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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Interface administrator changes
- 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 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.
- 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.
Nino Mangione
Hello! I saw your edit on Nino Mangione, and was hoping you could please point me to the talk page discussion on Killing of Brian Thompson that led you to remove the personal life section from the page? Just want to make sure I know what the consensus is on mentioning the "person of interest" by name and his personal relations, and when I could re-add the content to Nino's page. Thanks! Y2hyaXM (talk) 02:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, my comment on that talk page did not post. I have gotten it added now in the section "Man being questioned in Pennsylvania found w/ gun, silencer, and fake New Jersey ID." Edison (talk) 03:00, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 December 2024
- News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5
- Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited
- Op-ed: On the backrooms by Tamzin
- In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial
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