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== Administrators' newsletter – November 2022 == == Administrators' newsletter – October 2024 ==


] from the past month (October 2022). ] from the past month (September 2024).

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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
*] are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to ] (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with ] from October 8 to 14, a ] from October 22 to 24, and ] from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at ].
* The ] RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
* Following ], the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion ] to ]. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
* An ] to discuss having open ] automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a ].
* A ] is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an ] process.


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
* Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand ].
* An arbitration case regarding ] has been opened.
* The ] case request titled ''Athaenara'' has been resolved by ].
* Editors are invited to ''']''' to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until ''23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC)''.
* The ] case '']'' has entered the proposed decision stage.
* {{noping|AmandaNP}}, {{noping|Mz7}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the ] for the ]. {{noping|Xaosflux}} and {{noping|Dr vulpes}} are reserve commissioners.


] '''Miscellaneous''' ] '''Miscellaneous'''
* If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put ] and ] on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
* The ] has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
* You can add yourself to ].
* '''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 {{tlx|rangeblock|2=create=yes}} or {{tlx|uw-ublock|2=contains profanity}}.


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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2022 == == Administrators' newsletter – November 2024 ==


] from the past month (November 2022). ] from the past month (October 2024).

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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* Following a ], the ] proposal that went for a trial to refine the ] (RfA) process has been discontinued.
* ] to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
* Following a ], ] is adopted as a policy.
* The ] RfC has ].
* ] on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* Mass deletions done with the ] tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. {{phab|T366068}}
* A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the ]. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the ] gadget. ({{phab|T319449}})


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* ] are invited to ] for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen ]. * {{noping|RoySmith}}, {{noping|Barkeep49}} and {{noping|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to the ] for the ]. {{noping|ThadeusOfNazereth}} and {{noping|Dr vulpes}} are reserve commissioners.
* Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the ].
* ] for the ] is open.
* The Arbitration Committee is ] for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.
] '''Miscellaneous'''
* The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
* An ] is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{tl|Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. ]
* A ] has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing ].


] '''Miscellaneous'''
* '''Tech tip''': A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add <code>/64</code> to the end of an IP in ] to see all of a subnet's edits, and ] rather than an IP that may change within a minute.
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== Administrators' newsletter – January 2023 == == Administrators' newsletter – December 2024 ==


] from the past month (December 2022). ] from the past month (November 2024).


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*] ] (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an ].

] '''Arbitration'''
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: {{Noping|Barkeep49}}, {{Noping|CaptainEek}}, {{Noping|GeneralNotability}}, {{Noping|Guerillero}}, {{Noping|L235}}, {{Noping|Moneytrees}}, {{Noping|Primefac}}, {{Noping|SilkTork}}.
* The ] has ] with many changes to the ] procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
* The arbitration case '']'' has been closed.

] '''Miscellaneous'''
* Voting for the ] 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 which won the Newcomer award in the recent ].
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== Administrators' newsletter – February 2023 ==

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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* Following ], the ] has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the ] within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
*Following ], the ] now requires that prior written consent be gained from the ] to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
* Following a ], a new speedy deletion criterion, ], has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
*Following ], consensus has been found to impose the ] over the topic areas of ] and ].


] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* Technical volunteers can now register for the ], which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.
* The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Misplaced Pages.


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
*The arbitration case '']'' has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023. * The arbitration case '']'' (formerly titled '']'') has been closed.
* An arbitration case titled '']'' has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.
*In December, the ] was adopted which replaces the ]. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial ]. There is ] of the changes and ] for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at ].
] '''Miscellaneous'''
*Voting in the ] will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The ] of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically to vote.
* Voting in the ] will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
*'''Tech tip''': ] is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.


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== Administrators' newsletter – March 2023 == == Administrators' newsletter – January 2025 ==


] from the past month (February 2023). ] from the past month (December 2024).


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] '''Guideline and policy news''' ] '''Guideline and policy news'''
*Following a ], ] (useless non-media files) has been deprecated. * Following ], ] was adopted as a ].
* A ] is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
*Following a ], the Portal CSD criteria (] (portal subject to CSD as an article) and ] (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
*A ] is open to discuss making the ] for the ] process a guideline.

] '''Technical news''' ] '''Technical news'''
* The Nuke feature also now ] to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
* The results of the ] have been ].


] '''Arbitration''' ] '''Arbitration'''
* Following the ], the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: {{noping|CaptainEek}}, {{noping|Daniel}}, {{noping|Elli}}, {{noping|KrakatoaKatie}}, {{noping|Liz}}, {{noping|Primefac}}, {{noping|ScottishFinnishRadish}}, {{noping|Theleekycauldron}}, {{noping|Worm That Turned}}.
* ] of the ] has ].
* The proposed decision for the ] case is expected 7 March 2023.
* A case related to the ] is expected to be opened soon.


] '''Miscellaneous''' ] '''Miscellaneous'''
* A ] is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the ]. ]
* The 2023 appointees for the ] are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ] as regular members and ] as advisory members.
* Following the ], the following editors have been appointed as stewards: ], ], and ].
* The ] has started, which ] a {{tq|roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing}}. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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== Administrators' newsletter – April 2023 ==

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* A ] is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving ] should be referred to the ].

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* Some older ]s will not be able to use ] on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of ]. ({{phab|T178356}})
* The ] has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
* A link to the user's ] page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on ]. This was voted #17 in the ].

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* The '']'' case has been closed.
* A case about ] has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.


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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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

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Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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

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  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

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