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Merge the rollbacker group to the patroller group?

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I filed phab:T432557 per below. Codename Noreste (talk) 02:16, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

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So a random thought just came to my head—should we consider merging the rollbacker user group into the patroller user group? Currently, rollbackers can only revert edits, but they cannot edit or move pages under autopatroller protection. Additionally, there is only one non-admin patroller who is active in patrolling new pages (aside from admins).

What this proposal does is that rollbacker will be discontinued, and users in the patroller group will also receive the rollback user right (all previous rollbackers will be granted patroller rights). This is similar to the English Wikibooks whose reviewers (editor) can rollback edits and review with FlaggedRevs. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 01:38, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

•   Support PieWriter (talk) 04:35, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support Good idea. --Saroj (talk) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support GrimRob (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support --Obinna Tony (talk) 07:04, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

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Marathon

Dear colleagues, hello! My name is S. Marchenko, I am a user of Wikimedia Foundation Russian language projects and a VRT agent. I actively edit the Russian version of Wikiquote, and recently I had the idea to hold an international marathon to improve and expand Wikiquote articles in different languages. In connection with this, I created a competition page on Meta m:Wiki Loves Quotes 2026, where you can also register your local community. I really hope you find it interesting! Sincerely, S.Marchenko (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

спасибо, товарищ. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:12, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Add an edit count requirement for autoconfirmed users?

Currently, promotion to become an autoconfirmed user only requires waiting four days, which allows vandalism-only accounts and LTAs to vandalize (such as Special:Contributions/Lester Boggs) and evade some abuse filters. I am proposing that we include a minimum edit count requirement such as either 5 or 10 edits. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 23:13, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support GrimRob (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support PieWriter (talk) 23:28, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support We should select a number. 5 or 10 seems sufficient. Anatole-berthe (talk) 23:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

CC to @GrimRob and @PieWriter on which number to select (one or the other). Codename Noreste (talk) 00:00, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

10 GrimRob (talk) 05:05, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

I prefer 10 PieWriter (talk) 00:01, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support, probably 10 edits. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:10, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

  Support, that is currently the way things are on the English Wikipedia, I don't see a reason why Wikiquote should have different requirements because vandalism can always occur. I support the same requirements as the English Wikipedia so 10 edits and four days is sufficient for this discussion. Qwerty123M (talk) 09:08, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Should we appoint new functionaries?

The last time we've had local checkusers (if at all) was more than 10 years ago (way before my time), and since then, we've relied on the stewards to perform checks. If we were to have local checkusers, I would suggest having three checkusers (all appointed by community consensus, with a minimum of 25 votes), and checks may be requested at the administrators' noticeboard. Codename Noreste (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I think it's a good idea to appoint them at this point. We now have a good number of active contributors, so there's little harm in giving it a try and seeing if the minimum vote requirement can be met. If it isn't met, we can continue relying on the stewards as we have been. If local checkusers are appointed, I think it'd be better to create a separate page for check requests instead of using the administrators' noticeboard, as it would make it easier to keep a clear record and history of requests. Saroj (talk) 07:25, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

I think it's a generally good idea for mature and vibrant WMF communities to have local CUs and to self-police.

For what it's worth, I am willing to CU here and am a CU at species:. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:10, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

I would be willing to do this as well. I have filed few CU requests because of an LTA and a specific spambot. One more admin who has technical knowledge of CU, please. Thanks. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:02, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

I would be willing to serve as a CheckUser as well, if the community supports me. Saroj (talk) 04:52, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

When can we start? Today? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 13:46, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I think we can start now. Saroj (talk) 13:56, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

@Koavf, start first. We announce this site-wide and all of these need a minimum of 25 votes. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 14:16, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Makes sense to me. I support you editing the site notice and making a thread here with a vote for if we should have CUs and then we can have another vote for individuals willing to stand for it. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:54, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

If possible, I'd also like to serve as a Checkuser since I'm active for a long time for about two years and has some basic knowledge when working on miraheze. -‎Lemonaka‎ 02:28, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@Koavf, @Lemonaka and @Saroj; should we start the votes now? This was running for slightly more than two weeks and the votes say there is consensus to elect local CUs. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 00:17, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Not sure that I'm following. There are votes below. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:00, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

The problem is always not the consensus to elect local CUs or not, instead, is this project hard to find more than 15 valid users to vote in such elections. I've discussed this about 2 years ago in admin mailing list but at that time there isn't enough user to vote. Hopefully this time we will get enough users. -‎Lemonaka‎ 10:45, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

I agree that the real challenge isn’t about consensus on electing local CUs, but rather ensuring we have enough active participation to make the process meaningful. The lack of quorum in past attempts shows how difficult it can be to mobilize more than 15 valid voters. That said, the community has grown since your earlier discussion on the admin mailing list, and I share your hope that this time we’ll reach the necessary threshold. If we can encourage broader engagement and remind users of the importance of these elections, we might finally achieve a sustainable model for local CU selection. Vortexcore123456789 (talk) 01:15, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Have you edited here before under a different account or without a login? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:12, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

sometimes WQ users are obliged to restart Internet connection and use multiple IP addresses due to an automatic filter blocking policy, which is not founded on a real risk for WQ website's integrity. At the second time the user tries to publish his/her article, then the website works well.

Often blocked contributions are constructive and do not include spam.

The automatic filter does not work well on Wikipedia too. ~2026-45442-42 (talk) 21:42, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Votes

•   Support as nominator. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:11, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support --Saroj (talk) 15:25, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:36, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support ~ UDScott (talk) 18:23, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support PieWriter (talk) 00:33, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
•   Support -‎Lemonaka‎ 01:44, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
•   Support - but with reservations on the NEED for nominees to recognize the NEED to be reserved and cautious in their assessments, and in how much they themselves are inclined to presume or to reveal, based upon their own possibly hasty or erroneous assumptions, prior to thorough inquiries and investigations. ~ ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 02:26, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

  In that case, once we elect our local checkusers, should we create our own local CU policy which supplements the global policy? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

•   Support as long as enough users serve.--TunnelESON (talk) 03:27, 6 August 2026 (UTC)S
•   Support - - Billious Bobulous the III|Talk!|Watch! 18:15, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for commenting. While there are restrictions on who can vote, it's probably best for the validity of the motion that we have 25+ users who have actually edited the site before. Since this was your first edit (and you've only been on WMF wikis for several months, with about 100 edits total), whomever closes this vote may not count yours. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:41, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

•   Support! --وسيم (talk) 16:45, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for your voting. However, at the time you vote you only made zero edit on this project before, so this vote is probably not valid. -‎Lemonaka‎ 22:00, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

  @Lemonaka,

  Alright, that's unfortunate. You can Strikethroughit. --وسيم (talk) 22:03, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

•   Support - completely reasonable suggestion. Antandrus (talk) 23:23, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Quote Me: Integrating Wikiquote into Wikimedia CEE Spring

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/07/22/quote-me-integrating-wikiquote-into-wikimedia-cee-spring/ ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:15, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Request for comment (the future of Abstract Wikipedia)

You are invited to voice your opinions in a request for comment about the future of Abstract Wikipedia. Thank you! Kowal2701 (talk) 12:25, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Global rights policy

I accidentally used suppressredirect at Michael Omolewa. What shall I do? MathXplore (talk) 04:06, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Since this is a one-time use, this shouldn't be an issue, MathXplore. However, if someone has a pattern of using suppressredirect from a global group (and not from a local group) for any reason other than reverting page-move vandalism, an administrator may ask them to stop using suppressredirect only, provided they have not misused rollback or any other user rights. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 15:00, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Call for admins

Any patroller who has a solid understanding of Wikiquote's content and core policies/guidelines may want to consider applying at Wikiquote:Requests for adminship. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 23:03, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Create a non-admin extended mover group?

I would like to propose that we create an extended mover user group (extendedmover). It would have the following user rights:

• delete-redirect to delete single revision redirects; administrators do not need to have that right as they have delete instead.
• move to allow moving pages; per noc.wikimedia.org, extended movers in other projects explicitly have this user right.
• move-subpages to allow moving pages with their subpages.
• suppressredirect to not create redirects when moving pages.
• tboverride to override the local and global title blacklists when moving pages.

Currently, only administrators have these special user rights when they access the page move interface, hence this proposal. Thoughts? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 20:10, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Looking at Special:Log/move, there hasn't been that many moves without leaving redirects. Has there been a lot of requests for these moves to administrators? Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:19, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Creation of an English Wikiquote Discord server

I was thinking of creating an English Wikiquote Discord server, but what channels should we create for that server? I will host it. No votes are required, as this is a community consultation. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 21:08, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

I entirely support anyone else using this if they want, but I will not be using it since 1.) Electron applications are insecure, 2.) I think that discussion should stay on-wiki, and 3.) Discord is by far the ugliest and most confusing website I've ever seen (with the possible exception of Red Smoke). As for actually answering your question, if you want to solicit it, en.wikt users (not myself) use it, so you could check en:wikt:WT:DISCORD and mimic what you think is applicable. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

The link is here. On-wiki administrators will have the administrator role. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 18:07, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I'd better not use that. Private discussion among sysops would be better on administrator mailing list and more importantly, off site discussion are usually hard to monitor and analyse, which may cause some burden further if badly dealt with. -‎Lemonaka‎ 04:56, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Is the administrator mailing list still active? Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 17:34, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste,

I suggest creating this in the main discord server. --وسيم (talk) 16:49, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

I made Wikiquote:Discord. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 17:25, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

New user scripts

Hi everyone, I've created two user scripts that may be useful:

• CatSync – Syncs categories from a corresponding article on another Wikimedia project using Wikidata sitelinks.
• AddSitelink – Adds a sitelink from the current page to an existing Wikidata item using a corresponding Wikipedia article.

Feel free to try them if they're useful for your workflow. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. Saroj (talk) 10:40, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, be useful if the DEFAULTSORT could be synced as well. Don't think this is exposed through Wikidata though. GrimRob (talk) 11:25, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

I made a separate script for this: Sortkey, suggests a default sort key from the page title. Saroj (talk) 07:20, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, tried it on a couple. Seems to work fine. Good that you can change the suggestion as well. GrimRob (talk) 12:22, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Protection on the Main Page templates

Currently, almost all Main Page templates, except Main Page/New pages (under semi-protection), are fully protected. I would like to suggest we lower the protection of all those templates (and increase the MP new page template) to autopatroller protection. This would allow some more users to maintain those templates while remaining protected from most users because they are considered high risk. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 22:12, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

I don't object as such, but is this proposal in response to a particular issue? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:09, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Main Page/New pages is the only one that needs regular updates, so I agree with making that more accessible to autopatrollers and get a greater cadence for alerting users to new pages. QOTD has its own process, not sure you'd want people to interfere with that? Some of the others I can't imagine need updating very often. I know we can always rollback if anyone blunders, but might it be better to just pick the pages which realistically might be updated? GrimRob (talk) 12:13, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

I don't think the protection level of Main Page/New pages should be increased to autopatroller protection, as it should remain accessible to all users creating new pages. For the other Main Page templates, I think the current protection levels are generally appropriate, since users can always request changes to protected templates when needed. Saroj (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

August 2026 Wikimedia Café meetups regarding Next 25

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