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New admins!

Results from the July 2025 administrator elections have been posted. In alphabetical order, the newly-elected administrators are:

The Signpost thanks these editors and the others who stepped forward to be considered for adminship. – B

U4C news

TKTK - Expand from brief notes meta:Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee/Announcements#Appeals_on_Hebrew_Wikipedia meta:Universal_Code_of_Conduct/Coordinating_Committee/Announcements#Non-voting_member_appointment_process - Rolling process

GRDC appointed, kind of?

TKTK - Expand from brief notes

m:Talk:Global_Resource_Distribution_Committee/Creation_of_the_interim_GRDC#Interim_GRDC_committee_members_update. Previously, multiple members had withdrawn nominations after the process was extended by 30 days without notice. BoT had first announced GRDC on ????.

Arbcom news

TKTK - Expand from brief notes Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#Changes_to_the_functionaries_team,_July_2025 - 4 CU stepping down Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard#Announcement_regarding_use_of_checkuser_by_the_Wikimedia_Foundation - In the talk page discussion, Arbs described as "reasonable ask, done at an incorrect scale".

Data breach claimed

TKTK - Expand from brief notes. Needs more discussion/verification before it can be published Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 223#alleged_"massive_leak_on_Wikimedia_sites" involves off-wiki claim that oversighted information was substantive and not just the usual libel, copyright violations, and other dreck.

Wikinews furore continues

TKTK - Expand from brief notes meta:Request_for_comment/Closure_of_Sister_Project_Task_Force

meta:Wikinews Pulse proposed

BoT news

TKTK - Expand from brief notes meta:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard#June_2025_meeting_outcomes

meta:Wikimedia Foundation elections/2025/Shortlisting process - BoT 2025 elections, 6 candidates shortlisted, 26 August is "campaigning period", followed by Voting period of 2 weeks

WMF Bulletin / news from the Movement

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These are the latest Wikimedia Foundation bulletins.

Bulletin 9 (May 16)
Bulletin 10 (May 30)
Bulletin 11 (June 13)
Bulletin 12 (June 27)
Bulletin 13 (July 11)
Bulletin 14 (July 25) "The bulletin will be back after Wikimania with a special issue on the 19th August."

Others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_recall/Night_Gyr closed, with ~48K words, after 21 days. Result: Petition certified with 25 signatures. Closing as successful petition for recall.

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