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Removal of administrator rights from locked accounts

Could a bureaucrat please remove administrator rights from the following users?

• AKosiaris (WMF) (talk • contribs)
• ABorrero (WMF) (talk • contribs)

They no longer work for the Wikimedia Foundation. Thanks. Codename Noreste (talk) 21:18, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste: This was done by @BryanDavis in https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=1008847 and https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=1008848 respectively. Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 16:01, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. Codename Noreste (talk) 16:03, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Main page change requests

Can the following be performed?

1. Add theme-night-mainpage to MediaWiki:Wikimedia-styles-exclude
2. The main page title pages may optionally be set to blank: MediaWiki:Mainpage-title and MediaWiki:Mainpage-title-loggedin
3. An interface administrator can remove .page-Main_Page .firstHeading, from MediaWiki:Common.css if the previous step was made

Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 03:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Done all 3. taavi (talk!) 13:54, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

July 2026 Wikimedia Café meetups regarding Wikimedia governance and options for reform

Hello! There will be two Wikimedia Café discussion opportunities in July. Both sessions will focus on Wikimedia governance, including possible follow-ups to the Movement Charter and options for reform. Participants may attend either or both Café sessions.

This month, to deconflict the Café meetups from Wikimania, the meetups will be held one day later than usual.

1. 26 July 2026 15:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to the Americas, Africa, and Europe
2. 27 July 2026 03:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to Asia and the Pacific

Please see the Café page for more information, including how to register!

~~~~ Pine (talk) 04:01, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

August 2026 Wikimedia Café meetups regarding Next 25

Hello! There will be two Wikimedia Café discussion opportunities in August. Both sessions will focus on the Next 25 initiative, including framing the initiative. Participants may attend either or both Café sessions.

1. 29 August 2026 15:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to the Americas, Africa, and Europe
2. 30 August 2026 03:00 UTC (timestamp converter), at a time friendly to Asia and the Pacific

Please see the Café page for more information, including agenda details and how to register!

To subscribe or unsubscribe for Café notices on your talk page please go here.

~~~~ ༄ᨒ𖠰 Pine (✉) 01:34, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Inactive administrator removal

Can a bureaucrat please remove administrator rights from the following user?

• billinghurst (talk • contribs)

They have been inactive for roughly more than four years. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 15:09, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste: Why @Billinghurst but not other inactive sysops? @DeltaQuad made their most recent edit on the same day in 2021. @Tim.landscheidt hasn't edited since 2017. Etc. Maybe we should do this properly with an agreed process? Jdforrester (WMF) (talk) 21:03, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

Community consultation on Wikimedia Hackathon

We'd like to invite you to participate in a community consultation about the future of the Wikimedia Hackathon.

For more than a decade, the Wikimedia Hackathon has brought technical contributors from around the world together to collaborate, learn, and build connections. While this annual global event has been successful in supporting our technical community, we want to explore whether a different model could make these opportunities more accessible and help strengthen technical communities in different regions. We're proposing a model that combines a global Wikimedia Hackathon every three years with regional hackathons in the intervening years.

Read the proposal and share your feedback through the Talk Page before November 6th: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Hackathon/Community_Proposal_2026

All feedback is welcome and we look forward to hearing your thoughts! BPiovesan-WMF (talk) 13:41, 14 October 2026 (UTC)