Update 24.07.2026
Another update!
Editor changes:
- The article feedback interface now also posts the feedback as a new section on the article's talk page.
- We've added a toggleable "Your impact" panel on your own user page displaying total edits, last edited, longest edit streak, a 60-day activity chart, and how many views the articles you've edited have received. At the moment this is off by default, and available to enable at the bottom of the first page in Special:Preferences.
- Tightened rate limits on the article feedback button.
- User registrations no longer post to the wiki's Discord feed.
Mod changes:
- A link to the "mass rollback" page now appears in the tools dropdown when viewing a user's contributions.
- The "Give award" link now appears in the tools dropdown when viewing a User or User talk page.
- Fixed award grant/revoke log entries sometimes incorrectly showing the staff member who performed the action as the recipient.
Misc. changes:
- Various backend infra updates
- General codebase tidy-up, as well as updates to make contributing easier
Speaking of moderators and moderator tools, if you're a regular wiki contributor please remember to check out our moderator applications page!
Thanks for reading, and happy editing!
2026-07-17
Hello everyone!
Pleased to announce that we're shipping a big new update for the wiki today that should address a few longstanding issues, as well as improve the integrity of the wiki.
Editor/User features
- Each mainspace article now has its own 'Give feedback' button on the right-hand side of the toolbar, which lets you provide feedback on an article. It will post the feedback into the #wiki channel on Discord, and open a widget that lets people see their feedback in the edit feed (in the next update, it will also add the feedback to the discussion page).
- A number of backend anti-spam features have been implemented, with more to come!
- Logging out now gives you an 'Are you sure?' prompt (no more accidental one-click signouts!).
- Added support for uploading OpenDocument Text (.odt) and OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) files.
- The base MediaWiki version has been upgraded to 1.46, and several extensions have been updated. This should generally improve the performance and security of the wiki.
- Non-confirmed users are no longer able to edit Templates.
- InstantCommons is now enabled, so media hosted on Wikimedia Commons can be used directly in articles without re-uploading it locally.
Moderator features
- Admins now have access to a panel that can enable/disable 'lockdown mode', where account creation will be temporarily disabled, and non-confirmed users will no longer be able to make edits. This can be found at Special:SiteLockdown.
- Staff with the new 'rollback-manager' permission also now have the ability to perform mass rollbacks, where a large number of edits made by a single user can be simultaneously reverted. This can be found at Special:MassRollback.
- Awards can be manually created and handed out by staff using the interface at Special:GiveAward. These will appear at the bottom of user pages.
As an aside, we've also now started to index on Google! A few hundred of our pages can be searched for, though it may take some time for their placement to climb up the ranks.
Big thank you to Jake for his hard work on the update, and for everyone here for keeping the wiki rolling!
2026-06-15
Just wanted to share a few announcements and updates.
First and foremost, we've enabled temporary accounts for anon edits on the wiki, so that IP addresses will no longer appear in place of a non-logged-in user's username when they edit anonymously. This makes editing without an account a bit more private, and reduces the chance of publicly exposing anything if you accidentally make an edit whilst logged out (IP info is still retained on the backend though, so that admins can use it to spot troublemakers).
We've also improved the links between the CRW's Discord and Zulip - the #off-topic, #privacy, and #tech-news channels are now bridged! (Zulip folks can find all bridged channels as topics under #Discord-bridge).
2026-03-27
We'd like to announce the launch of two new projects on the wiki:
- Project Laws aims to increase the number of articles about consumer-rights-relevant laws from around the world, so that the wiki can be a useful resource for people trying to find out what the laws are where they live, or for people looking to compare and contrast the laws of different countries;
- Project Maintain brings together a number of the tasks that need to be done on a regular basis to keep the wiki ticking over, and points you in the right direction!
Also, remember to sign up for this month's Zoom hangout and get yourself on the mailing list for the meeting link by emailing [email protected] with the subject line 'monthly hangout'! The hangout will be at the same time as last month - on the first Sunday of the month at 20:00 UTC. If you signed up last month, you'll still get the email.
