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== Books & Bytes – Issue 65 ==

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<span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: Copperplate, 'Copperplate Gothic Light', serif">'''The Wikipedia Library''': ''Books & Bytes''</span><br />
Issue 65, September – October 2024
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* Hindu Tamil Thisai joins The Wikipedia Library
* Frankfurt Book Fair 2024 report
* Tech tip: Mass downloads
<big>'''[[:m:The Wikipedia Library/Newsletter/September-October_2024|Read the full newsletter]]'''</big>
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== This week's [[Wikipedia:Articles for improvement|article for improvement]] (week 49, 2024) ==
== This week's [[Wikipedia:Articles for improvement|article for improvement]] (week 49, 2024) ==
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== Administrators' newsletter – December 2024 ==

[[Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter|News and updates for administrators]] from the past month (November 2024).

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[[File:Wikipedia Administrator.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Administrator changes'''
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|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Ahecht]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|DoubleGrazing]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Dr vulpes]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|FOARP]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Peaceray]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Queen of Hearts]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Rsjaffe]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|SD0001]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|SilverLocust]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|Sohom Datta]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255448214#Admin election results - please enact|ThadeusOfNazereth]]
|[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Voorts|Voorts]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] {{hlist|class=inline
|[[Special:Permalink/1255940614#Resysop request (Ajpolino)|Ajpolino]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255791525#Resysop request (Fathoms Below)|Fathoms Below]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1256350964#Resysop request (Pppery)|Pppery]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1258681482#Resysop request (Tamzin)|Tamzin]]
|[[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Worm That Turned 2|Worm That Turned]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg|20px|alt=removed|Removed]] {{hlist|class=inline
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Aervanath]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Christopher Sundita]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1256554366#Desysop request (Dank)|Dank]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1258747214#-sysop (Dennis Brown)|Dennis Brown]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254732881#Removal of enwiki Admin rights|Dragons flight]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1258369062#Desysop request (Fastily)|Fastily]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1258563026#Desysop request (Graham87)|Graham87]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|JaGa]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Kbh3rd]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1255999577#Desysop request (Marine 69-71)|Marine 69-71]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1254642984#Inactive admins for November 2024|Yamamoto Ichiro]]
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|[[Special:Permalink/1256544536#IAdmin request (SD0001)|SD0001]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1256544536#Interface admin perm request (Sohom Datta)|Sohom Datta]]
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:[[File:Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg|20px|alt=readded|Readded]] [[Special:Permalink/1256350964#Resysop request (Pppery)|Pppery]]

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|[[Special:Permalink/1257592926#Change to the CheckUser team, November 2024|Spicy]]
|[[Special:Permalink/1257061609#CheckUser and conflict of interest VRT appointments, November 2024|TheresNoTime]]
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[[File:Green check.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Guideline and policy news'''
* Following [[Wikipedia talk:Administrators#RFC: Resysoppings after five years with no administrative actions|an RFC]], the [[Wikipedia:Administrators#Restoration of adminship|policy on restoration of adminship]] has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]] within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
* Following a [[Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#RfC: Enacting T5 (unused template subpages)|request for comment]], a new speedy deletion criterion, [[WP:T5|T5]], has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

[[File:Octicons-tools.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Technical news'''
* Technical volunteers can now register for the [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Hackathon 2025|2025 Wikimedia Hackathon]], which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. [https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/hackathon2025/ Application for travel and accommodation scholarships] is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

[[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|20px|alt=]] '''Arbitration'''
* The arbitration case ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Yasuke|Yasuke]]'' (formerly titled ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Backlash to diversity and inclusion|Backlash to diversity and inclusion]]'') has been closed.
* An arbitration case titled ''[[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5|Palestine-Israel articles 5]]'' has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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== This week's [[Wikipedia:Articles for improvement|article for improvement]] (week 50, 2024) ==


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Previous selections: {{Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/49/1}}&nbsp;&bull; {{Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/48/1}}
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== This week's [[Wikipedia:Articles for improvement|article for improvement]] (week 51, 2024) ==


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<span style="font-size:140%;">'''{{Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/51/1}}'''</span>

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Latest revision as of 00:05, 16 December 2024


Welcome!

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Hello, Renamed user BM, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

You may also want to take the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit The Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome!

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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi Renamed user BM! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 11:32, Sunday, April 23, 2017 (UTC)


This week's article for improvement (week 49, 2024)

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Josephson voltage standard chip developed by the National Bureau of Standards as a standard volt
Hello, Spurb. The article for improvement of the week is:

Volt

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Diurnality • Wikipedia:Articles for improvement/2024/47/1


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

Technical news

Arbitration


This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2024)

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Hello, Spurb. The article for improvement of the week is:

Gulf

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Volt • Diurnality


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2024)

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Hello, Spurb. The article for improvement of the week is:

Jetty

Please be bold and help improve it!


Previous selections: Gulf • Volt


Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations


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