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The English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Elections is being held in November-December; three steward scrutineers and (preferably) one reserve whose homewiki is not enwiki are needed for the event. You can see a list of responsibilities for the role here. Thank you in advance! — Frostly (talk) 23:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

(sending this out in advance to allow for a more comfortable election timeline; the Electoral Commision, which appoints scrutineers, has not been seated yet)— Frostly (talk) 23:25, 9 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

FTR As I just said above for fawiki, if a scrutineer is needed, I'm here (I've not COI with enwiki) :) Superpes15 (talk) 23:26, 9 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

I would be happy to offer my help as a scrutineer for these elections. (I've not COI with enwiki). --Mykola 00:56, 10 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

Glad to help if needed, but happy to make space for fellow stewards, considering I've scrutineered the last few ACEs. Martin Urbanec (talk) 08:04, 10 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

• Thank you Superpes15, Mykola7, and Martin Urbanec. Optimally we would like at least one reservist. If any other non-conflicted stewards are available and would like to volunteer please indicate below (also Martin appears willing to fall to reserve if anyone would rather do the actual work - please indicate if you are open to full status or only reservist). Thank you (from enwiki ElecCcom), — xaosflux ^Talk 00:14, 16 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

  Any more bites (even as a reservist?) — xaosflux ^Talk 13:25, 25 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

• While I agree it would be better if we had an alternate, I'm satisfied with user:Superpes15, user:Mykola7, and user:Martin Urbanec and move that we seat them. I'll just note here that I'm a CU on enwiki, so if you folks need any assistance in that department, I'm here for you. RoySmith (talk) 14:16, 28 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

  Thanks; will certainly ping whenever a need arises. Martin Urbanec (talk) 17:16, 28 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

  @RoySmith: Many thanks! I agree that we would certainly get in touch with you as soon as the need arises :) Superpes15 (talk) 11:42, 29 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

• Thank you for volunteering Superpes15, Mykola7, and Martin Urbanec. Should another reservist come forward, please let us know. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 16:06, 28 October 2023 (UTC) Reply

In the past 7 months, 587 tickets have been handled by the Steward clerks program. I would first like to thank the team for the time that they have taken to handle that queue.

With this success so far, we are expanding the steward clerks program in two ways:

• SRGP will now have the clerking assistance of the steward clerks in relation to GIPBE requests
• In the near future, Steward clerks will be given access to the steward tickets where proxy blocks are at play on UTRS (technical implementation still needed)

At this time, we are looking to expand the team further. There will be an open application through November 9th 11:59 UTC. Users can apply by emailing myself a quick paragraph about why you would be a good fit - it does not need to be a resume, but it does need to highlight your experience. Requirements for the role are as follows:

• Have remained in good standing with all Wikimedia Communities for the past 6 to 12 months
• Signed or willing to sign the ANPDP and the VRT confidentiality agreement
• Been active for a period of 3-6 months
• Have a positive record of reporting actionable concerns (SRG or other steward related venue) and remain in good standing with the stewards internally
• Willing to use off-wiki communication methods to communicate about this program

-- Amanda (she/her) 05:36, 2 November 2023 (UTC) Reply

I too would like to express my appreciation for clerks' committment. Vituzzu (talk) 15:11, 2 November 2023 (UTC) Reply

Can I suggest adding the abusefilter-modify-blocked-external-domains right to global sysops, as a sysop-level right on most wikis? It is eventually replacing the spamblacklist system which just requires editinterface which GS already has. Let me know if I should start a full RFC or proper discussion, but I feel this is probably uncontroversial. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 21:44, 3 November 2023 (UTC) Reply

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