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Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg Administrator changes
File:Checkuser Logo.svg CheckUser changes
File:Oversight logo.png Oversighter changes
File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
- A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
- A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.
File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news
- A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. Template:Phab
- Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. Template:Phab
File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous
- The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.
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Wed March 12: Wiki Gala NYC
| March 12: Wiki Gala @ Prime Produce | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community and visitors from the global Wikimedia Foundation for our Wiki Gala at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. All are welcome! This is a sequel to the March 2024 Wiki Gala at Prime Produce, the March 2023 Grand Central Salon and the March 2022 Wiki-Tent Brunch. The event will feature thematic video art installations and our traditional Wiki-fashion show, for which you are encouraged to dress in your finest Wikimedia clothing and accessories (bags, buttons, even books), or clothing connected to the topics you edit on wiki projects. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:17, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in research
Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a survey of a group of Wikipedians to better understand their experiences! We are also looking to interview some survey respondents in more detail, and you will be eligible to receive a thank-you gift for the completion of an interview. The outcomes of this research will shape future work designed to improve on-wiki experiences.
We have identified you as a good candidate for this research, and would greatly appreciate your participation in this survey, which shouldn’t take more than 2-3 minutes. You may view its privacy statement here. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards, Sam Walton (talk) 16:34, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Thu March 27: Editing the Open Data Garden @ Prime Produce
| March 27: Editing the Open Data Garden @ Prime Produce | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for an urban gardening-themed edit-a-thon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. This event will be hosted in collaboration with Farming Concrete in celebration of Open Data Week in New York City. All are welcome, new and experienced! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. Meeting info:
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:15, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).
File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg Administrator changes
File:Wikipedia bureaucrat.svg Bureaucrat changes
File:Checkuser Logo.svg CheckUser changes
File:Oversight logo.png Oversighter changes
File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous
- Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.
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WikiNYC April 11: Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday
| April 11: Free Culture Friday | |
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You are invited to Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday at Prime Produce on Friday, April 11. This event will feature a reception with Wikimedia Foundation staff in the afternoon, followed by a more informal salon, hackathon, and game night, utilizing Prime Produce's vast collection of board games. This replaces WikiWednesday Salon this month. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome!
All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. | |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
NYC: May 7 WikiWed + May 10 WikiCurious
| May 7: WikiWednesday Salon @ Prime Produce | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. This month's WikiWednesday will be focused on digital safety for editors. Guest digital security trainers will join us to lead this session. All are welcome! Please bring a laptop or the editing device of your choosing for hands-on training that will guide you through steps to take to make yourself safer online. While there will also be an online participation option, the meeting will not be recorded. Meeting info:
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| May 10: Wikicurious – Amplifying Media Art with Rhizome | |
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You are also invited to join the Wikimedia NYC Community and Rhizome for a community memory-focused edit-a-thon in the Financial District. All Wikipedia and Wikidata enthusiasts are welcome, new and experienced! Please RSVP on Rhizome's event page to gain entry to the venue. Meeting info:
All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. | |
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--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:10, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).
File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg Administrator changes
- added Rusalkii
- readded NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)
- removed Template:Hlist
File:Wikipedia Interface administrator.svg Interface administrator changes
File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
- An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
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Pending suspension of administrative permissions due to insufficient activity
Information icon Established policy provides for the removal of the administrative permissions of users who have made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period. Your administrative permissions will be removed if you do not return to the required activity level before the beginning of September 2025.
Inactive administrators are encouraged to engage with the project in earnest rather than to make token edits to avoid loss of administrative permissions. Resources and support for re-engaging with the project are available at Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/administrators. If you do not intend to re-engage with 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 00:16, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
June 11: Virtual NYC WikiWednesday
| June 11: WikiWednesday Salon (Virtual) | |
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You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our virtual WikiWednesday Salon. This month's WikiWednesday will be fully online and focused on Wikimedia global trends, neutral point of view, and the Wiki Loves Pride campaign for Pride Month. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! Meeting info:
All attendees at Wikimedia NYC events are subject to the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. | |
(You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future notifications for NYC-area events by adding or removing your name from this list.)
--Wikimedia New York City Team via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:05, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg Administrator changes
File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg Interface administrator changes
File:Checkuser Logo.svg CheckUser changes
File:Oversight logo.png Oversight changes
File:Green check.svg Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
File:Octicons-tools.svg Technical news
- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
File:Scale of justice 2.svg Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
File:Info Simple bw.svg Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with Template:Tl. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
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