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Sign up for the language community meeting on August 30th, 15:00 UTC

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Hi all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks—on August 30th at 15:00 UTC. If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This participant-driven meeting will focus on sharing language-specific updates related to various projects, discussing technical issues related to language wikis, and working together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, topics included the Language Converter, the state of language research, updates on the Incubator conversations, and technical challenges around external links not working with special characters on Bengali sites.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates or discuss challenges? Please add agenda items to the document here and reach out to ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org. We look forward to your participation!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:19, 22 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Talk:Profile Systems and Software

Latest comment: 9 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Hello,

The article for Profile Systems & Software needs to be updated with fresh and accurate content. Earlier this year I tried to edit it myself but the edits were disapproved. Can you please help me out? Ktsoura (talk) 11:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately I don't have the capacity to help you out as I'm unfamiliar with the background or subject matter there. It may be helpful to review the links that Bri left on your user talk page. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 13:59, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Unblock request

Latest comment: 9 days ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Yage Wu has posted an unblock request at UTRS, for a CU block which you imposed in 2020. The account is also subject to a block for sockpuppetry on Chinese Wikipedia, and a global lock. The editor acknowledges that their previous actions were unacceptable, and says they intend to edit constructively in the future. It seems that they have been subjected to Catch 22, by being told on Wikipedia that they need to be globally unlocked before they can be unblocked, and then, when they appealed to stewards for an unlock, told that they have to be unblocked on all projects before they can be unlocked. Can you have a look at it?

In general I tend to take a generous view of blocked disruptive editors who come back several years after a block and say they have changed their attitude, because people can change over the course of a few years, especially if they are young. However, as far as this particular case is concerned, I have not checked the editing history, since not being a CheckUser I wouldn't be able to do anything anyway, so I have no opinion as to the merits of the appeal. JBW (talk) 15:55, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks @JBW. I've raised this question with ArbCom, which previously procedurally declined an appeal. As the blocking CheckUser, I likely cannot involve myself in ArbCom's decision on what to do, but I'll get back to you if ArbCom comes to a decision. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 18:22, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

I had no idea that ArbCom had been involved. JBW (talk) 19:02, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello all,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote and the Elections Committee have certified the results for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election.

I am pleased to announce the following individual as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a term until 15 June 2026:

North America (USA and Canada)
- Ajraddatz

The following seats were not filled during this special election:

Latin America and Caribbean
Central and East Europe (CEE)
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
The four remaining Community-At-Large seats

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the U4C and the Elections Committee,

RamzyM (WMF) 14:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

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!