User talk:Volten001/Archive 1

help
Hi thx for your message do u see the Moselle Open with blue background on this link ? https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=moselle+open&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 I want to remove it and see the new one, already downloaded on the wikipedia page how to do it please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steph55337 (talk • contribs) 13:12, 14 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I don't know how to undo that. Type this on your talk page and the same question. Someone will come to assist you  Volten 001  talk 13:27, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

IP sock edits
Hello Volten001, I have reverted all the recent edits at Genetic studies on Arabs back to the version of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genetic_studies_on_Arabs&oldid=1074626121 per WP:BANREVERT of the LTA IP sock: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/WorldCreaterFighter). I will later check if there are any reliable papers, for now I try to find and revert their misleading edits.

I hope this is OK for you too. Any help reverting the mass edits is appropriate! Best regards.Whhu22 (talk) 11:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Alright. It's very fine with me. Thanks a lot for doing a better job at combating vandalism. Volten 001  talk 12:02, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Helping COI editors write advertisements
Can you explain why you made a full revert of my edit on Ruben Vardanyan (businessman) after I carefully removed brazen COI garbage that made the page look like an advertisement for the subject? Is this something I should expect in the future? That editors such as yourself are going to nullify the laborious and time-consuming efforts to fix COI rubbish on this website? Should I just not bother? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 13:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * My apologies for that. And I accept that I made a mistake. However, be kind in notifying others. You don't have to use harsh words in sharing your views and opinions. Last but not least, try to write better edit summaries when making the edits (especially a critical one like removing/adding content). Thanks and I will revert my edit on that article. Happy editing Volten 001  talk 14:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: Mz7 (talk) 09:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
 * Protection policy, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.


 * Hello,
 * Thanks for the approval. I have understood it all. Thanks again Volten 001  ☎ 09:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Your messages
I am editing on this Wiki since 2004 and I know what I am doing in accordance with our guidelines. Best regards though! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A61:1084:4901:4818:4160:6032:F2FE (talk) 13:46, 9 March 2022 (UTC)


 * 2001:A61:1084:4901:4818:4160:6032:F2FE,

Okay. If you do, you might understand some major changes require a general consensus and/or citations, right? Volten 001 talk 13:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Shit, that sounds like a voice I try to avoid using, and I thot far less than a week had elapsed, but at age 75yrs 6mos 14 days, I’ve no confidence in my memory, nor in the consistency of my manners and ethics. Yes, right; and I admit to some recklessness, and to at best questionable judgement. —173.162.211.85 (talk) 173.162.211.85 (talk) 13:39, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Enlighten me a little bit please.... What are you talking about exactly in your message? Volten 001  talk 13:47, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Oh, and also to relief that *at the least* my current ip-address has shifted, and that my English is usually a bit more formal and gentle than that of the “ …2001:A61:1084:4901:4818:4160:6032:F2FE (talk) 13:46, 9 March 2022 (UTC)” msg above (still on @ least my screen). — 173.162.211.85 (talk) 13:57, 16 March 2022 (UTC) 173.162.211.85 (talk) 13:57, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh okay. So both IP addresses belong to you? I now get your point. Your English is much understable but you ruined it with the use of explicit language at the beginning. Anyway, my opinion is that as long as we are collectively trying to improve Wikipedia, and not vandalising it, that is all that matters. Volten 001  talk 14:13, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

Nah, nearly completely wrong. At 75 1/2 yrs, i am a little daft, but I was virtually certain that there was no possibility that the 1st batch of URLs above were due to me. They are probably a reflection of a “half-acid” internet scheme (cf. W’m Gibson’s ‘60s play 173.162.211.85 (talk) 15:34, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

…. ‘’Two for the See-Saw’’ (a ‘60s “rom-com” for stage), playing on a “half-assed diagnosis” that blamed, IIRC, the character’s stomach ulcers partly on stomach acidity, and partly on (*I* would guess) nervous stress. (If “half-assed” seems confusing, consider how poorly a person would move around, if the muscles in one half of his/her buttocks had been  amputated … By the way, I  don’t recall ever experiencing this com-interface before (tho it reminds me of teletype dialogues in the mid-1960s!). (Pausing to await any response, or complaint)

Oh! Your English is far better than the results of my 4 years of German, and if you’d value coaching on this crazy accident of history, freely given or for barter, don’t hesitate to discuss that.

173.162.211.85 (talk) 16:18, 16 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I don't understand much of your references in your discussions. But from what I gather, you acknowledge the IPs belong to you. So why is it that you cannot open an account? Anyway, it's no big deal as long as we are all editing constructively so happy editing.. Volten 001  ☎ 10:30, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Volten001! Could you please explain why you reverted my changes on the wiki VRT 500? I am updating this page in accordance with new data attaching many fresh links. Right now this page has many imprecisions like the dates, names, links, logic errors, etc. Please look in details, once again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylerrr1034 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 17 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello Tylerrr1034,
 * The main reason was the fact that you removed content with references without explanation in the edit summary. After that I noticed you added some content but with references...I did not remove that and you know why. Try to explain your edits because they help to explain your actions Volten 001  ☎ 14:10, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. Here? Tylerrr1034 (talk) 14:14, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Not here.. But after editing, do it in the Edit summary before you hit Publish changes. Thanks Volten 001  ☎ 10:17, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Dublin Airport
Please note that both Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden and Maastricht/Aachen are twin city airports and to be named as such according to our style guidelines - same as with Cologne/Bonn or Dallas/Forth Worth. So please state why you consider the former incorrect versions "better". Best regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:A61:10A3:8601:1D6B:BB98:357C:E5E1 (talk) 16:25, 20 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Based on your edit summary after reverting my revision, I feel like we have met before here (pardon me if that's not the case). Away from that and to answer your query, I was not aware of such naming of airports and I apologize for that. I will let someone else review your pending revision. Thanks Volten 001  ☎ 16:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

rush
do you think you can undo yourself? in response to your message, the citation was bogus because it was "... just the album and the year it was published" as i stated in the edit summary.Iterresise (talk) 05:00, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect
Your edits on Dratch are wrong. We could discus them.PartTroix (talk) 09:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm okay with that. Let's do so on the article's talk page Volten 001  ☎ 09:07, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Prudence
I need ur help 41.114.116.33 (talk) 13:22, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Okay.. Regarding what? Volten 001 ☎ 13:24, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Rollback granted
Hi Volten001,

After reviewing your request, I have added your account to the rollback group. Keep in mind these things when using rollback: To try rollback for the first time, you may like to make an edit to WP:Sandbox, and another one, and another one, and then revert the row with one click. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about rollback. Thank you for your time and work in cleaning up Wikipedia. Happy editing!
 * Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
 * Users should be informed (or warned) after their edits have been reverted. If warnings repeatedly don't help, WP:ANI is the default place to go. In cases of very clear ongoing intentional damage to the encyclopedia, WP:AIV can be used.
 * Reverting someone's edits may confuse or upset them. Whenever other users message you on your talk page, please take the time to respond to their concerns; accountability is important. For most users who message you, the tone and quality of your answer will permanently influence their opinion about Wikipedia in general.
 * Because the plain default rollback link does not provide any explanatory edit summary, it must not be used to revert good faith contributions, even if these contributions are disruptive. Take the time to write a proper summary whenever you're dealing with a lack of neutrality or verifiability; a short explanation like " " or " " is helpful.
 * Rollback may never be used to edit war, which you'll notice to be surprisingly tempting in genuine content disputes. Please especially keep the three-revert rule in mind. If you see others edit warring, please file a report at WP:ANEW. The most helpful essay I've ever seen is WP:DISCFAIL; it is especially important for those who review content regularly.
 * If you encounter private information or threats of physical harm during your patrols, please quickly use Special:EmailUser/Oversight or Special:EmailUser/Emergency; ideally bookmark these pages now. See WP:OS and WP:EMERGENCY for details. If you're regularly patrolling recent changes, you will need both contacts sooner or later, and you'll be happy about the bookmarks.
 * Use common sense.

Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 11:51, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Understood. Thanks a lot for reconsideration and approving my request Volten 001  <b style="color:tomato">☎</b> 11:57, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

RfA cmt.
Hello, Volten001! Regarding your comment at RfA, I believed it to be a thoughtful comment, but misplaced. I was actually going to make a similar comment until I saw yours. Those "place holder" !votes are vain, IMO. Next time, leave your comment under theirs instead of in the General Discussion and you'll be fine. No need to reinstate it; what's done is done. Happy editing. Rgrds. --Bison X (talk) 19:50, 8 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello Bison X,
 * Thanks for noticing it and for your advice. Yeah the reason for removal was, I felt maybe it wasn't necessary to judge someone's vote or comment about it...they might think I'm compelling them to change or something. And either way, one is not required to explain their vote, it's just a courtesy. Thanks again and happy editing Volten <span style="color:#00FF40	">001  <b style="color:tomato">☎</b> 20:09, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Uncited
Why do you believe that indicating that material was deleted due to it being uncited is insufficient explanation in an edit summary?

Also, please heed WP:BURDEN. --2603:7000:2143:8500:2432:BAE0:294F:5869 (talk) 07:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * 2603:7000:2143:8500:2432:BAE0:294F:5869, it is not recommended to remove content at all unless the content is not relevant or not acceptable. Rather, try putting (citation needed) tags. Regards Volten <span style="color:#00FF40	">001  <b style="color:tomato">☎</b> 07:37, 12 April 2022 (UTC)


 * All material in Wikipedia mainspace must be verifiable. Any material that needs a source but does not have one may be removed.

The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports a given piece of material if the information is present in the source so that using this source to support the material is not a violation of No original research.

This is Wikipedia policy.

Please honor it. 2603:7000:2143:8500:2432:BAE0:294F:5869 (talk) 07:43, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

wp:burden
Please see, and edit in accordance with, wp:burden. --2603:7000:2143:8500:E84C:5CD8:711D:89A3 (talk) 20:30, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Unaccepted change
I unaccepted one of the changes to Busey Bank you accepted, the removal of the COI and advert maintenance templates. Although the editor did some cleanup, the article still sounds like an advert: ; ; ; and COI editing still looks likely. I know the pending changes interface takes a bit of getting used to, especially with multiple edits to review. Please be careful. When someone removes a maintenance template, make sure that the problems have been resolved before approving the edit. Thanks, and happy editing! BlackcurrantTea (talk) 16:47, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello BlackcurrantTea... Very much understood.Thanks for pointing that out. Happy editing too Volten <span style="color:#00FF40	">001  <b style="color:tomato">☎</b> 20:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Teahouse host
<div style="background-color:#e1e6db; color: color: #213839; margin-left:110px; padding: 1em; font-size: 1.1em; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius:10px;box-shadow:-2px -2px 1px #8e8a78; width:500px;">Dear Volten001, Thank you for volunteering as a Host at the Teahouse. Wikipedia is a community of people working together to make knowledge free. You are an important part of that effort! By joining as a Host, and by following our expectations, you are helping new users to get started here at Wikipedia, and aiding more experienced users who just have a question about how something works. We appreciate your willingness to help!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Birth date
Mamie Phipps Clark was born on October 18, 1917 not in April. 24.14.163.212 (talk) 10:19, 5 June 2022 (UTC)



Do you have verifiable evidence  or a source to support that? Volten <span style="color:#00FF40	">001 <b style="color:tomato">☎</b> 11:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

June 2022
Hello, I'm DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that you unlinked one or more redlinks from Chess. Often redlinks can be helpful, so we don't remove them just because they are red. They help improve Wikipedia by attracting editors to create needed articles.

In addition, clicking on the "What links here" special link (in the Wikipedia Toolbox at left) on a missing article shows how many—and which—articles depend on that article being created. This can help prioritize article creation. Redlinks are useful! Please only remove a redlink if you are pretty sure that it is to a non-notable topic and not likely ever to be created. Thanks! DBaK (talk) 12:24, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Userpage disambigation links
Hi, and thank you for the barnstar. I was also going through your userpage, and just wanted to tell you that the links to Indian and African are pointing to disambiguation pages. Thanks, <span style="font-family:Segoe print; color:#FF8C00; text-shadow:skyblue 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; font-weight:bold">Kpddg  (talk)  07:57, 2 July 2022 (UTC)


 * You're most welcome, . Thanks for noticing the links. I've tried to fix them. Happy editing! Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 09:07, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2022
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2022
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:45, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi there!
I was returning the favor and signing your guestbook - I love that little cat graphic you have running around! Would you mind if I "stole" it and put it on mine too? I f*cking love cats. Let me know if you want acknowledgement or anything lol. Great to meet you! -- Missionedit (talk • contribs) 03:30, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Missionedit... Thanks for noticing and signing mine as well. No, I don't mind at all. You can use it. (Haha, which acknowledgement are you talking about? You signing mine is enough for me).

Great to meet u too. Happy editing! Volten <span style="color:lime	">001 <b style="color:red">☎</b> 03:41, 8 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Appreciate it, thanks! Happy editing to you too :) -- Missionedit (talk • contribs) 03:00, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

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Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:13, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks a lot for this. Turns out you just awarded me my first barnstar (like I did for you) and I appreciate you for that. Thanks again.  Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 12:01, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2022).

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 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
 * Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
 * Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

Technical news
 * The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
 * A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
 * The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

Miscellaneous
 * An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
 * You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
 * An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Guestbooks
Thank you for your recent contributions to the guestbook cause. You might consider joining WikiProject Editor Retention and review a discussion we had there. Huggums537 (talk) 23:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Note: My results have improved since the time of that discussion, but I haven't reported on it yet. Huggums537 (talk) 23:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Huggums537... I'll look into the Project and the discussion. And I must confess, you inspired me to sign all the guestbooks on Jack's list and some more... so thanks to you. See you around  Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 12:55, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2022).

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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
 * An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
 * You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
 * Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like or.

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Happy Birthday!
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
 * The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
 * An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news
 * A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget.

Arbitration
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
 * The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
 * A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add  to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Happy New Year!
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Thanks a lot for this... Also wanna wish you a prosperous New Year 2023 in all your endeavors. Thanks also for your contributions and happy editing 🎆✨🎆✨🧨🧨🧨 Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 04:23, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year
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Thanks a lot for them good wishes. Wishing you the same and all the best in whatever you do. Happy editing... Volten <span style="color:lime	">001 <b style="color:red">☎</b> 19:51, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Stephen
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrew Yong · Dbenbenn · DESiegel · GlassCobra · Joe Decker · Nancy · Pathoschild · StuffOfInterest · William Pietri · Wwwwolf · Xdamr

Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector · SilkTork

Oversighter changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Guerillero · SilkTork

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
 * Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bjelleklang · Bob the Wikipedian · Leithp · WhisperToMe · 100 inactive admins



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim · MusikAnimal

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
 * Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news
 * The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
 * In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
 * Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
 * Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Fuhghettaboutit · Spinningspark (deceased)



CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
 * Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
 * A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news
 * The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
 * The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
 * A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
 * Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
 * The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news
 * Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11.
 * The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
 * A link to the user's page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on . This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration
 * The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
 * A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ale jrb · Dbachmann · DGG (deceased) · Jimbo Wales



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration
 * The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous
 * The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ddstretch · Prodego · Resolute



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Courcelles

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
 * As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news
 * Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:34, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks
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Jack345110 has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Thank you for being the first person to sign my guestbook. Jack345110 (talk) 12:41, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Most welcome Jack! And thanks a lot for the cookie & for signing mine. See you around and happy editing! Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 16:45, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @ You're welcome see you around and happy editing to you too. Jack345110 (talk) 18:03, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @ Thanks for fixing my name on the guestbook template by the way. Jack345110 (talk) 22:16, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem @Jack.... you're most welcome. Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 04:09, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @ I thought to just let you know there is now a userbox for my guestbook if you want to collect it. Jack345110 (talk) 22:06, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Alright then... thanks @Jack for that Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 18:02, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).



Administrator changes
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Bureaucrat changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news
 * Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration
 * Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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About a secret page
Hey @ I saw that you found Gaia Octavia Agrippa's secret page are you able to tell me what it is or at least give me a clue. I would like to find a secret page I have never found one before. Shadow 345110  (talk)  20:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey @, yeah I did...it's just a guestbook like yours and mine. I didn't really search for it... I'll tell you about it later. But I will give you a task to find two secret rooms in these two userpages; User:Silence of Järvenpää & User:FormalDude. Take a look at 'em closely and look for clues. Good luck!

Volten <span style="color:lime	">001 <b style="color:red">☎</b> 02:10, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Shadow 345110   (talk)  06:09, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Found the secret pages
Hey @ I thought that I will let you know that I have found the two pages you wanted me to find. Shadow 345110  (talk)  20:20, 12 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey @... Glad you found 'em out. And I hope you feel happy about it. About Gaia Octavia Agrippa's page, as I had said earlier, is a guestbook. I had made a decision to sign every guestbook on Jack's list; and that's how I got to find about it... Now you know. Volten'' <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 01:18, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. Shadow 345110  (talk)  06:24, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AlisonW · Amberrock · Closedmouth · Scottywong

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

Technical news
 * The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools.
 * Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
 * The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Thanks for signing my guestbook!

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 * Hello, you're most welcome. Thanks also for the kitty. You may sign mine here as well. Happy editing and see you around Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 12:27, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Signed. Notrealname1234 (talk) 12:31, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @...Thanks a lot for that...👌🍻💯 Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 12:35, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery · Theleekycauldron
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dwheeler · G.A.S · Royalbroil · Ssd



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 0xDeadbeef
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss · TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Happy Birthday!

 * @, thanks a lot for them good wishes... Had a great time. Thanks again and see you around Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 03:49, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ajpolino · Lourdes · Mairi · RockMFR · Somno · WilyD
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →



CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Beeblebrox · Opabinia regalis

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
 * The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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

Administrator changes
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 * 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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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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A bowl of strawberries for you!

 * Wow! Thanks for this. Really appreciate it. Good day and see you around 🤜💯  Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 05:13, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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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Thank you!

 * Thanks a lot for the barnstar.... It was no problemo signing it. Have a nice time in all you do on-and-off Wiki. ~  Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 04:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

a barnstar for you!
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 * Thanks a lot for the barnstar. Thanks also for signing my guestbook. Was glad to sign yours. Have a nice time in all you do on-and off-Wiki. ~  Volten <span style="color:lime	">001  <b style="color:red">☎</b> 16:55, 21 April 2024 (UTC)