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Administrator Elections | Voting phase

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Administrator Elections | Voting phase

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.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:36, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Best of luck Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 12:35, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Admin election

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Hi there. It may not have been the best thing to see returning from holiday. I just wanted to send my regards for you in the AELECT and say that your platform was really well handled despite the borderline results. I hope this does not discourage you. You are already a great editor, and even with some of the advice pointed out in the discussion, you would definitely pass an RfA or AELECT some time in the future. So, here's a cookie:

Conyo14 (talk) 16:28, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. I would also like to say to Patient Zero that he made a good platform in my opinion. Thank you for your contributions and I hope you apply for adminship later in the future :). Cheers, Sophocrat (talk) 01:22, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ditto. A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 02:11, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Conyo14, The Sophocrat, A. B. and Mr Serjeant Buzfuz - I want to take the time to thank you all so much for your kind and encouraging words of support during my election run. To receive 250 support votes was a real honour and, although I fell slightly short of passing, I can certainly say I've learned a lot from the process, and I will try again once I have addressed the concerns that were raised. The fact so many people took the time to reach out to me, either here or elsewhere, and say they'd supported me or that I should try again really means a lot to me, so thank you all, once again. PS I enjoyed my holiday, even though I forgot to turn my email notifications off!! lol - at least it was the final day of my holiday, and next time I run, I'll make sure I'm home for the result! Patient Zerotalk 02:44, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lots to learn from

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well… I kind of guessed this would happen, in all honesty, but promised myself I would wait for the final result, and I am glad I did. Thank you to all who supported me - I really appreciate it, and to anyone who publicly endorsed me - I’m sorry I wasn’t a stronger candidate. To those who opposed - I will take all your feedback on board, and I hope one day to have the trust of the community. Will be back sometime on Saturday. Patient Zerotalk 18:38, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I supported your candidacy and wish you well in the future. Thank you for your service. Bearian (talk) 02:46, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for your kind words, Bearian! They are greatly appreciated. I will most definitely give it another go later this year. Patient Zerotalk 02:48, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary account IP viewer granted

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The temporary account IP viewer logo, composed of the Wikipedia globe with a user and an IP address

Hello, Patient Zero. Per your request, your account has been granted temporary account IP viewer rights. You are now able to reveal the IP addresses of individuals using temporary accounts that are not visible to the general public. This is very sensitive information that is only to be used to aid in anti-abuse workflows. Please take a moment to review Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer for more information on this user right. It is important to remember:

  • You must not share IP address data with someone who does not have the same access permissions unless disclosure is permissible as per guidelines listed at Foundation:Policy:Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy.
  • Access should not be used for political control, to apply pressure on editors, or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to investigate a temporary user. Note that using multiple temporary accounts is not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of policies (for example, block or ban evasion).

It is also important to note that the following actions are logged for others to see:

  • When a user accepts the preference that enables or disables IP reveal for their account.
  • Revealing an IP address of a temporary account.
  • Listing the temporary accounts that are associated with an IP address or CIDR range.

Remember, even if a user is violating policy, avoid revealing personal information if possible. Use temporary account usernames rather than disclosing IP addresses directly, or give information such as same network/not same network or similar. If you do not want the user right anymore then please ask me or another administrator and it will be removed for you. You may also voluntarily give up access at any time by visiting Special:Preferences. Happy editing! — rsjaffe 🗣️ 02:18, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much Rsjaffe! Patient Zerotalk 02:19, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry about that. Seriously though, retry this December, I promise things will go better (I'm not even sure why you failed, if that means anything). Have a great rest of your week and weekend, too. :) EF5 21:49, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers EF5, that’s incredibly kind of you. Looking at the user, their only contribution here has been to talk to me and they don’t even have their own talk page yet, so I’m a little suspicious. I shall definitely run again, but I’m thinking I’ll do an RFA next time! You too, take care. :) Patient Zerotalk 21:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That's not the first time an admin candidate has gotten a rude "WikiLove" message; I can't remember who the other user whose talk page I saw that on was. Probably just an LTA if I had to guess. If you think an RfA will work next time, go for it! Best to trust your gut. :) EF5 21:55, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My guess was an LTA of some sort too EF5 - I’m just not sure who. I think an RFA will be a good way of addressing some of the feedback I’ve been given, and will also (fingers crossed!) give me a bit of time to secure a nominator - I do think self-nominating was a likely factor in why I didn’t quite reach the 70% mark. Patient Zerotalk 22:03, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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

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

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) 16:56, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 9 August 2025

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Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.
A review of June, July and August.
Who is this guy?
Threads since June.
And slop.
It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.
gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!
Everybody's Somebody's Fool.
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