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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

Administrator changes

added
readded Stephen
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Interface administrator changes

removed Nihiltres

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Voting for the Sound Logo 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 bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Tech News: 2023-02

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:05, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 16 January 2023

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Tech News: 2023-03

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 54

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 54, November – December 2022

  • New collections:
    • British Newspaper Archive
    • Findmypast
    • University of Michigan Press
    • ACLS
    • Duke University Press
  • 1Lib1Ref 2023
  • Spotlight: EDS Refine Results

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:14, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-04

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-05

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:03, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey 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: Syntax highlighting 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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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

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Tech News: 2023-06

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MediaWiki message delivery 10:19, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-07

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:46, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

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Tech News: 2023-08

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-09

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
  • Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
  • The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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Tech News: 2023-10

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 March 2023

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Tech News: 2023-11

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:18, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 55

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 55, January – February 2023

  • New bundle partners:
    • Newspapers.com
    • Fold3
  • 1Lib1Ref January report
  • Spotlight: EDS SmartText Searching

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:45, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

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Tech News: 2023-12

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-13

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

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Tech News: 2023-14

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:37, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:10, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-15

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Tech News: 2023-16

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-17

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

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Tech News: 2023-18

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MediaWiki message delivery 01:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 8 May 2023

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Tech News: 2023-19

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:34, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-20

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

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Tech News: 2023-21

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16:53, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 56

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 56, March – April 2023

  • New partner:
    • Perlego
  • Library access tips and tricks
  • Spotlight: EveryBookItsReader

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:03, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-22

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:59, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 5 June 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
  • As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news

  • Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous


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Tech News: 2023-23

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Tech News: 2023-24

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The Signpost: 19 June 2023

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Tech News: 2023-25

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Tech News: 2023-26

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

Administrator changes

added Novem Linguae
removed

Bureaucrat changes

removed MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

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.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 3 July 2023

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Tech News: 2023-27

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Tech News: 2023-28

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023

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Tech News: 2023-29

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 57

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 57, May – June 2023

  • Suggestion improvements
  • Favorite collections tips
  • Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:22, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-30

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Tech News: 2023-31

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:52, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 1 August 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

Administrator changes

added Firefangledfeathers
removed

Interface administrator changes

added Novem Linguae

Technical news

Arbitration


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Tech News: 2023-33

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MediaWiki message delivery 05:57, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 August 2023

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Tech News: 2023-35

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MediaWiki message delivery 13:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

  • Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-36

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Tech News: 2023-37

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 58

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023

  • New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
  • Tech tip: Filters
  • Wikimania presentation

Read the full newsletter

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The Signpost: 16 September 2023

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Tech News: 2023-38

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Tech News: 2023-39

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Tech News: 2023-40

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news

  • Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


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Tech News: 2023-42

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The Signpost: 23 October 2023

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Tech News: 2023-43

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:14, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-44

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

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Tech News: 2023-45

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

Administrator changes

added 0xDeadbeef
readded Tamzin
removed Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

added Pppery
removed

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

  • Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
  • Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
  • Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
  • Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
  • Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
  • Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
  • An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous


Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 20 November 2023

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Tech News: 2023-47

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 59

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023

  • Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
  • Tech tip: Library access methods

Read the full newsletter

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Tech News: 2023-48

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 December 2023

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Tech News: 2023-49

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
  • The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
  • Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Tech News: 2023-50

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MediaWiki message delivery 02:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-51

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:16, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 December 2023

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 23

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


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