Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2024-03-29/News and notes

Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified

The Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (holy alliteration!) has been ratified, with nearly 75% support from 1,746 voters. Some voters were excited about the potential benefits of the charter regarding administrator accountability and representation, while others were concerned about local-project autonomy, potential abuse of the policies, increasing bureaucracy, and even political bias. Still others commented on the voting process itself, including the availability of translations into other languages. Full voter comments are available on Meta-Wiki. – s, AK

Wiki Loves Monuments winners announced

The winners of the 2023 Wiki Loves Monuments contest were announced earlier this week. The announcements were staggered and spanned two days, starting with honorable mentions (places 25 to 16) on Monday 25 March, and concluding with the 15 winners on Tuesday 26 March. To see the 15 winning entries, go to the Wiki Love Monuments website. Wikimedia Commons has a complete overview of all nominees, winners and runners-up. – AK

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  2nd place: Marksburg Castle, Germany, in winter
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  3rd place: Panoramic view of Premana, Lombardy, Italy

Brief notes

• Wikimania 2024 CfP: A call for session proposals for Wikimania 2024 (to be held in Katowice, Poland from August 7-10) will close on April 3.
• Annual reports: Wikimedia Ukraine (in Ukrainian), Diff post (in English); West Bengal Wikimedians User Group; Dagbani Wikimedians User Group; Wikimedia Community Ireland.
• New administrators: None to report this issue.
• Record low active administrators: 442 was the low point for active admins in 2023 (see prior Signpost coverage, and followup), and 2023's low point was just undercut on 28 March 2024, when 441 were counted by the bot (see page history for the tally). Just as 442 was last year, 441 is a record for nearly the last 20 years of English Wikipedia, i.e. the period encompassing the current Requests for Adminship (RfA) procedure. Currently, reform of the RfA process is being discussed at the 2024 RfA Review.
• Articles for Improvement: This week's Article for Improvement is Abdalá Bucaram, the former president of Ecuador. Please be bold in helping improve this article!