So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

• Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
• Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
• FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
• TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
• Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna, Thebiguglyalien, Sammi Brie, Trainsandotherthings, Lee Vilenski, Juxlos, Unexpectedlydian, SounderBruce, Kosack, BennyOnTheLoose and PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. 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.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:37, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi That Coptic Guy. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:

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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Hey @HJ Mitchell - thanks so much for granting the request and for your time. I'm really excited to be growing as an editor on Wikipedia! — That Coptic Guy (let's talk?) 15:29, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, noticed you attempted to {{Hidden ping}} everyone at Talk:Brecon Beacons National Park, but you did it in an edit where you did not sign the post in the same edit, therefore it did not work (at least for me), if you need to ping, best to do it as a separate signed comment. See Help:Fixing failed pings. Just raising awareness, many thanks. DankJae 21:38, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@DankJae - Oh shoot… I thought I fixed it in my second edit!! I tried signing it in my second edit for it to work, but Wikipedia never gave me a notice that the pings went through—indeed I guess it did fail again lol. Thanks very much for the heads up and suggestion. — That Coptic Guy (let's talk?) (contribs) 21:44, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi @That Coptic Guy, you only changed the time, I believe pings analysed the added content, and both the pings and your userpage must be linked and added in the same edit. As you only added a date change, I guess it could not find your username in the edit so did not work. I have pinged them all in another comment on the RM. DankJae 21:47, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Really appreciate your help! Still getting used to all of the templates and how best to use them. — That Coptic Guy (let's talk?) (contribs) 21:48, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hi That Coptic Guy, in case this interests you... cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 10:35, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

@Cmglee - Thank you, this is really cool!! A 99.9% file size reduction is pretty nuts, and what I think is even more interesting is that you learned a new technique through it all (even as one of the most prolific SVG artists out there). Kudos :-) — That Coptic Guy (let's talk?) (contribs) 14:56, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

My pleasure, and thanks! The reduction was possible because the original plot was hugely inefficient. The 7 KB version is roughly the size if the ellipses are typically drawn, but I tried to push the envelope of what's possible. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 16:23, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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Thank you so much @Filmssssssssssss, that's really kind of you! I'm certainly not doing it on my own (case-in-point: Alexander Milton Ross). Cheers :) — That Coptic Guy (let's talk?) (contribs) 16:02, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)}  If you reply here, please ping me by using {{re|Ks0stm}} in your reply.  05:59, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed that you reverted my changes to Nashville Statement. I did not see a reason specified. Can you give me some feedback as to why you did that? WillRefvem (talk) 05:11, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Okay, I just saw your edit to my talk page that you deleted. Your criticism may be valid when it comes to calling Paige Patterson "disgraced," which I suppose is a matter of opinion. It is however a matter of fact that he is no longer the president of SWBTS. It is also stated on Rosaria Butterfield's page that she does not identify as ex-gay, and I contend that the current state of the page misrepresents this fact with the ambiguous wording "former lesbian activist." It is my contention that in that one case, the current state violates NPOV and my edit corrects it. It is also a matter of fact that Ken Ham is a young-earth creationist. I don't see how facts can violate NPOV. WillRefvem (talk) 05:17, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi @WillRefvem - thanks for reaching out. I left you a message on your talk page. In essence, your edit on that article (adding the "disgraced" descriptor to Patterson's title in the article) did not seem necessary. However, upon reviewing the other 3 edits besides the one I just mentioned, those seem totally appropriate and I can undo my reversion of those (apologies for that mistake).

Also, the link to your talk page that you have in your signature links to the talk page of a totally different user, who hasn't contributed since 2011. If that account (BuckRefvem) is indeed you, then you can say so. But it seems you're using this account (WillRefvem) now, so I would fix that talk page link. Just a heads up that that redirect can come off as confusing. — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 05:18, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry about the confusion w/r/t my username. I changed it awhile back and for some reason my talk page didn't change. Not sure how to change it. Not sure I have the time to figure it out. Not sure I care lol. WillRefvem (talk) 05:21, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

No worries, WillRefvem :) I undid my reversion - sorry about that once again. Fixing Paige Patterson's title to something more neutral would be best, though. The other descriptors you used for Butterfield and Ken Ham are just fine.

Also, to fix your signature and link it to the appropriate talk page, visit Special:Preferences, scroll down to where it says "Signature". Then, in the area where you're able to edit your signature, paste this where you have info about BuckRefvem: ([User talk:WillRefvem|talk]) (just add an additional bracket before and after the ones already on there). — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 05:28, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the tip. Let's see if it works. I suspect it still might redirect to the old name. Do you happen to know how to fix that? - Will Refvem (talk) 05:40, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Fixed :) All I had to do was remove those redirects. If you click on your own talk page in your signature, it should be fine now. Changing your signature wouldn't have actually done anything (would've looped back to the Buck account). So I'd remove the space in your signature to make it "WillRefvem" and not "Will Refvem" (sorry, probably just gave you a headache with all of that) — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 05:42, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Re this, not a username violation but worth considering if these articles are notable enough for inclusion. The COI template is appropriate though I doubt you'll get a reply after 8 years. :) -- Euryalus (talk) 20:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Euryalus - Haha yup, just read your note on WP:UAA, thanks for taking the time to consider the request and point me in the right direction. Who knows, maybe his email is set to notify him about talk page notices! — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 20:08, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hope springs eternal I guess!. Admire your optimism. On a quick glance I doubt either article satisfies WP:NPROF, but haven't yet gone to the effort of matching them against the criteria. Amazing though what can survive for years without anyone really reviewing it. -- Euryalus (talk) 20:15, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, TCG - I read that you were ready to start back with NPP, or was I imagining things? Atsme 💬 📧 12:44, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Atsme! I see you saw my message (and rapid undo) on your talk page... nothing slips by you! I'm still thinking about whether I'd have the time to start NPP school again, as it was unfair of me to have left it lingering last time when I went on my Wikibreak. I felt bad when I logged back on and saw your check-ins. I will think about it carefully and certainly let you know. Thanks for reaching out and thank you for helping me and so many others become better editors! — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 15:35, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

No problem, TCG - take your time, and thank you for your kind words. There are no deadlines on WP. Atsme 💬 📧 16:24, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 1960 Valdivia earthquake 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 ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 00:44, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

• Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
• Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
• Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
• BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
• FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie, Thebiguglyalien, MyCatIsAChonk, PCN02WPS, and AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

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

• Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration

• The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous

• The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Hello, can you help me to to nominate 2023 Malappuram boat disaster to ITN? Thilsebatti (talk) 04:24, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I noticed you commented on an ITN/RD nomination opposing it for notability reasons. However. RD nominations have this disclaimer at the bottom "Recent deaths of any person, animal or organism with a Wikipedia article are always presumed to be important enough to post (see this RFC and further discussion). Comments should focus on whether the quality of the article meets WP:ITNRD." Would you mind please striking out the bit about notability? Thanks! :) Cheers! Fakescientist8000 13:02, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

@Fakescientist8000 - Hi, I can do that. I saw the comment replying to me that mentioned this same policy. Apologies and thanks for the heads up. — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 14:15, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Sounds good - I saw that that comment didn't ping you, so I wanted to double check and make sure you were aware. Sorry for any interruptions I might've caused you. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 14:50, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, I just wanted to introduce myself and let you know I am glad to be reviewing the article 1960 Valdivia earthquake in which you've been a major contributor, and has been 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. CurryTime7-24 (talk) 19:54, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
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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

• Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.

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

Administrator changes

Novem Linguae

• Deckiller
• Electionworld
• MBisanz
• Penwhale
• Raul654
• Roadrunner
• Viridae
• Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes

MBisanz

Guideline and policy news

• Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news

• Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

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.

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The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
• Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
• Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, 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 at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere 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 (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

The article 1960 Valdivia earthquake you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:1960 Valdivia earthquake for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 07:23, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

Firefangledfeathers

• AlisonW
• Amberrock
• Closedmouth
• Scottywong

Interface administrator changes

Novem Linguae

Technical news

• The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
• Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)

Arbitration

• The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
• The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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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

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

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.

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The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

• Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
• Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
• Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

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 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to 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 your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

   The goal of it was formal accuracy, ie. a better encyclopedic standard of neutrality
   It was subordinating outside American support semantically to progressivism, when that is inaccurate for example with regard to Chomsky's self-definition.
   The other part was the linguistic style, I wanted to clarify the first paragraph under the heading. It needs some work to add a translation of the Korean word as well 213.134.189.242 (talk) 16:45, 18 April 2023 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.134.189.242 (talk)  

The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-

• BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
• Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
• Epicgenius with 1518 points
• MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
• BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
• AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
• Sammi Brie with 520 points
• Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.

• Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
• Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
• BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
• LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
• MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
• Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
• Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

The WikiCup has run every year since 2007. With the 2023 contest now concluded, I will be standing down as a judge due to real life commitments, so I hope that another editor will take over running the competition. Please get in touch if you are interested. Next year's competition will hopefully begin on 1 January 2024. You are invited to sign up to participate in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors. It only remains to congratulate our worthy winners once again and thank all participants for their involvement! (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 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:52, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

Tamzin

Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

• Ragesoss
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

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

• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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

Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration

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

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Chris Troutman (talk) 23:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Chris troutman - Always such a pleasure receiving holiday greetings from you. I look forward to them a lot, so thank you dearly for taking the time to leave this here. Wishing you happiness, blessings, and all prosperity in 2024 the year of our Lord. — That Coptic Guy^{ping me!} (talk) (contribs) 01:40, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2024 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 ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close on 31 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: Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), and Frostly (talk · contribs · 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2024 (UTC)