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The Consumer Rights Wiki has shipped a major update improving editor features, anti-spam measures, and moderator tools. Editors now have a 'Give feedback' button on each mainspace article, posting feedback to the #wiki Discord channel and an upcoming discussion widget. Backend anti-spam features were added, and logging out now prompts confirmation. The wiki upgraded to MediaWiki 1.46, enabled Instant Commons, and now supports .odt/.ods file uploads. Non-confirmed users can no longer edit Templates.

Moderators gained access to Special:Site Lockdown to toggle account creation and editing restrictions, and a new 'rollback-manager' permission enables mass rollbacks via Special:Mass Rollback. Staff can manually create and distribute awards through Special:Give Award, visible on user pages.

Additional updates include temporary accounts for anonymous edits, bridged Discord and Zulip channels, two new wiki projects (Project Laws and Project Maintain), and Google indexing of several hundred pages. Thanks to Jake for development work.

The wiki also maintains a comprehensive database of consumer tools, including ad blockers like u Block Origin and Pi-hole, anti-scam resources such as Have I Been Pwned, and privacy tools like Exodus Privacy.