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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
The Signpost: 4 September 2024
[edit]- News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked
- In the media: AI is not playing games anymore. Is Wikipedia ready?
- News from the WMF: Meet the 12 candidates running in the WMF Board of Trustees election
- Wikimania: A month after Wikimania 2024
- Serendipity: What it's like to be Wikimedian of the Year
- Traffic report: After the gold rush
Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
[edit]Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter
  Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Message sent by Baffle gab1978 (talk) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:54, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Copy Edit Request for Educational inequality in the United States
[edit] | Hello, Miniapolis. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! |
Here's the article: Educational inequality in the United States SilkPyjamas (talk) 23:11, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- It took me a minute to realize that you wanted me to check your copyedit (I think). I didn't have time to check it closely, but some of your changes improved the article; others, not so much. You seem to have introduced (or increased) a POV into an article which requires a deft touch. Also, redirects don't need to be piped; see WP:NOTBROKEN and WP:WTW. Thanks for your help and all the best, Miniapolis 00:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
Request for Guidance on Draft:Clever Hopes Copyvio
[edit]Hey there- I came across an interesting set of circumstances when reviewing a draft, and I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. The page had previous copyvio, but the site it took from is on the spam blacklist, so I can't tag it (or at least don't know how to). You can view the CopyPatrol log [1], as it can supply the site. If you could let me know what I should do in this situation, I'd appreciate it. Thanks! Sincerely, Guessitsavis (she/they) (Talk) 01:40, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. Sorry, but copyvio and whitelisting aren't my specialties; you may want to check with Diannaa. All the best, Miniapolis 02:17, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
Well done on Doctor Who copy edits
[edit]I've spent a lot of time on the "List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films" page as an amateur copy editor (aka someone who likes grammar), but your copy edits are exceptional. Thank you for your attention to the article. Penguino35 (talk) 01:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 26 September 2024
[edit]- In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"
- Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus
- Serendipity: A Wikipedian at the 2024 Paralympics
- Opinion: asilvering's RfA debriefing
- News and notes: Are you ready for admin elections?
- Recent research: Article-writing AI is less "prone to reasoning errors (or hallucinations)" than human Wikipedia editors
- Traffic report: Jump in the line, rock your body in time
Requesting input
[edit]see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anita Wood Strangerthings7112 (talk) 03:14, 29 September 2024 (UTC)