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Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
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
Character articles
editI'm thinking of creating {{IMDb characters}} so an article like List of Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series) characters will just need to write the template name, without the qid and title and it will handle it automatically with code that extracts the series QID like this: {{Wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q4060173|P360|P1441}}. The title can either also be taken from Wikidata or from extracting the title from the article name. This will also remove the need to handle in {{IMDb title}} the Category:Pages using IMDb title with no id set for this case. Thoughts? Gonnym (talk) 11:29, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
- Sounds good. Most articles don't currently have that in their Wikidata item[1] but can be added, different for each entry so guess need to do manually. Getting title from Wikidata might be better so when it's used on franchise articles the title is from qid paramater like ID and doesn't have to be manually added. Indagate (talk) 20:28, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
References
Jeff Daniels awards article
editI know the table will get too long and since he has numerous awards content for his work in film, television and theatre, it makes sense to have a separate awards article.The One I Left (talk) 12:55, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please discuss on main article talk page, not here. So add them to the main article table, and split if / when it gets too long. Split tables aren't necessary regardless, can still be a single table if split. Indagate (talk) 13:01, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Question
editYou helped me in a great way awhile back. But it’s been a little bit of time, and I was wondering how I access the invisible sections at the top when doing edits. I know there are maximums for the plot section. Can you walk me through how I would get to the invisible area when I am doing edits. I’m sorry to bother you. Thank you for whatever help you can give:) Helipilot68 (talk) 07:27, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Not all articles have invisible comments, but when used appear in the edit box only, in between <!-- and --> Indagate (talk) 07:32, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for taking the time to respond—and your patience. My very best to you.🤙🤙 Helipilot68 (talk) 20:56, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
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!