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

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

• Courcelles
• GeneralNotability

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War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.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

The Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for two months, and we've seen tremendous improvement in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas from a wide range of editors! The coordinators would like to highlght some of the newer faces who have been making notable contributions in the contest, including but by no means limited to:

• Arconning (submissions) – 386 points, with several good articles primarily relating to the Olympics
• Vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) – 141 points, who created multiple articles about abortion rights and laws in African countries
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) – 126 points, who has contributed to several articles associated with the Phillippines
• Jaguarnik (submissions) – 125 points, with several good article reviews and an appearance in the In the news section of the Main Page
• Averageuntitleduser (submissions) – 119 points, and has written about several Haitian topics and historical figures.

Only one month remains until the end of the contest, so it's time to make your remaining nominations! Please consider answering some review requests, particularly the older entries, as a way of helping out your fellow participants and moving up the leaderboard. Good luck!

If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Ixtal (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list.) Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:00, 4 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240904220000","author":"TechnoSquirrel69","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-TechnoSquirrel69-20240904220000-DCWC_September_update","replies":[]}}-->

Administrator Elections | Updates & Schedule
Administrator elections are in the WMF Trust & Safety SecurePoll calendar and are all set to proceed. We plan to use the following schedule: Oct 8 – Oct 14: Candidate sign-up Oct 22 – Oct 24: Discussion phase Oct 25 – Oct 31: SecurePoll voting phase If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts before we get started, please post at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections. If you are interested in helping out, please post at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections § Ways to help. There are many redlinked subpages that can be created.
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The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

• The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimania presentation
• New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

Read the full newsletter

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Hello HistoryTheorist:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2024!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2024, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there!

Grnrchst (talk) & Alanna the Brave (talk)

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Re [1], the syntax you are looking for is #::. Don't worry; I learned that the hard way, too. JavaHurricane 17:55, 19 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240919175500","author":"JavaHurricane","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-JavaHurricane-20240919175500-RfA_numbering_messup","replies":["c-HistoryTheorist-20240919181200-JavaHurricane-20240919175500"],"displayName":"Java"}}-->

Thanks! ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 18:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240919181200","author":"HistoryTheorist","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-HistoryTheorist-20240919181200-JavaHurricane-20240919175500","replies":[],"displayName":"\u2764History"}}-->

Hello HistoryTheorist, You have been paired at good article review circles to review Wing Sam Chinn. At the same time, another user will be reviewing the article you nominated. Please wait 24 hours or until all users have accepted their nomination before starting your review in case a user in your circle decides to decline their invite.

To accept or decline this invitation to review the article, visit WT:GARC#Circle #12.

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Uwe Holmer 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 750h+ -- 750h+ (talk) 04:01, 23 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240923040100","author":"750h+","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-750h+-20240923040100-Your_GA_nomination_of_Uwe_Holmer","replies":[]}}-->

Thanks so much for your kind words throughout the GAN. I wanted to drop a quick note and offer an apology if you felt I was being curt at all in my responses throughout the review; I thought it best to mostly focus on the review and my changes in my responses, but I was noting all of your remarks in regard to the external items you mentioned.

I see above that you have found your way to the GARC and I wish you the best of luck in your review. The article looks excellent from a quick pass, I expect good things. I also saw the Melania Trump has been successfully reviewed, something else I know you were keeping an eye on. But I do look forward to working again with you in the future. I know there is an approaching backlog drive and as a new reviewer, I believe I will need to have my reviews re-reviewed so there is definitely opportunity where we will cross paths again. Thanks again, and all the best in your future writings! Kindly —Bobby Cohn (talk) 14:23, 23 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240923142300","author":"Bobby Cohn","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Bobby_Cohn-20240923142300-Hello_and_thank_you_:)","replies":["c-HistoryTheorist-20240924051300-Bobby_Cohn-20240923142300"]}}-->

No, I need a bit of curtness in my life because I can say a bit too much. I wish you much success on the GA road! ❤HistoryTheorist❤ 05:13, 24 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240924051300","author":"HistoryTheorist","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-HistoryTheorist-20240924051300-Bobby_Cohn-20240923142300","replies":[],"displayName":"\u2764History"}}-->

The article Uwe Holmer you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Uwe Holmer for comments about the article, and Talk:Uwe Holmer/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of 750h+ -- 750h+ (talk) 03:05, 27 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240927030500","author":"750h+","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-750h+-20240927030500-Your_GA_nomination_of_Uwe_Holmer_2","replies":[]}}-->

Hi there! The trial of the RfA discussion-only period passed at WP:RFA2024 has concluded, and after open discussion, the RfC is now considering whether to retain, modify, or discontinue it. You are invited to participate at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase II/Discussion-only period. Cheers, and happy editing! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240927093800","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20240927093800-RFA2024_update:_Discussion-only_period_now_open_for_review","replies":[]}}-->