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From January, edit filters can be set to automatically suppress their details such as rules and list of attempted edits and actions. This will help oversighters use edit filters to prevent doxxing or other suppressible material. [1]
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The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 will take place on 13-14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Applications just opened mid-December and will close in mid-January or earlier if capacity is reached. With space for approximately 100 participants, early application is encouraged.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:43, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Robertsky, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026.
Happy editing,
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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

Hello Robertsky, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2026.
Happy editing,
ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 05:00, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from BradleyNixon (23:30, 24 December 2025)

Thank you for mentoring me. Should I create a page for Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie that doesn't exist in the English site, but does in the Dutch and German Wikipedia sites? If so, could I just copy the translated text from Dutch? What do you recommend? Bradley --BradleyNixon (talk) 23:30, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BradleyNixon for English Wikipedia, we require facts to be verifiable. As such, while you can translate from Dutch or German Wikipedia, you will have to find sources and cite the translated statements accordingly as well. I suggest that you do so in your personal sandbox. I have dropped some links on your talk page as well which may aid you in your endeavour. Happy holidays! – robertsky (talk) 01:25, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful! Thank you for your reply and I appreciate the links on the talk page. These will help. Happy Holidays. BradleyNixon (talk) 18:47, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merry Christmas

Hello User:Robertsky: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, —Ganesha811 (talk) 12:58, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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add details

please help to add the following details to 2025 in Singapore thank you

2025: Hamzah Bin Ibrahim and Tika Pesik, Singaporeans, were hanged on 15 October 2025 for trafficking drugs.[402] 2025: Tan Kay Yong hanged on 26 November 2025 for trafficking 18.71g of diamorphine. 2025: Mohammad Rizwan and Saminathan Selvaraju, were hanged on 27 November 2025 for trafficking 301.6g of heroin [403] KLM MONSTERS (talk) 14:42, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KLM MONSTERS there is nothing technically restricting you from editing the article though? – robertsky (talk) 14:12, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

but I don't know how to do a proper edit i am scared they will remove my edit again KLM MONSTERS (talk) 12:23, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KLM MONSTERS I suggest 1. checking through the entries to ensure that there are no repeated items with your edit. 2. Look at the previous entries and formulate your entries in a similar manner. – robertsky (talk) 14:15, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for M Ravi

On 25 December 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article M Ravi, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. —Bagumba (talk) 21:41, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive

January–February 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol

New Pages Patrol is hosting a one-time, two-month experimental backlog drive aimed at reducing the backlog. This will be a combo drive: both articles and redirects will earn points.

The drive will run from 1 January to 28 February 2026.
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Each article review earns 1 point, while each redirect review earns 0.2 points.
Streak awards will be granted based on consistently meeting weekly point thresholds.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:06, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]