## The Signpost: 29 August 2021

- News and notes: Enough time left to vote! IP ban

- In the media: Vive la différence!

- Wikimedians of the year: Seven Wikimedians of the year

- Gallery: Our community in 20 graphs

- News from Wiki Education: Changing the face of Wikipedia

- Recent research: IP editors, inclusiveness and empathy, cyclones, and world heritage

- WikiProject report: WikiProject Days of the Year Interview

- Traffic report: Olympics, movies, and Afghanistan

- Community view: Making Olympic history on Wikipedia

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## Administrators' newsletter – September 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes

  Jake Wartenberg
  Emperor • Viridian Bovary
  Ashleyyoursmile → Viridian Bovary

Guideline and policy news

  - Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
  - A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
  - A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
  - A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news

  - The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration

  - A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous

  - The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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## The Signpost: 26 September 2021

- News and notes: New CEO, new board members, China bans

- In the media: The future of Wikipedia

- Opinion: Wikimedians of Mainland China were warned

- Op-Ed: I've been desysopped

- Disinformation report: Paid promotional paragraphs in German parliamentary pages

- Discussion report: Editors discuss Wikipedia's vetting process for administrators

- Recent research: Wikipedia images for machine learning; Experiment justifies Wikipedia's high search rankings

- Community view: Is writing Wikipedia like making a quilt?

- Traffic report: Kanye, Emma Raducanu and 9/11

- News from Diff: Welcome to the first grantees of the Knowledge Equity Fund

- WikiProject report: The Random and the Beautiful

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## Administrators' newsletter – October 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes Blablubbs Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased) | Oversighter changes Callanecc Mkdw Interface administrator changes Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

  - Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
  - Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news

  - DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under Preferences → Beta features.

Arbitration

  - A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
  - Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
  - The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous

  - Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
  - The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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## The Signpost: 31 October 2021

- From the editor: Different stories, same place

- News and notes: The sockpuppet who ran for adminship and almost succeeded

- In the media: China bans, and is there intelligent life on this planet?

- Opinion: A photo on Wikipedia can ruin your life

- Discussion report: Editors brainstorm and propose changes to the Requests for adminship process

- Recent research: Welcome messages fail to improve newbie retention

- Community view: Reflections on the Chinese Wikipedia

- Traffic report: James Bond and the Giant Squid Game

- Technology report: Wikimedia Toolhub, winners of the Coolest Tool Award, and more

- Serendipity: How Wikipedia helped create a Serbian stamp

- Book review: Wikipedia and the Representation of Reality

- WikiProject report: Redirection

- Humour: A very Wiki crossword

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## Administrators' newsletter – November 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Administrator changes Clpo13 Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage Interface administrator changes Evad37 | CheckUser changes Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith Oversight changes Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news

  - Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news

  - Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration

  - GeneralNotability, Mz7 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections. Ivanvector and John M Wolfson are reserve commissioners.
  - Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous

  - The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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## The Signpost: 29 November 2021

- In the media: Denial: climate change, mass killings and pornography

- WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2021

- Deletion report: What we lost, what we gained

- From a Wikipedia reader: What's Matt Amodio?

- Arbitration report: ArbCom in 2021

- Discussion report: On the brink of change – RFA reforms appear imminent

- Technology report: What does it take to upload a file?

- WikiProject report: Interview with contributors to WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers

- Serendipity: "Did You Know ..." featured a photo of the wrong female WWII pilot

- News from Diff: Content translation tool helps create one million Wikipedia articles

- Traffic report: Reporting ticket sales on the edge of the Wiki, if Eternals should fail

- Recent research: Vandalizing Wikipedia as rational behavior

- Humour: A very new very Wiki crossword

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## Administrators' newsletter – December 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).

Administrator changes

  A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news

  - Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page. (T284642)
  - The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse. (T293866)

Arbitration

  - Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
  - The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

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