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All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard</a> within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.</li> <li>Following a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#RfC:_Enacting_T5_(unused_template_subpages)" title="Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion">request for comment</a>, a new speedy deletion criterion, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:T5" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:T5">T5</a>, has been enacted. 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