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.

Hi!

What can I do if I know (or strongly suspect) that something in an article is incorrect, but the piece of information has a citation that backs up the claim, and I have no citation to refute it? Right now I'm thinking in particular about the article for the film Space Monster Wangmagwi. I've recently watched the film, and some of the things in the related article don't seem correct. The article says the plot is a "space variation on the plot to King Kong", which I can say is patently not true, but the citation provided (an encyclopedia of science-fiction films) lines up with the article's description. I take similar issue with the claim that the film had 157,000 extras, but, once again, there is a citation that seems to corroborate that figure (albeit only by a passing mention).

Is there anything I can/should be doing to correct this, or similarly dubious statements in other articles? --HumbleSolipsist1 (talk) 11:28, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, HumbleSolipsist1! This honestly depends on the case. Since I don't know the nitty-gritties of this specific film, it would be best to bring this issue up on Talk:Space Monster Wangmagwi and see what others have got to say. If that doesn't work or if you have any more queries, feel free to contact me :-). Best, --SHB2000 (talk) 11:50, 28 August 2023 (UTC)