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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Schedule

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The May 2026 administrator elections ↗ are set to proceed.

We plan to use the following schedule:

* April 29–May 5: Candidate sign-up

* May 8–May 12: Discussion phase

* May 13–May 19: SecurePoll voting phase

If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts before we get started, please ask at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections ↗.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 Administrator Election – Call for Candidates

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The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at '''Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Candidates ↗'''.

Here is the schedule:

April 29 – May 5: Call for candidates

May 8–12: Discussion phase

May 13–19: SecurePoll voting phase

Please note the following:

The requirements to run are identical to RFA ↗—a prospective candidate must be extended confirmed ↗.

Prospective candidates are advised to become familiar with the community's expectations of administrators, which are much higher than the minimum requirement of having extended confirmed status. This includes reviewing successful ↗ and unsuccessful ↗ RFAs, reading the essay Wikipedia:Advice for admin elections candidates ↗, and possibly requesting an optional poll on their chances of passing ↗.

The process will have a seven day call for candidates phase, a two day pause, a five day discussion phase, and a seven day private vote using SecurePoll. Discussion and questions are only allowed on the candidate pages during the discussion phase.

The outcome of this process is identical to making a request for adminship. There is '''no official difference''' between an administrator appointed through RFA versus administrator elections.

Administrator elections are also a valid means of regaining adminship for de-sysopped editors ↗.

Ask any questions about the process at the talk page ↗. Later, a user talk message will be sent to official candidates with additional information about the process.

If you are interested in the process, please make sure to watchlist the appropriate pages. A watchlist notice will be added when the discussion phase opens, and again when the voting phase opens.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:31, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

May 2026 Administrator Elections – Discussion Phase

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May 2026 Administrator Elections – Voting Phase

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The voting phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started and will continue until {{Administrator elections status/data|May 2026|end}} at {{Administrator election time|end}} UTC. You can participate in the voting phase at '''Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/Voting phase ↗'''.

As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

{{Administrator elections/Header/daterange|May 2026|begin|end}}: SecurePoll voting phase ('''we are here''')

Scrutineering phase

In the voting phase, the candidate subpages close to public questions and discussion, and everyone who qualifies to vote ↗ has a week to use the SecurePoll ↗ software to vote, which uses a secret ballot ↗. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's vote total during the election. The suffrage requirements ↗ are similar to those at RFA.

Once voting concludes, we will begin the scrutineering phase, which will last for a few days, perhaps longer. Once everything is certified, the results will be posted on the results page ↗ (this is a good page to watchlist), and transcluded to the main election page ↗. In order to be granted adminship, a non-recall candidate must have received at least 70.0% support, calculated as Support / (Support + Oppose), and a minimum of 20 support votes. Recall ↗ candidates must achieve 55.0% support ↗. Because this is a vote and not a consensus, there are no bureaucrat discussions ↗ ("crat chats").

Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page ↗. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:11, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Stonewall DFL

Hello! I saw you made the page Stonewall DFL as a redirect to the national Stonewall Democrats. I actually plan to work on that as its own content page, since I'm currently planning on making pages for all the caucuses of the DFL. You're welcome to help, of course. I though since you coincidentally made the page as a redirect shortly before I independently was going to create it, you should be aware. Thank you for your work. Minnastronomer (talk) 05:38, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Blocked for sockpuppetry

<div class="user-block" style="padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; border: 1px solid var(--border-color-base, #a2ab91); background-color: var(--background-color-warning-subtle, #fef6e7); color:inherit; min-height: 40px">40px|left|alt=Stop icon with clock ↗<div style="margin-left:45px">You have been '''blocked ↗''' from editing for a period of '''1 week''' for abusing multiple accounts ↗ per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Travellers & Tinkers ↗. Note that multiple accounts are allowed ↗, but '''not for ''illegitimate ↗'' reasons''', and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted ↗ or deleted ↗. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions ↗. </div><div style="margin-left:45px">If you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks ↗, then submit a request through the unblock wizard ↗ or through <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:MyTalk|action=edit&section=new&editintro=Template:Unblock/editintro&preloadtitle=Unblock+request&preload=Template:Unblock/preload&preloadparams%5b%5d=}} your talk page]</span>.  '''<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">Toadspike</span> [[User talk:Toadspike|<span style="color:#21a81e;font-variant:small-caps">[Talk]</span>]]''' 18:46, 9 July 2026 (UTC)</div></div>