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Hi, I see you've contributed a lot to Shilluk Kingdom, would you be interested in a taskforce on oral tradition? Kowal2701 (talk) 17:35, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

You may be confusing me with someone else. I copyedit many articles, but don't see myself in the article history going back to 2020. IMO WP has enough WikiProjects as it is but good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 22:46, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Sorry I must’ve linked the wrong article, no worries Kowal2701 (talk) 06:50, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2024

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

Administrator changes

Isabelle Belato

• Ian.thomson
• Modussiccandi

Interface administrator changes

Izno

CheckUser changes

Barkeep49

Technical news

• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
• Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ

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The Signpost: 14 August 2024

• In the media: Portland pol profile paid for from public purse
  A STORM over an AI that writes articles. And other notes of interest.

• Recent research: STORM: AI agents role-play as "Wikipedia editors" and "experts" to create Wikipedia-like articles, a more sophisticated effort than previous auto-generation systems
  And other findings.

• In focus: Twitter marks the spot
  Musk's Twitter acquisition and rebranding have caused long debates on Wikipedia.

• News and notes: Another Wikimania has concluded.
  And Movement Charter ratification vote comments have been published

• Special report: Nano or just nothing: Will nano go nuclear?
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• Opinion: HouseBlaster's RfA debriefing
  HouseBlaster's reflections on his RfA. In particular, do not ask superlative questions.

• Traffic report: Ball games, movies, elections, but nothing really weird
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A kitten for you!

Thanks for copy editing my article :)

(t · c) buidhe 18:45, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Glad to help, and it deserves promotion to FA. Good luck and all the best, Miniapolis 22:38, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2024 Backlog drive

New pages patrol | September 2024 Backlog Drive
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