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Betawiki: better support for your language in MediaWiki
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Dear community. I am writing to you to promote a special wiki called
Betawiki
. This wiki facilitates the localisation (l10n) of the MediaWiki interface. You may have changed many messages here to use your language in the interface, but if you would log in to for example the English language Wiktionary, you would not be able to use the interface as well translated as here. Infact, of the 1798 messages in the core of MediaWiki, 0 messages have been translated. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages of about 80 extensions, with almost 1000 messages.
If you wish to contribute to better support of your language in MediaWiki, as well as for many MediaWiki extensions, please visit
Betawiki
create an account
and
request translator priviledges
. You can see the current status of localisation of your language on
meta
and do not forget to get in touch with others that may already be
working on your language on Betawiki
If you have any further questions,
please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki
. We will try and assist you as much as possible, for example by importing all messages from a local wiki for you to start with, if you so desire.
You can also find us on the Freenode
IRC
network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.
Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on
Betawiki
soon! Cheers!
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09:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Logo Vote
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The
Wiktionary logo vote
is set to start
2009-12-07 00:01
. Any translations must be done before then. The first round will continue until
2009-12-31 23:59
at which point the second round will last until
2010-01-31 23:59
. Other Wiktionaries still need to be notified about the vote, so please help post messages into other Wiktionaries. Thank you -
Alison
08:55, 25 Mee Houney 2009 (UTC)
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Wikimania Scholarships
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The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference.
To apply, visit the
Wikimania 2010
scholarships information page
, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply.
For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:
Scholarships
Scholarships FAQ
Yours very truly,
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Wikimedia Foundation
Call for image filter referendum
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The Wikimedia Foundation, at the direction of the Board of Trustees, will be holding a vote to determine whether members of the community support the creation and usage of an opt-in personal image filter, which would allow readers to voluntarily screen particular types of images strictly for their own account.
Further details and educational materials will be available shortly. The referendum is scheduled for 12-27 August, 2011, and will be conducted on servers hosted by a neutral third party. Referendum details, officials, voting requirements, and supporting materials will be posted at
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shortly.
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Terms of Use update
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m:Terms of use/de
, but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at
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Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants
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Thanks!
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Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta
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Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version
right now
on
beta.wmflabs.org
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release notes
or the
start of the final announcement
The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:
Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.
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MediaWiki 1.19
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Update on IPv6
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The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to do limited testing of IPv6 on June 2-3. If there are not too many problems, we may fully enable IPv6 on
World IPv6 day
(June 6), and keep it enabled.
What this means for your project:
At least on June 2-3, 2012, you may see a small number of edits from IPv6 addresses, which are in the form "
2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334
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In the mid term, some user scripts and tools will need to be adapted for IPv6.
We suspect that IPv6 usage is going to be very low initially, meaning that abuse should be manageable, and we will assist in the monitoring of the situation.
Read
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01:00, 2 Mean Souree 2012 (UTC)
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2011 Picture of the Year competition
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Dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the
2011 Picture of the Year competition
is now open. We are interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the
Picture of the Year 2011
. Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons
with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC)
is welcome to vote and, of course everyone is welcome to view!
Detailed information about the contest can be found
at the introductory page
About 600 of the best of Wikimedia Common's photos, animations, movies and graphics were chosen
by the international Wikimedia Commons community
out of 12 million files during
2011
and are now called
Featured Pictures
From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons
Features Pictures
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Mobile view as default view coming soon
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The mobile view of this project and others will soon become the default view on mobile devices (except tablets). Some language versions of these projects currently show no content on the mobile home page, and it is a good time to do a little formatting so users get a mobile-friendly view, or to add to existing mobile content if some already exists.
If you are an administrator, please consider helping with this change. There are
instructions
which are being translated. The proposed date of switching the default view is June 21.
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08:29, 16 Mean Souree 2012 (UTC)
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Help decide about more than $10 million of Wikimedia donations in the coming year
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As many of you are aware, the Wikimedia Board of Trustees recently initiated important changes in the way that money is being distributed within the Wikimedia movement. As part of this, a new community-led "
Funds Dissemination Committee
" (FDC) is currently being set up. Already in 2012-13, its recommendations will guide the decisions about the distribution of over 10 million US dollars among the Foundation, chapters and other
eligible entities
Now, seven capable, knowledgeable and trustworthy community members are sought to volunteer on the initial Funds Dissemination Committee. It is expected to take up its work in September. In addition, a community member is sought to be the
Ombudsperson
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call for volunteers
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Request for Comment: Legal Fees Assistance Program
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The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a
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Wikidata is getting close to a first roll-out
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As some of you might already have heard Wikimedia Deutschland is working on a new Wikimedia project. It is called
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The project is divided into three phases and "we are getting close to roll-out the first phase". The phases are:
language links in the Wikipedias (making it possible to store the links between the language editions of an article just once in Wikidata instead of in each linked article)
infoboxes (making it possible to store the data that is currently in infoboxes in one central place and share the data)
lists (making it possible to create lists and similar things based on queries to Wikidata so they update automatically when new data is added or modified)
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Upcoming software changes - please report any problems
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All Wikimedia wikis - including this one - will soon be upgraded with new and possibly disruptive code. This process starts today and finishes on October 24 (see the
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revision diffs
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Fundraising localization: volunteers from outside the USA needed
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Hello All,
The Wikimedia Foundation's Fundraising team have begun our 'User Experience' project, with the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries outside the USA and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. I am searching for volunteers to spend 30 minutes on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.
The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real-time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through.
All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed
(and they will be low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)
By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project!
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If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!
Thanks!
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Localise your wiki logo
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The official localisable Wiktionary logo
Hello! It was noted that Wiktionary in this language has not yet adopted a localised/translated logo: it's really a pity for a dictionary project!
We are trying to help Wiktionaries adopt a locally-adapted logo, by taking the technical difficulties on us. What we need from you is just the preferred translation of the name and motto, "Wiktionary" (if translated) and "The free dictionary": you can add them to
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Localise your wiki logo
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The official localisable Wiktionary logo
Hello! It was noted that Wiktionary in this language has not yet adopted a localised/translated logo: it's really a pity for a dictionary project!
We are trying to help Wiktionaries adopt a locally-adapted logo, by taking the technical difficulties on us. What we need from you is just the preferred translation of the name and motto, "Wiktionary" (if translated) and "The free dictionary": you can add them to
the logo list
, by editing it directly or commenting on the talk page; you can also add a note if you don't want the localised logo.
Of course, you can also create the logo and make the necessary requests on
bugzilla
yourself, if you prefer so.
Feel free to translate this message and to move/copy/forward it where appropriate; you can also reply on
my talk
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Be a Wikimedia fundraising "User Experience" volunteer!
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Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages.
I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.
The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**
By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!
Thanks!
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Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read-only mode expected.
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Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab
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Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful
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Proposal of a pronunciation recording tool
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Request for comment on inactive administrators
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Hello!
There is
a new request for comment
on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.
We are also compiling a
list of projects
with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.
All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.
Thanks,
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translators
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[en] Change to wiki account system and account renaming
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[en] Change to section edit links
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The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.
Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.
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Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.
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Recent software changes
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MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new
schemes
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and
Bitcoin
directly from wikicode.
VisualEditor was added to
all content namespaces
on mediawiki.org on May 20.
A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to
edit templates
New sites:
Greek Wikivoyage
and
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The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to
version 2.0
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third group of updates
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bug 33513
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Future software changes
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new discussion system
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20:37, 20 Boaldyn 2013 (UTC)
freggyr
Trademark discussion
reagh
Hi, apologies for posting this in English, but I wanted to alert your community to a discussion on Meta about potential changes to the Wikimedia Trademark Policy. Please translate this statement if you can. We hope that you will all participate in the discussion; we also welcome translations of the legal team’s statement into as many languages as possible and encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please see the
Trademark practices discussion (on Meta-Wiki)
for more information. Thank you! --
Mdennis (WMF)
talk
X!'s Edit Counter
reagh
(Sorry for writing in English. You can
translate the proposal
.)
Should
X!'s edit counter
retain the opt-in requirement? Your input is strongly encouraged.
Voice your input here
.—
cyberpower
Chat
Automation
04:30, 23 Mean Souree 2013 (UTC)
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Universal Language Selector will be enabled on 2013-07-09
reagh
On July 9, 2013,
Universal Language Selector
(ULS) will be enabled on this wiki. The ULS provides a flexible way to configure and deliver language settings like interface language, fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings). Making it available here is the last phase of making ULS available on all Wikimedia wikis.
Please read the announcement on
Meta-Wiki
for more information.
Siebrand
12:29, 4 Jerrey Souree 2013 (UTC)
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).
freggyr
Pywikipedia is migrating to git
reagh
Hello, Sorry for English but It's very important for bot operators so I hope someone translates this.
Pywikipedia
is migrating to Git so after July 26, SVN checkouts won't be updated If you're using Pywikipedia you have to switch to git, otherwise you will use out-dated framework and your bot might not work properly. There is a
manual
for doing that and a
blog post
explaining about this change in non-technical language. If you have question feel free to ask in
mw:Manual talk:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit
mailing list
, or in the
IRC channel
. Best
Amir
(via
Global message delivery
).
13:15, 23 Jerrey Souree 2013 (UTC)
freggyr
HTTPS for users with an account
reagh
Greetings. Starting on August 21 (tomorrow), all users with an account will be using
HTTPS
to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. More information is available at
m:HTTPS
If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us
on bugzilla
on IRC
(in the
#wikimedia-operations
channel) or
on meta
. If you can't use the other methods, you can also send an e-mail to
https@wikimedia.org
Greg Grossmeier
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system)
19:07, 20 Luanistyn 2013 (UTC)
(wrong page?
You can fix it.
freggyr
Request for consultation on community logo
reagh
Request for consultation on this community logo
First, I’d like to apologize for the English. If you can, please help to translate this for other members of your community.
The legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation would greatly appreciate your input on the best way to manage the "community logo" (pictured here) to best balance protection of the projects with community support. Accordingly, they have created a “request for consultation” on Meta where they set out briefly some of the issues to be considered and the options that they perceive.
Your input would be invaluable
in helping guide them in how best to serve our mission.
Thank you! --
Mdennis
talk
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system)
02:30, 24 Mean Fouyir 2013 (UTC)
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freggyr
Notifications
reagh
Notifications inform you of new activity that affects you -- and let you take quick action.
(This message is in English, please translate as needed)
Greetings!
Notifications
will inform users about new activity that affects them on this wiki in a unified way: for example, this new tool will let you know when you have new talk page messages, edit reverts, mentions or links -- and is designed to augment (rather than replace) the watchlist. The Wikimedia Foundation's editor engagement team developed this tool (code-named 'Echo') earlier this year, to help users contribute more productively to MediaWiki projects.
We're now getting ready to bring Notifications to almost all other Wikimedia sites, and are aiming for a 22 October deployment, as outlined in
this release plan
. It is important that notifications is translated for all of the languages we serve.
There are three major points of translation needed to be either done or checked:
Echo on translatewiki for user interface
- you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
Thanks on translatewiki for user interface
- you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
Notifications help on mediawiki.org
. This page can be hosted after translation on mediawiki.org or we can localize it to this Wikipedia. You do not have to have an account to translate on mediawiki, but single-user login will create it for you there if you follow the link.
Checklist
Please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about this new tool. For more information, visit
this project hub
and
this help page
Keegan (WMF)
talk
18:37, 4 Jerrey Fouyir 2013 (UTC)
freggyr
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system) (wrong page?
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Speak up about the trademark registration of the Community logo.
reagh
Hi all,
Please join the consultation about the Community logo that represents Meta-Wiki:
m:Community Logo/Request for consultation
This community consultation was commenced on September 24. The following day, two individuals filed a legal opposition against the registration of the Community logo.
The question is whether the Wikimedia Foundation should seek a collective membership mark with respect to this logo or abandon its registration and protection of the trademark.
We want to make sure that everyone get a chance to speak up so that we can get clear direction from the community. We would therefore really appreciate the community's help in translating this announcement from English so that everyone is able to understand it.
Thanks,
Geoff
Yana
20:10, 8 Jerrey Fouyir 2013 (UTC)
freggyr
Introducting Beta Features
reagh
(Apologies for writing in English. Please translate if necessary)
We would like to let you know about
Beta Features
, a new program from the Wikimedia Foundation that lets you try out new features before they are released for everyone.
Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features on a broad scale, but in a way that's not disruptive.
Beta Features is now ready for testing on
MediaWiki.org
. It will also be released on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki this Thursday, 7 November. Based on test results, the plan is to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November, 2013.
Here are the first features you can test this week:
Media Viewer
— view images in large size or full screen
VisualEditor Formulæ
(for wikis with
VisualEditor
) — edit algebra or equations on your pages
Typography Refresh
— make text more readable (coming Thursday)
Would you like to try out Beta Features now? After you log in on MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'. Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then click 'Save'. Learn more on the
Beta Features page
After you've tested Beta Features, please let the developers know what you think on
this discussion page
-- or report any bugs
here on Bugzilla
. You're also welcome to join
this IRC office hours chat
on Friday, 8 November at 18:30 UTC.
Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design, Multimedia and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, they will be adding new features to this experimental program every few weeks. They are very grateful to all the community members who helped create this project — and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future.
Enjoy, and don't forget to let developers know what you think!
Keegan (WMF)
talk
19:59, 5 Mee Houney 2013 (UTC)
freggyr
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Call for comments on draft trademark policy
reagh
Hi all,
The Wikimedia legal team invites you to participate in the development of the new Wikimedia trademark policy.
The
current trademark policy
was introduced in 2009 to protect the
Wikimedia marks
. We are now updating this policy to better balance permissive use of the marks with the legal requirements for preserving them for the community. The new draft trademark policy is ready for your review
here
, and we encourage you to discuss it
here
We would appreciate if someone would translate this message into your language so more members of your community can contribute to the conversation.
Thanks,
Yana
Geoff
Request for comment on Commons: Should Wikimedia support MP4 video?
reagh
I apologize for this message being only in English. Please translate it if needed to help your community.
The Wikimedia Foundation's
multimedia team
seeks community guidance on a proposal to support the
MP4 video format
. This digital video standard is used widely around the world to record, edit and watch videos on mobile phones, desktop computers and home video devices. It is also known as
H.264/MPEG-4 or AVC
Supporting the MP4 format would make it much easier for our users to view and contribute video on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects -- and video files could be offered in dual formats on our sites, so we could continue to support current open formats (WebM and Ogg Theora).
However, MP4 is a patent-encumbered format, and using a proprietary format would be a departure from our current practice of only supporting open formats on our sites -- even though the licenses appear to have acceptable legal terms, with only a small fee required.
We would appreciate your guidance on whether or not to support MP4. Our Request for Comments presents views both in favor and against MP4 support, based on opinions we’ve heard in our discussions with community and team members.
Please join this RfC -- and share your advice
All users are welcome to participate, whether you are active on Commons, Wikipedia, other Wikimedia project -- or any site that uses content from our free media repository.
You are also welcome to join tomorrow's
Office hours chat on IRC
, this Thursday, January 16, at 19:00 UTC, if you would like to discuss this project with our team and other community members.
We look forward to a constructive discussion with you, so we can make a more informed decision together on this important topic.
Keegan (WMF)
talk
06:47, 16 Jerrey Geuree 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Language Selector will be enabled by default again on this wiki by 21 February 2014
reagh
On January 21 2014 the MediaWiki extension
Universal Language Selector
(ULS) was
disabled
on this wiki. A new preference was added for logged-in users to turn on ULS. This was done to prevent slow loading of pages due to ULS webfonts, a behaviour that had been observed by the Wikimedia Technical Operations team on some wikis.
We are now ready to enable ULS again. The temporary preference to enable ULS will be removed. A
new checkbox
has been added to the Language Panel to enable/disable font delivery. This will be unchecked by default for this wiki, but can be selected at any time by the users to enable webfonts. This is an interim solution while we improve the feature of webfonts delivery.
You can read the
announcement
and the
development plan
for more information. Apologies for writing this message only in English. Thank you.
Runa
Amendment to the Terms of Use
reagh
Hello all,
Please join a discussion about a
proposed amendment
to the
Wikimedia Terms of Use
regarding undisclosed paid editing and we encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please translate this statement if you can, and we welcome you to translate the proposed amendment and introduction. Please see
the discussion on Meta Wiki
for more information. Thank you!
Slaporte (WMF)
22:00, 21 Toshiaght Arree 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Call for project ideas: funding is available for community experiments
reagh
I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.
Do you have an idea for a project that could improve your community?
Individual Engagement Grants
from the Wikimedia Foundation help support individuals and small teams to organize experiments for 6 months. You can get funding to try out your idea for online community organizing, outreach, tool-building, or research to help make
Wiktionary
better. In March, we’re looking for new project proposals.
Examples of past Individual Engagement Grant projects:
Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia
($350 for materials)
Improving gadgets for Visual Editor
($4500 for developers)
Coordinating access to reliable sources for Wikipedians
($7500 for project management, consultants and materials)
Building community and strategy for Wikisource
(€10000 for organizing and travel)
Proposals
are due by 31 March 2014.
There are a number of ways to
get involved
Hope to have your participation,
--
Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual
Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation
19:44, 28 Toshiaght Arree 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Proposed optional changes to Terms of Use amendment
reagh
Hello all, in response to some community comments in the discussion on the amendment to the Terms of Use on undisclosed paid editing, we have prepared two optional changes. Please
read about these optional changes on Meta wiki
and share your comments. If you can (and this is a non english project), please translate this announcement. Thanks!
Slaporte (WMF)
21:56, 13 Mayrnt 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Changes to the default site typography coming soon
reagh
This week, the typography on Wikimedia sites will be updated for all readers and editors who use the default "Vector" skin. This change will involve new serif fonts for some headings, small tweaks to body content fonts, text size, text color, and spacing between elements. The schedule is:
April 1st
: non-Wikipedia projects will see this change live
April 3rd
: Wikipedias will see this change live
This change is very similar to the "Typography Update" Beta Feature that has been available on Wikimedia projects since November 2013. After several rounds of testing and with feedback from the community, this Beta Feature will be disabled and successful aspects enabled in the default site appearance. Users who are logged in may still choose to use another skin, or alter their
personal CSS
, if they prefer a different appearance. Local
common CSS
styles will also apply as normal, for issues with local styles and scripts that impact all users.
For more information:
Summary of changes and FAQ
Discussion page
for feedback or questions
Post
on blog.wikimedia.org
--
Steven Walling
(Product Manager) on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's
User Experience Design
team
Pronunciation Recording
reagh
Visual workflow draft for pronunciation recording gadget; If you have trouble watching this video here, watch it on
vimeo
. A more extensive/explanative version
is available
Dear Wiktionary community!
About me
My name is Rainer Rillke, and I have been volunteering at
Wikimedia Commons
for 3 years now, gathering experience around media files. I've been always interested in how things work and how one could improve them.
The idea
One idea that appeared last Summer was allowing the recording of small chunks of speech, uploading that to Wikimedia Commons in the background and including this into a Wiktionary entry without having the hassle doing everything by hand or installing additional software. That idea led to the foundation of MediaWiki extension
PronunciationRecording
during the Google Summer of Code. However, this was not completed; instead development is stale for over 5 months now.
My proposal
To make this going to work, so Wiktionary has an immediate benefit of this feature, I would like to provide the work done so far as a gadget and add some more work in regard to usability. You can see my plan at
m:Grants:IEG/Finish Pronunciation Recording
. And more importantly, you can give me a hand, if you are interested
by writing your comments
Thanks and kind regards --
Rillke
talk
17:25, 7 Averil 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
This message was delivered based on
commons:User:Rillke/gmd/prg
. Translation fetched from:
commons:User:Rillke/prg/en
--
Rillke
(q?)
17:42, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Using only
UploadWizard
for uploads
reagh
Hello! It was noted that on this wiki you have
less than 10 local files
. Presumably, you therefore don't have interest nor energies to have
hundreds templates
with the
now required HTML
, even less a local
EDP
. However, this means that users here will experience a mostly broken and/or
illegal
uploading.
I propose to
have
local upload
restricted
to the "
Reireyderyn
" group (for emergency uploads) and
the
sidebar point to
commons:Special:UploadWizard
so that you can avoid local maintenance and all users can have a functioning, easy upload interface
in their own language
. All registered users can upload on Commons and
existing files
will not be affected.
I'll get this done in one week from now.
If you disagree with the proposal, just
remove your wiki from the list
To make the UploadWizard even better, please tell your experience and ideas on
commons:Commons:Upload Wizard feedback
Nemo
20:38, 19 Boaldyn 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Media Viewer
reagh
Greetings, my apologies for writing in English.
I wanted to let you know that
Media Viewer
will be released to this wiki in the coming weeks. Media Viewer allows readers of Wikimedia projects to have an enhanced view of files without having to visit the file page, but with more detail than a thumbnail. You can try Media Viewer out now by turning it on in your
Beta Features
. If you do not enjoy Media Viewer or if it interferes with your work after it is turned on you will be able to disable Media Viewer as well in your
preferences
. I invite you to
share what you think
about Media Viewer and how it can be made better in the future.
Thank you for your time. -
Keegan (WMF)
21:29, 23 Boaldyn 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
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Report it!
Media Viewer is now live on this wiki
reagh
Media Viewer lets you see images in larger size
Greetings— and sorry for writing in English, please translate if it will help your community,
The Wikimedia Foundation's
Multimedia team
is happy to announce that
Media Viewer
was just released on this site today.
Media Viewer displays images in larger size when you click on their thumbnails, to provide a better viewing experience. Users can now view images faster and more clearly, without having to jump to separate pages — and its user interface is more intuitive, offering easy access to full-resolution images and information, with links to the file repository for editing. The tool has been tested extensively across all Wikimedia wikis over the past six months as a
Beta Feature
and has been
released
to the largest Wikipedias, all language Wikisources, and the English Wikivoyage already.
If you do not like this feature, you can easily turn it off by clicking on "Disable Media Viewer" at the bottom of the screen, pulling up the information panel (or in your
your preferences
) whether you have an account or not. Learn more
in this Media Viewer Help page
Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about Media Viewer. You are invited to
share your feedback in this discussion on MediaWiki.org
in any language, to help improve this feature. You are also welcome to
take this quick survey in English
en français
o español
We hope you enjoy Media Viewer. Many thanks to all the community members who helped make it possible. -
Fabrice Florin (WMF)
talk
21:55, 19 Mean Souree 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
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Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decisions
reagh
The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.
If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.
Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
Letter on change.org
--
JurgenNL
talk
17:35, 21 Luanistyn 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Process ideas for software development
reagh
’’My apologies for writing in English.’’
Hello,
I am notifying you that a brainstorming session has been
started on Meta
to help the Wikimedia Foundation increase and better affect community participation in software development across all wiki projects. Basically, how can you be more involved in helping to create features on Wikimedia projects? We are inviting all interested users to voice their ideas on how communities can be more involved and informed in the product development process at the Wikimedia Foundation. It would be very appreciated if you could translate this message to help inform your local communities as well.
I and the rest of
my team
welcome you to participate. We hope to see you on Meta.
Kind regards,
--
Rdicerb (WMF)
talk
22:15, 21 Luanistyn 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
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Grants to improve your project
reagh
Apologies for English. Please help translate this message.
Greetings! The
Individual Engagement Grants program
is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. Your idea could improve Wikimedia projects with a new tool or gadget, a better process to support community-building on your wiki, research on an important issue, or something else we haven't thought of yet.
Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to hiring others to help you.
Submit your proposal
Get help
: In
IdeaLab
or an upcoming
Hangout session
MediaWiki message delivery
talk
16:52, 2 Mean Fouyir 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Meta RfCs on two new global groups
reagh
Hello all,
There are currently requests for comment open on meta to create two new global groups. The first is a group for members of the OTRS permissions queue, which would grant them autopatrolled rights on all wikis except those who opt-out. That proposal can be found at
m:Requests for comment/Creation of a global OTRS-permissions user group
. The second is a group for Wikimedia Commons admins and OTRS agents to view deleted file pages through the 'viewdeletedfile' right on all wikis except those who opt-out. The second proposal can be found at
m:Requests for comment/Global file deletion review
We would like to hear what you think on both proposals. Both are in English; if you wanted to translate them into your native language that would also be appreciated.
It is possible for individual projects to opt-out, so that users in those groups do not have any additional rights on those projects. To do this please start a local discussion, and if there is consensus you can request to opt-out of either or both at
m:Stewards' noticeboard
Thanks and regards,
Ajraddatz
talk
18:05, 26 Jerrey Fouyir 2014 (UTC)
freggyr
Global AbuseFilter
reagh
Hello,
AbuseFilter
is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013,
Global AbuseFilters
were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and (in early 2014) all the "
small wikis
". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "
medium sized wikis
" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and have shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing
request for comment
on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to
this list
on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on
this page
at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on
m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter
Thanks,
PiRSquared17
Glaisher
— 17:36, 14 Mee Houney 2014 (UTC)
[Global proposal] m.
Wiktionary
.org:
(yn clane)
Duillagyn y reaghey
reagh
MediaWiki mobile
Hi, this message is to let you know that, on domains like
gv
.wikipedia.org,
unregistered users cannot edit
. At the Wikimedia Forum, where global configuration changes are normally discussed, a few dozens users
propose to restore normal editing permissions on all mobile sites
. Please read and comment!
Thanks and sorry for writing in English,
Nemo
22:32, 1 Mayrnt 2015 (UTC)
freggyr
Inspire Campaign: Improving diversity, improving content
reagh
This March, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas for improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate. If you have an idea that could help address this problem, please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 31.
All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive, positive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign and help this project better represent the world’s knowledge!
Inspire Campaign main page
(Sorry for the English - please translate this message!)
MediaWiki message delivery
talk
20:01, 4 Mayrnt 2015 (UTC)
freggyr
SUL finalization update
reagh
Hi all,apologies for writing in English, please read
this page
for important information and an update involving
SUL finalization
, scheduled to take place in one month. Thanks.
Keegan (WMF)
talk
19:45, 13 Mayrnt 2015 (UTC)
freggyr
Stewards confirmation rules
reagh
Hello, I made
a proposal on Meta
to change the rules for the steward confirmations. Currently consensus to remove is required for a steward to lose his status, however I think it's fairer to the community if every steward needed the consensus to keep. As this is an issue that affects all WMF wikis, I'm sending this notification to let people know & be able to participate. Best regards, --
MF-W
16:12, 10 Averil 2015 (UTC)
freggyr
Nominations are being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections
reagh
This is a message from the
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Translations
are available.
Greetings,
I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have
published letters
describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is
accepting nominations
for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.
This year, elections are being held for the following roles:
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at
the board elections page
Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at
the FDC elections page
Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at
the FDC Ombudsperson elections page
The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on
the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki
Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org
On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (
User:Varnent
Coordinator,
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Posted by the
MediaWiki message delivery
on behalf of the
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
, 05:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC) •
Translate
Get help
Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections 2015
reagh
This is a message from the
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Translations
are available.
Voting has begun
for
eligible voters
in the 2015 elections for the
Funds Dissemination Committee
(FDC) and
FDC Ombudsperson
. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the
Funds Dissemination Committee
(FDC) and
FDC Ombudsperson
will continue during the voting. Nominations for the
Board of Trustees
will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.
The
Funds Dissemination Committee
(FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.
The
FDC Ombudsperson
receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the
Board of Trustees
, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.
The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10.
Click here to vote
Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time.
Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question
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More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the
2015 FDC election page
, the
2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page
, and the
2015 Board election page
on Meta-Wiki.
On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (
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Volunteer Coordinator,
2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
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2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
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Voting has begun
for
eligible voters
in the 2015 elections for the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the
Board
will continue during the voting.
The
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.
The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31.
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More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the
2015
Board
election page
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Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core
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Pywikibot
(then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g.
T101524
). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a
migration guide
, and please
if you have any problem.
There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in
this list
, your bot will most likely break.
Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
HTTPS
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Apologies for writing in English.
Hi everyone.
Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has
been working
towards enabling
HTTPS
by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.
Forced HTTPS
has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.
Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with
us
if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.
Johan (WMF)
22:00, 19 Mean Souree 2015 (UTC)
HTTPS
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Apologies for writing in English.
Hi everyone.
Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has
been working
towards enabling
HTTPS
by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.
Forced HTTPS
has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.
Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with
us
if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.
Johan (WMF)
23:41, 19 Mean Souree 2015 (UTC)
Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images
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The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.
How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like
There is a
proposal
at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)
This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the
proposal page
. Thank you. --
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Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images
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The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.
How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like
There is a
proposal
at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)
This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the
proposal page
. Thank you. --
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07:04, 24 Jerrey Souree 2015 (UTC)
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What does a Healthy Community look like to you?
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Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community.
Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship!
Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions
on the campaign's page.
Why get involved?
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The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming.
As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.
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All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
All eligible contributions must be done until
August 23, 2015 at
23:59
UTC
Wiki link:
Community Health learning campaign
URL
Contact:
María Cruz
/ Twitter:
Clowan:@
WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: eval
Clowan:@wikimedia
Clowan:dotorg
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23:43, 31 Jerrey Souree 2015 (UTC)
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What does a Healthy Community look like to you?
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Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community.
Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship!
Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions
on the campaign's page.
Why get involved?
reagh
The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming.
As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.
More information
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All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
All eligible contributions must be done until
August 23, 2015 at
23:59
UTC
Wiki link:
Community Health learning campaign
URL
Contact:
María Cruz
/ Twitter:
Clowan:@
WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: eval
Clowan:@wikimedia
Clowan:dotorg
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01:24, 1 Luanistyn 2015 (UTC)
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How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?
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Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can
reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants
, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:
Respond to questions on
the discussion page of the idea
Join a
small group conversation
Learn more about
this consultation
Feedback is welcome in any language.
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
Community Resources
, Wikimedia Foundation.
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Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can
reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants
, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:
Respond to questions on
the discussion page of the idea
Join a
small group conversation
Learn more about
this consultation
Feedback is welcome in any language.
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
Community Resources
, Wikimedia Foundation.
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Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site
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Hi all,
We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.
Visit the public policy portal:
Please help translate the
statements on Meta Wiki
. You can
read more on the Wikimedia blog
Thanks,
Yana
and
Stephen
Talk
18:12, 2 Mean Fouyir 2015 (UTC)
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Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site
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Hi all,
We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.
Visit the public policy portal:
Please help translate the
statements on Meta Wiki
. You can
read more on the Wikimedia blog
Thanks,
Yana
and
Stephen
Talk
19:14, 2 Mean Fouyir 2015 (UTC)
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Open call for Individual Engagement Grants
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Greetings! The
Individual Engagement Grants program
is accepting proposals
until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.
Submit
a grant request
Get help
with your proposal in IdeaLab
or
an upcoming Hangout session
Learn from examples
of completed Individual Engagement Grants
Thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
Community Resources
, Wikimedia Foundation.
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Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!
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There is still one week left to submit
Individual Engagement Grant
(IEG) proposals
before the September 29th deadline. If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.
Submit
a grant request
Get help
with your proposal in IdeaLab
Learn from examples
of completed Individual Engagement Grants
I JethroBT (WMF)
Community Resources
21:01, 22 Mean Fouyir 2015 (UTC)
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Reimagining WMF grants report
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(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)
Last month, we asked for community feedback on
a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs
. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated!
A report
on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.
Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on
the outcomes discussion page
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
16:56, 28 Mean Fouyir 2015 (UTC)
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Reimagining WMF grants report
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(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)
Last month, we asked for community feedback on
a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs
. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated!
A report
on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.
Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on
the outcomes discussion page
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
20:29, 28 Mean Fouyir 2015 (UTC)
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Community Wishlist Survey
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Hi everyone! Apologies for posting in English. Translations are very welcome.
The
Community Tech team
at the Wikimedia Foundation is focused on building improved curation and moderation tools for experienced Wikimedia contributors. We're now starting a
Community Wishlist Survey
to find the most useful projects that we can work on.
For phase 1 of the survey, we're inviting all active contributors to submit brief proposals, explaining the project that you'd like us to work on, and why it's important. Phase 1 will last for 2 weeks. In phase 2, we'll ask you to vote on the proposals. Afterwards, we'll analyze the top 10 proposals and create a prioritized wishlist.
While most of this process will be conducted in English, we're inviting people from any Wikimedia wiki to submit proposals. We'll also invite volunteer translators to help translate proposals into English.
Your proposal should include: the problem that you want to solve, who would benefit, and a proposed solution, if you have one. You can submit your proposal on the Community Wishlist Survey page, using the entry field and the big blue button. We will be accepting proposals for 2 weeks, ending on November 23.
We're looking forward to hearing your ideas!
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21:57, 9 Mee Houney 2015 (UTC)
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Wikimania 2016 scholarships ambassadors needed
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Hello!
Wikimania 2016
scholarships will soon be open; by the end of the week we'll form the committee and we need your help, see
Scholarship committee
for details.
If you want to carefully review nearly a thousand applications in January, you might be a perfect committee member. Otherwise, you can
volunteer as "ambassador"
: you will observe all the committee activities, ensure that people from your language or project manage to apply for a scholarship, translate
scholarship applications written in your language
to English and so on. Ambassadors are allowed to ask for a scholarship, unlike committee members.
Wikimania 2016 scholarships subteam
10:48, 10 Mee Houney 2015 (UTC)
Harassment consultation
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Please help translate to your language
The Community Advocacy team the Wikimedia Foundation has opened a consultation on the topic of
harassment
on
Meta
. The consultation period is intended to run for one month from today, November 16, and end on December 17. Please share your thoughts there on harassment-related issues facing our communities and potential solutions. (Note: this consultation is not intended to evaluate specific cases of harassment, but rather to discuss the problem of harassment itself.)
Harassment consultation 2015
Regards,
Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation
Your input requested on the proposed #FreeBassel banner campaign
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This is a message regarding the
proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner
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Hi everyone,
This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a
straw poll seeking your involvement
has just been started on Meta-Wiki.
As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist,
Bassel Khartabil
. An exemplary
banner
and an
explanatory page
have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.
We are seeking
your involvement to decide
if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.
Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to
get involved with the poll and the discussion
to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.
(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly
translate
this message into your own language.)
Thank you for your participation!
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Community Wishlist Survey
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Hi everyone! Apologies for posting this in English. Translations are very welcome.
We're beginning the second part of the Community Tech team's
Community Wishlist Survey
, and we're inviting all active contributors to vote on the proposals that have been submitted.
Thanks to you and other Wikimedia contributors, 111 proposals were submitted to the team. We've split the proposals into categories, and now it's time to vote! You can vote for any proposal listed on the pages, using the
{{Support}}
tag. Feel free to add comments pro or con, but only support votes will be counted. The voting period will be 2 weeks, ending on December 14.
The proposals with the most support votes will be the team's top priority backlog to investigate and address. Thank you for participating, and we're looking forward to hearing what you think!
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14:38, 1 Mee ny Nollick 2015 (UTC)
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Get involved in Wikipedia 15!
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This is a message from the
Wikimedia Foundation
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As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!
People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their
events on Meta Page
. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.
Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:
Join/host an event
. We already have more than 80, and hope to have many more.
Talk to local press
. In the past 15 years, Wikipedia has accomplished extraordinary things. We’ve made a
handy summary
of milestones and encourage you to add your own. More resources, including a
press release template
and
resources on working with the media
, are also available.
Design a Wikipedia 15 logo
. In place of a single icon for Wikipedia 15, we’re making dozens. Add your own with something fun and representative of your community. Just use the visual guide so they share a common sensibility.
Share a message on social media
. Tell the world what Wikipedia means to you, and add #wikipedia15 to the post. We might re-tweet or share your message!
Everything is linked on the
Wikipedia 15 Meta page
. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a
list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos
that community members have already designed.
If you have any questions, please contact
Zachary McCune
or
Joe Sutherland
Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team
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Cooney
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Wikimania 2016 Scholarships - Deadline soon!
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Please help translate to your language
A reminder - applications for scholarships for Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, are closing soon! Please get your applications in by January 9th. To apply, visit the page below:
Wikimania 2016 Scholarships
Patrick Earley (WMF)
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01:49, 5 Jerrey Geuree 2016 (UTC)
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2016 WMF Strategy consultation
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Hello, all.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has launched a consultation to help create and prioritize WMF strategy beginning July 2016 and for the 12 to 24 months thereafter. This consultation will be open, on Meta, from 18 January to 26 February, after which the Foundation will also use these ideas to help inform its Annual Plan. (More on our timeline can be found on that Meta page.)
Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) at the Meta discussion,
2016 Strategy/Community consultation
Apologies for English, where this is posted on a non-English project. We thought it was more important to get the consultation translated as much as possible, and good headway has been made there in some languages. There is still much to do, however! We created
m:2016 Strategy/Translations
to try to help coordinate what needs translation and what progress is being made.
:)
If you have questions, please reach out to me on my talk page or on the strategy consultation's talk page or by email to mdennis@wikimedia.org.
I hope you'll join us!
Maggie Dennis
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19:07, 18 Jerrey Geuree 2016 (UTC)
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Open Call for Individual Engagement Grants
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Please help translate to your language
Greetings! The
Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program
is accepting proposals
until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers.
Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.
Submit
a grant request
or
draft
your proposal
in IdeaLab
Get help
with your proposal
in an upcoming Hangout session
Learn from examples
of completed Individual Engagement Grants
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
16:47, 31 Mayrnt 2016 (UTC)
freggyr
Server switch 2016
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will be testing its newest data center in Dallas.
This will make sure Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the new data center on
Tuesday, 19 April
On
Thursday, 21 April
, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop during those two switches.
We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for approximately 15 to 30 minutes on Tuesday, 19 April and Thursday, 21 April, starting at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT).
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message.
We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it.
If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal.
Then you should be able to save your edit.
But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped.
Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal.
If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual.
Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
There will be a code freeze for the week of 18 April.
No non-essential code deployments will take place.
This test was originally planned to take place on March 22.
April 19th and 21st are the new dates.
You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
They will post any changes on that schedule.
There will be more notifications about this.
Please share this information with your community.
User:Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
21:07, 17 Averil 2016 (UTC)
freggyr
Compact Links coming soon to this wiki
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Please help translate to your language
Screenshot of Compact Language Links interlanguage list
Hello, I wanted to give a heads up about an upcoming feature for this wiki which you may seen already in the
Tech News
Compact Language Links
has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). This will be enabled as a feature in the soon for all users, which can be turned on or off using a preference setting. We look forward to your feedback and please do let us know if you have any questions. Details about Compact Language Links can be read in the
project documentation
Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use
MassMessage
for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. The main announcement can also be translated on
this page
. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team:
Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF)
talk
)-
13:06, 29 Mean Souree 2016 (UTC)
freggyr
Compact Language Links enabled in this wiki today
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Please help translate to your language
Screenshot of Compact Language Links interlanguage list
Compact Language Links
has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). Based on several factors, this shorter list of languages is expected to be more relevant for them and valuable for finding similar content in a language known to them. More information about compact language links can be found in
the documentation
From today onwards, compact language links has been enabled as the default listing of interlanguage links on this wiki. However, using the button at the bottom, you will be able to see a longer list of all the languages the article has been written in. The setting for this compact list can be changed by using the checkbox under
User Preferences -> Appearance -> Languages
The compact language links feature has been tested extensively by the Wikimedia Language team, which developed it. However, in case there are any problems or other feedback please let us know on the
project talk page
. It is to be noted that on some wikis the presence of an existing older gadget that was used for a similar purpose may cause an interference for compact language list. We would like to bring this to the attention of the admins of this wiki. Full details are on
this phabricator ticket
(in English).
Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use
MassMessage
for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team:
Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF)
talk
)-
03:05, 1 Jerrey Souree 2016 (UTC)
freggyr
Open call for Project Grants
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Please help translate to your language
Greetings! The
Project Grants program
is accepting proposals
from July 1st to August 2nd to fund new tools, research, offline outreach (including editathon series, workshops, etc), online organizing (including contests), and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers.
Whether you need a small or large amount of funds, Project Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.
Submit
a grant request
or
draft
your proposal
in IdeaLab
Get help with your proposal
in an upcoming Hangout session
Learn from examples
of completed
Individual Engagement Grants
or
Project and Event Grants
Also accepting candidates to
join the Project Grants Committee through July 15.
With thanks,
I JethroBT (WMF)
15:25, 5 Jerrey Souree 2016 (UTC)
freggyr
Save/Publish
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The
Editing
team is planning to change the name of the
Sauail y duillag
button to
Soilshee yn duillag
and
Soilshee caghlaaghyn
. “
Soilshee yn duillag
” will be used when you create a new page. “
Soilshee caghlaaghyn
” will be used when you change an existing page. The names will be consistent in all editing environments.
This change will probably happen during the week of 30 August 2016. The change will be announced in
Tech News
when it happens.
If you are fluent in a language other than English, please check the status of translations at translatewiki.net for
Soilshee yn duillag
and
Soilshee caghlaaghyn
The main reason for this change is to avoid confusion for new editors. Repeated user research studies with new editors have shown that some new editors believed that
Sauail y duillag
would save a private copy of a new page in their accounts, rather than permanently publishing their changes on the web. It is important for this part of the user interface to be clear, since it is difficult to remove public information after it is published. We believe that the confusion caused by the “
Sauail y duillag
” button increases the workload for experienced editors, who have to clean up the information that people unintentionally disclose, and report it to the functionaries and stewards to suppress it. Clarifying what the button does will reduce this problem.
Beyond that, the goal is to make all the wikis and languages more consistent, and some wikis made this change many years ago. The
Legal team
at the Wikimedia Foundation supports this change. Making the edit interface easier to understand will make it easier to handle licensing and privacy questions that may arise.
Any help pages or other basic documentation about how to edit pages will also need to be updated, on-wiki and elsewhere. On wiki pages, you can use the wikitext codes
{{int:Publishpage}}
and
{{int:Publishchanges}}
to display the new labels in the user's preferred language. For the language settings in
your account preferences
, these wikitext codes produce “
Soilshee yn duillag
” and “
Soilshee caghlaaghyn
”.
Please share this news with community members who teach new editors and with others who may be interested.
Whatamidoing (WMF)
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18:04, 9 Luanistyn 2016 (UTC)
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RevisionSlider
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From September 13th on,
RevisionSlider
will be available as a
beta feature
in your wiki. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page, so that you can easily move between revisions. The feature fulfills a wish from the
German Community’s Technical Wishlist
. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well in your work!
Birgit Müller (WMDE)
16:08, 12 Mean Fouyir 2016 (UTC)
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Wikidata for Wiktionary: let’s get ready for lexicographical data!
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Hello all,
Sorry for writing this message in English, please feel free to translate it in your own language below.
The Wikidata development team will start working on integrating lexicographical data in the knowledge base soon and we want to make sure we do this together with you.
Wikidata is a constantly evolving project and after four years of existence, we start with implementing support for Wiktionary editors and content, by allowing you to store and improve lexicographical data, in addition to the concepts already maintained by thousands of editors on Wikidata.
We have been working on this idea for almost three years and improving it with a lot of inputs from community members to understand Wiktionary processes.
Starting this project, we hope that the editors will be able to collaborate across Wiktionaries more easily. We expect to increase the number of editors and visibility of languages, and we want to provide the groundwork for new tools for editors.
Our development plan contains several phases in order to build the structure to include lexicographical data:
creating automatic interwiki links on Wiktionary,
creating new entity types for lexemes, senses, and forms on Wikidata,
providing data access to Wikidata from Wiktionary
improving the display of lexicographical information on Wikidata.
During the next months, we will do our best to provide you the technical structure to store lexicographical data on Wikidata and use it on Wiktionary. Don’t hesitate to discuss this within your local community, and give us feedback about your needs and the particularities of your languages.
Information about supporting lexicographical entities on Wikidata is available
on this page
. You can find an
overview of the project
the detail of the development plan
, answers to
frequently asked questions
, and
a list
of people ready to help us. If you want to have general discussions and questions about the project, please use
the general talk page
, as we won’t be able to follow all the talk pages on Wiktionaries. If you don’t feel comfortable with English, you can write in your own language and hopefully someone will volunteer to translate.
Bests regards,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
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Grants to improve your project
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Please help translate to your language
Greetings! The
Project Grants program
is currently accepting proposals for funding. There is just over a week left to submit before the October 11 deadline. If you have ideas for software, offline outreach, research, online community organizing, or other projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.
Submit a grant request
Get help
: In
IdeaLab
or an upcoming
Hangout session
Learn from examples
of completed
Individual Engagement Grants
or
Project and Event Grants
I JethroBT (WMF)
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20:10, 30 Mean Fouyir 2016 (UTC)
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Creative Commons 4.0
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Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested,
take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki
Apologies that this message is only in English.
This message can be read and translated in more languages here
Joe Sutherland
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01:35, 6 Jerrey Fouyir 2016 (UTC)
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Password reset
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I apologise that this message is in English.
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We are having a problem with attackers taking over wiki accounts with privileged user rights (for example, admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, checkusers). It appears that this may be because of weak or reused passwords.
Community members are working along with members of multiple teams at the Wikimedia Foundation to address this issue.
In the meantime, we ask that everyone takes a look at the passwords they have chosen for their wiki accounts. If you know that you've chosen a weak password, or if you've chosen a password that you are using somewhere else, please change those passwords.
Select strong passwords – eight or more characters long, and containing letters, numbers, and punctuation.
Joe Sutherland
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23:59, 13 Mee Houney 2016 (UTC)
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Adding to the above section (Password reset)
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Please accept my apologies - that first line should read "
Help with translations!
".
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00:11, 14 Mee Houney 2016 (UTC)
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New way to edit wikitext
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Summary
: There's a new opt-in Beta Feature of a
wikitext mode for the visual editor
. Please
go try it out
We in the Wikimedia Foundation's Editing department are responsible for making editing better for all our editors, new and experienced alike. We've been slowly improving
the visual editor
based on feedback, user tests, and feature requests. However, that doesn't work for all our user needs: whether you need to edit a wikitext talk page, create a template, or fix some broken reference syntax, sometimes you need to use wikitext, and many experienced editors prefer it.
Consequently, we've planned a "wikitext mode" for the visual editor for a long time. It provides as much of the visual editor's features as possible, for those times that you need or want wikitext. It has the same user interface as the visual editor, including the same toolbar across the top with the same buttons. It provides access to the
citoid service
for formatting citations, integrated search options for inserting images, and the ability to add new templates in a simple dialog. Like in the visual editor, if you paste in formatted text copied from another page, then formatting (such as bolding) will automatically be converted into wikitext.
All wikis now have access to this mode as a
Beta Feature
. When enabled, it replaces your existing
wikitext editor
everywhere. If you don't like it, you can reverse this at any time by turning off the Beta Feature in your preferences. We don't want to surprise anyone, so it's strictly an
opt-in-only
Beta Feature. It won't switch on automatically for anyone, even if you have previously checked the box to "
Automatically enable most beta features
".
The new wikitext edit mode is based on the visual editor, so it requires JavaScript (as does the
current wikitext editor
). It doesn't work with gadgets that have only been designed for the older one (and
vice versa
), so some users will miss gadgets they find important. We're happy to
work with gadget authors to help them update their code to work
with both editors. We're not planning to get rid of the current main wikitext editor on desktop in the foreseeable future. We're also not going to remove the existing ability to edit plain wikitext without JavaScript. Finally, though it should go without saying, if you prefer to continue using the current wikitext editor, then you may so do.
This is an early version, and we'd love to know what you think so we can make it better. Please leave feedback about the new mode
on the feedback page
. You may write comments in any language. Thank you.
James Forrester
(Product Manager, Editing department, Wikimedia Foundation) --
19:32, 14 Mee ny Nollick 2016 (UTC)
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Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process
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Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.
Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki
The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.
This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.
The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.
Regular updates are being sent to the
Wikimedia-l mailing list
, and posted
on Meta-Wiki
. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well.
to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.
Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:
Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(15 December 2016)
Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(23 December 2016)
Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(8 January 2017)
Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(11 January 2017)
Introduction of williamsworks
Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(2 February 2017)
The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(10 February 2017)
Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks
More information about the movement strategy is available on the
Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal
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Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process
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Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.
This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki
As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.
Regular updates are being sent to the
Wikimedia-l mailing list
, and posted
on Meta-Wiki
. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well.
to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.
Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:
Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(16 February 2017)
Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(24 February 2017)
Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process
(2 March 2017)
Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions
More information about the movement strategy is available on the
Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal
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We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)
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This message, "
We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)
", was sent through multiple channels by
Gregory Varnum
on 15 and 16 of March 2017 to village pumps, affiliate talk pages, movement mailing lists, and MassMessage groups. A similar message was sent by
Nicole Ebber
to organized groups and their mailing lists on 15 of March 2017. This version of the message is available for translation and documentation purposes
Dear Wikimedians/Wikipedians:
Today we are starting a broad discussion to define Wikimedia's future role in the world and develop a collaborative strategy to fulfill that role. You are warmly invited to join the conversation.
There are many ways to participate, by joining an existing conversation or starting your own:
Track A (organized groups)
: Discussions with your affiliate, committee or other organized group (these are groups that support the Wikimedia movement).
Track B (individual contributors):
On Meta
or your
local language or project wiki
This is the first of three conversations, and it will run between now and April 15. The purpose of cycle 1 is to discuss the future of the movement and generate major themes around potential directions. What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?
We welcome you, as we create this conversation together, and look forward to broad and diverse participation from all parts of our movement.
Find out more about the movement strategy process
Learn more about volunteering to be a Discussion Coordinator
Sincerely,
Nicole Ebber (Track A Lead), Jaime Anstee (Track B Lead), & the
engagement support teams
05:09, 18 Mayrnt 2017 (UTC)
Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
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Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message.
This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the
2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections
The
Board of Trustees
(Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found
on Meta-Wiki
. Please read the
letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates
The
candidacy submission phase
will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).
We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20.
You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki
Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.
The goal of this process is to fill the
three community-selected seats
on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.
The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are
inclusive
, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.
April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) –
Board nominations
April 7 – April 20 –
Board candidates questions submission period
April 21 – April 30 –
Board candidates answer questions
May 1 – May 14 –
Board voting period
May 15–19 –
Board vote checking
May 20 –
Board result announcement goal
In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:
Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available
on Meta-Wiki
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available
on Meta-Wiki
Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.
More information on this year's elections can be found
on Meta-Wiki
. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the
election talk page on Meta-Wiki
, or sent to the election committee's mailing list,
board-elections
wikimedia.org
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan
, Chair,
Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland
, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation
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Read-only mode for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will be testing its secondary data center in Dallas. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
On
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
(15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 20 April and Thursday 4 May).
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
There will be code freezes for the weeks of 17 April 2017 and 1 May 2017. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this.
Please share this information with your community.
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Cognate & automatic interlanguage links
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Hello all,
(I'm sorry to write in English, feel free to translate in your own language below)
From
April 24th
, a new interlanguage link system will be deployed on all Wiktionaries. This extension,
Cognate
, automatically links the pages with the same title between the Wiktionaries. This means they no longer have to be added in the pages of the main namespace.
This new feature has been developed by Wikimedia Deutschland as the first step of the project
Wikidata for Wiktionary
, but does not rely on Wikidata.
To allow the feature to operate, all the former interlanguage links have to be removed from the wikitext. You can do this by using a bot, as it was done on Wikipedia in the past. If you leave them in they will overwrite the automatic links.
During the development we had a lot of discussions with Wiktionary editors to understand their needs, but it's possible that some automatic links don't work as you would expect. If you find some bugs or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to add a sub-task on
Phabricator
or add a message on
this talk page
Thanks,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
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Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
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This is a message from the
Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
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Voting has begun
for
eligible voters
in the 2017 elections for the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
The
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.
The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 1 to 23:59 UTC May 14.
Click here to vote
More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the
2017 Board of Trustees election page
on Meta-Wiki.
On behalf of the Elections Committee,
Katie Chan
, Chair,
Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland
, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation
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Beta Feature Two Column Edit Conflict View
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From May 9, the
Two Column Edit Conflict View
will be available as a
beta feature
on all wikis. The Two Column Edit Conflict View is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. It highlights differences between the editor's and the conflicting changes to make it easy to copy and paste pieces of the text and resolve the conflict. The feature fulfils a request for a more user-friendly edit conflict resolution from the
German Community’s Technical Wishlist
. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well!
Birgit Müller (WMDE)
14:41, 8 Boaldyn 2017 (UTC)
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RevisionSlider
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RevisionSlider
will be available as a default feature for all users on all wikis from May 17. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page so that you can easily move between revisions. The slider view is collapsed by default, and will load by clicking on it. It can also be turned off entirely in the user preferences. RevisionSlider has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia for 6 months and a beta feature on all wikis for 8 months. The feature fulfills a wish from the
German Community’s Technical Wishlist
. Thanks to everyone who tested RevisionSlider and gave valuable feedback to improve the feature! We hope that RevisionSlider will continue to serve you well in your work.
Birgit Müller (WMDE)
14:44, 16 Boaldyn 2017 (UTC)
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Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)
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Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki
The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified
5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations
- each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.
You are invited to
join the online and offline discussions taking place
on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.
Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:
Healthy, Inclusive Communities
The Augmented Age
A Truly Global Movement
The Most Respected Source of Knowledge
Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem
On the
movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki
, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.
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Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections
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Translations of this message are available on Meta-Wiki
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, we are pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the
2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee
and
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
elections. Please read the letter from the Wikimedia Foundation calling for candidates at
on the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal
Funds Dissemination Committee
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at
the FDC elections page
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
The Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at
the FDC Ombudsperson elections page
The
candidacy submission phase
will last until May 28 (23:59 UTC).
We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates until May 28.
You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki
Once the questions submission period has ended on May 28, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to.
The goal of this process is to fill the
five community-selected seats
on the Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and the
community-selected ombudsperson
. The election results will be used by the Board itself to make the appointments.
The full schedule for the FDC elections is as follows. All dates are
inclusive
, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.
May 15 (00:00 UTC) – May 28 (23:59 UTC) –
Nominations
May 15 – May 28 –
Candidates questions submission period
May 29 – June 2 –
Candidates answer questions
June 3 – June 11 –
Voting period
June 12–14 –
Vote checking
June 15 –
Goal date for announcing election results
More information on this year's elections can be found at
the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation elections portal
Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on
the talk page on Meta-Wiki
, or sent to the election committee's mailing list,
board-elections
wikimedia.org
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan
, Chair,
Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland
, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation
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Enable sitelinks on Wikidata for Wiktionary pages
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I’m sorry to write this message in English. Please help us
translating the full message here
Short version: From June 20th, we are going to store the interwiki links of all the namespaces (except main, user and talk) in Wikidata. This will not break your Wiktionary, but if you want to use all the features, you will have to remove your sitelinks from wikitext and connect your pages to Wikidata.
Long version available and translatable here.
If you have any question or concern, feel free to ping me.
Thanks,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
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08:38, 1 Mean Souree 2017 (UTC)
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Sitelinks are enabled on Wikidata for Wiktionary pages (outside main namespace)
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Hello,
I’m sorry to write this message in English. Please help us translating the full message
here
Short version: Since yesterday, we are able to store the interwiki links of all the Wiktionaries namespaces (except main, citations, user and talk) in Wikidata. This will not break your Wiktionary, but if you want to use all the features, you will have to remove your sitelinks from wikitext and connect your pages to Wikidata.
Important: even if it is technically possible, you
should not link Wiktionary main namespace pages
from Wikidata. The interwiki links for them are already provided by
Cognate
Long version available and translatable here.
If you encounter any problem or find a bug, feel free to ping me.
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08:28, 21 Mean Souree 2017 (UTC)
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Enabling Page Previews
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Enabling Page Previews
Hello,
Based on the positive results of
a series of quantitative and qualitative tests
, the
Reading web team
at the Wikimedia Foundation would like to enable the
Page Previews
feature for this project.
Page Previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. However, we realize the needs of the Wiktionary community will not be satisfied by the current implementation of the feature. We are interested in developing separate previews for Wiktionary that will display the wiktionary definition of an item, as well as an image, if available.
We'd like to invite some discussion around interest in this feature, as well as the requirements and elements that would make it useful for the Wiktionary community.
CKoerner (WMF)
15:03, 6 Jerrey Souree 2017 (UTC)
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Accessible editing buttons
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The MediaWiki developers have been slowly improving the accessibility of the user interface. The next step in this transition will change the appearance of some buttons and may break some outdated (non-updated or unmaintained) user scripts and gadgets.
You can see and use the
old
and
new
versions now. Most editors will only notice that some buttons are slightly larger and have different colors.
Comparison of old and new styles
Buttons before the change
Buttons after the change
However, this change also affects some user scripts and gadgets. Unfortunately, some of them may not work well in the new system.
If you maintain any user scripts or gadgets that are used for editing, please see
mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons
for information on how to test and fix your scripts. Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.
This change will probably reach this wiki on
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
. Please leave a note at
mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons
if you need help.
--
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
16:56, 27 Jerrey Souree 2017 (UTC)
freggyr
Columns for references
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Please help translate to your language
Read this in another language
Hello,
At the request of Wikipedia editors, a new feature has been added to MediaWiki. Long lists of references (also called citations or footnotes) will automatically be displayed in columns. This will make it easier for most people to read the references, especially on narrow screens. Short lists of references will not be affected.
I plan to enable this new feature at this wiki on Monday, 11 September 2017. After that date, use the normal
tag on any page with many references to see this feature. If you do not want columns used on that page, then use this wikitext code instead:
If you believe that this new feature is not appropriate for this wiki, or if you need help adjusting templates, then please contact me at
mw:Contributors/Projects/Columns for references
. --
User:Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
18:23, 1 Mean Fouyir 2017 (UTC)
Changes to the global ban policy
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Hello. Some changes to the
community global ban policy
have been proposed. Your comments are welcome at
m:Requests for comment/Improvement of global ban policy
. Please translate this message to your language, if needed. Cordially.
Matiia
Matiia
00:34, 12 Mee Houney 2017 (UTC)
freggyr
New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers
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New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers
The Readers web team will be deploying a new feature this week to make it
easier to download PDF versions of articles on the mobile website
Providing better offline functionality was one of the highlighted areas from
the research done by the New Readers team in Mexico, Nigeria, and India
. The teams created a prototype for mobile PDFs which was evaluated by user research and community feedback. The
prototype evaluation
received positive feedback and results, so development continued.
For the initial deployment, the feature will be available to Google Chrome browsers on Android. Support for other mobile browsers to come in the future. For Chrome, the feature will use the native Android print functionality. Users can choose to download a webpage as a PDF.
Mobile print styles
will be used for these PDFs to ensure optimal readability for smaller screens.
The feature is available starting Wednesday, Nov 15. For more information, see
the project page on MediaWiki.org
Thank you!
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
22:07, 20 Mee Houney 2017 (UTC)
freggyr
Tell us what you think about the automatic links for Wiktionary
reagh
Hello all,
(Sorry for writing in English. Feel free to translate this message below.)
One year ago, the Wikidata team started deploying new automatic interwiki links for Wiktionaries. Today, the links for the main namespace are automatically displayed by a Mediawiki extension, and the links for other namespaces are stored in Wikidata. You can find
the documentation here
(feel free to help translating it in your language).
We would like to know if you encountered problems with the system, if you would have suggestions for further improvements. This could be for example:
Some automatic links don’t work as expected
Some problems you encountered with entering links (for non-main namespace) in Wikidata
Some new features you’d like to have, related to links
To give feedback, you have two options:
Let a message on
this talk page
Let a message here. If you do so, please mention me with the
{{ping}}
template, so I can get a notification.
Our preferred languages are English, French and German, but you can also let a message in your own language if you feel more comfortable with it.
I’m looking forward for your feedback!
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
10:23, 24 Averil 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
AdvancedSearch
reagh
From May 8,
AdvancedSearch
will be available as a
beta feature
in your wiki. The feature enhances the
search page
through an advanced parameters form and aims to make
existing search options
more visible and accessible for everyone. AdvancedSearch is a project by
WMDE Technical Wishes
. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well in your work!
Birgit Müller (WMDE)
14:53, 7 Boaldyn 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Lexicographical data is now available on Wikidata
reagh
Hello,
Sorry for writing in English. Feel free to translate the content of this message below.
After several years discussing about it, and one year of development and discussion with the communities, the development team of Wikimedia Germany has now released the first version of
lexicographical data support on Wikidata
Since the start of Wikidata in 2012, the multilingual knowledge base was mainly focused on concepts: Q-items are related to a thing or an idea, not to the word describing it. Starting now, Wikidata stores a new type of data: words, phrases and sentences, in many languages, described in many languages. This information will be stored in new types of entities, called Lexemes, Forms and Senses.
The goal of lexicographical data on Wikidata is to provide a structured and machine-readable way to describe words and phrases in multiple languages, stored in a same place, reusable under CC-0. In the near future, this data will be available for Wiktionaries and other projects to reuse, as much as you want to.
For now, we’re at the first steps of this project: the new data structure has been released on Wikidata, and we’re looking for people to try it, and give us feedback on what is working or not. Participating to this project is the opportunity for you to have a voice in it, to make sure that your needs and requests are taken in account very early in the process, and to start populating Wikidata with words in your language!
Here’s how you can try lexicographical data on Wikidata:
First of all, if you’re not familiar with the data model, I encourage you to have a look at
the documentation page
. If you’re not familiar with Wikidata at all, I suggest
this page
as a start point.
You can also
look at the Lexemes that already exists
(search features will be improved in the future).
When you feel ready to create a word, go on
d:Special:NewLexeme
If some properties that you need are missing, you can
suggest them on this page
(if you’re not sure how to do it, just let a message on the talk page and someone will help you).
The main discussion page is
d:Wikidata:Lexicographical data
. Here, you can ask for help, suggest ways to organize the data, but also leave feedback: if you encounter any bug or issue, let us know. We’re looking especially to know what are the most important features for you to be worked on next.
In any case, feel free to contact me if you have a question or problem, I’ll be very happy to help.
Cheers,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
12:20, 23 Boaldyn 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Update on page issues on mobile web
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Update on page issues on mobile web
Please help translate to your language
Hi everyone. The
Readers web team
has recently begun working on exposing issue templates on the mobile website. Currently, details about issues with page content are generally hidden on the mobile website. This leaves readers unaware of the reliability of the pages they are reading. The goal of this project is to improve awareness of particular issues within an article on the mobile web. We will do this by changing the visual styling of page issues.
So far, we have
drafted a proposal on the design and implementation
of the project. We were also able to run
user testing on the proposed designs
. The tests so far have positive results. Here is a quick summary of what we learned:
The new treatment increases awareness of page issues among participants. This is true particularly when they are in a more evaluative/critical mode.
Page issues make sense to readers and they understand how they work
Readers care about page issues and consider them important
Readers had overwhelmingly positive sentiments towards Wikipedia associated with learning about page issues
Our next step would be to start implementing these changes. We wanted to reach out to you for any concerns, thoughts, and suggestions you might have before beginning development. Please
visit the project page
where we have more information and mockups of how this may look. Please
leave feedback on the talk page
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
20:58, 12 Mean Souree 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Global preferences are available
reagh
Global preferences are now available, you can set them by visiting your new
global preferences page
. Visit
mediawiki.org for information on how to use them
and
leave feedback
. --
Keegan (WMF)
talk
19:19, 10 Jerrey Souree 2018 (UTC)
Consultation on the creation of a separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hi all,
I'm preparing a change in who can edit sitewide CSS/JS pages. (These are pages like
MediaWiki:Common.css
and
MediaWiki:Vector.js
which are executed in the browser of all readers and editors.) Currently all administrators are able to edit these pages, which poses a serious and unnecessary security risk. Soon, a dedicated, smaller user group will take over this task. Your community will be able to decide who belongs in this group, so this should mean very little change for you. You can find out more and provide feedback at
the consultation page on Meta
. If you are involved in maintaining CSS/JS code, or policymaking around adminship requests, please give it a look!
Thanks!
Tgr
talk
08:45, 12 Jerrey Souree 2018 (UTC)
(via
global message delivery
freggyr
New user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hi all!
To improve the security of our readers and editors, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed. (These are pages like
MediaWiki:Common.css
and
MediaWiki:Vector.js
which contain code that is executed in the browsers of users of the site.)
A new user group,
interface-admin
, has been created.
Starting four weeks from now, only members of this group will be able edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with
.css
or
.js
that is either in the
MediaWiki:
namespace or is another user's user subpage).
You can learn more about the motivation behind the change
here
Please add users who need to edit CSS/JS to the new group (this can be done the same way new administrators are added, by stewards or local bureaucrats).
This is a dangerous permission; a malicious user or a hacker taking over the account of a careless interface-admin can abuse it in far worse ways than admin permissions could be abused. Please only assign it to users who need it, who are trusted by the community, and who follow common basic password and computer security practices (use strong passwords, do not reuse passwords, use two-factor authentication if possible, do not install software of questionable origin on your machine, use antivirus software if that's a standard thing in your environment).
Thanks!
Tgr
talk
13:08, 30 Jerrey Souree 2018 (UTC)
(via
global message delivery
freggyr
Wiktionary Cognate Dashboard
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Screenshot of the Hub view
Sorry for writing this message in English. Feel free to help translate it below.
Hello all,
A few months ago, we asked you for feedback about
Cognate
, the system allowing interwikilinks between Wiktionaries (on main namespace). Several community members gave some suggestions, one of them was to provide statistics about these interwikilinks.
The Wikidata team is pleased to present you the
Wiktionary Cognate Dashboard
, a website presenting a lot of interesting information about how Wiktionaries are connected to each others. You can find there, for example:
the most interlinked Wiktionary entries not having a page on your Wiktionary
the number of interlinks between each possible pair of Wiktionaries
visualizations of the relationships between different Wiktionaries
To learn more about the tool, you can have a look at
the documentation
(please help us translating it in your language!). The interface of the tool itself can also be translated in other languages by
using this page
If you find a bug, please let a comment on
this Phabricator task
or ping me onwiki. Thanks a lot,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
13:08, 14 Luanistyn 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Editing of sitewide CSS/JS is only possible for interface administrators from now
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hi all,
as
announced previously
, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed: only members of the
interface-admin
Interface administrators
) group, and a few highly privileged global groups such as stewards, can edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage). This is done to improve the security of readers and editors of Wikimedia projects. More information is available at
Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS
. If you encounter any unexpected problems, please contact me or file a bug.
Thanks!
Tgr
talk
12:39, 27 Luanistyn 2018 (UTC)
(via
global message delivery
freggyr
Read-only mode for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October
reagh
Read this message in another language
Please help translate to your language
The
Wikimedia Foundation
will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
On
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop when we switch. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday, 12 September and Wednesday, 10 October. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
(15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 13 September and Thursday 11 October).
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
There will be code freezes for the weeks of 10 September 2018 and 8 October 2018. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this.
Please share this information with your community.
User:Johan(WMF)
talk
13:33, 6 Mean Fouyir 2018 (UTC)
The Community Wishlist Survey
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The Community Wishlist Survey.
Please help translate to your language
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation
Community Tech
should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can post technical proposals from now until 11 November. The communities will vote on the proposals between 16 November and 30 November. You can read more on the
wishlist survey page
User:Johan (WMF)
11:06, 30 Jerrey Fouyir 2018 (UTC)
Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
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Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
Please help translate to your language
Example of improvements
Hello,
In a few weeks the Readers web team will be changing how some templates look on the mobile web site. We will make these templates more noticeable when viewing the article. We ask for your help in updating any templates that don't look correct.
What kind of templates? Specifically templates that notify readers and contributors about issues with the content of an article – the text and information in the article. Examples like
Template:Unreferenced
or
Template:More citations needed
. Right now these notifications are hidden behind a link under the title of an article. We will format templates like these (mostly those that use Template:Ambox or message box templates in general) to show a short summary under the page title. You can tap on the "Learn more" link to get more information.
For template editors we have
some recommendations on how to make templates that are mobile-friendly
and also further
documentation on our work so far
If you have questions about formatting templates for mobile,
please leave a note on the project talk page
or
file a task in Phabricator
and we will help you.
Thank you!
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
19:34, 13 Mee Houney 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Community Wishlist Survey vote
reagh
The Community Wishlist Survey.
Please help translate to your language
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation
Community Tech
should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. The communities have now posted a long list of technical proposals. You can vote on the proposals from now until 30 November. You can read more on the
wishlist survey page
User:Johan (WMF)
18:13, 22 Mee Houney 2018 (UTC)
Advanced Search
reagh
Advanced Search
will become a default feature on your wiki on November 28. This new interface allows you to perform specialized searches on the
search page
, even if you don’t know any
search syntax
. Advanced Search originates from the
German Community’s Technical Wishes project
. It's already a default feature on German, Arabic, Farsi and Hungarian Wikipedia. Besides, more than 40.000 users across all wikis have tested the beta version. Feedback is welcome on the
central feedback page
Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
talk
11:02, 26 Mee Houney 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
New Wikimedia password policy and requirements
reagh
Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation security team is implementing a new
password policy and requirements
You can learn more about the project on MediaWiki.org
These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in length.
These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let us know on
the talk page
Thank you!
CKoerner (WMF)
talk
20:03, 6 Mee ny Nollick 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Selection of the Tremendous Wiktionary User Group representative to the Wikimedia Summit 2019
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Dear all,
Sorry for posting this message in English and last minute notification. The
Tremendous Wiktionary User Group
could send one representative to the
Wikimedia Summit 2019
(formerly "Wikimedia Conference"). The Wikimedia Summit is an yearly conference of all organizations affiliated to the Wikimedia Movement (including our Tremendous Wiktionary User Group). It is a great place to talk about Wiktionary needs to the chapters and other user groups that compose the Wikimedia movement.
For context, there is a
short report on what happened last year
. The deadline is very close to 24 hrs. The last date for registration is 17 December 2018. As a last minute effort, there is a
page on meta to decide who will be the representative of the user group to the Wikimedia Summit
created.
Please feel free to ask any question on the
wiktionary-l
mailing list or on the
talk page
For the
Tremendous Wiktionary User Group
--
Balajijagadesh
05:56, 16 Mee ny Nollick 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
Invitation from Wiki Loves Love 2019
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Love is an important subject for humanity and it is expressed in different cultures and regions in different ways across the world through different gestures, ceremonies, festivals and to document expression of this rich and beautiful emotion, we need your help so we can share and spread the depth of cultures that each region has, the best of how people of that region, celebrate love.
Wiki Loves Love (WLL)
is an international photography competition of Wikimedia Commons with the subject love testimonials happening in the month of February.
The primary goal of the competition is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity such as monuments, ceremonies, snapshot of tender gesture, and miscellaneous objects used as symbol of love; to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) projects.
The theme of 2019 iteration is
Celebrations, Festivals, Ceremonies and rituals of love.
Sign up your affiliate or individually at
Participants
page.
To know more about the contest, check out our
Commons Page
and
FAQs
There are several prizes to grab. Hope to see you spreading love this February with Wiki Loves Love!
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Love Team
Imagine... the sum of all love!
--
MediaWiki message delivery
talk
10:12, 27 Mee ny Nollick 2018 (UTC)
freggyr
FileExporter beta feature
reagh
Coming soon: the beta feature
FileExporter
A new beta feature will soon be released on all wikis: The
FileExporter
. It allows exports of files from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons, including their file history and page history. Which files can be exported is defined by each wiki's community:
Please check your wiki's
configuration file
if you want to use this feature.
The FileExporter has already been a beta feature on
mediawiki.org
meta.wikimedia
, deWP, faWP, arWP, koWP and on
wikisource.org
. After some functionality was added, it's now becoming a beta feature on all wikis. Deployment is planned for January 16. More information can be found
on the project page
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test the FileExporter, please activate it in your
user preferences
. The best place for feedback is the
central talk page
. Thank you from Wikimedia Deutschland's
Technical Wishes project
Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
09:41, 14 Jerrey Geuree 2019 (UTC)
freggyr
No editing for 30 minutes on 17 January
reagh
You will
not be able to edit
the wikis for up to 30 minutes on
17 January 07:00 UTC
. This is because of a database problem that has to be fixed immediately. You can still read the wikis. Some wikis are not affected. They don't get this message. You can see which wikis are
not
affected
on this page
. Most wikis are affected. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes. /
Johan (WMF)
18:40, 16 Jerrey Geuree 2019 (UTC)
Talk to us about talking
reagh
The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a
global consultation about communication
. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.
We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.
We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.
We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.
We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.
You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:
First,
sign up your group here.
Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group. This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
Then ask people what they think about communication processes. We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki. Please consider asking these five questions:
When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
Finally, please go to
Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org
and report what you learned from your group. Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.
You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.
Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us
how your group communicates
You can read more about
the overall process
on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can
leave feedback about the consultation process
in the language you prefer.
Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.
Trizek (WMF)
15:01, 21 Toshiaght Arree 2019 (UTC)
freggyr
Read-only mode for up to 30 minutes on 11 April
reagh
You will
not be able to edit
most Wikimedia wikis for up to 30 minutes on
11 April 05:00 UTC
. This is because of a hardware problem. You can still read the wikis. You
can see which wikis are affected
. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes. /
Johan (WMF)
10:56, 8 Averil 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Medium-Term Plan feedback request
reagh
Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation has published a
Medium-Term Plan proposal
covering the next 3–5 years. We want your feedback! Please leave all comments and questions, in any language, on
the talk page
, by April 20.
Thank you!
Quiddity (WMF)
talk
17:35, 12 Averil 2019 (UTC)
freggyr
Update on the consultation about office actions
reagh
Hello all,
Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust & Safety team
announced
a future consultation about partial and/or temporary
office actions
. We want to let you know that the
draft version
of this consultation has now been
posted on Meta
This is a
draft
. It is not intended to be the consultation itself, which will be posted on Meta likely in early September. Please do not treat this draft as a consultation. Instead, we ask your assistance in forming the final language for the consultation.
For that end, we would like your input over the next couple of weeks about what questions the consultation should ask about partial and temporary Foundation office action bans and how it should be formatted.
Please post it on the draft talk page
. Our goal is to provide space for the community to discuss all the aspects of these office actions that need to be discussed, and we want to ensure with your feedback that the consultation is presented in the best way to encourage frank and constructive conversation.
Please visit
the consultation draft on Meta-wiki
and leave your comments on the draft’s talk page about what the consultation should look like and what questions it should ask.
Thank you for your input! -- The
Trust & Safety team
08:03, 16 Luanistyn 2019 (UTC)
New tools and IP masking
reagh
Hey everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation wants to work on two things that affect how we patrol changes and handle vandalism and harassment. We want to make the tools that are used to handle bad edits better. We also want to get better privacy for unregistered users so their IP addresses are no longer shown to everyone in the world. We would not hide IP addresses until we have better tools for patrolling.
We have an idea of what tools
could
be working better and how a more limited access to IP addresses would change things, but we need to hear from more wikis. You can read more about the project
on Meta
and
post comments and feedback
. Now is when we need to hear from you to be able to give you better tools to handle vandalism, spam and harassment.
You can post in your language if you can't write in English.
Johan (WMF)
14:19, 21 Luanistyn 2019 (UTC)
The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started
reagh
Hello,
In a
recent statement
, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
requested that staff hold a consultation
to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".
Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians
to join this consultation and give their feedback
from 30 September to 30 October.
How can you help?
Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);
Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or
Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.
We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!
--
Kbrown (WMF)
17:14, 30 Mean Fouyir 2019 (UTC)
freggyr
Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hello
. The Readers Web team at the WMF will work on some
improvements to the desktop interface
over the next couple of years. The goal is to increase usability without removing any functionality. We have been inspired by changes made by volunteers, but that currently only exist as local gadgets and user scripts, prototypes, and volunteer-led skins. We would like to begin the process of bringing some of these changes into the default experience on all Wikimedia projects.
We are currently in the research stage of this project and are looking for ideas for improvements, as well as feedback on our current ideas and mockups. So far, we have performed interviews with community members at Wikimania. We have gathered lists of previous volunteer and WMF work in this area. We are examining possible technical approaches for such changes.
We would like individual feedback on the following:
Identifying focus areas for the project we have not yet discovered
Expanding the list of existing gadgets and user scripts that are related to providing a better desktop experience. If you can think of some of these from your wiki, please let us know
Feedback on the ideas and mockups we have collected so far
We would also like to gather a list of wikis that would be interested in being test wikis for this project - these wikis would be the first to receive the updates once we’re ready to start building.
When giving feedback, please consider the following goals of the project:
Make it easier for readers to focus on the content
Provide easier access to everyday actions (e.g. search, language switching, editing)
Put things in logical and useful places
Increase consistency in the interface with other platforms - mobile web and the apps
Eliminate clutter
Plan for future growth
As well as the following constraints:
Not touching the content - no work will be done in terms of styling templates or to the structure of page contents themselves
Not removing any functionality - things might move around, but all navigational items and other functionality currently available by default will remain
No drastic changes to the layout - we're taking an evolutionary approach to the changes and want the site to continue feeling familiar to readers and editors
Please give all feedback (in any language) at
mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements
After this round of feedback, we plan on building a prototype of suggested changes based on the feedback we receive. You’ll hear from us again asking for feedback on this prototype.
Thank you!
Quiddity (WMF)
talk
07:15, 16 Jerrey Fouyir 2019 (UTC)
Community Wishlist 2020
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The
2020 Community Wishlist Survey
is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the
Community Tech
team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on
November 11, 2019
, or comment on other proposals to help make them better.
This year, we’re exclusively focusing on smaller projects (i.e., Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews).
We want to help these projects and provide meaningful improvements to diverse communities. If you’re a member of any of these projects, please participate in the survey! To submit proposals, see the guidelines on the
survey page
. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
IFried (WMF)
19:30, 4 Mee Houney 2019 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki Loves Folklore
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Hello Folks,
Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as
Wiki Loves Folklore
from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at
Wikimedia Commons
. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at
Meta-Wiki
and
Commons
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
Tulsi Bhagat
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MediaWiki message delivery
talk
06:14, 18 Jerrey Geuree 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project
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Hello
The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wikimedia volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.
To learn more about the project,
please visit the Meta page
. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete
this simple Google form
. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!
--
LMiranda (WMF)
talk
19:01, 22 Jerrey Geuree 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Additional interface for edit conflicts on talk pages
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Sorry, for writing this text in English. If you could help to translate it, it would be appreciated.
You might know the new interface for edit conflicts (currently a beta feature). Now, Wikimedia Germany is designing an additional interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This interface is shown to you when you write on a discussion page and another person writes a discussion post in the same line and saves it before you do. With this additional editing conflict interface you can adjust the order of the comments and edit your comment. We are inviting everyone to have a look at
the planned feature
. Let us know what you think on our
central feedback page
! -- For the Technical Wishes Team:
Max Klemm (WMDE)
14:14, 26 Toshiaght Arree 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Feedback on movement names
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Hello
. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language.
Please help translate to your language
if necessary.
Thank you!
There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.
Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a
survey
in 7 languages about
3 naming options
. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a
Community Open Letter
Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.
Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement, --
The Brand Project team
, 19:39, 2 Jerrey Souree 2020 (UTC)
Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the
survey privacy statement
Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia
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Hi all,
It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to create something new.
This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May 2020
after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and information that is available in one language may not make it to other language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation
. We are very excited that Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project, and that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or how they would use content from this project.
We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with the communities to think through these important questions.
There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list
. We recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
Yours,
Katherine Maher (Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation)
Abstract Wikipedia
User:Denny
Abstract Wikipedia mailing list
Sent by
m:User:Elitre (WMF)
20:13, 9 Jerrey Souree 2020 (UTC)
m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement
freggyr
Technical Wishes: FileExporter and FileImporter become default features on all Wikis
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The
FileExporter and FileImporter
will become a default features on all wikis until August 7, 2020. They are planned to help you to move files from your local wiki to Wikimedia Commons easier while keeping all original file information (Description, Source, Date, Author, View History) intact. Additionally, the move is documented in the files view history.
How does it work?
Step 1: If you are an auto-confirmed user, you will see a link "Move file to Wikimedia Commons" on the local file page.
Step 2: When you click on this link, the FileImporter checks if the file can in fact be moved to Wikimedia Commons. These checks are performed based on the wiki's
configuration file
which is created and maintained by each local wiki community.
Step 3: If the file is compatible with Wikimedia Commons, you will be taken to an import page, at which you can update or add information regarding the file, such as the description. You can also add the 'Now Commons' template to the file on the local wiki by clicking the corresponding check box in the import form. Admins can delete the file from the local wiki by enabling the corresponding checkbox. By clicking on the 'Import' button at the end of the page, the file is imported to Wikimedia Commons.
If you want to know more about the
FileImporter extension
or the
Technical Wishes Project
, follow the links. --For the Technical Wishes Team:
Max Klemm (WMDE)
09:13, 6 Luanistyn 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Important: maintenance operation on September 1st
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Read this message in another language
Please help translate to your language
The
Wikimedia Foundation
will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data centre on
Tuesday, September 1st 2020
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, September 1st. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
(15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday September 2).
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
There will be code freezes for the week of September 1st, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this.
Please share this information with your community.
Trizek (WMF)
talk
13:49, 26 Luanistyn 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Invitation to participate in the conversation
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Hello
. Apologies for cross-posting, and that you may not be reading this message in your native language: translations of the following announcement may be available on
Meta
Please help translate to your language
Thank you!
We are excited to share
a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct
, which the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year, for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October 6, 2020.
The UCoC Drafting Committee wants to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or your work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could be improved?
Please join the conversation and share this invitation with others who may be interested to join, too.
To reduce language barriers during the process, you are welcomed to translate this message and the
Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review
. You and your community may choose to provide your opinions/feedback using your local languages.
To learn more about the UCoC project, see the
Universal Code of Conduct
page, and the
FAQ
, on Meta.
Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions,
The Trust and Safety team at Wikimedia Foundation
, 17:55, 10 Mean Fouyir 2020 (UTC)
Wiktionary sitelinks dashboard: URL update
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Hello all, and sorry for writing in English. Feel free to translate this message below.
The
Wiktionary Cognate Dashboard
presents interesting data about the extension powering your sitelinks. I just wanted to let you know that the URL of this tool changed: it is now accessible at
. The former URLs,
and
, will be disabled on September 25th. Don't forget to update your documentation pages accordingly.
If you have questions about the tool or the URL switch, feel free to ping me. Cheers,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
11:46, 14 Mean Fouyir 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki of functions naming contest
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hello
. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of
functions
. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
at meta-wiki.
Thank you!
--
Quiddity (WMF)
21:16, 29 Mean Fouyir 2020 (UTC)
Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric
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Hello
. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language.
Please help translate to your language
Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details,
check the full announcement
Thank you!
Qgil-WMF
talk
17:11, 7 Jerrey Fouyir 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Important: maintenance operation on October 27
reagh
Read this message in another language
Please help translate to your language
The
Wikimedia Foundation
tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on
Tuesday, October 27 2020
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, October 27. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
(14:00 WET, 15:00 CET, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 03:00 NZDT on Wednesday October 28).
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
There will be code freezes for the week of October 26, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens.
Please share this information with your community.
--
Trizek (WMF)
talk
17:12, 21 Jerrey Fouyir 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2
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Hello
Reminder: Please help to choose the name for the new Wikimedia wiki project - the library of functions. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are:
Wikicode, Wikicodex, Wikifunctions, Wikifusion, Wikilambda, Wikimedia Functions
. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
at Meta-wiki.
Thank you!
--
Quiddity (WMF)
22:11, 5 Mee Houney 2020 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey 2021
reagh
The
2021 Community Wishlist Survey
is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the
Community Tech
team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on
30 Mee Houney
, or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between
8 Mee ny Nollick
and
21 Mee ny Nollick
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
05:52, 20 Mee Houney 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Global bot policy proposal: invitation to a Meta discussion
reagh
Hello
I apologize for sending a message in English.
Please help translate to your language
. According to
the list
, your wiki project currently is opted in to the
global bot policy
. Under this policy, bots that fix double redirects or maintain interwiki links are allowed to operate under a global bot flag that is assigned directly by the stewards.
As the Wikimedia projects developed, the need for the current global bot policy decreased, and in the past years, no bots were appointed via that policy. That is mainly given Wikidata were estabilished in 2013, and it is no longer necessary to have dozens of bots that maintain interwiki links.
proposal
was made at Meta-Wiki, which proposes that the stewards will be authorized to determine whether an uncontroversial task may be assigned a global bot flag. The stewards already assign permissions that are more impactful on many wikis, namely,
global sysops
and
global renamers
, and I do not think that trust should be an issue. The stewards will assign the permission only to time-proven bots that are already approved at a number of projects, like
ListeriaBot
By this message, I would like to invite you to comment
in the global RFC
, to voice your opinion about this matter.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Martin Urbanec
resoonaght
11:49, 24 Mee Houney 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist
reagh
Sorry for sending this message in English. Translations are available on
this page
. Feel free to translate it in more languages!
As you may know, you can include changes coming from Wikidata in your Watchlist and Recent Changes (
in your preferences
). Until now, this feature didn’t always include changes made on Wikidata descriptions due to the way Wikidata tracks the data used in a given article.
Starting on December 3rd, the Watchlist and Recent Changes will include changes on the descriptions of Wikidata Items that are used in the pages that you watch. This will only include descriptions in the language of your wiki to make sure that you’re only seeing changes that are relevant to your wiki.
This improvement was requested by many users from different projects. We hope that it can help you monitor the changes on Wikidata descriptions that affect your wiki and participate in the effort of improving the data quality on Wikidata for all Wikimedia wikis and beyond.
Note: if you didn’t use the Wikidata watchlist integration feature for a long time, feel free to give it another chance! The feature has been improved since the beginning and the content it displays is more precise and useful than at the beginning of the feature in 2015.
If you encounter any issue or want to provide feedback, feel free to use
this Phabricator ticket
. Thanks!
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
14:40, 30 Mee Houney 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th
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Hello all,
The ceremony of the 2020
Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award
will take place virtually on Friday, December 11th, at 17:00 GMT. This award is highlighting tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects, and the ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to the tools developers and maybe discover new tools!
You will find more information
here
about the livestream and the discussions channels. Thanks for your attention,
Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
10:55, 7 Mee ny Nollick 2020 (UTC)
freggyr
Community Wishlist Survey 2021
reagh
We invite all registered users to vote on the
2021 Community Wishlist Survey
. You can vote from now until
21 December
for as many different wishes as you want.
In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones.
We, the
Community Tech
, are one of the
Wikimedia Foundation
teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams.
We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
15:03, 11 Mee ny Nollick 2020 (UTC)
Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event
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Hello
. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language.
Please help translate to your language
Thank you!
Wikimania will be a virtual event this year
, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again,
the ESEAP Core Organizing Team
will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how
you
can get involved in the planning
process and other aspects of the event.
Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l
ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team
, 15:16, 27 Jerrey Geuree 2021 (UTC)
Project Grant Open Call
reagh
This is the announcement for the
Project Grants program
open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.
For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:
Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for
#Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions
with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:
Video tutorials
for writing a strong application
General
planning page
for Project Grants
Program guidelines and criteria
Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and
submit your proposal
by February 10, 2021!
Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrants
Clowan:atwikimedia
.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language.
MediaWiki message delivery
talk
08:01, 28 Jerrey Geuree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back!
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Please help translate to your language
You are humbly invited to participate in the
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021
an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and
submitting
them in this commons contest.
Please support us in translating the
project page
and a
banner message
to help us spread the word in your native language.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
MediaWiki message delivery
talk
13:25, 6 Toshiaght Arree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally
reagh
Please help translate to your language
Hello everyone,
I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project:
m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally
In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.
This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like
WP:NPOV
, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.
As far as I can see,
Wiktionary
currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.
I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see
m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally
Please feel free to
ask me
if you have any questions about this proposal.
Best regards,
--
Martin Urbanec
talk
14:12, 18 Toshiaght Arree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikifunctions logo contest
reagh
Hello
. Please help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions wiki. Voting starts today and will be open for 2 weeks. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
at Meta-Wiki.
Thank you!
--
Quiddity (WMF)
01:51, 2 Mayrnt 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations
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Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2
reagh
Please help translate to your language
The
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC)
provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its
project page
Drafting Committee: Call for applications
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The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.
To apply and learn more about the process, see
Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee
2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators
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From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested
key questions
. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please
in whatever language you are most comfortable.
To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see
Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations
--
Xeno (WMF)
talk
22:26, 5 Averil 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Global bot policy changes
reagh
Hello
I apologize for sending a message in English.
Please help translate to your language
. According to
the list
, your wiki project is currently opted in to the
global bot policy
. As such, I want to let you know about some changes that were made after the
global RfC
was closed.
Global bots are now subject to a 2 week discussion, and it'll be publicized via a MassMessage list, available at
Bot policy/New global bot discussion
on Meta. Please subscribe yourself or your wiki if you are interested in new global bots proposals.
For a bot to be considered for approval, it must demonstrate it is welcomed in multiple projects, and a good way to do that is to have the bot flag on at least 5 wikis for a single task.
The bot operator should make sure to adhere to the wiki's preference as related to the use of the bot flag (i.e., if a wiki doesn't want a bot to use the flag as it edits, that should be followed).
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Thanks for the fish!
talk
contribs
18:48, 6 Averil 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Line numbering coming soon to all wikis
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Example
From April 15, you can enable line numbering in some wikitext editors - for now in the template namespace, coming to more namespaces soon. This will make it easier to detect line breaks and to refer to a particular line in discussions. These numbers will be shown if you enable the syntax highlighting feature (
CodeMirror extension
), which is supported in the
2010
and
2017
wikitext editors.
More information can be found on
this project page
. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback
on this talk page
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Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
15:08, 12 Averil 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Suggested Values
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From April 29, it will be possible to suggest values for parameters in templates. Suggested values can be added to
TemplateData
and will then be shown as a drop-down list in
VisualEditor
. This allows template users to quickly select an appropriate value. This way, it prevents potential errors and reduces the effort needed to fill the template with values. It will still be possible to fill in values other than the suggested ones.
More information, including the supported parameter types and how to create suggested values:
[1]
[2]
. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback
on this talk page
Timur Vorkul (WMDE)
14:08, 22 Averil 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1
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Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021
Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of
Universal Code of Conduct News
! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.
Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to
subscribe here
You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please
add your name here
if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.
Affiliate consultations
– Wikimedia affiliates of all sizes and types were invited to participate in the UCoC affiliate consultation throughout March and April 2021. (
continue reading
2021 key consultations
– The Wikimedia Foundation held enforcement key questions consultations in April and May 2021 to request input about UCoC enforcement from the broader Wikimedia community. (
continue reading
Roundtable discussions
– The UCoC facilitation team hosted two 90-minute-long public roundtable discussions in May 2021 to discuss UCoC key enforcement questions. More conversations are scheduled. (
continue reading
Phase 2 drafting committee
– The drafting committee for the phase 2 of the UCoC started their work on 12 May 2021. Read more about their work. (
continue reading
Diff blogs
– The UCoC facilitators wrote several blog posts based on interesting findings and insights from each community during local project consultation that took place in the 1st quarter of 2021. (
continue reading
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23:06, 11 Mean Souree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikimania 2021: Individual Program Submissions
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Dear all,
Wikimania 2021 will be
hosted virtually
for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the
Core Organizing Team
(COT) for Wikimania 2021.
Event Program
- Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information
here
Below are some links to guide you through;
Program Submissions
Session Submission Guidelines
FAQ
Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.
Announcements
- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section
here
Office Hour
- If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found
here.
Best regards,
MediaWiki message delivery
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04:19, 16 Mean Souree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team
Editing news 2021 #2
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Read this in another language
Subscription list for this multilingual newsletter
When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (
Source
Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of
the Reply Tool
. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped
newer editors
communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.
The key results were:
Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were
more likely
to post a comment on a talk page.
The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also
less likely
to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.
These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.
Looking ahead
The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
The next step is to
resolve a technical challenge
. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the
Wikipedias that participated in the study
. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.
You can turn on "
Discussion tools
in Beta Features
now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion
Whatamidoing (WMF)
talk
14:15, 24 Mean Souree 2021 (UTC)
Server switch
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 29 June 2021. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
(07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday 30 June).
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There will be code freezes for the week of June 28. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
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Please share this information with your community.
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
01:19, 27 Mean Souree 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review
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The
Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee
would like comments about the
enforcement draft guidelines
for the
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC). This review period is planned for 17 August 2021 through 17 October 2021.
These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward. The committee will revise the guidelines based upon community input.
Comments can be shared in any language on the
draft review talk page
and
multiple other venues
. Community members are encouraged to organize conversations in their communities.
There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines:
Wikimania 2021 session
(recorded 16 August)
Conversation hours
- 24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
Roundtable calls
- 18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC
Summaries of discussions will be posted every two weeks
here
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Xeno (WMF)
22:59, 17 Luanistyn 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election has come to an end
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Thank you for participating in the
2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election
! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data, including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the
Elections Committee
completes their review of the ballots. The official announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.
6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2% global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In 2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the
data produced during the election
Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees election will be even better.
20:58, 1 Mean Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January
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Hello everyone,
We hope all of you are as well and safe as possible during these trying times! We wanted to share some news about a change to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. We would like to hear your opinions as well.
Summary:
We will be running the
Community Wishlist Survey
2022 in January 2022. We need more time to work on the 2021 wishes. We also need time to prepare some changes to the Wishlist 2022. In the meantime, you can use a
dedicated sandbox to leave early ideas for the 2022 wishes
Proposing and wish-fulfillment will happen during the same year
reagh
In the past, the
Community Tech
team has run the Community Wishlist Survey for the following year in November of the prior year. For example, we ran the
Wishlist for 2021
in November 2020. That worked well a few years ago. At that time, we used to start working on the Wishlist soon after the results of the voting were published.
However, in 2021, there was a delay between the voting and the time when we could start working on the new wishes. Until July 2021, we were working on wishes from the
Wishlist for 2020
We hope having the Wishlist 2022 in January 2022 will be more intuitive. This will also give us time to fulfill more wishes from the 2021 Wishlist.
Encouraging wider participation from historically excluded communities
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We are thinking how to make the Wishlist easier to participate in. We want to support more translations, and encourage under-resourced communities to be more active. We would like to have some time to make these changes.
A new space to talk to us about priorities and wishes not granted yet
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We will have gone 365 days without a Wishlist. We encourage you to approach us. We hope to hear from you in the
talk page
, but we also hope to see you at our bi-monthly Talk to Us meetings! These will be hosted at two different times friendly to time zones around the globe.
We will begin our first meeting
September 15th at 23:00 UTC
. More details about the agenda and format coming soon!
Brainstorm and draft proposals before the proposal phase
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If you have early ideas for wishes, you can use the
new Community Wishlist Survey sandbox
. This way, you will not forget about these before January 2022. You will be able to come back and refine your ideas. Remember, edits in the sandbox don't count as wishes!
Feedback
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What should we do to improve the Wishlist pages?
How would you like to use our new
sandbox?
What, if any, risks do you foresee in our decision to change the date of the Wishlist 2022?
What will help more people participate in the Wishlist 2022?
Answer on the
talk page
(in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
00:24, 7 Mean Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee ending 14 September 2021
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Movement Strategy announces
the Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
. The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 14, 2021.
The Committee is expected to represent
diversity in the Movement
. Diversity includes gender, language, geography, and experience. This comprises participation in projects, affiliates, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
English fluency is not required to become a member. If needed, translation and interpretation support is provided. Members will receive an allowance to offset participation costs. It is US$100 every two months.
We are looking for people who have some of the following
skills
Know how to write collaboratively. (demonstrated experience is a plus)
Are ready to find compromises.
Focus on inclusion and diversity.
Have knowledge of community consultations.
Have intercultural communication experience.
Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or communities.
Have experience negotiating with different parties.
The Committee is expected to start with 15 people. If there are 20 or more candidates, a mixed election and selection process will happen. If there are 19 or fewer candidates, then the process of selection without election takes place.
Will you help move Wikimedia forward in this important role? Submit your candidacy
here
. Please contact strategy2030
wikimedia.org with questions.
Xeno (WMF)
17:10, 10 Mean Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Server switch
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The
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They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on
Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
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You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. The test will start at
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SGrabarczuk (WMF)
resoonaght
00:46, 11 Mean Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Talk to the Community Tech
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Hello!
As we have
recently announced
, we, the team working on the
Community Wishlist Survey
, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on
September 15th, 23:00 UTC
on Zoom, and will last an hour.
Click here to join
Agenda
How we prioritize the wishes to be granted
Why we decided to change the date
from November 2021 to January 2022
Update on the
disambiguation
and the
real-time preview
wishes
Questions and answers
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them
on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page
or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez
(the
Community Tech
manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID: 898 2861 5390
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+16699006833,,89828615390# US (San Jose)
Dial by your location
See you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
resoonaght
03:04, 11 Mean Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Hello!
Have you noticed that some wikis have a
different desktop interface
? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?
Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on
October 12th, 16:00 UTC
on Zoom. It will last an hour.
Click here to join
Agenda
Update on the recent developments
Sticky header
- presentation of the demo version
Questions and answers, discussion
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
Google Docs file
. The presentation part (first two points in the agenda) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Olga Vasileva
(the team manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID: 829 3670 1376
Dial by your location
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
15:10, 4 Jerrey Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open
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Ayns çhengaghyn elley
Please help translate to your language
Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the world are running for 7 seats in these elections.
Voting is open from October 12 to October 24, 2021.
The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1, 2021.
Learn about each candidate to inform your vote in the language that you prefer: <
Learn about the Drafting Committee: <
We are piloting a voting advice application for this election. Click yourself through the tool and you will see which candidate is closest to you! Check at <
Read the full announcement: <
Go vote at SecurePoll on:
Best,
Movement Strategy & Governance Team, Wikimedia Foundation
Xeno (WMF)
01:53, 15 Jerrey Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Talk to the Community Tech
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Read this message in another language
Hello!
We, the team working on the
Community Wishlist Survey
, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will begin on
27 Jerrey Fouyir
Jecrean
) at
14:30 UTC
on Zoom, and will last an hour.
Click here to join
Agenda
Become a Community Wishlist Survey Ambassador. Help us spread the word about the CWS in your community.
Update on the
disambiguation
and the
real-time preview
wishes
Questions and answers
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, German, and Italian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them
on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page
or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez
(the
Community Tech
manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID:
83847343544
Dial by your location
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
23:00, 22 Jerrey Fouyir 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Learn how Movement Strategy Implementation Grants can support your Movement Strategy plans
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Movement Strategy Implementation grants now provide more than $2,000 USD to put Movement Strategy plans into action. Find out more about
Movement Strategy Implementation grants, the criteria, and how to apply
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
talk
) 13:30, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members
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More languages
Please help translate to your language
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee election and selection processes are complete.
The
election results have been published
. 1018 participants voted to elect seven members to the committee:
Richard Knipel (Pharos)
Anne Clin (Risker)
Alice Wiegand (Lyzzy)
Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom)
Richard (Nosebagbear)
Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan)
Ciell (Ciell)
The
affiliate process
has selected six members:
Anass Sedrati (Anass Sedrati)
Érica Azzellini (EricaAzzellini)
Jamie Li-Yun Lin (Li-Yun Lin)
Georges Fodouop (Geugeor)
Manavpreet Kaur (Manavpreet Kaur)
Pepe Flores (Padaguan)
The Wikimedia Foundation has
appointed
two members:
Runa Bhattacharjee (Runab WMF)
Jorge Vargas (JVargas (WMF))
The committee will convene soon to start its work. The committee can appoint up to three more members to bridge diversity and expertise gaps.
If you are interested in engaging with
Movement Charter
drafting process, follow the updates
on Meta
and join the
Telegram group
With thanks from the Movement Strategy and Governance team
15:53, 5 Mee Houney 2021 (UTC)
Talk to the Community Tech: The future of the Community Wishlist Survey
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Hello!
We, the team working on the
Community Wishlist Survey
, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on
30 Mee Houney
Jemayrt
),
17:00 UTC
on Zoom, and will last an hour.
Click here to join
Agenda
Changes to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. Help us decide.
Become a Community Wishlist Survey Ambassador. Help us spread the word about the CWS in your community.
Questions and answers
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, German, and Italian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them
on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page
or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez
(the
Community Tech
manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID:
82035401393
Dial by your location
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
20:03, 26 Mee Houney 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections
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You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
More languages
Please help translate to your language
The Board of Trustees is preparing a call for feedback about the upcoming Board Elections, from January 7 - February 10, 2022.
While details will be finalized the week before the call, we have confirmed at least two questions that will be asked during this call for feedback:
What is the best way to ensure fair representation of emerging communities among the Board?
What involvement should candidates have during the election?
While additional questions may be added, the Movement Strategy and Governance team wants to provide time for community members and affiliates to consider and prepare ideas on the confirmed questions before the call opens. We apologize for not having a complete list of questions at this time. The list of questions should only grow by one or two questions. The intention is to not overwhelm the community with requests, but provide notice and welcome feedback on these important questions.
Do you want to help organize local conversation during this Call?
Contact the
Movement Strategy and Governance team
on Meta, on
Telegram
, or via email at msg
wikimedia.org.
Reach out if you have any questions or concerns. The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be minimally staffed until January 3. Please excuse any delayed response during this time. We also recognize some community members and affiliates are offline during the December holidays. We apologize if our message has reached you while you are on holiday.
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Thank you.
Xeno (WMF)
17:50, 27 Mee ny Nollick 2021 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki Loves Folklore is back!
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Please help translate to your language
You are humbly invited to participate in the
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the
1st till the 28th
of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and
submitting
them in this commons contest.
You can also
organize a local contest
in your country and support us in translating the
project pages
to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our
project Talk page
if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
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13:15, 9 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Community Wishlist Survey 2022
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The
Community Wishlist Survey 2022
is now open!
This survey is the process where communities decide what the
Community Tech
team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on
23 January
, or comment on other proposals to help make them better.
The communities will vote on the proposals between 28 January and 11 February.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
18:10, 10 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open
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You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
More languages
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The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 7 February 2022.
With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.
Join the conversation.
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Xeno (WMF)
00:35, 15 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Talk to the Community Tech
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Hello
We, the team working on the
Community Wishlist Survey
, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on
19 Jerrey Geuree
Jecrean
),
18:00 UTC
on Zoom, and will last an hour. This external system is not subject to the
WMF Privacy Policy
Click here to join
Agenda
Bring drafts of your proposals and talk to to a member of the Community Tech Team about your questions on how to improve the proposal
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, and German. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them
on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page
or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez
(the
Community Tech
manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
Join online
Meeting ID:
85804347114
Dial by your location
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
00:21, 18 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your stories
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Dear community members,
Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (
This Month in Education
) invite you to join us by
subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page
or by
sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters
. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.
If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.
Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the
complete archive
More information about the newsletter can be found at
Education/Newsletter/About
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Jeheiney 8:16, 24 Averil 2026
(UTC)
Desktop Improvements update and Office Hours invitation
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Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the
Desktop Improvements
project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years.
The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more.
The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on 24 wikis, including Wikipedias in
French
Portuguese
, and
Persian
The changes apply to the
Vector
skin only.
Monobook
or
Timeless
users are not affected.
Features deployed since our last update
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User menu
- focused on making the navigation more intuitive by visually highlighting the structure of user links and their purpose.
Sticky header
- focused on allowing access to important functionality (logging in/out, history, talk pages, etc.) without requiring people to scroll to the top of the page.
For a full list of the features the project includes, please visit our
project page
. We also invite you to our
Updates page
The features deployed already and the table of contents that's currently under development
How to enable the improvements
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Global preferences
It is possible to opt-in individually
in the appearance tab within the preferences
by unchecking the "
Use Legacy Vector
" box. (It has to be empty.) Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the
global preferences
If you think this would be good as a default for all readers and editors of this wiki, feel free to start a conversation with the community and contact me.
On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
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If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can
subscribe to our newsletter
You can read the
pages of the project
, check
our FAQ
, write on the
project talk page
, and join an online meeting with us (
27 Jerrey Geuree
Jerdein
),
15:00 UTC
).
How to join our online meeting
Join online
Meeting ID:
89205402895
Dial by your location
Thank you!
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team,
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
22:11, 24 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5
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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022
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Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe
here
if you would like to receive these updates.
Call for Feedback about the Board elections
- We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (
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Universal Code of Conduct Ratification
- In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (
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Movement Strategy Implementation Grants
- As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (
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The New Direction for the Newsletter
- As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (
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Diff Blogs
- Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (
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Xeno (WMF)
03:15, 29 Jerrey Geuree 2022 (UTC)
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Updates on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Review
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Hello, I have an update on the vote on the enforcement guidelines that was mentioned above.
Xeno (WMF)
talk
03:12, 4 Toshiaght Arree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
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Hello everyone,
The
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines
were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the
Universal Code of Conduct
across the movement. Comments about the guidelines can be shared here or
the Meta-wiki talk page
There will be conversations on Zoom on 4 February 2022 at 15:00 UTC, 25 February 2022 at 12:00 UTC, and 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC.
Join the UCoC project team and drafting committee members to discuss the guidelines and voting process
The
timeline is available on Meta-wiki
. The voting period is March 7 to 21.
See the voting information page for more details
Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.
Sincerely,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation
Leadership Development Task Force: Your feedback is appreciated
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The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting the creation of a global, community-driven Leadership Development Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work.
The team is looking for feedback about the responsibilities of the Leadership Development Task Force. This Meta page shares the proposal for a
Leadership Development Task Force
and how
you can help.
Feedback on the proposal will be collected from 7 to 25 February 2022.
Xeno (WMF)
02:33, 9 Toshiaght Arree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March
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Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,
We are pleased to inform you that
Wiki Loves Folklore
an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the
15th of March 2022
. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.
We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the
translation
of project pages and share a word in your local language.
Best wishes,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore
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04:50, 22 Toshiaght Arree 2022 (UTC)
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Coming soon
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Several improvements around templates
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Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:
Fundamental improvements of the
VisualEditor template dialog
),
Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (
) (for the template dialogs in
VisualEditor
2010 Wikitext
and
New Wikitext Mode
),
and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension
CodeMirror
) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).
All these changes are part of the “
Templates
” project by
WMDE Technical Wishes
. We hope they will help you in your work, and we would love to hear your feedback on the talk pages of these projects.
Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
12:38, 28 Toshiaght Arree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Remember to Participate in the UCoC Conversations and Ratification Vote!
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Hello everyone,
vote in SecurePoll from 7 to 21 March 2022
is scheduled as part of the ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines. Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments.
Read voter information and eligibility details.
During the poll, voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct based on the proposed guidelines.
The
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The
revised enforcement guidelines
were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. A
Wikimedia Foundation Board statement
calls for a
ratification process
where eligible voters will have an opportunity to support or oppose the adoption of the UCoC Enforcement guidelines in a vote. Wikimedians are invited to
translate and share important information
. For more information about the UCoC, please see the
project page
and
frequently asked questions
on Meta-wiki.
There are events scheduled to learn more and discuss:
community panel
recorded on 18 February 2022 shares perspectives from small- and medium-sized community participants.
The
Movement Strategy and Governance
(MSG) team is hosting Conversation Hours on 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Please
sign-up
to interact with the project team and the drafting committee about the updated enforcement guidelines and the ratification process. See the
Conversation Hour summaries
for notes from 4 February 2022 and 25 February 2022.
You can comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact either team by email: msg
wikimedia.org or ucocproject
wikimedia.org
Sincerely,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation
Xeno (WMF)
02:17, 2 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022
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Hello everyone,
The ratification voting process for the
revised enforcement guidelines
of the
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC) is now open!
Voting commenced on SecurePoll
on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please
read more on the voter information and eligibility details
The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. You can
read more about the UCoC project
You can also comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact the team by email: ucocproject
wikimedia.org
Sincerely,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation
Xeno (WMF)
00:52, 8 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Invitation to Hubs event: Global Conversation on 2022-03-12 at 13:00 UTC
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Hello!
The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation would like to invite you to the next event about "Regional and Thematic Hubs". The Wikimedia Movement is in the process of understanding what Regional and Thematic Hubs should be. Our workshop in November was a good start (
read the report
), but we're not finished yet.
Over the last weeks we conducted about 16 interviews with groups working on establishing a Hub in their context (
see Hubs Dialogue
). These interviews informed a report that will serve as a foundation for discussion on March 12. The report is planned to be published on March 9.
The event will take place on March 12, 13:00 to 16:00 UTC on Zoom. Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese. Registration is open, and will close on March 10. Anyone interested in the topic is invited to join us.
More information on the event on Meta-wiki
Best regards,
Kaarel Vaidla
Movement Strategy
01:31, 10 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow
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International photographic contest
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.
The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your
local Wikipedia is participating
A special competition called
Wiki Loves Falles
is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and
Falles
in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on
Catalan Wikipedia project page
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks
Wiki Loves Folklore international Team
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14:41, 14 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022)
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Hello everyone,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the feedback period for the
Leadership Development Working Group
initiative. A
summary of the feedback
can be found on Meta-wiki. This feedback will be shared with the working group to inform their work. The application period to join the Working Group is now open and will close on April 10, 2022. Please
review the information about the working group
, share with community members who might be interested, and
apply if you are interested
Thank you,
From the Community Development team
Xeno (WMF)
02:20, 18 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed
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Greetings,
The ratification voting process for the
revised enforcement guidelines
of the
Universal Code of Conduct
(UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over
2300
Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.
The final results from the voting process will be announced
here
, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out
the voter information page
to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page
on Meta-wiki
in any language. You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocproject
wikimedia.org
Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Xeno (WMF)
01:54, 30 Mayrnt 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6
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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 6, April 2022
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Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe
here
if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.
Leadership Development -
A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (
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Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! -
The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (
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Movement Discussions on Hubs -
The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (
continue reading
Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! -
Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (
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The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! -
The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (
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Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly -
Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (
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Diff Blogs -
Check out the most recent publications about Movement Strategy on Wikimedia Diff. (
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Also, a draft of the
2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan
has been published. Input is being sought on-wiki and during
several conversations
with Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander
See full announcement on Meta-wiki
Xeno (WMF)
01:46, 22 Averil 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Hello!
Have you noticed that some wikis have a different desktop interface? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?
Join an online meeting with the team working on the
Desktop Improvements
! It will take place on
29 April 2022 at
13:00 UTC
and
18:00 UTC
on Zoom.
Click here to join
. Meeting ID: 88045453898.
Dial by your location
Agenda
Update on the recent developments
Questions and answers, discussion
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
Google Docs file
Olga Vasileva
(the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Italian, and Polish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
At this meeting, both
Friendly space policy
and the
Code of Conduct
for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the
WMF Privacy Policy
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
00:35, 26 Averil 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Coming soon: Improvements for templates
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Fundamental changes in the template dialog.
Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:
The
template dialog
in VisualEditor
and in the
2017 Wikitext Editor
(beta) will be
improved fundamentally
This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.
project page
talk page
In
syntax highlighting
CodeMirror
extension), you can activate a
colorblind-friendly
color scheme with a user setting.
project page
talk page
Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from
WMDE Technical Wishes'
focus area “
Templates
”.
We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!
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Johanna Strodt (WMDE)
11:13, 29 Averil 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Editing news 2022 #1
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New editors were more successful with this new tool.
The
New topic tool
helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can
read the report
. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion
Whatamidoing (WMF)
18:55, 2 Boaldyn 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates
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The Board of Trustees seeks candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election.
Read more on Meta-wiki.
The
2022 Board of Trustees election
is here! Please consider submitting your candidacy to serve on the Board of Trustees.
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.
The Wikimedia community will vote to fill two seats on the Board in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.
Who are potential candidates? Are you a potential candidate? Find out more on the
Apply to be a Candidate page
Thank you for your support,
Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees
10:40, 10 Boaldyn 2022 (UTC)
Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Hello!
Have you noticed that some wikis have a
different desktop interface
? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?
Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on
17 May 2022 at
12:00 UTC
and
19:00 UTC
on Zoom.
Click here to join
. Meeting ID: 86217494304.
Dial by your location
Agenda
Update on the recent developments
Questions and answers, discussion
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a
Google Docs file
Olga Vasileva
(the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, Italian, Polish; also, only at the first meeting: Farsi, Vietnamese; only at the second meeting: Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the
talk page
or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
At this meeting, both
Friendly space policy
and the
Code of Conduct
for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the
WMF Privacy Policy
We hope to see you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
05:02, 14 Boaldyn 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines
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Hello all,
We'd like to provide an update on the work on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct. After the conclusion of the community vote on the guidelines in March, the
Community Affairs committee (CAC)
of the Board
asked that several areas of the guidelines be reviewed for improvements
before the Board does its final review. These areas were identified based on community discussions and comments provided during the vote. The CAC also requested review of the controversial Note in 3.1 of the UCoC itself.
Once more, a big thank you to all who voted, especially to all who left constructive feedback and comments! The project team is working with the Board to establish a timeline for this work, and will communicate this next month.
Members of the two prior
UCoC Drafting Committees
have generously offered their time to help shape improvements to the Guidelines. You can read more about them and their work
here
, as well as read
summaries of their weekly meetings in 2022
Wikimedians have provided many valuable comments together with the vote and in other conversations. Given the size and diversity of the Wikimedia community, there are even more voices out there who can give ideas on how to improve the enforcement guidelines and add even more valuable ideas to the process. To help the Revisions committee identify improvements, input on several questions for the committee’s review is requested. Visit the Meta-wiki pages (
Enforcement Guidelines revision discussions
Policy text revision discussions
) to get your ideas to the Committee - it is very important that viewpoints are heard from different communities before the Committee begins drafting revision proposals.
On behalf of the UCoC project team
Xeno (WMF)
22:57, 3 Mean Souree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Desktop Improvements update
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Making this the new default
Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the
Desktop Improvements
project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉
We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis.
In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️
We will gladly read your suggestions!
The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in
French
Portuguese
, and
Persian
The changes apply to the
Vector
skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis.
Monobook
or
Timeless
users will not notice any changes.
The newest features
Table of contents
- our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin.
Page tools
- now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like
Related changes
) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like
Recent changes
). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus.
How to enable/disable the improvements
Global preferences
It is possible to opt-in individually
in the appearance tab within the preferences
by selecting "
Vector (2022)
". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the
global preferences
On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
Learn more and join our events
If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can
subscribe to our newsletter
. You can read the
pages of the project
, check
our FAQ
, write on the
project talk page
, and
join an online meeting with us
Thank you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
talk
16:59, 21 Mean Souree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out!
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Hi, Greetings
The winners for
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022
is announced!
We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images
here
Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.
We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.
Thank you,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
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16:12, 4 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
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Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass
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Hi all,
Community members in the
2022 Board of Trustees election
are invited to
propose statements to use in the Election Compass.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass
July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass
July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
talk
11:34, 14 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7
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Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022
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Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's
Movement Strategy recommendations
, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.
The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent
Movement Strategy Weekly
will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe
here
if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.
Movement sustainability
: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (
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Improving user experience
: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (
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Safety and inclusion
: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (
continue reading
Equity in decisionmaking
: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (
continue reading
Stakeholders coordination
: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (
continue reading
Leadership development
: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (
continue reading
Internal knowledge management
: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (
continue reading
Innovate in free knowledge
: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (
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Evaluate, iterate, and adapt
: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (
continue reading
Other news and updates
: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (
continue reading
Thank you for reading!
RamzyM (WMF)
01:38, 18 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
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Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements
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Join an online meeting with the team working on the
Desktop Improvements
! It will take place on
26 July 2022 at
12:00 UTC
and
19:00 UTC
on Zoom.
Click here to join
. Meeting ID: 5304280674.
Dial by your location
. See you!
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16:19, 25 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
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Announcing the six candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election
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Hi everyone,
The Affiliate voting process has concluded.
Representatives from each Affiliate organization learned about the candidates by reading candidates’ statements, reviewing candidates’ answers to questions, and considering the candidates’ ratings provided by the Analysis Committee. The selected 2022 Board of Trustees candidates are:
Tobechukwu Precious Friday (
Tochiprecious
Farah Jack Mustaklem (
Fjmustak
Shani Evenstein Sigalov (
Esh77
Kunal Mehta (
Legoktm
Michał Buczyński (
Aegis Maelstrom
Mike Peel (
Mike Peel
You may see more information about the
Results
and
Statistics
of this Board election.
Please take a moment to appreciate the Affiliate Representatives and Analysis Committee members for taking part in this process and helping to grow the Board of Trustees in capacity and diversity. These hours of volunteer work connect us across understanding and perspective. Thank you for your participation.
Thank you to the community members who put themselves forward as candidates for the Board of Trustees. Considering joining the Board of Trustees is no small decision. The time and dedication candidates have shown to this point speaks to their commitment to this movement. Congratulations to those candidates who have been selected. A great amount of appreciation and gratitude for those candidates not selected. Please continue to share your leadership with Wikimedia.
Thank you to those who followed the Affiliate process for this Board election. You may review the results of the Affiliate selection process.
The next part of the Board election process is the community voting period.
You may view the Board election timeline here
. To prepare for the community voting period, there are several things community members can engage with in the following ways:
Read candidates’ statements
and read the candidates’ answers to the questions posed by the Affiliate Representatives.
Propose and select the 6 questions for candidates to answer during their video Q&A
See the
Analysis Committee’s ratings of candidates on each candidate’s statement
Propose statements for the Election Compass
voters can use to find which candidates best fit their principles.
Encourage others in your community to take part in the election.
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
14:03, 27 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
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Vote for Election Compass Statements
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Hi all,
Volunteers in the
2022 Board of Trustees election
are invited to
vote for statements to use in the Election Compass
. You can vote for the statements you would like to see included in the Election Compass on Meta-wiki.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
July 8 - 20: Volunteers propose statements for the Election Compass
July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
21:01, 27 Jerrey Souree 2022 (UTC)
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The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open
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Hi everyone,
The Community Voting period for the
2022 Board of Trustees election
is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote:
Try the
Election Compass
, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
Read the
candidate statements
and
answers to Affiliate questions
Learn more about the skills the Board seeks
and how the
Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
If you are ready to vote, you may go to
SecurePoll voting page
to vote now.
You may vote from August 23 at 00:00 UTC to September 6 at 23:59 UTC.
To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the
voter eligibility page
Best,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum
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Hello everyone,
The
Movement Strategy Forum
(MS Forum) is a multilingual collaborative space for all conversations about Movement Strategy implementation.
We are inviting all Movement participants to collaborate on the MS Forum. The goal of the forum is to build community collaboration, using an inclusive multilingual platform.
The
Movement Strategy
is a collaborative effort to imagine and build the future of the Wikimedia Movement. Anyone can contribute to the Movement Strategy, from a comment to a full-time project.
Join this forum with your Wikimedia account, engage in conversations, and ask questions in your language.
The Movement Strategy and Governance team (MSG) launched the proposal for the MS Forum in May 2022. There was a 2-month community review period, which ended on 24 July 2022. The community review process included several questions that resulted in interesting conversations. You can read the
Community Review Report
We look forward to seeing you at the MS Forum!
Best regards,
the Movement Strategy and Governance Team
User:MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
11:32, 29 Luanistyn 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?
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The slides for our presentation at Wikimania 2022
Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the
Wikimedia Foundation Web team
In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.
We have been working on it for the past three years. So far, it has been the default on more than 30 wikis, including sister projects, all accounting for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average
87% of active logged-in users
of those wikis use Vector 2022.
It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to
any other skins
. No changes are expected for users of these skins.
Top of an article
Vector legacy (current default)
Vector 2022
A section of an article
Vector legacy (current default)
Vector 2022
About the skin
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[Why is a change necessary]
The current default skin meets the needs of the readers and editors as these were 13 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using Wikimedia projects.
The old Vector doesn't meet their needs.
[Objective]
The objective for the new skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It draws inspiration from previous requests, the
Community Wishlist Surveys
, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins.
We reduced PHP code in Wikimedia deployed skins by 75%
. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.
[Changes and test results]
The skin introduces a
series of changes
that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.
The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on.
The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.
[Try it out]
Try out the new skin by going to the appearance tab in
your preferences
and selecting Vector 2022 from the list of skins.
How can editors change and customize this skin?
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It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out
our repository
for a list of currently available customizations, or add your own.
Our plan
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If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying in the week of October 3, 2022
. If your community would like to request more time to discuss the changes, hit the button and write to us. We can adjust the calendar.
Request for more time to discuss the change
If you'd like ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please ping me here or write on the
talk page of the project
. We will gladly answer! Also,
see our FAQ
. Thank you!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
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04:15, 22 Mean Fouyir 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Invitation to attend “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” Sessions
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Hello all,
During the 2022 Wikimedia Summit, the
Movement Charter Drafting Committee
(MCDC) presented the first outline of the Movement Charter, giving a glimpse on the direction of its future work, and the Charter itself. The MCDC then integrated the initial feedback collected during the Summit. Before proceeding with writing the Charter for the whole Movement, the MCDC wants to interact with community members and gather feedback on the drafts of the three sections: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement). The Movement Charter drafts will be available on the Meta page
here
on November 14, 2022. Community wide consultation period on MC will take place from November 20 to December 18, 2022. Learn more about it
here
With the goal of ensuring that people are well informed to fully participate in the conversations and are empowered to contribute their perspective on the Movement Charter, three
“Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter"
sessions have been scheduled in different time zones. Everyone in the Wikimedia Movement is invited to attend these conversations. The aim is to learn about Movement Charter - its goal, purpose, why it matters, and how it impacts your community. MCDC members will attend these sessions to answer your questions and hear community feedback.
The “Ask Me Anything” sessions accommodate communities from different time zones. Only the presentation of the session is recorded and shared afterwards, no recording of conversations. Below is the list of planned events:
Asia/Pacific
: November 4, 2022 at 09:00 UTC (
your local time
). Interpretation is available in Chinese and Japanese.
Europe/MENA/Sub Saharan Africa
: November 12, 2022 at 15:00 UTC (
your local time
). Interpretation is available in Arabic, French and Russian.
North and South America/ Western Europe
: November 12, 2022 at 15:00 UTC (
your local time
). Interpretation is available in Spanish and Portuguese.
On the
Meta page
you will find more details; Zoom links will be shared 48 hours ahead of the call.
Call for Movement Charter Ambassadors
Individuals or groups from all communities who wish to help include and start conversations in their communities on the Movement Charter are encouraged to become
Movement Charter Ambassadors
(MC Ambassadors). MC Ambassadors will carry out their own activities and get financial support for enabling conversations in their own languages.
Regional facilitators
from the Movement Strategy and Governance team are available to support applicants with MC Ambassadors grantmaking. If you are interested please sign up
here
. Should you have specific questions, please reach out to the MSG team via email: strategy2030@wikimedia.org or on the MS forum.
We thank you for your time and participation.
On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
15:33, 7 Mee Houney 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Apply for Funding through the Movement Strategy Community Engagement Package to Support Your Community
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The Wikimedia Movement Strategy implementation is a collaborative effort for all Wikimedians.
Movement Strategy Implementation Grants
support projects that take the current state of a
Movement Strategy Initiative
and push it one step forward. If you are looking for an example or some guide on how to engage your community further on Movement Strategy and the Movement Strategy Implementation Grants specifically, you may find this
community engagement package
helpful.
The goal of this community engagement package is to support more people to access the funding they might need for the implementation work. By becoming a recipient of this grant, you will be able to support other community members to develop further grant applications that fit with your local contexts to benefit your own communities. With this package, the hope is to break down language barriers and to ensure community members have needed information on Movement Strategy to connect with each other. Movement Strategy is a two-way exchange, we can always learn more from the experiences and knowledge of Wikimedians everywhere. We can train and support our peers by using this package, so more people can make use of this great funding opportunity.
If this information interests you or if you have any further thoughts or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us as your
regional facilitators
to discuss further. We will be more than happy to support you. When you are ready, follow the steps on
this page
to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.
Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance Team
Wikimedia Foundation
MNadzikiewicz (WMF)
16:26, 14 Mee Houney 2022 (UTC)
freggyr
Opportunities open for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee
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Hi everyone! The Ombuds commission (OC) and the Case Review Committee (CRC) are looking for members. People are encouraged to nominate themselves or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to do so. There is more information below about the opportunity and the skills that are needed.
About the Ombuds commission
The Ombuds commission (OC) works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of
CheckUser
and
Oversight
(also known as Suppression) tools. The Commission mediates between the parties of the investigation and, when violations of the policies are identified, advises the Wikimedia Foundation on best handling. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Board of Trustees of the Foundation in these investigations when legally necessary. For more on the OC's duties and roles,
see Ombuds commission on Meta-Wiki
Volunteers serving in this role should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser/Oversight tools OR who have the technical ability to understand these tools and the willingness to learn them. They must be able to communicate in English, the common language of the commission. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. Commissioners will serve
two-year terms
(note that this is different from past years, when the terms have been for one year).
About the Case Review Committee
The Case Review Committee (CRC) reviews appeals of eligible Trust & Safety office actions. The CRC is a critical layer of oversight to ensure that Wikimedia Foundation office actions are fair and unbiased. They also make sure the Wikimedia Foundation doesn’t overstep established practices or boundaries. For more about the role,
see Case Review Committee on Meta-Wiki
We are looking for current or former functionaries and experienced volunteers with an interest in joining this group. Applicants must be fluent in English (additional languages are a strong plus) and willing to abide by the
terms of the Committee charter
. If the work resonates and you qualify, please apply. Committee members will serve
two-year terms
(note that this is different from past years, when the terms have been for one year).
Applying to join either of these groups
Members are required to sign the
Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information
and must be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board policies (such as the
access to non-public information policy
and the
Foundation privacy policy
). These positions requires a high degree of discretion and trust. Members must also be over 18 years of age.
If you are interested in serving in either capacity listed above,
please write in English to the Trust and Safety team at ca
wikimedia.org (to apply to the OC) or to the Legal Team at legal
wikimedia.org (to apply to the CRC) with information about:
Your primary projects
Languages you speak/write
Any experience you have serving on committees, whether movement or non-movement
Your thoughts on what you could bring to the OC or CRC if appointed
Any experience you have with the Checkuser or Oversight tools (OC only)
Any other information you think is relevant
The deadline for applications is 31 December 2022 in any timezone.
Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be qualified and interested. Thank you!
On behalf of the Committee Support team,
Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January
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Hello
The
Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023
, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday,
23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC
and will continue annually.
We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!
The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:
Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023
If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in
the CWS sandbox
We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!
Thank you!
Community Tech,
STei (WMF)
16:44, 15 Mee ny Nollick 2022 (UTC)
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Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE
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Per the
Global bans
policy, I'm informing the project of this request for comment:
m:Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2)
about banning a member from your community. Thank you.--
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) 21:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Editing news 2023 #1
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This newsletter includes two key updates about the
Editing
team's work:
The Editing team will finish adding new features to the
Talk pages project
and deploy it.
They are beginning a new project,
Edit check
Talk pages project
Some of the upcoming changes
The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the
Talk pages project
. Nearly all
new features
are available now in the
Beta Feature for
Discussion tools
It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "
Cur bun-chooish rish
" button. You will be able to turn them off at
Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion
. Please
tell them what you think
Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)
An A/B test for
Discussion tools
on the mobile site
has finished. Editors were
more successful with
Discussion tools
. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.
New Project: Edit Check
The Editing team is beginning
a project to help new editors of Wikipedia
. It will help people identify some problems before they click "
Soilshee caghlaaghyn
". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please
watch
that page for more information. You can
join a conference call on 3
March
2023
to learn more.
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23:25, 22 Toshiaght Arree 2023 (UTC)
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Your wiki will be in read only soon
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
All traffic will switch on
1 March
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Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
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You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
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Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
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This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
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Please share this information with your community.
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21:21, 27 Toshiaght Arree 2023 (UTC)
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Wikimania 2023 Welcoming Program Submissions
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Do you want to host an in-person or virtual session at Wikimania 2023? Maybe a hands-on workshop, a lively discussion, a fun performance, a catchy poster, or a memorable lightning talk?
Submissions are open until March 28
. The event will have dedicated hybrid blocks, so virtual submissions and pre-recorded content are also welcome. If you have any questions, please join us at an upcoming conversation on March 12 or 19, or reach out by email at wikimania@wikimedia.org or on Telegram. More information on-wiki.
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All traffic will switch on
26 April
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Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
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Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process
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Hello,
As follow-up to
the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, I am reaching out about the next steps. I want to bring your attention to the next stage of the Universal Code of Conduct process, which is forming a building committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). I invite community members with experience and deep interest in community health and governance to nominate themselves to be part of the U4C building committee, which needs people who are:
Community members in good standing
Knowledgeable about movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects
Aware and appreciative of the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to, languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
Committed to participate for the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
Comfortable with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
Confidently able to communicate in English
The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.
The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either
sign up on the Meta-Wiki page
, or contact ucocproject
wikimedia.org by May 12, 2023.
Read more on Meta-Wiki
Best regards,
Xeno (WMF)
19:01, 26 Averil 2023 (UTC)
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Global ban proposal for Leonardo José Raimundo
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There is an on-going discussion about a proposal that Leonardo José Raimundo be globally banned from editing all Wikimedia projects. You are invited to participate at
Requests for comment/Global ban for Leonardo José Raimundo
on Meta-Wiki.
Thank you!
Elton
resoonaght
00:59, 26 Boaldyn 2023 (UTC)
freggyr
As a result of
m:Requests for comment/Global ban for Leonardo José Raimundo
, Leonardo José Raimundo has been
banned from all Wikimedia projects
. --
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02:09, 8 Mean Souree 2023 (UTC)
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Selection of the U4C Building Committee
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The next stage in the Universal Code of Conduct process is establishing a Building Committee to create the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). The Building Committee has been selected.
Read about the members and the work ahead on Meta-wiki
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, 04:21, 27 Boaldyn 2023 (UTC)
Announcing the new Elections Committee members
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Hello there,
We are glad to announce
the new members and advisors of the Elections Committee
. The
Elections Committee
assists with the design and implementation of the process to select Community- and Affiliate-Selected trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. After an open nomination process, the strongest candidates spoke with the Board and four candidates were asked to join the Elections Committee. Four other candidates were asked to participate as advisors.
Thank you to all the community members who submitted their names for consideration. We look forward to working with the Elections Committee in the near future.
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
RamzyM (WMF)
18:00, 28 Mean Souree 2023 (UTC)
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Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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Hello all,
I am pleased to share the next step in the
Universal Code of Conduct
work. The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) draft charter
is now ready for your review.
The
Enforcement Guidelines
require a
Building Committee
form to draft a charter that outlines procedures and details for a global committee to be called the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
. Over the past few months, the U4C Building Committee worked together as a group to discuss and draft the U4C charter. The U4C Building Committee welcomes feedback about the draft charter now through 22 September 2023. After that date, the U4C Building Committee will revise the charter as needed and a community vote will open shortly afterward.
Join the conversation during the
conversation hours
or on
Meta-wiki
Best,
RamzyM (WMF)
, on behalf of the U4C Building Committee,
15:35, 28 Luanistyn 2023 (UTC)
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Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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The
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All traffic will switch on
20 September
. The test will start at
14:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
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Other effects
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== Opportunities open for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and the Case Review Committee ==
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Review and comment on the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package
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Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package from now until 29 October 2023. The selection rules package was based on older versions by the Elections Committee and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection. Providing your comments now will help them provide a smoother, better Board selection process.
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01:13, 17 Jerrey Fouyir 2023 (UTC)
The Vector 2022 skin as the default in three weeks?
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Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the
Wikimedia Foundation Web team
In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.
Global preferences
If you prefer keeping the current skin
select "Vector legacy (2010)" on
the appearance tab of the global preferences
and save the change. We encourage you to give the new skin a try, though.
Since I last came to you with this question, many things have changed. The skin is now the default on most Wikipedias, and all logos are done! We have also made some tweaks in the skin itself. Below is the text I've sent to you once, but I'm sending it again, just slightly edited, for those who haven't seen it.
If you know what this is about, jump straight to the section "Our plan":
It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy as a
local
(but not global) preference. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skin. No changes are expected for these skins.
Top of an article
Vector legacy (current default)
Vector 2022
A section of an article
Vector legacy (current default)
Vector 2022
About the skin
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Slides to our Wikimania 2022 presentation.
You may also listen to the recording on YouTube (in English)
[Why is a change necessary]
When the current default skin was created, it reflected the needs of the readers and editors as these were 14 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using the Internet and Wikimedia projects in different ways.
The old Vector does not meet their needs
[Objective]
The objective for the Vector 2022 skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It introduces a series of changes that aim to improve problems new and existing readers and editors were having with the old skin. It draws inspiration from previous user requests, the
Community Wishlist Surveys
, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins.
The PHP code in the other available skins has been reduced by 75%
. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.
[Changes in a nutshell]
The skin introduces changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.
The limited width and pin-able menus allow to adjust the interface to the screen size, and focus on editing or reading. Logged-in and logged-out users may use a toggle button to keep the full width, though.
The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jump to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the tested wikis.
The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.
[Customize this skin]
It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out
the repository
for a list of currently available customizations and changes, or add your own.
Our plan
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01:09, 26 Jerrey Fouyir 2023 (UTC)
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(New) Feature on
Kartographer
: Adding geopoints via QID
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Since September 2022, it is possible to create geopoints using a QID. Many wiki contributors have asked for this feature, but it is not being used much. Therefore, we would like to remind you about it. More information can be found on the
project page
. If you have any comments, please let us know on the
talk page
. – Best regards, the team of Technical Wishes at Wikimedia Deutschland
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12:31, 13 Mee ny Nollick 2023 (UTC)
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Do you use Wikidata in Wikimedia sibling projects? Tell us about your experiences
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Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects
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compensate
you for your time.
For more information, visit our
project issue page
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We look forward to speaking with you,
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Reusing references: Can we look over your shoulder?
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Apologies for writing in English.
The Technical Wishes team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning to
make reusing references easier
. For our research, we are looking for wiki contributors willing to show us how they are interacting with references.
The format will be a 1-hour video call, where you would share your screen.
More information here
Interviews can be conducted in English, German or Dutch.
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Sessions will be held in January and February.
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Vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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I am reaching out to you today to announce that the voting period for the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll
now through
2 February 2024
. Those of you who voiced your opinions during the development of the
UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
will find this process familiar.
The
current version of the U4C Charter
is on Meta-wiki with translations available.
Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.
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18:09, 19 Jerrey Geuree 2024 (UTC)
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Last days to vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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Hello all,
I am reaching out to you today to remind you that the voting period for the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) charter will close on
2 February 2024
. Community members may
cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll
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UCoC Enforcement Guidelines
will find this process familiar.
The
current version of the U4C charter
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Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.
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17:01, 31 Jerrey Geuree 2024 (UTC)
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Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote
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Dear all,
Thank you everyone for following the progress of the Universal Code of Conduct. I am writing to you today to announce the outcome of the
ratification vote
on the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter
. 1746 contributors voted in this ratification vote with 1249 voters supporting the Charter and 420 voters not. The ratification vote process allowed for voters to provide comments about the Charter.
A report of voting statistics and a summary of voter comments will be published on Meta-wiki in the coming weeks.
Please look forward to hearing about the next steps soon.
On behalf of the UCoC Project team,
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18:24, 12 Toshiaght Arree 2024 (UTC)
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Report of the U4C Charter ratification and U4C Call for Candidates now available
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Hello all,
I am writing to you today with two important pieces of information. First, the
report of the comments from the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter ratification
is now available. Secondly, the call for candidates for the U4C is open now through April 1, 2024.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please
review the U4C Charter
Per the charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.
Read more and submit your application on
Meta-wiki
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
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16:25, 5 Mayrnt 2024 (UTC)
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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection
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Dear all,
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The
Elections Committee
will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5]
June-August 2024: Campaign period
End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on
this Meta-wiki page
, and make your plan.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this
Meta-wiki page
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak
(Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group)
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.
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19:57, 12 Mayrnt 2024 (UTC)
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Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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The
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All traffic will switch on
20 March
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You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
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00:00, 15 Mayrnt 2024 (UTC)
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Vote now to select members of the first U4C
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Dear all,
I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through May 9, 2024. Read the information on the
voting page on Meta-wiki
to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please
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Sign up for the language community meeting on May 31st, 16:00 UTC
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The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can
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21:23, 14 Boaldyn 2024 (UTC)
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Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle
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Dear community members,
The
Community Affairs Committee
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Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
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draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle
. This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects, and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening or closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the
Language Committee
or
closing projects policy
You can find the details on
this page
, as well as the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on
June 23, 2024
, anywhere on Earth.
You can also share information about this with the interested project communities you work with or support, and you can also help us translate the procedure into more languages, so people can join the discussions in their own language.
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02:26, 22 Boaldyn 2024 (UTC)
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Announcing the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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Hello,
The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote results. We are following up with the results of the first
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election
We are pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a two-year term:
North America (USA and Canada)
Northern and Western Europe
Ghilt
Latin America and Caribbean
Central and East Europe (CEE)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East and North Africa
Ibrahim.ID
East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
0xDeadbeef
South Asia
The following individuals are elected to be community-at-large members of the U4C, fulfilling a one-year term:
Barkeep49
Superpes15
Civvì
Luke081515
Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.
Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. Follow their work on
Meta-wiki
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08:15, 3 Mean Souree 2024 (UTC)
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The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now on Meta
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Hi everyone,
The final text of the
Wikimedia Movement Charter
is now up on Meta in more than 20 languages for your reading.
What is the Wikimedia Movement Charter?
The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.
Join the Wikimedia Movement Charter “Launch Party”
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Movement Charter ratification vote
Voting will commence on SecurePoll on
June 25, 2024
at
00:01 UTC
and will conclude on
July 9, 2024
at
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08:45, 11 Mean Souree 2024 (UTC)
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Voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now open – cast your vote
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The voting to ratify the
Wikimedia Movement Charter
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The final version of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is
available on Meta in different languages
and attached
here in PDF format
for your reading.
Voting commenced on SecurePoll on
June 25, 2024
at
00:01 UTC
and will conclude on
July 9, 2024
at
23:59 UTC
. Please read more on the
voter information and eligibility details
After reading the Charter, please
vote here
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If you have any questions about the ratification vote, please contact the Charter Electoral Commission at
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10:52, 25 Mean Souree 2024 (UTC)
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Voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is ending soon
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This is a kind reminder that the voting period to ratify the
Wikimedia Movement Charter
will be closed on
July 9, 2024
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23:59 UTC
If you have not voted yet, please vote
on SecurePoll
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03:47, 8 Jerrey Souree 2024 (UTC)
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U4C Special Election - Call for Candidates
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Hello all,
A special election has been called to fill additional vacancies on the U4C. The call for candidates phase is open from now through July 19, 2024.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the
UCoC
. Community members are invited to submit their applications in the special election for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the
U4C Charter
In this special election, according to
chapter 2 of the U4C charter
, there are 9 seats available on the U4C:
four
community-at-large seats and
five
regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.
No more than two members of the U4C can be elected from the same home wiki
. Therefore, candidates must not have English Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, or Italian Wikipedia as their home wiki.
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00:03, 10 Jerrey Souree 2024 (UTC)
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Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting results
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Hello everyone,
After carefully tallying both individual and affiliate votes, the
Charter Electoral Commission
is pleased to announce the final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter voting.
As
communicated
by the Charter Electoral Commission, we reached the quorum for both Affiliate and individual votes by the time the vote closed on
July 9, 23:59 UTC
. We thank all 2,451 individuals and 129 Affiliate representatives who voted in the ratification process. Your votes and comments are invaluable for the future steps in Movement Strategy.
The final results of the
Wikimedia Movement Charter
ratification voting held between 25 June and 9 July 2024 are as follows:
Individual vote:
Out of 2,451 individuals who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 2,446 have been accepted as valid votes. Among these,
1,710
voted “yes”;
623
voted “no”; and
113
selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 73.30% voted to approve the Charter (1710/2333), while 26.70% voted to reject the Charter (623/2333).
Affiliates vote:
Out of 129 Affiliates designated voters who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 129 votes are confirmed as valid votes. Among these,
93
voted “yes”;
18
voted “no”; and
18
selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 83.78% voted to approve the Charter (93/111), while 16.22% voted to reject the Charter (18/111).
Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation:
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted
not to ratify
the proposed Charter during their special Board meeting on July 8, 2024. The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv,
shared the result of the vote, the resolution, meeting minutes and proposed next steps
With this, the Wikimedia Movement Charter in its current revision is
not ratified
We thank you for your participation in this important moment in our movement’s governance.
The Charter Electoral Commission,
Abhinav619
Borschts
Iwuala Lucy
Tochiprecious
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Vote now to fill vacancies of the first U4C
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Dear all,
I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through
August 10, 2024
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voting page on Meta-wiki
to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please
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02:47, 27 Jerrey Souree 2024 (UTC)
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Reminder! Vote closing soon to fill vacancies of the first U4C
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The voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is closing soon. It is open through 10 August 2024. Read the information on
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15:30, 6 Luanistyn 2024 (UTC)
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Coming soon: A new sub-referencing feature – try it!
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Hello. For many years, community members have requested an easy way to re-use references with different details. Now, a MediaWiki solution is coming: The new sub-referencing feature will work for wikitext and Visual Editor and will enhance the existing reference system. You can continue to use different ways of referencing, but you will probably encounter sub-references in articles written by other users. More information on
the project page
We want your feedback
to make sure this feature works well for you:
Please try
the current state of development on beta wiki and
let us know what you think
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’s
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Sign up for the language community meeting on August 30th, 15:00 UTC
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The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks—on August 30th at 15:00 UTC. If you're interested in joining, you can
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This participant-driven meeting will focus on sharing language-specific updates related to various projects, discussing technical issues related to language wikis, and working together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, topics included the Language Converter, the state of language research, updates on the Incubator conversations, and technical challenges around external links not working with special characters on Bengali sites.
Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates or discuss challenges? Please add agenda items to the document
here
and reach out to ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org. We look forward to your participation!
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23:20, 22 Luanistyn 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
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You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
Please help translate to your language
Hello all,
The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote and the
Elections Committee
have certified the
results
for the
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election
I am pleased to announce the following individual as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a term until 15 June 2026:
North America (USA and Canada)
Ajraddatz
The following seats were not filled during this special election:
Latin America and Caribbean
Central and East Europe (CEE)
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
The four remaining Community-At-Large seats
Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.
Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. You can follow their work on
Meta-Wiki
On behalf of the U4C and the Elections Committee,
RamzyM (WMF)
14:07, 2 Mean Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
Have your say: Vote for the 2024 Board of Trustees!
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Hello all,
The voting period for the
2024 Board of Trustees election
is now open. There are twelve (12) candidates running for four (4) seats on the Board.
Learn more about the candidates by
reading their statements
and their
answers to community questions
When you are ready, go to the
SecurePoll
voting page to vote.
The vote is open from September 3rd at 00:00 UTC to September 17th at 23:59 UTC
To check your voter eligibility, please visit the
voter eligibility page
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
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12:15, 3 Mean Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
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Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on
25 September
. The switch will start at
15:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
Wednesday 25 September 2024
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
GitLab
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This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
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Please share this information with your community.
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09:37, 20 Mean Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...
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Clowan:tracked
Hello everyone, a small change will soon be coming to the user-interface of your Wikimedia project.
The
Wikidata item
sitelink
currently found under the
General
section of the
Tools
sidebar menu will move into the
In Other Projects
section.
We would like the Wiki communities feedback so please let us know or ask questions on the
Discussion page
before we enable the change which can take place October 4 2024, circa 15:00 UTC+2.
More information can be found on
the project page
We welcome your feedback and questions.
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18:57, 27 Mean Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
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Invitation to Participate in Wiki Loves Ramadan Community Engagement Survey
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Dear all,
Apologies for writing in English. Please help to translate in your language.
We are excited to announce the upcoming
Wiki Loves Ramadan
event, a global initiative aimed at celebrating Ramadan by enriching Wikipedia and its sister projects with content related to this significant time of year. As we plan to organize this event globally, your insights and experiences are crucial in shaping the best possible participation experience for the community.
To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is engaging, inclusive, and impactful, we kindly invite you to participate in our community engagement survey. Your feedback will help us understand the needs of the community, set the event's focus, and guide our strategies for organizing this global event.
Survey link:
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will make a difference!
Thank you for being a part of our journey to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success.
Warm regards,
User:ZI Jony 03:19, 6 Jerrey Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team
Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections
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Hello all,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the
2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election
. Close to 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.
The following four candidates were the most voted:
Christel Steigenberger
Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
Victoria Doronina
Lorenzo Losa
While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December 2024.
Learn more about the results on Meta-Wiki.
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
MPossoupe_(WMF)
08:26, 14 Jerrey Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
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Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.
Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:
Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
Ombuds commission (OC)
Case Review Committee (CRC)
Applications for the committees open on 16 October 2024. Applications for the Affiliations Committee close on 18 November 2024, and applications for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on 2 December 2024. Learn how to apply by
visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki
. Post to the talk page or email
cst@wikimedia.org
with any questions you may have.
For the Committee Support team,
--
Keegan (WMF)
talk
23:09, 16 Jerrey Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
'Wikidata item' link is moving, finally.
reagh
Hello everyone, I previously wrote on the 27th September to advise that the
Wikidata item
sitelink will change places in the sidebar menu, moving from the
General
section into the
In Other Projects
section. The scheduled rollout date of 04.10.2024 was delayed due to a necessary request for Mobile/MinervaNeue skin. I am happy to inform that the global rollout can now proceed and will occur later today, 22.10.2024 at 15:00 UTC-2.
Please let us know
if you notice any problems or bugs after this change. There should be no need for null-edits or purging cache for the changes to occur. Kind regards, -
Danny Benjafield (WMDE)
11:29, 22 Jerrey Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
Final Reminder: Join us in Making Wiki Loves Ramadan Success
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Dear all,
We’re thrilled to announce the Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative to celebrate Ramadan by enhancing Wikipedia and its sister projects with valuable content related to this special time of year. As we organize this event globally, we need your valuable input to make it a memorable experience for the community.
Last Call to Participate in Our Survey: To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is inclusive and impactful, we kindly request you to complete our community engagement survey. Your feedback will shape the event’s focus and guide our organizing strategies to better meet community needs.
Survey Link:
Complete the Survey
Deadline: November 10, 2024
Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will truly make a difference!
Volunteer Opportunity
: Join the Wiki Loves Ramadan Team! We’re seeking dedicated volunteers for key team roles essential to the success of this initiative. If you’re interested in volunteer roles, we invite you to apply.
Application Link:
Apply Here
Application Deadline: October 31, 2024
Explore Open Positions: For a detailed list of roles and their responsibilities, please refer to the position descriptions here:
Position Descriptions
Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to working together to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success!
Warm regards,
The Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team 05:11, 29 Jerrey Fouyir 2024 (UTC)
Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC
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Hello everyone,
The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <
>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <
>.
This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.
Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers,
Srishti
19:55, 21 Mee Houney 2024 (UTC)
freggyr
Launching! Join Us for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025!
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Dear All,
We’re happy to announce the launch of
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025
, an annual international campaign dedicated to celebrating and preserving Islamic cultures and history through the power of Wikipedia. As an active contributor to the Local Wikipedia, you are specially invited to participate in the launch.
This year’s campaign will be launched for you to join us write, edit, and improve articles that showcase the richness and diversity of Islamic traditions, history, and culture.
Topic:
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 Campaign Launch
When: Jan 19, 2025
Time: 16:00 Universal Time UTC and runs throughout Ramadan (starting February 25, 2025).
Join Zoom Meeting:
Zoom meeting hosted by
Wikimedia Bangladesh
To get started, visit the
campaign page
for details, resources, and guidelines: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025.
Add
your community here
, and organized Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your local language.
Whether you’re a first-time editor or an experienced Wikipedian, your contributions matter. Together, we can ensure Islamic cultures and traditions are well-represented and accessible to all.
Feel free to invite your community and friends too. Kindly reach out if you have any questions or need support as you prepare to participate.
Let’s make Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 a success!
For the
International Team
12:08, 16 Jerrey Geuree 2025 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: provide your comments on the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines
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My apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
you may review the U4C Charter
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
talk
01:12, 24 Jerrey Geuree 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Reminder: first part of the annual UCoC review closes soon
reagh
My apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
This is a reminder that the first phase of the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines will be closing soon. You can make suggestions for changes through
the end of day
, 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
. After review of the feedback, proposals for updated text will be published on Meta in March for another round of community review.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
talk
00:49, 3 Toshiaght Arree 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Upcoming Language Community Meeting (Feb 28th, 14:00 UTC) and Newsletter
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Hello everyone!
We’re excited to announce that the next
Language Community Meeting
is happening soon,
February 28th at 14:00 UTC
! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the
wiki page
This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.
Got a topic to share?
Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to
reply to this message
or add agenda items to the document
here
Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here:
Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January
. This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter on its wiki page:
Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter
We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community meeting, see you there!
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08:30, 22 Toshiaght Arree 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Migration to Parsoid
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Hello everyone! I am glad to inform you that as the next step in the
Parser Unification
project, Parsoid will soon be turned on as the default article renderer on your Wiktionary. We are gradually increasing the number of wikis using Parsoid, with the intention of making it the default wikitext parser for MediaWiki's next long-term support release. This will make our wikis more reliable and consistent for editors, readers, and tools to use, as well as making the development of future wikitext features easier.
If this transition disrupts your workflow, don’t worry! You can still opt out through a user preference or turn Parsoid off on the current page using the Tools submenu, as described in the
Extension:ParserMigration
documentation.
There is
more information about our roll-out strategy
available, including the testing done before we turn on Parsoid for a new wiki.
To report bugs and issues, please look at our
known issues
documentation and if you found a new bug please create a phab ticket and tag the
Content Transform Team in Phabricator
Please help translate to your language
Content Transform Team
00:24, 5 Mayrnt 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment
reagh
My apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
I am writing to you to let you know that
proposed changes
to the
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines
and
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter
are open for review.
You can provide feedback on suggested changes
through the
end of day
on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes.
Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
you may review the U4C Charter
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
18:52, 7 Mayrnt 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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Read this message in another language
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The
Wikimedia Foundation
will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on
19 March
. The switch will start at
14:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
Wednesday 19 March 2025
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
GitLab
will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.
Please share this information with your community.
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23:14, 14 Mayrnt 2025 (UTC)
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Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted
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The proposed modifications to the
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines
and the U4C Charter
are now on Meta-wiki for community notice
in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on
the wiki page for the election
soon.
Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
talk
02:05, 4 Averil 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikidata and Sister Projects: An online community event
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(Apologies for posting in English)
Hello everyone, I am excited to share news of an upcoming online event called
Wikidata and Sister Projects
celebrating the different ways Wikidata can be used to support or enhance with another Wikimedia project. The event takes place over 4 days between
May 29 - June 1st, 2025
We would like to invite speakers to present at this community event, to hear success stories, challenges, showcase tools or projects you may be working on, where Wikidata has been involved in Wikipedia, Commons, WikiSource and all other WM projects.
If you are interested in attending, please
register here
If you would like to speak at the event, please fill out this Session Proposal template on the
event talk page
, where you can also ask any questions you may have.
I hope to see you at the event, in the audience or as a speaker, -
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09:18, 11 Averil 2025 (UTC)
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Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
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The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (
find in your time zone
).
Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting
on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
Keegan (WMF)
talk
00:35, 17 Averil 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Vote on proposed modifications to the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
reagh
The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter closes on 1 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC (
find in your time zone
).
Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting
on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may
review the U4C Charter
Please share this message with members of your community in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
Keegan (WMF)
talk
03:42, 29 Averil 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!
reagh
(Apologies for posting in English)
Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.
As you probably know, the
old Graph extension
was disabled in 2023
due to security reasons
. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the
Charts extension
, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the
EasyTimeline extension
After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.
The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from
May 6
. Please, consult
our page on MediaWiki.org
to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also
consult the documentation
about the extension on MediaWiki.org.
If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the
project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org
, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the
talk page
or at
Phabricator
Thank you in advance! --
User:Sannita (WMF)
talk
15:07, 6 Boaldyn 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
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The results of voting on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is
available on Meta-wiki
You may now
submit your candidacy to serve on the U4C
through 29 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Information about
eligibility, process, and the timeline are on Meta-wiki
. Voting on candidates will open on 1 June 2025 and run for two weeks, closing on 15 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
If you have any questions, you can ask on
the discussion page for the election
. -- in cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
resoonaght
22:08, 15 Boaldyn 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)
reagh
(Apologies for posting in English, if this is not your first language)
Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of
Abstract Wikipedia
: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.
We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.
You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at
Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content
. Thank you in advance! --
Sannita (WMF)
resoonaght
15:27, 22 Boaldyn 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions
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Dear all,
This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
August 2025: Campaign period
August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page
[link]
Call for Questions
In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related.
[link]
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page
[link].
Thank you!
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
Best regards,
Victoria Doronina
Board Liaison to the Elections Committee
Governance Committee
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03:08, 28 Boaldyn 2025 (UTC)
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Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
reagh
Apologies for writing in English.
Please help translate to your language
Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the
2025 Election information page
. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at
12:00 UTC
Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
talk
23:01, 13 Mean Souree 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates
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Hello all,
The
call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open
from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on
this Meta-wiki page
or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee
[1]
[2]
[3]
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17:44, 17 Mean Souree 2025 (UTC)
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Sister Projects Task Force reviews Wikispore and Wikinews
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Dear Wikimedia Community,
The
Community Affairs Committee (CAC)
of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees assigned
the Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF)
to update and implement a procedure for assessing the lifecycle of Sister Projects – wiki
projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
A vision of relevant, accessible, and impactful free knowledge has always guided the Wikimedia Movement. As the ecosystem of Wikimedia projects continues to evolve, it is crucial that we periodically review existing projects to ensure they still align with our goals and community capacity.
Despite their noble intent, some projects may no longer effectively serve their original purpose.
Reviewing such projects is not about giving up – it's about responsible stewardship of shared resources
. Volunteer time, staff support, infrastructure, and community attention are finite, and the non-technical costs tend to grow significantly as our ecosystem has entered a different age of the internet than the one we were founded in. Supporting inactive projects or projects that didn't meet our ambitions can unintentionally divert these resources from areas with more potential impact.
Moreover, maintaining projects that no longer reflect the quality and reliability of the Wikimedia name stands for, involves a reputational risk. An abandoned or less reliable project affects trust in the Wikimedia movement.
Lastly,
failing to sunset or reimagine projects that are no longer working can make it much harder to start new ones
. When the community feels bound to every past decision – no matter how outdated – we risk stagnation. A healthy ecosystem must allow for evolution, adaptation, and, when necessary, letting go. If we create the expectation that every project must exist indefinitely, we limit our ability to experiment and innovate.
Because of this, SPTF reviewed two requests concerning the lifecycle of the Sister Projects to work through and demonstrate the review process. We chose Wikispore as a case study for a possible new Sister Project opening and Wikinews as a case study for a review of an existing project. Preliminary findings were discussed with the CAC, and a community consultation on both proposals was recommended.
Wikispore
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The
application to consider Wikispore
was submitted in 2019. SPTF decided to review this request in more depth because rather than being concentrated on a specific topic, as most of the proposals for the new Sister Projects are, Wikispore has the potential to nurture multiple start-up Sister Projects.
After careful consideration, the SPTF has decided
not to recommend
Wikispore as a Wikimedia Sister Project. Considering the current activity level, the current arrangement allows
better flexibility
and experimentation while WMF provides core infrastructural support.
We acknowledge the initiative's potential and seek community input on what would constitute a sufficient level of activity and engagement to reconsider its status in the future.
As part of the process, we shared the decision with the Wikispore community and invited one of its leaders, Pharos, to an SPTF meeting.
Currently, we especially invite feedback on measurable criteria indicating the project's readiness, such as contributor numbers, content volume, and sustained community support. This would clarify the criteria sufficient for opening a new Sister Project, including possible future Wikispore re-application. However, the numbers will always be a guide because any number can be gamed.
Wikinews
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We chose to review Wikinews among existing Sister Projects because it is the one for which we have observed the highest level of concern in multiple ways.
Since the SPTF was convened in 2023, its members have asked for the community's opinions during conferences and community calls about Sister Projects that did not fulfil their promise in the Wikimedia movement.
[1]
[2]
[3]
Wikinews was the leading candidate for an evaluation because people from multiple language communities proposed it. Additionally, by most measures, it is the least active Sister Project, with the greatest drop in activity over the years.
While the Language Committee routinely opens and closes language versions of the Sister Projects in small languages, there has never been a valid proposal to close Wikipedia in major languages or any project in English. This is not true for Wikinews, where there was a proposal to close English Wikinews, which gained some traction but did not result in any action
[4]
[5]
, see section 5
as well as a draft proposal to close all languages of Wikinews
[6]
Initial metrics
compiled by WMF staff also support the community's concerns about Wikinews.
Based on this report, SPTF recommends a community reevaluation of Wikinews. We conclude that its current structure and activity levels are the lowest among the existing sister projects. SPTF also recommends pausing the opening of new language editions while the consultation runs.
SPTF brings this analysis to a discussion and welcomes discussions of alternative outcomes, including potential restructuring efforts or integration with other Wikimedia initiatives.
Options
mentioned so far (which might be applied to just low-activity languages or all languages) include but are not limited to:
Restructure how Wikinews works and is linked to other current events efforts on the projects,
Merge the content of Wikinews into the relevant language Wikipedias, possibly in a new namespace,
Merge content into compatibly licensed external projects,
Archive Wikinews projects.
Your insights and perspectives are invaluable in shaping the future of these projects. We encourage all interested community members to share their thoughts on the relevant discussion pages or through other designated feedback channels.
Feedback and next steps
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We'd be grateful if you want to take part in a conversation on the future of these projects and the review process. We are setting up two different project pages:
Public consultation about Wikispore
and
Public consultation about Wikinews
. Please participate between 27 June 2025 and 27 July 2025, after which we will summarize the discussion to move forward. You can write in your own language.
I will also host a community conversation 16th July Wednesday 11.00 UTC and 17th July Thursday 17.00 UTC (call links to follow shortly) and will be around at Wikimania for more discussions.
--
Victoria
on behalf of the Sister Project Task Force,
20:57, 27 Mean Souree 2025 (UTC)
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Wikidata Item and Property labels soon displayed in Wiki Watchlist/Recent Changes
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(Apologies for posting in English, you can help by translating into your language)
Hello everyone, the
Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects
team is excited to announce an upcoming change in how Wikidata edit changelogs are displayed in your
Watchlists
and
Recent Changes
lists. If an edit is made on Wikidata that affects a page in another Wikimedia Project, the changelog will contain some information about the nature of the edit. This can include a QID (or Q-number), a PID (or P-number) and a value (which can be text, numbers, dates, or also QID or PID’s). Confused by these terms? See the
Wikidata:Glossary
for further explanations.
The upcoming change is scheduled for
17.07.2025
, between
1300 - 1500 UTC
The change will display the label (item name) alongside any QID or PIDs, as seen in the image below:
These changes will only be visible if you have Wikidata edits enabled in your User Preferences for Watchlists and Recent Changes, or have the active filter ‘Wikidata edits’ checkbox toggled on, directly on the Watchlist and Recent Changes pages.
Your bot and gadget may be affected! There are thousands of bots, gadgets and user-scripts and whilst we have researched potential effects to many of them, we cannot guarantee there won’t be some that are broken or affected by this change.
Further information and context about this change, including how your bot may be affected can be found on this
project task page
. We welcome your questions and feedback, please write to us on this dedicated
Talk page
Thank you, -
Danny Benjafield (WMDE)
on behalf of the Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects Team.
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12:46, 14 Jerrey Souree 2025 (UTC)
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Wikifunctions will be deployed on your wiki on August 27
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Please, translate this message into your language.
Hi all, we want to let you know that
Wikifunctions
is coming to your project soon! When enabled, you will be able to call functions from your project, and integrate them in your articles.
A function is something that takes one or more inputs and transforms them into a desired output. Think of adding up two numbers, or converting miles into metres, or calculating how much time has passed since an event, or declining a word into a case. This is usually done with templates that are complicated to create or to import. With Wikifunctions, you will be able to do this with just a couple of clicks!
Please check out
these tutorials
for more details. You’re also invited to
create functions
that you find useful, or
ask for help from the Wikifunctions community
We would like to invite you to contribute to Wikifunctions, by translating the existing functions labels into your language, so that more users in your community can more easily reuse them on the project. You can also translate the messages for the Wikifunctions interface on TranslateWiki (
here for VisualEditor messages
, and
here for the Wikifunctions interface proper
).
Of course, we are happy to help in case there are questions or difficulties, and we are ready to listen to your feedback. Please ping me directly in case of necessity or reach out to me
on my talk page
. --
Sannita (WMF)
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13:25, 13 Luanistyn 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Temporary accounts will be rolled out soon
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Hello, we are the Wikimedia Foundation
Product Safety and Integrity
team. We would like to announce that
we plan to enable
temporary accounts
for this wiki in the week of September 1
Temporary accounts are successfully live on 30 wikis, including many large ones like German, Japanese, and French. The change they bring is especially relevant to logged-out editors, who this feature is designed to protect. But it is also relevant to community members like mentors, patrollers, and admins – anyone who reverts edits, blocks users, or otherwise interacts with logged-out editors as part of keeping the wikis safe and accurate.
Why we are building temporary accounts
Our wikis should be safer to edit by default for logged-out editors. Temporary accounts allow people to continue editing the wikis without creating an account, while avoiding publicly tying their edits to their IP address. We believe this is in the best interest of our logged-out editors, who make valuable contributions to the wikis and who may later create accounts and grow our community of editors, admins, and other roles. Even though the wikis do warn logged-out editors that their IP address will be associated with their edit, many people may not understand what an IP address is, or that it could be used to connect them to other information about them in ways they might not expect.
Additionally, our moderation software and tools rely too heavily on network origin (IP addresses) to identify users and patterns of activity, especially as IP addresses themselves are becoming less stable as identifiers. Temporary accounts allow for more precise interactions with logged-out editors, including more precise blocks, and can help limit how often we unintentionally end up blocking good-faith users who use the same IP addresses as bad-faith users.
How temporary accounts work
Any time a logged-out user publishes an edit on this wiki, a cookie will be set in this user's browser, and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created. This account's name will follow the pattern:
~2025-12345-67
(a tilde, current year, a number). On pages like Recent Changes or page history, this name will be displayed. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser. A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. However, only some logged-in users will be able to see it.
What does this mean for different groups of users?
For logged-out editors
This increases privacy: currently, if you do not use a registered account to edit, then everybody can see the IP address for the edits you made, even after 90 days. That will no longer be possible on this wiki.
If you use a temporary account to edit from different locations in the last 90 days (for example at home and at a coffee shop), the edit history and the IP addresses for all those locations will now be recorded together, for the same temporary account. Users who
meet the relevant requirements
will be able to view this data. If this creates any personal security concerns for you, please contact talktohumanrights at wikimedia.org for advice.
For community members interacting with logged-out editors
A temporary account is uniquely linked to a device. In comparison, an IP address can be shared with different devices and people (for example, different people at school or at work might have the same IP address).
Compared to the current situation, it will be safer to assume that a temporary user's talk page belongs to only one person, and messages left there will be read by them. As you can see in the screenshot, temporary account users will receive notifications. It will also be possible to thank them for their edits, ping them in discussions, and invite them to get more involved in the community.
For users who use IP address data to moderate and maintain the wiki
For patrollers
who track persistent abusers, investigate violations of policies, etc.: Users who
meet the requirements
will be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range (
Special:IPContributions
). They will also have access to useful information about the IP addresses thanks to the
IP Info
feature. Many other pieces of software have been built or adjusted to work with temporary accounts, including AbuseFilter, global blocks, Global User Contributions, and more. (For information for volunteer developers on how to update the code of your tools – see the last part of the message.)
For admins blocking logged-out editors
It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the
autoblock
option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this.
Our requests for you, and next steps
If you know of any tools, bots, gadgets etc. using data about IP addresses or being available for logged-out users, you may want to test if they work on
testwiki
or
test2wiki
. If you are a volunteer developer,
read our documentation for developers
, and in particular, the section on
how your code might need to be updated
If you want to test the temporary account experience, for example just to check what it feels like, go to testwiki or test2wiki and edit without logging in.
Tell us if you know of any difficulties that need to be addressed. We will try to help, and if we are not able, we will consider the available options.
Look at our
previous message
about requirements for users without extended rights who may need access to IP addresses.
To learn more about the project, check out
our FAQ
– you will find many useful answers there. You may also
look at the updates
(we have just posted one) and
subscribe to our new newsletter
. If you'd like to talk to me (Szymon) off-wiki, you will find me on Discord and Telegram. Thank you!
NKohli (WMF)
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
21:37, 26 Luanistyn 2025 (UTC)
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Server switch - Your wiki will be read-only for a short time soon
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Read this message in another language
Please help translate to your language
The
Wikimedia Foundation
will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on
24 September
. The switch will start at
15:00 UTC
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in
MediaWiki
, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You can contribute to the
translation or proofreading
of this banner text.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on
Wednesday 24 September 2025
If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects
Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
GitLab
will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can
read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org
. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.
Please share this information with your community.
Trizek (WMF)
Resoonaght
15:41, 18 Mean Fouyir 2025 (UTC)
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Have your say: vote for the 2025 Board of Trustees
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Hello all,
The voting period for the
2025 Board of Trustees election
is now open. Candidates are running for two (2) seats on the Board.
To check your voter eligibility, please visit the
voter eligibility page
Learn more about them by
reading their application statements and watch their candidacy videos
When you are ready, go to the
SecurePoll voting page to vote
The vote is open from October 8 at 00:00 UTC to October 22 at 23:59 UTC.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair, Elections Committee
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04:49, 9 Jerrey Fouyir 2025 (UTC)
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Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project
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Hello
. Please help pick a name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki that will enable users to combine functions from
Wikifunctions
and data from Wikidata in order to generate natural language sentences in any supported languages. These sentences can then be used by any Wikipedia (or elsewhere).
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with votes beginning on 20 October and 17 November 2025. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on mid-December 2025. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
at meta-wiki.
Thank you!
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User:Sannita (WMF)
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11:44, 20 Jerrey Fouyir 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
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Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.
Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:
Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
Ombuds commission (OC)
Case Review Committee (CRC)
Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by
visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki
. Post to the talk page or email cst
wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.
For the Committee Support team,
MKaur (WMF)
14:13, 30 Jerrey Fouyir 2025 (UTC)
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Reminder: Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project
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Hello
. Reminder: Please help to choose name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are:
Abstract Wikipedia, Multilingual Wikipedia, Wikiabstracts, Wikigenerator, Proto-Wiki
. If you would like to participate, then
please learn more and vote now
at meta-wiki.
Thank you!
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User:Sannita (WMF)
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14:23, 20 Mee Houney 2025 (UTC)
freggyr
Thank You for Last Year – Join Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026
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Dear Wikimedia communities,
We hope you are doing well, and we wish you a happy New Year.
Last year, we captured light. This year, we’ll capture legacy.
In 2025, communities around the world shared the glow of Ramadan nights and the warmth of collective iftars. In 2026,
Wiki Loves Ramadan
is expanding, bringing more stories, more cultures, and deeper global connections across Wikimedia projects.
We invite you to explore the
Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026
Meta page
to learn how you can participate and
your community.
Photo campaign on
Wikimedia Commons
If you have questions about the project, please refer to the FAQs:
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia Commons
Early registration for updates is now open via the
Event page
Stay connected and receive updates:
Telegram channel
Mailing list
We look forward to collaborating with you and your community.
The Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Organizing Team
19:45, 16 Jerrey Geuree 2026 (UTC)
Annual review of the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines
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I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 9 February 2026. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review.
Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta
The
Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
(U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C,
you may review the U4C Charter
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C,
Keegan (WMF)
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21:02, 19 Jerrey Geuree 2026 (UTC)
Action Required: Update templates/modules for electoral maps (Migrating from P1846 to P14226)
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Hello everyone,
This is a notice regarding an ongoing data migration on Wikidata that may affect your election-related templates and Lua modules (such as
Module:Itemgroup/list
).
The Change:
Currently, many templates pull electoral maps from Wikidata using the property
P1846
, combined with the qualifier
P180
Q19571328
We are migrating this data (across roughly 4,000 items) to a newly created, dedicated property:
P14226
What You Need To Do:
To ensure your templates and infoboxes do not break or lose their maps, please update your local code to fetch data from
P14226
instead of the old
P1846
P180
structure. A
list of pages
was generated using Wikimedia Global Search.
Deadline:
We are temporarily retaining the old data on
P1846
to allow for a smooth transition. However, to complete the data cleanup on Wikidata, the old
P1846
statements will be removed after
May 1, 2026
. Please update your modules and templates before this date to prevent any disruption to your wiki's election articles.
Let us know if you have any questions or need assistance with the query logic. Thank you for your help!
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17:11, 3 Averil 2026 (UTC)
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