User talk:DatGuy/Archives/2024/December

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Bot?

Hello, DatGuy,

DreamRimmer said you were working on an alternative to Fastily Bot. I review a lot of PROD'd articles and files and we have a number of older editors who don't use Twinkle when they tag articles for deletion so we relied on Fastily Bot to notify content creators that their article creations had been nominated for proposed deletion.

Is there any progress on a bot to take the place of Fastily Bot? Over the past few years, I have tried all of my powers of persuasion to convince these PROD-taggers to make use of Twinkle but they prefer to tag articles manually so we really need some bot to take care of Fastily Bot's task. Thank you for any help you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:36, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Heya @Liz: I filed the BRFA 9 days ago and completed the trial five days ago. Pending a BAG member to approve the task and then should be good to go. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 14:21, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

This is now running daily at midnight UTC. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 01:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2024

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

Administrator changes

Interface administrator changes

Pppery

CheckUser changes

Guideline and policy news

Following an RFC, the 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 request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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