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Merchandise giveaway nomination

A t-shirt!
A token of thanks
Hi Guettarda! I've nominated you (along with all other active admins) to receive a solstice season gift from the WMF. Talk page stalkers are invited to comment at the nomination. Enjoy! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} talk ~~~~~
A snowflake!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@Sdkb: Wow, that's such a nice gesture! Thank you for the nomination. Guettarda (talk) 00:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2022

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

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  • 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.

Arbitration

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  • The functionaries email list (functionaries-en@lists.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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18:12, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2022 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2022 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page. Any questions on the rules or on anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs · email) and Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email). Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:36, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Kenny J

On 18 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kenny J, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that calypsonian Kenny J was best known for his "well-crafted, risqué parang soca contributions"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kenny J. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kenny J), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:03, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Winsford Devine

On 19 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Winsford Devine, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Progress, composed by Winsford Devine and recorded by calypsonian King Austin in 1979, was declared "the song of the last millennium" by the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians' Organisation? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Winsford Devine. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Winsford Devine), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Mighty Bomber

On 22 January 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mighty Bomber, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that calypsonian Mighty Bomber believed that the judges denied him the Trinidad and Tobago Independence calypso monarch title in 1962 because he was born in Grenada? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mighty Bomber. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mighty Bomber), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Wishing Guettarda a very happy birthday on behalf of the Birthday Committee!   CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 18:45, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

MOS at Queen of T&T

MOS:JOBTITLES says to capitalise..."when a title is used to refer to a specific person as a substitute for their name during their time in office, e.g., the Queen, not the queen (referring to Elizabeth II)". Peter Ormond 💬 17:13, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Yes, but that's not the case here. Guettarda (talk) 17:30, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
In the article, at many places the phrase "the queen" is specific to Elizabeth II and should be capitalised per the MOS. Peter Ormond 💬 17:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
Please use the article talk page. That's what it's for. Guettarda (talk) 17:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 48

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 48, November – December 2021

  • 1Lib1Ref 2022
  • Wikipedia Library notifications deployed

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

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

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

"I wish there was a way to switch that on automatically for all new editors"

Concerning some comments you made here. If the idea is to mass-rollout my script to student accounts enrolled in WikiEd programs... there might be a way

  • An admin with Wikipedia:Interface administrators rights could get the list of students.
    • If the interface admin is affiliated with the WikiEd program, then they could handle everything themselves.
    • If the interface admin is not affiliated with the WikiEd program, they would need to be provided the list of students and then once provided with list, either handle everything themselves.
  • That admin could then either go through the list manually to enable the WP:UPSD script, or run an WP:ADMINBOT to automatically enable the script, on those student accounts.


You could also create a small 'New student guide' (or amend an existing one) and have each student do a couple of things after setting their accounts to get access to common tools and scripts like WP:UPSD, but also useful things like the citation expander (with a possible nudge to read Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2022-08-01/Tips and tricks).

Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 15:53, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@Headbomb: Thanks so much for this! Guettarda (talk) 00:53, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Charles William Warner

On 26 February 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Charles William Warner, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Charles William Warner, the attorney general of Trinidad between 1845 and 1870, was one of the most powerful men in the colony and often considered "the real governor"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Charles William Warner. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Charles William Warner), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 018

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Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Black-and-yellow broadbill by AryKun
Papuan mountain pigeon by AryKun
List of leporids by PresN
Algerian nuthatch by 2001:4455:364:A800:C13C:8A64:1CEF:F186, reviewed by AryKun
Jungle bush quail by AryKun, reviewed by Jens Lallensack
Lycorma imperialis by Etriusus, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Harry Allan by Dracophyllum, reviewed by Esculenta
Banded bullfrog by DanCherek, reviewed by GhostRiver

Newly nominated content

Queen angelfish by LittleJerry
Red panda by LittleJerry and BhagyaMani
List of lagomorphs by PresN
Corsican nuthatch by 2001:4455:364:A800:39A6:A5D8:C903:5E1D
Firefly by Chiswick Chap
Mountain pigeon by AryKun
Bonacynodon by Trilletrollet
Golden eagle by Vaco98

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

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Arbitration

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WikiCup 2022 March newsletter

And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, a finalist last year, who led the field with 1906 points, gained from 32 GAs and 19 DYKs, all on the topic of New York buildings.
  • Christmas Island AryKun, new to the contest, was second with 1588 points, having achieved 2 FAs, 11 GAs and various other submissions, mostly on the subject of birds.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, a WikiCup veteran, was in third place with 682 points, garnered from 51 In the news items and several DYKs.
  • Philadelphia GhostRiver was close behind with 679 points, gained from achieving 12 GAs, mostly on ice hockey players, and 35 GARs.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh was in fifth place with 551 points, with an FA, a FL, and many reviews.
  • SounderBruce was next with 454 points, gained from an FA and various other submissions, mostly on United States highways.
  • United Nations Ktin, another WikiCup veteran, was in seventh place with 412 points, mostly gained from In the news items.

These contestants, like all the others who qualified for Round 2, now have to start scoring points again from scratch. Between them, contestants completed reviews of a large number of good articles as the contest ran concurrently with a GAN backlog drive. Well done all! To qualify for Round 3, contestants will need to finish Round 2 among the top thirty-two participants.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of Round 1 but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Anything that should have been claimed for in Round 1 is no longer eligible for points. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Alexander's Ragtime Band (band)

On 7 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Alexander's Ragtime Band (band), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the adoption of all-steel percussion by Alexander's Ragtime Band in 1939 was widely copied, and prompted the development of the steelpan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Alexander's Ragtime Band (band). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Alexander's Ragtime Band (band)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

—Kusma (talk) 00:02, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Jonas Mohammed Bath

On 19 March 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Jonas Mohammed Bath, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jonas Mohammed Bath was only able to obtain his freedom from slavery by purchasing another enslaved person to replace himself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Jonas Mohammed Bath. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Jonas Mohammed Bath), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 49

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 49, January – February 2022

  • New library collections
  • Blog post published detailing technical improvements

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --10:06, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Help

Don't really love reaching out to admins directly, but 2A02:587:C23D:F500:4DC:1A21:EEA:118C (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is an LTA, WP:LTA/WKHF. They seem to be traveling Greece, as this IP and their last one geolocates to there. Urgent block needed as they are section blanking. wizzito | say hello! 06:01, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Note that the /32 is pblocked. Perhaps a temporary /32 block is needed? wizzito | say hello! 06:01, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
The /32 has been blocked. Sorry for my panicking - this was pretty urgent as they were section blanking though. wizzito | say hello! 06:18, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
@Wizzito Sorry I was asleep when this went down. I quite happy with people reaching out to me directly, but I'm probably not the best person for range blocks or LTAs. Guettarda (talk) 13:46, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Ellis Nottingham

Moin Guettarda,
in Michael Anthony: Port of Spain in a World at War 1939 - 1945, 2. edition, Paria Publishing, Port of Spain 1978, ISBN=976-8054-55-7 I stumbled across a small snippet of text that theoretically might be a starting point for an interesting biography article, but I couldn't find any follow-up information so far: "For (cyclist Ellis) Nottingham, the war had come to the Caribbean. Just an hour or so before the declaration of war, he had left Port of Spain for Curaçao to compete in games there. However, when the declaration came, the German ship on which he was travelling suddenly changed course and headed for Germany. Ellis was to spend six years in Hamburg as a prisoner of war.". I do have personal contacts I can ask (Jerry Besson, Brinsley Samaroo) but they're both not very Wikipedia affine (yet^^). Do you accidentally have any sources on the matter, or do you know an en:WP author who might know something about it?
Thanks and kind regards, Grueslayer 19:23, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

@Grueslayer I couldn't think of anything. I tried The U-Boat War in the Caribbean, hoping there might be something in there, but I couldn't find anything.
I would love to try and bring Besson or Samaroo into the fold. Maybe see if we organise something with Wiki Cari that might draw them in. Guettarda (talk) 01:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
I haven't seen Besson since 2016. By then he was worried about the future of historians in TT - Anthony and de Verteuil were and are old, and Bissessarsingh's health was already critical by then. Which leaves TT with him and Brereton. Luckily both are in good shape. I don't think Besson or Samaroo would be interested in writing for Wikipedia. What I sometimes think about - all of them must have books. Besson showed me his personal library, an entire room (well, larger closet) full of books on the history of TT. These are priceless treasures and must by no means disappear when their owners pass away. I have a friend with good UWI administration connections who's visiting me in June, maybe there is interest in a cooperation of any sorts. Kind regards, Grueslayer 10:23, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
@Grueslayer I didn't mean actually writing, I was thinking more about trying to connect them with the movement more generally. Guettarda (talk) 13:05, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
I hear ya. But I think the starting point needs to be UWI, with meetings or workshops for local editors. And, as step zero, a needs assessment among local editors. Do you have the impression that would be a path worth pursuing? Kind regards, Grueslayer 14:16, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
Yes, definitely. I was talking to an old friend at UWI, and he said that while he had no interest in editing, he thought it might be something his grad students would want to learn about. Guettarda (talk) 14:32, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life/Newsletter/019

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Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Queen angelfish by LittleJerry
Alaska marmot by An anonymous username, not my real name, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Firefly by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Afrolychas braueri by OnlyFixingProse, reviewed by An anonymous username, not my real name
Mountain pigeon by AryKun, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Dracopristis by Fossiladder13, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Bonacynodon by Trilletrollet, reviewed by AryKun
Lichexanthone by Esculenta, reviewed by Szmenderowiecki
Yellowtail flounder by Eviolite, reviewed by RecycledPixels
Sexual selection by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by AryKun

Newly nominated content

White-headed fruit dove by AryKun
Mountain pigeon by AryKun
Florence Merriam Bailey by GhostRiver
Agelenopsis pennsylvanica by Kline
Hypericum aegypticum by Fritzmann
Guadeloupe woodpecker by OnlyFixingProse

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
  • When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Selwyn Ryan

On 9 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Selwyn Ryan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that political scientist Selwyn Ryan has been called "the author of record for the ... modern political history" of Trinidad and Tobago? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Selwyn Ryan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Selwyn Ryan), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:03, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

  1. Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
  2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Cyrus Prudhomme David

On 16 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cyrus Prudhomme David, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Colonial Office refused to appoint Cyrus Prudhomme David to the magistracy, considering it wrong "as a matter of policy" to appoint a second Black man to a legal post in Trinidad and Tobago? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cyrus Prudhomme David. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cyrus Prudhomme David), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:03, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Henry Alcazar

On 24 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Henry Alcazar, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that legislator Henry Alcazar successfully defended everyone accused of inciting the 1903 Water Riots that burned down the Trinidad and Tobago seat of government? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Alcazar. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Henry Alcazar), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

April songs

Thank you for a another good one! - dance and singing, peace doves and icecream - Freiheit! to listen to, - the livestream has it all, safety announcement, speeches, intermission ... but there's a good legend to find the symphony movement. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks you @Gerda Arendt! Guettarda (talk) 14:06, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Dove sono (Where are those happy moments ...?) - concert with Kyiv orchestra and Aleksey Semenenko (quite a story!) tonight, Symphony with war and peace in the subtitle --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:22, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Notability advice

Moin Guettarda,
is there a page in the English Wikipedia where you can present a draft you've written and ask if the lemma is (probably) notable par the WP guidelines? We have de:Wikipedia:Relevanzcheck on de:WP but a quick search didn't bring up an English equivalent. Asking for a friend.
Thanks and kind regards, Grueslayer 17:04, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

@Grueslayer There's WP:AFC. A new editor could probably get helpful feedback at Wikipedia:Teahouse too. But I don't think there's actually anything equivalent.
I'd be happy to take a look at it for them, but how helpful I'd be would depend on the topic. Broadly, I think the Teahouse is best. Guettarda (talk) 18:38, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cyrus Prudhomme David

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Cyrus Prudhomme David you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

WikiProject Tree of Life Newsletter – 020

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April 2022—Issue 020


Tree of Life


Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!
Newly recognized content

Red panda by LittleJerry and BhagyaMani
White-headed fruit dove by AryKun
List of ochotonids by PresN
Guadeloupe woodpecker by OnlyFixingProse, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Magnetoreception by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Mover of molehills
Macauley Island by Jo-Jo Eumerus, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber, reviewed by Ealdgyth
Florence Merriam Bailey by GhostRiver, reviewed by SquareInARoundHole

Newly nominated content

Black-breasted buttonquail by Casliber
List of birds of Tuvalu by AryKun
List of cingulates by PresN
List of didelphimorphs by PresN
Stegotherium by Larrayal
Resplendent quetzal by SadAttorney613
Electroreception and electrogenesis by Chiswick Chap
Muja (alligator) by Amanuensis Balkanicus
Punctelia graminicola by Esculenta
Siegfried Huneck by Esculenta
Abiogenesis by Chiswick Chap

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Your GA nomination of Cyrus Prudhomme David

The article Cyrus Prudhomme David you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Cyrus Prudhomme David for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 15:01, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 May newsletter

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  1. New York (state) Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
  2. Christmas Island AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
  3. Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
  4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
  5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
  6. United States Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
  7. England Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Paula-Mae Weekes

[Paula-Mae Weekes]] is a stub because it has only 275 words right now, contrary to 500 words required to become 'start' class. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 13:27, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@Abhishek0831996 There's no 500-word requirement for a "Start" class article. I'm not sure where you get that idea from. And you should never add a stub tag to an article that has already been assessed to be something more than a stub. The article is currently 1638 characters of "readable text", which is well over the 1500-character threshold for a DYK. Guettarda (talk) 14:11, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Cyrus Prudhomme David

The article Cyrus Prudhomme David you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Cyrus Prudhomme David for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Ealdgyth -- Ealdgyth (talk) 13:41, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Trinidad and Tobago jazz

A tag has been placed on Category:Trinidad and Tobago jazz indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, 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 clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 21:23, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Empty Jazz Categories

Hello, Guettarda,

I noticed that you had an opinion on the status of the national jazz categories and I wanted to let you know that a few more are listed in Category:Empty categories awaiting deletion if you want to intervene before they are deleted this week. Specifically, they are Category:Peruvian jazz‎, Category:Vietnamese jazz‎, Category:Algerian jazz‎, Category:Hungarian jazz, Category:Cuban jazz‎, Category:Ethiopian jazz‎, Category:Ghanaian jazz‎, Category:Greek jazz‎, Category:Greek jazz Vibraphonists‎, Category:Lebanese jazz‎ and Category:Singaporean jazz‎. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 22:35, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Liz, but I just don't have the energy for these arguments. Guettarda (talk) 22:26, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

June 2022 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Books & Bytes – Issue 50

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 50, March – April 2022

  • New library partner - SPIE
  • 1Lib1Ref May 2022 underway

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages. (T307341)
  • The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features. Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration

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Happy Seventeenth Adminship Anniversary!

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

WikiCup 2022 July newsletter

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
  • Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022

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

Technical news

  • user_global_editcount is a new variable that can be used in abuse filters to avoid affecting globally active users. (T130439)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

  • The New Pages Patrol queue has around 10,000 articles to be reviewed. As all administrators have the patrol right, please consider helping out. The queue is here. For further information on the state of the project, see the latest NPP newsletter.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Mighty Spoiler

Hi, a long time ago you made this edit to Spoiler: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Spoiler&diff=prev&oldid=7466367

Recently someone has suggested whether this in fact refers to "Portrait of Trinidad" by Sniper and I wonder if you have any comment on this? A fast google search did not show me any song with the title "Trinidad is My Land" by Spoiler.

Thanks, James Fryer (talk) 11:02, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

@James Fryer Wow - that was a long time ago. And yes, that was probably precisely the mistake I made. Guettarda (talk) 14:47, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 51

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 51, May – June 2022

  • New library partners
    • SAGE Journals
    • Elsevier ScienceDirect
    • University of Chicago Press
    • Information Processing Society of Japan
  • Feedback requested on this newsletter
  • 1Lib1Ref May 2022

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:46, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2022

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

Administrator changes

readded Valereee
removed Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
  • An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news

  • The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
  • Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
  • Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
  • Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold ⇧ Shift between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

RFC on Modern Taino Identity

I'd appreciate your input on this topic to resolve some long disputed issues about modern Taino movements. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Taíno#Request_for_Comment_on_Modern_Taino_Identity Poketama (talk) 01:30, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Always precious

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:04, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Gerda Arendt :) Guettarda (talk) 13:43, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:36, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! Eighteen years, somehow -- Guettarda (talk) 18:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations opening soon

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:51, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
  • Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

WikiCup 2022 September newsletter

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

View it! September update

View it! Tool
View it! Tool update Sept. 2022

Thank you for signing up for View it! updates!

As a reminder, you can view details about how to install the View it! user script or use the Toolforge tool on our meta page. Please use the talk page there to contact the team!

August happenings

  • We held two community conversations, one in person at Wikimania 2022/Pittsburgh and one virtual during a Wikimedians in Residence Exchange Network meeting.
    • During both meetings we discussed final design of View it!, and results refinement and querying. Check the August updates for notes from both meetings.
  • View it! is working across all Wikimedia projects, and we are currently working on multi-lingual functionality.

Coming in September

  • Currently plan to focus development on multilingialism, on-wiki/editor features for the user script, and extending the search functions on Toolforge.
  • We are continuing to respond to user feedback and finalizing design.

Action to take

  • Install Beta script and see how it can used to add new images to articles.
  • All editors are invited to share the tool with their local wiki communities, or incorporate it into relevant local templates, such as infoboxes. If you do so, please let us know about it, so we can ensure backwards compatibility for that use case as we continue development!
  • Feel free to leave comments on our Discussion page

-- (talk) 19:13, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting opening soon!

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Correction to previous election announcement

Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I (Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 52

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 52, July – August 2022

  • New instant-access collections:
    • SpringerLink and Springer Nature
    • Project MUSE
    • Taylor & Francis
    • ASHA
    • Loeb
  • Feedback requested on this newsletter

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:21, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Mighty Bomber (disambiguation)

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on Mighty Bomber (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a disambiguation page which either

  • disambiguates only one extant Wikipedia page and whose title ends in "(disambiguation)" (i.e., there is a primary topic);
  • disambiguates zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
  • is an orphaned redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" that does not target a disambiguation page or page that has a disambiguation-like function.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. Certes (talk) 14:16, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to Preferences → Gadgets and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:42, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022

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

Guideline and policy news

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:22, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

View it! update

View it! Tool
View it! Tool update Oct. 2022


Thank you for signing up for View it! updates!

As a reminder, you can view details about how to install the View it! user script or use the Toolforge tool on our meta page. Please use the talk page there to contact the team!

October Update

September/October Happenings

  • View it! is now multilingual! We are currently working on tool localization. Please consider helping us!
  • View it! now has advanced search option on Toolforge, simply toggle on to enable searching with a different property constraint, free text, specific resolution, and quality assessment.
  • Advanced search allows for searching by Commons Categories which have an associated P373.
    • Commons Category search will also show sub-categories for more specific results.

Coming Soon

  • We are releasing a new version of View it! that will implement some of the Toolforge functionality into the on-Wiki experience.
  • We are thinking about ways for View it! results to show up on page as an image grid, gallery or other form, without leaving the page. Please let us know what your idea/preference is.
  • Integrating editor features such as the ability to add an image from View it! or remove a faulty statement.

Action to take

  • Share your thoughts with us about the interface! What would you like the final product to look like? Should it be on-wiki? Preference on location of the button/link? We are open to ideas - please share them with us.
  • Install Beta script and see how it can used to add new images to articles.
  • All editors are invited to share the tool with their local wiki communities, or incorporate it into relevant local templates, such as infoboxes. If you do so, please let us know about it, so we can ensure backwards compatibility for that use case as we continue development!

JamieF (talk) 18:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

WikiCup 2022 November newsletter

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

  • England Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
  • Zulu (International Code of Signals) BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
  • New York City Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
  • Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
  • Chicago PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
  • Toronto Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. 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 the overall leader in this field.

  • England Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
  • United Nations Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
  • Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
  • Toronto Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
  • New York (state) Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
  • SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
  • England Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
  • Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
  • Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
  • Kingdom of Scotland Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 53

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 53, September – October 2022

  • New collections:
    • Edward Elgar
    • E-Yearbook
    • Corriere della Serra
    • Wikilala
  • Collections moved to Library Bundle:
    • Ancestry
  • New feature: Outage notification
  • Spotlight: Collections indexed in EDS

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --11:19, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. 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 2022 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) 00:26, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2022

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

CheckUser changes

removed TheresNoTime

Oversight changes

removed TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. 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 wide-vector-2022 gadget. (T319449)

Arbitration

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy holidays!

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year, Guettarda!

The other day, I was having a conversation with someone about holiday cards and social media. It occurred to me that, in the years since I left Facebook, the site I use most to communicate with people I like isn't actually a social media site at all. If you're receiving this, it's pretty likely I've talked with you more recently than I have my distant relatives and college friends on FB, at very least, and we may have even collaborated on something useful. So here's a holiday "card", Wikipedia friend. :) Hope the next couple weeks bring some fun and/or rest. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 18:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much @Rhododendrites! Wishing you all the best for the New Year! Guettarda (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
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