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Administrators' newsletter – January 2025

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

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

Miscellaneous


Why the change for H Steven Blum?

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I saw the change from H Steven Blum to H. Steven Blum. Was there a reason for it? If I recall correctly, in a previous discussion on the article's talk page, I included several sources that indicate Blum does not use a period after his first initial. Thanks, Billmckern (talk) 01:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Billmckern. The article itself prominently shows "H. Steven Blum" in the lead sentence and infobox, so I genuinely assumed it was a mistake. I definitely should have checked the talk page, but it seemed obviously wrong on the face of the article.
Google seems to be all over the place on how to present his name, so I will restore the status quo ante. I'm not going to mess with it any more, but I strongly recommend changing the text to match the title.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:35, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – February 2025

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

Administrator changes

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removed Euryalus

CheckUser changes

removed

Oversighter changes

removed

Technical news

  • Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
  • A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145

Arbitration


Vandalisme Tamparuli Pages

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Hello Mojo Hand can u lock this pages Tamparuli because many edit by unknown user. tq

Hello NikoUMS. I understand your frustration, but there hasn't been enough disruption on that page to justify locking it under the page protection policy. However, I will temporarily add it to my own watchlist to see if things change.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:10, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dewi Evans AfD

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Hi there. You closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dewi Evans, and that seems understandable, seeing as there were 5 keep !votes, against my merge, the nom.'s vote, a withdrawn vote and an unstated vote from one other contributor. Indeed, keep was my prediction from this from the start, and I myself removed the initial PROD on this. So I am not faulting this, but I am, in any case, going to ask whether you can consider reverting your close and putting it up for a relist. My reasons for this are primarily that I do not believe editors have fully considered this yet. Four of the five keep !votes argued that the page should be kept because he is an academic per WP:ACADEMIC, but he is not an academic. He has stated he is not. He is a retired clinician who has acted as an expert prosecution witness in various trials, including the Letby one. He has no standing as an academic, and his professional body is not a prestigious academic society as per WP:ACADEMIC.

My reason for not letting this go is because immediately following your close, a great deal of advocacy material has been added from pro Lucy Letby sources, who argue that Evans' testimony was flawed. They have plenty to say on that matter, and you might agree that their case is a strong one, but there is simply no place for this advocacy editing on Wikipedia. Although article content is not the remit of AfD, there is, in fact, a case to be made for deletion in WP:BLP which states

Pages that are unsourced and negative in tone, especially when they appear to have been created primarily to disparage the subject, should be deleted at once if there is no policy-compliant version to revert to.

This material is not unsourced, but many sources are primary. I deleted material today that said, inter alia, that Evans had once championed decriminalising child abuse, based on an old newspaper article in a local Welsh newspaper where the context of the quote is unclear. Moreover, all the material being added to the page is being sourced to the Letby advocacy sites or to primary sources collated by those advocacy sites. So we have a serious issue of balance.

This could be dealt with editorially by deleting this material, but the problem we have is that there is no academic material to replace it with. The argument that he is an academic is spurious. Evans is (per my !vote) notable - but only for his role in the Letby trial. No sourcing was provided at AfD, other than the one source I provided. This needed more eyes, and a relist might help. At the very least, if we had an indication of what secondary sources exist, it might be clear where a neutral article lies, rather than what is developing now. Thanks for your consideration. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sirfurboy. Having looked at the article and the discussion at AFD, I agree with you that there are BLP concerns. However, it also seems clear that these issues are not going to be resolved via AFD. It suggest that the way forward is to either start a merge conversation, as you suggested at the AFD, or raise this on BLPN for more eyeballs - or both.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:51, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your consideration. Yes, it may be that BLPN is the best way forward. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 16:14, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

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

Administrator changes

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Oversighter changes

removed AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
  • Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous


Why Was the Page "Lola Adeyemi" Deleted Prematurely?

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The deletion discussion for "Lola Adeyemi" was relisted specifically to allow a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Yet, after just four days, the page was deleted by another administrator. This makes no sense. The whole point of a relisting is to gather more input—not to cut the process short before that can happen. I had prepared detailed responses to the delete votes and false claims made during the original discussion. Those responses were meant to clarify notability and address the concerns raised. Deleting the page while the process was still ongoing undermines the purpose of a relisting and prevents fair evaluation. Restore the page so that the discussion can proceed properly or explain why this premature deletion was allowed to happen. Thank you. Ahola .O (talk) 14:31, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mojo Hand Ahola .O (talk) 14:32, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Ahola .O - I understand your frustration in that you were preparing further commentary in the discussion. The policy on relisting is that the discussion can be closed whenever the closer deems that consensus has been achieved. The closing in this case looks reasonable given the additional comments after the relisting. If you disagree, your next step is to raise your concerns with the closer - Goldsztajn. --Mojo Hand (talk) 15:04, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Ahola .O - I can only concur with what @Mojo Hand has written - once a relist has occurred an AfD discussion can be closed at any time, relisting does not require another seven days of discussion. I can see from your edit history you were active in the discussion within 10 minutes of the article being nominated for deletion and subsequently active in the discussion and elsewhere on Wikipedia over multiple days following. After 11 days the discussion had reached an unambiguous consensus that the sourcing on the subject did not satisfy any of the criteria for notability. There were concerns raised about the nature of the sources used in the article, none of which were refuted. In order for me to restore the page, I would consider doing that if there was a reasonable argument that my close was out of order on the basis of policy and guidelines. Unfortunately, I do not find compelling an appeal to reopen the discussion based on timing alone (especially when timing does not actually appear to have been a problem). Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 20:44, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Goldsztajn you had no role in the ongoing discussion, which raises significant questions about whether the action was procedurally appropriate or influenced by external factors. I had made other edits because I was in the process of gathering more information to support my response in the discussion. Despite this, baseless claims were made suggesting that I am a paid editor, which is unfounded and unwarranted. I have already have references for the "Early life and education" section of the page, supporting its content. I am requesting that the page be restored immediately so that the deletion discussion can proceed and complete the intended 14-day period for community input, as per Wikipedia's process. Premature deletion violates the principles of transparency and fair decision-making. Thank you! Ahola .O (talk) 10:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
With apologies @Mojo Hand - I will continue this on my talk page. @Ahola .O - please continue the conversation on my talk page. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 20:55, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

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

Administrator changes

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added Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

added 0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

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Miscellaneous


Hello, thank you for putting an end to this vandalism. I do want to alert you, though -- I saw multiple diffs from this user of BLP-violating vandalism that I'd recommend reviewing for potential revision deletion. You can do what you want about this, but I did want to give you a heads up. JeffSpaceman (talk) 14:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks JeffSpaceman. Most of the IP's edits could qualify for revdel, and I did use the tool for one. The rest I see as clear vandalism that I think are better ignored - and potentially useful for tracking a pattern of abuse or block evasion.--Mojo Hand (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

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

Administrator changes

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2025

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

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added 0xDeadbeef

CheckUser changes

readded L235

Oversight changes

readded L235

Guideline and policy news

  • An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous


Administrators' newsletter – July 2025

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

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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.

Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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

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CheckUser changes

readded AmandaNP
removed SQL

Oversight changes

readded AmandaNP

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

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.

Hi Mojo Hand,

Going over this AfD, it looks like all the Keeps focused on the notability of the subject, which was never really in question, while failing to address the real issue of CFORK. Essentially, we ended up with two copies of the same content, one as a section in Saṃsāra#In_Hinduism, and the other, poorer version, as a standalone article.

You correctly noted in your closing statement that no one supported deletion, but there was ample support for the proposed redirect to the existing, better written section. None of those opposing redirection presented a policy-based argument for keeping both copies in place.

Yes, a separate merge proposal can take place on the Talk page, but those rarely attain the participation levels of an AfD, nor carry the enforcement that comes with an AfD close. Can you please take another look? A second relisting may help get more views addressing the CFORK issue. Thanks! Owen× 17:20, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Owen - I was happy to take another look at the AFD. I note that the editors suggesting a redirect didn't explicitly raise CFORK or any policy based position. Instead, their argument was simply that the current version of the page didn't have enough content to justify a standalone article. Looking again, I view the keep arguments as equally strong or stronger - in particular Eucalyptusmint, with their reference to WP:SS. So, I stand by my close. I think the best path at this point is to allow Saṃsāra (Hinduism) to develop, and potentially review it again down the road if it truly remains a content fork.--Mojo Hand (talk) 15:48, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for having another look Mojo Hand. @OwenX happy to discuss further at article talk, if you'd like. EM (talk) 20:03, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Mojo Hand. Owen× 20:14, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – October 2025

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

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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.

Guide to temporary accounts

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Hello, Mojo Hand. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account
  • When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
  • All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
  • A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
  • As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
    • There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
    • There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Impact for administrators

  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
  • It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
  • Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

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  • Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
  • See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

  • It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Tick Enable the user info card
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  • Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2025

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

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Good article reassessment for Constitution of Virginia

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Constitution of Virginia has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:04, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2025 Elections voter message

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Johan Karlberg

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Hey, just wondering why nothing was done to remove this article (Johan Karlberg) after consensus was reached in 2016. Additionally, I suspect that the user JQFan96 is the actual person himself adding uncomfirmed and dubious biographical information to that article through IMDb articles (which I suspect are also written by him). As I am not familiar with Wikipedia protocols regarding these matters, is there anything that you can do about this situation? CQuanciusIanuarius (talk) 15:49, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CQuanciusIanuarius - this is a good question and valid concern. The article probably should have been deleted, under speedy deletion criterion G4, when the article was recreated in November 2016. However, no editor caught it at that time, and the article has now sufficiently changed to the point that it no longer qualifies under G4. At this point, if you don't believe the subject is notable for Wikipedia purposes, then it can be nominated again at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. On it's face, the article does not appear to meet the notability standards, but one would need to do some due diligence before nominating the page. Let me know if you have other questions or concerns.--Mojo Hand (talk) 16:44, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request help on move

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Hello, can you please revert article name move done last month at Czech National Socialist Party? Czech National Social Party was never named Czech National Socialist Party. Thank you. ThecentreCZ (talk) 04:10, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ThecentreCZ: Are you referring to the move made by user Janhrach? If so, I recommend discussing the move with them first. Let me know if you reach an impasse, and I can suggest other options.--Mojo Hand (talk) 04:03, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, he made redirection from Czech National Socialist Party to Czech National Social Party. Czech National Social Party was never in history from 1897 named Czech National Socialist Party. What do you want to discuss there? ThecentreCZ (talk) 06:07, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thank you - I understand your point. You believe the Czech National Socialist Party (2005) should be moved back to Czech National Socialist Party, because a redirect to Czech National Social Party doesn't make sense, correct? Before doing this, I want to give Janhrach an opportunity to respond.--Mojo Hand (talk) 16:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this doesn't make sense. ThecentreCZ (talk) 18:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@ThecentreCZ: I have made the move you suggested, as it does appear to conform to Wikipedia policy on page names. I waited a week to give Janhrach an opportunity to object.--Mojo Hand (talk) 17:24, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry. The move was a really stupid mistake on my part. Janhrach (talk) 15:56, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Janhrach: No worries. I had to look at the two articles several times before I realized they were two different parties.--Mojo Hand (talk) 16:53, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – December 2025

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

Administrator changes

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readded Valereee
removed

CheckUser changes

removed Spicy

Technical news

  • Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
  • Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

Miscellaneous


Expat Asset Management Page Deletion

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Hello Mojo Hand,

I am writing to you because I am the sole author of the page "Expat Asset Management" which you deleted on 04:06, 11 December 2025.

Unfortunately, I have lost my original text and was hoping you could help me recover it.

I would like to kindly ask if you could:

  1. Email me a copy of the text (I have email enabled in my preferences), or
  2. Restore the content to my user sandbox (User:Kaloyangarnev/sandbox) so I can work on it there?

Thanks for overlooking the page.

Best regards,

Kaloyan Kaloyangarnev (talk) 14:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]