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Administrators' newsletter – September 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2022).

Guideline and policy news

  • A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
  • An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
  • The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous

  • The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
  • Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

Board of Trustees election

Thank you for supporting the NPP initiative to improve WMF support of the Page Curation tools. Another way you can help is by voting in the Board of Trustees election. The next Board composition might be giving attention to software development. The election closes on 6 September at 23:59 UTC. View candidate statement videos and Vote Here. MB 04:10, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-36

23:20, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Feedback request: All RFCs request for comment

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RfC live

You requested to be notified when this RfC went live: WP:VPP#RfC: Updating BLOCKEVIDENCE. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she|they|xe) 22:03, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, Tamzin! TheSandDoctor Talk 23:46, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-37

01:48, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Request for comment closers appointed

As part of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case, the Arbitration Committee decided to request community comments on issues related to mass nominations at Articles for Deletion in a discussion to be moderated and closed by editors appointed by the committee.

KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs), RoySmith (talk · contribs), and TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) are appointed as closers for this discussion. The Arbitration Committee sincerely thanks the closers for accepting their appointments and assisting the community in holding this discussion.

For the Arbitration Committee, Barkeep49 (talk) 14:35, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Request for comment closers appointed

FAC review request

Hi, hope you're doing well. I'm currently looking for reviewers for the FAC for Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine as it's struggling to gain comments. If you have a moment, could you please take a look? Thanks, Anarchyte (talk) 14:41, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-38

MediaWiki message delivery 22:14, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from RaselHasan (03:16, 20 September 2022)

How to add reference for an edit of a page? --RaselHasan (talk) 03:16, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello RaselHasan! This guide should help! If you have any questions, please let me know. TheSandDoctor Talk 04:51, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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(t · c) buidhe 21:17, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from Spoilednyx (21:38, 23 September 2022)

i have a new word for you where can i post it at --Spoilednyx (talk) 21:38, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@Spoilednyx: I don't understand your question. Could you please elaborate? TheSandDoctor Talk 21:40, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election voting closing soon

Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:14, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-39

MediaWiki message delivery 00:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)