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Administrators' newsletter – September 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.
Technical news
- Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
- An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
The Signpost: 9 September 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
UK Online Safety Act remains undefeated.
- In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
Plus Wiki rules, Wiki Spin, and physicists get street cred!
- Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.
- Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
And other new research findings.
- Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
Tis true: there's magic in the web of it.
- Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice
With the usual mix of war, death, super heroes, a belt, and Wednesday.
- Essay: The one question
It's an easy one.
Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter
[edit]Guild of Copy Editors – September 2025 Newsletter
  Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed GoldRomean to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as lead coordinator, and Miniapolis and Mox Eden return as coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here. June 2025 blitz: 10 of the 12 editors who signed up for the June 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 26,652 words comprising 13 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. July 2025 drive: 30 of the 54 editors who signed up for the July 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited a total of 379,557 words comprising 151 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. August 2025 Blitz: 11 of the 17 editors who signed up for the August 2025 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited a total of 65,601 words comprising 25 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. September 2025 Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive. Progress report: As of 06:43, 20 September 2025 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 222 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,010 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we do without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:46, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
Request for advice - conflict of interest
[edit]Hi Miniapolis. Could I please ask for your advice about another issue? Your prevous advice was very helpful!
Short version: a corporation called Informa is trying to paste some sentences from their 2024 annual report as a new lead section in Wikipedia's article about the company. The official conflict-of-interest process has stalled.
Long version: Before plagiarism was detected, the company's desired revision was officially flagged as a conflict of interest. So the company was required to propose new text for community feedback. Because I had previously updated the company's logo in their article, I was asked to participate in the process. So I provided several rounds of substantive feedback, about half of which may have been accepted. When I looked at the company's 2024 annual report, however, I saw that the proposed new lead section was copied from parts of the report. I've commented on this WP:PLAG issue about six times. But after each comment, one or more Informa contributors change the talk subject or designate the plagiarism comments as irrelevant. Unfortunately, I have run out of time to participate in that process. But if I exit, a likely outcome is the company using parts of its annual report on Wikipedia. Would you have any suggestions for how I can gracefully exit the situation? Pac Veten (talk) 01:53, 23 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi again! In the above situation, things are moving forward in an unexpected way. One of the other participants in the Informa COI (mentioned above) just threatened me with a COI process. So I explained that I'm not an employee of that corporation or a competitor; that my goals were those of a real-world editor (consistency, completeness, and clarity); and that I would be glad to step back from the Informa COI process. To facilitate that exit, I have unsubscribed from all content and talk related to Informa on Wikipedia. Would any other actions normally be advisable at this point? If you have time, any tips would be appreciated. Pac Veten (talk) 02:12, 24 September 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry for not getting back to you sooner; we have friends visiting from out of town. It doesn't sound like you've done anything wrong, and the best course of action would be to just walk away. All the best, Miniapolis 20:49, 24 September 2025 (UTC)