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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

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

Administrator changes

Stephen

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

CheckUser changes

Moneytrees

Oversighter changes

Guideline and policy news

Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following anunopposed proposal.

Arbitration

Following the2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:Barkeep49,CaptainEek,GeneralNotability,Guerillero,L235,Moneytrees,Primefac,SilkTork.
The2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review hasconcluded with many changes to thediscretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
The arbitration caseStephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous

Voting for theSound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location usingbullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recentCoolest Tool Awards.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 2, 2023)

The start line of theCanberra Marathon in 2006

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is:

Canberra Marathon

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections:Scarf •Summer Palace of Peter the Great

Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations

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Tech News: 2023-02

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Recent changes

You can use tags to filter edits in the recent changes feed or on your watchlist. You can now use tags to filter out edits you don't want to see. Previously you could only use tags to focus on the edits with those tags.[1]
Special:WhatLinksHere shows all pages that link to a specific page. There is now aprototype for how to sort those pages alphabetically. You can see the discussion in thePhabricator ticket.
You can now use thethanks function on your watchlist and the user contribution page.[2]
A wiki page can be moved to give it a new name. You can now get a dropdown menu with common reasons when you move a page. This is so you don't have to write the explanation every time.[3]
Matrix is a chat tool. You can now usematrix: to create Matrix links on wiki pages.[4]
You can filter out translations when you look at the recent changes on multilingual wikis. This didn't hide translation pages. You can now also hide subpages which are translation pages.[5]

Changes later this week

Realtime preview for wikitext is a tool which lets editors preview the page when they edit wikitext. It will be enabled for all users of the 2010 wikitext editor. You will find it in the editor toolbar.
Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 10 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 12 January at 07:00 UTC (targeted wikis).
Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 10 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 11 January. It will be on all wikis from 12 January (calendar).

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 3, 2023)

Akiddie ride is a coin-operated amusement ride for young children.

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is:

Kiddie ride

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections:Canberra Marathon •Scarf

Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations

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The Signpost: 16 January 2023

From the team:We heard zoomers liked fortnights: the biweekly Signpost rides again
It's not just a phase! Well, maybe it is.

Special report:Coverage of 2022 bans reveals editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020
Long-time contributors imprisoned for 32 and 8 years after "swaying public opinion" and "violating public morals".

News and notes:Revised Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines up for vote, WMF counsel departs, generative models under discussion
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Tech News: 2023-03

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Problems

The URLs in "prev" links on page history now containdiff=prev&oldid=[revision ID] in place ofdiff=[revision ID]&oldid=[revision ID]. This is to fix a problem with links pointing to incorrect diffs when history was filtered by a tag. Some user scripts may break as a result of this change.[6]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 17 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 18 January. It will be on all wikis from 19 January (calendar).
Somechanges to the appearance of talk pages have only been available onTalk: andUser talk: namespaces. These will be extended to other talk namespaces, such asWikipedia talk:. They will continue to be unavailable in non-talk namespaces, includingWikipedia: pages (e.g., at the Village Pump). You canchange your preferences (beta feature).[7]
On Wikisources, when an image is zoomed or panned in the Page: namespace, the same zoom and pan settings will be remembered for all Page: namespace pages that are linked to a particular Index: namespace page.[8]
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Future changes

The 2023 edition of theCommunity Wishlist Survey, which invites contributors to make technical proposals and vote for tools and improvements, starts next week on 23 January 2023 at 18:00 UTC. You can start drafting your proposals inthe CWS sandbox.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 4, 2023)

Side one of a 1930brochure for the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is:

Brochure

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections:Kiddie ride •Canberra Marathon

Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations

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Tech News: 2023-04

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 5, 2023)

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: The Sims (video game) Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Brochure •Kiddie ride Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBot^talk00:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

Tech News: 2023-05

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Problems

Last week, for ~15 minutes, some users were unable to log in or edit pages. This was caused by a problem with session storage.[12]

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023

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

Administrator changes

Gimmetrow

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Oversighter changes

Guideline and policy news

Followingan RfC, theadministrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from theArbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
Followinga community discussion, consensus has been found to impose theextended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas ofArmenia and Azerbaijan andKurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news

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

Arbitration

The arbitration caseArmenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
In December, thecontentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces theformer discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initialimplementation period. There isa detailed summary of the changes andadministrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system attheir noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

Voting in the2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). Theconfirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automaticallycheck your eligibility to vote.
Voting in the2023 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.
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The Signpost: 4 February 2023

From the editor:New for the Signpost: Author pages, tag pages, and a decent article search function
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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 6, 2023)

Belgian waffles cooked in a Krampouz cast-ironwaffle iron, in a Montreal restaurant during the gastronomy competition of the Montreal Highlights Festival

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is:

Waffle iron

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections:The Sims (video game) •Brochure

Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations

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Tech News: 2023-06

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Recent changes

In theVector 2022 skin, logged-out users using the full-width toggle will be able to see the setting of their choice even after refreshing pages or opening new ones. This only applies to wikis where Vector 2022 is the default.[13]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 February. It will be on all wikis from 9 February (calendar).
Previously, we announced when some wikis would be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. These switches will not be announced any more, as the read-only time has become non-significant. Switches will continue to happen at 7AM UTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays.[14]
Across all the wikis, in the Vector 2022 skin, logged-in users will see the page-related links such as "What links here" in anew side menu. It will be displayed on the other side of the screen. This change had previously been made on Czech, English, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.[15]
Community Wishlist Survey 2023 will stop receiving new proposals onMonday, 6 February 2023, at 18:00 UTC. Proposers should complete any edits by then, to give time fortranslations and review. Voting will begin on Friday, 10 February.

Future changes

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 7, 2023)

Campaign for the NorwegianCentre Party atNærbø: like itsFinnish andSwedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation, rural and agrarian issues. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in thecentre on the political spectrum.

Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is:

Centrism

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections:Waffle iron •The Sims (video game)

Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations

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Tech News: 2023-07

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Problems

On wikis where patrolled edits are enabled, changes made to thementor list by autopatrolled mentors are not correctly marked as patrolled. It will be fixed later this week.[16]

Changes later this week

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The Reply tool and other parts ofDiscussionTools will be deployed for all editors using the mobile site. You canread more about this decision.[17]

Future changes

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.[18][19][20]

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 8, 2023)

Textbooks Hello, Class455. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Textbook Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Centrism •Waffle iron Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBot^talk00:05, 20 February 2023 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

The Signpost: 20 February 2023

News and notes:Terms of Use update, Steward elections, and Wikipedia back in Pakistan
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Tech News: 2023-08

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Problems

Last week, during planned maintenance of Cloud Services, unforeseen complications forced the team to turn off all tools for 2–3 hours to prevent data corruption. Work is ongoing to prevent similar problems in the future.[21]

Changes later this week

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The voting phase for theCommunity Wishlist Survey 2023 ends on24 February at 18:00 UTC. The results of the survey will be announced on 28 February.

Future changes

All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.[22][23][24]

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 9, 2023)

Greenland is the world's largestisland.

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Island

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Tech News: 2023-09

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Problems

Last week, in some areas of the world, there were problems with loading pages for 20 minutes and saving edits for 55 minutes. These issues were caused by a problem with our caching servers due to unforseen events during a routine maintenance task.[25][26]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 1 March. It will be on all wikis from 2 March (calendar).
All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 1. This is planned for14:00 UTC.[27]

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023

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

Administrator changes

The Wordsmith

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

Following arequest for comment,F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
Following arequest for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) andP2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
Arequest for comment is open to discuss making theclosing instructions for therequested moves process a guideline.

Technical news

The results of the2023 Community Wishlist Survey have beenposted.

Arbitration

Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of theConduct in deletion-related editing case hasbeen rescinded.
The proposed decision for theArmenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
A case related to theHolocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous

The 2023 appointees for theOmbuds commission areAGK,Ameisenigel,Bennylin,Daniuu,Emufarmers,Faendalimas,JJMC89,MdsShakil,Minorax andRenvoy as regular members andZabe as advisory members.
Following the2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards:Mykola7,Superpes15, andXaosflux.
TheTerms of Use update cycle has started, whichincludes a[p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 10, 2023)

Manufacturing of an automobile

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Manufacturing

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Tech News: 2023-10

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Recent changes

The Community Wishlist Survey 2023 edition has been concluded. Community Tech haspublished the results of the survey and will provide an update on what is next in April 2023.
On wikis which useLanguageConverter to handle multiple writing systems, articles which used custom conversion rules in the wikitext (primarily on Chinese Wikipedia) would have these rules applied inconsistently in the table of contents, especially in the Vector 2022 skin. This has now been fixed.[28]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 March. It will be on all wikis from 9 March (calendar).
A search system has been added to thePreferences screen. This will let you find different options more easily. Making it work on mobile devices will happen soon.[29]

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The Signpost: 9 March 2023

News and notes:What's going on with the Wikimedia Endowment?
A lack of transparency.

Technology report:Second flight of the Soviet space bears: Testing ChatGPT's accuracy
Using failed AI Galactica's worst mistakes to test a new AI.

In the media:What should Wikipedia do? Publish Russian propaganda? Be less woke? Cover the Holocaust in Poland differently?
Probable answers: No, no, maybe?

Featured content:In which over two-thirds of the featured articles section needs to be copied over to WikiProject Military History's newsletter
Seriously, even the chef has a major military history connection.

Recent research:"Wikipedia's Intentional Distortion of the Holocaust" in Poland and "self-focus bias" in coverage of global events
And other new research publications.

From the archives:Five, ten, and fifteen years ago
Wikizine, Wikipedia Zero, Single User Login, and Wales allegedly editing his girlfriend's article.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 11, 2023)

An assortment of variousfoods

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Food

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Tech News: 2023-11

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Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 March. It will be on all wikis from 16 March (calendar).
Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Chavacano de Zamboanga Wikipedia, Min Dong Chinese Wikipedia, Chechen Wikipedia, Cebuano Wikipedia, Chamorro Wikipedia, Cherokee Wikipedia, Cheyenne Wikipedia, Central Kurdish Wikipedia, Corsican Wikipedia, Kashubian Wikipedia, Church Slavic Wikipedia, Chuvash Wikipedia, Welsh Wikipedia, Italian Wikipedia). This is part of theprogressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities canconfigure how this feature works locally.[30][31]

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 12, 2023)

Avoting line during the2011 South Sudanese independence referendum

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Voting

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The Signpost: 20 March 2023

News and notes:Wikimania submissions deadline looms, Russian government after our lucky charms, AI woes nix CNET from RS slate
Be part of the Wikimania 2023 program!

Eyewitness:Three more stories from Ukrainian Wikimedians
One year in: volunteering, science, art, and candlelight.

In the media:Paid editing, plagiarism payouts, proponents of a ploy, and people peeved at perceived preferences
Everything is broken, again.

Featured content:Way too many featured articles
Seriously, it's only a fortnight's worth!

Interview:228/2/1: the inside scoop on Aoidh's RfA
An interview with Wikipedia's newest admin.

Traffic report:Who died? Who won? Who lost?
All the pop culture that's fit to print, with a sprinkling of cocaine (bear).

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Tech News: 2023-12

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Problems

Last week, some users experienced issues loading image thumbnails. This was due to incorrectly cached images.[32]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 March. It will be on all wikis from 23 March (calendar).
A link to the user'sSpecial:CentralAuth page will appear onSpecial:Contributions — some user scripts which previously added this link may cause conflicts. This feature request wasvoted #17 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
TheSpecial:AbuseFilter edit window will be resizable and larger by default. This feature request wasvoted #80 in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
There will be a new option for Administrators when they are unblocking a user, to add the unblocked user’s user page to their watchlist. This will work both viaSpecial:Unblock and via the API.[33]

Meetings

You can join the next meeting with the Wikipedia mobile apps teams. During the meeting, we will discuss the current features and future roadmap. The meeting will be on24 March at 17:00 (UTC). Seedetails and how to join.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 13, 2023)

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Tech News: 2023-13

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Recent changes

TheAbuseFilter condition limit was increased from 1000 to 2000.[34]
Some Global AbuseFilter actions will no longer apply to local projects.[35]
Desktop users are now able to subscribe to talk pages by clicking on the Subscribe link in the Tools menu. If you subscribe to a talk page, you receivenotifications when new topics are started on that talk page. This is separate from putting the page on your watchlist or subscribing to a single discussion.[36]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 March. It will be on all wikis from 30 March (calendar).

Future changes

You will be able to choosevisual diffs on allhistory pages at the Wiktionaries and Wikipedias.[37]
The legacyMobile Content Service is going away in July 2023. Developers are encouraged to switch to Parsoid or another API before then to ensure service continuity.[38]

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The Signpost: 03 April 2023

From the editor:Some long-overdue retractions
Errata regretted.

News and notes:Sounding out, a universal code of conduct, and dealing with AI
Skynet believed to be in violation of the new Universal Code of Conduct.

In the media:Twiddling Wikipedia during an online contest, and other news
Taking the phrase "gaming the system" to the next level.

Arbitration report:"World War II and the history of Jews in Poland" case is ongoing
Desysop case request still in accept/decline phase.

Featured content:Hail, poetry! Thou heav'n-born maid
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Recent research:Language bias: Wikipedia captures at least the "silhouette of the elephant", unlike ChatGPT
And a dataset of article revisions to provide a corpus for promotional content.

From the archives:April Fools' through the ages
A retrospective of the best and worst pranks.

Disinformation report:Sus socks support suits, seems systemic
Do important banks sock? Maybe – but don't grab your money and run just yet!

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Tech News: 2023-14

Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Recent changes

The system for automatically creating categories for theBabel extension has had several important changes and fixes. One of them allows you to insert templates for automatic category descriptions on creation, allowing you to categorize the new categories.[39][40][41][42][43]

Changes later this week

Thenew version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 April. It will be on all wikis from 6 April (calendar).
Some olderWeb browsers will stop being able to useJavaScript on Wikimedia wikis from this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11. If you have an old web browser on your computer you can try to upgrade to a newer version.[44]
The deprecatedjquery.hoverIntent module has been removed. This module could be used by gadgets and user scripts, to create an artificial delay in how JavaScript responds to a hover event. Gadgets and user scripts should now use jQueryhover() oron() instead. Examples can be found in themigration guide.[45]
Some of the links inSpecial:SpecialPages will be re-arranged. There will be a clearer separation between links that relate to all users, and links related to your own user account.[46]
You will be able to hide theReply button in archived discussion pages with a new__ARCHIVEDTALK__ magic word. There will also be a new.mw-archivedtalk CSS class for hiding the Reply button in individual sections on a page.[47][48][49]

Future changes

The Vega software that creates data visualizations in pages, such as graphs, will be upgraded to the newest version in the future. Graphs that still use the very old version 1.5 syntax may stop working properly. Most existing uses have been found and updated, but you can help to check, and to update any local documentation.Examples of how to find and fix these graphs are available.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023

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

Administrator changes

Aoidh

KillerChihuahua

CheckUser changes

Ferret

Guideline and policy news

Acommunity RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involvinggender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to theArbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news

Some olderweb browsers will not be able to useJavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users ofInternet Explorer 11. (T178356)
Therollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
A link to the user'sSpecial:CentralAuth page will now appear in the subtitle links shown onSpecial:Contributions. This was voted #17 in theCommunity Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration

TheArmenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
A case aboutWorld War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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This week'sarticle for improvement (week 15, 2023)

Kayakers on theSt. Lawrence River near Les Bergeronnes, Quebec, Canada

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St. Lawrence River

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