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The Signpost: 20 October 2025

• News and notes: Board shuffles, LLM blocks increase, IPs are going away
  

And the "Global Resource Distribution Committee" emerges.

• Special report: The election that isn't
  

Two shortlisted WMF Board candidates removed from the ballot.

• Interview: The BoT bump
  

Who was bumped and why?

• In the media: An incident at WikiConference North America; WMF reports AI-related traffic drop and explains Wikipedia to US conservatives
  

...while Musk prepares to launch "Grokipedia".

• Traffic report: One click after another
  

Serial-killer miniseries, deceased scientist, government shutdowns and Sandalwood hit "Kantara" crowd the tubes.

• Humour: Wikipedia pay rates
  

Don't get too excited before you read this.

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2025

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

Administrator changes

Toadspike

• Elahrairah
• Juliancolton
• Magnus Manske

CheckUser changes

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Guideline and policy news

• The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
• Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.

Technical news

• You can enable a handy user info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visit Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
  • Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 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 Signpost: 10 November 2025

• News and notes: Temporary accounts go live and WMF board member self-suspends
  

ArbCom elections draw close, and Wikimania '27 in Santiago.

• Community view: Six Wikipedians' thoughts on Grokipedia, and the humanity of it all
  

It ain't a five course meal, according to one of our interviewees.

• Wikicup report: BeanieFan11, WikiCup victor of 2025, covers the results
  

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

• In the media: Jimbo's book, an argument about genocide, and a train of shame
  

Wikipedia's new rival, political controversy in Italy and other Wiki-reports.

• Recent research: Taking stock of the 2024–2025 research grants
  

$400,000 USD in total funding: what did we get?

• Opinion: With Grokipedia, top-down control of knowledge is new again
  

Does it shed any light on particular topics that are better suited to LLM-generation than others?

• Obituary: Struway
  

Rest in peace.

• Traffic report: The documentaried, the disowned, the deceased, Diwali and the Dodgers
  

You know your man is working hard, he's worth a deuce.

• Comix: Head of steam
  

'Sblood!

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Orphaned non-free image File:Anthony-Perrinott-Lysberg-Barber-Baron-Barber-of-Wentbridge.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester.jpg

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Split article

can you split the article Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston into another article on his two terms as prime minister? ~2025-32801-95 (talk) 05:05, 12 November 2025 (UTC)