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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  • The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
  • Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
  • Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

The Signpost: 4 February 2023

A barnstar for you!

  The Writer's Barnstar
Nice job promoting 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1 to DYK! Your work here is greatly appreciated. MX () 16:24, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1

On 16 February 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lucien Laurent scored the first goal in FIFA World Cup history during the inaugural game of Group 1 of the 1930 World Cup? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1930 FIFA World Cup Group 1), 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) 07:18, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous

  • The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
  • Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
  • The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

WikiCup 2023 March newsletter

So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:

  •   Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
  •   Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
  •   FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
  •   TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
  •   Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included   LunaEatsTuna,   Thebiguglyalien,   Sammi Brie,   Trainsandotherthings,   Lee Vilenski,   Juxlos,   Unexpectedlydian,   SounderBruce,   Kosack,   BennyOnTheLoose and   PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 March 2023

The Signpost: 20 March 2023

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

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New Page Patrol – May 2023 Backlog Drive

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The Signpost: 26 April 2023

Your GA nomination of 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A 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 SounderBruce -- SounderBruce (talk) 23:23, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter

The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:

Other notable performances were put in by   Sammi Brie,   Thebiguglyalien,   MyCatIsAChonk,   PCN02WPS, and   AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:15, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

  Guideline and policy news

  • A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

  Technical news

  Arbitration

  Miscellaneous


The Signpost: 8 May 2023

Jack Grealish updates possibly required?

Dear Kosack,

I’ve seen that you have been quite active in positively contributing to Wikipedia pages concerning footballers. Thus, I was wondering if you might help me update the Jack Grealish article so as to detail his recent impressive performances and also so as to update the Style of play section. If you’re interested, please do tell me as I would very much like to see this page updated to good standards and then it can be in a position whereby adding new text now would not leave a big gap in time.

Thank you,

From Scientelensia (talk) 09:08, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

I have put a notice at the top of this talk page - in case you didn't notice, Kosack has not edited here for at least 3 months. With me, I can't say for definite that this article needs further updating at this point or not but other users (or Kosack) may think it does. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:34, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
Ah, thank you. Scientelensia (talk) 13:45, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious
 
Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:00, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Missing Wikipedian

Hi, I have added this user to Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians, having made at least 1000 edits and not made one for five months. If you return then obviously your username will be removed. Thanks, Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 18:54, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A

The article 2006 FIFA World Cup Group A you nominated as a good article has failed  ; see Talk:2006 FIFA World Cup Group A for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SounderBruce -- SounderBruce (talk) 19:00, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

File:Cardiff City squad 1920.jpg listed for discussion

 

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Cardiff City squad 1920.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. Felix QW (talk) 15:05, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity

  Established policy provides for removal of the administrative permissions of users who have not made any edits or logged actions in the preceding twelve months. Because you have been inactive, your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to activity within the next month.

Inactive administrators are encouraged to rejoin the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for reengaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to rejoin the project in the foreseeable future, please consider voluntarily resigning your administrative permissions by making a request at the bureaucrats' noticeboard.

Thank you for your past contributions to the project. — JJMC89 bot 00:27, 1 February 2024 (UTC)