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

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

story · music · places

Michael Ruetz - again posted to ITNN on the last day, due to private matters. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like it was posted; am traveling over the next month so apologies in advance if there are delays. Spencer^T•C 00:45, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was - my story today ;) - Happy travels, - I got to 19 Nov with my places. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Listen today to the (new) Perplexities after Escher. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:22, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Listen today to Beethoven's 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the 2020 DYK set when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with Antônio Meneses, because he was on my sad list this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:07, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I come to fix the cellist's name, with a 10-years-old DYK and new pics - look for red birds --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:24, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today is a woman poet's centenary. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&oldid=1263062824 Abo Yemen✉ 14:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per Daniel Quinlan's reply, which I concur with, this report is better suited for WP:ANI and would recommend that you make a report there. Best, Spencer^T•C 14:06, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abo Yemen: To add to what Spencer said, note the banner at the top of WP:AIV where it says: The edits of the user must be obvious vandalism or obvious spam. Vandalism also has a very specific definition on Wikipedia. Regards. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:37, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My bad, some other editor told me to go to AIV if he continued with the personal attacks Abo Yemen✉ 15:39, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Spencer. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Draft:Chaosatanism, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a blatant hoax. More like somethinhg madeup by the author. If this were mainspace it would be A11. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 16:06, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Spencer! I'm new here so wanted some advice. Recently you deleted a page I wrote about a new company providing a new financial concept of a private market shares exchange (rather than a stock sale), that is invented and launched by Collective Liquidity. I undertested from the message I got that there needs to be more independent sources, but I see in other Wikipedia entries (like "equitybee") that the sources were rather the same. Would you be kind enough to write what are the steps that I need to be doing on order to get the page published? That would be great. Thanks! Giora Giora.farber (talk) 11:39, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]