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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

The discussion phase of the May 2026 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • May 8–12: Discussion phase (we are here)
  • May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase
  • Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages are open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Discussion phase.

On 13 May, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for.

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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-- MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until 19 May 2026 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase (we are here)
  • Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 13 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello StartOkayStop,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

2024 and 2025 NPP Awards

JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

May backlog drive

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026.

PageTriage

An attempt was made to get the New Pages Feed to sort by date marked as reviewed instead of date created. However we had to revert it due to bugs. We may try again in the future. You can subscribe to the Phabricator ticket if you're interested in following along.

Reminders:

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. On April 24, you declined this draft at AfC. However, it was unilaterally moved by MinecraftyGamerz a day later, ignoring/overriding your verdict. I have no idea if AfC decisions are binding, so I'll leave it to you to decide what to do. InfiniteNexus (talk) 18:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Heya, thanks for letting me know. Generally there's nothing prohibiting someone from moving a declined AfC draft to mainspace, since AfC is an optional process. I don't feel like wringing this through AfD, but I did put the notability tag on it in case you or anyone else is interested. I doubt it meets notability. StartOkayStop (talk) 19:27, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@InfiniteNexus: actually, upon a closer look, I'm concerned about sockpuppetry by MinecraftyGamerz here. Looking at their edits compared to the blocked TAs (of which I think ~2026-14166-93 was blocked first, followed by several other TAs for evasion) makes me think this pagemove is a little less innocent than I first presumed. I might take this to SPI. StartOkayStop (talk) 19:41, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Good luck. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:52, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome template for younger users?

Hi, I noticed the welcome template you put on User talk:Monathephantom, and it seemed like it was geared specifically towards younger editors. I can't seem to find it myself; is that a custom template? I've been encountering several younger users lately, and it would be helpful if I could use that template. Thanks! In solidarity, 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 01:13, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's Template:Welcome young. It's not a Twinkle template (maybe it should be), I found it while I was browsing Category:Welcome templates. StartOkayStop (talk) 02:01, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, thank you! In solidarity, 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 03:34, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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