Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).
- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Tech News: 2024-14
MediaWiki message delivery 03:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15
MediaWiki message delivery 23:34, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-16
MediaWiki message delivery 23:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Question from Kaptchia (15:35, 16 April 2024)
Hello, I just wanted to ask... How do I reset the password on Wikipedia?😶 --Kaptchia (talk) 15:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Kaptchia You can change your password at Special:ChangePassword. Nobody (talk) 07:03, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Question from NJussim (19:17, 19 April 2024)
I am no scholar, and do not plan to edit writing by scholars. But I am concerned that a statement in a particular biographical entry about a living person now in the news appears to be editorializing, and is unsupported by its referenced citation. How do I bring this to Wikipedia's attention? --NJussim (talk) 19:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @NJussim, if it's active you can point it out on the talk page, If it isn't you can put it on the Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Nobody (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Question from Favour moyinoluwa (11:16, 21 April 2024)
hello, how do i create a citation --Favour moyinoluwa (talk) 11:16, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Favour moyinoluwa, See here to learn about adding citations. Nobody (talk) 15:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-17
MediaWiki message delivery 20:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
revision
I removed Speedy deletion and explained the logic; AfD could be a better solution I suppose 2603:7000:95F0:87F0:E072:98B:68FA:7E31 (talk) 08:28, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Notability isn't a decline reason for G5, Because it could be recreated by someone not blocked/socking. Nobody (talk) 08:31, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
A kitten for you!
Good work at WP:UAA. Keep it up!
– DreamRimmer (talk) 06:55, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer Right back at you :) Nobody (talk) 07:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- Haha ;) – DreamRimmer (talk) 07:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 25 April 2024
- In the media: Censorship and wikiwashing looming over RuWiki, edit wars over San Francisco politics and another wikirace on live TV
- News and notes: A sigh of relief for open access as Italy makes a slight U-turn on their cultural heritage reproduction law
- WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto recap
- WikiProject report: WikiProject Newspapers (Not WP:NOTNEWS)
- Recent research: New survey of over 100,000 Wikipedia users
- Traffic report: O.J., cricket and a three body problem
Thanks
I missed the word "group" in the filter hit. Thanks for clarifying. 331dot (talk) 13:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- No worries, since they hadn't edited since the first attempt, maybe they read the filter warning and decided against creating it. Either way, good work :) Nobody (talk) 13:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Übersetzungsbenachrichtigung: Fundraising/Translation
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Question from George K. Opoku (19:59, 25 April 2024)
Thank you for being my mentor --George K. Opoku (talk) 19:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
- @George K. Opoku No worries, feel free to ask me any questions that come up while editing. Nobody (talk) 05:01, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
Question from Jeremypurseglove (13:54, 26 April 2024)
hello, I have created a entry for wikipedia regarding myself Jeremy Purseglove
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeremypurseglove/sandbox
How do I get this published onto wikipedia, I seem to be locked in a sandbox.
Thank you for any assitance
Jeremy Purseglove --Jeremypurseglove (talk) 13:54, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Jeremy, Users creating an article about themselves is strongly discouraged. The reasons for that can be found at Wikipedia:Autobiography. Regards Nobody (talk) 18:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC)