Commons:Commons Gazette/2023
Here are the 2023 issues of Commons Gazette. Please do not edit this page.
Commons Gazette 2023-01
Staff changes
In December 2022, 2 sysops were removed. Currently, there are 189 sysops.
- User:Seddon (WMF)'s temporary sysop expired on 2 December. We thank him for his service.
- User:4nn1l2 was globally banned by WMF on 6 December and subsequently removed.
- (The global ban was applied to 16 users. Some statements about the global ban by WMFOffice: 1 2 3.)
Other news
After more than 10 years and campaign efforts by many Commons users, user right sboverride was finally created in July 2022. This user right would allow users edit while overriding m:Spam blacklist.
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Commons Gazette 2023-02
In January 2023, the total number of uploaded files exceeded 90 million.
Currently, there are 189 sysops.
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Commons Gazette 2023-03
Staff changes
In February 2023, 1 sysop was elected; 1 sysop was removed. Currently, there are 189 sysops.
- User:Cybularny was elected (26/1/0) on 1 February.
- User:Mardetanha was removed on 13 February due to inactivity. He has served as sysop since 24 August 2008. We thank him for his service.
Other news
Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Multimedia and Commons concluded.
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Commons Gazette 2023-04
Staff changes
In March 2023, 1 sysop was elected; 6 sysops and 1 bureaucrat were removed. Currently, there are 184 sysops and 6 bureaucrats.
Election:
- User:Kritzolina was elected (35/2/0) on 2 March.
Removal:
- User:Amada44 was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. They had served as sysop since 28 June 2010.
- User:Cookie was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. She had served as sysop since 5 October 2005.
- User:JuTa was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. They had served as sysop since 6 June 2012 and as bureaucrat since 2 June 2015.
- User:Matanya was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. They had served as sysop since 19 April 2011.
- User:Nat was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. He had served as sysop since 1 June 2020.
- User:Srittau was removed on 13 March due to inactivity. He had served as sysop since 19 November 2016.
We thank them for their service.
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Commons Gazette 2023-05
Staff changes
In April 2023, 1 sysop was removed. Currently, there are 183 sysops.
- User:Andre Carrotflower was removed on 25 April due to resignation. He had served as sysop since 10 July 2021.
We thank him for his service.
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Commons Gazette 2023-06
Staff changes
In May 2023, 1 sysop was elected; 1 checkuser was removed. Currently, there are 184 sysops and 4 checkusers.
Election:
- User:Red-tailed hawk was elected (30/2/0) on 2 May.
Removal:
- User:Fitindia was removed on 8 May "pursuant to an Ombuds Commission decision" by User:WMFOffice. He had served as checkuser since 29 January 2022.
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Commons Gazette 2023-07
Volunteer staff changes
In June 2023, 1 sysop was elected; 1 sysop (bot) was removed. Currently, there are 184 sysops.
Election:
- User:Teles was elected (57/1/0) on 19 June.
Removal:
- User:CommonsMaintenanceBot was removed on 20 June due to inactivity. It had served as sysop since 18 November 2014. We thank it for its service.
Other news
- The Flickr Foundation ( https://www.flickr.org/ ) announced that they would adopt the Flickr2Commons tool, originally developed by Magnus Manske:
We've partnered with the Wikimedia Foundation to adopt a tool called Flickr2Commons. We want to look after it and extend its features with the long term in mind. Keep your eyes open for "Flickypedia", which we plan to re-release towards the end of the year.
- A representative of the Wikimedia Foundation elaborated that they would be working together with the Flickr Foundation and that future updates would be posted on Commons:WMF support for Commons.
- Nigeria enacted Copyright Act, 2022 on 17 March 2023.[1] The new law restricted freedom of panorama in Nigeria. See here for details.
- ↑ Nigeria Passes New Copyright Act 2022!. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (May 12, 2023). Retrieved on 30 June 2023.
Edited by Abzeronow, Donald Trung Quoc Don and RZuo.
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Commons Gazette 2023-08
Volunteer staff changes
In July 2023, 1 sysop was elected. Currently, there are 185 sysops.
- User:Abzeronow was elected (29/0/1) on 3 July.
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Commons Gazette 2023-09
Volunteer staff changes
In August 2023, 1 sysop was elected. Currently, there are 186 sysops.
- User:Satdeep Gill was elected (24/1/1) on 26 August.
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Commons Gazette 2023-10
- 7 September was the 19th anniversary of the founding of Wikimedia Commons.
- Currently, there are 186 sysops.
- Commons:Adiutor is a new tool for maintenance tasks.
- User:Vikipolimer was appointed temporarily as administrator and interface administrator from 4 to 11 September to facilitate set-up of Adiutor.
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Commons Gazette 2023-11
- Currently, there are 186 sysops.
- Overwriting other users' uploads is now limited to autopatrollers.
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Commons Gazette 2023-12
- The total number of files on Wikimedia Commons exceeded 100 million on 16 November 2023.[1] This has taken 7 009 days since the founding of Wikimedia Commons on 7 September 2004.
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- Currently, there are 186 sysops.
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