Ingenuity
About a Recent Blocked User
editREVDEL needed in AIV's history Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 19:45, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
- Done —Ingenuity (talk) 19:50, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
- There's also one with Bush... Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 19:53, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Brown
editREVDEL needed on edit summary Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 20:29, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
- I'm not able to do that, unfortunately, since they've been partially oversight-ed. —Ingenuity (talk) 20:30, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, OK. Thanks for letting me know. Sorry, I didn't know Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 20:31, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Can you please salt this
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This page have been repeatedly recreated by a Temporary user and block evader who evade blocks. The title is Draft:David Sorenson (Special Education Teacher) and you might consider semi-protecting from creation. ~2026-33676-45 (talk) 03:50, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
- I don't think salting would help in this case - they could just recreate it with a slightly different title. —Ingenuity (talk) 04:05, 28 June 2026 (UTC)
July 2026
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 Events:
Announcements, tips, participation... Announcements from other communities: 
Tip of the month:
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2026
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2026).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.
- A request for comment proposes an addendum for the Real name section of the Username policy.
Technical news
- The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429)
- The "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts can be replaced with a preferred block duration stated on MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account. (phab:T427125)
Arbitration
- Following a series of motions, changes to the contentious topics procedure to restructure awareness have been implemented.
- The arbitration case Michael Jackson has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
- 10 candidates have been appointed to the U4C.
The Signpost: 13 July 2026
edit- News and notes: An exclusive club
Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger gets a community ban for canvassing.
- In the media: Battle for a soul – who won?
Commissars, winners and losers, blocks or bans, a Wiki red card, social engineering on wikis, and Swift action!
- Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making
Rules we can actually read, trust and change!
- Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias
And other research findings.
- News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community
The Wikicurious team shares their approach to Wiki-event organizing.
- Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026
Quarterly update on the activities of the City University of New York's Wikimedian-in-Residence, Richard Knipel.
- Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act – for now
A possible future recategorization by the UK Government remains an existential threat to Wikipedia.
- On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy
Father's Day, Canada Day, and the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community
If strategy priority 1.1 is supporting the community, can we not increase the support to the community? Increasing grantmaking to 25% of the budget would be a move toward equality in the movement.
- Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of World Cup.
- Comix: schnozzed
on lollerskates
Articles for Creation backlog drive
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Hello Ingenuity:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in August!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than a month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 August 2026 through 31 August 2026.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 5000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:37, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
- If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page.
May 2026 Administrator Elections – RFC Phase
editThe RFC phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started. There are 20 RFCs for consideration. You can participate in the RFC phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/RFC phase.
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
