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

Administrator changes

Alexandria • Happyme22 • RexxS

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, F7 (invalid fair-use claim) subcriterion a has been deprecated; it covered immediate deletion of non-free media with invalid fair-use tags.
• Following a request for comment, page movers were granted the delete-redirect userright, which allows moving a page over a single-revision redirect, regardless of that redirect's target.

Technical news

• When you move a page that many editors have on their watchlist the history can be split and it might also not be possible to move it again for a while. This is because of a job queue problem. (T278350)
• Code to support some very old web browsers is being removed. This could cause issues in those browsers. (T277803)

Arbitration

• A community consultation on the Arbitration Committee discretionary sanctions procedure is open until April 25.

Template:Integer format has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. User:GKFX^talk 12:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion regarding your bot account is currently open at Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard#Clearing_bot_watchlists. Please see and respond to the discussion there. If you do not respond, developer action may be taken without your cooperation. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As you are blocked, feel free to ping me here with any reply. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Poem has been nominated for merging with Template:Poem quote. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. - || RuleTheWiki || (talk) 06:39, 10 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Str rt. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 26#Template:Str rt until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. User:GKFX^talk 09:22, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:Str repc. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 26#Template:Str repc until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. User:GKFX^talk 22:50, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Please refrain from introducing inappropriate pages, such as Wikipedia:0.8/Second half, to Wikipedia. Doing so is considered vandalism and is prohibited. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for 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. 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. Kaseng55 (talk) 04:27, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 15:04, 29 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]