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Books & Bytes – Issue 72
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Issue 72, November–December 2025
- Renewed partnerships
- Spotlight: Strengthening Wikimedia Collaborations with and for Open Science
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 12:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
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Women in Red - March 2026
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Announcements from other communities: Tip of the month:
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--Rosiestep (talk) 09:27, 25 February 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Administrators' newsletter – March 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
- A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
- Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
- The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.
Miscellaneous
- Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
- An Unreferenced articles backlog drive is taking place in March 2026 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Books & Bytes – Issue 73
[edit]Issue 73, January–February 2026
- Four new partnerships
- User survey thanks
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 12:05, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
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Women in Red – April 2026
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Announcements from other communities: Tip of the month:
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--Chocmilk03 (talk) 20:13, 29 March 2026 (UTC) via MassMessaging
Administrators' newsletter – April 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2026).
Administrator changes
Checkuser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- The content of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models has been updated following a request for comment. It now prohibits using LLMs to generate content, with exceptions for translation and copy-editing.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, the GSCASTE extended-confirmed restriction in the Indian military history case has been narrowed. It now applies to caste-related topics in South Asia, and the preemptive protection remedy has been amended accordingly.
- The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been closed.
- The arbitration case Maghreb has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 7 April.
Wiki-Play Friday tomorrow, plus April 16 CUNY Archives Editathon and April 29 WikiWednesday Salon
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 Join Wikimedia NYC tomorrow for Wiki-Play Friday (2-6pm, drop-in whenever) on April 10, a pop-up exhibition and laboratory of wiki-based immersive design gaming at the World Trade Center Oculus in Lower Manhattan: Next week on Thu April 16 at CUNY City Tech in Downtown Brooklyn (12:30-4pm): And the last Wednesday evening of the month, WikiWednesday makes its glorious return to Prime Produce on West 54th Street in Hell's Kitchen: |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:57, 9 April 2026 (UTC)