Sawyer777

to any who may be reading this, i will be at limited capacity to edit wikipedia consistently from 23 august to.... mid september or so. i am moving to Ireland and starting university, so i will be busy. however, i will do my best to check this lovely website at least once a day and i can be contacted via the WP:Discord, where i am sawyer3333333. i will still be a coordinator for the WP:DCWC, just more offline. ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

i have made it safely to this lovely island! :) ... sawyer * he/they * talk 05:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

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

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War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.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

  Miscellaneous

• 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!