WikiProject Yorkshire Newsletter - October 2026
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10:27, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2026
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2026).
Administrator changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the good article criteria have been amended to add accessibility requirements.
- Following an RfC, late signatures added to administrator recall petitions after 720 hours from opening are reverted or struck and do not count towards the threshold, even if the petition has not yet been formally closed.
- The post-May 2026 administrator elections RfCs concluded with consensus for election monitors to curate blatantly inappropriate questions after posting, and to remove or merge true duplicates, clearly marking merged questions. Calls for candidates will include advisory guidance that users with less than one year’s experience or 5,000 edits generally lack a realistic chance of success.
Technical news
- Interface administrators no longer need to specify the
ResourceLoaderoption in the definitions for gadgets on MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition as gadgets are always loaded throughResourceLoader. (T298199) - The
list=abusefiltersAPI module now supportsformatversion=2and includes breaking changes to its responses. In particular, theactionsproperty is now a JSON array rather than a string, regardless of the format version. Maintainers of user scripts and other code using this module should check compatibility and update their code as needed. (T435828)
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Gun control 2 has been closed.
Obituaries
- Doug Weller passed away on 30 September 2026. Doug Weller began editing Wikipedia in 2006 and became an administrator in 2008, making nearly 275,000 edits over two decades. He served on the Arbitration Committee from 2015 through 2018 and was also a longtime CheckUser and Oversighter.
Miscellaneous
- The October 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from September 29 to October 19. The call for candidates ends October 5.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2026 Arbitration Committee elections is opened and closes on 8 October.
- The Good Article Nominations backlog drive has begun and is scheduled to end on November 3.
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CBAN question
As I insinuate here, I have a hunch this might be a user who is currently under a WP:CBAN. If it isn't at all possible that someone with such a status could be using a TA, then we need to go no further. If that test fails, how do I go about asking for a check without naming the blocked account, should I be wrong? Seasider53 (talk) 15:03, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
- It is technically possible for someone who is subject to a CBAN to contribute through a TA. They're not allowed, obviously, but we don't have a means of actually stopping them - even if their preferred underlying IP address were to be blocked, all they would need to circumvent that would be to visit a different coffee shop, or buy a SIM card from a different provider, use a VPN, or whatever. If you're familiar with Twinkle, you can use that to file a report at SPI. You are going to need to name the account you suspect however - for any investigation we need to know who we're comparing against, whether it's a behavioural or a technical investigation. Girth Summit (blether) 15:37, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
- Does only the admin see the username? Seasider53 (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
- The report would be visible to anyone. If you want to make a report privately, you can contact an individual CU by email, or contact the CU mailing list - see WP:CONTACTCU. Girth Summit (blether) 15:49, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
- Does only the admin see the username? Seasider53 (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2026 (UTC)
Leeds Meetup
Hi! Just a quick message to share that there's a Leeds Wiki Meet-up on 21 November: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Leeds/7 If you're interested, would be great to see you there! Lajmmoore (talk) 10:54, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind invite Llajmmoore; I'm afraid I won't be able to make that one unfortunately. Hope it goes well. Girth Summit (blether) 11:22, 25 October 2026 (UTC)
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SodiumBot (botop|talk|contribs) 11:31, 24 October 2026 (UTC)