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Growth team newsletter #25

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13:10, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 03 April 2023

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Extended confirmed protected Bluelock

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Hello @Samwalton9 I am @Sulav K Shetri I am kindly requesting you to apply Extended confirmed protected Bluelock in the page of Prime Minister of Nepal The Right Honourable Pushpa Kamal Dahal because the new users are doing wrong edit so, applying Extended confirmed protected Bluelock will help to protect the page and only experience editors can edit the page.Sulav K Shetri (talk) 10:19, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

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Women in Red May 2023

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Women in Red May 2023, Vol 9, Iss 5, Nos 251, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270


Online events:

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  • Use the Google translate app and camera on your phone to translate text from an article or book

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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


The Signpost: 8 May 2023

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The Signpost: 22 May 2023

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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

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Women in Red - June 2023

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Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 6, Nos 251, 252, 271, 272, 273


Online events:

See also:

Tip of the month:

  • Looking for new red links? Keep an eye out for interesting and notable friends, family, or associates of your last article subject, and re-examine group photos for other women who may still need an article.

Other ways to participate:

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

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Growth team newsletter #26

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15:14, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 5 June 2023

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May 2023 NPP Drive Award

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The Invisible Barnstar

This award is given to Samwalton9 for collecting more than 20 points doing redirect reviews, in the May 2023 NPP backlog reduction drive. Thank you for your help in bringing down the backlog. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:40, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @MPGuy2824 - every little helps I hope. Well done to you and all for such a successful drive! Sam Walton (talk) 16:04, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes it does help. Our goal is to get many ppl who do a smaller number of reviews each, to reduce dependence on a few high-quantity reviewers (who are then prone to burnout). -MPGuy2824 (talk) 01:49, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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


Concern regarding Draft:Steve El-Hage

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Information icon Hello, Samwalton9. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Steve El-Hage, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 10:02, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 19 June 2023

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Women in Red July 2023

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Women in Red June 2023, Vol 9, Iss 7, Nos 251, 252, 274, 275, 276


Online events:

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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

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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.

The Signpost: 3 July 2023

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The Signpost: 17 July 2023

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Books & Bytes – Issue 57

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

  • Suggestion improvements
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  • Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors

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

Invitation to deletion discussion page

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Hi. SamWalton9, I saw your activity on the draft space and think you eligible to vote on Netreputation deletion discussion page. It's a censorship organisation. Doesn't look notable but I think the article is fairly neutral in its descriptions. The page was passed from draft to mainspace after 3 months of d ting by many participants. It's not my first page, but really frustrating because people must know the truth about Leo Molloy case! Thank you Paranoya23 (talk) 16:33, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 1 August 2023

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Growth team newsletter #27

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12:42, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023

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

Administrator changes

added Firefangledfeathers
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Interface administrator changes

added Novem Linguae

Technical news

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Hashtags tool

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Hi Sam, the Hashtags tool has been down for a week. Please can you take a look?. Thanks. – Ammarpad (talk) 13:26, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ammarpad Sorry for not responding to you yet - I'm in Singapore at the moment so I don't have time to look at this for the next week or so, but I'll investigate as soon as I'm back. Sam Walton (talk) 13:36, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Actually let me ping someone else to see if they have capacity to look. Sam Walton (talk) 13:37, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Samwalton9. I could also be able to help if there's troubleshooting doc or guide and if I can be given access to the project. – Ammarpad (talk) 22:23, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 15 August 2023

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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.

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

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:27, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 16 September 2023

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The Signpost: 3 October 2023

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Growth team newsletter #28

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Trizek_(WMF) Talk 23:16, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bloons TD 5 PC, Console And Mobile Is Not Made With Unity.

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HEY! The PC, Console and Mobile Versions Of Bloons TD 5 Is not MADE WITH UNITY! Its made with ninja kiwi's own Game engine!

Belive me! Ayden Guil (talk) 14:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 23 October 2023

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The Signpost: 6 November 2023

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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

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readded Tamzin
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Interface administrator changes

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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


You've got mail!

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Hello, Samwalton9. Please check your email; you've got mail!
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The Signpost: 20 November 2023

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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

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ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message

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Hello! Voting in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 11 December 2023. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

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Happy Adminship Anniversary!

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Growth team newsletter #29

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18:04, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 4 December 2023

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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.
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A solstice greeting

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❄️ Happy holidays! ❄️

Hi Sam! I'd like to wish you a splendid solstice season as we wrap up the year. Here is an artwork, made individually for you, to celebrate. Looking forward to seeing how the Wikipedia Library develops in the coming year! Take care, and thanks for all you do to make Wikipedia better!
Cheers,
{{u|Sdkb}}talk
Solstice Celebration for Samwalton9, 2023, DALL·E 3. (View full series) Note: The vibes are winter solsticey. If you're in the southern hemisphere, oops, apologies.
Solstice Celebration for Samwalton9, 2023, DALL·E 3.
Note: The vibes are winter solsticey. If you're in the southern hemisphere, oops, apologies.

{{u|Sdkb}}talk 06:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Sdkb, happy holidays to you too :) Sam Walton (talk) 11:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 24 December 2023

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Seasons Greetings

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Merry Christmas, Samwalton9!
Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity. Onel5969 TT me 15:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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Onel5969 TT me 15:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Season's greetings

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Christmas postcard featuring Santa Claus using a zeppelin to deliver gifts, by Ellen Clapsaddle, 1909
~ ~ ~ Merry Christmas! ~ ~ ~
Hello Samwalton9: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Spread the love; use {{subst:User:Dustfreeworld/Xmas1}} to send this message.
CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 19:53, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
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Happy First Edit Day!

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Happy First Edit Day, Samwalton9, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! 141Pr {contribs} 10:18, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!
Hello Samwalton9:


Did you know ... that back in 1885, Wikipedia editors wrote Good Articles with axes, hammers and chisels?

Thank you for your contributions to this encyclopedia using 21st century technology. I hope you don't get any unnecessary blisters.

CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:18, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Happy New Year elves}} to send this message
CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 22:18, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024

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

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


Your draft article, Draft:Steve El-Hage

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Hello, Samwalton9. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Steve El-Hage".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 22:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 January 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 60

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023

  • Three new partners
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The Signpost: 31 January 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

CheckUser changes

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Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news

  • Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)

Arbitration

  • Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
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Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 13 February 2024

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Help removing revision history

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I am the teacher named in this libelous wikipedia entry about North Marion High School. I need the revision history removed so that it is no longer available to the public. Please help me remove this so that my professional reputation is not damaged any further.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Marion_High_School_(Oregon)&oldid=1205486042 Bonathanjarrett (talk) 23:51, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bonathanjarrett Hi - apologies for the delay in responding to you, I was without a reliable internet connection over the weekend. It looks like this revision has now been deleted. Sam Walton (talk) 13:40, 20 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024

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  • The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)

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The Signpost: 2 March 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 61

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024

  • Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024

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Technical news

  • The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

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  • Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

Books & Bytes – Issue 62

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 62, March – April 2024

  • IEEE and Haaretz now available
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The Signpost: 25 April 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024

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  • Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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The Signpost: 16 May 2024

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This may interest you. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 19:42, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote this for the next Signpost piece. Anything I got wrong? Anything I should add? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 00:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Headbomb Looks good to me! Sam Walton (talk) 12:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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  • The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 63, May – June 2024

  • One new partner
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The Signpost: 22 July 2024

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Growth News, July 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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Administrator changes

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Technical news

  • Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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Administrator changes

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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

  • The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:34, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pan de Manila

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Hello, Samwalton9. I'm reaching out as I'm in the process of reviving/recreating the Pan de Manila article (deleted in 2016, currently a redlink) as the article was subjected to a CSD A7 deletion making it ineligible to be undeleted via the Requests for undeletion process. Please let me know if initiating a deletion review for the said page would be a good step. Looking forward to your reply. -Ian Lopez @ 18:22, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ianlopez1115 There's absolutely zero useful content at the deleted article so there's nothing to restore, you're better off just recreating it from scratch. At its longest it contained a single sentence :) Sam Walton (talk) 19:06, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Samwalton9: Took your word and recreated the page from scratch. -Ian Lopez @ 08:35, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ianlopez1115 Looks great - I don't think this one qualifies for A7! Sam Walton (talk) 09:15, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

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Growth News, October 2024

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Invitation to participate in a research

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Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of Wikipedians to better understand what draws administrators to contribute to Wikipedia, and what affects administrator retention. We will use this research to improve experiences for Wikipedians, and address common problems and needs. We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this anonymous survey.

You do not have to be an Administrator to participate.

The survey should take around 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement .

Please find our contact on the project Meta page if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind Regards,

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Jabberwok violates ya

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Thanks very much for blocking this vandal. You may want to take away TP access, given comments like this. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 10:37, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - looks like Diannaa got there before me. Sam Walton (talk) 12:13, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 6 November 2024

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Books & Bytes – Issue 65

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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 65, September – October 2024

  • Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Wikipedia Library
  • Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 report
  • Tech tip: Mass downloads

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --12:49, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reminder to participate in Wikipedia research

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Hello,

I recently invited you to take a survey about administration on Wikipedia. If you haven’t yet had a chance, there is still time to participate– we’d truly appreciate your feedback. The survey is anonymous and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete. You may read more about the study on its Meta page and view its privacy statement.

Take the survey here.

Kind Regards,

WMF Research Team

BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

The Signpost: 18 November 2024

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ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

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Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. 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 2024 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) 00:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add a Fact survey and thank you

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Thank you for testing out the Add A Fact browser extension! This extension was developed as an experiment by the Future Audiences team at the Wikimedia Foundation to learn about new ways of contributing to Wikipedia from outside of our website/apps.

We are planning to wrap up this experiment this December, sunsetting the extension and publishing our findings on-wiki. We’d like to invite you to take part in an exit survey to tell us more about your experience of trying out the extension, and to share any ideas you have about how to support new ways of contributing to Wikipedia. The survey is anonymous (see the survey privacy statement) and should take about 10–15 minutes to complete.

You can take the Goole Forms survey here.

Kind regards, MPinchuk (WMF)

17:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)