |||
* A ] about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback. | |||
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* The ] feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. ] | |||
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* WikiProject Reliability's ] is happening in June 2024 to replace {{tl|citation needed}} tags with references! ''']''' | |||
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] from the past month (June 2024). | |||
In 2015 you deleted and protected this page from creation. I'm requesting that the page be recreated as a redirect to ] as an <nowiki>{{R from pseudonym}}</nowiki>, since Court wrote several novels using that pen name. Thanks. ] (]) 21:34, 7 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
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I'd like to make a page for the band Schleim-Keim. I see that 15 years ago, a page with that name was removed, and that space directs me to you. If that page was for the band, perhaps it was deleted because of notability? In the interim, several books have been written about the band, and the remaining band members have made reunion appearances. I've put together a first draft of a possible page here: | |||
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This includes a translation of the German[REDACTED] page, which I've then updated with more sources, and edited for content that wasn't referenced. I imagine over time I could expand and improve the article further, but I don't want to continue if this can't go anywhere. Could you have a look at what I've done and advise me? ] (]) 00:51, 5 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
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* Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. ] on MediaWiki. ({{phab|T6086}}) | |||
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* The Arbitration Committee ] the following administrators to the ]: {{noping|Bilby}}, {{noping|Extraordinary Writ}} | |||
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
[REDACTED] Oversighter changes
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Interface administrator changes
- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)
- 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.
- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
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- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ*ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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Can you help me create a[REDACTED] page for guitarist Fabrizio Bicio Leo or no? Denny009 (talk) 10:27, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
- Replied on your talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Long time no see.
Glad to see you are around. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hear hear. Drmies (talk) 21:35, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
- Hello young Mr Dodo! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 22:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC).
Thanks! Good to be back. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
- 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 Misplaced Pages.
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Thank you
For this . Since they're hopping from one sock to the next, those articles really need to be locked. Cheers, 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Perhaps, but I suspect he will just move to another LOTR article and we will end up chasing him all over the place. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:23, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yep. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- In the meantime, our genius is at it again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yep. Thanks again. 2601:19E:4180:6D50:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 05:25, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
- Of course. I locked them. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
[REDACTED] Oversight changes
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Misplaced Pages. 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
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
[REDACTED] Oversight changes
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Interface administrator changes
- 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.
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Interface administrator changes
[REDACTED] Oversighter changes
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
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- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
[REDACTED] Oversighter changes
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
- 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
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
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Reminder to participate in Misplaced Pages research
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Interface administrator changes
- Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.
- The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
- An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
[REDACTED] Oversight changes
- Following an RFC, Misplaced Pages:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
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