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Administrators' newsletter – August 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2026).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the 30-day requirement for extended-confirmed status now begins after an account's first edit instead of its registration (T431060).
Technical news
- Inactive editors can now be removed as mentors at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship automatically.
- The Suggested Edits' Revise Tone feature is now enabled. It encourages editors to identify and revise non-neutral language in articles.
Miscellaneous
- The Unreferenced articles August 2026 backlog drive is underway. Help to add references to 47,000 articles.
- The Articles for creation August 2026 backlog drive is under way. Help to review 4,500+ drafts.
Organized Labour September Editing Event
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You're invited to join the Organized Labour community editing event, a cross-wiki event taking place throughout September 2026!
The campaign brings together Wikimedians interested in improving coverage of organised labour, workers, trade unions, and labour history. We have confirmed collaborations with Wikipedia language editions in English, Dutch, Persian, Serbo-Croatian and French. If you want to add other language editions or other wiki projects you are strongly encouraged to do so! This event spans geography and languages!
This is a one-time invitation. You're receiving it because you previously signed a petition related to Wiki Workers United (WWU). We hope you'll join us!
Regards ~ Shushugah (talk) 14:19, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the invitation @Shushugah. I will try to make the time to join in. Guettarda (talk) 17:50, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day, Guettarda!
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Happy First Edit Day to you! Happy First Edit Day to you! Happy First Edit Day, @Guettarda! Happy First Edit Day to you!
Hi,
I am wishing you a happy first edit day! 🥳
A puppy as your first edit day friend!
And a Hershey bar as your first edit day snack!
Zahrazamedahmedi has given you a Hershey Bar! Hershey bars promote WikiLove through chocolately goodness and hopefully this one has made your day better. Hershey bars are wonderfully delicious! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a Hershey bar, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
Spread the goodness of Hershey bars by adding {{subst:Hershey Bar}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message!
Happy editing and have a happy first edit day! Cheers, (◕ᴗ◕✿) Zahrazamedahmedi (🗨️My Talk Page🗨️) (🫗My Mistakes🫗) 08:18, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks @Zahrazamedahmedi! Guettarda (talk) 17:15, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
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Hey, Guettarda. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! ☘︎☘︎☘︎ALEXHammeke (talk | guestbook | sandbox) 09:27, 26 August 2026 (UTC) |
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☘︎☘︎☘︎ALEXHammeke (talk | guestbook | sandbox) 09:27, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thank @AlexHammeke! Guettarda (talk) 18:46, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Happy First Edit Day! Hi Guettarda! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy anniversary of the day you made your first edit and became a Wikipedian! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 11:15, 26 August 2026 (UTC) |  |
Thanks DaniloDaysOfOurLives! Guettarda (talk) 19:01, 26 August 2026 (UTC)
WikiCup 2026 September newsletter
[edit]The fourth round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 29 August at 23:59 (UTC). Everyone who competed in round 4 will advance to round 5 unless they have withdrawn or been removed. Round 4 was competitive, though slightly less so than round 3. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; six scored over 500; and nine scored over 300. Each of the top five competitors had hundreds of points accumulated from multiple GAs. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,318 points, mostly from 13 good articles and 3 featured articles about creeks and Chinese and Japanese subjects
Vanderwaalforces (submissions) with 1,208 points from 2 featured articles, 2 featured lists, and 12 good articles about African leaders, along with over two dozen reviews
A.Cython (submissions) with 1,084 points from 16 good articles and a small good topic about warfare and Greek elections, along with over two dozen reviews
Vestrian24Bio (submissions) with 955 points, mostly from 2 FLs, 2 featured topics, and 16 GAs about cricket, and almost two dozen reviews
Bgsu98 (submissions) with 837 points from 4 FLs and 8 GAs about figure skating, along with two dozen reviews
The full scores for round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 10 featured articles, 11 featured lists, 8 featured-topic articles, 103 good articles, 6 good-topic articles and more than 30 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 11 In the News articles, and they have conducted 170 peer reviews, FA and GA reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.
Remember that any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:43, 30 August 2026 (UTC)
Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!
[edit]Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:25, 1 September 2026 (UTC)
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - August 2026 Newsletter
[edit]- News
- Wiki Loves Fish: Bringing Coastal Biodiversity to the World Through Open Knowledge (SDG 14)
- Making rare disease knowledge a little more common on Wikipedia (SDG 3)
- The Pre-Conference on Information Integrity in Climate Change at Wikimania (SDG 13)
- Beyond Wikipedia: A Technical Workshop Introducing Moroccan Teachers to Wikidata and the Wikimedia Technical Ecosystem (SDG 4)
- Wiki for Human Rights Nigeria: Write for Rights and July Virtual Session (SDG 10)
- Events
- Ongoing: Wiki Loves Monuments (SDG 11)
This message was sent with Global message delivery by Ainali (talk) 08:21, 4 September 2026 (UTC) • Contribute • Manage subscription
DCWC September update
[edit]The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest has now been running for two months! We have seen tremendous improvements in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas thanks to contributions from a wide range of editors. The coordinators would like to highlight some of the new participants this year who have been making notable contributions to the contest, including but by no means limited to:
- Kisseran (submissions) – 462 points, with a featured article (Ancient Cappadocian language) and various reviews primarily on Chinese topics
Dragonhawk12 (submissions) – 280 points, who's well on their way to breaking the DCWC record for good article reviews and peer reviews- Jishara (submissions) – 268 points, with a couple of good articles and a diverse selection of reviews as well
Rainsage (submissions) – 113 points, with two good articles, notably the Jenin Horse
Chickenpox4dinner (submissions) – 107 points, largely from their Did you know writing about Caribbean folklore
Propitheque (submissions) – 105 points, from two good articles about Malagasy lemurs
With less than a month remaining until the end of the contest, it's time to get your last rounds of submissions over the finish line! Please consider picking up one of the review requests or eligible reviews to help out your fellow participants and earn some additional points in the process.
If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page or ask one of the coordinators: Arconning (talk · contribs), Generalissima (talk · contribs), Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs), sawyer777 (talk · contribs), or TechnoSquirrel69 (talk · contribs). (To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.) —TechnoSquirrel69 (talk) 18:16, 7 September 2026 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2026).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Speedy deletion criteria G15 has been renamed from "LLM-generated pages without human review" to "Unambiguously LLM-generated pages" and has an additional sign of detection added to it following a RfC.
Miscellaneous
- The September 2026 New Pages Patrol backlog drive is ongoing. Help tackle the 30,000+ article backlog!
- This week's article for improvement will be added to the Main Page to try converting readers into editors following a RfC.
Voting for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!
[edit]Voting for the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open! A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. You can vote here. Voting closes at 23:59 UTC on 29 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:18, 15 September 2026 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 76
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Issue 76, July–August 2026
- New partnership: The Chronicle of Higher Education
- New Partnership Manager joins the team
- Spotlight: TWL page on Meta
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 11:44, 23 September 2026 (UTC)
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New editor resource
[edit]c:File:Hannah Clover's Wikipedia printouts.pdf Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:34, 27 September 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks @Clovermoss! Guettarda (talk) 17:33, 30 September 2026 (UTC)
New cross-language page link: Tecoma
[edit]A new page টেকোমা on the Bangla Wikipedia has been linked to page Tecoma, which you created, via Wikidata (Q2307801).
You will not be notified in the future about new articles linked to any of the articles you have created, if you wish to opt-in to receiving these notifications, please follow the opt-in instructions.
Wikimedians for Sustainable Development - September 2026 Newsletter
[edit]- News
- The little coloured bar that tells you a species is disappearing — and the Australian project keeping it accurate (SDG 15)
- More than a campaign: the measurable impact of Celebrate Women 2026 (SDG 5)
- SheSaid 2026: The Global Story Continues, One Voice at a Time (SDG 5)
- From Focus Group to Skills Focus: A New Programme of Wiki Loves Women (SDG 5)
- 2,387 photographs, 237 participants: documenting Colombia’s biodiversity through Wiki Loves Earth 2026 (SDG 15)
- More Programs Aren’t Enough: Why EduWiki Needs Stronger Infrastructure (SDG 4)
- Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Bangladesh: 3,330 photographs, 15 winners, and one snake that changed the rules (SDG 15)
- From Open Knowledge to National Development: Representing Wikimedia Botswana at the UN Consultation
- From University Research to Free Knowledge: Academics Discover Wikimedia (SDG 4)
- After the storm, the shoots are more photogenic (SDG 15)
- Events
- Still ongoing: Wiki Loves Monuments (SDG 11)
This message was sent with Global message delivery by Ainali (talk) 17:11, 2 October 2026 (UTC) • Contribute • Manage subscription
Administrators' newsletter – October 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2026).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the good article criteria have been amended to add accessibility requirements.
- Following an RfC, late signatures added to administrator recall petitions after 720 hours from opening are reverted or struck and do not count towards the threshold, even if the petition has not yet been formally closed.
- The post-May 2026 administrator elections RfCs concluded with consensus for election monitors to curate blatantly inappropriate questions after posting, and to remove or merge true duplicates, clearly marking merged questions. Calls for candidates will include advisory guidance that users with less than one year’s experience or 5,000 edits generally lack a realistic chance of success.
Technical news
- Interface administrators no longer need to specify the
ResourceLoaderoption in the definitions for gadgets on MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition as gadgets are always loaded throughResourceLoader. (T298199) - The
list=abusefiltersAPI module now supportsformatversion=2and includes breaking changes to its responses. In particular, theactionsproperty is now a JSON array rather than a string, regardless of the format version. Maintainers of user scripts and other code using this module should check compatibility and update their code as needed. (T435828)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Gun control 2 has been closed.
Obituaries
- Doug Weller passed away on 30 September 2026. Doug Weller began editing Wikipedia in 2006 and became an administrator in 2008, making nearly 275,000 edits over two decades. He served on the Arbitration Committee from 2015 through 2018 and was also a longtime CheckUser and Oversighter.
Miscellaneous
- The October 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from September 29 to October 19. The call for candidates ends October 5.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2026 Arbitration Committee elections is opened and closes on 8 October.
- The Good Article Nominations backlog drive has begun and is scheduled to end on November 3.
