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

Administrator changes

• Epicgenius
• Left guide
• LEvalyn
• MPGuy2824
• The4lines
• Yue

Fathoms Below

• BaronLarf
• Firefly
• kelapstick
• Opabinia regalis
• Pbsouthwood
• Sethant
• UtherSRG
• Whouk

CheckUser changes

• Giraffer
• HouseBlaster
• SilverLocust

• Liz
• Worm That Turned
• Z1720

Oversight changes

• Asilvering
• Giraffer
• Girth Summit
• Guerillero
• HouseBlaster
• Izno
• SilverLocust

• Liz
• Worm That Turned
• Z1720

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.

Hey @Patient Zero. Your wiki edit anniversary is today, marking 12 years of dedicated contributions to English Wikipedia. Your passion for sharing knowledge and your remarkable contributions have not only enriched the project, but also inspired countless others to contribute. Thank you for your amazing contributions. Wishing you many more wonderful years ahead in the Wiki journey and a blessed New Year. :) -❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 18:30, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This Month in GLAM – Volume XV, Issue XII, December 2025 Headlines From the team: Global GLAM Calls Continue in 2026 Albania report: Wikimedian in Residence, 2025, in Elbasan Albania Argentina report: Resume of the year Australia report: AMaGA partnership, signing the Open Heritage Statement and South Australian Museum Partner Project Belgium report: Public Domain Day 2026, Circus Heritage and Fosdem Colombia report: Preparándonos para celebrar el día del dominio público - Getting ready for the Public Domain Day celebration Italy report: Exploring Italy and Unlocking Its Heritage: Touring Club Italiano and GLAM Call 2026–2028 New Zealand report: ASBS 2025 Conference follow-up Wiki webinar & Auckland Museum student update Poland report: Public Domain, Conferences, and Conversations on Open Culture Switzerland report: GLAM on Tour Bellinzona, Xmas Event, GLAM Wiki Group UK report: 2025 in review USA report: December meetings Public Domain Day report: Public Domain Day 2026 Biodiversity Heritage Library report: Updates on work by BHLWiki Working Group members Memory of the World report: 2025 in review Calendar: January's GLAM events Read this edition in full • Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit the newsroom. Past editions may be viewed here.