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Happy New Year, HickoryOughtShirt?4!


Happy New Year! HickoryOughtShirt?4, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Abishe (talk) 14:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 14:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Clovermoss
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Dennis Brown
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Julia W · Marasmusine · PBS



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · HJ Mitchell · Sdrqaz · Spicy · ToBeFree · Vanamonde93 · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · Firefly · Sdrqaz · ToBeFree · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

Arbitration
 * Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
 * The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Minor updates to BLPs
Hi User:HickoryOughtShirt?4, Happy New Year! I posted suggested edits to a few BLPs. Would you be open to reviewing and publishing the content if you think it's Wikipedia-compliant? Here is the suggested edits: Thanks in advance for any input. -- Chefmikesf (talk) 19:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * , inputted with very minor edits. Happy New Years! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 15:10, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks HickoryOughtShirt?4! I have a few other suggestions on other BLPs, I'll reach out when I finish the sourcing. Best--Chefmikesf (talk) 23:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Awesome! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 02:44, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @HickoryOughtShirt?4, I finished up the BLP suggestions for A. Eugene Washington in a drop-down on the talk page. Let me know what you think!--Chefmikesf (talk) 01:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Joel Eriksson Ek
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Joel Eriksson Ek 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 GhostRiver -- GhostRiver (talk) 14:44, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red February 2024
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