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

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• 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.
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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War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.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.

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• 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.
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USS Texas (BB-35) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Note: I have also requested MILHIST A-Class reappraisal. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:43, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240925014300","author":"Voorts","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Voorts-20240925014300-Good_article_reassessment_for_USS_Texas_(BB-35)","replies":[]}}-->

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

Administrator changes

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• 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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Hello, I'm clearing up syntax errors on Wikipedia and ran across your userpage from this report of protected pages with syntax errors. Would you be willing to make the adjustments I've made here? This will correct the Missing, Misnested, and Obsolete tag issues. Your current version's on the left, and my corrections are on the right. If so, you can edit that version on the right, do a full page copy and paste into your userpage to make things easy for you. If you have questions, I'm happy to chat. Thank you! Zinnober9 (talk) 16:02, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241021160200","author":"Zinnober9","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Zinnober9-20241021160200-Your_userpage","replies":[]}}-->

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