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== New administrator activity requirement ==
== Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago ==


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Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:
== ArbCom 2017 election voter message ==
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== Wikigraphists Bootcamp (2018 India) ==
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It is being planned to organize Wikigraphists Bootcamp in India, please fill out the survey form to help the organizers. Your responses will help organizers understand what level of demand there is for the event (how many people in your community think it is important that the event happens). At the end of the day, the participants will turn out to have knowledge to create drawings, illustrations, diagrams, maps, graphs, bar charts etc. and get to know to how to tune the images to meet the QI and FP criteria. '''For more information and link to survey form, please visit ]'''. ] (]) 12:46, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
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plague, war, pestilence, and stupidity in all corners. Trust your corner is still sufficient in things like safety, good sense and lack of drama. ] 02:59, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
== welcome ==


:It's all good, sir! — ] ] 11:37, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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== Administrators' newsletter – May 2022 ==
== Supporting Indian Misplaced Pages Program resource distribution ==


] from the past month (April 2022).
In 2017 - 2018, the Wikimedia Foundation and Google working in close coordination with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN) and user groups will pilot a program encouraging Misplaced Pages communities to create locally relevant and high-quality content in Indian languages. This program (Code name: Project Tiger) will:
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Phase (a) has been completed, during which active contributors were awarded laptops and internet stipends. Phase (b) will be a contest in which editors will come together and develop a writing contest focused on content gaps. Each month three individual prizes will be awarded to each community based on their contribution for the month. The prizes worth 3,000 INR, 2000 INR, and 1,000 INR, will be awarded to the top contributors for each month. The contest started at March 1, 2018, 0:00, and will end at May 31, 2018, 23:59 (IST). Useful links are as follows:


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Looking forward your participation, all the best. ] (]) ''on behalf of'' ] (]&nbsp;&bull;&#32;]) ''at'' 22:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC).
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== Cambodian visa policy towards Indians ==
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WP is not Wikitravel but such blatant discrimination in visa issuance policy is noteworthy in bilateral relations. Please clarify your reasons for removing the section as it pertains to one impoverished 3rd world nation discriminating against another or I am going to add it back. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:46, 22 March 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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== Reputation Whitewashing of Lawrence Liang ==


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Please do not vandalise the Lawrence Liang page by deleting information about his present career and providing earlier wrong info, and by deleting info on his sexual harassment inquiry finding. As noted by Nikhil Cariappa, a suspicious attempt at repetitional whitewashing is happening: https://twitter.com/NikhilCariappa1/status/979532465223036928 <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 07:58, 31 March 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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] '''Guideline and policy news'''
== Select Survey Invite ==
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== Administrators' newsletter – July 2018 ==


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:* Starting on July 9, the WMF Security team, Trust & Safety, and the broader technical community will be seeking input on an ] that will ] to a new ] user group. Bureaucrats and stewards will be able to grant this right per a community-defined process. The intention is to reduce the number of accounts who can edit frontend code to those who actually need to, which in turn lessens the risk of malicious code being added that compromises the security and privacy of everyone who accesses Misplaced Pages. For more information, please review the ].
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== Administrators' newsletter – August 2018 == ] from the past month (July 2022).


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* ] has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
:* After ], a new user group called "]" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages like ] and ], or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked by ]. ] to establish details for implementing the group on the English Misplaced Pages.
* ] has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.
:* Following a ], the ] style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links to ] should only be made as per the ]. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* The ] will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
:* The WMF ] is seeking input on the ] for the ] redesign that will introduce ]. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.
* Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (])

] '''Arbitration'''
* The arbitration case request '']'' has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

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* You can vote for candidates in the ] from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
* ] is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed ]. There are also a number of ] associated with Wikimania around the world.
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== Administrators' newsletter – September 2022 ==
== Thank you for the welcome ==
So inspired by the wiki workshop. Can't wait to submit my first article
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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* ] is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
:* Following ], six users have temporarily been made ] while ] for a more permanent process for assigning the permission. Interface administrators are now the only editors allowed to edit sitewide ] and ] pages, as well as CSS/JS pages in another user's userspace. Previously, all administrators had this ability. The right can be granted and revoked by bureaucrats.
* ] is open to gain consensus on whether ] is ] for science and politics.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* ] on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Misplaced Pages has been released.
:* Because of ] you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour.
* The WMF is looking into making a ] system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the ]. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up ] ].
:* Some ] variables ]. They are now easier to understand for non-experts. The old variables will still work but filter editors are encouraged to replace them with the new ones. You can find the list of changed variables ]. They have a note which says <code>Deprecated. Use ... instead</code>. An example is <code>article_text</code> which is now <code>page_title</code>.
:* Abuse filters ] how old a page is. The variable is <code>page_age</code>.


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* An arbitration case regarding ] has been closed. The Arbitration Committee ] as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
:* The Arbitration Committee has resolved to perform a round of ]. The usernames of all applicants will be shared with the ], and they will be requested to assist in the vetting process. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59 UTC, 12 September, and the candidates that move forward will be published on-wiki for community comments on 18 September.
* The arbitration case request '']'' has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

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* The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the ] before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
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* ], consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the ], a ] or an ] for action (as applicable, per ]) instead of the administrator making the block.
:* Following a ], the ] has been established. Currently only ], while a ] has begun on whether it should be available to non-admins.
* ], consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of ] is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
:* There is an open ] regarding the creation a new user group for global edit filter management.
* Community comment on ] is requested until 8 October.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* The ] now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at ] to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to {{myprefs|Gadgets}} and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.
:* ] should be available for testing in October on the ] and the . This new feature allows admins to block users from editing specific pages and in the near-future, namespaces and uploading files. You can expect more updates and an invitation to help with testing once it is available.
:* The Foundations' Anti-Harassment Tools team is currently looking for input on how to ]. This is in particular related to how they will measure the success of the aforementioned partial blocks.
:* Because of ], you will be able to read but not edit the Wikimedia projects for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time.


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* ] of the ''Muhammad images'' case will be rescinded 1 November following a ].
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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2022 ==
==Golriz Ghahraman==


] from the past month (October 2022).
Merging ] content into the core of a short biography, therefore flooding it, is absolutely not an improvement: it's making it worse. I have been ] and removed the content that you gave more prominence. I'm not sure about the best place for the remaining content, but it's impossible to resolve if you won't use the talk page. ] (]) 11:07, 6 October 2018 (UTC)


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:I was posting here to thoroughly apologise, because I'd carelessly assumed that you had reinstated Ascv's edit (which I seriously objected to as making things worse), when you had in fact done your own. I don't particularly object to your version of the wording there; although I feel it's a little bit POV in Ghahraman's favour and doesn't explain the controversy as well, I don't know that it's worth fussing over.
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:Of course, while I was writing this message, you (again without discussion) have removed the content entirely, which is completely unacceptable. I'm not going to revert you immediately in the interests of stopping a revert war, but please revert yourself to your previous edit. We're clearly not far apart and this whole dispute would be completely unnecessary if you'd discuss first rather than ignoring the talk page. ] (]) 11:15, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
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* Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand ].
* The ] case request titled ''Athaenara'' has been resolved by ].
* The ] case '']'' has entered the proposed decision stage.
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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2022 ==

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* ] to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
:* A ] determined that non-administrators will not be able to request ] access.
:* A ] is in progress to determine whether the ] should be closed and marked as historical. * The ] RfC has ].
* ] on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.
:* A ] has been ongoing about whether the ] (PROD) should be clarified or amended.
:* A ] is in progress to determine whether ] should be applied automatically to ] (TFA) in order to mitigate a recent trend of severe image vandalism.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the ]. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the ] gadget. ({{phab|T319449}})
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:* A ] is now available to quickly review unblock requests.
:* The ] is now accepting new proposals until November 11, 2018. The results of this survey will determine what software the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Tech team will work on next year. Voting on the proposals will take place from November 16 to November 30, 2018. Specifically, there is a proposal category for ] that may be of interest.


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
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* ] for the ] is open.
:* The Arbitration Committee's email address ] to ''{{email|arbcom-en|wikimedia.org}}''. Other email lists, such as functionaries-en and clerks-l, remain unchanged.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
* A ] has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing ].


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== ArbCom 2018 election voter message ==


] from the past month (December 2022).
{{Ivmbox|Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Voting in the ''']''' is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.


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:* Following a ], the ] is now closed and will no longer be accepting case requests.
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] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
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:* Voting in the ] is open to eligible editors until Monday 23:59, 3 December 2018. Please review ] and, if you wish to do so, submit your choices on ].
* 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.


] '''Miscellaneous''' ] '''Miscellaneous'''
* Voting for the ] has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
:* In late November, an attacker compromised multiple accounts, including at least four administrator accounts, and used them to vandalize Misplaced Pages. '''If you have ever used your current password on any other website, you should change it immediately.''' Sharing the same password across multiple websites makes your account vulnerable, especially if your password was used on ]. As these incidents have shown, these concerns are not pure fantasies.
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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2023 ==
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:* {{noping|Shock Brigade Harvester Boris}} (Raymond Arritt) passed away on 14 November 2018. Boris joined Misplaced Pages as {{noping|Raymond arritt}} on 8 May 2006 and was an administrator from 30 July 2007 to 2 June 2008.
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] '''Guideline and policy news'''
*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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* The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages.

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*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
*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'''
*Voting in the ] will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The ] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically to vote.
* 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.
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2023 ==
== Picture of Ang Mey ==


] from the past month (February 2023).
Very true, it's not a picture of poor ], but how did you know? (It's an engraving of a photo by Emile Gsell, taken during his visit to Phnom Penh about 1870.)] (]) 02:39, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
:A friend pointed it out to me privately. Also, there are no reliable sources pointing to that image as being legit. — ] ] 06:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
::Looking again I think it's the photo, not the subsequent engraving. The best source is Jim Mizerski's book, Cambodia Captured - it's about the two pioneering photographers of Cambodia, John Thompson (sp?) and Emile Gsell. They both visited in 1870 (I think). The photo of the queen (presumably Norodom's senior queen - he would have had five ranked queens, as was the custom in Buddhist kingdoms) shows her posed next to a table with a distinctive cloth, which appears throughout the series of photos of the royal household. Ang Mey at that time was at Udong, a few hours upriver, and I don't think anyone would have brought her down to Phnom Penh to join in the session. Anyway, Mizerski's book is the Reliable Source.] (]) 08:28, 14 December 2018 (UTC)


== Administrators' newsletter – January 2019 ==

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*Following a ], ] (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
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*Following a ], the Portal CSD criteria (] (portal subject to CSD as an article) and ] (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
::#''']''' (new): Disambiguation pages that disambiguate only zero or one existing pages are now covered under the new G14 criterion (]). This is {{tl|db-disambig}}; the text is unchanged and candidates may be found in ].
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::#''']''' (new): Redirects in the file namespace (and no ]) that have the same name as a file or redirect at ] are now covered under the new R4 criterion (]). This is {{tl|db-redircom}}; the text is unchanged.
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:* The Wikimedia Foundation ] all ] to enable ].
:* Members of the ] (BAG) are ]. After two years without any bot-related activity (e.g. operating a bot, posting on a bot-related talk page), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* The results of the ] have been ].
:*Starting on December 13, the Wikimedia Foundation security team implemented new ]. Privileged accounts (administrators, bureaucrats, checkusers, oversighters, interface administrators, bots, edit filter managers/helpers, template editors, ]) must have a password <u>at least 10 characters in length</u>. ''All'' accounts must have a password:
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:* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|AGK}}, {{noping|Courcelles}}, {{noping|GorillaWarfare}}, {{noping|Joe Roe}}, {{noping|Mkdw}}, {{noping|SilkTork}}.
* The proposed decision for the ] case is expected 7 March 2023.
* A case related to the ] is expected to be opened soon.


] '''Miscellaneous''' ] '''Miscellaneous'''
* The 2023 appointees for the ] are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] as regular members and ] as advisory members.
:* Accounts continue to be compromised on a regular basis. Evidence shows this is entirely due to the accounts having the same password that was used on another website that suffered a data breach. '''If you have ever used your current password on ''any'' other website, you should change it immediately.'''
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: ], ], and ].
:* Around 22% of admins have enabled ], up from 20% in June 2018. If you haven't already enabled it, please consider ]. Regardless of whether you use 2FA, please practice appropriate ] by ensuring your password is ] and unique to Wikimedia.
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:* A ] is currently open to reevaluate the ] for administrators.
:* Administrators who are blocked have the technical ability to block the administrator who blocked their own account. A recent ] has amended the ] to clarify that this ability should only be used in exceptional circumstances, such as account compromises, where there is a clear and immediate need.
:* A ] closed with a consensus in favor of deprecating '']'' as a permissible reference, and creating an edit filter to warn users who attempt to cite it.


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* Some older ]s will not be able to use ] on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of ]. ({{phab|T178356}})
:*A ] regarding an overhaul of the format and appearance of ] is in progress (]). The proposed changes will make it easier to create requests for those who are not using Twinkle. The workflow for administrators at this venue will largely be unchanged. Additionally, there are plans to archive requests similar to how it is done at ], where historical records are kept so that prior requests can more easily be searched for.
* 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 ].


] '''Miscellaneous''' ] '''Arbitration'''
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:* Voting in the ] will begin on 08 February 2019, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC). The ] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically to vote.
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== Happy Adminship Anniversary! ==
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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2019 ==

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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
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:* A ] is available to help determine if a given IP is an open proxy/VPN/webhost/compromised host.


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* The proposed decision in the ] case is expected 11 May 2023.
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== Administrators' newsletter – July 2023 ==
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* Following ], ] will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
:* A ] concluded that creating pages in the ] should be restricted to autoconfirmed users.
* ] at ] about revision deletion and oversight for ] found that {{tq|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}}.
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* ] now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. ({{phab|T324166}})
:* , a tool to list admins by administrative actions, has been revamped to support more types of log entries such as AbuseFilter changes. Two additional tools have been integrated into it as well: and .


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* The '']'' case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in ] have been reminded to be careful about forming {{tq|local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus}}. Regular closers of ] forums were also encouraged to {{tq|note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful}}.
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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2023 ==
== Hello Sir Nicholas :) ==


] from the past month (October 2023).
My name is Anik and we previously met at one of your Misplaced Pages workshops there. I have made my first edit on Ahmedabad University's Misplaced Pages page. Please have a look and let me know if I have been able to contribute correctly.


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* Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand ].
* {{noping|Xaosflux}}, {{noping|RoySmith}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the ] for the ]. {{noping|BusterD}} is the reserve commissioner.
* Following ], the contentious topic designation of ''Prem Rawat'' has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
* Following ], 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 ], 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 ], remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the ''The Troubles'' case has been amended.
* An arbitration case named '']'' has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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== RUPP and Misplaced Pages ==
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:*The ] {{noping|Fram}} was ]. While there will be a local RfC {{tq|focus on how harassment and private complaints should be handled in the future}}, there is currently a global ] in response to the ]. It will be open until October 30th.


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  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
  • Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Administrator changes

added DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720
removed Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend

Interface administrator changes

removed Mr. Stradivarius

Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

  • The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Misplaced Pages has been released.
  • The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration

  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
  • Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

Administrator changes

added ScottishFinnishRadish
readded Staxringold
removed Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched

Interface administrator changes

removed Cyberpower678

CheckUser changes

removed GorillaWarfare

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

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Happy Birthday!

Wishing Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   Chris Troutman (talk) 11:49, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

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Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU 21:15, 21 October 2022 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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MfD nomination of User:JRSpriggs

User:JRSpriggs, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/User:JRSpriggs (2nd nomination) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:JRSpriggs during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. — Sundostund mppria 23:03, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

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  • A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

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removed Nihiltres

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added Moneytrees
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  • Voting for the Sound Logo 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 bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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

Administrator changes

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Technical news

  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
  • Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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

Administrator changes

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Misplaced Pages globe and sysop mopHappy adminship anniversary!
Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU 23:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

Administrator changes

added Aoidh
removed KillerChihuahua

CheckUser changes

removed Ferret

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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

Administrator changes

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removed Jimbo Wales

Oversighter changes

removed Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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

Administrator changes

added Ingenuity
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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 Misplaced Pages 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

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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

Administrator changes

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removed MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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.
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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

Administrator changes

added Firefangledfeathers
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added Novem Linguae

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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

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readded Bradv

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readded Bradv

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 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.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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

Administrator changes

added 0xDeadbeef
readded Tamzin
removed Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

added Pppery
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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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

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Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
  • The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

Administrator changes

added Clovermoss
readded Dennis Brown
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CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed Worm That Turned

CheckUser changes

removed Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes

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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

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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

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removed SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:22, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Misplaced Pages globe and sysop mopHappy adminship anniversary!
Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji
Thank you! — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 09:51, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

RUPP and Misplaced Pages

Hello, I educate researchers in how to use Misplaced Pages for science outreach. I also have research collaboration with RUPP and have as a long-term plan to engage researchers and students at RUPP to help develop kmwp as a part of their education. Since I saw your picture File:Department of Media and Communications, Royal University of Phnom Penh - Misplaced Pages Workshop 25 May 2018.jpg - Wikimedia Commons I wonder what experiences you have and if this is something you can share. Perhaps easier per email? Olle Terenius (UU) (talk) 08:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Sure, just send me an email. — Nearly Headless Nick {c} 10:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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

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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 Misplaced Pages.
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Administrative permissions and inactivity reminder

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Inactive administrators are encouraged to reengage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to be engaged with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed Nihonjoe

CheckUser changes

readded Joe Roe

Oversight changes

removed GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy 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. T280531

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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

Administrator changes

readded Graham Beards
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Bureaucrat changes

removed

Oversight changes

removed 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

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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

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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:26, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

readded Izno

CheckUser changes

removed 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

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Oversighter changes

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CheckUser changes

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Imminent suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:24, 1 October 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

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Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 01:00, 21 October 2024 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji

Happy Birthday!

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Hi Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 08:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC) 		Party popper emoji

Invitation to participate in a research

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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Misplaced Pages, 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.

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:22, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity

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Subject to certain time limits and other restrictions, your administrative permissions may be returned upon request at WP:BN.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — xaosflux 00:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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

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Oversighter changes

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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

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Reminder to participate in Misplaced Pages research

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I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Misplaced Pages. 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.

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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

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  • 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.

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