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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

  • Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

Tech News: 2023-36

MediaWiki message delivery 23:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-37

MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

AdminStats

Hello, JamesR,

Just thought I'd inquire because User:JamesR/AdminStats hasn't updated for a few days now. It's a useful page so I hope whatever has stopped the bot from updating it can get resolved. Hope you are well and having a great September. Liz Read! Talk! 15:12, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi Liz, thanks for your message. Looks like the last run got stuck on a database error and never restarted. I've given it a bump and it should run on the next schedule. — JamesR (talk) 23:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-38

MediaWiki message delivery 19:18, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-39

MediaWiki message delivery 16:49, 26 September 2023 (UTC)