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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

Administrator changes

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Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FAC tidying

Hello! Touching base because I find myself with a little bit more time on my hands than I’ve had recently and wondered if there was anything I might lend a hand on as you finalize myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome for FAC. I haven’t been involved in the process before and I’d be curious to learn even just about the routine parts—happy to pitch in with things like ref formatting if that still needs doing. Maybe it’s really already all set but just in case I thought I’d inquire whether there was still help I could offer! Innisfree987 (talk) 08:14, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Innisfree :). Thanks for the offer! I think consistent ref formatting is done, but I have quite a poor eye for it, so would appreciate another pair of eyes. Over the last couple of months, I've been able to reduce the number of citations, removing lower-quality ones, which should make the job easier. English is not my first language; some others have done in-detail prose commenting, but nobody has gone over the new management section, so some feedback on the prose there would also be welcome.

I hope to nominate later this month, and hoping to get opinions at Wikipedia:Peer review/Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome/archive1 on whether it's ready. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 08:21, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great, I’ll have a look over both of those! Thanks for the suggestions, and for your remarkable, steady work on this! I’ve really learned a lot for my own editing from the example. Innisfree987 (talk) 08:43, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		Given all you have been doing at WP:GA, WP:FA and WP:TCC, this barnstar is long overdue. Keep up the great work! Phlsph7 (talk) 15:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Hope you didn't mind me going a bit overboard on the ethics review. Fingers crossed it'll attract some more reviewers soon. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found your ideas on making the article more accessible quite helpful! It's better to be too detailed than too brief, especially with an article of this scope. Phlsph7 (talk) 08:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New message from Sjones23

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Kris Kristofferson § Lyme Disease - revisited. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 22:42, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Unrest (2017 film)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Unrest (2017 film) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 01:43, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Unrest (2017 film)

The article Unrest (2017 film) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Unrest (2017 film) and Talk:Unrest (2017 film)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 10:43, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your sig

Just wanted to drop you a note to say that I love your sig with the little birdy, but I was a bit concerned at first, because on some screens it looks like somebody took a small bite out of their backside, and I was about to call PETA. :) Viriditas (talk) 23:05, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Shame on the nefarious browser that would mangle the little bird like that. I can assure you that our two little zebrafinches have an intact backside, and are being treated like the kings they are :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 07:12, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Unrest (2017 film)

The article Unrest (2017 film) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Unrest (2017 film) for comments about the article, and Talk:Unrest (2017 film)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Viriditas -- Viriditas (talk) 23:23, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49

Technical news

Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:59, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Unrest (2017 film)

On 18 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Unrest (2017 film), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Jennifer Brea directed an Academy Award–shortlisted documentary while bedbound from ME/CFS? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Unrest (2017 film). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Unrest (2017 film)), 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.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Congratulations

On your hard work and well deserved achievement. [1] Graham Beards (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for your help :). Couldn't have done it without support of people much more familiar with medical literature. Now back editing energy articles, which is going much faster. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:01, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Congratulations, Femke! The article you nominated, Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Popping by to say congratulations and thank you for this! It’s so wonderful that a difficult topic is now a source of such high-quality information. Are you thinking of nominating it? I think having it on Main Page now that it’s so good would be a real service! I also wanted to say thank you for such a great intro to FAC—I had really had only limited experience with featured articles until now and learned so much from watching you progress this entry. Really appreciate the contribution across the board! Innisfree987 (talk) 01:47, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :). For noncontroversial articles, or those where the main author has more of a background in the topic at hand, the road to FAC is usually (much) shorter. So if you plan on bringing an article to FAC, it might be much easier.

I'm torn between nominating now and waiting for May 12 next year. I've missed the opportunity to nominate for October Invisible Disabilities Week, which takes places at the end of October. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 07:32, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, May is a good idea too! Thanks for the perspective on FAC, that makes sense and is definitely a bit less daunting, ha. Innisfree987 (talk) 21:19, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, and it was wonderful accomplishment for all the years that the article was batted back-and-forth with all the controversies. I especially appreciated the editors were able to talk out their differences and compromise to come to consensus. Without your direction and reputation and for being fair and patient that would not have happened IMO. Ward20 (talk) 23:31, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the club

		The Featured Article Medal
		By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status". Gog the Mild (talk) 19:33, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The admin mob

Was this a typo or a sly comment on RfA? CMD (talk) 09:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That was indeed a typo :). I blame final-obstruent devoicing (p and b are pronounced the same at the end of a word in Dutch, and my brain sometimes gets confused in English). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 11:47, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's never good to put your brain in English. CMD (talk) 13:36, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

Guideline and policy news

Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections: Updates & Schedule

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