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



Administrator changes
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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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Vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear all,

I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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RamzyM (WMF) 20:20, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Please unblock me !
Hello L235 I am very concerned as to why I seem to have been blocked by you: I have been an honest Wikipedia editor since 2013. I have very little knowledge of IT (though considerable knowledge of my specialised subjects) and know nothing of ‘web host providers’ or ‘colocation providers’. I am currently editing your talk page on my iPhone, where (thank goodness!) I am, for some reason, not blocked - the block seems to be confined to my iPad. Judging from the ‘IP address blocked’ message on my iPad, I was already blocked on the 13th of April by user AmandaNP on the grounds of ‘No open proxies’ (whatever that means: this is all technical gobbledygook to me…). I see from my diary that I was staying in a hotel in Stavanger, Norway at the time this block was put on, so am wondering if something to do with Norwegian hotel WiFi might be to blame. The ‘blocked’ message says that what you actually blocked in relation to me was ‘IP address or range 2A09:BAC2:0:0:0:0:0:0/31’ (like the other tech jargon above, this means nothing to me). Please help - I am a devoted Wikipedia editor and distressed at being blocked for reasons that I cannot understand.Flobbadob (talk) 19:47, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Flobbadob: If you're able to edit this page, you aren't actively subject to a block. I see you've been able to edit since then too. The message you're receiving often occurs if you're using a VPN or proxy service (which might include "iCloud Private Relay" or "Firefox Relay"; see #3-5 of H:IHBB). See also the advice from the block message . If you face this message again let me know and I can help troubleshoot. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 15:29, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Dizmonreau
Regarding this checkuserblock and your note, is it possible to add information to the log or via categorization to associate the account with a sockmaster for tracking purposes? Is this another AndresHerutJaim sock for example or a new source of canvassing emails? Sean.hoyland (talk) 03:24, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sean.hoyland I was unable to definitively connect it to AHJ, though hard to rule it out either. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 03:42, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. No problem. Sean.hoyland (talk) 03:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * By the way, do you happen to know whether the privilege that allows an account to send emails is triggered after an edit count threshold is reached e.g. 10 edits, or is it automatically granted on registration? The fact that there is an "Allow emails from brand-new users" option in preferences seems to imply that the privilege is enabled immediately for new users rather than after an edit count threshold is reached. Sean.hoyland (talk) 03:52, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sean.hoyland "Send email to other users (sendemail)" is granted to all registered users. KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 14:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. There goes the idea of looking for new accounts that stop editing after a few edits... Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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 * 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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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 23:09, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Question regarding the Gaza Strip famine move request close
Hello, I hope this message finds you well.

I had a question: Is it proper to consider the (unsuccessful) canvassing as a factor when assessing vote count? I think the close is suboptimal but potentially acceptable, and was wondering about this as part of the justification.

I hope this is the appropriate channel for this, and apologise if it isn’t :) FortunateSons (talk) 19:52, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @FortunateSons: All good, and apologies for the delay. It is not, in itself, inappropriate to consider the mass email canvassing in the close. I haven't looked deeply into whether this specific close used it appropriately. Best, KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 22:02, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * No worries, and thank you for the feedback. I think the close is in a grey zone in general, but as it is a no consensus close with crystal being a core issue, I think reviewing it is pointless as we can simply wait a few months. FortunateSons (talk) 09:22, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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Hello all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This is a participant-driven meeting, where we share language-specific updates related to various projects, collectively discuss technical issues related to language wikis, and work together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, the topics included the machine translation service (MinT) and the languages and models it currently supports, localization efforts from the Kiwix team, and technical challenges with numerical sorting in files used on Bengali Wikisource.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates related to your project? Any problems that you would like to bring for discussion during the meeting? Do you need interpretation support from English to another language? Please reach out to me at ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org and add agenda items to the document here.

We look forward to your participation!

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Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle

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Dear community members,

The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees invites you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle. This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects, and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening or closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the Language Committee or closing projects policy.

You can find the details on this page, as well as the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on June 23, 2024, anywhere on Earth.

You can also share information about this with the interested project communities you work with or support, and you can also help us translate the procedure into more languages, so people can join the discussions in their own language.

On behalf of the CAC,

RamzyM (WMF) 02:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

June 8, 2024
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Announcing the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote results. We are following up with the results of the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election.

We are pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a two-year term:


 * North America (USA and Canada)
 * Northern and Western Europe
 * Ghilt
 * Latin America and Caribbean
 * Central and East Europe (CEE)
 * Sub-Saharan Africa
 * Middle East and North Africa
 * Ibrahim.ID
 * East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
 * 0xDeadbeef
 * South Asia
 * Ibrahim.ID
 * East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
 * 0xDeadbeef
 * South Asia

The following individuals are elected to be community-at-large members of the U4C, fulfilling a one-year term:


 * Barkeep49
 * Superpes15
 * Civvì
 * Luke081515

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. Follow their work on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 08:14, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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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The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now on Meta

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Hi everyone,

The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now up on Meta in more than 20 languages for your reading.

What is the Wikimedia Movement Charter?

The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.

Join the Wikimedia Movement Charter “Launch Party”

Join the “Launch Party” on June 20, 2024 at 14.00-15.00 UTC (your local time). During this call, we will celebrate the release of the final Charter and present the content of the Charter. Join and learn about the Charter before casting your vote.

Movement Charter ratification vote

Voting will commence on SecurePoll on June 25, 2024 at 00:01 UTC and will conclude on July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. You can read more about the voting process, eligibility criteria, and other details on Meta.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment on the Meta talk page or email the MCDC at [mailto:mcdc@wikimedia.org mcdc@wikimedia.org].

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Voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now open – cast your vote

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Hello everyone,

The voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now open. The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.

The final version of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is available on Meta in different languages and attached for your reading.

Voting commenced on SecurePoll on June 25, 2024 at 00:01 UTC and will conclude on July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

After reading the Charter, please vote here and share this note further.

If you have any questions about the ratification vote, please contact the Charter Electoral Commission at [mailto:cec@wikimedia.org cec@wikimedia.org].

On behalf of the CEC,

RamzyM (WMF) 10:51, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

A humble request
Hi, Kevin! I'm glad to see that you are still active at WP and involved in so many areas. It's been a long time, but I am sure that you are thriving in your offline life, on top of all you do at WP. I'm writing to ask you for a small favor. It happens that another editor and I have been working on separate articles on the same subject: a current California wildfire known as the Post Fire. I was working on Post Fire (although I didn't create it), while he was working on Post Fire (2024), which he did create. The articles should be merged and I have forgotten how to do that. Would you be willing to undertake it? Here's the story: The other user, Dripwoods, created the article Post Fire (2024). Some days later he discovered the pre-existence of Post Fire and posted on its talk page. We agreed the articles should be merged. His article, Post Fire (2024), is much more detailed, so we believe it should be the surviving article. The other article, Post Fire, had some more recent updates, so I have moved that material to Post Fire (2024). I think the information is now in one place. Next step? IMO the title "Post Fire" should be given to the larger and more complete article, which is currently known as Post Fire (2024). Not sure how to do that. Would "Post Fire (2024)" become a redirect to Post Fire? Sounds messy. Alternatively, we could just delete the lesser article "Post Fire" (maybe first move the talk page discussion to the other talk page?) and then change the name of "Post Fire (2024)" to "Post Fire". The problem is, I am years away from doing anything like that and am clueless where to begin. So I thought maybe I could (pretty please) get you to do the honors? What do you think on that subject? Do you have time to set this up?

In any case, nice to "see" you again! MelanieN (talk) 03:02, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @MelanieN: Great to hear from you! I've swapped the two pages (so what was previously "Post Fire (2024)" is now "Post Fire", and vice versa), so the more detailed article's survived. Then I've redirected the new "Post Fire (2024)" to the other article, and added the necessary tags etc. Assuming you've gotten everything you needed to keep into the new article, I think we're all set! KevinL ( aka L235 · t · c) 14:00, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much, Kevin! I could never have figured all that out. -- MelanieN (talk) 14:17, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

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



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