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Monthly instructions for sending an issue and starting the next:

  1. Move from Wikipedia:Scripts++/Next to the issue page without a redirect, and without moving the talk page (suggested summary: Issue being sent, moving (redirect suppressed per [[WP:PMRC#9]]/[[WP:CSD#G7]]))
  2. Remove <nowiki> tags around signature
  3. Move relevant discussion entries from Wikipedia talk:Scripts++ to the new talk page, so the link doesn't appear as a redlink (include the heading == Scripts for issue 17 == {{Moved discussion from|Wikipedia talk:Scripts++}} ) replacing 17 with the correct issue number
  4. Send the mass message (Special:MassMessage) to Wikipedia:Scripts++/Subscribe with the subject Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 17 and the content {{subst:Wikipedia:Scripts++/Issue 17}} (again, replace 17 with the correct number)
  5. Update Template:Scripts++/current with the new issue number
  6. Update Wikipedia:Scripts++/Archive
  7. Update Wikipedia talk:Scripts++/Archive
  8. Start the next issue, using Wikipedia:Scripts++/Shell