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Meta-Wiki maintenance announcements [edit]

General maintenance announcements:

(as of 05 January 2026)

• Assistance with Meta-Wiki maintenance is always welcome.
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(as of 05 January 2026)

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Event organizer for Ankit Kumar Verma

Hello, I am writing to request event organizer rights on Meta-Wiki so I can access the events dashboard to create and manage the future events of my community.

I lead WikiClub Tech India and will be organizing upcoming events for our community. Our Rapid Fund application was recently approved for celebrating Wikipedia’s 25th birthday, and I need dashboard access to manage and coordinate these events properly.

Thank you for your support. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Authorankit07 (talk)

Done I have temporarily granted the rights for three months. You can request the rights later on when there is a need. Please also make sure that you sign your posts with four tildes at the end. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:01, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:01, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Sandbox header

The sandbox has the line {{Meta:Sandbox/Please do not edit this line}}<!-- Please edit below this line --> at its very top. Currently, we try to prevent its removal using filter 34, which hasn't caught any hits since 2018, despite having been modified an additional 4 times during these 7 years.

I suggest we delete the filter entirely and use MediaWiki:Subjectpageheader instead; that interface message is prepended to every non-talk page's content, and allows for localizations. The sandbox can then be edited freely without affecting the message box. I have made some of the necessary changes as a proof-of-concept; see the sandbox (localized) to experience the change for yourself. If there's consensus to do this, MABot's code will probably need to be modified as well.

Thoughts? NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 19:47, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Lint errord d

Lint errord d (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --NDG (talk) 22:38, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Done blocked. EPIC (talk) 22:40, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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Event organizer for Jon Harald Søby (WMNO)

Global user: Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) (talk • contribs • User rights • global contributions • CentralAuth • block log)

Reason for request: I'd like to request event organizer rights to create an event page for WMNO's WP25 event. Maybe more later on, but that's the primary use at the moment.

Criteria met:

• No active blocks: No active blocks
• Global edits: 36,454
• Additional Criteria: Affiliate staff

Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) (talk) 09:12, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Done Granted. – DreamRimmer ■ 09:29, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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