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globalusagecount.toolforge.org

Hi, I think you are a maintainer of the "globalusagecount" tool. The tool needs to be updated with new DB names per 2026 Commons links tables database split to avoid outputting stale stats. Example: c:File:SKQSfont2.pdf vs tool's result. PacmanD (talk) 16:30, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/toolforge-repos/globalusagecount/-/merge_requests/1 PacmanD (talk) 17:30, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

@PacmanD Is is bad to admit that I completely forgot that I had taken over this tool? I got your patch running on https://globalusagecountmirror.toolforge.org/. Let me know if it's running as expected. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:58, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for updating! Yes, I can confirm that the mirror site's results are correct: https://globalusagecountmirror.toolforge.org/?lang=en&file=SKQSfont2.pdf PacmanD (talk) 00:12, 28 September 2026 (UTC)

@PacmanD  Done. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:01, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – October 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2026).

Administrator changes

• Cleared as filed
• Dante Alighieri
• Doug Weller
• Gentgeen
• Vacant0

Oversight changes

• Doug Weller
• ToBeFree

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the good article criteria have been amended to add accessibility requirements.
• Following an RfC, late signatures added to administrator recall petitions after 720 hours from opening are reverted or struck and do not count towards the threshold, even if the petition has not yet been formally closed.
• The post-May 2026 administrator elections RfCs concluded with consensus for election monitors to curate blatantly inappropriate questions after posting, and to remove or merge true duplicates, clearly marking merged questions. Calls for candidates will include advisory guidance that users with less than one year’s experience or 5,000 edits generally lack a realistic chance of success.

Technical news

• Interface administrators no longer need to specify the ResourceLoader option in the definitions for gadgets on MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition as gadgets are always loaded through ResourceLoader. (T298199)
• The list=abusefilters API module now supports formatversion=2 and includes breaking changes to its responses. In particular, the actions property is now a JSON array rather than a string, regardless of the format version. Maintainers of user scripts and other code using this module should check compatibility and update their code as needed. (T435828)

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Gun control 2 has been closed.

Obituaries

• Doug Weller passed away on 30 September 2026. Doug Weller began editing Wikipedia in 2006 and became an administrator in 2008, making nearly 275,000 edits over two decades. He served on the Arbitration Committee from 2015 through 2018 and was also a longtime CheckUser and Oversighter.

Miscellaneous

• The October 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from September 29 to October 19. The call for candidates ends October 5.
• Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2026 Arbitration Committee elections is opened and closes on 8 October.
• The Good Article Nominations backlog drive has begun and is scheduled to end on November 3.

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New cross-language page link: Houthi attacks on commercial vessels

A new page حملات حوثی‌ها به کشتی‌های تجاری on the Persian Wikipedia has been linked to the page Houthi attacks on commercial vessels, which you created, via Wikidata (Q133523383).

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NervousBot (talk) 17:34, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Pages temporarily changed during toolforge outage

This list is mostly for my own reference:

•  Undone Template:AfC status/original
•  Undone Template:Random page in category
•  Undone Template:AfC button
•  Undone Template:Expand language/howto
•  Undone Template:Merge backlog
•  Undone Template:GoToRandomVital
•  Undone Template:Split backlog
•  Undone Template:AfD button
•  Undone Wikipedia:IRC help disclaimer
•  Undone Wikipedia:WikiProject Indonesia
•  Undone Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Operation Majestic Titan

--Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 23:45, 21 October 2026 (UTC)

Putting this barnstar here because I don't know where to put it on your main page

		The Technical Barnstar
		Thanks for your work on the PHP2Shell vulnerability article! 98uwd (talk) 09:34, 22 October 2026 (UTC)

ITN recognition for PHP2Shell

On 23 October 2026, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article PHP2Shell, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 02:25, 23 October 2026 (UTC)