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Instructions for sending the newsletter:

  1. Move Wikipedia:Scripts++/Next to Wikipedia:Scripts++/Issue $1, where $1 corresponds to the new issue number
    • A redirect should be suppressed, per WP:PMRC#9/WP:CSD#G7.
    • Suggested summary: Issue being sent, moving (redirect suppressed per [[WP:PMRC#9]]/[[WP:CSD#G7]])
    • This summary appears as: Issue being sent, moving (redirect suppressed per WP:PMRC#9/WP:CSD#G7)
  2. Ensure that the <nowiki /> tag has been removed from the signature, to ensure that it is saved and substituted as a signature
  3. Ensure that the <nowiki /> tag has been removed from the talk page link, so that it is saved and substituted as a proper link to the talk page of the issue
  4. Create the talk page of the new issue, so that it isn't sent as a red link
  5. Send the meass message:
    1. Go to Special:MassMessage
    2. Set the target list to Wikipedia:Scripts++/Subscribe
    3. Set the subject to Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue $1, where $1 corresponds to the new issue number
    4. Set the content to {{subst:Wikipedia:Scripts++/Issue $1}}, where $1 corresponds to the new issue number
    5. Preview, verify that steps 2-4 were implemented properly, and send
  6. Update the current issue transcluded to Wikipedia:Scripts++