Tech News: 2020-29
16:30, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2020-30
19:11, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2020-31
13:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
"High value currency" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect High value currency. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 July 30#Least-valued currency unit until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Thryduulf (talk) 12:13, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2020).
Administrator changes
Red Phoenix
Euryalus • SQL
Jujutacular • Monty845 • Rettetast • Madchester
Oversight changes
- GB fan
- Keegan • Opabinia regalis • Premeditated Chaos
Guideline and policy news
- There is an open request for comment to decide whether to increase the minimum duration a sanction discussion has to remain open (currently 24 hours).
- Speedy deletion criterion T2 (template that misrepresents established policy) has been repealed following a request for comment.
- Speedy deletion criterion X2 (pages created by the content translation tool) has been repealed following a discussion.
- There is a proposal to restrict proposed deletion to confirmed users.
The Signpost: 2 August 2020
- Special report: Wikipedia and the End of Open Collaboration?
- COI and paid editing: Some strange people edit Wikipedia for money
- News and notes: Abstract Wikipedia, a hoax, sex symbols, and a new admin
- In the media: Dog days gone bad
- Discussion report: Fox News, a flight of RfAs, and banning policy
- Featured content: Remembering Art, Valor, and Freedom
- Traffic report: Now for something completely different
- News from the WMF: New Chinese national security law in Hong Kong could limit the privacy of Wikipedia users
- Obituaries: Hasteur and Brian McNeil
Tech News: 2020-32
15:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2020-33
16:06, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2020-34
20:40, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Tech News: 2020-35
17:59, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
The Signpost: 30 August 2020
- News and notes: The high road and the low road
- In the media: Storytelling large and small
- Featured content: Going for the goal
- Special report: Wikipedia's not so little sister is finding its own way
- Op-Ed: The longest-running hoax
- Traffic report: Heart, soul, umbrellas, and politics
- News from the WMF: Fourteen things we’ve learned by moving Polish Wikimedia conference online
- Recent research: Detecting spam, and pages to protect; non-anonymous editors signal their intelligence with high-quality articles
- Arbitration report: A slow couple of months
- From the archives: Wikipedia for promotional purposes?
Tech News: 2020-36
20:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2020
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2020).
Administrator changes
- Eddie891
- Angela • Jcw69 • Just Chilling • Philg88 • Viajero
CheckUser changes
- SQL
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, the minimum length for site ban discussions was increased to 72 hours, up from 24.
- A request for comment is ongoing to determine whether paid editors
must
orshould
use the articles for creation process. - A request for comment is open to resolve inconsistencies between the draftification and alternative to deletion processes.
Arbitration
- A request for comment is open to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the 2020 English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee election and to resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
- An open request for comment asks whether active Arbitrators may serve on the Trust and Safety Case Review Committee or Ombudsman commission.