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DYK for Brian Higgins (trade unionist)

On 1 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Brian Higgins (trade unionist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Brian Higgins (trade unionist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Brian Higgins (trade unionist)), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:17, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Ethel Preston memorial

On 2 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ethel Preston memorial, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the grave of Ethel Preston in Leeds, England, has a life-sized statue of her (pictured) stood in front of black marble doors, left ajar? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ethel Preston memorial. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ethel Preston memorial), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 12,244 views (1,020.4 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2025 – nice work!

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Your GA nomination of Hard Rock (exercise)

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Col. Edward M. Kirby article

Hi, @Dumelow ... please see a message I just posted on the Talk page of the above article that might be of interest to you, as you were the article's original author. Augnablik (talk) 17:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

New message alert for you on the Talk page for the same article. Augnablik (talk) 07:46, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

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CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 8 § Category:Riots by year

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Your GA nomination of Hard Rock (exercise)

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Your GA nomination of Middlesex Regiment alien labour units

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Your GA nomination of Middlesex Regiment alien labour units

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DYK for Oliver Hutchinson

On 26 January 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Oliver Hutchinson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) was the subject of the first successful live demonstration of the television on 26 January 1926? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oliver Hutchinson. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Oliver Hutchinson), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

SL93 (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

		Hook update
		Your hook reached 29,092 views (1,212.1 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of January 2025 – nice work!

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Women in Red February 2025

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Guglielmo Grasso

It occurs to me that one possiblity is that 1194 could be a typo and that 1196 could be meant. Without access to the source, however, neither of us can confirm that. Donner60 (talk) 03:26, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Bersey Electric Cab

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Your GA nomination of Bersey Electric Cab

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The Bugle: Issue 226, February 2025

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Your GA nomination of Bersey Electric Cab

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Your GA nomination of Hubert Conway Rees

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Your GA nomination of Hubert Conway Rees

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Women in Red March 2025

Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334 Online events: New: Alphabet run E & F | Artists+Activists | Women of the Arab World Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements from other communities: March editathons around the world Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series Tip of the month: You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing, and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks Moving the needle: 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women) 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women) Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period! Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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Your GA nomination of Richard Thomas Glyn

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The Bugle: Issue 227, March 2025

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DYK for Bersey Electric Cab

On 16 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bersey Electric Cab, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the crash of a Bersey Electric Cab (pictured) in London in 1897 led to the first-ever charge of drunk driving? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bersey Electric Cab. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bersey Electric Cab), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Richard Thomas Glyn

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The Signpost: 22 March 2025

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Women in Red April 2025

Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336 Online events: New: Alphabet run G & H | Business Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (Events facilitated by others): The European Destubathon – a stub improvement contest/editathon from 1–30 April 2025 Tip of the month: When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT. Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited, it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name. Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women) 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women) Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period! Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Herbert Stewart

Hi Dumelow. Thanks for your edits on this article before Xmas. Was wondering if you fancied a joint GA nom for the article (I think FA is less likely, what do you think?)? AA (talk) 21:16, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi AA, I'm not editing much at the moment but happy to assist with a GA run. I've seen worse FAs! Just flicking through the article I will look to sort out something for St Leger Herbert to link to, he looks to have been notable for his work with Wolseley and as a war correspondent - Dumelow (talk) 05:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Excellent, would most certainly appreciate your input! I did think about a shot at FA, but wondered if the article was too short? Would be good to have an article for St Leger Herbert too, given his tragic affiliation with Stewart. AA (talk) 21:35, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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The Bugle: Issue 228, April 2025

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Your GA nomination of John Cecil Russell

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Your GA nomination of John Cecil Russell

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Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338 Online events: New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (events facilitated by others): WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period! 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women) Tip of the month: Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 1 May 2025

• News and notes: India cut off from Wiki money; WMF annual plan and Wikimedia programs seek comment
  As always, Wikimedia community governance relies on user participation; plus, more updates from the Wikimedia world

• In the media: Feds aiming for WMF's nonprofit status
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• Recent research: How readers use Wikipedia health content; Scholars generally happy with how their papers are cited on Wikipedia
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• Arbitration report: Sysop Tinucherian removed and admonished by the ArbCom
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

Rusalkii

NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)

• Master Jay
• Orderinchaos
• Roger Davies
• Tinucherian

Interface administrator changes

Galobtter

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
• An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

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The Bugle: Issue 229, May 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at aspects of World War II Review essay: Nick-D on Osprey Publishing Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 14 May 2025

• News and notes: WMF to kick off new-CEO quest as Iskander preps to move on — Supreme Court nixes gag of Wiki page for other India court row on ANI — code-heads give fix-up date for Charts in lieu of long-dead Graph gizmo
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• In the media: Wikimedia Foundation sues over UK government decision that might require identity verification of editors worldwide
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• Disinformation report: What does Jay-Z know about Wikipedia?
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• In focus: On the hunt for sources: Swedish AfD discussions
  Why the language barrier is not the only impediment to navigating sources from another culture.

• Technology report: WMF introduces unique but privacy-preserving browser cookie
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• Debriefing: Goldsztajn's RfA debriefing
  When an editor is ready to become staff at a public library (not a brother in a fraternity).

• Obituary: Max Lum (User:ICOHBuzz)
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• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 2)
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• Comix: Collection
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Women in Red June 2025

Women in Red | June 2025, Vol 11, Issue 6, Nos. 326, 327, 339, 340 Online events: New: LGBTQ+ | Alphabet run K & L Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Who are the most overlooked and interesting Women in Red? We've no idea, but we're putting together our list of the 100 most interesting ex-Women in Red. We are creating the list to celebrate 10 years of Women in Red and we hope to present it at Wikimania. We are ignoring the obvious, so do you have a name or subject we should consider? Can you suggest a DYK style hook? If you are shy about editing that page, you are welcome to add ideas and comments on the talk page. The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July, 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,492 articles during this period! 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280; 415,618 women) 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% (2,061,363 bios; 414,126 women) Tip of the month: Every language Wikipedia has its own policies regarding notability and reliable sources. Before translating an article from one language Wikipedia into English Wikipedia, research the subject and verify that the translated article will meet English Wikipedia's policy requirements. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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DYK for Mobile Defence Corps

On 5 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mobile Defence Corps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the role of the British Mobile Defence Corps was to carry out rescue work in the aftermath of a nuclear attack? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mobile Defence Corps. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mobile Defence Corps), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).

Administrator changes

• DDima
• Gimmetrow
• Huon
• Johan Elisson
• Spangineer
• The Land

Interface administrator changes

0xDeadbeef

CheckUser changes

L235

Oversight changes

L235

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.

Technical news

• A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.

Arbitration

• An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
• An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
• The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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The Bugle: Issue 230, June 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at the Antonine Plague and cryptographic security Timeline: This month in military history

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DYK for Hirano Maru

On 22 June 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hirano Maru, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 291 people were killed in the sinking of the Hirano Maru? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hirano Maru. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hirano Maru), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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The Signpost: 24 June 2025

• News and notes: Happy 7 millionth!
  Admins arrested in Belarus.

• In the media: Playing professor pong with prosecutorial discretion
  Pardon our alliteration!

• Disinformation report: Pardon me, Mr. President, have you seen my socks?
  A get-out-of-jail card!

• Recent research: Wikipedia's political bias; "Ethical" LLMs accede to copyright owners' demands but ignore those of Wikipedians
  And other new research publications.

• Traffic report: All Sinners, a future, all Saints, a past
  Holy men and not-as-holy movies.

• News from Diff: Call for candidates is now open: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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• Opinion: Russian Wiki-fork flails, failing readers and editors
  After two years RuWiki fails to thrive.

• Debriefing: EggRoll97's RfA² debriefing
  With some sweet-and-sour sauce!

• Community view: A Deep Dive Into Wikimedia (part 3)
  Every thing you need to know about the Wikimedia Foundation?

• Comix: Hamburgers
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Women in Red July 2025

Women in Red | July 2025, Vol 11, Issue 7, Nos. 326, 327, 341, 342, 343 Online events: New: Alphabet run M & N | Women in Red turns 10 | Kenya Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: The World Destubathon, 16 June - 13 July 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,514 articles during this period! 19 May 2025: 20.114% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,066,280 bios; 415,618 women) 23 Jun 2025: 20.130% (2,072,236 bios; 417,132 women) Tip of the month: A nuanced article is more useful than a shiny pedestal. Readers can find hope in your subject's survival or achievements, but they can also learn from your subject's mistakes and limitations. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Collaboration

Would you like to collaborate on a vaguely military history article with me? I can find quite a bit on the subject online, but little cohesive coverage on Wiki. No Swan So Fine (talk) 21:24, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I've recently just got back into editing after a bit of a break for real life things and slowly trying to reduce my backlog of unwritten articles (maybe even those long-neglected politics ones), but more than happy to help out if I can. What's the topic? - Dumelow (talk) 06:10, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Internment during the Gulf War, I really can't work out how to title it, and it's a huge amount of research. There's the Iraqi human shields, the Americans taking thousands of POWs and the British with science students in Dartmoor. No Swan So Fine (talk) 14:16, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Interesting topic! Perhaps a number of separate linked articles might be appropriate. Let me know when/where you are working and I will try to chip in - Dumelow (talk) 14:34, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).

Administrator changes

NuclearWarfare

Interface administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
• Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!

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DYK for Red Fićo

On 8 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Red Fićo, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a monument in Croatia (pictured) depicts a small red car triumphing over a battle tank? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Red Fićo. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Red Fićo), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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DYK for Town Mill, Mansfield

On 12 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Town Mill, Mansfield, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Mansfield Town Mill has produced flour, textiles and cannabis? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Town Mill, Mansfield. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Town Mill, Mansfield), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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The Signpost: 18 July 2025

• News and notes: Is no WikiNews good WikiNews? — Election season returns!
  Endowment tax form, Wikimania, elections, U4C, fundraising and a duck!

• In the media: How bad (or good) is Wikipedia?
  And how do we know?

• WikiProject report: WikiProject Medicine reaches milestone of zero unreferenced articles
  Five-year journey comes to healthy fruition.

• In focus: Wikimania 2025: Connecting Wikimedians across the world for 20 years
  Wikimedians from around the world will gather in person and online at the twentieth annual meeting of Wikimania.

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  The report covers the Foundation's operations from July 2023 - June 2024

• Discussion report: Six thousand noticeboard discussions in 2025 electrically winnowed down to a hundred
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  How data from the Wikipedia "necessary articles" lists can shed new light on the gender gap

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DYK for Copford Place

On 27 July 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Copford Place, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Copford Place has been used as a prisoner of war camp and a retirement home for "gentlefolk"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Copford Place. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Copford Place), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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The Bugle: Issue 231, July 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at an overview of war history and the biography of a war historian Review essay: Simon Harley critiques a work from Osprey Publishing Timeline: This month in military history

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Women in Red August 2025

Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the month: Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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DYK for SS Virago

On 2 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article SS Virago, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the wreck of SS Virago, which sank off Alderney in 1882 with the loss of all crew members, was not discovered for 127 years? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/SS Virago. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, SS Virago), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Blargies prison camp

On 2 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Blargies prison camp, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the British Army deliberately kept conditions at Blargies prison camp poor to prevent soldiers on the Western Front from viewing it as a "soft" alternative to combat? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Blargies prison camp. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Blargies prison camp), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).

Administrator changes

• CoconutOctopus
• Curbon7
• Hinnk
• Jlwoodwa
• Kj cheetham
• KylieTastic
• Ser!
• Smasongarrison
• UndercoverClassicist

• Bbb23
• Beeblebrox
• David Gerard
• Oleg Alexandrov
• Satori Son

CheckUser changes

• Alison
• Bradv
• Joe Roe
• RickinBaltimore
• ST47

Oversight changes

• Bradv
• RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
• Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
  • South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
  • The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

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The Signpost: 9 August 2025

• News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
  Plus a mysterious CheckUser incident, and the news with Wikinews.

• Discussion report: News from ANI, AN, RSN, BLPN, ELN, FTN, and NPOVN
  A review of June, July and August.

• Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
  Who is this guy?

• Community view: News from the Villages Pump
  Threads since June.

• In the media: Disgrace, dive bars, deceased despots, and diverse dispatches
  And slop.

• Crossword: Accidental typography
  It's not a conlang, it's a crossword puzzle.

• Comix: best-laid schemes o' wikis an' men
  gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promis'd joy!

• Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
  Everybody's Somebody's Fool.

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DYK for List of Italian generals who died during the First World War

On 11 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article List of Italian generals who died during the First World War, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 11 of the 27 Italian generals who died during the First World War perished during the last six months? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/List of Italian generals who died during the First World War. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, List of Italian generals who died during the First World War), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery

On 12 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery formed part of "The Sofa" at the Athenaeum Club? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Bath fire station

On 13 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bath fire station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Bath fire station, a rare example of a design by a female architect from the pre-WWII era, is proposed for demolition? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bath fire station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Bath fire station), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

A beer for you!

You may be amused to know that Great Michigan Pizza Funeral has been noticed on Tumblr. I hadn't seen the article before and I figured I'd toss you some WikiLove to show my appreciation for this little oddity :) ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:06, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much for letting me know! It was a fun article to write (a few years ago now) and glad to see it has resonated with people (I love that someone tracked down the exact Peanuts cartoon you can see coming through the main picture). You might be interested that the Wikimedia Foundation runs channels on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts that aims to feature odd/interesting articles. I don't think the pizza funeral has featured yet but some others of my articles have (Elver Eating World Championship and Flat-roofed pub were some particularly successful ones) - Dumelow (talk) 06:40, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Oh, that's so fun, I knew about Depths of Wiki but I didn't realize that WMF had similar official channels. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 16:05, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Louis Adrian

On 14 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Louis Adrian, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the tomb (pictured) of Louis Adrian is surmounted by a sculpture of the helmet that he developed for the French Army? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Louis Adrian. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Louis Adrian), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Z1720 (talk) 00:02, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for 1914 fleet review

On 15 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 1914 fleet review, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that more than 200 British warships assembled for a fleet review just days before the start of the First World War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/1914 fleet review. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 1914 fleet review), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Eduard von Lütcken

On 16 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Eduard von Lütcken, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Olympic silver medallist Eduard von Lütcken captured a Russian general before being killed in an early action of the First World War? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eduard von Lütcken. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Eduard von Lütcken), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

story · music · places

Thank you for a series of DYK, the last one also featured on Portal:Germany. - Today's story mentions four singers which I all heard, - enjoy listening to the soprano in a Telemann aria! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Most of my German articles tend to be war-related, good to see some culture to balance it our! Hopefully a couple more German subjects to come through the DYK pipeline soon (Max-Emmanuel Mader, HS Tübingen) - Dumelow (talk) 07:42, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Good plan! - Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:20, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:20, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for your loss, hope you had a good service. The church looks like a fantastic space; I have always had a fondness for post-war churches, so different from those that came before. In the UK, we have Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral and Clifton Cathedral, of course, but also at the parish level examples such as St Paul's, Bow Common, Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Tile Cross and Our Lady of Fatima Church, Harlow. Not forgetting the sad case of the St Peter's Seminary, Cardross - Dumelow (talk) 05:39, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 232, August 2025

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DYK for HMS Worcestershire

On 27 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article HMS Worcestershire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the former luxury passenger liner HMS Worcestershire carried reinforcements across the English Channel on the day after D-Day? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Worcestershire. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, HMS Worcestershire), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

♠PMC♠ (talk) 00:03, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

DYK for Royal Alderney Militia

On 28 August 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Royal Alderney Militia, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Royal Alderney Militia were described as "totally inefficient" and "useless" by two generals in the mid–19th century? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Royal Alderney Militia. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Royal Alderney Militia), 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 suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Your nomination of Mobile Defence Corps is under review

Your good article nomination of the article Mobile Defence Corps is under review. See the review page for more information. This may take up to 7 days; feel free to contact the reviewer with any questions you might have. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:24, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red September 2025

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