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Rugrats

Would you be willing to request the FAC be deleted (i.e. so it's not a fail)? I only ask because I've found several reviews that can be used to strengthen it. Unless you think you can add them to the article quickly, of course. Cukie Gherkin (talk) 22:56, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, looking it over, it'll probably be quick enough to handle without derailing the FAC too much. I'll post what I find there. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 23:09, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Cukie Gherkin: If you post the links below, I can help with adding them to the article. Let me know if you want to be a co-nom and I'll add you. Z1720 (talk) 23:13, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

List

Featured article pages missing Template:TFAFULL

I see you created all the pages for April 2026 TFAs, and left {{TFAFULL}} out of most of them (only Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 4, 2026 and Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 30, 2026 included it). This template is necessary for AnomieBOT to populate Template:TFA title/data.json and the per-day pages like Template:TFA title/April 1, 2026, which it's starting to try to do now. Anomie ⚔ 23:54, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomie: Thanks for letting me know. It's my first month as TFA co-ordinator so I still have lots to learn. I added the template to the April 1 TFA. Can you please ensure that it was done correctly? If so, I will do the same thing to all the articles that month. Z1720 (talk) 05:00, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Looks good to me, and it caused AnomieBOT to property create Template:TFA title/April 1, 2026 and Special:Diff/1345969653. Anomie ⚔ 13:22, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Err, I see you added the template to the rest of the month, but didn't supply the necessary parameter holding the article title (which you did do for April 1). Anomie ⚔ 23:21, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomie: I think I completed this for each date now. Let me know if I need to do anything else. Z1720 (talk) 23:35, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The ones I checked look good. Thanks! Anomie ⚔ 00:15, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I assumed not using the template was a deliberate change (though I haven't had the time to check yet). The template was also used by Article alerts bot. I noticed entries on reports reappeared, so I checked and I saw you readded them. So I guess I can keep using it instead of finding another solution for parsing the page name? — HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK 10:20, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AnomieBOT used to look for the bolded link. Which was a pain, because sometimes people would do the bolding like '''[[link]]''', sometimes <b>[[link]]</b>, sometimes [[link|'''text''']], sometimes [[link|<b>text</b>]], and still sometimes other formatting would confuse the bot (e.g. people doing [[link|"'''text'''"]] despite MOS:AMU). I was glad to switch to the template after noticing it existed in April 18, 2022 (which did like '''{{lang|it|[[link]]}}'''). Anomie ⚔ 11:28, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Rugrats: Search for Reptar lauds

Hello. Apologies for the random message. just wanted to thank you for your work on the Rugrats: Search for Reptar article. I grew up playing this video game, and I have so many fond memories of it, so it was nice to everything that you have done for the article. I unfortunately do not have the time to do a FAC review (and apologies for that), but I still wanted to post a message to thank you for your work on this article. Best of luck with the FAC! Aoba47 (talk) 16:47, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

question

hi. Are unreliable sources being used at development section is okay for FAC as long as it is not used excessively? I heard this before that we can. Thoughts? 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 04:49, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Boneless Pizza!: Depends on the article, the source, and the context. Which article is it for? Z1720 (talk) 04:51, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
For Ashley Graham (Resident Evil). The source [1] for development section. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 10:57, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Boneless Pizza!: Why is this source considered unreliable? I'm struggling to open the link right now, but I'll try again later. Z1720 (talk) 14:21, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Its more like a fan interview to developers 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 16:15, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Red Barnstar
		Awarded to Z1720 for prompting me to get off my butt and restore the ACLU article to GA quality. That, and all the other tireless work you do in the GA and FA realms: your work does not go unnoticed. Why the Red Barnstar? Because it stands out, hence is appropriate for outstanding work. Noleander (talk) 18:23, 8 April 2026 (UTC) [reply]

FAR

Out of curiosity, do you ever use {{FAR}}? It looks like a subst-only template but with no /doc and no way to tell if it's actually used I'm not sure the best thing to do with it. Thanks. (please do not ping on reply) Primefac (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think so? What does the template do? Z1720 (talk) 14:33, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It looks to preload the "next in the series" for {{Featured article review}} (e.g. if there was an /archive3 it would give a link for creating /archive4). Primefac (talk) 09:50, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas

You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:45, 15 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 240, April 2026

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WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
Generalissima (submissions) with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction, waterways, and Gu Yanwu
Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:GAR/95

A tag has been placed on Category:GAR/95 indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Schizophrenia article is due for Featured Article Review (FAR)

Just sending a friendly reminder, since its been a bit since you posted your concerns to the talk page. @Casliber recommended that the article be listed for FAR by May 1 if no substantial edits were made.

I'm not super into the Schizophrenia literature, but I have a little bit of adjacent knowledge (peek my edit history). Maybe you would be better to lead the charge because you know the history of the project better than I do. ShillAwayAsSeenOnTV (talk) 23:14, 1 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@ShillAwayAsSeenOnTV: Thanks for the reminder. An editor can only post a new FAR once a week: I have a large backlog of articles to post, so it might take a while for me to get this at FAR. However, if you post it I can leave comments and suggestions if others decide to work on it. Please let me know if you have any questions about the FAR process or how to post a new FAR. Z1720 (talk) 01:56, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I understand what you're saying and I took some time to think about it.

I would be better suited to spearhead work on the Bipolar disorder article and related articles on biology, epigenetics thereof.

Someone should take responsibility for the Schizophrenia FAR that has the capacity and knowledge to give this review the attention it deserves. If that's nobody at the moment, then all I can promise is that I will keep track of the diffs in my watchlist to prevent vandalism or low quality writing from lingering on the article. ShillAwayAsSeenOnTV (talk) 21:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@ShillAwayAsSeenOnTV: It may be several months or years before I can nominate it to FAR, as I have a very large backlog. Z1720 (talk) 00:24, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – May 2026

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

Administrator changes

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Interface administrator changes

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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.

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

Apologies

Again, my apologies for my late-night tired brainfart on Musical instrument, mea culpa. GARs are important work, and Wikipedia is better for it. Jonathanischoice (talk) 22:43, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

I had made a mental note to do something like this soon, but it has more oomf coming from you. Daniel Case (talk) 20:23, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

May 2026

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		I know you get a lot of hate from people in this regard, but reviewing old Good Articles to ensure they are still of GA quality is important work. Bgsu98 (Talk) 22:50, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Request for mentorship

Hello, I'm posting here to ask if you would be willing to mentor me as I put Portugal for FA consideration. The instructions strongly suggests a mentor for first time nominators (which I am) and Portugal is already under a peer review but since this is a country article I'm afraid that it will take a while before any editor reviews it thoroughly. I have successfully one GA and one FP to my credit so hopefully I would be a good mentee. Thanks for any consideration GumballNine1Nine (talk) 22:54, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@GumballNine1Nine: I don't have much experience writing geography articles, so I might not be the best mentor. However, I'll take a look and give some comments in the PR. I recommend reaching out to Nikkimaria (as the editor for Manitoba and Melville Island (Nova Scotia)) and JacobTheRox (instrumental in the FARs of Manchester and Ashton-under-Lyne). They might notice things that I would overlook. Z1720 (talk) 00:22, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of Rugrats: Search for Reptar

Congratulations, Z1720! The article you nominated, Rugrats: Search for Reptar, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, FrB.TG (talk) via FACBot (talk) 23:06, 16 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 241, May 2026

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Keegan (WMF) (talk) 17:16, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:ANI-notice with missing parameter: thread

Hey, @Z1720. When your notify this discussion, please include the |thread= parameter, but optional; see Template:ANI-notice#Parameters. Kindly regards, —KuyaMoHirowo (talk • contribs) 03:27, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

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Administrators' newsletter – June 2026

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

Administrator changes

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.

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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.

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

Ping spamming

If in the future you want to ping me seven times, leave a message on my talk page instead. Thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:25, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AirshipJungleman29: Sorry for the large number of pings: I was going one at a time through the GANs and did not realise how many I would need to send to one editor. Z1720 (talk) 18:38, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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GARs

There are a number of pending GARs that I posted, which I obviously cannot close. They are dated April 24, so we are well-past a month. When you have a minute, could you take a look and close them out however you see fit? Bgsu98 (Talk) 16:25, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

TFAs

Thank you today for Ancaster incident, "about a reformer in Upper Canada named George Rolph who was attacked by the Tory elite in the 19th century. Supposedly, it was because he was having an affair, but it was probably because Rolph threatened Tory influence in the province."! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:47, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Types Riot, introduced (in 2021): "My first FA was just promoted. To celebrate, I figured I'd nominate another one! This article is about a riot that occurred in York, Upper Canada, (now Toronto) that destroyed William Lyon Mackenzie's printing press. The event started the downfall of the Family Compact, the ruling clique of Upper Canada, and its civil trial was described by a modern historian as "the most important debate in Upper Canadian legal history"."! - I remember my first solo TFA: BWV 172. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 8 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you today for Tatannuaq, introduced as "an Inuk interpreter, serving as a guide, translator, and diplomat for the European explorers. He is notable for his work with two of John Franklin's expeditions: they were disasters, but Tatannuaq's skills prevented a greater loss of life."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:19, 21 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your work on today's Featured article

I didn't know about the Ancaster incident until today; I appreciated learning about it. Sumana Harihareswara 11:13, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Thank you for taking the time to improve the article（HPV vaccination in japan) and for your dedicated efforts, especially as an experienced editor. I would like to submit this article for Good Article review. I am deeply grateful for your support！

流山隆一 (talk) 21:21, 14 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good articles

Hello, you had asked on some of the GA review pages if I am going to review the articles. The answer is yes, but it will have to wait until later this week as I will be quite busy over the next days. Векочел (talk) 02:37, 16 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue 242, June 2026

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 three recent works
Timeline: This month in military history

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