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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2021).

Administrator changes

Ashleyyoursmile • Less Unless

Husond • MattWade • MJCdetroit • Carioca • Vague Rant • Kingboyk • Thunderboltz • Gwen Gale • AniMate • SlimVirgin (deceased)

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus was reached to deprecate Wikipedia:Editor assistance.
• Following a Request for Comment the Book namespace was deprecated.

Technical news

• Wikimedia previously used the IRC network Freenode. However, due to changes over who controlled the network with reports of a forceful takeover by several ex-staff members, the Wikimedia IRC Group Contacts decided to move to the new Libera Chat network. It has been reported that Wikimedia related channels on Freenode have been forcibly taken over if they pointed members to Libera. There is a migration guide and Wikimedia discussions about this.

Arbitration

• After a Clarification request, the Arbitration Committee modified Remedy 5 of the Antisemitism in Poland case. This means sourcing expectations are a discretionary sanction instead of being present on all articles. It also details using the talk page or the Reliable Sources Noticeboard to discuss disputed sources.

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Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Alida Morberg Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Savoriness • Learned society Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

A Finnish Christmas ham Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Christmas ham Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Alida Morberg • Savoriness Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 28 June 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• Consensus has been reached to delete all books in the book namespace. There was rough consensus that the deleted books should still be available on request at WP:REFUND even after the namespace is removed.
• An RfC is open to discuss the next steps following a trial which automatically applied pending changes to TFAs.

Technical news

• IP addresses of unregistered users are to be hidden from everyone. There is a rough draft of how IP addresses may be shown to users who need to see them. This currently details allowing administrators, checkusers, stewards and those with a new usergroup to view the full IP address of unregistered users. Editors with at least 500 edits and an account over a year old will be able to see all but the end of the IP address in the proposal. The ability to see the IP addresses hidden behind the mask would be dependent on agreeing to not share the parts of the IP address they can see with those who do not have access to the same information. Accessing part of or the full IP address of a masked editor would also be logged. Comments on the draft are being welcomed at the talk page.

Arbitration

• The community authorised COVID-19 general sanctions have been superseded by the COVID-19 discretionary sanctions following a motion at a case request. Alerts given and sanctions placed under the community authorised general sanctions are now considered alerts for and sanctions under the new discretionary sanctions.

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Participant countries of the 2019 International Army Games.   Participants   First time participants   Previous games participants, but not this time Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: International Army Games Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Organized religion • Christmas ham Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 12 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Hittite version of the Treaty of Kadesh, among the earliest extant examples of an international agreement Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: International law Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: International Army Games • Organized religion Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 19 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Episode Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: International law • International Army Games Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 26 July 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news

• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. ( T287380)

Arbitration

• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous

• You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Crème brûlée a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Crème brûlée Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Act (drama) • Organ (anatomy) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 16 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

An employee and customer at a grocery store in The Netherlands, April 1, 1955 Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Grocery store Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Crème brûlée • Act (drama) Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 23 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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Mona Sahlin is a Swedish politician who was leader of the opposition and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2007 to 2011. Pictured is Sahlin in 2010. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Mona Sahlin Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Grocery store • Crème brûlée Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 30 August 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

Jake Wartenberg

Emperor • Viridian Bovary

Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

• Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
• A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
• A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
• A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

• The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

• A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
• Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

• DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

• A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
• Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
• The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

• Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
• The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. Pictured is Cambodian sweet fish sauce mixed with chopped chili peppers and slices of garlic. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Fish sauce Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Geographer • No such thing as a stupid question Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Big Five personality traits is a suggested taxonomy, or grouping, for personality traits. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Personality Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Fish sauce • Geographer Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 18 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

The Portland Building (1982) in Portland, Oregon by architect Michael Graves is an example of Postmodern architecture. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Postmodernism Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Personality • Fish sauce Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 25 October 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Isabel Adrian is a Swedish television personality, producer, author and model. Pictured is Adrian in 2013. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Isabel Adrian Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Postmodernism • Personality Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 1 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

• Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

• GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

• The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Wholesaling or distributing is the sale of goods or merchandise to retailers; to industrial, commercial, institutional or other professional business users; or to other wholesalers (wholesale businesses) and related subordinated services. Pictured is the Birmingham Wholesale Markets at 4:00 AM. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Wholesaling Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Geography of Iceland • Air sports Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 22 November 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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Bushtits eating suet, which is usable as a bird food, from a bird feeder Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Bird food Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Lazarev Sea • Wholesaling Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 6 December 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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.

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Goat meat being roasted as part of an asado Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Goat meat Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Adventure • Bird food Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 20 December 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

Diagram of a prawn, with the carapace highlighted in red Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Carapace Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Goat meat • Adventure Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

A man playing the didgeridoo, an indigenous instrument of Australia that was developed at least 1,500 years ago. This is one of the myriad topics within the history of music. Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: History of music Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Carapace • Goat meat Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 3 January 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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.

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A NeXTstation graphics workstation from 1990 Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Workstation Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Reader Rabbit • History of music Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 17 January 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

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Hello, Hhkohh. The article for improvement of the week is: Social equality Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Television ratings • Workstation Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 31 January 2022 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI • Opt-out instructions

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

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.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

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.

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