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Waipiro Stream

After creating the Kumutoto Stream article are you interested in creating any more culverted stream articles? Because I've finally found out what the green things near the cenotaph are: they represent the Waipiro (or Wai Piro, apparently) Stream. Can't find many sources but thought you might be interested, don't know. Panamitsu ✨ 08:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh I must have walked over those a hundred times without realising what they were for! Funny you should ask, as I'd recently begun looking into the Waimāpihi Stream (which runs down Aro Valley, and then under Vivian/Cuba/Te Aro Park) as a potential article.

After that I'd definitely be keen to eventually get around to Waipiro and Waitangi too (though anyone's welcome to beat me to it – Waitangi Park already has info on the stream that could be used as a basis for an article) nil ^nz 09:23, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Interesting! Panamitsu ✨ 09:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Couple of months late, but I finally got around to starting a draft at Draft:Waipiro Stream. Sources are pretty scarce though, but I'm sure there'll be enough once I delve into some archives.
I also found out that there's a second stream – Tutaenui – that also runs down Bowen St and beneath Parliament, and has a rather unsavoury Māori name. It's a shame it looks like there are even less sources on it, cos Did you know... that "great amounts of excrement" runs through New Zealand's parliament? would make for a great hook. In solidarity, nil ^nz 22:11, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Haha, interesting. ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:27, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

Hello Nil NZ,

New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026

Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

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JTtheOG was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.

Hey man im josh and MPGuy2824 won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

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My Apology

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Salami Rose Joe Louis was an enjoyable read and review, thanks for your contributions <3 Snuggle📫 03:56, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank You from a New User

Hello! I didn't get the chance to thank you for the help on my page about the List of Snakes from Wyoming before my ask page got archived, but I really really appreciate the help with it. I'm still getting the hang of it all, and your edits were very helpful. Thank you so much! Cheers! Churchcoyote (talk) 07:02, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Churchcoyote, my pleasure! I've seen you've resubmitted it, so I've gone through and accepted it, and moved it into mainspace – nice work! nil ^nz 00:01, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh, wonderful! Thank you so much! Churchcoyote (talk) 03:02, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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Hi, Nil NZ, I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day! Have a great day! ―Panamitsu (talk) 23:10, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

I hadn't even realised – thank you! nil ^nz 00:00, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you

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		By the power vested in me by nobody in particular, I hereby award you the DYK barnstar for creating the page Kumutoto Stream and successfully nominating it for DYK. It's a joy to see this little Wellington secret get a bit more attention. AxonsArachnida (talk) 07:49, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

@AxonsArachnida Thank you!!! It's probably been one of my favourite little articles to write, so stoked to be able to share it with the world :D In solidarity, nil ^nz 00:12, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Kumutoto Stream

On 2 June 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kumutoto Stream, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that "no one told the eels to stop acting like eels" beneath the streets of Wellington? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kumutoto Stream. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Kumutoto Stream), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.

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Request for gift article

Hello! First of all, congrats on getting your DYK article for Kumutoto Stream. This was a very interesting read!

I saw the bottom of your user page noting you can gift articles. Two days ago, I created an article about a board game created by two New Zealanders, Endeavor: Deep Sea (EDS). It is in fact going through the DYK process at the moment. As part of my research for this article, one article I found was this one from The Post which relates to Wellycon and at some stage mentions EDS was the featured board game. If there is any chance you could gift me this article this would be very helpful. I am not sure exactly how it works, so let me know if anything further is needed from me. Thank you. JaumeBG (talk) 09:57, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you!! More than happy to help with that – the Post don't do gift urls, but I'll email you a plain text copy instead. It doesn't look like it says too much about EDS, but hopefully it's still of use. In solidarity, nil ^nz 10:34, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for sending that through. That's much appreciated. Yes, I was able to use that reference on the article for Wellycon, so that's useful. And it's interesting to read the article anyway as not too much media reported on Wellycon this year it seems. Thanks — have a good day! JaumeBG (talk) 10:55, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for AfC work + apology

Hi Nil: I wanted to thank you for your work reviewing Articles For Creation. I also wanted to apologize re: "Decline of Draft: St. Martin Unity Flag". You are fully correct. I got cranky about fixing ref formatting, I'll use a maintenance tag in the future. :) CopyleftEverything (talk) 02:03, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi @CopyleftEverything, no worries at all! Understandably, AfC can feel like a slog at times, so there's no harm in skipping drafts and leaving them in the queue – I've certainly had moments when I've started a review, got halfway through and gone "what tf is this?" before deciding I did not have the brain power to deal with it in that moment😅 In solidarity, nil ^nz 04:48, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

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Request on 14:48:31, 10 June 2026 for assistance on AfC submission by Knowyourenemy40

• Knowyourenemy40 (talk · contribs)
  • Benny Horowitz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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I'm trying to create a Wiki page for one of the Gaslight Anthem members, but for some reason the sources aren't being seen as sufficient. However, the other Gaslight Anthem members that have Wiki pages published use some of the same sources. I'm not sure why this particular member is getting flagged. As a fan of the band, I was looking to establish pages for each member, and there's plenty of evidence that this person is a part of the band.

Knowyourenemy40 (talk) 14:48, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Knowyourenemy40, so the issue here is WP:BANDMEMBER, which is our inclusion guidelines for articles about band members. Essentially, it needs to be demonstrated that Horowitz meets our inclusion criteria for musicians ("notability") as an individual, separate to that of the band. If the only reason he is notable is because he's a member of Gaslight Anthem, then he is unlikely to qualify for a standalone page. If he is notable as an individual (e.g. he releases a solo project, or he's the subject of multiple indepth profiles from independent reliable sources), then a standalone page may be appropriate.
I had a look at the two other band members who already had their own pages, and see that they were both created in 2010; Wikipedia had much poorer processes and criteria back then, so using other pages as a point of comparison doesn't always help. If it was submitted today, the page for Alex Rosamilia would also not be published.
My recommendation would be to continue improving the page for Gaslight Anthem, and in the future, when more sources may exist, creating a separate article for Horowitz. In solidarity, nil ^nz 02:07, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 NPP backlog drive – Points award

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition of Nil NZ for accumulating at least 10 points in the May 2026 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped review 14884 articles during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and helping reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer ■ 15:58, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

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• Grantmaking strategy & Affiliate model: Members of the Global Resources Distribution Committee (GRDC) and the Affiliations Committee (AffCom) met to advance two key movement initiatives: the development of a new Grantmaking strategy and a refreshed Affiliate Model. They produced initial proposals and advanced work on both initiatives ahead of broader conversations planned for Wikimania 2026.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan

• Enterprise: SimPPL Uses Wikimedia Enterprise to Map Online Conversations and Fact-Check Social Media.

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Appreciate twin this idiot was fighting me 😭 happy late pride 🏳️‍🌈 ~2026-37733-34 (talk) 22:21, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

No worries, and welcome to Wikipedia! Please don't call other editors idiots though or make other personal attacks; they were using a semi-automated tool, and may not have seen the full context. And happy belated pride month to you too! In solidarity, nil ^nz 02:49, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

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Hi. Sorry, a bit late on this, but I noticed you reverted my edit on Mr. Skin. I changed the "Type of site" descriptor to "Adult website" because I noticed that was the descriptor on the article of the website's spin-off site Mr. Man, so I thought the main site should have the same descriptor to be consistent. Should the piped link on the Mr. Man article also be removed? ~2026-38668-22 (talk) 21:10, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello, no worries! I'd say so by my reading of WP:EUPHEMISM: "internet pornography" is a lot more obvious/less vague than "adult website" is when describing the site's contents. In solidarity, nil ^nz 21:59, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply and advice. I edited the Mr. Man article as you suggested. (TA changed, but still the same person.) ~2026-38835-03 (talk) 02:54, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 12

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on June 19. Please help translate. This edition uses the new annual plan goals for this fiscal year (July 2026–June 2027).

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Highlights

• Wikipedia 25: Wikipedia's 25th birthday was celebrated with various projects designed to grow awareness and support for Wikipedia and the people who make it possible. This includes the virtual birthday event on January 15, which garnered 10,000 live viewers and 15,000 reactions. Find more details on all related projects and results in the program report.
• Sustainable use of Wikimedia infrastructure: A valid user-agent string will now be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement of the long standing user-agent policy. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
• Increasing account creation: The experiment providing direct access to “Create account” and “Log in” actions on mobile increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality. The feature will now be rolled out to all wikis on mobile web.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

With Sub-referencing editors can reuse and add details to a main reference.

• Add A Link: The Foundation deployed Add A Link as a default-on suggestion within Suggestion Mode. It is now launched on all wikis to all editors who have opted in to the Suggestion Beta Feature.
• Reusing references: Sub-referencing, the new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, was deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions.
• Wikifunctions: Check out the 71 new functions with implementations to get a taste of what functions have been created.
• Range calculator: The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.
• Captcha verification: Abuse filters that are set to “require CAPTCHA verification” now also affect users with the skipcaptcha right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter.
• Latest experiments: An upcoming experiment is testing two variations of a "thank you" badge shown to donors after a recent donation to deepen the relationship between donors and the Wikimedia movement. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Account security on private wikis: Two-factor authentication will become mandatory for user accounts on private wikis. This will protect private information from being exposed by an account with a compromised password.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 26 and 27 include users will now get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. See also the 65 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
• Team Challenges: The core organizing team for Wikimania is introducing Team Challenges, a different approach to Wikimania Hackathon. This year, Wikimedians and professionals from other fields will join forces to undertake one of the 2026 technical challenges.

Annual Goals Progress on Enable
See also: Research newsletter · WikiLearn News · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Wikimedia Hackathon: A look at the 2026 edition of Wikimedia Hackathon which brought together 216 participants from 29 countries building, collaborating, and shaping the future together.
• Wikimedia Hubs: The Hub Fund will pause funding for new pilots in fiscal year 2026–2027 to align with the work on the Ecosystem of Movement Organizations and the Global Resource Distribution Committee. Existing pilots in transition will be offered an additional year of funding.

Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Wikimedians shared their reflections on how Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum reinforced the role of our movement within broader digital rights conversations.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers

• Journalism Award: Wikimedia Foundation announced three journalists from Africa as recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The awards celebrate the essential role journalists play in creating well-researched articles that volunteer editors can use as source materials to develop content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In total, 320 submissions were received from 40 African countries.

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June 2026 Good Article Backlog Drive

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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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The Story Won't Die and Rotten Tomatoes

Hello: Thank you so much for adding the The Story Won't Die article to Wikipedia. I appreciate your time. I have one question which I listed on the articles talk page about the 6.5/10 average from Rotten Tomatoes. I don't think the way it is currently mentioned is accurate. Ray Lobo is the only film critic to mention that score. Would you have time to look at my question? Thanks very much! LeepKendall (talk) 19:10, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi @LeepKendall, that's a good point – I've removed it from sentence now as it's only a single critic's score, rather a weighted score. Happy editing! In solidarity, nil ^nz 08:09, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 16:21, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Articles for Creation backlog drive

Hello Nil NZ:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in August!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than a month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 August 2026 through 31 August 2026.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
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Please don't reject Draft:Australopithecus alorensis

Eureka! I have found a reliable source

Wikidata:Australopithecus alorensis Duodeca 12 (talk) 15:58, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

and i am creating

Wikispecies:Australopithecus alorensis Duodeca 12 (talk) 16:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

I already did create it Duodeca 12 (talk) 16:11, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 13

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on July 3. Please help translate. The work follows annual plan goals for this fiscal year (July 2026–June 2027).

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Highlights

• Reflections from around the puzzle globe: Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Bernadette Meehan shares her reflections from around the puzzle globe.
• Wikimania 2026: Wikimania is happening this week! After the event, all streamed sessions will be linked in the program on Eventyay and later uploaded to Commons.
• Grantmaking: The Global Resource Distribution Committee has published a Grantmaking Strategy draft that sets out a renewed approach to how the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Fund is distributed across the Wikimedia Movement. The GRDC is requesting feedback from volunteers and affiliates, regardless of whether they are grantees or not.
• Movement Ecosystem: A proposal that would update movement affiliate recognition and establish new, connected criteria for eligibility to receive Community Fund grants is now available for community review. You are invited to read the proposal and participate in the discussion until August 7.
• AI's impact on Free Knowledge: How AI threatens the social contract of free knowledge and what we can do about it.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

• The Wikipedia Library: Five new collections were added to the Wikipedia Library and a course developed by leading experts in academic publishing and open knowledge was launched.
• Women+ contributions in Wikimedia Tech: A guide based on lived experience on how to address some of the invisible barriers for women+ in more technical Wikimedia spaces and recommendations to become more inclusive. Help further by filling out this survey to better understand technical contributions by women+ across Wikimedia projects until July 20.
• Structured Experimentation: A reflection on the first year of structured experimentation highlights successful experiments such as Paste Check, Reference Check, and Tone Check, which improved editing outcomes and have been rolled out to more users, as well as experiments that did not lead to product changes.
• Revise Tone test ended: The A/B test of Revise Tone ended on July 9. It showed that newcomer task completion rates increased by 38.7% compared to the default Copyedit task, with no decrease in edit quality. The feature is now available for everyone on the Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Wikipedias. The plan is to release Revise Tone to more wikis.
• Keeping mentor list up to date: Administrators on wikis where Growth features are available can now automatically remove inactive mentors by configuring the settings at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship to keep the list updated. Mentors are experienced contributors who opt in to help new users on-wiki through the Growth Features.
• Wikifunctions: How Abstract Wikipedia fits into the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan FY26/27.
• Wikidata: The latest Wikidata Platform newsletter (July edition) shares how to identify and rewrite queries that rely on Blazegraph-specific extensions and affected by the migration off Blazegraph.
• Discussion Tools: On English Wikipedia, DiscussionTools' Usability Improvements has now become default for talk pages. You can opt-out of these changes at any time in user preferences. With this, Discussion Tools are now fully available at all wikis.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 28 and 29 include the new Parsoid parser continues to be deployed to additional wikis, making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. See also the 72 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks. Overall, from April – June 2026 about 337 community tasks were resolved by the Wikimedia Foundation.
• Language inclusivity at Wikimania 2026: New approaches to translation and interpretation will be tested at Wikimania this year.
• Call for submissions open for Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026: The Wikimedia community in Latin America has opened the call for session proposals for the Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026. Community members are invited to submit proposals for the conference program by August 10.

Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Advocacy: China again blocks the Wikimedia Foundation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• UK Online Safety Act: Ofcom, the United Kingdom's Office of Communications, announced that Wikipedia is not designated as a Category 1 service under the Online Safety Act (OSA). This is an important and welcomed outcome as a Category 1 designation could have included privacy and safety risks to our global community of volunteers.
• UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon: Volunteers created 60 new Wikipedia articles and made nearly 700 updates to improve Wikipedia's coverage of UN and open source topics at the second UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon co-hosted by Wikimedia Foundation.
• "Don’t Blink": The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers

A Wiki Minute video series are now available.

• "A Wiki Minute" videos: New videos are added to the series answering some of the most common questions such as "Do you still need Wikipedia when AI can answer anything?" and "Does Wikipedia push a political agenda?".
• Wikipedia 25 brand collaboration in Indonesia: On 4 July, the Jakarta-based street wear company Ageless Galaxy launched a Wikipedia 25 collection, the first ever Wikipedia Brand Collaboration in Asia. The apparel collection featured hats, t-shirts, and a jigsaw puzzle cardigan. Wikimedians in Indonesia joined Ageless Galaxy for a launch party.

Other updates

• Leadership: Reflections on 15 years at Wikimedia Foundation and a new chapter.
• Enterprise: GNOMI Partners with Wikimedia Enterprise to Bring Trusted Human Knowledge to Its AI News Agent.

Board and Board committee updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Elections Eligibility: There are new proposed eligibility criteria for standing as a candidate in Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election now available for feedback. The requirements are more specific and detailed than in years past, to both inform the community of what the Board needs and to create multiple pathways to the Board for Wikimedians.

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How to participate WP:AFCAUG26 and list my idd on the participant list? Nomadwikiholic1 (talk) 19:29, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Nomadwikiholic1, just head to Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/August 2026 Backlog Drive/Participants, and add your name to the bottom of the list using the template in the header :) In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:57, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

August 2026 Backlog Drive

Hi, I've been reviewing AFCs most of this morning but no details have yet appeared for me at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/August_2026_Backlog_Drive Have I missed something? Theroadislong (talk) 13:56, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: Known issue, see WT:WPAFC#Leaderboard for Backlog Drive ? and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Articles for creation/August 2026 Backlog Drive. Tenshi! (Talk page) 13:59, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

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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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 14

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on July 18. Please help translate.

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Wikimania 2026 group photo with Baby Globe

Special Wikimania issue
This is a special Wikimania issue of the Bulletin. We'll be back to our regular format in the next issue

• Wikimania Paris: Paris hosted Wikimania 2026 as Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of free knowledge. Catch up on missed sessions of Wikimania 2026 by checking session pages in the program.
• Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2026: The beloved Wikimedian of The Year awards shine the light on exceptional individuals, and through them, on the whole Wikimedia community. Learn about all of this year's winners.
• Daily highlights from Wikimania:
  • Day 1 – Defining a moment of change
  • Day 2 – Freedom, equity and reliability
  • Day 3 – Growing language communities
  • Day 4 – The joy of contributing
• Public policy advocacy: Overview of Wikimania 2026 sessions about public policy advocacy. While not all sessions are recorded, you can watch some by clicking the session.
• Users with extended rights pre-conference: 190 users with extended rights from all around the world gathered at a Wikimania pre-conference, to exchange experiences, learn from each other and connect.
• Media coverage: The event was mentioned in many media outlets as part of wider coverage about the Wikimedia projects including in Le Monde, El Nacional and Radio France.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

• Improvement to Reading Lists: Community feedback around the placement of watchstar and watchlist buttons for the Reading Lists beta feature has been incorporated. 93% of participating users reported that it was useful. This feature allows saving articles for later reading – a wishlist item to bring the functionality to web.
• Creating custom edit suggestions: With the TextMatch feature, volunteers can now create custom local suggestions within the VisualEditor for improving Wikipedia articles. You can find examples from other communities for inspiration. Share your feedback.
• Dark mode for Content Translation: Content Translation now supports dark mode, fulfilling a Community Wishlist request. This brings the tool in line with the accessibility features available in the Vector 2022 and Minerva skins, helping reduce visual fatigue for users translating content.
• Mobile page preview: Based on the conclusion of the experiment, mobile page previews feature will not be rolled out. The experiment showed flat retention and negative indicator metrics, suggesting that mobile web readers preferred navigating directly to linked articles rather than using page previews.
• Scaling of Explore Feed to iOS: The Explore Feed Refresh initiative was tested with new and casual Wikipedia app readers. The refreshed feed helps readers discover new and relevant content. After a 10.5% increase in engagement with the feed, Home Feed redesign will be scaled to iOS by applying the learnings from the Android release.
• Improving Account Creation process: After running several Account Creation Experiments to improve registration completion rates, a new version of the username field on Create Account has been rolled out. Read more.
• Latest experiments: An ongoing experiment is testing to better guide Temporary Account users toward full account creation. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 30 and 31 include that now wikis can restrict editing in the “User” namespace to only the page owner and certain user groups. See also the 50 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
• New bot detection system for all wikis: After a successful trial, which showed evidence of both deterring bots and being easier to use, hCaptcha (our new bot detection system) has been rolled out to all wikis, for account creation, and for most newcomer edits.

Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Online age verification: Around the world, governments are adopting different approaches to online age verification. Learn more about it and how it is shaping our experiences online in a new three-part blog series: "What is it, a timeline of age-based restrictions, and why it matters", "What means what, how it's done, and balancing child rights and safety", and "Age-based restrictions, draft bills to watch, global complexity, and engaging with lawsuits".

Board and Board committee updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Affiliation Committees: Celebrating 20 Years of the Wikimedia Affiliations Committee.

Other updates

• Enterprise: How Wikimedia Enterprise protects Wikipedia in the AI era.
• Unionization: Wikimedia Foundation Statement on US unionization request.

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Draft: Li'l Andy (thanks!)

Hi Nil NZ, Thanks again for catching the many, many issues in my Draft:Li'l Andy article. This is my first article and I wanted it to be really good! I've gone through the whole draft and fixed the "text-to-source integrity" problems like you mentioned, and feel it's ready for review. I can't believe how different it is from its earliest version (which I must admit looks awful to me now!) It's resubmitted if you have a chance to take another look, no rush if you're busy. In gratitude JenPrevost (talk) 13:06, 6 August 2026 (UTC)Jen

Question regarding AFC Drive

Hey, I just reviewed an article a bit ago. @Tenshi Hinanawi, you might be able to answer this as well. Is there anything I need to do to fully be considered a participant besides just reviewing? THanks! Kivi36 (talk) 20:56, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

You need to put your username down at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/August 2026 Backlog Drive/Participants in the format described at the top. Tenshi! (Talk page) 20:58, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

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Good article nominations RfC

Hi Nil NZ,

There is an ongoing Request for Comment (RfC) at Wikipedia:Good article nominations/August 2026 RfC, which you may be interested in because in the past year, you have nominated or reviewed more than one good article nomination. This message has also been sent to all subscribers to the Good Article Gazette. The RfC contains many proposals (33 at the time of writing), which are split into the following categories: nominators, reviewers, reviews, volunteer roles, reviewing initiatives, and others. However, you are more than welcome to add any proposals of your own that you wish to put to the community.

By the end of September, all the proposals will have been closed by an uninvolved editor, either as a consensus for one of the options or with no consensus. At this point, editors will be invited again to develop these proposals into coherent policy and implement them.

Thank you for your contributions to the good articles project, and I look forward to your input! (in solidarity), JacobTheRox^{(talk|contributions)} 16:03, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Have you considered taking up a mop?

You are a remarkable editor in many ways. I think you would be a good administrator, and you appear to be well qualified. You personify an administrator without tools and have gained my support already!

Interested in becoming an administrator? Check out some RfA advice, or ask a nominator about next steps!

EaglesFan37 (talk) 17:53, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

I agree, I think you should give it a try! FaviFake (talk) 21:13, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

+1 definitely would support if you chose to try. Dafootballguy Want to talk? In solidarity 00:34, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you all for the kind words. It's not something I personally feel sure about – especially given I've only been around for a year and still have much to learn – but I appreciate the encouragement nonetheless! In solidarity, nil ^nz 04:03, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

@Nil NZ your work cetainly been extremely impressive. Dafootballguy [Want to talk?], In solidarity 19:12, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

+1 obviously =) – LuniZunie_(talk) 19:23, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 15

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on August 1. Please help translate.

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Highlights

• Improving Account Creation process: As part of Account Creation Experiments an improved account creation form has been released. The form now provides live username validation, a clearer username policy popover, and a reveal password button. We also removed redundant elements and jarring warning messages, improved the form's information hierarchy, and aligned the design with Codex design system guidelines.
• Create charts from your own data: The new ChartWizard makes the Chart extension more beginner-friendly by allowing editors to create charts, such as bar and pie charts, without needing to use JSON. The ChartWizard is now available on Wikimedia Commons. Feedback on the new tool is welcome on the wish talk page.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

Worklist feature opened from Eventdetails page

• Worklist Feature Setup Workshop: Are you organizing or planning a Wikimedia editing event soon? Join one of these workshops (Aug 18 at 16:00 UTC and Aug 19 at 11:00 UTC) to set up the new worklist feature for your event. With this feature, organizers can list the specific articles their event will focus on, directly on the event page.
• Reading Lists to launch as full feature: The Reading Lists, a Community Wishlist item, will be launched in September as a full feature. Volunteer translator help is needed for string translations into a number of languages before the launch.
• Improving Commons' section headings: The table of contents on Wikimedia Commons file pages was improved to make it easier to understand a file page’s structure, navigate to specific sections, and share links to individual sections.
• From Abstract Wikipedia: An apple is a fruit and new experimental type: anonymous functions.
• Latest experiments: An upcoming experiment would test methods for email confirmation enforcement for new accounts to determine which approach is the most effective at driving email confirmation. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 32 and 33 include that Category pages will soon support sorting entries by the time they are added to a category to make it easier to find recently or long-standing categorized pages. See also the 43 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Don't blink: Representing Wikimedia at the United Nations’ Open Source Week and other latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Online Identity Verification: Anonymity is Important for Democracy and It’s Also at Risk.

Board and Board committee updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees: Reflections on Wikimania 2026.

Other updates

• Leadership: Wikimedia Foundation will welcome Rena Kokalari as new Chief People Officer from 1 September.

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Organized Labour September Editing Event

You're invited to join the Organized Labour community editing event, a cross-wiki event taking place throughout September 2026!

The campaign brings together Wikimedians interested in improving coverage of organised labour, workers, trade unions, and labour history. We have confirmed collaborations with Wikipedia language editions in English, Dutch, Persian, Serbo-Croatian and French. If you want to add other language editions or other wiki projects you are strongly encouraged to do so! This event spans geography and languages!

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About Draft: Arpara Model Government Primary School

Help to Create Arpara Model Government Primary School page. This is a National Award received Primary School in 2017.

All Reference is include with my draft. Help to create the Page. Please B.M.Taskin BD (talk) 09:29, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

AfC August Backlog Drive: Only ten days left!

Our pending drafts!

Hi Nil NZ, thanks for participating in the Articles for Creation August Backlog Drive! We've done amazing work so far, dropping the backlog by more than 3000 drafts already. We have around 1300 drafts outstanding, and we need your help to get that down to zero in the next 10 days. We can do this, but we need all hands on deck to help make it happen – if everyone who signed up to the drive reviewed just 1–2 drafts a day for the next ten days, we'd be down to zero in no time! A list of the pending drafts can be found at WP:AFCSORT, where you can select submissions in your area of interest, or you can find a random submission here. Thank you so much for your work so far, and happy reviewing! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2026 (UTC)

DYK for Waimāpihi Stream

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About 'Arpara Model Government Primary School' Draft.

I am Updating the Page and Removed all the Promotional Speech & I am Adding Proper References in the Image.

Now my code in the below. Please check it. B.M.Taskin BD (talk) 19:22, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @B.M.Taskin BD, that's good to hear! I don't usually perform multiple reviews in a row, as I think it's best for draft's to get input from multiple reviewers, but I see that you've resubmitted it already for another reviewer to have a look at. In solidarity, nil ^nz 22:09, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Oh, OK, Thanks B.M.Taskin BD (talk) 00:32, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

New pages patrol September 2026 Backlog drive

September 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
On 1 September 2026, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin at a particularly important time for NPP. The backlog has now passed 30,000 unreviewed articles, a level that has been described in current NPP discussions as exceptionally high and potentially difficult to overcome through normal reviewing alone. Backlog drives are one of the few measures that have historically produced a noticeable reduction in the backlog, so the participation of as many active patrollers as possible will matter this month. If you can review during September, please make articles your priority. Every article that is reviewed is a meaningful reduction in the backlog. With the queue at its current size, even a relatively small increase in the number of articles each patroller reviews can add up to a substantial difference over the course of the month. This is a hybrid drive, so redirect reviewing is still included. Redirects can be a useful way for newer patrollers to get comfortable with NPP and can help people build up to reviewing articles. However, the main goal of this drive is to tackle the article backlog, and experienced patrollers are particularly encouraged to spend as much of their available reviewing time on articles as they can. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Each article review will earn 1 point, while each redirect review will earn 0.2 points. Streak awards will be given out based on consistently hitting point thresholds for each week of the drive. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. If you have been thinking about doing more NPP, this is an especially good month to jump in. Whether you can review a few pages or hundreds, every review helps. And if you are already an active patroller, please consider whether you can put in some additional time during September to help bring the backlog back under control. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Thanks for reverting spam on my userpage!

I would just like to personally thank you for helping erase vandalism and spam on my talk page, your contributions are dearly appreciated! <3 AGibberishUsername (talk) 23:48, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Anytime! 😊 In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:58, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

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I was not aware it would do this. How many of these have been sent out? 11WB 💬 09:08, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

I'm not actually sure, but it's to a random selection of editors who have signed up for them at WP:FRS. It happens anytime an RfC template is posted, but I wouldn't worry too much if you're concerned about it spamming editors :) In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:57, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Declined article : Omar Pitras Waqar

Hi this article has been hung up numerous times now, it's been 12+ months and every time there is a new reason given, and even when the changes are made to reflect standards, a new reason is given again. First few times was technical detail issues, tone was incorrect, then removal of external links to the artists page, correction of wording, This time it has been declined because of chatgpt? This article was not written using AI, it has detailed sources, all reputable academic and established media. The article is about a real historical person connected to a specific art movement. Is there a way you can edit it so that the wording is perfect? Not sure what to do at this point. It seems like no changes will be good enough, and that this is being stonewalled for some other reason. ~2026-46869-82 (talk) 10:32, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-46869-82, sorry that you're feeling stonewalled here, and i totally sympathise that the AfC process can be frustrating like this. I don't believe the article was written entirely by an AI, but parts of it certainly read like they were created (or polished) with an LLM, as they show many WP:AISIGNS (specifically WP:AIWEASEL & WP:AIATTR), especially in the last three sections. Although I didn't use them in my assessment, GPTZero gives a 100% AI score (past the URL in here), while Pangram detects it as human written, aside from the sections that I also had concerns about.
Not AI-related, but the "Academic reception" section seems mostly focussed on Taqwacore as a genre, rather than Waqar as an artist. Normally I'd prefer to see significant coverage that focusses on the artist himself. but I think, however, an argument could be made that he passes WP:MUSICBIO#7, as a prominent representative of taqwacore as a style. If you're able to rewrite the aforementioned sections, I'm happy to have another look at it. Alternatively, all the sourcing you've collected here would easily pass the notability criteria for an article on taqwacore as a genre. In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:31, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

reviewing Draft:Weliton Menário Costa

Hi Nil NZ, thank you for reviewing Draft:Weliton Menário Costa. I have substantially revised and resubmitted it.

The revision does not rely on WP:NACADEMIC; I removed CV-style details and focused on sourced biographical material. Regarding WP:BLP1E, SBS featured Menário Costa in 2019, before Dance Your PhD, and the independent 2024 coverage discusses his research, background and artistic work as well as the award. I added a limited number of later institutional sources only to document continued public-facing work in 2025–26, not as independent evidence of notability.

If you have time, I would appreciate any further guidance on whether you think the BLP1E concern remains after this revision. Thank you again. Wmc345 (talk) 03:55, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Wmc345, I didn't consider the 2019 SBS piece, as while is provides some biographical details, it isn't significant coverage of Costa himself. That is, the article isn't about Costa or his work as a scholar, but rather is about Latin American students studying in Australia, and he's just interviewed as one example of these students.
Personally, I don't think that it's there still, but as it's resubmitted it I'll leave it for another volunteer to provide a second opinion :) In solidarity, nil ^nz 04:22, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks very much for taking the time to clarify, Nil. I appreciate the thoughtful feedback and your leaving the resubmission open for a second opinion Wmc345 (talk) 04:30, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

@Wmc345 Please don't talk about yourself in the third person. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 06:28, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Kevin Kelsy

Hi, please see additional source, highlightinh the attributes of Kevin Kelsy. Could you please reinstate my edit? Thanks.

https://fminside.net/players/7-fm-26/2000086472-kevin-kelsy — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-47331-61 (talk) 04:52, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-47331-61, the issue was that the language you used , e.g. exceptional skill & prolific, were not neutral words, and come across as WP:PUFFERY. In solidarity, nil ^nz 04:56, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Those words are repeatedly used by journalists and media outlets to describe Kevin's attributes. ~2026-47331-61 (talk) 04:58, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Please see WP:OPINION – such words should only be used if they're attributed to the source that used them, e.g. 'Sports Newspaper described Kelsy as "exceptionally skilled"...' In solidarity, nil ^nz 05:01, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 16

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on August 15. Please help translate.

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Future of Community Wishlist

Highlights

• Simplifying account creation: The Special:CreateAccount page has been simplified as part of ongoing work to modernize the account creation experience. Multiple account creation experiments show that a simpler form helps newcomers complete registration.
• Movement Ecosystem strategy: Deadline to provide feedback on the first version of the proposal are extended until Sep 30 to allow more time for community feedback and discussion.
• New format for the Community Wishlist: You can read the proposed ideas on Meta. This new process plans to improve how wishes are triaged, voted on, and prioritized in a way that is transparent and balanced across project families and language editions. Please let us know what you think will work well or if there are ways to make this proposal stronger. This consultation is open for two weeks.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia

• Improving page performance: In order to improve page performance, images now load when they are viewed. This means images that are lower down within an article will not load if a reader never scrolls to that part of the page, which may affect some image-related metrics.
• Android Reading list updates: Some of the recent Android releases include updates to the Saved feature. This first round of changes on the Android app include redesigning the "Saved" tab to include an "All articles" view, and remove the user-facing default "Saved" reading list.
• Reading list on desktop: Reading lists has been released on Chinese, Bengali, Czech, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. The feature is now available for logged-in users on those wikis.
• Event Registration tool: The Worklist feature for the Event Registration tool is now live on all Wikimedia wikis. With Worklist, event organizers can add the articles their event will focus on directly to the event page. The Worklist also powers Event Pathways which notifies other editors of the upcoming or ongoing event when they edit an article featured in the event’s Worklist.
• Call for Projects and Mentors for Outreachy: Wikimedia is participating in Round 33 of the Outreachy program that runs from December 2026 through March 2027. The deadline to submit projects on Phabricator is Sept 4 at 4pm UTC and the project list will be finalized by Sep 11.
• Latest experiments: A current experiment is testing to introduce a new content type in Apps home. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 34 and 35 include that a new Wikipedia in Bole has been created. See also the 58 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
• UwER Conference: In December, the Wikimedia Portugal and Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting a first-of-its-kind convening for users with extended rights. Applications to attend opened August 13 and will close on September 4.

Annual Goals Progress on Enable
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• Wikimedia Endowment: Updates from the July 2026 Wikimedia Endowment Board Meeting.

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• Don't Blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
• Legal footer update: The Foundation had updated the Legal and Safety Contact Information on 300+ content wikis. The project adds a link to a Foundation-managed central page where people can find contact information to report illegal issues and serve official legal notices. This helps to resolve gaps if community-managed contact pages are missing or incomplete.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers

• Collaboration: UNESCO and Wikimedia Movement deepen their partnership at Wikimania 2026.
• Digitization: Bringing Balinese Manuscripts to Wikimania 2026.
• Language related projects: Read some key highlights from the latest edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.

Board and Board committee updates
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• AffCom: The Affiliations Committee is extending the pause on new affiliate recognition until the affiliate recognition and funding model is further clarified.

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"Mexican ground mantis" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Mexican ground mantis has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 September 3 § Mexican ground mantis until a consensus is reached.

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Question (& thank you) for Draft:Amillionsons

Hi Nil,

First of all just want to thank you for taking the time to look over my AfC Draft:Amillionsons. Apologies for using an LLM to edit this work, being new to this I wasn’t aware this was against the rules, so lesson learned. After your comments, I visited the help page for some guidance which was extremely useful.

I have since rewritten the draft in my own words, checked the sources and re submitted. If you have any further comments on further edits, I would really appreciate input.

Thanks again Kurlysarah (talk) 12:35, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Looks much better! I've given it a copy edit and have happily published it to mainspace :) In solidarity, nil ^nz 23:46, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! Kurlysarah (talk) 08:28, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

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Your recent edit summary and revert on Vivian Wilson

While it is normal for editors to disagree on content, the edit summary you provided ("F*** outta here with your transphobia.") was inappropriate. Wikipedia policy strictly prohibits personal attacks (WP:NPA) and requires all editors to maintain a civil tone (WP:CIVIL). Utilizing profanity and hostile accusations in edit summaries violates these guidelines.

If you have specific, policy-based concerns regarding my contribution, I request that we discuss them constructively on the article's talk page so we can attempt to reach a consensus. I ask that you maintain a professional and civil demeanor in all future interactions.

Thank you. ~2026-49544-22 (talk) 13:55, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

You were trolling. You wanted to provoke a reaction. You don't get to pretend to be offended when you get the reaction you wanted. Stop trolling and stop badgering Nil NZ. Nobody cares about your nonsense. Go away. --DanielRigal (talk) 15:32, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

August 2026 AfC backlog drive barnstars

Order of the Lesser Scribe of Wikipedia This is awarded to Nil NZ for accumulating more than 364.5 points during the August 2026 AfC backlog drive. Thank you for sharing your time, knowledge and dedication; together, we reviewed over 12,700 drafts during the drive and brought the 3+ month backlog down to just a single week, which we couldn't have done it without you. Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:43, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

		The Teamwork Barnstar
		Many people review drafts. You review the reviewers. This is awarded to Nil NZ for completing more than 50 re-reviews during the August 2026 AfC backlog drive. Thank you for your efforts and for supporting your fellow reviewers! Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:43, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

And also, thanks for your efforts in coording the drive. Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:43, 15 September 2026 (UTC)

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 17

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on August 28. Please help translate.

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Baseline Neutral Point of View policy is now being introduced.

Highlights

• Data center switch: All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 23 at 14:00 UTC as part of a scheduled switchover to allow for essential maintenance and improvements. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes in advance.
• Baseline NPOV Policy: The public conversation regarding the proposed baseline NPOV policy for Wikipedias that do not yet have one has been concluded. Read the summary report and the updated baseline NPOV policy text and enforcement guidance here.
• Save the date. Wikimania 2027 will be taking place in Santiago, Chile, and online from August 18 to 21, with the theme "The Internet we want". See the Wikimania 2026 coverage highlights and a brief update on what's ahead.
• Chart extension is now beginner-friendly: Creating graphs and charts previously required manual JSON editing. In response to a Community wish to make the Charts extension more user-friendly, a new Visual mode for adding values has been introduced.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
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TextMatch: A paste from an LLM triggering a Suggestion.

• Introducing TextMatch: Communities are shaping Suggestion Mode with TextMatch to create custom suggestions that are tailored to their own policies and writing conventions. Share your feedback.
• Visual editor becoming default: Design work on the user experience for visual editing for newcomers is underway. This follows visual editor becoming default on English Wikipedia following a community discussion.
• Community Wishlist 2027 consultation: The consultation on the proposed new Wishlist process is closing this week. This year's cycle plans for wish submissions in late October/early November, triage completed by late November, and voting in early to mid January. Share feedback in any language on the talk page.
• Improved Add a Link feature: Add a Link has been upgraded for English Wikipedia users with improved detection of links that have different capitalization. This will help reduce ambiguous suggestions caused by differences in capitalization in article titles, including articles about cultural goods.
• Wikipedia Android app: Latest release includes updates to the Saved feature, bringing the app’s saving experience closer to iOS and Web. The update redesigns the Saved tab with an “All articles” view, removes the default “Saved” reading list, renames reading lists to “Collections,” and modernizes the article-saving experience.
• Domain change for thumbnails: The domain of URLs for thumbnails is changing from upload.wikimedia.org to thumb.wikimedia.org. The old URLs will continue to work but MediaWiki will advertise the new domain instead. Original files, videos, and transcodes will still be served from upload.wikimedia.org.
• Reading lists rollout continues on desktop: Following the initial deployment to Bengali, Chinese, Czech, and Vietnamese Wikipedias, reading lists went live on Arabic, French, and Indonesian Wikipedias and will go live on English Wikipedia on Sep 14, with all remaining wikis following on Sep 28.
• New features of Pageviews Analysis: Several new features have been added to the Pageviews Analysis tool which allows users to compare pageviews across multiple pages. They include WikiNav which provides insights into how readers of Wikipedia explore the content, editing stats in Siteviews, the ability to lookup articles belonging to a WikiProject, and support for dark mode.
• Article guidance: As part of an A/B experiment, Article guidance is now available in Turkish and Simple English.
• Latest experiments: A current experiment for logged-out mobile readers on Bengali, Czech, English, Farsi, and Polish Wikipedias is testing whether simplifying the Minerva navigation bar improves reader retention. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Wikifunctions status updates: Thanks to all contributors, Wikifunctions has now reached 5,000 functions.
• Latest highlights from Tech News: Weeks 36 and 37 of Tech News include the Article guidance feature is now enabled by default for editors with less than 100 edits on Simple English and Turkish Wikipedia.

Annual Goals Progress on Enable
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• Affiliates and grant funding: Have your say on proposals establishing (1) a new model and set of expectations for movement affiliates; (2) new, connected requirements to determine eligibility for receiving Community Fund grants from the Wikimedia Foundation; and (3) updated criteria for affiliate recognition processes.
• Community Fund reflections: Read the reflections on the fiscal year 2025–2026 of the Rapid Fund and General Support Fund, covering $17.73 million across 427 grants in 90 countries, with 56.2% distributed outside North America and Northern & Western Europe.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers

• World of Wikipedia launches: The World of Wikipedia game has been released. It is an online collectible card game where players sort fact from fiction across Wikipedia articles to build their card library. The game is the latest experiment in reaching younger audiences through familiar formats, following Wikispeedia on Roblox and Which Came First? on the Wikipedia app.

Other updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Celebrate Women 2026: Read the impact of Celebrate Women 2026 as the campaign concluded with 112 events, 238,222 unreverted content edits and 2,499,773,577 bytes added.
• US staff union vote: On Sep 3, eligible Wikimedia Foundation staff in the United States voted in favor of union representation in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election.

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The Signpost: 16 September 2026

• News and notes: The Balance of Power
  Wikimedia employees unionize, officer departs, The Signpost gains sister on Wiktionary

• In the media: Shocking photos may be changed on Wikipedia
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Cascahuilla

Hi Nil NZ, you accepted this page at AfC. I was just wondering if you'd seen any reliable sources that give sigcov. It's currently got a BA thesis on there and an academic article. Neither give sigcov. I've had a quick look on google scholar and can't find anything that is more than a trivial mention.Boynamedsue (talk) 08:55, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Boynamedsue, this was mainly a AGF accept that the offline source contained sigcov, and that other sources likely existed after confirming on google that it is indeed a legitimate indigenous musical instrument. Given that, I believed that it would probably have a reasonable chance of surviving an AfD discussion so accepted it following WP:AFCPURPOSE. Totally accept that the current sourcing is sparse though! There are quite a few hits in a gbook search, but my Spanish isn't quite up to scratch to analyse those. nil ^nz 22:09, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. I don't doubt the GF from the author of the article in this case, though a surprising number of people who create articles don't know much about WP:GNG. I'll have a look at those book links and see if a couple of them add up to WP:SIGCOV. Thanks again.Boynamedsue (talk) 19:00, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

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Hi there. Just noting that I've nominated you for the redirect autopatrol list after seeing your work at Badge huntsman. Keep up the good work! UpTheOctave! • 8^va? 02:19, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Sam Brittenden

Hello. It seems I accidentally pressed "Submit the draft for review" for Draft:Sam Brittenden.

Anyway, I just fact-checked everything and brushed it up. I'd be happy to have it reviewed as is. ~2026-50511-81 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 04:44, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

That's no problem – you're more than welcome to continue working on the draft while it waits for review. As I was the reviewer that moved it to draft space, I'll leave the review for someone else rather than checking it again myself, as it's generally recommended that we don't review articles twice in a row. It's in the queue, so another volunteer will get to it when they have an opportunity :) nil ^nz 04:49, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

The editor wrote "Comment: Previous draftification reason, AI use, is not resolved; several WP:AISIGNS. Also, the vast majority of this article is minor criminal convictions reported in local newspaper outlets; does not pass WP:NCRIMINAL and the sourcing is WP:ROUTINE of the nature "local man commits crime", what isn't local is passing mentions PARAKANYAA (talk) 11:31, 25 September 2026 (UTC)"

I went through and fact-checked everything. Rewrote a lot of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Sam_Brittenden&diff=1376642922&oldid=1376564971

I think PARAKANYAA is wrong and it easily passed WP:GNG. It is not just WP:ROUTINE, but someone widely covered internationally.

What do I do now?

Draft:Sam Brittenden ~2026-50511-81 (talk) 12:37, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-50511-81, I don't have time to check through the current version of the draft, but I see it's been declined twice for LLM signs since my last review (when it was moved to draft space). HelpfulRacoon has left some great advice that I would echo; anything that wasn't completely written yourself should be removed, including anything originally generated by LLM that you've copyedited to sound less like AI. A short, human written article is preferred over a detailed, AI-generated one.

@PARAKANYAA is probably one of our foremost experts on Wikipedia when it comes to biographies about the far-right and their ilk, and is much more knowledgeable than I when it comes to the notability of people accused of crimes. That said, I would tend to agree with you that much of the coverage is at a national / international level (alongside more localised publications like The Press and ODT), but I'm keen to hear Para's thoughts. nil ^nz 03:16, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

This still reads much like AI to me and the article is full of WP:AISIGNS. From top to bottom, the prose is full of these issues, especially WP:OVERATTRIBUTION. AI prose is not allowed onwiki now no matter how much you punch it up after the fact. This was the major reason I declined.

Further, the whole structuring is very non encyclopedic, it's not written as a biography at all. There's basically no information about him despite him being the nominal subject. The first section is an arrest from when he was a teenager, and then another arrest, and then passing mentions; all of the coverage just listing various incidents with no connections, not appropriate for a biography, and he is not anywhere close to passing WP:NCRIME. For BLP reasons especially we are rather restrictive on this kind of thing. If this person was American I do not think there is any chance this kind of thing would survive AfD. There were hundreds of individual small time American skinheads in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s who got comparable levels of coverage and who are not anywhere close to deserving an article. "teenager threatens somebody" is not notability-proving. I'm not a New Zealander, though.

The Press source is the best one there and gives a more rounded look and if there were more like that (and the article wasn't written the way it is) I'd see this article having a future. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:30, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Stop vandalizing the article about Chilean Americans.

Chile has no record of large-scale immigration from Asia, contrary to your false assumptions; Japanese, Korean, and Chinese populations number only a few thousand at most, and there are barely a few hundred Indians—nothing more. We are not related to any ethnic group from that region. Until you provide evidence—which I doubt you can, given that I am Chilean myself—I will revert every one of your edits to the article. ~2026-52190-43 (talk) 03:57, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-52190-43, all I asked of you was to write an explanation for your edits with an edit summary. If you don't provide an explanation when you remove large amounts of information from an article, please don't be surprised when others revert you. No disrespect was meant. Happy editing, nil ^nz 04:09, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 18

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on 15 September. Please help translate.

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Starter Kit dashboard overview.

Highlights

• Introducing the Wikipedia Starter Kit: The Foundation has launched a new Toolforge-hosted tool giving new and small language Wikipedia communities a guided pathway through essential onboarding tasks, activity indicators, and connections to the wider movement.
• Apply for a scholarship to Wikimania 2027: Scholarship applications are now open to attend Wikimania 2027 in Santiago. To help with preparing submissions, orientation sessions in Spanish, Portuguese, and English will be held starting the week of October 5. The final deadline is October 31.
• Reading Lists rolling out to all Wikipedias: Starting September 28, logged-in users on every Wikipedia will be able to save articles to a "read later" list using the bookmark icon, following successful rollouts on Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
• WikiCelebrate: WikiCelebrating Juan "BugWarp" Kulichevsky, who has contributed to Wikimedia projects since childhood and is passionate about sports photography and community building in Argentina and beyond.
• The 2026 appointment cycle is open now through 31 October 2026 for the Ombuds Commission (OC) and the Case Review Committee (CRC). You can learn more about the committees, the roles, and how to apply on the Committee Appointments page on Meta-wiki.

Annual Goals Progress on Engage
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• Community Wishlist 2027: The Community Wishlist Process is now updated, taking into account the feedback received. Look out for the call for wish submissions towards the end of October.
• Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2026: From Sep 18-20, Wikimedians, open-knowledge researchers, and free-culture advocates from Central and Eastern Europe gathered for the first time in Romania. Take a look at the novelties and history behind CEE Meeting.
• Increasing account creation: To convert more casual users into logged-in daily users, the evergreen account creation prompt is released into Beta / TestFlight for iOS and Android. Also, a new post-edit notice designed to encourage Temporary Account holders to register for a permanent account will now be released to all wikis. The new notice has proven to increase permanent account creation from 1.94% to 3.66%.
• VisualEditor is now the default at English Wikipedia: this wiki has now adopted VisualEditor as the default editor on both desktop and mobile web, following a sitewide discussion that found overwhelming consensus to make the change.
• Retesting image carousel: The image carousel experiment will be retested using three new versions of the design, updated based on community feedback. The team will assess results and determine with communities whether or not to proceed with the feature.
• Wikifunctions: Your code can now call back to the Wikidata fetch functions. Wikifunctions have deployed an initial capability by which a code Implementation (in JavaScript or Python) can call certain other Wikifunctions Functions, get back the result, and have it available for further processing.
• Latest experiments: A current experiment is testing whether offering a "generic guidance" path for Article Guidance that does not depend on a Wikidata match would increase the chances of more article creation attempts. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
• Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News weeks 38 and 39 include a Reader Growth experiment testing whether showing only part of an article at first on mobile, with a “Read more” button to reveal the rest, encourages people to keep reading. See also the 56 community-submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
• Suggestions for Transliterated Search: If you regularly use two different writing systems (such as Hindi and Latin alphabet), sometimes you accidentally type with the wrong one and need to switch to the right keyboard. Now, this gadget will be able to suggest query based on what you typed.
• Peer-to-peer learning program: Let’s Connect, a peer-to-peer learning program is shifting to a community-organized model.
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• Wikidata bulk downloads now free via Wikimedia Enterprise: New beta API endpoints let anyone download full Wikidata snapshots and pull hourly batch diffs at no cost, opening up bulk access that previously required a paid tier.
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• Datacenter switchover has been postponed: The equinox exercise revealed capacity issues, preventing the switch of all services to the other datacenter. The process has been paused, prioritizing investigating that issue, to ensure that we continue to be able to serve our users reliably. A new exercise will be scheduled. Meanwhile, all traffic and edits continue to work as usual.
• Affiliates and grant funding: The conversations on the new proposed model, requirements and criteria continues until the end of next week with public calls on 1) Tuesday, September 29, 16:00-17:00 UTC on affiliate growth paths and Friday, October 2nd, 17:00-18:00 UTC on affiliate overlaps.

Annual Goals Progress on Reach
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• AI literacy program: A new regional initiative in ASEAN was launched to support training and conversations around AI literacy, accountability, and Indigenous self-determination.
• Testing Google preferred sources: An experiment is proposed on English Wikipedia to run a temporary (2-week) notice asking readers who come from Google to set Wikipedia as a “preferred source” in Google. We would see if this causes people who use Google to visit Wikipedia more. If your language wiki is interested, please reach out on the project's talk page.

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