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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
• A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

• Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)

Arbitration

• The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

• Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

You are receiving this message as one of the overseers of TFA Protector Bot. I have just closed the TFA semi-protection RfC with consensus to implement both it and its sub-RfC. I leave the finer details in the hands of the bot operators. Your service is appreciated :) CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 22:30, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

As a further note, in case you already read my close, I have amended my close after a conversation with Sdkb, withdrawing my close of the sub-RfC. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 23:35, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for the heads up. I poked the BRFA but I'm on vacation right now so it might take a few extra days to get things rolling. Legoktm (talk) 11:27, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Bot has been configured to start protecting every day at 23:00 UTC. Legoktm (talk) 06:50, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, Legoktm,

So, HaleBot has been late issuing Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories and I thought I'd check in with you about it in case there is a bot problem. Thanks for any help you can provide. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:11, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Legoktm,

I can see that you are away but I thought I'd let you know that HaleBot isn't updating as of today. If you could look into it, it would be appreciated. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:19, 28 September 2023 (UTC)