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Help with this new page pls

I created a new page with a full list of all executions in Singapore since 1965, do you think this page is too messy or has any other issues? I'm trying to make sure it's up to this website standards, and since you worked a little bit on the Capital punishment in Singapore page, I would like to hear your thoughts on this. - List of executions in Singapore

Malaysia Day

Hi Aleain, after your work on Malaysia Day, do you think it has enough sources to be added to Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 16? There is only one obviously unsourced paragraph, but you may have a clearer picture. CMD (talk) 03:52, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi CMD, thanks for your feedback. I think it's well referenced enough for inclusion, though I've added a few more sources for good measure. I've hidden some parts for now where I could not find solid references, especially the bit about supposed advocates preferring to mark Hari Merdeka on 31 August instead of Hari Malaysia on 16 September on the grounds that Malaya and Malaysia were the same country. Almost all of the Malaysian sources I have come across discuss the differences, but very few mention West Malaysians favouring one date over the other. The stronger voices tend to come from East Malaysians who want Hari Malaysia to be given more prominence. Aside from that, the article looks fine. Aleain (talk) 07:23, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense, can always readd items if sourcing is found. I've restored the article to the September 16 OTD. CMD (talk) 07:42, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Clarification on COI tagging on ST Engineering

Hi! just to clarify on your COI tagging on ST Engineering, I am not in the position of interest conflict given that I am not an employee, nor the company is my client in any form. The expansion of the article is solely out of my interest in information sourcing out of my free time. as for flagging of promotional content, by all means and feel free to neutralise it where you see fit. Cheers! :) JohnLim99 (talk) 10:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi there, on second thought I do believe you are not affiliated with ST Engineering. That said, the article still comes across as rather advertorial in tone and relies quite a bit on primary sources, with many of the citations being directly linked to stengg.com. Aleain (talk) 16:04, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Speed Limits on Singapore MRT

Hi, I have noticed you have specified the design speed limit as the operating speed which is inaccurate as per Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) and numerous sources that can be found online such as SGTrains or the individual train model wiki pages. Please provide your sources if you believe your edits are accurate. 39.109.214.95 (talk) 21:45, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

SGTrains is not a reliable source and you shouldn't cite Wikipedia on Wikipedia. Aleain (talk) 08:49, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Noted! I have found reliable sources for the maximum operating speed for the North South, East West and Circle Lines but not the others. In the meantime I have removed the speeds for the other lines as there are no sources backing your edits either. Cheers! 39.109.214.95 (talk) 09:35, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

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Definition of 'resident'

Hi there, You said that for consistency, it's best to use the local term. However the result of this is that any non-Singaporean reading this page will understand it to claim that 19% of people living in Singapore are Christians. That is the standard English meaning of the phrase; no non-Singaporean would guess that DOS has redefined the word 'resident' to mean only the 2/3 of the population who have citizenship or PR.

I'm also not at all sure you can say this definition is the 'local' meaning, rather than just the meaning adopted by certain ministries. For example, among other things, the automated immigration gates when entering the country use the word 'resident' to apply to everyone who lives in Singapore, including people on LTVPs.

In any case, this is the English version of Wikipedia, and allowing every country's bureaucrats to redefine whatever words they like without even explaining this to readers would lead to a highly misleading mess of content.

In short, I suggest we use the word 'resident' to mean 'resident', and if you want to talk about people's visa statuses, just say that instead. Paticcasamuppada (talk) 12:36, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, your edits were not incorrect, but making that change would mean applying the same changes across many other related articles as well. In the local context, the term "resident" is used broadly for matters concerning race and religion, not just Christianity. Aleain (talk) 14:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

In that case I would suggest applying the same changes across any other articles that contain the same error. Because that is what this is: A mistaken usage of English, based on a politicised vocabulary formulated by bureaucrats with the intention of excluding 1/3 of the population from official statistics. Either Wikipedia uses correct English, or it does not; but at a minimum, if articles are going to adopt incorrect usage, they should all contain an explanatory note for readers who are not familiar with that usage.

I'd be happy to make the same change to any other Singapore-related articles that contain this error. Paticcasamuppada (talk) 15:06, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have added a note accordingly on Religion in Singapore as well as on the articles of each individual religion. Aleain (talk) 20:27, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

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I've been reading your contributions page; thanks for all the anti-vandalism against TAs you've done

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Also, Bukit Panjang station is definitely the best place to eat grilled chicken; it's not like we have fines for eating and drinking on public transport Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, my friend! To be fair to the vandal, there's a 7-Eleven located within the station where you could indeed get a grilled chicken. Aleain (talk) 05:17, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Time to get fined :D Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:18, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Why do I feel like 220.255.60.227, on political pages, has had a pattern of violating consensus, being reverted, and falsely creating "consensus" to standardise something? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:20, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

On merging STARiS to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

I came across the latter while editing Alstom Metropolis C830C (I stalked your contribs), and saw the big purple merge tag at the top of the article

It was recommended to be merged to the MRT article, or more specifically, the "Rolling stock and signalling" section, according to the only person to vote keep at the AfD

The thing is, I checked the entire section... signalling cannot one, depots cannot one

How about the rolling stock subsection?

{{Main|List of Singapore MRT and LRT rolling stock#Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) rolling stock}} (nice)

And then the main article is like, "here's a list"

At this point, I believe that STARiS fails notability and should be deleted

If someone can prove that the system does meet notability, I'm happy to retain it as a separate article (I don't see any way to merge it to any other article without absurdity)

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:40, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

(yes, I'm still topic-banned from administrative stuff, so if there's an AfD 2, I won't be there) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:44, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Honestly, after a quick look through the SMRT Active Route Map Information System article once again, it seems like the whole page could simply be turned into a redirect to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) without losing any meaningful information. Nearly all of the content appears to be original research written by train enthusiasts and even the parts that are cited rely on YouTube videos and a dead Instagram post.

There is only one citation on the article from The Straits Times which is now archived because the original link was deleted by ST. I feel that the concept of STARiS as a whole is trivial and does not need to be mentioned at all, since LCD displays are hardly unique to Singapore's MRT. Also, I personally find STARiS 2.0 pretty ugly and I am quite relieved that it was not installed on the newer trains... Aleain (talk) 13:05, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

"Also, I personally find STARiS 2.0 pretty ugly and I am quite relieved that it was not installed on the newer trains"

Idk lol

I have to agree tho, an LCD is no cause for nationalism

Edit: boldly redirected both STARiSSTARiS and SMRT Active Route Map Information SystemSMRT Active Route Map Information System to Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) (diffs: STARiS; SMRT Active...)

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Thank you! Aleain (talk) 09:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey!!! Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:46, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

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About a certain anti-Chinese Malaysian vandalism account

This is about Sayaanakmalaysia92 (talk · contribs)

From your contribs, you took them to ANI because they were vandalising Chinese-related articles

That discussion got archived without action

Apparently they're still at it, since they got reverted for suppressing controversies on the article of an Indian Malaysian minister

Thoughts? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 00:07, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

If no one is going to take action, there's not much we can do other than simply reverting their disruption. Aleain (talk) 03:43, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

...and I'm topic-banned anyways

Good luck man Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:23, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

You're topic-banned for now, it's still possible for the restrictions to be removed with a successful appeal down the road (at least 3 months, as the admin mentioned). Aleain (talk) 05:46, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks lol Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:59, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

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I see that User:Gnomingstuff accused you of AI usage at the article "1959 Singaporean general election"

specifically, this diff

You may want to take that to their talk page ngl Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:46, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Not worth the effort, they have falsely accused me before. Based on their contributions I'm not the first and won't be the last user (example) that they have made false accusations against. Their talk page is also filled with other users calling out Gnomingstuff's false positives only to be responded to in an impertinent manner. Aleain (talk) 03:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Have you ever sought the administrators' attention for this? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:55, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

It wouldn't be long before some other user takes more offence with their accusations and escalates it. I'm not too fussed about this really. Aleain (talk) 04:00, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

I gnomed too hard and too rough and got a topic ban; they may need one of 'em Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:14, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Wouldn't be long. Aleain (talk) 05:32, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

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lol thanks

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About User:EatChickenNuggets

This user has been extremely invested (I'd say to SPA levels, even) in retaining Yishun Town Secondary School as a proper article

Per page history, they first reverted my initial redirect, saying that the revert was to the "last good ver." (manual revert tag sold separately; in this case, not sold)

I reverted them back and added {{R from school}}

They told me in an edit summary to read Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article advice, and you reverted them

For obvious reasons, they reverted you, so I reverted back with an edit summary of "no"

If you see User talk:EatChickenNuggets, our attempt to discuss is not hammering out, so I decided to contact you lol Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 14:15, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Could probably take this to WP:ANI if it continues. I also doubt ECN is a new account, tbh. Aleain (talk) 14:30, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

WP:NOTHERE I believe Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:31, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Yep, they haven't shown interest in anything else since full protection

Must be an SPA Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 02:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you! You too! Aleain (talk) 11:21, 3 January 2026 (UTC)

I was combing through the list of unassessed Singapore articles, and this one seems to be a deep-fried (insert food that should only ever be steamed here)

Talk:Community Development Council Vouchers Scheme#This article appears to be AI-generated Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:48, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Whether it was AI-generated or not, I don't think the CDC voucher scheme is even notable for Wikipedia. Aleain (talk) 19:44, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

On the other hand...

"If you see the RfCs, there's a consensus that 2 or 3 secondary sources are enough to establish notability" – JASWE

Bruh Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 23:22, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Anyways, could you take a look at Politics of Singapore and see if there's any other improvements that can be done? Aleain (talk) 05:37, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

I guess so, but Wikipedia is not compulsory... meh Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:40, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

If you're willing, how about improving 2025 Singaporean general election such that it passes the on-hold GAN? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:44, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Sure Aleain (talk) 05:49, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

:3 Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:49, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused, if you like to quote me, please quote it correctly. You cannot find it anywhere in the guidelines but in AFD discussions etc, you will find the minimum acceptable is 2 or 3. It is a community unofficial minimum. RFCs and AFDs (given as an example) are very pretty different venues. ~ JASWE (talk) 07:43, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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What in the actual f-

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 09:23, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Lol, nice find. And it's been that way since 2017. Aleain (talk) 09:39, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

WP:RfPP/D? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:09, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

I mean RFPPD Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:10, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Also, the protecting admin got desysopped at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Kudpung

Couldn't bro have just ECP'd or semi'd the redirect? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:18, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, seems like an overreaction by the ex-admin. You could request a protection decrease. Aleain (talk) 10:22, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Tban lol

How about you? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:26, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Sure, I forgot about that. Sorry. Aleain (talk) 10:36, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

dw lol Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:42, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

About the Australian ISA man...

If the original incarnation of the article states in Wikivoice that the PAP has an "agenda for Malays to stray away from Islamic values and assimilate into the Chinese community", congratulations, I highly doubt the creator's competence, especially given that he's been on Wikipedia since 2019 and extended confirmed since October 2024 (estimation from rough scroll through Special:Contributions/N niyaz) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 11:00, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

It has mostly been cleaned up now, but it would be worth to continue keeping an eye on this article. The original written version is definitely a concern. Aleain (talk) 11:06, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

lol yeah

Chinese Singaporeans are not oofing Islam, that's for sure Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 11:08, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Hold on... oh shit, oversightable message

An abbreviated summary: a 78-year-old man says in the message that his 77-year-old wife went to, I believe, a Meet-the-People Session in the Teck Ghee division of Ang Mo Kio GRC, asking for K. Shanmugam's attention for a divorce application

Read at own discretion

He claims that there's full proof of the wife being mentally ill (e.g. violently slapping him during arguments, spitting on his face, beating him with various household objects until his hands bled and he got a medical certificate for that) and that Singaporean divorce laws are being abused by her and her legal defence to cause him massive financial damage

A specific (though hardly adhering to grammar) list of mental illnesses given by the man himself is:

Bipolar Disorder

Inconsistent Psychiatric

Trouble (all sic)

Apparently, he also asked a certain "minister Wang" to help with extra-legal mediation and not the court-ordered kind... didn't seem to have received any help

And he left his NRIC number at the end of the rant

Great day to see NOTHERE stuff amirite? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 14:25, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Undetected since 2022? Damn. Perhaps you could contact robertsky for this? Aleain (talk) 14:54, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

I would love to email the oversight people but I'm not confident about the tban... idfk Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

I forgot to also say that our man revealed the full names of both himself and his (at least then) wife Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 16:27, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

...again, the competence may be absent Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:09, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

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I was reading stuff when I checked Catholic Junior College because I saw on YT that it was slated to be moved to Punggol

Except I saw a grammatical error in the sentence about the move... so I checked the history and it was added by a TA

For some reason, I got interested and checked the Special:Contributions and realised that the account had engaged in vandalism on the now-semi'd Hwa Chong Institution

Upon a closer inspection of Special:Contributions, I found that the account had vandalised Boon Lay too, among other articles ("a" -> "an awesome" in intro; summary claimed a grammar fix... I totally trust that when you can't write a full English sentence with proper grammar) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:06, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Incredibly ironic... Aleain (talk) 07:36, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Ah yes, the China Time-honored Brand (not that I use American English) of bullshit edit summaries Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 10:34, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Also, for obvious reasons, we Singapore editors need to Make Keep 2025 Singaporean general election Great Again

(MAGA reference) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:46, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Seems like our dear friend ThomisticCreature and this TA is the same person. Aleain (talk) 13:04, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

whispers hey Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

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Ah yes...

... Je-suis-Pritamism Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 18:17, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

LLM accusations

Why do you believe that this comment is "an LLM response"? WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:08, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Aleain, I'm still hoping to get an answer to this question. You have accused someone of using an LLM. Even if you no longer think that's true, it would be helpful to know how you came to that conclusion. For example, is there an essay somewhere that you relied on, and perhaps it could be improved? WhatamIdoing (talk) 02:05, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

About ThomisticCreature

If you check out User talk:ThomisticCreature#January 2026, they are, as always, displaying a massive NOTHERE attitude and making threats of vandalism reports (except this time, they're on their final warning for disruption—specifically, Special:Diff/1334559361 (already reverted)—at Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith

I wouldn't be surprised to get accused of vandalism ngl Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:40, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Also, I saw your Special:Contributions; this is a pretty long list of Chens to impersonate Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:41, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

ThomisticCreature is a rage-baiter, I wouldn't bother interacting with them. Someone will deal with them eventually. Aleain (talk) 06:41, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm not confident about that... the admin (JBW) who reviewed them said that they were mostly good-faith and accused me, PhilKnight, and MakaylaHippo1998 of ganging up against a new editor Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:30, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

(for context, we three issued warnings against their vandalism) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:31, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

question for you

Hi there! Before posing my question, I just like to add some context to my question first. As an editor, I like to look back at my contribution history and see whether other editors made changes to articles I have edited previously. To see whether my edits are okay, missing things etc. I noted that you seems to be following my contribution history? Is my assumption correct?

I monitored changes to Singapore related articles via this link which I published on my page and I welcome any editor to monitor the changes and help to fix vandalism etc. You could have been doing the same thing as well. I noted that after I edited Malaysia, you are the next editor after 9 hours to edit the article, your contribution history around the period does not indicate you are editing related articles that could have directed you there. Also, Malaysia's article being edited does not show up on the link (as above). I decided to check my interaction timeline with you and noticed that there is a possibility that you are following my edits. I might be wrong since we are afterall editing within a small scope (aka Singapore related articles).

Again, my question is are you following my edits? And if yes, why? I like to note that there is nothing wrong with following another editor's edits. I am just curious, is that whether are you following my edits, that's all. ~ JASWE (talk) 08:05, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey there, I am not particularly tracking your edits. I often check Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:WikiProject Singapore/Index of Singapore-related articles in my free time to improve articles, make miscellaneous changes, or revert vandalism. Since that page collates all Singapore-related articles and we're both active in this topic area, it is inevitable that we will occasionally edit the same pages within short intervals. Please trust that I am not personally stalking you, even if it might appear that way. Aleain (talk) 08:44, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

Oh yeah, I also just noticed you mentioned that Malaysia is not on the list. I manually monitor selected Malaysia-related articles on my watchlist as well. Apologies for any misunderstanding. Aleain (talk) 08:47, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries. Not worried about stalking. Some edits have a lengthy period but could have been triggered by others. The interaction timeline is unable to show that and I decided to just pop the question to you for a faster response. End of the day, it is just a clarification of doubts on my side. Thanks! ~ JASWE (talk) 08:59, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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Express notification delivery lol Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 19:01, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Bro

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Uh... help?

I've been dealing with this apparently WP:NOTHERE editor (User talk:EnnisNatsume) who recreated the redirect NUS Business SchoolNUS Business School as an article with complete promotion (for proof, see Special:Permalink/1339924986)

I reverted the re-creation and warned them that they had an obvious COI which needed to be disclosed, and was less than impressed when they pasted the {{paid}} template directly into a reply using the visual mode

That template said that they had been paid by Boston College (presumably relevant to their edits on Boston College Carroll School of Management, which had never seen a COI disclosure)

When I warned them that they had engaged in WP:UPE and asked them to put the template on their user page, they again pasted it directly into the reply, except this time it claimed payment by the University of Colorado Boulder

I'm not sure what to do + I need to sleep; do you have ideas or the time to deal with this user? Thanks bro Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 14:15, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

I'd say not much action required for now unless they start edit warring over it. Then I'll make an post on ANI. Aleain (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 00:15, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

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Any ideas on how to deal with User talk:Whyiseverythingalreadyused § Non-Mandarin Chinese romanisations? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:35, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

Nvm; the D in BRD was difficult, but we're doing it at WT:SG Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:48, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

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• Ezhiki
• Queen of Hearts

Bureaucrat changes

• WereSpielChequers

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.

Technical news

• Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
• The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election closes on 1 June.

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Good Article Gazette, Issue 15

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Issue 15, 1 June 2026

Ongoing discussions	News	Current statistics
Numerous source-to-text issues = QF? Resuming my project of organising the good article lists Lengthy articles	The GAN backlog drive is live! New and experienced reviewers are welcome.	Number of GAs: 43,915 (+32) Number of nominations: 1033 (+53) GAs for reassessment: 42 (–32)

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	The Original Barnstar
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The Signpost: 21 June 2026

• From the editors: Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism
  Pointing the way to your contribution to The Signpost!

• News and notes: Community Tech development team disbanded
  And English Wikipedia reaches a milestone in number of highly active editors.

• Disinformation report: PR for the people?
  Or, "PR using PR for PR"?

• Recent research: Proposed tagging system for AI involvement; successful and unsuccessful AI tools for contributors
  And other new research publications.

• In the media: Who won a 14th century battle and who won the 2026 Iran war?
  Media take issue with portrayals of recent and medieval history on Wikipedia. Plus a team supporting Wikipedians gets dissolved, and a few other things.

• Community view: Putting the Wish into the Wishlist
  A history of the Wikimedia community's request process to Foundation developers.

• In focus: A global standard for Neutral Point of View
  Wikipedians are commenting on a proposed global standard for neutral point of view.

• On the bright side: Flowers, blue helmets, reefs, pride, and Juneteenth
  Nice things around the world.

• Op-ed: Breathe, Don’t Panic, there is a different story about Wikimedia + AI futures
  We can build a strategy about AI that doesn't just center on readers; there are still plenty of humans to write the encyclopedia and work on diverse global knowledge.

• Opinion: Wikimedia Foundation staff develop union and Wikimedia user community reacts
  Why should editors support the Wiki Workers United union drive? Lessons the Wikimedia movement can learn from other labor struggles.

• Technology report: Community Tech team is disbanded, controversy erupts
  WMF disbands Community Tech, sparking community backlash over the future of the Wishlist and concerns about unionization.

• Traffic report: 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
  Horror movies and Michael Jackson dominate theaters in the lead-up to the World Cup.

• WikiConference report: Report of Volunteer Supporters Network Annual Meeting 2026
  Outreach staff of Wikimedia chapters host a global discussion.

• Comix: Take your turn
  In a maze of twisty little edits, all alike.

• Humour: Group of banned T-shirt makers comes out of hiding to sell new Wikipedia-themed merchandise
  It ain't WikiProject United Nations, but you will find some PUNs.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2026).

Administrator changes

• Chipmunkdavis
• TechnoSquirrel69

• Mlaffs
• SpuriousQ
• Lectonar
• Dennis Brown
• Hog Farm

CheckUser changes

• Giraffer
• TonyBallioni

• Dbeef
• EdJohnston

Oversight changes

• Giraffer
• TonyBallioni

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Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.
• A request for comment proposes an addendum for the Real name section of the Username policy.

Technical news

• The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429)
• The "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts can be replaced with a preferred block duration stated on MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account. (phab:T427125)

Arbitration

• Following a series of motions, changes to the contentious topics procedure to restructure awareness have been implemented.
• The arbitration case Michael Jackson has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
• 10 candidates have been appointed to the U4C.

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Good Article Gazette, Issue 16

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Issue 16, 7 July 2026

Ongoing discussions	News	Current statistics
One year of review pledges GAN (user) talk page clutter Questions for new reviewers	The 100th GA Review Circle begins The June Backlog Drive concludes. Kiddush levana hits the 1.5 year mark in the queue.	Number of GAs: 44,338 (+423) Number of nominations: 906 (-127) GAs for reassessment: 34 (-8)

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The Signpost: 13 July 2026

• News and notes: An exclusive club
  Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger gets a community ban for canvassing.

• In the media: Battle for a soul – who won?
  Commissars, winners and losers, blocks or bans, a Wiki red card, social engineering on wikis, and Swift action!

• Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making
  Rules we can actually read, trust and change!

• Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias
  And other research findings.

• News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community
  The Wikicurious team shares their approach to Wiki-event organizing.

• Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026
  Quarterly update on the activities of the City University of New York's Wikimedian-in-Residence, Richard Knipel.

• Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act – for now
  A possible future recategorization by the UK Government remains an existential threat to Wikipedia.

• On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy
  Father's Day, Canada Day, and the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.

• Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community
  If strategy priority 1.1 is supporting the community, can we not increase the support to the community? Increasing grantmaking to 25% of the budget would be a move toward equality in the movement.

• Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter
  We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of World Cup.

• Comix: schnozzed
  on lollerskates

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Good Article Gazette, Issue 17

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Issue 17, 21 July 2026

Ongoing discussions	News	Current statistics
Spot checking at GA Available depth of information on vs. around subject People not adding newly-promoted good articles to the list Suggestion for future drives Add the Good Topic/Featured Topic symbols next to the GA/FA symbols on articles	Good articles get a navbox Survey of new reviewers begins	Number of GAs: 44,471 (+133) Number of nominations: 921 (+15) GAs for reassessment: 26 (-8)

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Good Article Gazette, Special issue

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Special issue - 28 July 2026

With several major discussions underway

Ongoing discussions		Current statistics
Likely invalid GAN review on Brewing Potential extra requirements for new reviewers Making WP:Good article reviewing guide a guideline instead of WP:Reviewing good articles Making the instructions more accessible Making the review closing tool easier to use How to handle inappropriate reviews	Handling a potentially biased review Model reviews Time for GAN QPQ (sort of) Proposed system for upgrading B-class articles to GA without formal review Time for an RfC on changes to GA Contribute at the August 2026 RfC page	Number of GAs: 44,523 (+52) Number of nominations: 954 (+33) GAs for reassessment: 26 (-8)

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The Signpost: 2 August 2026

• In the media: Union drive, most prolific editor make headlines
  AI's impact on Wikipedia, World Cup editing, and encyclopedia's place in public life.

• News and notes: Foundation rejects voluntary recognition of union, proposed board eligibility rules sharply restrict candidates
  Further: harassment allegations at Wikimania, and new RfC for Abstract Wikipedia.

• WikiConference: "Kurier, Signpost, wikipress: You can be a Wikimedia journalist" - Wikimania presentation by User:Noé Recap
  A recap of Noé Gasparini's Wikimania 2026 presentation on the variety of wikipress outlets

• In focus: Is Larry Sanger the co-founder of Wikipedia?
  A look over the years.

• Arbitration report: Think, and not just about content
  ArbCom continues business.

• News from Diff: Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026!
  Wikimedians of the Year 2026 announced at Wikimania 2026 - Paris

• On the bright side: The beautiful game
  2026 Men's FIFA World Cup, Wikimania music, and wikipress.

• Traffic report: Odyssey and Oyarzabal
  To take you in the sun to (Ithaca), to show you the World Cup, it's the time of the season for editing!

• Comix: Well-spotted
  You dasherdly—dash–dash−dash-dash!

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Administrators' newsletter – August 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2026).

Administrator changes

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• Staraction

• Danaman5

CheckUser changes

• dbeef

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the 30-day requirement for extended-confirmed status now begins after an account's first edit instead of its registration (T431060).

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• Inactive editors can now be removed as mentors at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship automatically.
• The Suggested Edits' Revise Tone feature is now enabled. It encourages editors to identify and revise non-neutral language in articles.

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• The Unreferenced articles August 2026 backlog drive is underway. Help to add references to 47,000 articles.
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Good article nominations RfC

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Hello and thanks for the promotional content alert on Foldable smartphone. I saw it today and decided to completely change the article. All the crap content about company X announcing device Y have been removed and I've instead put neutral info or key devices that launched new form factor categories like the tri-folds. I've made further big expansions and references to fill in information about physical styles and further developments of the form factor like glass displays and hinge changes all from neutral tech sources rather than bending to manufacturer promotional stuff so everything is now more cleaner and unbiased. I hope the result is good and you can remove that notice if you agree the article is now in a healthy state. --~2026-44908-71 (talk) 00:06, 17 August 2026 (UTC)