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Administrators' newsletter – May 2026

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

removed L235
added Chaotic Enby

CheckUser changes

removed

Oversight changes

removed Moneytrees

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
  • The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
  • Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
  • Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
  • The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:29, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Technical Barnstar
Your bot (DatBot) helped me with non-free image issues I had while building the infobox for my userspace draft. God bless you and your excellent programming work, Mr. Dat! TheSonnetor (talk) 13:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Listing for discussion of Template:Editnotices/Page/List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

Template:Editnotices/Page/List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers has been listed for discussion, which may result in the template being merged or deleted by consensus. You are invited to comment on the proposed action at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 22:30, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

JMF's edit summary

Hi there, JMF's edit summaries are typos, unlike by comparing IvanScrooge98's edit summaries are lack of incivility, Wikipedia as a battleground and content ownership. ~2026-28867-32 (talk) 11:55, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-28867-32: loutsocking is not encouraging for other administrators when you claim you haven't socked for over a year. Appeal from your most recent account, or your original one. DatGuyTalkContribs 10:29, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The block evasion continues from multiple IP accounts (and typically, are silly edits to the SD). See history of Mewar–Malwa conflicts.

Whack-a-mole so our call.--𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case there is more that one puppeteer in action [how likely is that? ], I believe that "my" one is Absolutiva (aka SwissArmyGuy), who may not be the one you are dealing with here? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:28, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I considered protecting the page, but you'll most likely be followed to another. You're correct, it's probably a whack-a-mole situation. DatGuyTalkContribs 20:56, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I see I misremembered who was whacking which mole. See user talk: ScottishFinnishRadish#~2026-29067-93.
I don't mind reverting every time they try to reimpose their desired version with a wp:bmb notice. Hopefully they will eventually see that it pointless and go off to X to howl at the moon instead. Spending your time on blocking their many ip addresses is just feeding their attention-seeking behaviour. No need to protect this one page as they are all over the place. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:56, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

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

Administrator changes

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Bureaucrat changes

removed

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

  • Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

  • The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
  • The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:14, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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