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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Administrator changes
- Ahecht
- DoubleGrazing
- Dr vulpes
- FOARP
- Peaceray
- Queen of Hearts
- Rsjaffe
- SD0001
- SilverLocust
- Sohom Datta
- ThadeusOfNazereth
- Voorts
- Ajpolino
- Fathoms Below
- Pppery
- Tamzin
- Worm That Turned
- Aervanath
- Christopher Sundita
- Dank
- Dennis Brown
- Dragons flight
- Fastily
- Graham87
- JaGa
- Kbh3rd
- Marine 69-71
- Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
- Yamamoto Ichiro
Interface administrator changes
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- SD0001
- Sohom Datta
- Pppery
CheckUser changes
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- Spicy
- TheresNoTime
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
Technical news
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
- An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 Minnesota User Group Meeting and 2025 Wikipedia Day Celebration
In the area? You're invited to the 2025 Minnesota User Group Wikipedia Day Celebration
 The organizer of this feed is Joe Hoover aka Myotus feel free to drop him a message.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 is Wikipedia Day and the Minnesota User Group is meeting to celebrate the day with a Tater Tot Hotdish Dinner!
To ensure that a helping of Tater Tot Hotdish is waiting for you at the meeting please RVSP on the event page. Transit
Look forward to seeing folks! Wear yer mittens!
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
Administrator changes
- Sennecaster
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- Daniel
- Hog Farm
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- BozMo
- Ferret
- John M Wolfson
- MaxSem
- Panyd
- Tide rolls
- Titoxd
CheckUser changes
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- Daniel
- Elli
- Liz
- ScottishFinnishRadish
- Theleekycauldron
- Worm That Turned
- Ferret
Oversight changes
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- Daniel
- Elli
- Liz
- ScottishFinnishRadish
- Theleekycauldron
- Worm That Turned
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
Arbitration
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – February 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).
Administrator changes
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- Arcticocean
- Wugapodes
- Euryalus
CheckUser changes
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- Firefly
- L235
Oversighter changes
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- Firefly
- Guerillero
- L235
- Moneytrees
Technical news
- Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
- A '
Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.