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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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

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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War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.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.

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• 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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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:45, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Infant school FAC candidacy

Hi @Wehwalt, I have answered all your comments on the infant school nomination. I was wondering if you would like to support it. Llewee (talk) 12:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Promotion of January 1908 Irish representative peer election

Congratulations, Wehwalt! The article you nominated, January 1908 Irish representative peer election, 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 The nomination discussion has been archived.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) 00:05, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Coin image request

Howdy! IIRC, you mention being able to get coin pictures from Heritage Auctions to Commmons; would it be possible to find a higher quality picture of the Memento dollar from Heritage? The one currently on Commons and used in the article is unfortunately very worn and polished.

Additionally, the twenty or ten cent denominations (Kann 601 and Kann 602), as well as the other denominations of the Yuan Shikai coinage (Kann 659, 657, 655, 1513) would be extremely helpful. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:01, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do. Links to favored images would help. Wehwalt (talk) 19:28, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I did the Memento one. The others will follow as time permits, likely tomorrow. Wehwalt (talk) 19:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Generalissima, I just did a search, and it would be easier for you to select the images and I will upload them. Wehwalt (talk) 20:01, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! And sure:

Kann 601

(couldn't find a Kann 602 actually)

Kann 659

Kann 657

Kann 655

Kann 1513 Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:01, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Generalissima, if you check my uploads at commons, here, you will find all of them. Since Chinese coins is not my area, it is possible the image descriptions etc may need adjustment.--14:11, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

I forgot to respond here; thank you very much! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:45, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Sure. Let me know if you need anything else. I plan on upgrading the poorer images in the US coin FAs but doing this takes time and I've been busy recently. Wehwalt (talk) 22:54, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the removal

...couldn't have done without it! It might have been covered in the legacy section, but by that logic the entire lead would be pointless since it's all covered in the rest of the article... it is a summary, after all, and you removed some of it!! Here is an unequivocal FACT: John A. MacDonald has been accused of genocide. Jang317 (talk) 21:10, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I would suggest starting a discussion on the article talk page.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:11, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Gough Whitlam#Lead

Seeing as you reverted me, do you have an opinion? 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 13:27, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 64

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

• The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimania presentation
• New user script for easily searching The Wikipedia Library

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September music

story · music · places

Three stories related to today in memory, 11 September, 20 July and 20 June, the latter piece of art also pictured on the Main page. - A great flow FAs to your talk! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:51, 11 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) 13:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you today for Charles William Fremantle, about "one of the most important figures in the history of the Royal Mint. If you're looking for the Charles Fremantle for whom Fremantle, Australia is named, you've come to the wrong place, that was his uncle. But this Charles Fremantle did quite a lot, enough to distinguish himself in a family where there are an amazing number of notable people. Enjoy."! - I have Tilman Michael on the same page, whose work will be as close to your place as it was to mine, videos on my talk, under Music. Choral concert tonight - quite fitting. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:45, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

First sentences of president articles

I am scratching my head over how to proceed with Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States Presidents#First sentences. As you know it has been more than a week since I contributed to this discussion, and I was the last contributor (to each thread, of which there were at least two). Does it make sense for me to formally request closure, e.g. Wikipedia:Closure requests? Or, should I post a comment to clarify something or other? I don't know whether I have gotten agreement from people, or whether I have just annoyed them or scared them off.

BTW I have noticed that it is not only U.S. Presidents that have this problem. There are an awful lot of biographies out there, in which people have added similar sludge to the first sentence. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Thanks for any suggestions you might have. Bruce leverett (talk) 02:03, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Not all discussions require formal closure if the outcome is clear. Wehwalt (talk) 11:31, 12 September 2024 (UTC)