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The drive completed with <b>23851</b> reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to <b>0</b> (momentarily). Congratulations to <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hey_man_im_josh">Hey man im josh</a></span> who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Meena">Meena</a></span> and <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Greyzxq">Greyzxq</a></span> with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Backlog_drives/May_2023" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2023">this page</a> for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day. </p><p><b>Redirect autopatrol</b>: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Redirect_autopatrol_list#Requests" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Redirect autopatrol list">here</a>. </p><p><b>WMF work on PageTriage</b>: The <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Moderator_Tools" class="extiw" title="mw:Moderator Tools">WMF Moderator Tools team</a>, consisting of <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Samwalton9_(WMF)">Sam</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JSherman_(WMF)">Jason</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SCardenas_(WMF)">Susana</a></span>, and also some patches from <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_(WMF)">Jon</a></span>, has been hard at work <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_Curation/2023_Moderator_Tools_project" title="Wikipedia:Page Curation/2023 Moderator Tools project">updating PageTriage</a>. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in <a href="/wiki/Beta_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta test">beta test</a> where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of <a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">Special:NewPagesFeed</a>, to help find bugs. We will post more details at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:NPPR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:NPPR">WT:NPPR</a> when we are ready for beta testers. </p><p><b>Articles for Creation (AFC)</b>: All new page reviewers are now <b>automatically approved</b> for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:AFCP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:AFCP">WT:AFCP</a> like was required previously). To install the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFCH" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFCH">AFC helper script</a>, visit <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a>, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit <a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">Special:NewPagesFeed</a>, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script. </p><p>You can review the AFC workflow at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFCR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFCR">WP:AFCR</a>. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DRAFTOBJECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DRAFTOBJECT">draftspace is optional</a>, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest. </p><p><b>Pro tip</b>: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SNG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SNG">SNG</a>? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARTIST" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARTIST">WP:ARTIST</a> 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums). </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p><b>Reminders</b> </p> <ul><li>Newsletter feedback - please take this <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Newsletter" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Newsletter">short poll</a> about the newsletter.</li> <li>There is live chat with patrollers on the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://discordapp.com/invite/heF3xPu">New Page Patrol Discord</a> and <span style="font-family: monospace,Courier; white-space: pre-wrap !important; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 1200px; overflow: auto;">#wikimedia-npp</span> <sup class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#wikimedia-npp"><span style="color:green;">connect</span></a></sup> on IRC.</li> <li>Please add <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers">the project discussion page</a> to your watchlist.</li> <li>To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter_list" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Newsletter list">here</a>.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="WikiCup_2023_September_newsletter" data-mw-thread-id="h-WikiCup_2023_September_newsletter"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-WikiCup_2023_September_newsletter"></span>WikiCup 2023 September newsletter<span data-mw-comment-end="h-WikiCup_2023_September_newsletter"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chess&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: WikiCup 2023 September newsletter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-WikiCup_2023_September_newsletter","replies":[]}}--></div> <p>The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)"><img alt="New York (state)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_New_York.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="450"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Epicgenius" title="User:Epicgenius">Epicgenius</a>, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/23px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/35px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Transgender_Pride_flag.svg/46px-Transgender_Pride_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Sammi_Brie" title="User:Sammi Brie">Sammi Brie</a>, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Mars.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mars.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Mars.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mars.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Mars.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mars.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="540"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/User:Thebiguglyalien" title="User:Thebiguglyalien">Thebiguglyalien</a>, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.</li></ul> <p>Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition. </p><p>Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews">Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews</a>. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiCup">Wikipedia talk:WikiCup</a>, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. <small>If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send" title="Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send">Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send</a>.</small> </p><p>I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. <a href="/wiki/User:Sturmvogel_66" title="User:Sturmvogel 66">Sturmvogel 66</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Sturmvogel_66" title="User talk:Sturmvogel 66">talk</a>), and <a href="/wiki/User:Cwmhiraeth" title="User:Cwmhiraeth">Cwmhiraeth</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Cwmhiraeth" title="User talk:Cwmhiraeth">talk</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Guild_of_Copy_Editors_2023_Annual_Report" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_2023_Annual_Report"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_2023_Annual_Report"></span>Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_2023_Annual_Report"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chess&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_2023_Annual_Report","replies":[]}}--></div> <table style="position: relative; 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margin-right:auto;">Our <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Membership/News/2023_Annual_Report" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Membership/News/2023 Annual Report">2023 Annual Report</a></b> is now ready for review.</div> <p><b>Highlights:</b> </p> <ul><li>Introduction</li> <li>Membership news, obituary and election results</li> <li>Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page</li> <li>Closing words</li></ul> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">– Your Guild coordinators: <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dhtwiki">Dhtwiki</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miniapolis">Miniapolis</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wracking">Wracking</a></span>.</div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <small> To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Mailing_List" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List">our mailing list</a>.</small> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-SilverLocust-20241130061400","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400","replies":["c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"],"text":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 arbitration case opened","linkableTitle":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 arbitration case opened"}--><h2 id="Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened" data-mw-thread-id="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400"></span><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5">Palestine-Israel articles 5</a></i> arbitration case opened<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chess&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Palestine-Israel articles 5 arbitration case opened"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-SilverLocust-20241130061400","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400","replies":["c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened","timestamp":"20241130061400"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__1__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__1__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-SilverLocust-20241130061400","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened-20241130061400","replies":["c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"],"text":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 arbitration case opened","linkableTitle":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 arbitration case opened"}--></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"></span>You offered a statement in an arbitration enforcement referral. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5">Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5</a>. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Evidence" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Evidence">Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Evidence</a>. <b>Please add your evidence by 23:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC), which is when the evidence phase closes.</b> You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Workshop" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Workshop">Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Workshop</a>. For a guide to the arbitration process, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Party_Guide/Introduction" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Party Guide/Introduction">Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Party Guide/Introduction</a>. For the Arbitration Committee, <a href="/wiki/User:SilverLocust" title="User:SilverLocust">SilverLocust</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:SilverLocust" title="User talk:SilverLocust">💬</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Chess#c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">06:14, 30 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241130061400","author":"SilverLocust","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-SilverLocust-20241130061400-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_arbitration_case_opened"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800","replies":["c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"],"text":"Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter","linkableTitle":"Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter"}--><h2 id="Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800"></span>Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chess&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800","replies":["c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter","timestamp":"20241207224800"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__1__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__1__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter-20241207224800","replies":["c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"],"text":"Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter","linkableTitle":"Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter"}--></div></div></div> <div lang="en" dir="ltr"> <table style="position: relative; margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: #dfeff3; color: #000000"> <tbody><tr> <td><span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GOCE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:GOCE"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"></span>Guild of Copy Editors</a> December 2024 Newsletter</b></span> <div style="float:right; width: 75px; height: 60px;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; top: -20px; right: -12px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Writing_Magnifying.PNG/100px-Writing_Magnifying.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Writing_Magnifying.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="140" data-file-height="140"/></span></span></div> <hr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgba( 109, 193, 240, 0.75 );"/> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Copyeditors_progress.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Copyeditors_progress.png/220px-Copyeditors_progress.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Copyeditors_progress.png/330px-Copyeditors_progress.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/Copyeditors_progress.png/440px-Copyeditors_progress.png 2x" data-file-width="1314" data-file-height="843"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Ombox" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Ombox">announcements box</a> to your watchlist. </p><p><b>Election news:</b> The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure <s>nearly</s> everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Coordinators/2025/1" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Coordinators/2025/1"><b>nominate themselves or another editor to be a Guild coordinator</b></a> (with their permission, of course) until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June. </p><p><b>Drive:</b> In our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/September_2024" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2024"><b>September Backlog Elimination Drive</b></a>, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/September_2024/Barnstars" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/September 2024/Barnstars"><b>here</b></a>. </p><p><b>Blitz:</b> The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/October_2024" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2024"><b>October Copy Editing Blitz</b></a> saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/October_2024/Barnstars" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/October 2024/Barnstars"><b>here</b></a>. </p><p><b>Drive:</b> In our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/November_2024" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2024"><b>November Backlog Elimination Drive</b></a>, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are posted <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Backlog_elimination_drives/November_2024/Barnstars" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2024/Barnstars"><b>here</b></a>. </p><p><b>Blitz:</b> The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2024#Signing_up" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2024"><b>Sign up here</b></a>. Barnstars awarded will be posted <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Blitzes/December_2024/Barnstars&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Blitzes/December 2024/Barnstars (page does not exist)"><b>here</b></a>. </p><p><b>Progress report:</b> As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles. </p><p>Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dhtwiki">Dhtwiki</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Miniapolis">Miniapolis</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mox_Eden">Mox Eden</a> and <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wracking">Wracking</a></span>. </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <small>To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guild_of_Copy_Editors/Mailing_List" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Mailing List">our mailing list</a>.</small> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <p>Message sent by <a href="/wiki/User:Baffle_gab1978" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Baffle gab1978">Baffle_gab1978</a> using <a href="/wiki/User:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User:MediaWiki message delivery">MediaWiki message delivery</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:MediaWiki_message_delivery" title="User talk:MediaWiki message delivery">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Chess#c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)</a>.<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20241207224800","author":"MediaWiki message delivery","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MediaWiki_message_delivery-20241207224800-Guild_of_Copy_Editors_December_2024_Newsletter"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-HouseBlaster-20241208032000","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000","replies":["c-HouseBlaster-20241208032000-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates"],"text":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates","linkableTitle":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates"}--><h2 id="Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000"></span><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5"><i>Palestine-Israel articles 5</i></a> updates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chess&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-HouseBlaster-20241208032000","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000","replies":["c-HouseBlaster-20241208032000-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-HouseBlaster-20241208032000-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates","timestamp":"20241208032000"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__1__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__1__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-HouseBlaster-20241208032000","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates-20241208032000","replies":["c-HouseBlaster-20241208032000-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates"],"text":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates","linkableTitle":"Palestine-Israel articles 5 updates"}--></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-HouseBlaster-20241208032000-Palestine-Israel_articles_5_updates"></span>You are receiving this message because you are on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Update_list" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Update list">the update list</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5"><i>Palestine-Israel articles 5</i></a>. The drafters note that the scope of the case was somewhat unclear, and clarify that the scope is <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248585704">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{color:#00B785}}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk{font-family:Georgia,"DejaVu Serif",serif;color:#008560;quotes:none}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-italic{font-family:inherit;font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .inline-quote-talk-marks{quotes:"\"""\""}</style><q class="inline-quote-talk inline-quote-talk-marks">The interaction of named parties in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PIA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PIA">WP:PIA</a> topic area and examination of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AE">WP:AE</a> process that led to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment/Archive_129#Arbitration_enforcement_referral:_Nableezy,_et_al" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 129">two</a> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment/Archive_130#Amendment_request:_Palestine-Israel_articles_(AE_referral)" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 130">referrals</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARCA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARCA">WP:ARCA</a></q>. Because this was unclear, two changes are being made: </p><p>First, <b>the Committee will accept submissions for new parties for the next three days</b>, until <b>23:59, 10 December 2024 (UTC)</b>. Anyone who wishes to suggest a party to the case may do so by creating a new section on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Evidence" title="Wikipedia talk:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Evidence">the evidence talk page</a>, providing a reason with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DIFFS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DIFFS">WP:DIFFS</a> as to why the user should be added, and notifying the user. After the three-day period ends, no further submission of parties will be considered except in exceptional circumstances. Because the Committee only hears disputes that have failed to be resolved by the usual means, proposed parties should have been recently taken to AE/AN/ANI, and either not sanctioned, or incompletely sanctioned. If a proposed party has not been taken to AE/AN/ANI, evidence is needed as to why such an attempt would have been ineffective. </p><p>Second, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5/Evidence" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Evidence">evidence phase</a> <b>has been extended by a week</b>, and will now close at <b>23:59, 21 December 2024 (UTC)</b>. 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Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2024/50" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2024/50">Translations</a> are available. </p><p><b>Weekly highlight</b> </p> <ul><li>Technical documentation contributors can find updated resources, and new ways to connect with each other and the Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team, at the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Documentation" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Documentation">Documentation hub</a> on MediaWiki.org. This page links to: resources for writing and improving documentation, a new <bdi lang="zxx" dir="ltr">#wikimedia-techdocs</bdi> IRC channel on libera.chat, a listing of past and upcoming documentation events, and ways to request a documentation consultation or review. If you have any feedback or ideas for improvements to the documentation ecosystem, please <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Documentation_Team#Contact_us" class="extiw" title="mw:Wikimedia Technical Documentation Team">contact the Technical Documentation Team</a>.</li></ul> <p><b>Updates for editors</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png/220px-Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png/330px-Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png/440px-Edit_Check_on_Desktop.png 2x" data-file-width="9363" data-file-height="7422"/></a><figcaption>Layout change for the Edit Check feature</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Later this week, <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_check" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Edit check">Edit Check</a> will be relocated to a sidebar on desktop. Edit check is the feature for new editors to help them follow policies and guidelines. This layout change creates space to present people with <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_check#1_November_2024" class="extiw" title="mw:Edit check">new Checks</a> that appear <i>while</i> they are typing. The <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Edit_check#Reference_Check_A/B_Test" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Edit check">initial results</a> show newcomers encountering Edit Check are 2.2 times more likely to publish a new content edit that includes a reference and is not reverted.</li> <li>The Chart extension, which enables editors to create data visualizations, was successfully made available on MediaWiki.org and three pilot wikis (Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedias). You can see a working examples <a href="https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charts" class="extiw" title="testwiki:Charts">on Testwiki</a> and read <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Chart/Project/Updates" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Chart/Project/Updates">the November project update</a> for more details.</li> <li>Translators in wikis where the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Content_translation/Section_translation#Try_the_tool" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Content translation/Section translation">mobile experience of Content Translation is available</a>, can now discover articles in Wikiproject campaigns of their interest from the "<a class="external text" href="https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ContentTranslation&campaign=specialcx&filter-type=automatic&filter-id=collections&active-list=suggestions&from=es&to=en">All collection</a>" category in the articles suggestion feature. Wikiproject Campaign organizers can use this feature, to help translators to discover articles of interest, by adding the <code dir="ltr"><page-collection> </page-collection></code> tag to their campaign article list page on Meta-wiki. This will make those articles discoverable in the Content Translation tool. For more detailed information on how to use the tool and tag, please refer to <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Translation_suggestions:_Topic-based_%26_Community-defined_lists/How_to_use_the_features" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists/How to use the features">the step-by-step guide</a>. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T378958">[1]</a></li> <li>The <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Nuke" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Nuke">Nuke</a> feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, now has a <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T376379#10310998" class="extiw" title="phab:T376379">multiselect filter for namespace selection</a>. This enables users to select multiple specific namespaces, instead of only one or all, when fetching pages for deletion.</li> <li>The Nuke feature also now <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T364225#10371365" class="extiw" title="phab:T364225">provides links</a> to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions. Thanks to Chlod and the Moderator Tools team for both of these improvements. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T364225#10371365">[2]</a></li> <li>The Editing Team is working on making it easier to populate citations from archive.org using the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Citoid/Enabling_Citoid_on_your_wiki" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Citoid/Enabling Citoid on your wiki">Citoid</a> tool, the auto-filled citation generator. They are asking communities to add two parameters preemptively, <code dir="ltr">archiveUrl</code> and <code dir="ltr">archiveDate</code>, within the TemplateData for each citation template using Citoid. You can see an <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3ACite_web%2Fdoc&diff=1261320172&oldid=1260788022">example of a change in a template</a>, and a <a class="external text" href="https://global-search.toolforge.org/?namespaces=10&q=%5C%22citoid%5C%22%3A%20%5C%7B&regex=1&title=">list of all relevant templates</a>. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374831">[3]</a></li> <li>One new wiki has been created: a Wikivoyage in <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9240" class="extiw" title="d:Q9240">Indonesian</a> (<a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/id:" class="extiw" title="voy:id:"><code>voy:id:</code></a>) <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T380726">[4]</a></li> <li>Last week, all wikis had problems serving pages to logged-in users and some logged-out users for 30–45 minutes. This was caused by a database problem, and investigation is ongoing. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.wikimediastatus.net/incidents/3g2ckc7bp6l9">[5]</a></li> <li><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Recurrent item"><img alt="Recurrent item" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Octicons-sync.svg/12px-Octicons-sync.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Octicons-sync.svg/18px-Octicons-sync.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Octicons-sync.svg/24px-Octicons-sync.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024"/></span></span> View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently_resolved_community_tasks" class="extiw" title="m:Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/Recently resolved community tasks">resolved last week</a>. For example, a bug in the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Add_a_link" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:Growth/Tools/Add a link">Add Link</a> feature has been fixed. Previously, the list of sections which are excluded from Add Link was partially ignored in certain cases. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T380455">[6]</a><a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T380329">[7]</a></li></ul> <p><b>Updates for technical contributors</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Codex" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/Codex">Codex</a>, the design system for Wikimedia, now has an early-stage <a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/design/codex-php" class="extiw" title="git:design/codex-php">implementation in PHP</a>. It is available for general use in MediaWiki extensions and Toolforge apps through <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://packagist.org/packages/wikimedia/codex">Composer</a>, with use in MediaWiki core coming soon. More information is available in <a href="https://doc.wikimedia.org/design-codex-php/main/index.html" class="extiw" title="wmdoc:design-codex-php/main/index.html">the documentation</a>. Thanks to Doğu for the inspiration and many contributions to the library. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T379662">[8]</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/">Wikimedia REST API</a> users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. On December 4, the MediaWiki Interfaces team began rerouting page/revision metadata and rendered HTML content endpoints on <a href="https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="testwiki:">testwiki</a> from RESTbase to comparable MediaWiki REST API endpoints. The team encourages active users of these endpoints to verify their tool's behavior on testwiki and raise any concerns on the related <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T374683" class="extiw" title="phab:T374683">Phabricator ticket</a> before the end of the year, as they intend to roll out the same change across all Wikimedia projects in early January. These changes are part of the work to replace the outdated <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RESTBase/deprecation" class="extiw" title="mw:RESTBase/deprecation">RESTBase</a> system.</li> <li>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/986172">2024 Developer Satisfaction Survey</a> is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 3 January 2025, and has an associated <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Developer_Satisfaction_Survey_2024_Privacy_Statement" class="extiw" title="foundation:Legal:Developer Satisfaction Survey 2024 Privacy Statement">privacy statement</a>.</li> <li>There is no new MediaWiki version this week. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deployments/Yearly_calendar">[9]</a></li></ul> <p><b>Meetings and events</b> </p> <ul><li>The next meeting in the series of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:WMF_support_for_Commons/Commons_community_calls" class="extiw" title="c:Commons:WMF support for Commons/Commons community calls">Wikimedia Foundation discussions with the Wikimedia Commons community</a> will take place on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_12_December_2024_08:00_UTC" class="extiw" title="m:Event:Commons community discussion - 12 December 2024 08:00 UTC">December 12 at 8:00 UTC</a> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Commons_community_discussion_-_12_December_2024_16:00_UTC" class="extiw" title="m:Event:Commons community discussion - 12 December 2024 16:00 UTC">at 16:00 UTC</a>. 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