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

Guideline and policy news

• All general sanctions imposed by the community may now be enforced at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard (WP:AE) as a result of a recent RfC.
• Due to the result of a recent RFC, the administrator recall process is amended to extend the deadline for a re-request for adminship to 30 days or the next administrator election, whichever is later.
• Changes to the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy's disclosure rules include broadening the consecutive-blocks exception to cover all admin actions and removing the requirement to revision-delete permissible disclosures once they become unnecessary (instead requiring only their removal). See WP:TAIVDISCLOSE for more information.

Arbitration

• Following the 2025 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Asilvering, Girth Summit, Guerillero, HJ Mitchell, HouseBlaster, Izno, Sdrqaz, SilverLocust.
• The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been suspended.

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Could you please have a look at this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's cult of personality from a admin perspective relating to users. I cant raise any sort of socking investigation request, as I don't have evidence. But there are multiple 'new' editors on this discussion. Very unusual activity and skill levels for all new editors. One of them (I dont want to name names, but has engaged with me there a lot) supposedly is a couple months old account and has already had two noticeboard events. Maybe nothing for you to do, not sure. Just please have a look. Looks like some sort of political battle there (on both sides), maybe not something you can do anything about just wanted to raise my concerns. Just kinda one of these random articles that I found myself editing when the former president of the country wound up in the news for her conviction in absentia which I found interesting. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 13:01, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I don't see any evidence of SPAs there? Guy (help! - typo?) 13:24, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

The Scholarly peer review process by major journals looks for and rejects pseudoscholarship. The editors reject over 90% of the submissions and insist that well established experts agree that the submission is high quality and original. the experts are anonymous and have no ties to authors.

You assume that secret $$$$ donors are in control. Not true. The main scholarly journals like Am Econ Review are supported by dues from members (usually university professors), not by pressure groups or think tanks. Am Econ Society has 17,000 members (they pay $100 a year plus thousands of academic libraries pay up to $3500 a year for the journal) --take a look at the actual articles that are published by American Economic Review. Rjensen (talk) 11:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Fringe, idiosyncratic, whatever. Take a step back: what if someone comes in and claims that the Cato Institute is a major scholarly endeavour? Literally all I am asking is one independent source that comments on this report, so we don't end up substituting our judgment for that of the outside world. I freely admit I may be over fussy here, but I have seen far too many people seeking to include sources based solely on their existence and editors' own assertions of their obviously inherent merit. Nothing personal here, at all. Guy (help! - typo?) 12:20, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

the judgment of the team of editors of a major scholarly journal is the best reliable source we will ever get on Wikipedia. Rjensen (talk) 14:08, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

What major scholarly journal? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Commented on the talk page of the article. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 14:29, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

• (talk page stalker) Loop quantum gravity is a fringe theory that exists almost exclusively in mainstream, respected, peer-reviewed journals. Not all fringe theories are lunatic conspiracy theories, but all must be handled per WP:FRINGE.

There are also considerations such as the replication crisis that show that, while peer-reviewed publication is our best standard for accuracy, it's not infallible.

I don't know what, exactly, is being discussed here, but I know the argument that just because something was published in a peer-reviewed journal, it's necessarily true and due is nonsense. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 15:22, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

No, you don't have to be worried. :D I was thinking of your "Hooke's test" the other day. Someone had mentioned Hooke with respect to the microscope. I forgot he was involved with that since I normally think of him for Hooke's Law. Anyway, hope all is well! Springee (talk) 23:58, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

If I have improved people's awareness of "England's Leonardo" then I have honoured my father's memory. Thanks, my friend :-) Guy (help! - typo?) 23:10, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Please read Wikipedia:Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia it states: "Wikipedia is a mainstream encyclopedia. This means that writers and editors on Wikipedia should strive for articles that would be appreciated as being of the highest quality by a consensus of experts in any field of science or scholarship. Crucially, this means that Wikipedia content is not based on a popularity contest. In many debates, the most popular view is different from the scholarly or scientific view. In such cases, Wikipedia depends on the most reliable sources to verify content, and Wikipedia relies on vetted academic sources to determine what the mainstream understanding of a topic is." Rjensen (talk) 14:12, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

LOL! Have you seen my user page and edit history, at all? Guy (help! - typo?) 14:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

In terms of bibliometrics In economics, the American Economic Review (AER) is part of an elite group including Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the and the Review of Economic Studies. That mean s AER decisions are among of the most reliable independent sources Wikipedia depends on because it reflects the consensus of the national economics academic experts. Erasing a summary of one of its reliable articles was a bad mistake. The editor who got erased was citing a highly reliable source. Rjensen (talk) 15:18, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Sure. But it's economics, a field where Truth and fact have equal status. Guy (help! - typo?) 23:11, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

There seems to be a rush to reinsert the "no consensus" claim and to be frank I'm not excited to waste more of my time there trying to reach consensus with editors (seemingly) intent on ignoring MOS and best practices etc... DN (talk) 00:10, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2026).

Arbitration

• Due to the result of a recent motion, a rough consensus of administrators at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard may impose an expanded topic ban on Israel, Israelis, Jews, Judaism, Palestine, Palestinians, Islam, and/or Arabs, if an editor's Arab-Israeli conflict topic ban is determined to be insufficient to prevent disruption. At least one diff per area expanded into should be cited.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2026 Steward elections started on 06 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC) and will end on 27 February 2026 at 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process for current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.

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Going back over my old emails after switching from Google to Proton, I found a load of exchanges related to admin activity before I hung up the mop. Some genuinely delightful people, but some absolutely crazy shit as well. No wonder I suffered burnout. Respect to anyone who is still doing the work. I hope most admins are sensible enough not to reveal real-world identity, because I had everything from complaints to my employers to (fortunately meritless) lawsuits actually served at my home.

My takeaway is: if you care in the slightest about neutrality and factual accuracy, there are people out there who will make your life hell, because the facts conflict with their Truth™. For me it was homeopathists, climate change deniers, MRAs, transphobes, and (most of all) frustrated spammers. Do feel free to let me know who makes life difficult for you!

It's a lot like being a sysadmin. Nobody ever comes and says how well email or printing is working today, but if they aren't working, the mob with the pitchforks is at your door in minutes. Guy (help! - typo?) 10:50, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrative action review regarding an action which you performed. jolielover♥talk 07:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).

Administrator changes

• Brendanconway
• Calmer Waters
• Hut 8.5
• Joe Roe
• VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes

Ks0stm

Oversight changes

Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
• A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
• Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
• The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
• An Unreferenced articles backlog drive is taking place in March 2026 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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Wikipedia:Mandy Rice-Davies applies, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Mandy Rice-Davies applies and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Mandy Rice-Davies applies during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:01, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2026).

Administrator changes

• ARandomName123

• Biblioworm
• Causa sui
• Djsasso
• Espresso Addict
• Fenix down
• Firefangledfeathers
• GeneralNotability
• NawlinWiki
• Northamerica1000
• Smalljim

Checkuser changes

Giraffer

Oversight changes

Kj cheetham

Giraffer

Guideline and policy news

• The content of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models has been updated following a request for comment. It now prohibits using LLMs to generate content, with exceptions for translation and copy-editing.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the GSCASTE extended-confirmed restriction in the Indian military history case has been narrowed. It now applies to caste-related topics in South Asia, and the preemptive protection remedy has been amended accordingly.
• The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been closed.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 7 April.

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You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:09, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Now that the Southern Poverty Law Center has been outed as a secret funding source for white-supremacy and other far-right groups, will you assist in removing all references using that organization from Wikipedia? Thanks in advance . ~2026-94399-0 (talk) 02:14, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

IP links to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Doug Weller talk 09:05, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Imagine my surprise. Guy (help! - typo?) 19:02, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

And it must be true because Trump's DOJ said it, lol. 😆 Bishonen | tålk 09:16, 22 April 2026 (UTC).

So, you only trust the Biden DoJ, Bishonen? Are you an admin, BTW? ~2026-94399-0 (talk) 12:49, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Are you a federal employee? Sławomir Biały (talk) 12:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

I know you won't answer, User:Bishonen, LOL, because you've just confirmed that WP's administration has a liberal bias. Now I expect this thread to be swiftly deleted or "archived." Cheers! ~2026-94399-0 (talk) 12:58, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Reality has a well-known liberal bias. Not sure if you're aware, but the Trump regime has a string of failed prosecutions against perceived enemies. Guy (help! - typo?) 19:03, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Yes, ip is the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Doug Weller talk 14:41, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

• And the SPLC turned me into a newt. O3000, Ret. (talk) 13:24, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

Not believing what Trump's DOR (Department of Revenge) says doesn't mean I'm necessarily liberal, IP. Even GOP voters have realized by now that the Trump administration lies when their mouths move. Bishonen | tålk 15:11, 22 April 2026 (UTC).

It hasn't. Thanks for playing. Guy (help! - typo?) 19:02, 26 April 2026 (UTC)