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		⚫	== Administrators' newsletter – January 2025 ==
	== WikiCup 2024 November newsletter ==

		⚫	] from the past month (December 2024).
	The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|AirshipJungleman29}}, who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|BeanieFan11}}, who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Generalissima}} scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Sammi Brie}} with 879 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Hey man im josh}} with 533 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|BennyOnTheLoose}} with 432 points, {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Arconning}} with 244 points, and {{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|AryKun}} with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

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	The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Misplaced Pages has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
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	All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.

	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Generalissima}} wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|MaranoFan}} wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Hey man im josh}} wins the featured content reviewer prize for 110 FA/FL reviews overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|BeanieFan11}} wins the good article prize for 58 GAs in round 5, and 70 GAs overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Fritzmann}} wins the good topic prize for 6 articles in good topics in round 2.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Sammi Brie}} wins the good article reviewer prize for 45 GA reviews in round 2, and 78 GA reviews overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|BeanieFan11}} wins the DYK prize, for 131 Did you know articles overall.
	*{{Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Participant15\|Muboshgu}} wins the ITN prize, for 15 In the news articles in round 1, and 36 overall.

	Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to ''']'''; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2025 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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⚫	== Administrators' newsletter – ~~November~~ ~~2024~~ ==

⚫	] from the past month (~~October~~ 2024).

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	] '''Guideline and policy news'''		] '''Guideline and policy news'''
			* Following ], ] was adopted as a ].
	* Following a ], the ] proposal that went for a trial to refine the ] (RfA) process has been discontinued.
			* 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.
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	] '''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.
	* 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}}

	] '''Arbitration'''		] '''Arbitration'''
	* ~~{{noping\|RoySmith}}, {{noping\|Barkeep49}} and {{noping\|Cyberpower678}} have been appointed to~~ the ] ~~for~~ the ]. {{noping\|~~ThadeusOfNazereth~~}} ~~and~~ {{noping\|Dr ~~vulpes~~}} ~~are~~ ~~reserve~~ ~~commissioners~~.		* 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}}.

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	* 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 ] is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the ]. ]

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

CheckUser changes

Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, Misplaced Pages:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
A request for comment 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.

Technical news

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

Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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