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Administrators' newsletter – May 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2026).

Administrator changes

• Deepfriedokra

• EvanProdromou
• Wouterstomp

Interface administrator changes

L235

Chaotic Enby

CheckUser changes

• TheresNoTime
• Versageek

Oversight changes

Moneytrees

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
• The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
• Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
• Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
• The 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is scheduled to run from April 25 to June 1. Candidacy submissions close on May 10.
• A new noticeboard for non-urgent, batch page protection requests has been created, primarily for the enforcement of contentious topic restrictions.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:30, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Good job at AIV

You're killing it today, first morning in a while where I haven't had to go through a backlog. Thanks for your hard work. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:44, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 11:45, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Your block of Special:Contributions/~2026-27153-86

Was the block only based on the AIV report (which seems to be their only contribution)? There was a fake edit filter message put up by a vandal with a "Report error" button that actually preloaded these AIV self-reports. If there's any other evidence that led you to block this specific TA as an actual LTA, feel free to not disclose the specifics per WP:BEANS, I just wanted to be sure. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 06:49, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I have unblocked. PhilKnight (talk) 11:22, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Checkuser Barnstar
		Good work on blocking sockpuppets! Zahrazamedahmedi (talk) 04:59, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Happy editing and have a good day! Zahrazamedahmedi (talk) 04:59, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 05:01, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome! Zahrazamedahmedi (talk) 05:03, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Dancheon train disaster

bismillah ir rahman ir rahim wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah wa ali alihi wa ashabihi wasalam wasalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

My dear. Attached is the text of my post of March 1st. Kindly you will note it and do the needful in this connection

Dear Sir ,: I object to the your use of the term sockpuppetry in reference to my actions on the AfD page for the above mentioned article. I never created an account in order to edit same nor have I nor will I do so under any false pretense of any kind. Always I edited anonymously to restore my own remarks.

Since 10 years I was a vandal to your site. And then I was 10 years. Now I feel bad for you people, that you can not look up the I.P. address of the vandal, and say, wow, this guy, he must be some bum, some redneck, the product of ( it is necessary on account of the filter to remove the term for carnal knowledge of members of one's family) and its practitioner, to live in the backwoods of Mississippi, in known Klan country which recently voted against an amendment to the state constitution, which would abolish defunct and unenforceable provisions criminalizing interracial marriage. You can know who you're dealing with, and imagine the worst, and joke, and laugh, and have some concept of the fellow on the other end of the screen, however distorted. It's beautiful. But now this privilege is restricted to administrators & then too on application & my prediction is that it will serve to greatly frustrate their work. But the WMF has to justify its existence which is more or less as a parasite on the work and good name of Wikipedia volunteers. Still, this ' improvement' isn't as bad as the new interface, which imposes mobile-first (untermensch-first) design on decent people and leaves two thirds of the page blank. ~2026-27664-61 (talk) 23:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft:CWC

Hello, thank you for taking care of this draft I speedied. I believe I read somewhere many a moon ago (maybe ANI?) about effectively any draft or article on this subject being G10-able as an attack page per BLP. Would you say this is accurate? I'm just wondering going forward, since I have gotten involved in trying to preempt the harassment campaign that surrounds this draft over the last year or so on Wiki, after years of hesitation due to how sordid the whole situation truly is. Thank you for your help, once again. JeffSpaceman (talk) 11:17, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, we speedy any pages that are a biography of this person. PhilKnight (talk) 11:23, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for confirming what I had suspected, based on Wikipedia policy. I will keep an eye out for pages like this going forward. I appreciate the help here. JeffSpaceman (talk) 11:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Help! What do I do??

Help me, I am an editor that made the page Ayala Malls Arca South and now it will be deleted?? HELP ME PLEASE WHAT DO I DO???? Inyamad (talk) 13:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Guidance needed again

@PhilKnight Sorry to ask for guidance again. Based on your guidance that I should open talk page discussions on the disputed content, I opened three talk discussion: [], [], []. After a month of the talk discussion, I don't see anyone providing evidence that the cited sources clearly support the disputed content. Today, I removed the content suggesting in edit summary to discuss on talk page per WP:BURDEN/WP:ONUS.

Asking for guidance again because I am not sure how best to proceed here - The disputed content, which has had sourcing/wording concerns raised on the talk page for a month was restored and another editor's lead edit, which added context and summarized content already present in the body, was reverted as "POV" with a request to use the talk page. This seems inconsistent to me. Would be helpful if you can give some guidance, at the talk page if possible, particularly for this restore since 3 talk discussions have not shown clear support for the disputed content and I am not sure whether it is incorrect to ask that WP:BURDEN/WP:ONUS be followed. Also, see my talk page discussion. Asteramellus (talk) 01:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Is this a username violation?

Poopman4682

I was planning to report this as an offensive username but I haven't reported yet since they haven't made any contributions yet and trying to take heed of advice from another admin from last week for unnecessary user warnings (WP:BITE). --みんな空の下 (トーク) 11:17, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't normally block for usernames if the user has no edits unless the username is extremely offensive. This username is run of the mill offensive, so I wouldn't block. PhilKnight (talk) 11:21, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

And this: AgenticCommonsBot – misleading username (-bot suffix). --みんな空の下 (トーク) 11:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Again, I would wait until the user edits. PhilKnight (talk) 11:21, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

Hello. Please check the report I made at AIV, you probably confused me with the disruptive editor that is possibly evading their block as well and is prooflessly accusing me of block evasion. Thank you. ~2026-28877-45 (talk) 01:34, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I have reverted your removal of Untamed1910's comment. You shouldn't remove good faith users comments. PhilKnight (talk) 02:21, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Block-evading user

I see you have blocked AlexTenex as an evasion of AlexTrevex's block, and am debating whether the original should be re-blocked following this discovery. What do you think? One one hand, the latter hasn't edited in over a year. At the same time, the former was used to defy a request to just stick with one account. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:45, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I think I made a mistake in blocking AlexTenex and will unblock unless you disagree. PhilKnight (talk) 01:16, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Not worth unblocking; the Tenex account wasn't making very productive contributions in the first place that treated talk pages as forums. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 01:22, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Okay, I will leave them blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 01:23, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

BigKrow

User:BigKrow can now only request unblock by emailing the admin that blocked him six months from now, right? Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:49, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

No, the correct route is using the Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System process. PhilKnight (talk) 00:54, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking Epicnedd. Surprised he hadn't been blocked before that. Again, thanks! | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 19:16, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 23:29, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

TPA Revoke

You blocked Jacobcoolgamer727, if you could revoke TPA as well that'd be great. Thanks! Realtent (talk) 02:20, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 02:23, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Bananachips (Illogicopedia)

Please revoke their TPA. They are now abusing it. --Prothe1st (leave me a message)-- 14:45, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 14:46, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Dear Knight of Phil...

I am confused about "Suppressing my edits" can you show me proof, if so link it below, I am not trying to do some pedofile stuff (misspelled pedophile on purpose). EndermanSurfgo (talk) 16:41, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

I have replied on your user talk page. PhilKnight (talk) 16:44, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

About User talk:EseplGroupPvtLtd

I added a notice, as the Nominator for Speedy Deletion, on the Author's Talk Page. Since the Speedy Deletion request was denied, ought the notice to be removed? Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 05:19, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

If you want to remove the speedy notice then go ahead. PhilKnight (talk) 05:21, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Will do. Thanks for taking the time. Enćenćecasïdća (talk) 05:22, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/104.2.146.29

I assume you didn't mean to block this IP indefinitely? Someone complained about it at utrs:113239 and while I suspect they likely have unclean hands they're right on this specific issue. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 18:25, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. PhilKnight (talk) 02:52, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikilove!

Yo I reported bro's name and 20 seconds later he got blocked. Is it too early for this? I'm can't have brownies until after dinner.(joke)

Tornado Elliott has given you a brownie! Brownies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a brownie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Tornado Elliott (Yelp for help?) 12:58, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Appeal

Hi Phil. Do you think you can unblock me from the temporary block? I was not aware of the process for resolution, when the editor kept reverting my changes back to his original text. I guess that's called Warring! I had no idea. I only wanted to reflect that the article leaned heavily to one side of an open archeology debate and erroneously claims one side to be standard archeology. Anyhow, I didn't expect the guy to keep changing it back and I didn't know of a process for coming to a consensus. I get the protocol now. Thanks. ~2026-31208-62 (talk) 01:28, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I am not going to unblock you. I suggest you spend the next week developing consensus on the article talk page. Also, you are free to edit other articles. PhilKnight (talk) 03:31, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks, dad. ~2026-31208-62 (talk) 05:51, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

CheckUser result

Hey PhilKnight, just to check, were the results in Special:Diff/1356199912 a mistake? Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 02:51, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

It was a soft block on Gezjoh-7hopbo and they evidently created the account Lesanimas17. Creating an account when soft blocked is, of course, perfectly fine. PhilKnight (talk) 02:56, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Ah, I see, thanks for the info. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 03:36, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

What about the application of the Solomonoff induction to the person to person information exchange?

It seems it adds some principial bottleneck to the human to human communications. You have to guess what the other person mean.

More details here in russian: https://transitional-writes.dreamwidth.org/42319.html It seems it is proof of the famous Mises calculation argument theorem. The only mean to circumvent this bottleneck is to use physically preserve money like gold, uran, platinum.

What the problem with that topic? ~2026-32028-60 (talk) 17:40, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I will block you if you continue to edit war. PhilKnight (talk) 17:42, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

You might also want to revoke the user's talk page access. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:46, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 16:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:39, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Block of ~2026-32235-45

I think their /32 needs a block at this point. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:30, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 16:00, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2026).

Administrator changes

• Asukite
• Bobby Cohn
• Bonadea
• Ca
• Drm310
• Reconrabbit
• Sammi Brie

• Tamzin
• TonyBallioni

• Ezhiki
• Queen of Hearts

Bureaucrat changes

• WereSpielChequers

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the "persistent usage of large language models" has been included as a common reason for a block.

Technical news

• Mandatory 2FA for bureaucrats: Bureaucrats without two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled have already lost access to their advanced rights on 26 May. Those who do not enable 2FA may be automatically removed from the groups in mid-June 2026, and from that point onward, new members must have 2FA enabled before they can be added. (T423119, T423120)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been closed.
• The arbitration case Michael Jackson has opened. Evidence submissions in this case closes on 1 June.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election closes on 1 June.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:15, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Another G10?

Another one to nix and protect, per G10? --Minoa (talk) 07:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. PhilKnight (talk) 11:39, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Problem with a bot

Sorry. I don't know why ClueBot NG is cancelling all my contributions. Could you please fix the problem? Philip Gervaise (talk) 07:52, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I have reported the error. PhilKnight (talk) 09:12, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Lifting topic ban

You stated here that I need to have 6 months of constructive editing before my topic ban can be lifted. I have had at least 6 months of constructive editing since my topic ban was agreed on 5 November 2025. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 16:50, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@331dot: - what do you think? PhilKnight (talk) 16:57, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I had said they could appeal to WP:AN but I have no objection to you handling it as you see fit. I'm not currently in a position to take a deep dive into their edits. 331dot (talk) 17:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I think an appeal at WP:AN is the best way forward. PhilKnight (talk) 17:06, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree. 331dot (talk) 18:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@PhilKnight: @331dot: I have started an appeal at WP:AN. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 18:52, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for all your hard work keeping Wikipedia awesome. --Magnolia677 (talk) 10:55, 4 June 2026 (UTC)::

Thanks for your kind message. PhilKnight (talk) 10:56, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

24.73.113.42

Hi, I am wondering why you unblocked this IP after initially blocking it. If you take a look at the history of Vancouver Fire Department (Washington) you can see the issue. I also started a thread on Drmies's talk page about this same issue. See also User talk:38.137.157.89. It's disruptive editing and many of their IPs have been blocked over the last 5 years that it's been an issue. Cutlass^Ciera 19:18, 5 June 2026 (UTC)