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'''2026-03-27'''

We'd like to announce the launch of two new projects on the wiki:

* [[Projects:Laws|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;

* [[Projects:Maintain|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.

'''2026-03-17'''

A couple of announcements today! We're officially launching both the Wiki Zulip server, and the superconfirmed role on the Wiki.

The Zulip server, located at https://zulip.consumerrights.wiki/ (and accessible via the left sidebar), is intended to act as a Discord alternative for those of you who aren't too keen on setting up a Discord account. It is a privacy respecting open source program which we self-host, and we've also set up bridge infrastructure, meaning that many of the main channels on the Discord and Zulip allow for cross ~~sahj~~-platform communication, with messages sent on one platform being viewable on the other.

The Zulip server, located at https://zulip.consumerrights.wiki/ (and accessible via the left sidebar), is intended to act as a Discord alternative for those of you who aren't too keen on setting up a Discord account. It is a privacy respecting open source program which we self-host, and we've also set up bridge infrastructure, meaning that many of the main channels on the Discord and Zulip allow for cross-platform communication, with messages sent on one platform being viewable on the other.

Unlike a full wiki mod, superconfirmed users will not have any special privileges relating to banning or managing the permissions of other accounts on the site, but will still be able to remove article notices, edit protected pages, and so on. The full requirements can be found on [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Moderator_applications]] however the gist of it is that you need to know what you're on about and have ~1 month of productive edits on this wiki, or demonstrate to an administrator that you have experience on another wiki with comparable editorial standards, such as Wikipedia.

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And the Firefox extension here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consumer-rights-wiki/

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'''2026-02-22'''

Quick note to say that we're deprecating Archive.today, and editors should no longer use them for [[Projects:Archive_everything|archiving]].

The reason is a whole bunch of internet drama but long story short, the site maintainer/owner seems to have used malicious Javascript to make all visitors to the site unwittingly participate in a DDOS against the personal website of someone they didn't like, as well as allegedly '''editing archived pages''' as a form of harassment against the same target, making archive.today no longer a reliable archive.

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+We'd like to announce the launch of two new projects on the wiki:
+* [[Projects:Laws|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;
+* [[Projects:Maintain|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.
 '''2026-03-17'''
 A couple of announcements today! We're officially launching both the Wiki Zulip server, and the superconfirmed role on the Wiki.
-The Zulip server, located at https://zulip.consumerrights.wiki/ (and accessible via the left sidebar), is intended to act as a Discord alternative for those of you who aren't too keen on setting up a Discord account. It is a privacy respecting open source program which we self-host, and we've also set up bridge infrastructure, meaning that many of the main channels on the Discord and Zulip allow for cross sahj-platform communication, with messages sent on one platform being viewable on the other.
+The Zulip server, located at https://zulip.consumerrights.wiki/ (and accessible via the left sidebar), is intended to act as a Discord alternative for those of you who aren't too keen on setting up a Discord account. It is a privacy respecting open source program which we self-host, and we've also set up bridge infrastructure, meaning that many of the main channels on the Discord and Zulip allow for cross-platform communication, with messages sent on one platform being viewable on the other.
 Unlike a full wiki mod, superconfirmed users will not have any special privileges relating to banning or managing the permissions of other accounts on the site, but will still be able to remove article notices, edit protected pages, and so on. The full requirements can be found on [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki:Moderator_applications]] however the gist of it is that you need to know what you're on about and have ~1 month of productive edits on this wiki, or demonstrate to an administrator that you have experience on another wiki with comparable editorial standards, such as Wikipedia.
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 '''2026-02-22'''
 Quick note to say that we're deprecating Archive.today, and editors should no longer use them for [[Projects:Archive_everything|archiving]].
 The reason is a whole bunch of internet drama but long story short, the site maintainer/owner seems to have used malicious Javascript to make all visitors to the site unwittingly participate in a DDOS against the personal website of someone they didn't like, as well as allegedly '''editing archived pages''' as a form of harassment against the same target, making archive.today no longer a reliable archive.
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