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Question from PathwaysMelbourne (03:46, 25 September 2024)
Hi I've just created my first Wikipedia page and published it. When will it be available for viewing by the public? Thanks --PathwaysMelbourne (talk) 03:46, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- PathwaysMelbourne, which page are you referring to? — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 19:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
Miscellaneous
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
Wikimedia Apps newsletter – Third quarter of 2024
Hello,
The latest Wikimedia Apps newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Newsletter/Third_quarter_of_2024
Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Wikimedia+Apps%2FNewsletter%2FThird+quarter+of+2024&action=page&filter=&action_source=translate_page&language=
We plan to send the newsletter on Monday at 9:00 am (UTC).
We appreciate your dedicated effort and the time you took to translate this newsletter! If you have any questions, please let me know.
Respectfully,
Amal Ramadan
--09:03, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- ARamadan-WMF, as this is the first time I translate something, I'm not sure whether to mark it ready or not. — ♠ Ixtal ( T / C ) ⁂ Sign up for the 2024 DCWC! — Non nobis solum ♠ 19:43, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Ixtal,
- Thank you so much for your effort! It's fine, it doesn't need to be fully translated, and there's no need to mark it for translation again.
- I'll send it on Monday. Thanks again! ARamadan-WMF (talk) 14:49, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 October 2024
- News and notes: One election's end, another election's beginning
- Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper
- In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!
- Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South
- Traffic report: A scream breaks the still of the night
- Book review: The Editors
- Humour: The Newspaper Editors
- Crossword: Spilled Coffee Mug