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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024). Administrator changes Graham Beards Deskana Mets501 Staxringold Bureaucrat changes Deskana Warofdreams Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz Guideline and policy news Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I. Technical news The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351 Arbitration The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed. The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue. Miscellaneous WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply] Administrators' newsletter – July 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024). Administrator changes Elli HouseBlaster Pickersgill-Cunliffe Brianga De728631 Georgewilliamherbert Hyacinth (deceased) ProveIt The Night Watch Technical news Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086) Miscellaneous The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 07:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply] Administrators' newsletter – August 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024). Administrator changes Isabelle Belato Ian.thomson Modussiccandi Interface administrator changes Izno CheckUser changes Barkeep49 Technical news Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate. Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked. Arbitration The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply] Administrators' newsletter – September 2024 News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024). Administrator changes Pppery Interface administrator changes Pppery Oversighter changes Wugapodes CheckUser changes Courcelles GeneralNotability Guideline and policy news Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past. A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline. Arbitration Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed. Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months. The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case. Miscellaneous Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination. A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate! Discuss this newsletter Subscribe Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:45, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]