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News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2018).

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Aftera discussion at Meta, a new user group called "interface administrators" (formerly "technical administrator") has been created. Come the end of August, interface admins will be the only users able to edit site-wide JavaScript and CSS pages likeMediaWiki:Common.js andMediaWiki:Common.css, or edit other user's personal JavaScript and CSS. The intention is to improve security and privacy by reducing the number of accounts which could be used to compromise the site or another user's account through malicious code. The new user group can be assigned and revoked bybureaucrats.Discussion is ongoing to establish details for implementing the group on the English Wikipedia.
• Following arequest for comment, theWP:SISTER style guideline now states that in the mainspace, interwiki links toWikinews should only be made as per theexternal links guideline. This generally means that within the body of an article, you should not link to Wikinews about a particular event that is only a part of the larger topic. Wikinews links in "external links" sections can be used where helpful, but not automatically if an equivalent article from a reliable news outlet could be linked in the same manner.

Technical news

• The WMFAnti-Harassment Tools team is seeking input on thesecond set of wireframes for theSpecial:Block redesign that will introducepartial blocks. The new functionality will allow you to block a user from editing a specific set of pages, pages in a category, a namespace, and for specific actions such as moving pages and uploading files.

This Month in GLAM – Volume VIII, Issue VII, July 2018 Headlines Armenia report: Collaborating with GLAM Structure: Armenian Content Replenished in 45 Wikipedias Australia report: A land of ragged mountains Brazil report: Rare cartographic collection uploaded by Brazilian GLAM France report: Wikidata workshop around heritage Germany report: The European Cultural Heritage Summit in Berlin and two visits in Potsdam Italy report: Monuments and minorities Macedonia report: The month of Festivals covered on Wikipedia Netherlands report: Matching the GTAA thesaurus with Wikidata; Hands-on Pattypan training Norway report: Seminar at The National Archives of Norway and Sami music and culture festivals Serbia report: Wikipedian in Residence at the Museum of Yugoslavia: History of Yugoslavia on Wikipedia Sweden report: National Library of Sweden UK report: Oxford GLAMs and Celtic Knot 2018 USA report: Summer in July Special story: Commons transcription tool Wikipedia Library report: Books & Bytes–Issue 29, June–July 2018 Wikidata report: News from Cape Town, Aberystwyth, Berlin, Milan and Everywhere Calendar: August's GLAM events Read this edition in full •Single-page To assist with preparing the newsletter, please visit thenewsroom. Past editions may be viewedhere.

Guild of Copy Editors August 2018 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the August 2018 GOCE newsletter. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Guild'sJune election; your new and returning coordinators are listed below. The next election will occur in December 2018; all Wikipedia editors in good standing may take part. OurJune blitz focused onRequests and articles tagged for copy edit in October 2017. Of the eleven people who signed up, eight editors recorded a total of 28 copy edits, including 3 articles of more than 10,000 words. Complete results, including barnstars awarded, are availablehere. Thanks to everyone who participated in theJuly drive. Of the seventeen people who signed up, thirteen editors completed 194 copy edits, successfully removing all articles tagged in the last three months of 2017. Final results, including barnstars awarded, arehere. TheAugust blitz will run for one week, from 19 to 25 August. Sign up now! Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators,Reidgreg,Baffle gab1978,Jonesey95,Miniapolis andTdslk. >>> Sign up for the August blitz! <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name fromour mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk)22:25, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Hey, this is a love and appreciation message to all people and devs who have "trown me a hand", It has not been the clearest of stories for me all this media, meta, data, wiki, support, deal, but Thanks!!!

RotsKiller (talk)14:55, 27 August 2018 (UTC)