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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).
Administrator changes
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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.
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Happy Birthday!
Just wanted to wish you one! The Night Watch (talk) 02:37, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
- happy bday! Hajinishere (talk) 20:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
Hope all is well
Hey, Lee! I see you've had lower than usual activity recently, and I just wanted to check in and make sure everything is well. You've more than earned a break after all of your hard work. Hope you are enjoying the time off.--NØ 21:53, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:
Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.
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