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Administrator Elections | Voting phase
[edit]The voting phase of the July 2025 administrator elections has started and continues until July 29 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/Voting phase.
As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:
- July 23–29 – Voting phase
- July 30–c. Aug 3 – Scrutineering phase
In the voting phase, the candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.
Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for approximately four days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:36, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
Helpful for reader growing mushroom
[edit]I am trying help readers out for growing mushrooms
Though it is right one and helpful for user.
Here where the lines say grow mushroom. I think this is best choice that can help reader if they want to grow mushroom at home. 103.19.48.133 (talk) 10:20, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- It is an inappropriate external link. If it could possibly be included, it would be in the External Links section, not in the body of the article, but regardless, Wikipedia is not a guide. As above so below 10:22, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- ok I will include in external section. 103.19.48.133 (talk) 10:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- That was not the point. We cannot include a link to a website guiding users on how to grow illegal mushrooms. I will remove it again if you add it again. As above so below 10:25, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- Are you a human? 103.19.48.133 (talk) 10:28, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- That was not the point. We cannot include a link to a website guiding users on how to grow illegal mushrooms. I will remove it again if you add it again. As above so below 10:25, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- ok I will include in external section. 103.19.48.133 (talk) 10:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
Delete Sharif Zero?.
[edit]@As above Why do you want to delete it? I'm tired of recreating everything. Please help... I'm begging you so much.... how do I undo the deletion? Try giving me an example. You said you wanted to discuss it. Try where I can explain why it can't be deleted???? Muhd Affiq Affiqal (talk) 11:07, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- I actually do not care whether it is deleted or not. All I am doing is making sure that you do not disrupt the process by removing the required template on the page informing people of the deletion discussion. If you continue to disrupt things, you will end up being blocked. I suggest you take a step back. As above so below 11:10, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- @As above once again I ask why it needs to be deleted, what is the reason and can you explain to me why it needs to be deleted....if it has already been deleted, can I re-create the article? Please cooperate, thank you. Muhd Affiq Affiqal (talk) 11:15, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
- @As above If I am blocked, how can I not block you from editing the Wikipedia articles that I will create in the future?. And one more thing I want to ask is can I edit and improve the articles and correct them...because most of the changes are on the main Wikipedia???? please message me now!!! I want to know about sex, please let me know Muhd Affiq Affiqal (talk) 11:21, 24 July 2025 (UTC)
Not blocking you
[edit]Since IMO removing an AfD tag before the discussion has been closed is obvious vandalism, under WP:3RRNO you're in the clear. Daniel Case (talk) 02:53, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
- I did actually go back and check, and WP:Vandalism does explicitly list removing AfD templates as Avoidant Vandalism, which I had never noticed before today. As above so below 03:36, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
National Police Academy of Pakistan
[edit]I've revdel'd the most recent edit to National Police Academy of Pakistan but the old stuff - it's far too convoluted a history to deal with now - see Wikipedia:Revision deletion#Large-scale use. So sticking with "removal from article as sufficient" is about as far as it should go. Nthep (talk) 11:35, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah that makes sense, thanks! As above so below 20:36, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
- Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.
Technical news
- Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
- The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
- The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
- The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.
Miscellaneous
- Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
The Signpost: 9 August 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
- Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN
- Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
- Community view: News from the Villages Pump
- Crossword: Accidental typography
- Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
Vandalism on Fijian political articles
[edit]Just to give context for some of the vandalism from User:Fijihindiisnotofficiallanguage or whatever the user's name is that you rightly reverted, it appears to be racially or nationalistically motivated based on my knowledge of Fijian politics which is pretty extensive. If it continues non-stop it may require arbitration. Schestos (talk) 23:50, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
- I highly doubt it will end up in arbitration given this is a clear-cut LTA (see Sockpuppet investigations/Theoneandonlylinguist09). Given the extensive socking, they would now be WP:3Xd, but there's nothing more that can be done really. As above so below 10:44, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.
Technical news
- Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
- An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
The Signpost: 9 September 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
- In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
- Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
- Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
- Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
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- Essay: The one question
Administrator Elections | RFC phase
[edit]The RFC phase of the July 2025 administrator elections has started. There are 10 RFCs for consideration. You can participate in the RFC phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/July 2025/RFCs.
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 October 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"; WMF publishes transparency report
- In the media: Extraordinary eruption of "EVIL" explained
- Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
- Discussion report: Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: another 1,339 threads analyzed
- Recent research: Is Wikipedia a merchant of (non-)doubt for glyphosate?; eight projects awarded Wikimedia Research Fund grants
- Opinion: Some disputes aren't worth it
- Obituary: Michael Q. Schmidt
- Traffic report: Death, hear me call your name
- Comix: A grand spectacle
Administrators' newsletter – October 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Arbitration
- After a motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections at WP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g.
[[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.