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July music

If you like Brahms, I recommend the streaming of yesterday's concert. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:15, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I remember a 2016 TFA in today's story, in memory of 16 July 1916. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check out places for a great smile, - he had just stepped in to play Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, successfully! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:08, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Love seeing Prayer for Ukraine in your story! DanCherek (talk) 02:26, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

More of that: three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:59, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Three of "my" recent deaths bios are on the main page right now, one my story today, Gary Karr, and I loved to find his breakthrough concert in 1962 as a video. In my music today I match it with 9 other double bassists, 7 conducted by a person who's birthday is today - coincidence ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On Bach's day of death, I decorated my user pages in memory, with his music, and my story ends on "peace". - Thank you for all the music to listen to!--Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:57, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Very nice, and I like scrolling through your amazing hiking photos. DanCherek (talk) 03:41, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - Jahrhundertring remembered, with the picture of a woman who can't believe what she has to see --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:18, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red August 2025

Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346

Online events:

New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage
Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music

Announcements:

Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025

Tip of the month:

Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand
the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian

Other ways to participate:

Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications.
Join the conversations on our talkpage.
Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project.
Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 14:48, 30 July 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Administrator changes

CheckUser changes

Oversight 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.
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.

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:55, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 04:57, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Wishing DanCherek a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 12:24, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]