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The discussion phase of the December 2025 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• Dec 4–8 – Discussion phase (we are here)
• Dec 9–15 – SecurePoll voting phase
• Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages are open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Discussion phase.

On December 9, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate’s totals during the election. You must be extended confirmed to vote.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which typically lasts between a couple days and a week. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (you may want to watchlist this page) and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a candidate who has not been recalled must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and must also have received a minimum of 20 support votes. A candidate that has been recalled must have at least 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions (“crat chats”).

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(This message was sent to User talk:Cactusisme and is being posted here due to a redirect.)

hi, I am new to wikipedia and I really cannot offer much, but I noticed some errors on a page of a person I happen to know and I want to contribute. How can I do that? —Anastasia.ODC (talk) 13:24, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may have a WP:COI if you know the person so I suggest leaving a message on the talk page of the article to see comments from other users to see if its fine to add/remove content. You can also ask me. May I know the title of the page? Plutus 💬 mess — Fortune favors the curious 00:46, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sure, Elli Papakonstantinou is the page. She is a Greek contemporary director, author and librettist. The article mush have been written by her previous site designer, yet he didn’t provide all links for citation and he exaggerated on Elli’s international impact. Anyway, I will try your suggestions. I would also cut and rewrite the article but as I regularly work with her (I am and actress and singer) I guess I shouldn’t do that. Anastasia.ODC (talk) 20:26, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can tell what you plan to do, on your sandbox: User:Anastasia.ODC/sandbox, and I can guide you further Plutus 💬 mess — Fortune favors the curious 00:33, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issue 7, 5 December 2025

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:56, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(This message was sent to User talk:Cactusisme and is being posted here due to a redirect.)

Hi there, I’m a new editor, but an expert in cooking. What are your thoughts on molasses? I understand it is difficult to give objective measures on the darkness and sweetness of molasses and other sugar byproducts. Is there a best practice in place for categorizing ambiguous substances? Thanks. —Zweibelkaramell (talk) 22:11, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Molasses comes from making sugar by boiling cane or beet juice, and each boiling changes what is left in the syrup. Light, dark, and blackstrap molasses differ mostly in how much sugar has been removed, which gradually changes how sweet, dark, thick, and strong‑tasting they are, without any sharp line between the types. Plutus 💬 mess — Fortune favors the curious 00:33, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2025 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you’d like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box to your watchlist. Election news: The Guild’s coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure nearly everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors experienced in drives or blitzes and in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to nominate themselves or another editor (with their permission, of course) to be a Guild coordinator until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June 2026. September Drive: 43 of the 63 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive edited 693,541 words in 265 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. October Blitz: 14 of the 15 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz edited 75,108 words in 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. November Drive: 38 of the 65 editors who signed up for the November Backlog Elimination Drive edited 590,816 words in 240 articles. Barnstars awarded are posted here. December Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 14 December (UTC) and will end on 20 December at 23:59. Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 01:49, 8 December 2025 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 293 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 1,730 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn’t be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, GoldRomean, Miniapolis and Mox Eden. To stop receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:25, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

Valereee

CheckUser changes

Spicy

Technical news

• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
• Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

Miscellaneous

The voting phase of the December 2025 administrator elections has started and will continue until Dec 15 at 23:59 UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Voting phase.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

• Dec 9–15 – SecurePoll voting phase
• Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote has a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate’s vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall candidates must achieve 55.0% support. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions (“crat chats”).

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:06, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

My name is Marc-André Tarte. I have an interesting background as a 12 year veteran professional snowboarder turned professional in the world of airbags => www.progressionairbags.com

I would like to publish a page about myself as an athlete and another for my airbag company which supports the development of self esteem in youth!

While I understand that as the mentor you’re only supposed to help me provide edits to help Wikipedia. If you help me with this, I’ll happily write my own publications and commit to editing various wikipedia publications.

Looking forward to your response.
M-A Tarte —Marc-André Tarte (talk) 06:28, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]