Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know thatList of pilosans – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page asToday's featured list for January 27, 2025. The TFL blurb can be seenhere. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or atTFL talk. Regards,Giants2008 (Talk)22:33, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2025 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be foundhere. If you have not yet signed up, you canadd your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to theWikiCup talk page.

For the 2025 WikiCup, we've implementedseveral changes to the scoring system. The highest-ranking contestants will now receivetournament points at the end of each round, and final rankings are decided by the number of tournament points each contestant has. If you're busy and can't sign up in January, don't worry: Signups are now open throughout the year. To make things fairer for latecomers, the lowest-scoring contestants will no longer be eliminated at the end of each round.

The first round will end on 26 February. The judges for the WikiCup this year are:Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs ·email),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs ·email),Frostly (talk ·contribs ·email),Guerillero (talk ·contribs ·email) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs ·email). Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:14, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Administrator changes

Sennecaster

• Daniel
• Hog Farm

• BozMo
• Ferret
• John M Wolfson
• MaxSem
• Panyd
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• Titoxd

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• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
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Worm That Turned

Ferret

Oversight changes

• Daniel
• Elli
• Liz
• ScottishFinnishRadish
• Theleekycauldron

Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news

• Followingan RFC,Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as asubject-specific notability guideline.
• Arequest for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature also nowprovides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

• Following the2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee:CaptainEek,Daniel,Elli,KrakatoaKatie,Liz,Primefac,ScottishFinnishRadish,Theleekycauldron,Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

• ANew Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in thenew pages feed.Sign up here to participate!

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of kerivoulines, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleSea of Stars you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofA412 --A412 (talk)22:43, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Video Game Barnstar
		For keeping the new article announcements running. Thank you for your hard work!QuicoleJR (talk)15:50, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleSea of Stars you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Sea of Stars for comments about the article, andTalk:Sea of Stars/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofA412 --A412 (talk)00:43, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But my edit desc is: "first non exclusive was beautiful katamari. That's X360. That was... 10 years ago? 15? This game is for the people".

You being the editor that created that page doesn't give you a privilege to undo works of others, even if you don't like the edit. the edit is valid. The game was developed for PS2 for 2 games, and it says so in their entry, but saying the entire series is for it is plain wrong. please readWP:OWN.85.250.17.30 (talk)09:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on talk page, you don't need to start the same discussion in two places. --PresN12:53, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heyo, you may or may not remeber thatwe briefly talked about what to do withList of Crystal Dynamics video games some time back. While the main article is now a GA, the listicle remains in very poor shape. Since I currently do not (and likely won't soon) have the time for big rewriting projects, are you still interested in taking this one on? Regards,IceWelder [✉]21:41, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IceWelder: Probably not, to be honest. I made it more clear last year what games they had been a publisher for in the 90s, and I just replaced one odd ref, but I don't think I've ever played any of their games so I'm not that invested in the list. I'd be willing to swap it over from the current template structure to something more likeList of Blizzard Entertainment games if you want, but I'm not interested at the moment in tracking down refs for exact release dates and collections/compilations releases which would be the next, lengthy step to bring it in line with that list. --PresN01:41, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, I figured this would be the case. Thanks anyway! Perhaps I'll slog through it eventually. If the article is irreperable, though, I will retain a redirect as a last-resort option.IceWelder [✉]17:24, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PresN, I noticed that you work on many gaming-related articles, includingInfinity Blade. I have created a draft about Donald Mustard, video game industry veteran and creative director behind theInfinity Blade trilogy. Since I work forAGBO, where Mustard is now a partner, I'm not publishing the article directly. Would you please review the draft in my userspace (User:SarahCaruso/Donald Mustard), editing as you see fit, and move it to mainspace? I'd appreciate it, thanks!SarahCaruso (talk)21:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SarahCaruso: Hi, unfortunately I'm not comfortable moving the article to mainspace; the way it's written right now is like an advertisement for Mustard, with puffed up phrases like "led the game to its iconic status within pop culture". It manages simultaneously to not give details on what he actually did in the games he had a direct hand in, but also ascribe everything in Fortnite to him, and I can't trust the sources you used to back that up- you said "He also initiated the creation of live events in the game", which first of all is awful corporate-speak, but the source you used never says he did that, just that he was the CCO of Epic and that also Fortnite "became known for cultural crossovers". So, in order to feel comfortable moving it to mainspace, I'd have to rewrite half of it and check every source, and that's too much. Mustard is notable enough for an article, but I don't think this is the one. --PresN13:52, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for your feedback, PresN. I've noted your points and will rethink the approach to the draft and rewrite accordingly, to the best of my ability. I hope you'll be willing to take another look once I'm finished.

To relate to some of your comments, I ran into two challenges when creating the draft and wonder if you may have any guidance: First, much of the details of Mustard's specific roles in the games can only be found in RS in interviews, which I intentionally avoided as I know it's frowned upon to reference too many non-independent sources. Would you suggest including some and noting in the text that it's a personal account (e.g., "According to Mustard...")? And second, many of the articles about Mustard tend to take a hagiographic tone, so I tried to walk a fine line of avoiding excessive praise while keeping as close as possible to what's expressed in the sources. I realize that I need to work harder to avoid the puffed up tone even if the RS frames him that way.

Regarding the sentence in the draft about his creation of live events, I want to point out that theAxios reference does cover this ("Mustard also led work on building dramatic, live events in Fortnite that all players would witness at the same time"). I feel it's important to note this because, while I accept your point about "corporate-speak," I put a lot of effort into checking that all the content passes verification, and I want to make sure you and others here recognize that I'm editing in good faith.

I'd appreciate any input and will be back in touch once I've updated the draft. Thanks again.SarahCaruso (talk)19:10, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SarahCaruso: Alright, I felt bad about it because he reallyshould have an article and you did a very good job of one overall, and I appreciate that you tried to tone it down (and that articles about himare pretty hagiographic, as you say), so I did some editing on it and moved it to mainspace. What you proposed about sourcing his specific roles to interviews and attributing it to him in the text is perfectly fine; I've watchlisted the article so if you have any proposals just put them on the talk page and I'll add them in without you having to wait around forever. --PresN02:20, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, PresN! I appreciate your time and continued guidance. I will post any future suggestions at the article's talk page.SarahCaruso (talk)01:46, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of emballonurids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:26, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).

Administrator changes

• Arcticocean
• Wugapodes

Euryalus

CheckUser changes

• Firefly
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Oversighter changes

• Firefly
• Guerillero
• L235
• Moneytrees

Technical news

• Administrators can nownuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days.T380846
• A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter inSpecial:RecentChanges andSpecial:NewPages.T56145

Arbitration

• The arbitration casePalestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of nycterids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

With help from KungFuman I managed to create an article forÁngel (The King of Fighters). Sadly, I am having problems with my monitor and the old one I am using can't let me upload nonfree images in Wikipedia for some reason. If possible, could you upload the infobox image for the character?This might be the best image for the character since it's a concept art made by the most famous SNK artist, Eisuke Ogura, and can easily be found in the wiki or an artbook. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk)18:21, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Not clear on how a monitor could affect uploading non-free images? But done in any case. --PresN19:56, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. You see, two weeks ago my monitor was nearly burning and I sent it to repair. When I found the older monitor, I found that for some reason Wikipedia doesn't allow me to upload images for some reason so I also asked in Discord a user to upload a picture of Ryu Hayabusa as I was trying to expand on his notability.Tintor2 (talk)20:58, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receivetournament points at the end of each round. Unlike theround points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4featured articles and 4good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2In the News articles primarily about athletes.
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
• Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
• MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

• Jarry1250
• Lethe

CheckUser changes

• AmandaNP
• Drmies

Oversighter changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• Arequest 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 of22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of theadministrator elections process has been closed (see thesummary of the changes).
• Arequest for comment is open to gain consensus on whether futureadministrator elections should be held.

Technical news

• A new filter has been added to theSpecial: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.T378488
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using theSpecial:Nuke tool.T376378

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for theOmbuds commission areだ＊ぜ,Arcticocean,Ameisenigel,Emufarmers,Faendalimas,Galahad,Nehaoua,Renvoy,Revi C.,RoySmith,Teles andZafer as members, withVermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards:1234qwer1234qwer4,AramilFeraxa,Daniuu,KonstantinaG07,MdsShakil andXXBlackburnXx.

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 thissurvey, which shouldn’t take more than 2-3 minutes. You may view itsprivacy statement here. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Kind regards,Sam Walton (talk)16:34, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! :) Found this[1]

Not sure where to put this though.Timur9008 (talk)11:57, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Timur9008: Found a spot, thanks! --PresN12:40, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:FLR link has beennominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page. –Jonesey95 (talk)14:43, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I'vebegun reviewing the articleAnimal Well you nominated forGA-status according to thecriteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofTarlby --Tarlby (talk)19:21, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PresN, would you mind taking a look at another draft I created, for screenwriter and producer Angela Russo-Otstot (User:SarahCaruso/Angela Russo-Otstot)? While I realize that your primary interest is video games, I appreciated your perspective in our discussion aboutDonald Mustard and thought it would be a good idea to run this draft by you as well. Thank you!SarahCaruso (talk)19:26, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SarahCaruso: Sure, why not. Made some tweaks and moved toAngela Russo-Otstot. --PresN01:51, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a Good Article, but I do not see it inWikipedia:Good articles/all. Am I missing something? I would be happy to add it to that list, if you can't or don't want to add it yourself. Do you think it would be better under Chess or under Engineering technology (or Software, or some other category)?Bruce leverett (talk)01:27, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bruce leverett: It's inWikipedia:Good articles/all2. --PresN01:53, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, don't know how I missed that.Bruce leverett (talk)02:32, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, PresN. I noticed your recent contributions, especially your featured list articles. I invite you to help me on my quest to improve the coverage of Wii U-related articles. Currently, i have Wii U GamePad nominated for GA, but could you help getList of Wii U games for featured list? Thanks.TzarN64 (talk)01:42, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TzarN64: I did some accessibility fixes on the table since I'm well-versed in them, but I'm not going to work on the list beyond that. It's going to be a massive amount of work to find sources for the release dates for ~800 games in 4 regions, and I'm not particularly interested in the Wii U. --PresN02:05, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, nonetheless. Please give me your thoughts on the article and how it can be improved. Thanks.TzarN64 (talk)02:29, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleAnimal Well you nominated as agood article has been placed on hold. The article needs changes or clarifications to meet thegood article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. SeeTalk:Animal Well andTalk:Animal Well/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofTarlby --Tarlby (talk)00:41, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleAnimal Well you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Animal Well for comments about the article, andTalk:Animal Well/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofTarlby --Tarlby (talk)01:23, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know thatList of emballonurids – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page asToday's featured list for April 21. The TFL blurb can be seenhere. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or atTFL talk. Regards,Giants2008 (Talk)02:55, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

• Giraffer
• Goldsztajn

Dennis Brown

• Cyclonebiskit
• Nohat
• Someguy1221

Bureaucrat changes

Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

GB fan

Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

• Sign up forThe Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improvevital articles.

Hello, I noticed that youchanged a part of{{Election box candidate no party no change}} to include a missing rowscope. I'm not sure if this is what is causing a massive change in the template, but I've noticed that the election box now doesn't match with other types of election boxes, as it now has a dark grey and bolded part instead of having a lighter grey and non-bolded part with the rest of it. Compare these two:

I'm not sure if this was the intended result, but I personally don't think it should be different for these two. Especially since the "winning candidate" isn't differentiated anymore.reppop^talk20:49, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Reppop: Sorry about that, I don't think I realized how many variations of election boxes there were last night. I've added a bit more to ensure there's no visual change; I don't think that's ideal but it's way better than a mishmash of visual styles. --PresN22:13, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It being centered is still bothering me since it still visually doesn't match with the other election box, I think you should also fix that to be flush left.reppop^talk22:54, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Reppop: Done. Really obnoxious that wikimedia applies extra styles to row headers, and also different ones depending on if it's the "first" cell in the row. --PresN23:02, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you take a look at your other changes for the other election box templates? I noticed onthis page that{{Election box candidate with party link no change}} is now centered, and doesn't match with the other templates above.reppop^talk18:24, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Reppop: Fixed- the template pages had them as left-aligned, but the article didn't. Now forced left. --PresN19:57, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of phyllostomids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I was editing Laguna's drafthere but I was wondering what article doesthis site have the article fromFlaregamer has it in order to find the original reliable sources to see if we can I create and then nominate it due to the GA topic need. If possible, could you lend me a hand with Laguna? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk)15:48, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: I'm not clear on what you're asking here. I'm also not sure that FFOnline or FlareGamer are RSs. I'm not available to work on Laguna's article, sorry. --PresN16:07, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I understandTintor2 (talk)16:39, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of natalids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Giants2008 (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know thatNebula Award for Best Game Writing – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page asToday's featured list for May 5. The TFL blurb can be seenhere. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or atTFL talk. Regards,Giants2008 (Talk)00:33, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey PresN. I hope whatever you're doing is going great. Perhaps this message will be a little corny, but with your experience with FA indie games, I think it'd be great to send this to you.

For over a year now, by the time I had only garnered a couple hundred edits, I've been working on the articleRain World, an indie game very special to me, as it's now my favorite video game of all time. I've never played Outer Wilds and don't know much about it, but I can tell from the passionate introductory paragraph in your FAC for the game, it is likely I feel very similar feelings to Rain World.

Though I've been making gradual edits on the page for a while, around January 2025, I had read your FAC for Outer Wilds, then Super Meat Boy, Tunic, and Doom 1993. I think your work on those articles had inspired me, because I started reading up on FA articles and essays about the criteria. I hadn't edited Rain World in a while at that point, but I started having some ambitions. I have been reworking the article for over a month now. I've done my best to find the most sourcing I can and making great prose. I don't want to say the article isready for FAC in case I manage to jinx myself (especially considering I havenever nominated even a GA before), yet I have already asked a few other editors to look over it, and they haven't brought many objections so far.

Now, I'm starting to have hopes that this will appear on the main page one day as my first high-quality work on an article. I've opened up a peer reviewhere for further comments and it has yet to receive feedback. Considering the absolutelybaffling amounts of FA's and FAL's you've written, I think your advice would help me out a lot. Of course, if you don't want you, you don't have to review this.

Thanks for reading. Good luck with your future content.Tarlby^{(t) (c)}05:03, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tarlby: Thanks for the compliments! I'm glad my work inspired yours in some part. I'll take a look at the article/PR. --PresN16:54, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noting that I've seen your pr review and will respond later. Thank you!Tarlby^{(t) (c)}17:06, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receivetournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24good articles, 28Did you know articles, and oneIn the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
• Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplierfeatured articles onBlack Widow (Natasha Romanova) andGrace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
• History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from fourfeatured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and agood topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
• Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognizeGeneralissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Evening... I'm sorry to bother you. I noticed that you have promoted some articles to FL status tonight. Any chanceWorld Figure Skating Championships will be among them? I just garnered what I believe to be a third support this morning. Thank you so much for your time!Bgsu98(Talk)00:52, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Still needs a source review, and you said you were going to get to the points that Toadspike raised, so it'll probably get promoted in the next pass through. --PresN03:37, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the response. I address Toadspike's points. I have seen where other articles need a source review; what is involved in that?Bgsu98(Talk)11:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Someone goes through and checks that the sources are reliable, that the citations are formatted correctly, and spotchecks a few to make sure that they back up what the list is citing them for. --PresN11:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds simple enough. I will try to help out with some of those this evening after work.Bgsu98(Talk)12:28, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

Rusalkii

NaomiAmethyst(overlooked last month)

• Master Jay
• Orderinchaos
• Roger Davies
• Tinucherian

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Followingan RfC,administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; seeWikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to theRfA 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 atWP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted ina broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

Miscellaneous

• ANew Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in thenew pages feed.Sign up here to participate!

Welcome, and thank you for your attempt to lighten up Wikipedia. However, this is an encyclopedia, and articles are intended to be serious, so please don't make joke edits, as you did toOuter Wilds. Readers looking for accurate information will not find them amusing. If you'd like to experiment with editing, please useyour sandbox instead, where you are given acertain degree of freedom in what you write. Nice Easter egg.MimirIsSmart(talk)09:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may not realize this, having only been here for a year, but it is considered pretty rude to slap template messages on established editors. --PresN11:42, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for this, but I intended this to be humorous and something to be laugh about.MimirIsSmart(talk)11:55, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I've been trying to tone down nonfree images of some articles and noticed this free image ofKyo Kusanagi (the character's design has changed several times since his introduction) used to promote a gamehere. I want to extract Shinkiro's illustration (heavily discussed in promotion) in a similar example to what people did with Hideki Kamiya'sfree image but I have no idea how I can do it or if I am capable of to begin with. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk)14:11, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Eh, that's a free image only because the cover of the game isn't the central subject of the photo (though that's pretty subjective). Cropping it to just the cover removes that, and you just have an angled photo of a non-free image. --PresN19:07, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Also, there is a doubt I had about Kyo's article. Do you think some parts from reception are worth removing? I tried removing reviews but I can't tell if some sources are kinda useless or pointless. The fact that the article uses 191 references bugs me similar to when I revisedDante from Devil May Cry with another user. Cheers.Tintor2 (talk)21:59, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Ah, I think you misunderstood- there's no way that crop can be a free-use photo on commons. Taking a photograph specifically of a copyrighted artwork doesn't transform it into a non-copyrighted thing.

As to the reception, I don't have an opinion. It's not too long so it wouldn't be my priority to change. I'm baffled as to how that article has 191 references as well- somehow every references is used only once or twice? Like, every single fact is cited to a different source. That feels like bad editing- if there's a good source that covers a bunch of stuff, why would you limit it to one sentence and then base the rest on tweets and weaker sources? I'm more concerned that there's things cited to non-RSs that could have been cited to an RS already used in the article. --PresN22:47, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I removed the image and tried toning down the weakest sources. The only tweet I left involved a related artist who often worked for the series. It's one of the first articles I edited so I'm trying to polish it especially due to recent changes about notability guidelines. CheersTintor2 (talk)23:17, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Followed your advice and toned down references to 180 by using some third party sources in appearances and combining two articles.Tintor2 (talk)03:58, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of chiropterans, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of mormoopids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:26, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Evening... I'm sorry to bother you. I noticed that you have promoted some articles to FL status this afternoon. Any chanceBritish Figure Skating Championships will be among them? It has garnered three supports, including the source review, and it has been over a month. Thank you for your time!Bgsu98(Talk)16:43, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Sure, did a couple more, including your list. --PresN17:14, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw; thank you so much, as always, for your time!Bgsu98(Talk)17:14, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would you be so kind to take a look atWikipedia:Requests for permissions/File mover? Thanks,Polygnotus (talk)16:54, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Polygnotus: Sure, why not. Don't know what took you to me specifically, but I don't see any problems. --PresN17:11, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I usedhttps://apersonbot.toolforge.org/recently-active/?adminsPolygnotus (talk)17:23, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Polygnotus: Ah, neat, that makes sense, and that's a handy tool. Thanks! --PresN17:32, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

Administrator changes

• DDima
• Gimmetrow
• Huon
• Johan Elisson
• Spangineer
• The Land

Interface administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

CheckUser changes

L235

Oversight changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by theWMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

• A new feature calledMultiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. Seethe relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using themergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, afterthis RFC and the resolution ofT118132.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case namedIndian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for theUniversal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read thevoting page on Meta-Wiki andcast your vote here!
• AnArticles 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 theGadgets settings.Sign up here to participate!
• TheUnreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with{{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles.Sign up to participate!

Hey PresN! I saw the bot sent me the usual promotion talkpage message but didn't message Shwabb yet so wanted to reach out in case it was a technical mistake. I remember getting my first FL promotion message was encouraging and think Shwabb definitely more than deserves the credit for this FL. Many thanks in advance about it and for the promotion! (also, an aside but I promise my next FLN won't take as long) ;)DantheAnimator00:55, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dantheanimator Thanks, don't know why the bot skipped them but glad to fix the problem. --PresN13:51, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I recently createdThe King of Fighters: Kyo (1998 video game) but possibly due to the lack of Western release only 12 references. By any chance, do you know if there are old Famitsu reviews or other magazines to expand more the reception section? Cheers.Tintor2 (talk)01:17, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: Sorry for the delay, I was out of town. I do not know of any. --PresN00:43, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, PresN. I'm just posting to let you know thatList of kerivoulines – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page asToday's featured list for July 18. The TFL blurb can be seenhere. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or atTFL talk. Regards,Giants2008 (Talk)21:29, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20good articles and 48did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9featured topic articles, twofeatured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16featured lists, 1featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Invisible Barnstar
		Thank you so much for fixing the references on BG3. —ImaginesTigers (talk)16:24, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm very, very sorry for effectively wasting a bunch of your time. Without you doing that work, it would have taken me much longer to move them back off Sfn. Thank you again —ImaginesTigers (talk)16:24, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The articleLost in Play you nominated as agood article has passed; seeTalk:Lost in Play for comments about the article, andTalk:Lost in Play/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofImaginesTigers --ImaginesTigers (talk)09:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Youredit atList of chiropterans really caught my eye. I think a similar sentence should probably be on every list of species. I'm less active on Wikipedia than I once was, but atUser:SchreiberBike/sandbox#Inclusion criteria for List of organisms of Place I've got a list of things I was working on along those lines. If you've got other ideas or would like help implementing them, I'd love to work with you. Keep up the good work. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 22:08, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: I agree- I added it to there (and every mammal list I've done) because a reviewer suggested it atthe FLC for List of glirids, as they didn't understand how the parentheses worked, but I also saw someone else ask for the same thing attheir List of insect orders nomination, so I think most readers have no idea why some authorities get parentheses and others don't. --PresN22:34, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of glirids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Giants2008 (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:26, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

NuclearWarfare

Interface administrator changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• Following atalk page discussion, speedy deletioncriterion G13 has beenamended to remove "Userspace with no content except thearticle wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline followinga RfC discussion.

Miscellaneous

• The 2025Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September.Sign up now!
• Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative toRFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!

VVVVVV has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to thereassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Thanks,1isall (talk/contribs)18:03, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of geomyids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Giants2008 (talk) viaFACBot (talk)04:58, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of sciurids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Giants2008 (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Plant species table has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Gonnym (talk)10:57, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Plant species table/row has beennominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion atthe entry on the Templates for discussion page.Gonnym (talk)10:57, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Administrator changes

• CoconutOctopus
• Curbon7
• Hinnk
• Jlwoodwa
• Kj cheetham
• KylieTastic
• Ser!
• Smasongarrison
• UndercoverClassicist

• Bbb23
• Beeblebrox
• David Gerard
• Oleg Alexandrov
• Satori Son

CheckUser changes

• Alison
• Bradv
• Joe Roe
• RickinBaltimore
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Oversight changes

• Bradv
• RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

• Followinga request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion,G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by alarge language model (LLM) without human review.
• Followinga request for comment, there isa new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses oftemporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors canrequest access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The"Add a Link" Structured Taskhelps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in theCommunity Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration caseIndian military history has been closed.
  • South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated acontentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined asAll pages related to the region ofSouth Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
  • The contentious topic designations forSri Lanka (SL) andIndia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The community-authorized general sanctions regardingSouth Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
• The arbitration caseArticle titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
• The arbitration caseTransgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening inNairobi,Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years ofWikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You canregister here now.

After seeing the Master Swords I wondered if I could make for the Buster Sword since there is a bout its creating and marketing. However, when it comes to critical response I cannot find much. I found one or two sources calling it the Best weapon of versión but even when googling articles containing its are just mere mentions. If you find anything notable, could you link it? CheersTintor2 (talk)02:28, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tintor2: I'll keep an eye out, but I really doubt that the sword is notable beyondCloud Strife. --PresN02:37, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. I've been googling for a while but the only notable sources involve marketing, real life copies and few best weapons lists. Not much commentary for a reception section. I also considered a One Wing Angel article but I suck when it comes to music.Tintor2 (talk)11:59, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including afeatured article onPhilippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9good articles, 28did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leaderRani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12featured lists, 98 good articles, 9good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges –Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs),Frostly (talk ·contribs),Guerillero (talk ·contribs) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:48, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).

Administrator changes

Euryalus

• Admrboltz
• FloNight
• Floquenbeam
• Ganeshk
• JesseW
• Night Gyr
• Nixdorf

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

AmandaNP

SQL

Oversight changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open on whether use ofemojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion underG15.

Technical news

• Administrators can now access theSpecial:BlockedExternalDomains page from theSpecial:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find.T393240

Arbitration

• The arbitration caseArticle titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
• An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

Yourgood article nomination of the articleThank Goodness You're Here! isunder review. Seethe review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofPokelego999 --Pokelego999 (talk)19:43, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Afternoon! The source review for this FLC was already done on August 1. In fact, it was the very first review done for this submission. 😀Bgsu98(Talk)17:43, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Whoops, lol. I literally was thinking to myself "well, the Adichie list has a source review, so lets go up one more" and completely missed that. Thanks! --PresN17:45, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there sufficient support to promote it?Bgsu98(Talk)17:46, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd prefer one more support vote first, though given the level of reviewer participation this past month I may end up taking a day in a week or two and serve as the third reviewer for this and several other nominations just to get them closed. --PresN17:49, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interest in reviewing seems to have stalled, but I'm just as guilty as anyone else. But it's all over the place, too: FL, FA, and GA. I see you have another rodent list that I somehow missed; I'll take a look at it this weekend. 😀Bgsu98(Talk)17:52, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yourgood article nomination of the articleThank Goodness You're Here! haspassed; congratulations! Seethe review page for more information. If the article iseligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you cannominate it within the next seven days.Message delivered byChristieBot, on behalf ofPokelego999 --Pokelego999 (talk)18:43, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Technical Barnstar
	I am awarding this to you to thank you for your repair onTemplate:WPVG announcements. I always liked fixing the articles that lacked an importance rating, so I was a bit confused why the tracker wasn't working. Thanks again for fixing the issue.CaptainGalaxy19:06, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of heteromyids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,PresN (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, PresN! The list you nominated,List of caviids, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. Thenomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you maynominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers,Hey man im josh (talk) viaFACBot (talk)00:25, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How is mecc.co a only hobbyist fan site when it has a strong connection and has worked with MECC staff members, as seen in their about info.[2]: "This website is a production of the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) User Group in coordination with the original CEO of MECC, staff", doesn't it lean towards reliability? Despite that, not only mecc.co but the journalCall-A.P.P.L.E also reported 80 million copies of The Oregon Trail.[3]Kazama16 (talk)23:24, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kazama16: The Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange is a hobby group, not a publication with editorial policies. Mecc.co is a hobby site run by Bill Martens, again not a publication with editorial policies. Call-A.P.P.L.E. is a fanzine, not a journal; it's a pdf Bill Martens puts out monthly, not a magazine with independent journalists and editors and fact-checking, much less an academic journal with expert oversight, no matter what the wikipedia article on it says. If the source had been an interview with the original CEO of MECC where the CEO said that the 1985 version ofThe Oregon Trail sold 80 million copies, I'd accept it. I'd think it was pretty far-fetched, but I'd accept it. Even if it was an interview in a hobby blog/fanzine. But that's not what this is- this is one dude out in Seattle, who is friends with a guy who maybe could remember what the sales numbers were, saying offhand in a blog post a number that no one else has ever said for the sales of a game he had nothing to do with and not saying where he got that number from. That's just not a reliable source. --PresN01:28, 3 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).

Administrator changes

• Billinghurst
• Crisco 1492
• DarkFalls
• Spike Wilbury
• Valereee
• Ergo Sum

CheckUser changes

Vanamonde93

Arbitration

• Aftera motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections atWP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g.[[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.

Hi PresN, many thanks for all the help with everything yesterday! Wanted to double check this with you to make sure before changing anything. Currently I use the markup on WP:Ukraine SIA-Class talkpages:
{{WikiProject banner shell|class=SI|1={{WikiProject Disambiguation}}{{WikiProject Ukraine|importance=low}}{{WikiProject Cities}}}}
I based using "SI" on howWP:Military history does it, though I noticed that they add the class param twice: (example fromTalk:Battle of Oslo)
{{WikiProject banner shell|class=SI|{{WikiProject Military history|class=SI|Nordic=yes}}}}
For WP:VG, the markup has List-Class for the banner and "SIA" instead of SI for the WP:VG template. I was thinking of having it so WP:Ukraine also uses "SIA" though wondering if you'd have any recommendations or insight about this. Guessing it doesn't make too much a difference but thought it would be good to check in case.DantheAnimator17:34, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also wondering if the |1= markup is necessary since I noticed WP:VG has it but WP:Military history doesn't.DantheAnimator17:35, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1)@Dantheanimator: I don't think it matters too much about SI vs. SIA, though I've mostly seen it abbreviated SIA so that's what I went with for video games. Note that your Ukraine classmask right now only supports "SIA" as a value; if you want to support other forms you need to add e.g. |SI=SIA or |SETINDEX=SIA.

2) 1= is not necessary; by default for any template the first "unnamed" parameter is considered "1". That's not a wpvg thing to use an explicit |1, I think some people just write template calls oddly.

3) Your markup above doesn't work, which is why you're having to manually addCategory:SIA-Class Ukraine articles. Putting "{{WikiProject banner shell|class=SI" is treated exactly the same as if you had put "{{WikiProject banner shell|class=List" - bannershell just treats SI or SIA as synonyms for list, and it passes it through as List to the wikiproject category. The Milhist example is right- you need to have "{{WikiProject banner shell|class=SI|{{WikiProject Ukraine|class=SIA|importance=low}}}}", e.g. give the WikiProject Ukraine specifically the SIA class parameter. SeeTalk:Adamivka for an example. --PresN19:30, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks PresN! Just to confirm, this is the markup I'll use for all the Ukraine SIAs: (using "SIA" instead of SI in the banner just to keep it standardized since it doesn't matter much and would be less confusing for other editors)

{{WikiProject banner shell|class=SIA|{{WikiProject Disambiguation}}{{WikiProject Ukraine|class=SIA|importance=low}}{{WikiProject Cities}}}}

Also all the SIAs I've seen use low-importance ratings instead of NA though wondering if NA would be better maybe?DantheAnimator19:38, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For VG I went with NA-class, though that was partially to distinguish it from Lists; I think either has an argument to be made for it. --PresN20:10, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was hoping to class them as NA for the same reason so that helps. I'll go ahead and modify the markup based on the above, with a NA importance rating. Also, would it be alright if I messaged you in the future if there's other WikiProject technical questions that come up? Not expecting much of any though there's a few more edits to the WP:Ukraine template I thought of and in general your advice and experience is really helpful.DantheAnimator20:24, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free any time, I don't mind! --PresN21:04, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The edit notice for thelist of best-selling video games has become outdated and hasn't been updated for like 8 years to reflect the current situation. I want to request you to editTemplate:Editnotices/Page/List of best-selling video games since I'm unable to because I lack the rights to do so.

This is my proposed text = "This is a data-based article and should be supported by trustworthy sources to ensure accuracy. Sales estimation sites such asVGChartz andSteam Spy are not considered valid sources for this list, as they do not provide verified sales figures or professional estimates. Care should also be taken when citing secondary sources; if they reference a questionable source or an internet leak rather than the official one or themselves, the credibility of the source in question should be evaluated before inclusion."Kazama16 (talk)21:47, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kazama16: I tweaked the wording a bit, but done. --PresN22:15, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I saw where you promoted my article yesterday (thank you!), but it is the only one of the whole batch you promoted to have been processed by the bot. Not sure what the problem is, but all of those other articles are still sitting at FLC. Just FYI.Bgsu98(Talk)00:22, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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