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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 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

please take a look at my edits on the English Wikipedia
Hello If you have time and inclination as a "global sysop" (admin), please take a look at my edits on the English Wikipedia. As of August 2023, I have written articles on several projects on the English Wikipedia. The number of my articles is about 70 articles. During this time, I never worked in another language. I also had a very good interaction with the editors. In consultation with an experienced editor with Assuming good faith, I have a request: Is it possible to remove the  "crosswiki spam by Special:CentralAuth/Patricia Mannerheim" for this draft?: Draft:Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani. You can see i have updated since the last removal from main-space. Although Afd tag history should be kept. I agree that experienced editors should be kept in the loop. Another thing is that I promise never to write any edits or articles on the German Wikipedia. And if I was going to do something like that, it shouldn't be in the main namespace and I'd have to work in a draft. With this condition and with the conditions that you will probably have and I also accept, is it possible to open my access in the German Wikipedia? Best wishes. —Patricia ( Talk ) 13:58, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Patricia, you created machine translations of Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani in 19 different languages, likely having an undisclosed conflict of interest regarding the person you are writing about. That's what constitutes crosswiki spam in my opinion and AfC reviewers of Draft:Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani should be aware that Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani has been previously deleted as Mehdi Tehrani.
 * Nonetheless I want to point out that I don't have any special authority on enwiki, as global sysop permissions only apply to small wikis. I'm just a regular editor like anyone else on this project. If you think my tag at Draft:Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani is no longer justified, go ahead and remove the first sentence.
 * Regarding dewiki access: You would need to start an unblock request. If you want to do so, I can temporarily unblock your account at dewiki, though I'm not convinced other admins will change the initial decision if you don't want to contribute to dewiki anyway (and likely cannot do so due to lacking language proficiency) – especially given your only dewiki contributions were creating your own user page and the xwiki machine translation spam which got you blocked. Johannnes89 (talk) 21:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding dewiki access: You would need to start an unblock request. If you want to do so, I can temporarily unblock your account at dewiki, though I'm not convinced other admins will change the initial decision if you don't want to contribute to dewiki anyway (and likely cannot do so due to lacking language proficiency) – especially given your only dewiki contributions were creating your own user page and the xwiki machine translation spam which got you blocked. Johannnes89 (talk) 21:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Regarding dewiki access: You would need to start an unblock request. If you want to do so, I can temporarily unblock your account at dewiki, though I'm not convinced other admins will change the initial decision if you don't want to contribute to dewiki anyway (and likely cannot do so due to lacking language proficiency) – especially given your only dewiki contributions were creating your own user page and the xwiki machine translation spam which got you blocked. Johannnes89 (talk) 21:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I strongly believe what you wrote. But with the assumption of good faith, I admit that I have no conflict of interest. It was an ignorant and pointless exercise that I wrote about on other wikis. I made a big mistake and paid for it. I deserved to be punished. But I request you to remove the first sentence assuming your good faith. If this draft is moved to the original namespace, I deeply and openly pledge never to write an article for this topic on any Wikipedia in other languages. Personally, if I delete the first sentence, I will feel bad. Maybe this work of mine can be considered bold and insulting for an experienced and global editor like you.
 * As for the German Wikipedia, I follow the protocol you instructed but now I cannot request to unblock. Because I have been completely banned from editing German Wikipedia. I am learning German. But I promise to refrain from editing in the main namespace and only work on draft articles about women until I get the hang of it.
 * I consider it my duty to thank you again for educating me about Wikipedia's policies.—Patricia ( Talk ) 11:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I removed the sentence and unblocked your account on dewiki in order to allow you to start a de:WP:Sperrprüfung  (no need to notify me, I will see when you are starting your unblock request there). Johannnes89 (talk) 12:15, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I sincerely thank you for trusting me. I will definitely do my best to make the result of this trust impressive and brilliant. Also, I posted an unblock request on your German Wikipedia talk page. Hope you check it out. thanks again. Best. —Patricia ( Talk ) 12:46, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * see, you'll need to request unblocking at de:WP:Sperrprüfung. Johannnes89 (talk) 12:49, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm doing it right now. thank you.
 * —Patricia ( Talk ) 12:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm doing it right now. thank you.
 * —Patricia ( Talk ) 12:54, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Red-tailed hawk · Robertsky
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ameliorate! · Ancheta Wis · Anthony Bradbury (deceased) · Cobi · Ev · Moondyne · Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Worm That Turned



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Wugapodes

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
 * Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
 * Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
 * The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 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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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Sdkb · The Night Watch
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg East718 · Isabelle Belato · Mzajac · Staecker · Stan Shebs · Sugarfish · Tamzin



Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg SilkTork

Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
 * Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.

Technical news
 * The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
 * Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kbdank71 · Kosack · NrDg · TLSuda

Guideline and policy news Technical news Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
 * The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes.
 * An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
 * Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Global lock
Hi, you globally locked on March 30. I just blocked as a sock of JC. Could you globally lock राहिल खान? Also, if you're aware of an earlier master than JC, please let me know. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:30, 18 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Bbb23, the user is part of a sockpuppet group related to Special:CentralAuth/Muhammad Bilal Muzzamil. Some related accounts . The sockpuppets usually try to create xwiki articles about Indian entrepreneurs, doctors and other people, most of them don't meet notability criteria. Johannnes89 (talk) 16:09, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Whoa, that's a lot of socks. I looked at every one of them on the lists you linked to, and very few have even registered at en.wiki, let alone edited here. It looks like the oldest we know about is Sockpuppet investigations/Btw Santhosh, so I'm going to retag the two recent ones just to keep things tidy. Thanks for all the information.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes Btw Santhosh seems to be related, „Hacktivist Vanguard“ is one person which I've seen spammed many times . I've created a list of domains frequently being used in relation to this article spam (e.g.  for „Simanchal Panda“) and tried to use m:Special:AbuseFilter/338 for monitoring edits potentially related to this spam. Unfortunately many of those links are also being used by regular editors, so there's not much one can do except monitoring. Johannnes89 (talk) 18:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Nyttend
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg JohnOwens · Killiondude · MelanieN · Nihonjoe

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Nihonjoe



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Joe Roe

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news
 * Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
 * A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Graham Beards
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana · Mets501 · Staxringold

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deskana · Warofdreams



Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news
 * Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news
 * The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
 * The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous
 * WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace citation needed tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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