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Mainboard of a NeXTcube computer Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Motherboard Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Internet research •Stuffed toy Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 5 May 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

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!

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!

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!

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
• ST47

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.

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.

Aneconomic analysis of climate change estimating the median income change by 2050 compared to a baseline scenario Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Economic analysis of climate change Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Lead Belly •Comic timing Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:10, 15 September 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

Exteriorfirefighting at an abandoned convent in Massueville, Canada Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Firefighting Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Economic analysis of climate change •Lead Belly Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:09, 22 September 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

An Antarctic fur sealbiting another one while fighting Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Biting Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Firefighting •Economic analysis of climate change Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 29 September 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. A family contains one or moregenera. Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Genus Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Biting •Firefighting Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 6 October 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

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.

A woman in a crochetedcape Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Cape Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Genus •Biting Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 13 October 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

A sign at ananti-monarchy protest in the United Kingdom Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Criticism of monarchy Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Cape •Genus Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

TheConvention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, granting a99-year lease on theNew Territories Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: 99-year lease Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Criticism of monarchy •Cape Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 27 October 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

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

Administrator changes

Toadspike

• Elahrairah
• Juliancolton
• Magnus Manske

CheckUser changes

asilvering

Guideline and policy news

• The speedy deletion criteriaU5 has been repealed, withU6 andU7 replacing it. See theFAQ for more clarifications.
• Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at thearbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result ofan RfC.

Technical news

• You can enable a handyuser info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visitPreferences →Appearance →Advanced options →Enable theuser info card

Arbitration

• The arbitration caseTransgender healthcare and people has been closed
  • Uninvolved administrators may impose anAE participation restriction on any thread at theArbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

• Anunreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 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!

Variouscrop seeds Hello, VictorTorres2002. Thearticle for improvement of the week is: Crop Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections:Performance •99-year lease Get involved with the AFI project:Nominate an article •Review nominations Posted by:MusikBottalk00:05, 10 November 2025 (UTC) usingMediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •Opt-out instructions

Hello! Voting in the2025 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 1 December 2025. Alleligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

TheArbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting theWikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to imposesite bans,topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. Thearbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2025 election, please reviewthe candidates and submit your choices on thevoting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add{{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)00:41, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes

• Chaotic Enby
• Rjjiii

Valereee

• Fathoms Below
• Tamzin

CheckUser changes

Spicy

Technical news

• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have atemporary account associated with their edits.
• Administrators will now find thatSpecial:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start).T382958

Miscellaneous

• TheDecember 2025 administrator elections are scheduled from Nov 25 – Dec 15.
• AnArticles for Creation backlog drive is happening in December 2025, with over 1,000 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!

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

Administrator changes

• Epicgenius
• Left guide
• LEvalyn
• MPGuy2824
• The4lines
• Yue

Fathoms Below

• BaronLarf
• Firefly
• kelapstick
• Opabinia regalis
• Pbsouthwood
• Sethant
• UtherSRG
• Whouk

CheckUser changes

• Giraffer
• HouseBlaster
• SilverLocust

• Liz
• Worm That Turned
• Z1720

Oversight changes

• Asilvering
• Giraffer
• Girth Summit
• Guerillero
• HouseBlaster
• Izno
• SilverLocust

• Liz
• Worm That Turned
• Z1720

Guideline and policy news

• Allgeneral sanctions imposed by the community may now be enforced at theArbitration Enforcement noticeboard (WP:AE) as a result of arecent RfC.
• Due to the result of arecent RFC, theadministrator recall process is amended to extend the deadline for a re-request for adminship to 30 days or the nextadministrator election, whichever is later.
• Changes to theAccess to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy's disclosure rules include broadening the consecutive-blocks exception to cover all admin actions and removing the requirement to revision-delete permissible disclosures once they become unnecessary (instead requiring only their removal). SeeWP:TAIVDISCLOSE for more information.

Arbitration

• Following the2025 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee:Aoidh,Asilvering,Girth Summit,Guerillero,HJ Mitchell,HouseBlaster,Izno,Sdrqaz,SilverLocust.
• The arbitration casePbsouthwood has been suspended.