Page protection request Mohammad Reza Zahedi[edit]
Sorry to bother you but can you protect this article please? It is receiving extensive vandalism as the individual recently died. It should be covered under, extended confirmed protection. Arbitration enforcement Israel/Palestine. Thank you. Ecrusized (talk) 16:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Done Malinaccier (talk) 16:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
Administrator changes
- Kbdank71
- Kosack
- NrDg
- TLSuda
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
Technical news
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
Arbitration
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
Miscellaneous
- 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.
Administrators' newsletter – May 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).
Administrator changes
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- JohnOwens
- Killiondude
- MelanieN
- Nihonjoe
Bureaucrat changes
- Nihonjoe
CheckUser changes
- Joe Roe
Oversight changes
- GeneralNotability
Guideline and policy news
- Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.
Technical news
- Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
DYK for V. Kerry Smith[edit]
On 9 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article V. Kerry Smith, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that environmental economist V. Kerry Smith has been described as a "Renaissance Man of Economics"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/V. Kerry Smith. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, V. Kerry Smith), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
RoySmith (talk) 00:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024[edit]
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
- Graham Beards
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- Deskana
- Mets501
- Staxringold
Bureaucrat changes
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- Deskana
- Warofdreams
Oversight changes
- Dreamy Jazz
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!