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Linkwatchers

Hi, the linkwatchers haven't output anything to their IRC channels since at least last night. Hopefully nothing's gone awry. -XXBlackburnXx (talk) 23:22, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations, dear administrator!

Congratulations, Beetstra! You now have the rights of an administrator on Meta-Wiki. Please take a moment to read the Meta:Adminstrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat, and Meta:Requests for deletion, but also Talk:Spam blacklist and Talk:Interwiki map), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings, or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care. Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-adminconnect. You may find Meta:Admin handbook to be useful. Please also check or add your entry to the Template:List of administrators. You're also allowed to subscribe to the metawiki-admins private mailing list (subscription instructions on that page). Again, congratulations and welcome to the team. --M/ (talk) 16:22, 2 December 2024 (UTC) Thanks! As said, I will mainly focus on the spam blacklist and on my bot pages, but may help a bit around other tasks where needed (and I feel comfortable enough). Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 19:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC) @M7, I don't seem to be allowed to connect to #wikimedia-admin, I'm not on invite list? Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 19:50, 2 December 2024 (UTC) Sorry for the delay with your IRC channel question. You have to ask Az1568 or AmandaNP: they have the appropriate bits to have you invited. Ciao, M/ (talk) 13:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC) Can you please provide your NickServ username and cloak and reping me. -- Amanda (she/her) 19:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC) @AmandaNP I'm also user Beetstra on liberachat. Cloak 'user/beetstra'. Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 18:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC) I have added access for you for the time being. That said, I've not added you to the invite bypass list, so you will have to manually invite yourself with ChanServ for now. For security purposes, I will need you to m:IRC/Cloaks obtain a non-user cloak. I can process that as soon as you have submitted. -- Amanda (she/her) 19:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC) @AmandaNP done that, waiting for approval of wikipedia/beetstra Dirk Beetstra T C (en: U, T) 22:20, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Notice of review of adminship (October 2025)

Hello Beetstra,

Pursuant to Meta:Administrators/Removal (inactivity) and because you have made fewer than ten (10) logged administrator actions over the past six (6) months, your adminship is under review at Meta:Administrators/Removal (inactivity)/October 2025. If you would like to retain your adminship, please sign there before October 08, 2025.

Kind regards, M/ (talk) 06:58, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

@M7 it is 19. This is the same over and over. Last time they were removed automatically during an absense .. this should REALLY make more consideration as to why someone is an admin and not some (erratic) bit counting. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} (en: U, T) 08:41, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the signature and for your clarification. --M/ (talk) 11:02, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

TAIV

Admins already have temporary account IP viewer permissions, you just need to activate your access via your preferences by agreeing to the policy. Granting yourself that user group is redundant to your existing permissions. Johannnes89 (talk) 11:56, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

@Johannnes89 hah, that is it then. I've been trying and trying. Must have missed that in any of the instructions I read .... Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} (en: U, T) 13:03, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

You may be an eligible candidate for the U4C election

Greetings,

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) seeks candidates for the 2026 election. The U4C is the global committee responsible for overseeing enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct. Elections are held annually, if elected a committee member serves for two years.

This year the U4C requires candidates to hold administrator rights on at least one wiki, which is why you are being contacted as you appear to hold this right. There are other requirements, such as candidates must be at least 18 years old and may not be employed by the Wikimedia Foundation or other related chapters and affiliates. You can find more information in the call for candidates on Meta-wiki. Additionally, the committee's working language is English; some ability to communicate in English is required.

The election opens on 18 May, if you are eligible and interested you have until 10 May to submit your candidacy. There will be a week in between for candidates to answer questions from the community. Voting takes place privately in SecurePoll, successful candidates must receive at least 60% support. More information is available on the 2026 Elections page, including timelines and other candidacy information. If you read over the material and consider yourself qualified, please consider submitting your name to run for the committee. If you think someone else in your community might be interested and qualified, please encourage them to run.

In partnership with the U4C -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:06, 28 April 2026 (UTC)