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

Administrator changes

• Elli
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• Brianga
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• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
• ProveIt
• The Night Watch

Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

im a pro athlete and my page is A.J. Whitaker , you edited my page years ago. I need to rename my page as my name has changed from Whitaker to Sinclair. The instructions for how to do this are confusing and would require me to have a certain level of experience on Wikipedia which I don’t. If you can please figure out how to rename (or move/redirect) my page so it Says AJ Whitaker instead, that would be awesome! Thanks 50.172.159.242 (talk) 21:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Just to let you know that Fermin Aldeguer had signed a full fledged Ducati Contract back in March to race for either VR46 or Gresini in 2025, Since VR46 has already been filled, then, by using process of elimination, then he will be racing for Gresini.

Thanks

Wycombefan (talk) 09:26, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wycombefan But is it official that he will be at the Gresini seat tho? No, not yet. There might be a new team that might use Ducati (although unlikely). Don't do your own process of elimination thing; publish information based on official and confirmed sources. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 17:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello,

I will wait for official confirmation.

But one Question, where have you heard about a Potential new team? Wycombefan (talk) 20:23, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wycombefan I didn't see anything; I'm just giving an example of what might happen. I even said that it is unlikely there is a new team. All I'm saying is, it's only official when there is an official contract signing or official announcement by the team or a team official. See WP:SPORTSTRANS. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 21:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah Fair enough. I will wait for the official announcement regardless. I apologised if I sounded rude at any point.

Also I was going to mention about the VR46 Signings (Di Giannantonio and Franco Morbidelli) but I saw that you kept the Riders in. Wycombefan (talk) 16:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

MediaWiki message delivery 20:41, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

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

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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If before updating you check that the updates made are done in good faith well why do you reverted? 87.13.20.112 (talk) 20:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Your edits are incomplete. I completed the updates. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 20:26, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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I think they should be addes in the table, they are too important to the sport now. I don't understand why you undid my edit. Marcovenanzangeli (talk) 22:27, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

@Marcovenanzangeli See here. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 22:30, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

I agree tha result table for the rider should show the sprint result in superscript like it is now. But the gp table should show the sprint winner, as it already shows much less important statistics like fast lap Marcovenanzangeli (talk) 22:33, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Yo Jalen Green is 6’6 fam and added obvious muscle RylotheRocketsfan (talk) 20:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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!

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Can you teach me on how to redirect back the name of the article? For example, when the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters reverts back to it's old name, the Phoenix Fuel Masters? Thanks! Gayviewmahat (he/him) (talk) 21:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Also, I want to change the name of Magnolia Hotshots to Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, since it's the official name of the team. Thank you! Gayviewmahat (he/him) (talk) 21:17, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gayviewmahat You can try requesting at WP:RM.

Personally I don't think it should be moved to the full official name per WP:OFFICIALNAME and WP:COMMONNAME. Looking at news articles about the team, majority of them just use the plain and short "Magnolia Hotshots" instead of the full one. You can try requesting there though; they might show otherwise. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 11:15, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

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• Good Olfactory
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CheckUser changes

• Barkeep49
• Izno

• Doug Weller
• Spicy

Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

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

Administrator changes

• Crisco 1492

• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

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

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Hi, Dieter. I just looked for any source that could help me with youngest and oldest ever to score a fastest lap but it was impossible. So, I just checked one by one all fastests laps since 1949 and I made the ranking you have deleted. What can we do with that issue? Thanks! Juanan412 (talk) 07:04, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

That would count as WP:OR and should not be added. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 14:55, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
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• FOARP
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• Queen of Hearts
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• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
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• Aervanath
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• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
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• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
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CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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