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An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect PODS® and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 15#PODS® until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. BD2412 T 05:07, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

Made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period OR
Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 24 April 2022

News and notes: Double trouble

The second case of Wikipedian persecution.

In the media: The battlegrounds outside and inside Wikipedia

What's hot in the media this month.

Special report: Ukrainian Wikimedians during the war

Writing Wikipedia, joining the armed forces, and volunteering.

Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary (Part 2)

"Our proud Sparta bleeds too."

Technology report: 8-year-old attribution issues in Media Viewer

Plus, a new status page and Desktop Improvements.

Featured content: Wikipedia's best content from March

We showcase the best content that Wikipedians offered this past month.

In focus: Editing difficulties on Russian Wikipedia

A multi-national encyclopedia tries to move forward.

Gallery: A voyage around the world with WLM winners

Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 winners announced.

Interview: On a war and a map

How a war map predated Wikimedia's map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Serendipity: Wikipedia loves photographs, but hates photographers

Why not just link to an article to attribute famous photographers?

Traffic report: Justice Jackson, the Smiths, and an invasion

Plus deaths, films, and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Recent research: Student edits as "civic engagement"; how Wikipedia readers interact with images

And other new research findings

News from the WMF: How Smart is the SMART Copyright Act?

The deceptively simple Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of 2022.

Essay: The problem with elegant variation

An elegant Wikipedia essay.

Humour: Really huge message boxes

A serious statement of Wikipedia policy.

From the archives: Wales resigned WMF board chair in 2006 reorganization

A look at when the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees was reorganized.

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