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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request 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 now provides 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 the 2024 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
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
NPP Awards for 2024
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The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award | |
| This award is given in recognition to SunDawn for conducting 2,237 article reviews in 2024. Thank you so much for all your excellent work. Keep it up! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:05, 8 January 2025 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much! You always inspired me! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 18:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well aren't you sweet, thanks SunDawn <3 Hey man im josh (talk) 18:36, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
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Redirect Ninja Award | |
| This award is given in recognition to SunDawn for conducting 2,710 redirect reviews in 2024. Thank you so much for all your excellent work, keep it up! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:36, 8 January 2025 (UTC) |
Request for administrator nomination
I want to ask yer permission to nominate ya for adminship. I used CentralAuth to check yer global account contributions and ya seem to 'ave enough experience, given yer edits and yer rights. Please, woulda be ya welcome it? Opinions! elias_fdafs • (Let's Talk! What Have I Done?) 20:29, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello! Thank you for the trust you placed on me. But I do not think I am "admin material" yet. There are still many things I would have to learn as an admin for now. But again, thank you for the trust you are placing on me! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 01:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 66
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 66, November – December 2024
- Les Jours and East View Press join the library
- Tech tip: Newspapers.com
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --17:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
New page patrol
Hi, is it possible to stop receiving these messages (unless there is a problem) I was self-patrolled for over ten years, then I had a specific issue, and the status was removed. So this is a bit embarrassing/humiliating for me. I remove these comments from my page every time you send them, and I would prefer not to have to do that. Thank you. Keizers (talk) 16:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello! Thank you for voicing your concerns and I will refrain from messaging you in the further. It is designed to encourage people, not embarrassing people. On the other hand I might forget about your request in the future so if I made another mistake in the future it is not intentional at all. Have a great day! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 01:08, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
TamaRock
Dear SunDawn I'm coming back to you as you were my last point of contact. As you might recall, you moved my sandbox article 'Water Polo in New South Wales' to draftspace, and I then spent a number of hours working on it, researching and adding over 20 citations. I pressed the button to have the draft reviewed, and nothing happened. When I came back to it this morning... I could only find the original draft, with my latest hard worked draft seemingly lost? The other issue is I read that for some reason, 'Hoary' has removed my user page for TamaRock/sandbox... I'm ready to re-submit the work... but I must say, how difficult this process is... while editors such as yourself might find it a simple thing and even mundane... it is a daunting space for casual users such as I. My problem now is... where do I go from here to resubmit my article, and how do I reactivate my user page, if it is inactive? If you have minute, I'd very much appreciate your kindly assistance... TamaRock TamaRock (talk) 05:36, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hello TamaRock! Unfortunately I am out of town for work and unable to assist you today. So sorry for that.
- I have checked the revision history in the draft and your contributions, it seems like the "improved article" never gets published at the first place. The correct button is to "publish" and not "have the draft reviewed" - it's likely you didn't save the change and the improvement is gone. I am so sorry and I know this is not the outcome you wanted.
- I encouraged you to try to add the references again, but try to add it partially instead of whole thing. I will do my utmost to assist you. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 12:52, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
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@SunDawn Thank you so much for your time, have a great week! Phoebezz22 (talk) 18:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
January 2025
Happy Wikipedia day! If you're travelling, I hope you have a happy vacation! 
Gnu779 (talk) 11:40, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your message! But I am not traveling, I am out of town for work. But thank you very much for your message! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 16:19, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
- You bet!
Gnu779 (talk) 12:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
- You bet!
The Signpost: 15 January 2025
- From the editors: Looking back, looking forward
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2024
- In the media: Will you be targeted?
- Technology report: New Calculator template brings interactivity at last
- Opinion: Reflections one score hence
- Serendipity: What we've left behind, and where we want to go next
- Arbitration report: Analyzing commonalities of some contentious topics
- Humour: How to make friends on Wikipedia
Happy Wiki Birthday!
Happy Wiki Birthday! Thank you for your contributions and time on Wikipedia. I wish you all the best for your future.
Zuck28 (talk) 15:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Unattributed translations
Hi there, and thank you for all your help with NPP during the backlog drive! As I was looking over some of your reviews, I noticed a few unattributed translations (e.g., Pädagogischer Austauschdienst, Heinrich von Hügel). You aren't required to be on the lookout for unattributed translations during NPP, but I thought I would bring this to your attention. I've noticed the following signifiers for translated articles:
- Oddly worded or punctuated lead sentence (e.g., John Smith -- English mechanic, born 1957)
- Multiple interwiki links
- Most / all of the sources are in another language (and may be formatted oddly)
If I find some of these, I tend to check the page history to see if there's a translation attribution. If not, I'll search for the article on the appropriate Wiki, then do a quick Google Translate to see if the content is very similar. If so, you can add the attribution and/or reach out to the article creator.
Thanks again for all your help! Let me know if you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns about this. Take care, Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 02:52, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for the tips! That is very helpful. I will be on a lookout for these signifiers the next time I am reviewing the article. Thank you again for your help! ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 10:08, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
A user disappeared
Hello, I have a huge problem. A user who destroyed the entire gallery page of Tux (mascot) long ago, had the edit reverted by me and a few others. But then that user disappeared from Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. The user's name is Crazysnipercatt00. The user did not even mention about retirement on their user page, and there are no signs of the user left. You can find the user's last evidence on Talk:Tux (mascot). 
Gnu779 ( talk) 13:49, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- I have checked the username in question and outside the 4 edits made on English Wikipedia the editor haven't made any other edits. The editor is still there, but likely to be inactive. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 17:02, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh yeah. It took me long time to finally finish reverting it,
Gnu779 ( talk) 14:34, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- Oh yeah. It took me long time to finally finish reverting it,
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 1
Upcoming and current events and conversations
Let's Talk continues
- Conversation with the trustees: Speak directly with the Wikimedia Foundation trustees about their work at the next Conversation with the Trustees on January 30 at 14:30 UTC.
- Community Resilience and Sustainability: Join the conversation hour which will discuss Trust and Safety, the Universal Code of Conduct, Committee Support, and Human Rights on January 30 at 20:00 UTC.
- Annual Planning: Shaping Wikimedia Foundation’s 2025–2026 annual goals: Key questions for the Wikimedia movement.
- Central Asia Wikicon: Submission for sessions is open until March 22.
- Wikipedia is turning 25: We just celebrated Wikipedia's 24th birthday, and are already planning for next year's big milestone! Share your thoughts on what you have in mind to mark the silver jubilee of Wikipedia.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org
- Wikipedia App: iOS App users worldwide can now access a personalized Year in Review feature, providing insights based on their reading and editing history on Wikipedia.
- Design System: Codex – Year 2024 in Review: Key Milestones and Innovations.
- Tech News: The CampaignEvents extension offers organizers features like event registration management directly on-wiki; The Single User Login system is being updated over the next few months; Administrators can mass-delete multiple pages created by a user or IP address using Extension:Nuke. More updates from tech news Dec 16, Jan 13, and Jan 21.
- Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions shares their Quarterly planning for January-March 2025.
- Admin Research Report: The Research Team published their final report on administrator recruitment, retention, and attrition patterns among long-tenure community members in moderation and administration roles.
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta-Wiki
- Distribution of Funds: Next steps toward the creation of the interim Global Resource Distribution Committee.
- Wikipedia Library: What’s new in The Wikipedia Library? (Oct-Dec 2024).
- Conferences: Your Sneak Peak into the 9 approved Wikimedia Conference Proposals for 2025.
- Wikimania: Road to Nairobi: Travel Essentials & Tips.
- Wikisource Loves Manuscripts: Meet-up in Bali: Strengthening the manuscript preservation ecosystem.
- Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase which looked at Reader Attention and Curiosity.
- Resource Support Pilot: Join the discussion about shaping a pilot project on the English Wikipedia that would fund small resource requests (like books) to support editors in improving content.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
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- Global Advocacy: Wikimedians will promote cultural preservation and knowledge diversity at RightsCon 2025. Tune in!
- Mis- and disinformation: Training on misinformation and disinformation prevention for communities in Indonesia: A recap.
- December's Global Advocacy Newsletter: For quarterly insights into the internet governance and policy work the Foundation is doing, subscribe to our Global Advocacy Newsletter. You can see our latest December edition here.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Board of Trustees: The Wikimedia Foundation welcomes community-and-affiliate selected trustees and the Board appoints Lorenzo Losa its Chair-Elect.
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