NoSeptember

This user is an administrator. My Admin Policy: I trust that my fellow admins' actions are done for the good of Wikipedia. So if any of my admin actions are overturned I will not consider such an action to be a "Wheel War", but rather an attempt to improve Wikipedia. If I disagree with your action, I will try to discuss it with you or with the admin community, but I absolve you in advance of any presumption of acting improperly. We should all extend the same benefit of the doubt to our fellow admins, until they repeatedly prove that they are unworthy of such a presumption.    This user has been a wikipedian for 19 years.    This user has been an administrator for 18 years, 2 months and 30 days. My current Wikipedia status: Busy may be absent for several days at a time and only moderately active when online.        The NoSeptember Admin Project Links to my admin pages and those of other users. ———————— NoSeptember (t · c · b · p · d · m · r) • A • H • N On: Meta, Commons, Source, German, Test, Wiktionary, Wikinews ———————— Historique des changements de statut Amministratori/Candidati/Elezioni The 2001 Archives... The 2002 Archives... The 2003 Archives... The 2004 Archives... The 2005 Archives... The 2006 Archives... The 2007 Archives... The 2008 Archives... The 2009 Archives... The 2010 Archives... Barnstars and Awards Happy NoSeptember's Day! User:NoSeptember has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as NoSeptember's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear NoSeptember! Peace, Rlevse 00:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here. For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC) Thank you very much. I only wish I had the time to be more active right now. NoSeptember 20:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC) WikiProject Administrator Hey there. Hope you don't mind, I added your User:NoSeptember/The NoSeptember Admin Project page as a link from Wikipedia:WikiProject Administrator. This will give it wider exposure. Regards, œ™ 18:56, 4 January 2010 (UTC) That is fine, although many of the pages are a bit out of date - but anyone who wishes to can bring them up to date. Thanks, NoSeptember 20:42, 4 January 2010 (UTC) /crat stats Hi, I was looking at the above page and would be curious to get the same for fr:. Did you run your own script, or do you know of one that is freely available on the toolserver? Rgds, Popo le Chien throw a bone 08:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC) Sorry, I am not aware of any scripts available for this page. NoSeptember 13:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC) Bummer. Popo le Chien throw a bone 10:43, 10 February 2010 (UTC) Recent bold edits to $1 Would you care to chime in on this discussion? YBG (talk) 06:28, 30 March 2010 (UTC) Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jargon of The Rush Limbaugh Show (4th nomination) You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jargon of The Rush Limbaugh Show (4th nomination). patsw (talk) 04:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC) (Using {{Please see}}) You voted on one of the earlier AFD's, are still active, and have a high edit count. patsw (talk) 04:34, 6 April 2010 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Logan Talk Contributions 02:21, 22 January 2011 (UTC) Thank you for your adminship anniversary greeting. NoSeptember 21:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC) question of admin data Hi, NoSeptember, Thanks for reading. I have found the project of admin made by you about graphs and some data. For my research, I want the list of admin in en.wikipedia with promotion and retired date. Do you know where I can get such data from? thanks very much!Zeyi (talk) 13:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day Happy First Edit Day, NoSeptember, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Armbrust Talk to me Contribs 01:47, 21 April 2011 (UTC) Thank you for your First Edit Day anniversary greeting. 6 years and counting :-) NoSeptember 09:57, 24 April 2011 (UTC) User:NoSeptember/Desysop Hi there! I spotted a small error in a link on this page and corrected it (diff) - thought it would be easiest to fix it myself - hope you don't mind. Regards. Mato (talk) 13:06, 9 November 2011 (UTC) I appreciate any updates on these pages, even though sadly they are now several years out of date. Cheers, NoSeptember 22:34, 9 November 2011 (UTC) User:SebastianHelm/Sheep vote Just so you know, I deleted User:SebastianHelm/Sheep vote because it doesn't represent my view anymore. However, some of your userspace pages still link there; so, if you (or any of the many people who worked on this while it was in project space) want it in your userspace, please feel free to restore it. — Sebastian 08:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC) Thanks for the note. We all change our opinions as we go along, I'm sure that some of the things I have written and placed in my Admin project no longer represent my current views. I leave them because they still represent the historical views I had, and may agree with someone else's current views. It is something for anyone to read over and ponder, and either agree or disagree with as they choose. NoSeptember 21:30, 11 January 2012 (UTC) MSU Interview Dear NoSeptember, My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students. So a few things about the interviews: Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes. Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.) All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so. All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time. The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly. Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead. If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you. Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you. Sincerely, Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.11.206.39 (talk) 03:37, 21 February 2012 (UTC) RfA voting records Hey NoSeptember, I'm pretty sure we haven't met before, but I was just updating your RfA voting records subpage (hope you don't mind) and I started wondering if it'd be a good idea to move some of its content into Wikipedia space under the same page name. I figured I should post here before doing anything, just to make sure you're OK with it. Kurtis (talk) 05:15, 23 August 2012 (UTC) I have no problem at all with the moving of the RfA voting records subpage or a portion thereof. Many of the pages in The NoSeptember Admin Project are years out of date because I was the primary updater of the pages. A page that has been brought up to date is certainly a good candidate for a move, but if the page gets out of date again, it should be moved back to my user space, since sooner or later someone will decide to mark the page as "historical" or delete it otherwise. You are somewhat taking on a commitment to keep the page updated to the extent others don't come along to help with this task. I know other editors did that for several years after I stopped work on this page, but I also note that in the three years before you started your 2012 edits there were only two edits to the page. Look through the others pages in the project to see if they are of interest to you too. Many pages are out of date but are still a good record of the early years of Wikipedia history. Cheers and Good Luck, NoSeptember 14:16, 24 August 2012 (UTC) Thank you for your thorough response, I appreciate it. I've been very familiar with your admin project for some time now, and felt compelled to update it when I saw that very few pages have been added since that time. I think it is helpful for us to maintain a record of such things for easy reference should the need arise; I'm also planning on reworking the chronological unsuccessful candidacies pages so that they will also list the final tallies and the person who closed any given RfA. Kurtis (talk) 14:22, 24 August 2012 (UTC) Name dropping? I just namepage dropped you on MBisanz's talk page. All good. Hope you're well. --Dweller (talk) 16:50, 20 December 2012 (UTC) Thank you for the information. link link link NoSeptember 16:51, 26 December 2012 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Pratyya (Hello!) 13:58, 22 January 2013 (UTC) Thank you. A lucky seven years... NoSeptember 17:36, 23 January 2013 (UTC) Admin's barnstar. The Admin's Barnstar A tear of pride rolls down my cheek when I see the people I nominated for adminship over half a decade ago keeping up the good work. Cheers! bd2412 T 21:28, 8 September 2013 (UTC) Thank you, though I'm not nearly as active as I'd like to be. You OTOH are still incredibly active after all these years. Wow. NoSeptember 06:27, 11 September 2013 (UTC) Oral History Project Hey, NoSeptember, Just wanted to say how interesting your Admin Project pages are. It's hard to find much data on WP administration or any detailed history of the early years (2001-2005) that explains the process of how certain procedures or structures came to be. WP could really use an oral history project (which really could be done on WP or via email) before memories are forgotten. Unless one is working on a grant project, collecting stats is kind of a thankless task so I just wanted to let you know that I found them useful. Thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 20:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC) Thank you for your comments. I did the pages on early history precisely because I found so little information about it when I was looking. I agree that it would be nice if someone did an oral history project on our early history. Anyone interested? NoSeptember 23:26, 14 November 2013 (UTC) Consolidating the list of active admins Hi, I assume you might be interested in this. Just pointing it out in case it causes problems for you (but I suspect, and hope, not). -- Rick Block (talk) 05:23, 8 April 2014 (UTC) Request for comment Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Nomination of English and French monarchs overlap chart for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article English and French monarchs overlap chart is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/English and French monarchs overlap chart until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Feedback ☎ 03:10, 21 June 2014 (UTC) Admin lists I'm going to cry. I'm not on your lists. I hope I'm the only one. Dougweller (talk) 17:23, 26 October 2014 (UTC) My lists are many years out of date, so you are not alone. Keep up the good work. NoSeptember 20:00, 26 October 2014 (UTC) Thanks, no problem. Dougweller (talk) 21:43, 26 October 2014 (UTC) Global account Hi NoSeptember! As a Steward I'm involved in the upcoming unification of all accounts organized by the Wikimedia Foundation (see m:Single User Login finalisation announcement). By looking at your account, I realized that you don't have a global account yet. In order to secure your name, I recommend you to create such account on your own by submitting your password on Special:MergeAccount and unifying your local accounts. If you have any problems with doing that or further questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Cheers, —DerHexer (Talk) 17:27, 18 January 2015 (UTC) Jenna and Barbara Bush listed at Redirects for discussion An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Jenna and Barbara Bush. Since you had some involvement with the Jenna and Barbara Bush redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION (talk) (contributions) (logs) 21:04, 5 December 2016 (UTC) Nomination of Ronald Reagan (disambiguation) for deletion A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ronald Reagan (disambiguation) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted. The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ronald Reagan (disambiguation) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines. Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. --Nevé–selbert 19:14, 7 January 2017 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 05:17, 22 January 2017 (UTC) Thank you for the greeting on my anniversary. For the record I have owned two Buick LeSabre's in my lifetime. Cheers, NoSeptember 05:51, 31 January 2017 (UTC) Not a problem. My favorite LeSabre is the mid-1990s version, but I learned to drive on one from the early 2000s. Lepricavark (talk) 16:07, 31 January 2017 (UTC) 12 years ago today Hey, NoSeptember. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 17:51, 21 April 2017 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Descent of Elizabeth II from William the Conqueror This not is to inform you that the page adding Descent of Elizabeth II from William the Conqueror that you created in 2006 has been nominated for deletion. Agricolae (talk) 17:36, 28 June 2017 (UTC) Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago Awesome Ten years! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 3 January 2020 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Happy First Edit Day! Happy Adminship Anniversary! Problem with your custom signature Hello, I'm sending you this note because you need to update your signature. You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. Your signature does not link to your account. This is usually because your account has been renamed. To fix your signature, you need to find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences and either blank it or change the link to your current account name. More information is available at Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing how everyone sees your signature. mw:New requirements for user signatures/Help#Wrong user links. If you have followed these instructions and still want help, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. Thank you, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 23:46, 25 January 2021 (UTC) "List of former United States presidents who ran for office after leaving the presidency" listed at Redirects for discussion A discussion is taking place to address the redirect List of former United States presidents who ran for office after leaving the presidency. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 20#List of former United States presidents who ran for office after leaving the presidency until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Mdewman6 (talk) 01:45, 20 February 2021 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! Happy First Edit Day, NoSeptember, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 02:48, 21 April 2021 (UTC) ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:00, 23 November 2021 (UTC) The Signpost: 29 November 2021 In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021 Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio? Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021 Discussion report: On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent Technology report: What does it take to upload a file? WikiProject report: Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers Serendipity: "Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot News from Diff: Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles Traffic report: Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if Eternals should fail Recent research: Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior Humour: A very new very Wiki crossword * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:47, 29 November 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2021 News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021). Administrator changes A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid Technical news Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642) The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866) Arbitration Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC). The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 3 December 2021 (UTC) Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:06, 7 December 2021 (UTC) The Signpost: 28 December 2021 From the editor: Here is the news News and notes: Jimbo's NFT, new arbs, fixing RfA, and financial statements Serendipity: Born three months before her brother? In the media: The past is not even past Recent research: STEM articles judged unsuitable for undergraduates below the first paragraph Arbitration report: A new crew for '22 By the numbers: Four billion words and a few numbers Deletion report: We laughed, we cried, we closed as "no consensus" Gallery: Wikicommons presents: 2021 Traffic report: Spider-Man, football and the departed Crossword: Another Wiki crossword for one and all Humour: Buying Wikipedia * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:08, 28 December 2021 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021). Administrator changes Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103 Interface administrator changes Mr. Stradivarius CheckUser changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Oversighter changes Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes Opabinia regalis Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy Guideline and policy news Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled. Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions. Arbitration Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Beeblebrox, Cabayi, Donald Albury, Enterprisey, Izno, Opabinia regalis, Worm That Turned, Wugapodes. Miscellaneous The functionaries email list (functionaries-enlists.wikimedia.org) will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:24, 3 January 2022 (UTC) How we will see unregistered users Hi! You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki. When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed. Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help. If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter. We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January. Thank you. /Johan (WMF) 18:13, 4 January 2022 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:03, 22 January 2022 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Bobherry Talk Edits 04:57, 23 January 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 30 January 2022 Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in" Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month? Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021 Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph Obituary: Twofingered Typist Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial Essay: The prime directive Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations? In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps" Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – February 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022). Administrator changes AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh 28bytes Bureaucrat changes 28bytes Interface administrator changes Evad37 • Galobtter Ragesoss Guideline and policy news The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page. Technical news The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion. Arbitration Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad. The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks). A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request. Miscellaneous Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote. Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:02, 3 February 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 27 February 2022 From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results WikiProject report: 10 years of tea Featured content: Featured Content returns Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles? Gallery: The vintage exhibit Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles Humour: Notability of mailboxes * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:20, 27 February 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022). Administrator changes Modussiccandi BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc Guideline and policy news A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions. A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old. Technical news The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645) Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020) The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389) Arbitration Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review. Miscellaneous The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members. Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont. The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 27 March 2022 From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine News and notes: Of safety and anonymity Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors Traffic report: War, what is it good for? Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..." From the archives: Burn, baby burn Essay: Yes, the sky is blue Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja On the bright side: The bright side of news * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:51, 27 March 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022). Administrator changes Firefly • Sdrqaz Ad Orientem Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast Interface administrator changes Evad37 Guideline and policy news An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators. Technical news Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928) When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114) Arbitration Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion. A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed. A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened. Miscellaneous Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC) New administrator activity requirement The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment. Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have: Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work. 22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC) Seventeenth anniversary on Wikipedia! Chris Troutman (talk) 13:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 April 2022 News and notes: Double trouble In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2) Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners Interview: On a war and a map Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act? Essay: The problem with elegant variation Humour: Really huge message boxes From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:41, 24 April 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022). Administrator changes Colin M David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g CheckUser changes Ks0stm Oversighter changes Ks0stm Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity. Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy. Technical news The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable. Arbitration Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 29 May 2022 From the team: A changing of the guard News and notes: 2022 Wikimedia Board elections Community view: Have your say in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board elections Opinion: The Wikimedia Endowment – a lack of transparency In the media: Putin, Jimbo, Musk and more Special report: Three stories of Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war In focus: Measuring gender diversity in Wikipedia articles Discussion report: Portals, April Fools, admin activity requirements and more WikiProject report: WikiProject COVID-19 revisited Technology report: A new video player for Wikimedia wikis Featured content: Featured content of April Interview: Wikipedia's pride Serendipity: Those thieving image farms Recent research: 35 million Twitter links analysed Tips and tricks: The reference desks of Wikipedia Traffic report: Strange highs and strange lows News from Diff: Winners of the Human rights and Environment special nomination by Wiki Loves Earth announced News from the WMF: The EU Digital Services Act: What’s the Deal with the Deal? Video: How the entire country of Qatar was blocked from editing Gallery: Diving under the sea for World Oceans Day From the archives: The Onion and Wikipedia Essay: How not to write a Wikipedia article Humour: A new crossword * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:47, 29 May 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2022). Administrator changes Tamzin Barek • Darkwind • Geometry guy • ProcseeBot • RoyBoy • Sean Whitton • Valereee • Visorstuff • WAvegetarian Sn0wflake → VersedFenrir CheckUser changes Ivanvector Guideline and policy news Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas. Technical news Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341) The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location. Arbitration Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy. An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 26 June 2022 News and notes: WMF inks new rules on government-ordered takedowns, blasts Russian feds' censor demands, spends big bucks In the media: Editor given three-year sentence, big RfA makes news, Guy Standing takes it sitting down Special report: "Wikipedia's independence" or "Wikimedia's pile of dosh"? Discussion report: MoS rules on CCP name mulled, XRV axe plea nulled, BLPPROD drafting bid pulled Opinion: Picture of the Day – how Adam plans to ru(i)n it Featured content: Articles on Scots' clash, Yank's tux, Austrian's action flick deemed brilliant prose Essay: RfA trend line haruspicy: fact or fancy? Recent research: Wikipedia versus academia (again), tables' "immortality" probed Serendipity: Was she really a Swiss lesbian automobile racer? News from the WMF: Wikimedia Enterprise signs first deals Traffic report: Top view counts for shows, movies, and celeb lawsuit that keeps on giving Gallery: Celebration of summer, winter Humour: Shortcuts, screwballers, Simon & Garfunkel * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:31, 26 June 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2022). Administrator changes AA • Gwalla • Ioeth • Laurascudder • Moriori (deceased) • Nat • Rfl Drilnoth → AFigureOfBlue Bureaucrat changes Lee Vilenski Interface administrator changes Nihiltres Technical news user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439) Arbitration An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened. Miscellaneous The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 August 2022 From the editors: Rise of the machines, or something News and notes: Information considered harmful In the media: Censorship, medieval hoaxes, "pathetic supervillains", FB-WMF AI TL bid, dirty duchess deeds done dirt cheap Op-Ed: The "recession" affair Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (part 3) Election guide: The chosen six: 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections Community view: Youth culture and notability Opinion: Criminals among us Arbitration report: Winds of change blow for cyclone editors, deletion dustup draws toward denouement Deletion report: This is Gonzo Country Discussion report: Notability for train stations, notices for mobile editors, noticeboards for the rest of us Traffic report: US TV, JP ex-PM, outer space, and politics of IN, US, UK top charts for July Featured content: A little list with surprisingly few lists Tips and tricks: Cleaning up awful citations with Citation bot In focus: Wikidata insights from a handy little tool On the bright side: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war — three (more) stories Essay: How to research an image Recent research: A century of rulemaking on Wikipedia analyzed Serendipity: Don't cite Wikipedia Gallery: A backstage pass From the archives: 2012 Russian Wikipedia shutdown as it happened Humour: Why did the chicken cross the road? * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:39, 1 August 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2022). Administrator changes Valereee Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara Guideline and policy news An RfC 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. An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable. Technical news The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. 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. (T308570) Arbitration The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case. Miscellaneous 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 August 2022 News and notes: Admins wanted on English Wikipedia, IP editors not wanted on Farsi Wiki, donations wanted everywhere Special report: Wikimania 2022: no show, no show up? In the media: Truth or consequences? A tough month for truth Discussion report: Boarding the Trustees News from Wiki Education: 18 years a Wikipedian: what it means to me In focus: Thinking inside the box Tips and tricks: The unexpected rabbit hole of typo fixing in citations... Technology report: Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now Serendipity: Two photos of every library on earth Featured content: Our man drills are safe for work, but our Labia is Fausta. Recent research: The dollar value of "official" external links Traffic report: What dreams (and heavily trafficked articles) may come Essay: Delete the junk! Gallery: A Fringe Affair (but not the show by Edward W. Feery that was on this year) Humour: CommonsComix No. 1 From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022). Administrator changes DanCherek • DatGuy • Femke • Z1720 Aldux • Graham Beards • Nyttend Interface administrator changes 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) Wikipedia 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2022 (UTC) Please vote in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election Hello hello. I hope this message finds you well. The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election ends soon, please vote. At least one of the candidates is worthy of support. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:49, 5 September 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 30 September 2022 News and notes: Board vote results, bot's big GET, crat chat gives new mop, WMF seeks "sound logo" and "organizer lab" In focus: NPP: Still heaven or hell for new users – and for the reviewers In the media: A few complaints and mild disagreements Special report: Decentralized Fundraising, Centralized Distribution Discussion report: Much ado about Fox News Interview: ScottishFinnishRadish's Request for Adminship Opinion: Are we ever going to reach consensus? Serendipity: Removing watermarks, copyright signs and cigarettes from photos Recent research: How readers assess Wikipedia's trustworthiness, and how they could in the future Traffic report: Kings and queens and VIPs Featured content: Farm-fresh content Gallery: A Festival Descends on the City: The Edinburgh Fringe, Pt. 2 CommonsComix: CommonsComix 2: Paulus Moreelse From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 Years ago: September 2022 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 1 October 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – October 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022). Administrator changes ScottishFinnishRadish Staxringold Ahoerstemeier (deceased) • Ched Interface administrator changes Cyberpower678 CheckUser changes GorillaWarfare Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, 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 Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block. Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use. Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October. 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 Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion. A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two. The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October. Miscellaneous An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security. Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October. You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process. An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop. Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 October 2022 From the team: A new goose on the roost News and notes: Wikipedians question Wikimedia fundraising ethics after "somewhat-viral" tweet News from the WMF: Governance updates from, and for, the Wikimedia Endowment In the media: Scribing, searching, soliciting, spying, and systemic bias Disinformation report: From Russia with WikiLove Recent research: Disinformatsiya: Much research, but what will actually help Wikipedia editors? Interview: Isabelle Belato on their Request for Adminship Featured content: Topics, lists, submarines and Gurl.com Serendipity: We all make mistakes – don’t we? Traffic report: Mama, they're in love with a criminal From the archives: Paid advocacy, a lawsuit over spelling mistakes, deleting Jimbo's article, and the death of Toolserver * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:43, 31 October 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – November 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022). Administrator changes Isabelle Belato Whpq Atama Astronautics~enwiki Athaenara Eddie891 GraemeL Marianocecowski Natalya Pratyeka SB Johnny Interface administrator changes TheresNoTime Ragesoss CheckUser changes Blablubbs Firefly Joe Roe Oversight changes DGG Guideline and policy news The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November. An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat. Arbitration Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections. The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion. The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage. AmandaNP, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections. Xaosflux and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners. Miscellaneous The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers. You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators. Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like {{rangeblock|create=yes}} or {{uw-ublock|contains profanity}}. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 28 November 2022 News and notes: English Wikipedia editors: "We don't need no stinking banners" In the media: "The most beautiful story on the Internet" Interview: Lisa Seitz-Gruwell on WMF fundraising in the wake of big banner ad RfC Opinion: Privacy on Wikipedia in the cyberpunk future Disinformation report: Missed and Dissed Op-Ed: Diminishing returns for article quality Book review: Writing the Revolution Technology report: Galactic dreams, encyclopedic reality Essay: The Six Million FP Man Tips and tricks: (Wiki)break stuff Recent research: Study deems COVID-19 editors smart and cool, questions of clarity and utility for WMF's proposed "Knowledge Integrity Risk Observatory" Featured content: A great month for featured articles Obituary: A tribute to Michael Gäbler Concept: The relevance of legal certainty to the English Wikipedia Traffic report: Musical deaths, murders, Princess Di's nominative determinism, and sports From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago CommonsComix: Joker's trick * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:42, 28 November 2022 (UTC) ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2022 News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022). Administrator changes Eddie891 Euryalus TheresNoTime Alex.muller Excirial RedWordSmith Ron Ritzman TheresNoTime Stephen Interface administrator changes TheresNoTime TheresNoTime CheckUser changes TheresNoTime Oversight changes TheresNoTime Guideline and policy news Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week. The article creation at scale RfC has been closed. An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed. Technical news 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 Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here. The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open. The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed. The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022. A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop. Miscellaneous Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add /64 to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 January 2023 News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation ousts, bans quarter of Arabic Wikipedia admins In the media: Odd bedfellows, Elon and Jimbo, reliable sources for divorces, and more Interview: ComplexRational's RfA debrief Technology report: Wikimedia Foundation's Abstract Wikipedia project "at substantial risk of failure" Essay: Mobile editing Arbitration report: Arbitration Committee Election 2022 Recent research: Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement in talk page disputes Serendipity: Wikipedia about FIFA World Cup 2022: quick, factual and critical Featured content: Would you like to swing on a star? Traffic report: Football, football, football! Wikipedia Football Club! CommonsComix: #4: The Course of WikiEmpire From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:46, 1 January 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022). Administrator changes ComplexRational Extraordinary Writ Stephen Andrew Yong Dbenbenn DESiegel GlassCobra Joe Decker Nancy Pathoschild StuffOfInterest William Pietri Wwwwolf Xdamr Interface administrator changes Nihiltres CheckUser changes Moneytrees Ivanvector SilkTork Oversighter changes GeneralNotability Moneytrees Guerillero SilkTork Guideline and policy news Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal. Arbitration Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork. The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month. The arbitration case Stephen has been closed. Miscellaneous 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:09, 6 January 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 16 January 2023 From the team: We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again Special report: Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020 News and notes: Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion In the media: Court orders user data in libel case, Saudi Wikipedia in the crosshairs, Larry Sanger at it again Technology report: View it! A new tool for image discovery In focus: Busting into Grand Central Serendipity: How I bought part of Wikipedia – for less than $100 Gallery: What is our responsibility when it comes to images? Humour: New geologically speedy deletion criteria introduced Opinion: Good old days, in which fifth-symbol-lacking lipograms roam'd our librarious litany Featured content: Flip your lid Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2022 From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:14, 16 January 2023 (UTC) Happy Seventeenth Adminship Anniversary! Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 16:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! Administrators' newsletter – February 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023). Administrator changes Gimmetrow Bjelleklang Bob the Wikipedian Leithp WhisperToMe 100 inactive admins CheckUser changes BDD Bradv Donald Albury Maxim MusikAnimal Oversighter changes BDD Bradv Donald Albury Maxim Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee. Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan. Technical news The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia. Arbitration The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023. In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard. 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 4 February 2023 From the editor: New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function News and notes: Foundation update on fundraising, new page patrol, Tides, and Wikipedia blocked in Pakistan Section 230: Twenty-six words that created the internet, and the future of an encyclopedia Disinformation report: Wikipedia on Santos Special report: Legal status of Wikimedia projects "unclear" under potential European legislation In the media: Furor over new Wikipedia skin, followup on Saudi bans, and legislative debate Op-Ed: Estonian businessman and political donor brings lawsuit against head of national Wikimedia chapter Opinion: Study examines cultural leanings of Wikimedia projects' visual art coverage Recent research: Wikipedia's "moderate yet systematic" liberal citation bias WikiProject report: WikiProject Organized Labour Tips and tricks: XTools: Data analytics for your list of created articles Featured content: 20,000 Featureds under the Sea Traffic report: Films, deaths and ChatGPT * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 February 2023 News and notes: Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan In the media: Arbitrators open case after article alleges Wikipedia "intentionally distorts" Holocaust coverage Disinformation report: The "largest con in corporate history"? Essay: Machine-written articles: a new challenge for Wikipedia Tips and tricks: All about writing at DYK Featured content: Eden, lost. Gallery: Love is in the air Traffic report: Superbowl? Pfft. Give me some Bollywood! Yours sincerely, the world From the archives: 5, 10, and 15 years ago: Let's (not) delete the Main Page! Cobwebs: Editorial: The loss of the moral high ground Humour: The RfA Candidate's Song * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023). Administrator changes The Wordsmith Fuhghettaboutit Spinningspark (deceased) CheckUser changes Callanecc Oversighter changes Callanecc Guideline and policy news Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated. Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated. A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline. Technical news The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted. Arbitration Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded. The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023. A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon. Miscellaneous The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members. Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux. The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:19, 1 March 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 9 March 2023 News and notes: What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment? Technology report: Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy In the media: What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently? Featured content: In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter Recent research: "Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events From the archives: Five, ten, and fifteen years ago * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:42, 9 March 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 March 2023 News and notes: Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate Eyewitness: Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians In the media: Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences Featured content: Way too many featured articles Interview: 228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA Traffic report: Who died? Who won? Who lost? * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:17, 20 March 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 03 April 2023 From the editor: Some long-overdue retractions News and notes: Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI In the media: Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing Featured content: Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid Recent research: Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT From the archives: April Fools' through the ages Disinformation report: Sus socks support suits, seems systemic * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:46, 3 April 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023). Administrator changes Aoidh KillerChihuahua CheckUser changes Ferret Guideline and policy news A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard. Technical news Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. (T178356) The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC 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 Special:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on Special:Contributions. This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023. Arbitration The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed. A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! Hey, NoSeptember. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! interstatefive  00:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day! The Signpost: 26 April 2023 News and notes: Staff departures at Wikimedia Foundation, Jimbo hands in the bits, and graphs' zeppelin burns In the media: Contested truth claims in Wikipedia Obituary: Remembering David "DGG" Goodman Arbitration report: Holocaust in Poland, Jimbo in the hot seat, and a desysopping Opinion: What Jimbo's question revealed about scamming Op-Ed: Wikipedia as an anchor of truth Special report: Signpost statistics between years 2005 and 2022 News from the WMF: Collective planning with the Wikimedia Foundation Featured content: In which we described the featured articles in rhyme again From the archives: April Fools' through the ages, part two Humour: The law of hats Traffic report: Long live machine, the future supreme * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:17, 26 April 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – May 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023). Administrator changes Spicy Ale jrb Dbachmann DGG (deceased) Jimbo Wales CheckUser changes Jimbo Wales Oversighter changes Jimbo Wales Guideline and policy news 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:23, 3 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 8 May 2023 News and notes: New legal "deVLOPments" in the EU In the media: Vivek's smelly socks, online safety, and politics Recent research: Gender, race and notability in deletion discussions Featured content: I wrote a poem for each article, I found rhymes for all the lists; My first featured picture of this year now finally exists! Arbitration report: "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" approaches conclusion News from the WMF: Planning together with the Wikimedia Foundation Special report: There Shall Be Seasons Refreshing – Stories from WikiConference India 2023 * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:25, 8 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 22 May 2023 News and notes: Golden parachutes: Record severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation In the media: History, propaganda and censorship Arbitration report: Final decision in "World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" Recent research: Create or curate, cooperate or compete? Game theory for Wikipedia editors Featured content: A very musical week for featured articles Traffic report: Coronation, chatbot, celebs WikiProject report: Wikipedians Convene for Queering Wikipedia 2023: The First International LGBT+ Wikipedia Conference * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:40, 22 May 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 5 June 2023 News and notes: WMRU director forks new 'pedia, birds flap in top '22 piccy, WMF weighs in on Indian gov's map axe plea In the media: Section 230 stands tall, WP vs. UK bill, Miss Information dissed again Featured content: Poetry under pressure Traffic report: Celebs, controversies and a chatbot in the public eye * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:22, 5 June 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – June 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023). Administrator changes Ingenuity Ddstretch Prodego Resolute CheckUser changes Courcelles 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 19 June 2023 News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing In the media: English WP editor glocked after BLP row on Italian 'pedia Featured content: Content, featured Recent research: Hoaxers prefer currently-popular topics * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:10, 19 June 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – July 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023). Administrator changes Novem Linguae Deckiller Electionworld MBisanz Penwhale Raul654 Roadrunner Viridae Yannismarou Bureaucrat changes MBisanz 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 3 July 2023 News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed Featured content: Incensed Traffic report: Are you afraid of spiders? Arnold? The Idol? ChatGPT? Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 3 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 17 July 2023 News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out? In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia Obituary: David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) and Ingo Koll (Kipala) News from the WMF: ABC for Fundraising: Advancing Banner Collaboration for fundraising campaigns In focus: Are the children of celebrities over-represented in French cinema? Tips and tricks: What automation can do for you (and your WikiProject) Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy Humour: New fringe theories to be introduced Cobwebs: If you're reading this, you're probably on a desktop Featured content: Scrollin', scrollin', scrollin', keep those readers scrollin', got to keep on scrollin', Rawhide! Traffic report: The Idol becomes the Master * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:01, 17 July 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 August 2023 News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses! Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies! Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives? In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia Opinion: Are global bans the last step? Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:38, 1 August 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – August 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023). Administrator changes Firefangledfeathers AlisonW Amberrock Closedmouth Scottywong Interface administrator changes Novem Linguae 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC) Accidentally reverted your edit Hi Noseptember, I accidentally undid one of your edits. The edit has been restored. Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 23:50, 13 August 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 15 August 2023 News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here! Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005? Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet? Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:17, 15 August 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 31 August 2023 From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online News and notes: You like RecentChanges? In the media: Taking it sleazy Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties Humour: The Dehumourification Plan Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:43, 31 August 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – September 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023). Administrator changes Pppery Theleekycauldron Dwheeler G.A.S Royalbroil Ssd CheckUser changes Bradv Oversighter changes 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 [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 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. 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 16 September 2023 News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community? In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence? Obituary: Nosebagbear Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me Featured content: Catching up Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds" Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:37, 16 September 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 3 October 2023 News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated" Featured content: By your logic, Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS Poetry: "The Sight" Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:31, 3 October 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 23 October 2023 News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone? In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down! Traffic report: The calm and the storm News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:01, 23 October 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 6 November 2023 Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015 In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023 News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site. Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:44, 6 November 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – November 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023). Administrator changes 0xDeadbeef Tamzin Dennis Brown Interface administrator changes Pppery Ragesoss TheresNoTime Guideline and policy news 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! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 November 2023 In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:44, 20 November 2023 (UTC) ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate in the 2023 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 28 November 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 4 December 2023 News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history" In focus: Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged Comix: Bold comics for a new age Essay: I am going to die Featured content: Real gangsters move in silence Traffic report: And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:09, 4 December 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – December 2023 News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023). Administrator changes Ganesha811 JPxG Ajpolino Lourdes Mairi RockMFR Somno WilyD Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways CheckUser changes Beeblebrox Opabinia regalis Oversight changes Beeblebrox Opabinia regalis Guideline and policy news Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page. 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. Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC) The Signpost: 24 December 2023 Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article? News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023 In the media: Consider the humble fork Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU Technology report: Dark mode is coming Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture Crossword: when the crossword is sus Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal! From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^ Apocrypha: Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking. Humour: Guess the joke contest BJAODN: Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:58, 24 December 2023 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – January 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023). Administrator changes Clovermoss Dennis Brown Julia W Marasmusine PBS CheckUser changes Aoidh HJ Mitchell Sdrqaz Spicy ToBeFree Vanamonde93 Z1720 Maxim Enterprisey Izno SilkTork Oversighter changes Aoidh Firefly Sdrqaz ToBeFree Z1720 Maxim Enterprisey Izno SilkTork Arbitration 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. Miscellaneous The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC) The Signpost: 10 January 2024 From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS! Special report: Public Domain Day 2024 Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court! In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia? WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine Obituary: Anthony Bradbury Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023 Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading Comix: Conflict resolution * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:49, 12 January 2024 (UTC) Happy Adminship Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee Wishing NoSeptember a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Ezra Cricket (talk) 04:06, 22 January 2024 (UTC) Happy Adminship Anniversary! The Signpost: 31 January 2024 News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail Opinion: Until it happens to you Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2 Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]" Comix: We've all got to start somewhere Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:14, 31 January 2024 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – February 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024). Administrator changes Red-tailed hawk Robertsky Ameliorate! Ancheta Wis Anthony Bradbury (deceased) Cobi Ev Moondyne Worm That Turned Bureaucrat changes Worm That Turned CheckUser changes Wugapodes Interface administrator changes Enterprisey Izno 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! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:00, 1 February 2024 (UTC) The Signpost: 13 February 2024 News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go? Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi? Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football Crossword: Our crossword to bear Comix: Strongly * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:36, 13 February 2024 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – March 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024). Administrator changes Sdkb The Night Watch East718 Isabelle Belato Mzajac Staecker Stan Shebs Sugarfish Tamzin Bureaucrat changes SilkTork 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:22, 1 March 2024 (UTC) The Signpost: 2 March 2024 News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net" Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias" In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record Obituary: Vami_IV Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:02, 2 March 2024 (UTC) The Signpost: 29 March 2024 Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune Humour: Letters from the editors Comix: Layout issue * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:40, 29 March 2024 (UTC) Administrators' newsletter – April 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024). Administrator changes Kbdank71 Kosack NrDg TLSuda 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. Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC) Happy First Edit Day!