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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
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- A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.
Technical news
- Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.
Arbitration
- The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.
Miscellaneous
- The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.
Happy First Edit Day!
 | Happy First Edit Day! Hi Nancy! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 23:12, 4 June 2023 (UTC) |  |
Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
Technical news
- Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
Miscellaneous
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
Copy draft to page
Hello Nancy, I need assistance with copying a deleted draft to my page so that I can use that draft once the errors i'm receiving in editing are mitigated. Thank you! LeahDDaughtry (talk) 15:25, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, @LeahDDaughtry, I'm afraid Nancy hasn't edited in a while, so you might not receive a timely response. If you are seeking help, feel free to come over at Wikipedia:Teahouse. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 19:35, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
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Guideline and policy news
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
Technical news
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
Arbitration
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).
Administrator changes
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Technical news
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
Arbitration
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
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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
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Technical news
- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
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
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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.
Dear Nancy, I'm looking for someone who could make a note on Wikipedia about me. I'm an artist and I got the information that I should get in Touch with one of the administrators.
I'm basically working in Film on both sides. Here is the information about me. The link to IMdB is https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918297/ Best Stefan
Stefan Weinert (born 26 April 1964) is a German actor, director, writer, and producer. He is best known for his performances in the Spanish films The Photographer of Mauthausen (2018), The Chessplayer (2017), the Netflix series’ Jaguar (2021-) and the Brazilian series Passport to Freedom.
He has won the Cinema for Peace Award for his documentary The Family (2014).
Career
Weinert launched his career in 1986 when he took on a leading role in the play Tchaikovsky. After numerous successful theater productions, he decided to shift his focus.
In 1991, he graduated as a master student of Axel Manthey and Klaus Zehelein from the renowned University of Applied Arts in Vienna, where he studied stage and film design and received a Magister Artium degree.
Weinert moved to Barcelona in 1991 and worked as an art director and set designer, including at opera houses such as the Vienna State Opera and the Cologne City Opera.
In 1995, he appeared in front of the camera for the first time in Manuel Poll's film Pan in Barcelona, where he discovered his passion for film. After brief intermissions and camera acting classes in New York, Geneva, and Vienna, he moved back to Germany in 1997, where he worked as a film actor.
In 2001, he appeared in his first international film, The Musketeer, alongside Catherine Deneuve and Tim Roth. In 2004, he co-starred with Patrick Swayze, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Val Kilmer in George and the Dragon, and in 2006 he was in a supporting role alongside Tom Hardy and Rutger Hauer.
In 2017, he made his debut as the antagonist Colonel Maier in the Spanish film The Chessplayer. 2018, he played the Mauthausen commander in the film The Photographer of Mauthausen with Mario Casas.
In 2021, he played the role of Otto Bachmann, a character based on a true figure, known as the most dangerous man in Europe, who is hunted by survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp, Blanca Suarez, Oscar Casas, in the Spanish Netflix series Jaguar. This was followed by the Brazilian series Passport to Freedom, based on the true story of Aracy de Carvalho who helped Jews obtain visas to flee to Brazil, alongside Sophie Charlotte and Rodrigo Lombardi.
In 2023, Weinert took on the role of the antagonist Friedrich Schneider in the Spanish TV production Operation Barrio Ingles.
In addition to his acting work, he has been working as a director and producer of short films and documentaries, representing the Federal Republic of Germany at international film festivals.
On February 8, 2009, his first 90-minute documentary Face the Wall (Gesicht zur Wand) premiered at the Volksbühne Berlin, with Weinert being responsible for the script, production, and direction.
Gesicht zur Wand was awarded the "highly recommended" predicate and "Documentary of the Month" by the Wiesbaden Film Evaluation Center on October 9, 2009.
On August 23, 2013, his second cinema documentary The Family (Die Familie) premiered at the Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal, with Weinert once again responsible for the script, production, and direction. The film was awarded the "highly recommended " predicate and "Documentary of the Month" by the Wiesbaden Film Evaluation Center on July 31, 2013.
In 2021, his documentary Lost children (Verlorene Kinder) about forced adoptions in the former GDR premiered on RBB German television.
Filmography
· 2024: El correo, François Letissier, (Cinema)
· 2023: Oderbruch, Arthur Kring (young), Main Cast (TV-Series, 4 episodes)
· 2023: Operación Barrio Inglés, Friedrich Schneider, Main Cast (TV-Series, 8 episodes)
· 2021: Passport to Freedom, Milton Hardner, Main Cast (TV-Series, 8 episodes)
· 2021: Jaguar, Otto Bachman, Lead role/antagonist (TV-Series, 6 episodes)
· 2021: Lost Children (TV-Documentary, Director & Producer)
· 2020: Dime Quién Soy: Mistress of War, Ulrich Jürgens, Lead episode (TV-Series, 9 episodes)
· 2020: Heirs of the Night, Redmask Leader (TV-Series)
· 2020: Ludzie i Bogowie, Alfred Spilker (TV-Series, 9 episodes)
· 2019: Matula, Banker – Tod auf Mallorca (TV Movie)
· 2019: Torpedo, German Officer (Cinema)
· 2019: Capitani, Holzengel Lumberman (TV-Series, 1 episode)
· 2018: The Tale of a Thousand and One Lives, Thomas‘ Father (Cinema)
· 2018: The Photographer of Mauthausen, Franz Ziereis (Cinema)
· 2017: The Past we live in, Karl Krämer (Short)
· 2017: Clash of Futures, Karl (TV-Series, 1 episode)
· 2017: The Chessplayer, Coronel Maier (Cinema)
· 2016: Notruf Hafenkante, Lemmi (TV-Series, 2 episodes)
· 2014–2015: Binny and the Ghost (TV-Series, 10 episodes)
· 2014: Koslowski & Haferkamp, Rolf Magus (TV-Series, 1 episode, This Is Not a Love Song)
· 2013: The Family (feature Documentary, Cinema, Director & Producer)
· 2013: The End of Lies, Dr. Heiko Becker (TV Movie)
· 2013: Wilsberg – Treuetest, Nachtweyh (TV-Series)
· 2013: Air Force One is Down, Racic (TV Mini-series, 2 Episodes)
· 2012: Belle du Seigneur, Van Vries (Cinema)
· 2012: Blind Spot, Huremovic (Cinema)
· 2011: Geister all inclusive, Van Haal (TV Movie)
· 2011: Hindenburg: The Last Flight, Sturbannführer Jürgens (TV Movie)
· 2010: The Last Cop, Harry Domaschke (TV-Series, 1 Episode Nachtschicht)
· 2009: Face the wall (feature Documentary, Cinema, Director & Producer)
· 2009: Lasko – The Fist of God, Erik (TV-Series, 1 Episode Milena)
· 2009: Genug ist nicht genug, Andreas Clemens (TV Movie)
· 2009: Zwölf Winter, Teacher JVA (TV Movie)
· 2008: Cologne P.D., Klaus Münch (TV-Series, 1 Episode, Folge Mörder an Bord)
· 2008: Tatort – Waffenschwestern, Cop
· 2008: Vampire Party, Lieutenant Mr. Francis 1, (Cinema)
· 2008: Mordshunger, Designer Schramm (TV Movie)
· 2008: Entführt – Ich hol dich da raus, Gregor Tretjakov (TV Movie)
· 2007: Tarragona –Paradise on Fire, Colonel Bending (TV Movie)
· 2007: Crash Kids: Trust No One, Commissioner (TV Movie)
· 2007: Von Müttern und Töchtern, Carlos (TV Movie)
· 2006: Tom Turbo, Kara (TV-Series, 1 Episode)
· 2006: Rick & Olli, Louis B. Maier (TV-Series, 1 Episode)
· 2006: Hammer & Hart, Chauffeur (TV Movie)
· 2006: Deepfrozen, Police Officer (Cinema)
· 2006: Minotaur, Taran (Cinema)
· 2006: Die Familienanwältin, Prosecutor (TV-Series, 1 Episode Hinter dem Spiegel)
· 2005: Starfly, Bobby’s Father (Short)
· 2005: Unsolved (TV-Series, 1 Episode Nichts als die Wahrheit)
· 2005: Tatort – Schürfwunden, Lawyer
· 2005: Der Clown, Martin Schneider (Cinema)
· 2004: George and the Dragon, Mercenary #1 (Cinema)
· 2003: Tatort – Frauenmorde, Steward
· 2003: Gate to Heaven, Lawyer (Cinema)
· 2003: For You Tonight, Ted (Cinema)
· 2002: Twin Sisters, German Officer (Cinema)
· 2002: Blue Hope, Jeweler (Cinema)
· 2002: A Heavenly Gamble, Gay Angel (TV Movie)
· 2001, 2006: A case for Two (TV-Series, Georg Steiner & Charly 2 Episodes)
· 2001: Sass, SS Officer (Cinema)
· 2001: The Musketeer, Mercenary #2 (Cinema)
· 2001: Lady Cop, Mirek (TV-Series, 1 Episode Bitteres Ende)
· 2001: Tatort – Tödliche Tagung, Lifeguard
· 2001: Liebe unter weißen Segeln, Spanish Doctor (TV Movie)
· 2000: Lava, Messe (Cinema)
· 2000: Die Motorrad-Cops – Hart am Limit, Christian Pocher (TV-Series, 1 Episode Operation toter Mann)
· 2000–2017: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (TV-Series, Boris Hackbarth, Policemen, Becker, Max Strunf, 4 Episodes)
· 1999, 2006: Balko (TV-Series, No. 1, Jürgen Glaser, 2 Episodes)
· 1999: Tatort – Absolute Diskretion, Policemen
· 1999: Der Clown, Attla (TV-Series, 1 Episode Der Rattenfänger)
· 1999: Gloomy Sunday – Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod , SS Officer (Cinema)
· 1999: Kommissar Rex, Milo (TV-Series, 1 Episode Der Verlierer)
· 1999: Relative Strangers, Policemen (TV Mini-series, 2 Episodes)
· 1999: Tatort – Nie wieder Oper (TV-Series)
· 1997, 1998: Die Wache (TV-Series, Mafioso, Portier, Antonio, 3 Episodes)
· 1998: Der Eisbär (Kino)
· 1998: Die Neue – Eine Frau mit Kaliber, Udo Lischka (TV-Series, 1 Episode) 1998: Für alle Fälle Stefanie, Policemen (TV-Series, 1 Episode Aus der Bahn geworfen)
· 1998: Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt, Animal Keeper (TV-Series, 1 Episode Der Kronzeuge)
· 1997–1998: Verbotene Liebe, Eddy (TV-Series, 3 Episodes)
· 1997: Lindenstraße, Eduard Kiermeyer (TV-Series, 4 Episodes)
· 1996: Die Liebe des Ganoven, Vinzenz (TV Movie) Stefan Weinert (talk) 19:07, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).
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Technical news
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.
Arbitration
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
- Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
- Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
- Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
- Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
- Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
- An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.
Miscellaneous
- The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat 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
- 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.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. 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 here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 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!
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
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Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
Technical news
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
Miscellaneous
- 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.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
Good article reassessment for Cannons (house)
Cannons (house) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 02:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
user recovery
Hamisi Gift Musitwa popularly known as Volvexzshawa was deleted from Wikipedia by my research I do believe this was a mistake kindly look into that Teresia Akinyi Achilo (talk) 06:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Please Provide Access to Deleted Article
Hi Nancy,
I recently edited the living persons biography wiki entry for Michael Frese, psychologist and academic. I receive a message that the entry had been deleted, and that I can request for it here to use as a draft for the updated entry to be reviewed by an editor. I'm not sure what you need from me to get me access to the deleted entry, but I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks BanthoMotlapele (talk) 10:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
deleted page
Dear Nancy,
I hope this message finds you well. I am getting in touch because a page I drafted has not been approved and is now deleted, and I was asked to get in touch with a moderator (provided in a list) from whom I could get a copy of the content back. I will be super grateful if you could please return my draft back to my user page? The draft was called "Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar".
Many thanks and best wishes! MorningEtoile (talk) 10:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
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.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- 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.
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
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- 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!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
Happy First Edit Day!
Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
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
- 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.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Deleted Page
You did not delete our page listed as Janimation. However, I was told you could assist with helping get it restored if we follow the right criteria.We have the articles for deletion/Janimation but I'm not sure how to proceed next. The Janimation page was up for a decade before it was taken down so it was a little surprising and we were not sure what we had done wrong after so long. JaniOctopus (talk) 16:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Save the deleted content
Hello Nancy, my contribution got deleted because Jimfbleak, my contribution reviewer, said I wrote about it in a neutral and objective way. Can you get it back to draft so I can give it an update? Thank you. Gniquyij (talk) 10:46, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
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
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
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
- 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.
Miscellaneous
- 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!
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- 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 Wikipedia 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.
Arbitration
- 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).
Miscellaneous
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- 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.
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
- 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.
Miscellaneous
- 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!
Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- 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 Wikipedia: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 news
- 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.
Arbitration
- 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.