Hi, I am plugging along on a worklist at Talk:List of RHPs in CO. I wonder if you might have any more photos for Quaker Flour Mill in Pueblo? It turns out the original 1869 portion of the building to the rear of front 2-story addition, is asserted to be the oldest building in Pueblo. It would be nice to have some view of any such 3-story part of the building, and there apparently was a 1927 one-story addition, too. Either way, thank you for contributing your photos. --Doncram (talk) 12:31, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't but will work on this as I now live an hour away. Hopefully within the next couple weeks I'll have something.Jeffrey Beall (talk) 13:13, 21 September 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Hi, i happen to be working on List of fire stations, including asking at wt:NRHP#Fire stations if other editors know of fire stations that are contributing buildings in historic districts, or otherwise escaped my searching of likely candidates out of NRIS database item names. I just came across this new pic of yours perhaps via a commons category, not sure. It doesn't seem to be NRHP-listed, but it looks clearly notable, including by sign mentioning a museum. Is the building a museum, or is it part of one? Could you perhaps dash off a one or two sentence article about the museum? Museums are obviously wikipedia-notable, I personally think (wp:ITSAMUSEUM). I'd like to include it more fully than I just have, at List of fire stations#Colorado. Also I'd appreciate if you know of any other fire station buildings included in historic districts or otherwise mentionable there. Cheers, --Doncram (talk) 02:03, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay. Museums are out of my area of expertise, so I'd like to pass on this at this time. Thanks and best wishes, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 01:45, 8 October 2018 (UTC).[reply]

In general, would you advise against purchasing/subscribing content from predatory publishers, or is a blanket statement a bad idea (i.e. they should be evaluated like any other publisher)? If you can't answer, or you're uncomfortable answering, I definitely understand. Thanks! Nyttend (talk) 20:38, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My working definition of predatory publishers only included those that were open access, so there's really nothing to purchase, as the content is freely available. However, the second part of your question hints at including metadata for predatory journals in library databases, and this is a big question. I think one of the roles of librarians is to curate content, so it's important to exclude junk journals from library databases, both open-access and subscription. If a library includes a predatory journal in, say, its online catalog, some may see this as the library giving its seal of approval to the journal. This is an opportunity for librarians to show their stuff and exclude corrupt journals from library databases. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2018 (UTC).[reply]

As an non-librarian outsider, personally I think seeing who cites predatory journal is useful information, and enables research into predatory journals and also acts as an indicator of journal quality. If a journal cites OMICS dozens of times per year, it's likely not a very good journal and has a crap peer review process. Seeing who predatory journal themselves cite however, is completely useless. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 21:35, 13 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thank you for the reminder — I'd entirely forgotten that you only looked at OA publishers. Right now, I'm preparing to expand our DDA pool, and figuring that many journal publishers also publish ebooks, I'd decided to look through my list for publishers appearing on some of your lists. I'd found very few, which I attributed to these organizations only doing journals, but having run across a few (e.g. Wessex Institute of Technology Press), I was interested in your opinion. Definitely going to exclude them on cost grounds alone (why should we pay for anything that's OA? I've excluded better publishers for the same reason, e.g. ANU Press), and thank you for the point about seals of approval. I'd not previously considered that point, so I'll definitely remember it, especially when doing non-ebook work such as assisting faculty in my liaison area. And even with ebooks, part of my process for expanding the pool is evaluating DDA-participating publishers (if a publisher has issues, I don't want any of their content to be purchased without librarian input), so it always helps to have additional reasons for making the evaluation decisions. Nyttend (talk) 01:07, 14 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. It sounds like you're on the right track. Take care, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 12:05, 14 November 2018 (UTC).[reply]

Nice pic. Great you got there. You are much the better person for getting there and also contributing/uploading the pic. Argh, i was there in October i think it was, but didn't upload my pics. Your pic is probably better than any of mine, too. Hmm, what is more important is for me to upload multiple pics I got for Nachtrieb-Kelly Ranch, a bit further west on same trip, are you on your way to there too, I wonder? (The owner is very nice, by the way, and would probably be happy to have another visitor. It is harder to access, on private property. I had called ahead a week or two before and gotten permission to visit. I would be happy to share contact info by email.) Again, i bow to you, sir. :) --Doncram (talk) 04:07, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much indeed. No, I have no plans to head to Nathrop; this shot was done on a (long) Sunday drive. Take care, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 12:03, 17 December 2018 (UTC).[reply]

I still have yet to upload pics of the ranch, and also for nearby Maxwell Park School, and now it will be harder for me to find them. :( Am sort of trying to turn all of the Colorado counties from blue shades to red shades, at wp:NRHPPROGRESS, in terms of articles created; Routt County's list and Chaffee County's list will change over in the next update of maps there. Glad you've gotten to so many obscure places that it makes creating articles more enjoyable, informed.

Morley Bridge is near Alpine Pass (currently a redlink, for which I think a geographic place article is justified, draft at Draft:Alpine Pass)... do you happen to know if the pass and the former railroad tunnel underneath it span the Continental Divide or did the railroad pass that at a different point? I see the Alpine Pass ghost town south of the "Alpine Pass western portal" of tunnel labelled in Google maps, and there is a "Continental Divide Trail" zig-zgging around but I don't know where the "eastern portal" would be (perhaps some point near about 38°39′00″N 106°24′20″W / 38.650080°N 106.405569°W / 38.650080; -106.405569?, where there is a car symbol denoting "family outing" point in the Delorme Atlas of Colorado Topographic Maps) or where the actual top of an Alpine Pass is located. I don't know if my non-4wd little car can get me near there, this summer. Maybe you have better maps or knowledge of that exact area? Any help in the related articles would be appreciated. Either way, again, thanks for your pics. --Doncram (talk) 18:31, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article for the Alpine Tunnel says the tunnel (and therefore the pass) crosses the continental divide. There's a GNIS entry for the tunnel, and it gives 38.6477734 -106.4066926 as, apparently, the eastern (i.e. the Chaffee County side) portal. See also the excellent article for Hancock Pass, which is nearby. Also, have a look at this book in Google Books. Best wishes, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 15:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Great to have you by your real name! Congratulations on the username change. Blue Rasberry (talk) 19:18, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You may find this interesting. See this Signpost article for a few details. Very open to feedback on it. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 03:53, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, thanks!Jeffrey Beall (talk) 10:32, 10 April 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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I was stunned recently when your scholarlyoa.com blog after going offline over 2 years ago suddenly seemed to be back online. Did you restore the website yourself or is the new content/website created by someone else? IntoThinAir (talk) 01:33, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. This is the first I've seen this and don't know who is behind it. Best wishes, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 10:39, 15 July 2019 (UTC).[reply]

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	Thanks for the fabulous photos. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:35, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Jeffrey Beall (talk) 20:57, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The highest point in Huerfano County is the northeast slope of Blanca Peak very near the summit at 14,326 feet (4,367 m). See Blanca Peak-Northeast Slope, Colorado @ peakbagger.com. Best of luck, Your northern neighbor  Buaidh  talk contribs 03:13, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I may have been confused. Thanks for all the great work you're doing on Colorado cities, towns, and CDPs. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 11:38, 27 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

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Hi, the Wikipedia document request service that I mentioned is at the "Resource Request" section of WikiProject Resource Exchange. There is a "Click here to make a new request" button, at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request. It's served by volunteers. FYI, my request for Kupfer article on "Oil Spring", and back and forth ended up taking about a month, given a mistake about pages, but I'm just really glad to have gotten it.

I've also recently started using The Wikipedia Library to do my own searching for old local newspaper articles, and more. U can see literature services provided at The Wikipedia Library: Browse partners; it includes Ebsco (or Ebscohost?, which seems to be what's searched if you just enter a search without selecting a specific resource), ScienceDirect, Jstor, and "Newspaper Archive" (a service comparable to Newspapers.com). This is free to you with no sign-up, no special permissions required, just enter via this Wikipedia Library entry point, which gives u a token or something... maybe there's a limit how many people can be using it?. In the past this might have required getting special permission, I think.

Further there's at least one resource available that does require permission/approval, which I saw mentioned in this diff at User:Cbl62's Talk page. That is to get access to Newspapers.com, which I haven't done yet: go to "Apply here", maybe after already setting up some account.

Hope this helps. Writing this helps me, too, i am gonna copy it and edit it for wp:NRHPHELP.

Hmm, I know that the Denver library offers a lot, that in the past they provided Newspapers.com or similar access. I'd like to know its offerings for my own referencing and for wp:NRHPHELP too.... --Doncram (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks — I knew about all of these except the first one. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 10:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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We wish to thank everyone who contributed to our two prior Colorado collaborations to document the Amache National Historic Site and our three lost original county seats of Parkville, St. Vrain, and San Miguel. We invite you to help with our new collaboration to document the seven following former county seats:

• California Ranch, Colorado near Franktown – Douglas County seat 1864 to 1874
• Dayton, Colorado near Twin Lakes – Lake County seat 1866 to 1868
• Hahns Peak, Colorado – Routt County seat 1878 to 1912
• Lourette, Colorado – Lake County seat 1863 to 1866
• San Juan City, Colorado – Hinsdale County seat February 10, 1874 to 1875
• Ula, Colorado at 38°09′00″N 105°30′07″W / 38.1500°N 105.5019°W / 38.1500; -105.5019 – Custer County seat March 9, 1877 to 1878
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This piece might interest you. Cheers! Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 04:14, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Just wanted to say the work is appreciated. Many state-related topics tend to be neglected and rarely updated. There's many articles left to do or update on Colorado legislators and hopefully I'll able to contribute if time permits. I'm assuming you already have several in the works either way. Again, the effort is appreciated. SlackingViceroy (talk) 02:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
• A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
• A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

Technical news

• A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

• Giraffer
• Goldsztajn

Dennis Brown

• Cyclonebiskit
• Nohat
• Someguy1221

Bureaucrat changes

Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

GB fan

Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

• Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

Rusalkii

NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)

• Master Jay
• Orderinchaos
• Roger Davies
• Tinucherian

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
• An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

• A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
• An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 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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News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

NuclearWarfare

Interface administrator changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
• Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
• Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
  • South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
  • The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.

Technical news

• Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
• An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).

Administrator changes

• Billinghurst
• Crisco 1492
• DarkFalls
• Spike Wilbury
• Valereee
• Ergo Sum

CheckUser changes

Vanamonde93

Arbitration

• After a motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections at WP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g. [[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.

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Hi, I appreciate all the work you do here on Wikipedia.

I'd like to collaborate on making information clear regarding the relationship between a health service special district and its facilities whether those be hospitals or other types of facilities or services. Where can a person find out about the Salida Hospital District since it does not have its own website?

HRRMC can be defined in multiple ways.

1. An alias for Salida Hospital District which is a Colorado Special District type Health Service District.
2. A critical access hospital.
3. A regional healthcare system.

In looking at hospital pages like Memorial Central Hospital and Denver Health (hospital), they both clearly identify the ownership/governance of the hospital. MCH is owned by Colorado Springs and operated by UC Health. Denver Health is owned and operated by the Denver Health and Hospital Authority. In contrast, the page for Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center links only to a generic page about special districts. I'd like to consider reverting to the version of the page that explains the relationships between these three entities and/or creating a separate page for the Health Service District named Salida Hospital District. What are your thoughts?

The same issue applies to several other Wikipedia hospital pages in Colorado such as Prowers Medical Center that link to a generic special district page rather than any information at all about Health Service Districts which are not the same as Public Health Districts and are quite specific to Colorado law and not the generic special district US page currently linked.

Best!

Yoflybynight (talk) 17:37, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Here is the Colorado state website for special districts: link.

I think the best place to give information about special, etc. districts is in an article about special districts (such as the one that already exists or the section about them in the article about Colorado ), not in articles about entities, such as health services districts, or fire districts, etc. There are many articles about school districts, but I have never seen one that goes into detail about what a school district is. I have never seen an article about a district hospital that has a separate article about the district itself. Such a practice would clog the encyclopedia with too many articles and would make it difficult to find information.

In my opinion, articles about hospitals should only be about the hospital. The article should not lose focus and go off on a tangent about what a special district is. That's already been done elsewhere.

If you have legal expertise, you could update the Colorado section in the special districts article or in the Colorado article to describe health services districts. If you have a strong connection to HOTR, you might want to check WP:COI to make you contribute in accordance with the policy. Kind regards, Jeffrey Beall (talk) 20:54, 24 October 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. Feel free to move this over to the talk page on Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center if more appropriate.

I see your point, there is no need to explain what a school district is on any page about a particular school district because it is explained separately.

If you agree that it Health Service Districts meet notability on their own, then I will move that information pertinent to into a separate article called Health Service Districts (Colorado).

I disagree that any information about Health Service Districts is available elsewhere on Wikipedia (or really anywhere).

Articles about hospitals are incomplete without information about the health system that owns and operates said hospital. This thread should be no less visible for small hospitals than for large ones.

Best regards! Yoflybynight (talk) 04:12, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Actually just moved that general information to the Category:Health Service Districts in Colorado, does that seem more appropriate? Yoflybynight (talk) 04:34, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2025).

Administrator changes

Toadspike

• Elahrairah
• Juliancolton
• Magnus Manske

CheckUser changes

asilvering

Guideline and policy news

• The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
• Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.

Technical news

• You can enable a handy user info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visit Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
  • Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2025 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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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).

Administrator changes

• Chaotic Enby
• Rjjiii

Valereee

• Fathoms Below
• Tamzin

CheckUser changes

Spicy

Technical news

• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
• Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

Miscellaneous

• The December 2025 administrator elections are scheduled from Nov 25 – Dec 15.
• An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in December 2025, with over 1,000 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2025).

Guideline and policy news

• All general sanctions imposed by the community may now be enforced at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard (WP:AE) as a result of a recent RfC.
• Due to the result of a recent RFC, the administrator recall process is amended to extend the deadline for a re-request for adminship to 30 days or the next administrator election, whichever is later.
• Changes to the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy's disclosure rules include broadening the consecutive-blocks exception to cover all admin actions and removing the requirement to revision-delete permissible disclosures once they become unnecessary (instead requiring only their removal). See WP:TAIVDISCLOSE for more information.

Arbitration

• Following the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Asilvering, Girth Summit, Guerillero, HJ Mitchell, HouseBlaster, Izno, Sdrqaz, SilverLocust.
• The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been suspended.

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