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Administrators' newsletter β February 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).
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Technical news
- Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
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Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.
Definitely 182.239.92.235 (talk) 20:46, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[]
Disambiguation link notification for February 12
[edit]An automated process has detected that when you recently edited 2025 Scottsdale Airport collision, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page ABC News.
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Disambiguation link notification for March 3
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- List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg
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Administrators' newsletter β March 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
- A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
- A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.
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Technical news
- A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
- Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378
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Miscellaneous
- The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are γ οΌγ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.
Administrators' newsletter β April 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).
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Miscellaneous
- Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.
Administrators' newsletter β May 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
- An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
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Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Happy First Edit Day!
[edit]| π Calendar emoji | Hi Metropolitan90! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! Worgisbor (congregate) 00:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[] | π Party popper emoji |
Happy First Edit Day!
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Have a very happy first edit anniversary!
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Happy First Edit Day!
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Eisley songs
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A tag has been placed on Category:Eisley songs indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 06:09, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β June 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
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Technical news
- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
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Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
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Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 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!
Administrators' newsletter β July 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
- WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.
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Miscellaneous
- The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1July to 30September. Sign up now!
- Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9β15, the discussion phase is July 18β22, and the voting phase is July 23β29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!
Presbyteniasm
[edit]I left ye a message on the Presbyteniasm VfD on scowiki
And let me just make myself clear - I think what ye did was frankly completely premature, extreme, contradictory and inappropriate, and an attempt to bully editors into doing what ye want CiphriusKane (talk) 05:39, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[]
- I don't have the ability to bully anyone into doing anything at the Scots Wikipedia, nor would I want to do so. --Metropolitan90 13:43, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[]
- Withdraw the VfD and stop going to smaller wikis with an axe. Do ye really think it's appropriate to try tearing down smaller wikis without even trying to talk to the other editors? Shameful behaviour from an enwiki admin CiphriusKane (talk) 17:39, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[]
Maria Bronte
[edit]Since the Bronte sisters mother was named Maria, and for much of her life she went by the married name Bronte, whould she not have been the main person called Maria Bronte. I also suspect this would be the most common name she would go by.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:13, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[]
- Are you suggesting that the article Maria Branwell should be moved to Maria BrontΓ«? If so, I don't have an opinion about that. --Metropolitan90 16:47, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β August 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
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Administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
- Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.
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Technical news
- Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
- The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
- The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
- The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.
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Miscellaneous
- Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
CS1 error on Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
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Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:
- A missing title error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)
Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 22:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β September 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.
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Technical news
- Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
- An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
Happy Adminship Anniversary!
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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
[edit]| π Wikipedia globe and sysop mop | Hi Metropolitan90! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of your successful request for adminship. Enjoy this special day! CREditzWiki (Talk to me!!) 02:14, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[] | π Party popper emoji |
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Happy Adminship Anniversary!
[edit]Administrators' newsletter β October 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).
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Arbitration
- After a motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections at WP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g.
[[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.
EO stuff
[edit]Heya, re this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Executive_Order_14175&diff=prev&oldid=1317033325
Did you have any ideas? I don't like how we structure those, even if it makes "easy" sense for scaling over years. And most people don't have time/energy to keep up with the EO cadence in a normal Presidency, I suppose, let alone now. But it seems like an interesting systems problem if nothing else, so if you wanted to try something? I can help. β Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 00:07, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[]
Guide to temporary accounts
[edit]Hello, Metropolitan90. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.
Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.
How do temporary accounts work?
- When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern:
~2025-12345-67(a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5). - All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
- A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
- As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
- There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
- There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.
Temporary account IP viewer user right
- Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)βadministrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
- Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.
Impact for administrators
- It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
- It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
- Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).
Rules about IP information disclosure
- Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
- Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g.
~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR
, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67) - See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer Β§ What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.
Useful tools for patrollers
- It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences β Appearance β Advanced options β π Tick
Enable the user info card- This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
- Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
- Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
- The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.
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- For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) Β§ Temporary accounts rollout.
Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, π SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β November 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
- Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.
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Technical news
- You can enable a handy user info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visit Preferences β Appearance β Advanced options β π Tick
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
- Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.
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Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2025 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!
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 10 Β§ Category:Television shows in Georgia (country)
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Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 November 10 Β§ Category:Television shows in Georgia (country) on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mclay1 (talk) 13:12, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[]
ArbCom 2025 Elections voter message
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Hello! Voting in the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 1 December 2025. 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 2025 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) 00:21, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[]
My Choice (film) improvements
[edit]As discussed at DYK nomination page, I wish to discuss improvements to the article My Choice (film) at your talk page tomorrow onward. if it is okay for you. Thanks Bookku (talk) 15:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[]
- Actually, no. Please address these issues at the DYK nomination page rather than my talk page. --Metropolitan90 16:48, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β December 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).
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Technical news
- Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
- Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958
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Miscellaneous
- The December 2025 administrator elections are scheduled from Nov 25 β Dec 15.
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in December 2025, with over 1,000 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
DYK for Blood on the Saddle (song)
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On 26 December 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blood on the Saddle (song), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tex Ritter's recording of "Blood on the Saddle" has often been presented by an animatronic bear? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blood on the Saddle (song). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blood on the Saddle (song)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.
Dclemens1971 (talk) 00:02, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β January 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2025).
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Guideline and policy news
- All general sanctions imposed by the community may now be enforced at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard (WP:AE) as a result of a recent RfC.
- Due to the result of a recent RFC, the administrator recall process is amended to extend the deadline for a re-request for adminship to 30 days or the next administrator election, whichever is later.
- Changes to the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy's disclosure rules include broadening the consecutive-blocks exception to cover all admin actions and removing the requirement to revision-delete permissible disclosures once they become unnecessary (instead requiring only their removal). See WP:TAIVDISCLOSE for more information.
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Arbitration
- Following the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Asilvering, Girth Summit, Guerillero, HJ Mitchell, HouseBlaster, Izno, Sdrqaz, SilverLocust.
- The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been suspended.
Note in List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films
[edit]Hi, I wanted to let you know that the Template:Editnotices/Page/List of Walt Disney Animation Studios films needs an update, since the part about the studio's sequels doesn't mention those released after Ralph Breaks the Internet (Frozen II, Moana 2, and Zootopia 2). - BrookTheHumming (talk) 22:18, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[]
- I made some edits to that editnotice. --Metropolitan90 16:37, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β February 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2026).
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Arbitration
- Due to the result of a recent motion, a rough consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may impose an expanded topic ban on Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Palestine, Palestinians, Islam, and/or Arabs, if an editor's Arab-Israeli conflict topic ban is determined to be insufficient to prevent disruption. At least one diff per area expanded into should be cited.
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Miscellaneous
- Voting in the 2026 Steward elections started on 06 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC) and will end on 27 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process for current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
Administrators' newsletter β March 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
- A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.
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Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
- Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
- The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.
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Miscellaneous
- Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
- An Unreferenced articles backlog drive is taking place in March 2026 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!
Administrators' newsletter β April 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2026).
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Guideline and policy news
- The content of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models has been updated following a request for comment. It now prohibits using LLMs to generate content, with exceptions for translation and copy-editing.
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Arbitration
- Following a motion, the GSCASTE extended-confirmed restriction in the Indian military history case has been narrowed. It now applies to caste-related topics in South Asia, and the preemptive protection remedy has been amended accordingly.
- The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been closed.
- The arbitration case Maghreb has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 7 April.
Administrators' newsletter β May 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2026).
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Technical news
- Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
- The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
- Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
- Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
- The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.
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Miscellaneous
- The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
- The 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is scheduled to run from April 25 to June 1. Candidacy submissions close on May 10.
- A new noticeboard for non-urgent, batch page protection requests has been created, primarily for the enforcement of contentious topic restrictions.
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[edit]| π Calendar emoji | Hi Metropolitan90! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 05:10, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[] | π Party popper emoji |
Happy First Edit Day!
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Happy First Edit Day, Metropolitan90, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! βοΈβοΈβοΈALEXHammeke (talk | guestbook | sandbox) 20:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[] |
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For the impressive collective quantity of content in Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Archives/2026-05-22 generated by a large number of people for a single Signpost issue, and which was published on time. β Pine (β) 04:26, 30 May 2026 (UTC)[]
Administrators' newsletter β June 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2026).
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Administrator changes
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Bureaucrat changes
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Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.
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Technical news
- Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)
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Arbitration
- The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
- The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.
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Miscellaneous
- Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election closes on 1 June.