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Commons Gazette is a monthly newsletter of Wikimedia Commons, published on the 1st of every month.
Commons Gazette 2024-10
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- 7 September was the 20th anniversary of Wikemedia Commons. It now hosts over 109 million files in various formats.
- Vote for Picture of the Year 2023 now!
Volunteer staff changes
[edit]In September 2024, 1 sysop and 1 bureaucrat were elected; 5 sysops and 1 oversighter were removed. Currently, there are 179 sysops, 7 bureaucrats and 3 oversighters.
Election:
- User:CptViraj was elected bureaucrat (55/0/1) on 1 September.
The last addition to the bureaucrat team was elected in 2015.
- User:Sadads was elected sysop (42/0/0) on 26 September.
Removal:
- User:Julo was removed on 13 September due to inactivity. He had served as sysop from 28 December 2006.
- User:Leit was removed on 13 September due to inactivity. They had served as sysop from 1 December 2006.
- User:Otourly was removed on 13 September due to inactivity. He had served as sysop from 15 July 2009.
- User:Rama was removed as sysop and oversighter on 13 September due to inactivity. They had served as sysop from 28 August 2005 and as oversighter from 5 January 2009.
- User:Tarawneh was removed on 13 September due to inactivity. He had served as sysop from 29 December 2006.
We thank them for their service.
Other news
[edit]- Selena Deckelmann (Chief Product and Technology Officer of WMF) wrote an open letter concerning Commons.
Edited by Abzeronow and RoyZuo.
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