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Your GA nomination of Those Old Scientists

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Those Old Scientists you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 01:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Those Old Scientists

The article Those Old Scientists you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Those Old Scientists and Talk:Those Old Scientists/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 02:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Happy New Year, David Fuchs!

Happy New Year!

David Fuchs,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Regarding Those Old Scientists GAN

Hey there @David Fuchs! I hope you're having a good day. I'm just a random editor and occasionally decide to help out in aiding GAR articles and stuff, and stumbled upon yours. I went ahead and I think wrapped up most, if not all the GAR edits necessary as it was mainly just a bit of CE and grammatical issues. Other than that, I'll let you check and personally see if ofc all the GAR things have been done, but hopefully I think everything should've been covered. Congrats on the imminent GA! Dcdiehardfan (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Dcdiehardfan, that was very kind of you. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 19:07, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

@David Fuchs No worries man. I'm counting on the article to pass! :) Dcdiehardfan (talk) 19:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Also, make sure to check all the items that have been done just to make it easier for the reviewer. I'll go ahead and do that for you if you like or you can do that. I think there was still 1 last unresolved thing from the Source spotcheck, and that was something about a VFX, but I think you can take it from here for now. Dcdiehardfan (talk) 19:14, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Those Old Scientists

The article Those Old Scientists you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Those Old Scientists for comments about the article, and Talk:Those Old Scientists/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 00:42, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Featured article help

Hi David, I am currently working on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with the goal of (hopefully) getting TFA for its 20th anniversary on 26 October 2024. I saw you were on WP:FACM so I'm wondering if you would take a look over and see if there's anything missing - this is my first FA so I'm not too too sure what to look for. Thanks! RetroCosmos ^talk 16:07, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey RetroCosmos I'll be happy to take a look. I've got stuff on my plate so if you haven't heard from me in a week or two bug me so it doesn't fall off. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 18:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much! RetroCosmos ^talk 01:26, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

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Halo Reach

Hello again! How’re you?

I wanted to mention that I added that mention of bungie and 343 on its page because reach was the final game created by bungie before their departure. Shouldn’t it at least be added as a significant mention? Firekong1 (talk) 22:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

FAC mentor

Hello, I saw you were an FAC mentor that happens to be interested in video games. It's a little late for me to actually ask about being mentored since I already made my first FAC nomination a couple days ago. Luckily it's co-nominated with an editor with FAC experience, but it's their first video game FAC.

So instead of a mentor question, I was wondering if you could at the very least have a look at the article (The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes) to see if there are any notable issues while we wait for the reviews to start (hopefully). Unless you want to do a full review on the nom instead, but I just mostly want to make sure there are no big issues that we missed. You were the first mentor I saw listed with video game interest so I was hoping you had experience either reviewing or writing those kinds of FACs. -- ZooBlazer 02:57, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

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Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome David Fuchs! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

CactiStaccingCrane (talk)18:45, 1 February 2024 UTC [refresh]via JWB and Geardona (talk to me?)

Letterpress FAC

Regarding this discussion:
Where can I find your email?
Thanks, TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 04:46, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

@TrademarkedTWOrantula you can use the "Email this user" function under Tools. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:16, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you for providing your analysis on the NPOV dispute for Margaret Sanger. I added a reply to your comment. I appreciate your independent analysis. DocZach (talk) 21:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

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Conflict of interest management: Case opened

Hello David Fuchs,

You recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Evidence. Please add your evidence by March 20, 2024, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conflict of interest management/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration.

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Tenebrae

I don't understand your tenebrae reference in terms of the community pushing arbcom. Arbcom received a report about the article and promptly began investigating. What am I missing? The other two are much clearer to me. Barkeep49 (talk) 03:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Barkeep49 my point was absent the Daily Dot article I see no way the case would have ended up at ArbCom, and to do that required someone to out Tenebrae, it just happened to be the press instead of a Wikipedian (and it was done in collaboration with Wikipediocracy, so fundamentally it's the same as any post there and whether someone does something about it here.) I guess you can argue ArbCom worked around it by just saying Tenebrae had a COI without actually stating who Tenebrae was, but it's splitting hairs at that point. My ultimate point is that COI investigations almost always require outing, and the real-world impact as far as Wikipedia has been is that the outing is far less egregious than the actual edits and content people have been trying to get away with. The harassment policy cannot be used as a shield against COI disclosures and investigations, or else all those editors would still be on their merry way making Wikipedia worse. So either ArbCom does it in a timely manner off-wiki, or it's still better it happens on-wiki than not at all. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 12:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for this explanation and the evidence overall. I found it helpful. Barkeep49 (talk) 14:23, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

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David Fuchs, would you be okay if I delete this? I've made quite a few unintentional mistakes on this site, and I'd rather not have this particular one archived. SN54129 reverted it. 750h 11:34, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

You bet I did. Think before you post! I see you've been trying to clear house (also, the same here). WP:TPO is fundamental and not just a courtesy to those involved in the conversation but to the community who may wish to contextualise something at a later date and not plough through a hidden history. Be mindful! ——Serial Number 54129 15:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129: i deleted that one because i didn't want to annoy another FAC coord. will take that into mind though 750h 15:37, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@750h : For your own education, have a look at this FAC, which will still be up for an hour or two, and compare it to yours. It's been open three months—immensely long even by FAC standards!—has gathered only two supports, received a lukewarm source review (which, to be fair to the source reviewer, seems to have been politely on the verge of failing several times), and generally has been less than enthusiastically attended to by its original nominator. And they're an admin with nearly 20 years of experience and about 500 good articles behind them! So compare what you've got.. the phrase you're looking for is "There but for the Grace of God, a decently written article, sympathetic reviewers and coords, Go I"  :) ——Serial Number 54129 15:45, 2 May 2024 (UTC) (@750h :)

i see. it seems like it's unfortunately been archived. thanks for this note SN54129 750h 15:53, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

750h I don't really see anything that needs to be archived or hidden. You're far from the only person who expects the coords to jump at their noms, I don't think you need to be deeply embarassed. Each coord has different strategies for dealing with noms and it's an ad-hoc process, but I was speaking personally that pinging coords isn't likely to get me to bump anything up top; if a nom isn't in danger of being archived it's not likely to get as much attention, that's just the nature of FAC. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:30, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

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• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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New message from Sjones23

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Martin O'Donnell § Infobox discussion. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:49, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

May 8: WikiWednesday Salon with new Executive Director

May 8: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our monthly WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! This special WikiWednesday will feature a welcome session and beginning of a listening tour by the newly appointed executive director of Wikimedia NYC, the first staff member leading our local non-profit. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Wednesday, May 8 WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce (optional RSVP on-wiki). 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Open Hour) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon) (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan) Also online via Zoom

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John Pulman

Hi there, I hope you're well. Just a quick query about this FAC... I don't want to get into an ugly back-and-forth on it, but I didn't see my oppose issues being addressed in the FAC, and I think it fairly unambiguously does not meet the FA criteria for the reasons outlined. I would have expected that the FAC would be archived and the nominator to add the additional material as required. Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 21:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm doing fine, I hope you are well yourself. Your oppose was registered, but there wasn't sentiment from anyone else reviewing it that they felt similarly, and the nominator responded to your points with evidence of their own that they felt it met criteria and was a thorough presentation of the available sources. You can felt skeptical that the sources haven't been thoroughly plumbed, but without actually searching yourself and giving concrete examples of missing sources relevant to Pulman, I don't see how the oppose should trump everyone else's input. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 22:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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June 2: Hacking Sunday ( preview of June 8 Wiknic)

June 2: Hacking Sunday @ Prime Produce

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hacking Sunday at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. It is intended primarily for technical contributors, though newcomers are welcome as well! The event runs for the whole day, though you are welcome to come by for as little or as long as you'd like. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Wikimedia's Technical Code of Conduct. A documentary filmmaker will be in attendance, working on Rabbit Hole, which aims to document Wikipedia's community to showcase how our network tackles important questions about how history is recorded. They will be in attendance to film snippets of this gathering for the documentary. It is completely optional to be a part of the film and there will be protocols in place if you wish to not be filmed. If there are any questions about the filming please reach out to the filmmaker, Meg Vatterott ([email protected]). Meeting info: Suunday, June 2 Hacking Sunday @ Prime Produce (optional RSVP on-wiki). 9:00 am – 8:00 pm (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan) P.S. Next up will be Sat June 8 Wiknic on Governors Island!

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GA review

Hi David - re: the GA review of The Chosen (TV series), I made edits and updates based on the feedback from your initial review. I saw that you had made some edits to the article since then as well as some strikes on the notes. I was wondering if we're close to wrapping this up (either pass or fail). If there's anything additional you need from me, please let me know. Thanks! ButlerBlog (talk) 15:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Sat June 8: Governors Island Wiknic

June 8: Wiknic @ Governors Island

2023 Wiknic group photo You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Governors Island, at 403 Colonels Row by the ArtCrawl Harlem house. This is a sequel event to the 2023 Governors Island Wiknic and will feature a workshop led by AfroCrowd at the ArtCrawl Harlem house. We'll also encourage collaboration for wiki-coverage of ArtCrawl Harlem's current exhibition at Governors Island. All are welcome, new and experienced! Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide sandwiches for everyone, and maybe some NYC pizza too, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia. We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at Wikipedia:Meetup/LA/Wiknic2024. Saturday, June 8, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Governors Island (RSVP on-wiki) Time: 12:30–7:00 pm (come by any time!) Demystifying AI for Creatives: A Wiki and Media Workshop: 2:30–5:00 pm (indoor presentation led by AfroCrowd and ArtCrawl Harlem) Location: Governors Island (picnic site: 403 Colonels Row by ArtCrawl Harlem house). Reach the island by the Governors Island Ferry. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2024

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

Administrator changes

Graham Beards

• Deskana
• Mets501
• Staxringold

Bureaucrat changes

• Deskana
• Warofdreams

Oversight changes

Dreamy Jazz

Guideline and policy news

• Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
• The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.

Miscellaneous

• WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!

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Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors June 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the June 2024 newsletter, a quarterly-ish digest of Guild activities since April. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Wanted: new Guild coordinators! If you value and enjoy the GOCE, why not help out behind the scenes? Nominations for our mid-year coordinator election are now open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC). Self-nominations are welcome. Voting commences at 00:01 on 16 June and continues until 23:50 on 30 June. Results will be announced at the election page. Blitz: Nine of the fourteen editors who signed up for the April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 55,853 words comprising twenty articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. Drive: 58 editors signed up for our May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive and 33 of those completed at least one copy edit. 251 articles and 475,952 words were copy edited. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Our June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz will begin on 16 June and finish on 22 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 05:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC) , GOCE copyeditors have completed 161 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 2,779 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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A barnstar of your choice

I read your close on Talk:Donald Trump, and I'd like to start by thanking you for it. It is unfortunately rare that I see closes that both address the issue at hand but also address people who participated in it to ensure they know their views were considered even if they were not in line with policies/guidelines - but while still acknowledging their input. I couldn't find a barnstar that applied specifically to this situation, so in lieu of me inventing a new one, please take the barnstar of your choice (if you wish, and feel free to add it here) or, alternatively, my thanks for your thoughtful and very respectful close of the discussion. It is not easy to get involved in US politics on Wikipedia as a subject, as someone, somewhere will likely always have a reason to disagree with you - which makes your swift but thorough closure (less than 12 hours after the closure request) all the more deserving of thanks. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 03:23, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Here to second the thanks... I appreciate the well-explained close there. 28bytes (talk) 00:13, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks 28bytes and Berchanhimez. I pretty much never touch US political articles so I think reading through a single RfC is a lot easier than being collaborative day-in and day-out on this stuff, so I'm always impressed by the editors who manage to do it. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 12:15, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Doing this on another editor's behalf. Yes, it is about what you think it is. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 11:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

PowerBook 100 under FA Review

I have nominated PowerBook 100 for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. George Ho (talk) 08:31, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Closer's Barnstar
		For the magisterially written Donald Trump close. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:10, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

June 26: ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC

Welcome to Wikimedia New York City! You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Online-Only WikiWednesday Salon on Zoom. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! This special online-only WikiWednesday will be dedicated to the Wikimedia Movement Charter referendum, and also to exploring future options of other online-centric events for our Wikimedia NYC chapter. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Wednesday, June 26 ONLINE WikiWednesday Salon NYC (optional RSVP on-wiki). 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Not in-person this month Online via Zoom

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iMac G3 TFA

Hi David, on the assumption that it will get promoted I am planning on running iMac G3 as the TFA for 15 August. Do you fancy having a go at a draft blurb, or would you rather I did it? Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 15:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Gog the Mild I'll take a first stab at working up something on the FAC talk page. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 15:08, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:21, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

admin assist

Apparently, adding {{db-u1}} to User:Fourthords/common.css doesn't actually tag it for deletion. Can you help me out and delete that page for me? — Fourthords | =Λ= | 04:05, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! — Fourthords | =Λ= | 12:21, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of IMac G4

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article IMac G4 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 16:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of IMac G4

The article IMac G4 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:IMac G4 and Talk:IMac G4/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 14:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of IMac G3

Congratulations, David Fuchs! The article you nominated, IMac G3, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) via FACBot (talk) 12:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• Brianga
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• Georgewilliamherbert
• Hyacinth (deceased)
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Technical news

• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

Miscellaneous

• The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more

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iMac G3 scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for 15 August 2024. Please check that the article needs no amendments. Feel free to amend the draft blurb, which can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/August 2024, or to make comments on other matters concerning the scheduling of this article at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/August 2024. Please keep an eye on that page, as notifications of copy edits to or queries about the draft blurb may be left there by user:JennyOz, who assists the coordinators by reviewing the blurbs, or by others. I also suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from two days before it appears on the Main Page. Thanks, and congratulations on your work! Gog the Mild (talk) 21:31, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "In the mid-to-late 1990s, Apple Computer was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and irrelevance. They were saved by a combination of ruthless cost-cutting by their new interim CEO, Steve Jobs, and a hit product—the iMac G3, which if you lived through the era helped usher in the colorful candy plastics era of consumer products, as well as reshaping the idea of what computers were supposed to look like." --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of IMac G4

The article IMac G4 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:IMac G4 for comments about the article, and Talk:IMac G4/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vacant0 -- Vacant0 (talk) 22:04, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Fri July 19: Wikicurious in NYC, Editing Wikipedia for Beginners

July 19: Wikicurious: Editing Wikipedia for Beginners @ Civic Hall

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the inaugural event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Civic Hall! All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend. Registration via Eventbrite is required for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta. The Wikicurious series at Civic Hall is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Date: Friday, July 19, 2024 Time: 3:00–8:00 p.m. Location: Civic Hall 124 East 14th Street, Floor [TBD], New York, NY Equipment: Please bring your own computer. We are not yet able to provide loaner laptops. Eventbrite RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikicurious-editing-wikipedia-for-beginners-tickets-929793225567 RSVP is necessary for building entry

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

• Ian.thomson
• Modussiccandi

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

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Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
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Source question

Hi. I'm not sure with this, but do you think this TheGamer source [1] would be fine to be used as a support for the claim of her redesigned outfit in RE4 remake or nah? 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 01:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Boneless Pizza! I think if you're using it for a critical opinion it's fine. TheGamer is a situational source more generally, and I wouldn't generally consider it a higher-tier one. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 19:00, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah I see. I guess I wouldn't use it for now since its not a high quality source. Thanks. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 22:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

On Pikachu

I've still got a source that needs adding, but could you take a look at the Pikachu article and see if it's up to standards? I tried to touch up as many of your points in the last GAN as I could, but I want to make sure I've got everything down before nominating this again. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 21:18, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey Pokelego999 I'll try and take a look this weekend. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 12:30, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@David Fuchs pinging you again since it's been a while: Would you still able to do this? Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 18:39, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

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FAC comment

Hey, we have made several changes. I hope you're going to weigh in again per FAC policy. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 09:52, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hey again. Thanks for the tips yesterday. I just wanna ask for last time if at least our changes to concept§design and appearances section if it did help lower the issues? 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 23:14, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

It's a marked improvement, yes. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 01:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Reason of Taking down the updated tech specs?

Hey, may I know the reason of reverting the tech specs table for iMac Apple Silicon wikipedia? KLPeople (talk) 10:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@KLPeople Hey, the main problem is that it's entirely unreferenced. I've been dealing with this on a number of pages, but very often the tech specs have either no sources or very bad ones (Everymac.com might be okay as an external link, but it's one guy editing them who explicitly makes no warranty of reliability.) I've just been slimming the tech specs down to what is actually stated and can be verified in Apple's own support docs or other reliable sources. Beyond that, we're supposed to summarize information, not provide every single specification regardless. Esoteric stuff that isn't even getting covered in reviews of the product, like the name of the GPU family or the like, really doesn't demonstrate why it should be included on Wikipedia. Hope that explains it. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 13:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

But I also did the similar tech specs for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini and Mac Studio, why are they doesn't get reverted? KLPeople (talk) 02:46, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic

August 24: Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island

2019 Wiknic group photo, last time we held it on Roosevelt Island You are invited to the picnic anyone can edit on Roosevelt Island, at Southpoint Park. Following up on this month's Wikimania in Poland, this Wiknic will have as guest of honor User:DerHexer, the 2024 Wikimedia Laureate of the Year, marking his triumphant North American tour! Bring a picnic blanket and some potluck, as well as some sunscreen! We'll also provide a little something for everyone, but we encourage you to bring your own favorite dishes to share, especially for those food cultural topics you would like to improve on Wikipedia. We'll also do a portal thing for a bit with West Coast friends at the WikiLA ocean life edit-a-thon. All are welcome, new and experienced! Saturday, August 24, 2024 NYC Wiknic @ Roosevelt Island (RSVP on-wiki) Time: 2:00 - 7:00 pm (come by any time!) Salon-style Discussions: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (session A) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm (session B) Location: Roosevelt Island (Southpoint Park, look for our Wikipedia/Wikimedia NYC banner). All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. See also upcoming events in September and October at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

Administrator changes

Pppery

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

Oversighter changes

Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

• Courcelles
• GeneralNotability

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

• News and notes: WikiCup enters final round, MCDC wraps up activities, 17-year-old hoax article unmasked

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Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election Meeting (plus Latin music event on Sep 21!)

September 25: Annual Election & Members Meeting

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Annual Election & Members Meeting, with in-person at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, as well as an online-based participation option. The Members' Meeting is similar to other WikiWednesday meetups, except that its primary function is to elect a new Board of Directors. We will elect three board seats, half of the elected seats on the board. After being elected, those elected can potentially appoint more seats. We will also focus on the Wikimedia NYC Strategic Plan, our Financial Report, and Annual and Monthly event teams for the coming year. Election info: To run for election or to vote, you must be a dues-paying member of Wikimedia New York City, having renewed in the past 12 months. Voting will be both online, via emailed ballots from the ElectionBuddy service, and in-person. The poll will be open for the 48 hours between 8pm EDT on September 23 and 8pm EDT on September 25. For additional information, please consult the Election FAQ. Meeting info: Wednesday, September 25 Annual Election & Members Meeting (optional RSVP on-wiki). 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Open Hour) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon) (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan) Also online via Zoom All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. P.S. Also upcoming just before our annual meeting is the Latin music edit-a-thon, Wikicurious: Editing to the Beat (RSVP at Eventbrite), on Saturday September 21!

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Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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TFA

story · music · places

Thank you today for Tropical Storm Hanna (2002), from 2008, in collaboration. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:42, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display, portrayed by Egon Schiele, with music from Moses und Aron, and with two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday, which made me happy then and now again. - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:38, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of IMac (Apple silicon)

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Sep 21: Wikicurious for Latin Music: Editing to the Beat ♫

Sat Sep 21: Wikicurious - Editing to the Beat ♫ @ Lehman College

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for the "Editing to the Beat" event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series at Lehman College. This is the second event of the series, following the inaugural event at Civic Hall in July. Led by a 9-person live band demonstrating Caribbean and Latin musical genres, we'll engage with efforts such as WikiProject Latin Music, and will encourage editing on both English and Spanish Wikipedia. All are welcome, and newcomers and aspiring editors are especially encouraged to attend. Registration via Eventbrite is required for building entry, and is also encouraged on the event page on Meta. The Wikicurious series is supported by Craig Newmark Philanthropies. Wikimedia NYC is an official affiliate and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Also supporting this event are Equis, The Celia Cruz Foundation, and the International Museum of Salsa. In association with WikiCari and AfroCrowd. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Meeting info: Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024 Time: 1:00–7:00 p.m. Location: Lehman College (CUNY) 250 Bedford Park Blvd W, Bronx, NY Equipment: Please bring your own computer. We are not yet able to provide loaner laptops. Eventbrite RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wikicurious-editing-to-the-beat-tickets-1009115641047 RSVP is necessary for building entry.

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• Wed Sep 25: Wikimedia NYC Annual Election/Members Meeting 2024!
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The Signpost: 26 September 2024

• In the media: Courts order Wikipedia to give up names of editors, legal strain anticipated from "online safety laws"

• Community view: Indian courts order Wikipedia to take down name of crime victim, editors strive towards consensus

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2024

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

Administrator changes

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• TommyBoy
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Guideline and policy news

• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
• Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).

Miscellaneous

• If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.

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Oct 26: Wikidata Day NYC

October 26: Wikidata Day in New York City

2024 Wikidata Day NYC flyer You are invited to Wikidata Day in New York City at Pratt Institute School of Information in Manhattan, in celebration of Wikidata's 12th birthday. This event, held by our chapter in collaboration with Pratt and Girls Who Code, will be our third annual celebration of Wikidata Day. It will feature spotlight sessions, lightning talks, and the customary Wiki-cake, while those unable to attend in person will be able to watch a livestream. All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct. Saturday, October 26, 2024 Wikidata Day in New York City (Eventbrite RSVP is required and also optionally on-wiki). 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Pratt Manhattan (rooms 201 and 214), 144 W 14th Street RSVP off-wiki is required for building entry!

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The Signpost: 19 October 2024

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• Recent research: "As many as 5%" of new English Wikipedia articles "contain significant AI-generated content", says paper

• In the media: Off to the races! Wikipedia wins!

• Contest: A WikiCup for the Global South

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Your GA nomination of IMac Pro

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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

Administrator changes

• Crisco 1492

• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

Maxim

Oversighter changes

Maxim

Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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The Signpost: 6 November 2024

• From the editors: Editing Wikipedia should not be a crime

• News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation shares ANI lawsuit updates; first admin elections appoint eleven sysops; first admin recalls opened; temporary accounts coming soon?

• In the media: An old scrimmage, politics and purported libel

• Special report: Wikipedia editors face litigation, censorship

• Gallery: Why you should take more photos and upload them

• In focus: Questions and answers about the court case

• Traffic report: Twisted tricks or tempting treats?

• Technology report: Wikimedia tech, the Asian News International case, and the ultra-rare BLACKLOCK

• Humour: Man quietly slinks away from talk page argument after realizing his argument dumb, wrong

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November 22 26: Free Culture Friday and Wikicurious photo event!

November 22: Free Culture Friday
You are invited to Foundation and Friends' Free Culture Friday at Prime Produce on Friday, November 22. This event will feature a reception with Wikimedia Foundation staff in the afternoon, followed by a more informal salon and game night, utilizing Prime Produce's vast collection of board games. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! Friday, November 22, 2024 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm Prime Produce, 424 W 54th St
November 26: Wikicurious: Capturing the Moment
Jefferson Market Library You are also invited to Wikicurious: Capturing the Moment, the third event of the beginner-focused Wikicurious series, at Jefferson Market Library on Tuesday, November 26, in collaboration with WikiPortraits and AfroCROWD. All are welcome to attend, especially those interested in photography or contributing to Wikimedia Commons. We will explore the art of capturing the moment through photography and learn the basics of Wikimedia Commons, and (weather-permitting) we are also planning a photo walk, so bring your camera (or use your smartphone)! Tuesday, November 26, 2024 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave RSVP on Eventbrite is required for event entry!
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Editor experience invitation

Hi David. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 23:00, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 18 November 2024

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• In the media: Summons issued for Wikipedia editors by Indian court, "Gaza genocide" RfC close in news, old admin Gwern now big AI guy, and a "spectrum of reluctance" over Australian place names

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"Andrew Gower (programmer)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Peer review for Bejeweled

Just asking for any updates on the peer review in case you missed my ping, as I plan on closing it in about a week. Lazman321 (talk) 18:08, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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
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• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
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Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

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• 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.

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Mentoring for FAC

Hi, I'm contacting you because I noticed your username is listed at WP:FAM and I am interested in nominating a FAC but have never done so in the past. I'm contacting several people listed as FA mentors so if you are busy that is okay. The article is Neurocysticercosis, a parasitic brain disease. I have started a peer review for the article which can be found at Wikipedia:Peer review/Neurocysticercosis/archive1. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration! IntentionallyDense ^(Contribs) 21:56, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure nearly everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to nominate themselves or another editor to be a Guild coordinator (with their permission, of course) until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June. Drive: In our September Backlog Elimination Drive, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: The October Copy Editing Blitz saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: In our November Backlog Elimination Drive, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59. Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and Wracking. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Voss FAC

Hey David, sorry to bug you. I can see you haven't been too active the last couple days, but if you have time, could you give your thoughts as to article organization at the Voss FAC? I'm hesitant to muck around with things too much if I'm going to be doing a radical reorganization, and I don't want to leave Gog and Ajpolino hanging. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

• Ah, please disregard this, I think I've solved the Finale placement to my satisfaction and I'm getting unstuck on the rest. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:12, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

The Signpost: 12 December 2024

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Io Saturnalia!

		Io, Saturnalia!
		Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:03, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Ealdgyth. The new year will be full of distractions, for sure, but hopefully some good work too. I hope your coming year is a good one! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 18:03, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello David Fuchs, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, BOTTO (T•C) 16:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Hey Botto, glad to see you kicking around as well. Hope your year was good and better things are in store for the next one! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 18:04, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

	A very happy Christmas and New Year to you!
	Have a great Christmas, and may 2025 bring you joy, happiness – and no trolls or vandals! Cheers SchroCat (talk) 08:26, 21 December 2024 (UTC)