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NPOV policies about to undergo a reform?
[edit]On 27 March 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation posted on Diff an article named "Strengthening Wikipedia’s neutral point of view", writing:
To support the Wikimedia communities and reaffirm our commitment to neutrality, the Wikimedia Foundation will convene a working group of active editors, Trustees, researchers, and advisors to explore recommendations for common standards for NPOV policies that can protect Wikipedia, increase the integrity of the projects, and equip the volunteers trusted to administer these policies with more support.
These conversations will be grounded in the foundational principles underlying NPOV, designed to present a fair, neutral description of the facts without compromising the exploration of ideas, concepts, and perspectives. Reaffirming Wikipedia's neutrality in response to what we are seeing in the world makes this highly trusted resource even more resilient in its mission to serve accurate, reliable information.
Wikipedian Ziyad al-Sufiani released
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On 11 March 2025, the British–Saudi-Arabian ALQST human rights organisation stated on X that
Ziyad al-Sufiani has been released after over four and a half years of arbitrary imprisonment.
He was an Arabic @Wikipedia administrator, arrested for editing pages like that of Saudi WHRD Loujain al-Hathloul.
His fellow Wikipedian Osama Khalid remains in prison, according to ALQST, serving a 32-year prison term. See previous Signpost coverage. – AK
Over 35,000 accounts compromised and locked
[edit]The Foundation announced that it has locked 35,893 accounts that were found to be compromised after a credential stuffing attack. No accounts that utilized two-factor authentication were affected. A discussion on English Wikipedia ensued at the village pump. – B
News from WMF
[edit]Wikimania programs were open - https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2025:Wikimania
Summarise meta:Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin/2025/5 (and also meta:Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin/2025/4 ?
Multiple withdrawals from meta:Talk:Global Resource Distribution Committee/Creation of the interim GRDC - News + Also More commentary required?
meta:Affiliations Committee members announced(? not seeing it on mailing list or usual places)
Brief notes
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- New administrators: The Signpost welcomes the English Wikipedia's newest administrator, Goldsztajn.
- Active administrators: The number of active administrators is a bit wobbly and hit 447 on 28 March. This takes us back to where we were almost exactly a year ago, despite the gains in November 2024 due to administrator elections (see prior Signpost coverage). Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Closed - 3rd admin recall petition - Wikipedia:Administrator recall/Master Jay resigned at BN.
- Milestones: The following Wikimedia projects have reached milestones: TKTK
- Articles for Improvement: This week's Article for Improvement is TKTK. Please be bold in helping improve this article!
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