This page is a chronology of events in year 2023 Recap directly related to Wikipedia and Wikipedians, both within Wikipedia and in the whole wide world. Wikipedia events and events in sister projects ( Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc.) are listed as long as they are related to Wikipedia.
Additions to this page must follow certain rules, [a] because it is hoped that in 50 years or so this page will become a valuable source of scholar research.
- January:
- "Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in 'bid to control content'". The Guardian. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- Wikipedia:Vector 2022 desktop skin was unveiled. It received mixed reviews, see Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023#January
- February: Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over 'sacrilegious' content, see Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023#February
- March: The first sound logo of Wikimedia (including Wikipedia) was adopted. [1]
- August 16–19:
m:Wikimania 2023, 18th annual Wikimedia Conference, in
Singapore
- July: Firefangledfeathers ( talk · contribs) [2]( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Firefangledfeathers)
- August: Pppery ( talk · contribs) ( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pppery), Theleekycauldron
- September: Hey man im josh ( talk · contribs) ( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hey man im josh)
- July: AlisonW (sanctioned for conduct), Amberrock (inactive), Closedmouth (inactive), Scottywong (sanctioned for conduct) [2]
- August:
- Dwheeler (inactive)
- G.A.S (inactive)
- Royalbroil (resigned)
- Ssd (inactive)
- September:
- Alex Bakharev (inactive)
- CorbieVreccan (resigned)
- Cyphoidbomb (inactive)
- Davodd (inactive)
- Hog Farm (resigned)
- JamesR (resigned)
- KnightLago (resigned)
- Mark Ironie (resigned)
- Nosebagbear ( deceased)
- Rschen7754 (resigned)
- Tamzin (temporarily resigned)
- TonyBallioni (resigned)
- July 25: Vladimir Medeyko ( User:Drbug), the former head of Wikimedia Russia and founder of the Russian government-approved Ruwiki fork, has been globally banned by WMF. Medeyko had previously been blocked indefinitely on the Russian Wikipedia, [3] following a discussion at the Russian Wikipedia's Administrators' Noticeboard, as well as on Commons (July 3), where the reason given was "Long-term abuse: creating a Wikipedia fork which includes stolen content from Commons as well" [4]
- August 25: BrownHairedGirl ( talk · contribs) banned indefinitely ( Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute)
- Spinningspark ( talk · contribs)
- Mr impossible ( talk · contribs)
- DGG ( talk · contribs)
- Thibbs ( talk · contribs)
- Deror avi ( talk · contribs)
- Inoslav Bešker ( talk · contribs)
- Kipala ( talk · contribs)
- Doncram ( talk · contribs)
- Pmccawley ( talk · contribs)
- Eagleash ( talk · contribs)
- Theodor O. Diener ( talk · contribs)
- Nosebagbear ( talk · contribs)
- 2023 Recap
- Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023 Recap
- Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2023 Recap
- Wikipedia Milestones
- History of Wikipedia
- Category:Wikipedia news
-
^ While formally
Wikipedia:Verifiability and others of Wikipedia's content-controlling policies do not apply outside the
main namespace, they must be strictly followed here, for the sake of scholarly discipline:
- The listed event and its date must be mentioned in a wikilinked or externally linked reference. It is advised to consider an external link to a specific version of a Wikipedia page rather than a wikilink, if this page is linked for a critical but volatile piece of information.
- Credible sources must be used only. Within Wikipedia, Wikipedia Signpost is one of them.
- Trivial events must be avoided:
- Random mentioning of Wikipedia belong to Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media.
- Routine Wikipedia activities, such as a promotion of an article to featured state, are generally not listed here, unless such events generate significant buzz outside its normal working scope.
- ^ a b "Wikipedia's new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced". Wikimedia Foundation. 2023-03-28. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ a b Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/2023/8
- ^ Журнал блокировок Участник:Drbug
- ^ Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-01/News_and_notes
This page is a chronology of events in year 2023 Recap directly related to Wikipedia and Wikipedians, both within Wikipedia and in the whole wide world. Wikipedia events and events in sister projects ( Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc.) are listed as long as they are related to Wikipedia.
Additions to this page must follow certain rules, [a] because it is hoped that in 50 years or so this page will become a valuable source of scholar research.
- January:
- "Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in 'bid to control content'". The Guardian. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- Wikipedia:Vector 2022 desktop skin was unveiled. It received mixed reviews, see Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023#January
- February: Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over 'sacrilegious' content, see Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023#February
- March: The first sound logo of Wikimedia (including Wikipedia) was adopted. [1]
- August 16–19:
m:Wikimania 2023, 18th annual Wikimedia Conference, in
Singapore
- July: Firefangledfeathers ( talk · contribs) [2]( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Firefangledfeathers)
- August: Pppery ( talk · contribs) ( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Pppery), Theleekycauldron
- September: Hey man im josh ( talk · contribs) ( Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Hey man im josh)
- July: AlisonW (sanctioned for conduct), Amberrock (inactive), Closedmouth (inactive), Scottywong (sanctioned for conduct) [2]
- August:
- Dwheeler (inactive)
- G.A.S (inactive)
- Royalbroil (resigned)
- Ssd (inactive)
- September:
- Alex Bakharev (inactive)
- CorbieVreccan (resigned)
- Cyphoidbomb (inactive)
- Davodd (inactive)
- Hog Farm (resigned)
- JamesR (resigned)
- KnightLago (resigned)
- Mark Ironie (resigned)
- Nosebagbear ( deceased)
- Rschen7754 (resigned)
- Tamzin (temporarily resigned)
- TonyBallioni (resigned)
- July 25: Vladimir Medeyko ( User:Drbug), the former head of Wikimedia Russia and founder of the Russian government-approved Ruwiki fork, has been globally banned by WMF. Medeyko had previously been blocked indefinitely on the Russian Wikipedia, [3] following a discussion at the Russian Wikipedia's Administrators' Noticeboard, as well as on Commons (July 3), where the reason given was "Long-term abuse: creating a Wikipedia fork which includes stolen content from Commons as well" [4]
- August 25: BrownHairedGirl ( talk · contribs) banned indefinitely ( Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/SmallCat dispute)
- Spinningspark ( talk · contribs)
- Mr impossible ( talk · contribs)
- DGG ( talk · contribs)
- Thibbs ( talk · contribs)
- Deror avi ( talk · contribs)
- Inoslav Bešker ( talk · contribs)
- Kipala ( talk · contribs)
- Doncram ( talk · contribs)
- Pmccawley ( talk · contribs)
- Eagleash ( talk · contribs)
- Theodor O. Diener ( talk · contribs)
- Nosebagbear ( talk · contribs)
- 2023 Recap
- Wikipedia:Press coverage 2023 Recap
- Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/2023 Recap
- Wikipedia Milestones
- History of Wikipedia
- Category:Wikipedia news
-
^ While formally
Wikipedia:Verifiability and others of Wikipedia's content-controlling policies do not apply outside the
main namespace, they must be strictly followed here, for the sake of scholarly discipline:
- The listed event and its date must be mentioned in a wikilinked or externally linked reference. It is advised to consider an external link to a specific version of a Wikipedia page rather than a wikilink, if this page is linked for a critical but volatile piece of information.
- Credible sources must be used only. Within Wikipedia, Wikipedia Signpost is one of them.
- Trivial events must be avoided:
- Random mentioning of Wikipedia belong to Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media.
- Routine Wikipedia activities, such as a promotion of an article to featured state, are generally not listed here, unless such events generate significant buzz outside its normal working scope.
- ^ a b "Wikipedia's new sound logo: Winner of The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest announced". Wikimedia Foundation. 2023-03-28. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ a b Wikipedia:Administrators' newsletter/2023/8
- ^ Журнал блокировок Участник:Drbug
- ^ Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-08-01/News_and_notes