വിക്കിപീഡിയ:Embassy
This is the local embassy on the Malayalam Wikipedia. More embassies in other languages may be found at meta:Wikimedia Embassy.
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Wikimedia Foundation projects are multilingual, with wikis in hundreds of languages being actively worked on and plenty more ready to go. The Wikipedia Embassy is a central place for resources to help with cross-language issues — site-wide policy and software decisions that affect all of us and interlanguage linking. The Malayalam wikipedia embassy has been started for communication between Malayalam wikipedia, and other language wikipedias.
Embassy
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| Welcome to the embassy of the Malayalam-language Wikipedia! This page is for discussing Wikipedia-related multilingual coordination. If you have any announcements or questions regarding international issues or the Malayalam Wikipedia, you are invited to post them here . |
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Accessible editing buttons
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
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Buttons before the change
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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 Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.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, 18 July 2017. Please leave a note at mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons if you need help.Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:23, 10 ജൂലൈ 2017 (UTC)
Page Previews (Hovercards) update
Hello,
A quick update on the progress of enabling Page Previews (previously named Hovercards) on 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. As mentioned in December we're preparing to remove the feature from Beta and make it the default behavior for logged-out users. We have recently made a large update to the code which fixes most outstanding bugs.
Due to some issues with our instrumentation, we delayed our deployment by a few months. We are finally ready to deploy the feature. Page Previews will be off by default and available in the user preferences page for logged-in users the week of July 24th. The feature will be on by default for current beta users and logged-out users. If you would like to preview the feature, you can enable it as a beta feature. For more information see Page Previews. Questions can be left on the talk page in your preferred language.
Thank you again.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 22:33, 20 ജൂലൈ 2017 (UTC)
RfC regarding "Interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing to decrease impersonation"
There is currently a RfC open on Meta regarding "requiring those involved with paid editing on Wikipedia to link on their user page to all other active accounts through which they advertise paid Wikipedia editing business."
Note this is to apply to Wikipedia and not necessarily other sister projects, this is only to apply to websites where people are specifically advertising that they will edit Wikipedia for pay and not any other personal, professional, or social media accounts a person may have.
Please comment on meta. Thanks. Send on behalf of User:Doc James.
MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 21:07, 17 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2017 (UTC)
Discussion on synced reading lists
Discussion on synced reading lists
Hello,
To create Reading Lists, app users will register an account and marked pages will be tied to that account. Reading List account preferences sync between devices. You can read the same pages on different mobile platforms (tablets, phones). This is the first time we are syncing preference data between devices in such a way. We want to hear and address concerns about privacy and data security. We also want to explain why the current watchlist system is not being adapted for this purpose.
Background
In 2016 the Android team replaced the simple Saved Pages feature with Reading Lists. Reading Lists allow users to bookmark pages into folders and for reading offline. The intent of this feature was to allow "syncing" of these lists for users with many devices. Due to overlap with the Gather feature and related community concerns, this part was put on hold.
The Android team has identified this lack of synching as a major area of complaint from users. They expect lists to sync. The iOS team has held off implementing Reading Lists, as syncing was seen as a "must have" for this feature. A recent technical RfC has allowed these user stories and needs to be unblocked. Initially for Android, then iOS, and with web to potentially follow.
Reading lists are private, stored as part of a user's account, not as a public wiki page. There is no sharing or publishing ability for reading lists. No planned work to make these public. The target audience are people that read Wikipedia and want to bookmark and organize that content in the app. There is a potential for the feature to be available on the web in the future.
Why not watchlists
Watchlists offer similar functionality to Reading Lists. The Reading Infrastructure team evaluated watchlist infrastructure before exploring other options. In general, the needs of watchlists differ from Reading Lists in a few key ways:
- Reading lists focus on Reading articles, not the monitoring of changes.
- Watchlists are focused on monitoring changes of pages/revisions.
- The Watchlist infrastructure is key to our contributor community for monitoring content changes manually and through the use of automated tools (bots). Because of these needs, expanding the scope of Watchlists to reading purposes will only make the project harder to maintain and add more constraints.
- By keeping the projects separate it is easier to scale resources. We can serve these two different audiences and prioritize the work accordingly. Reading Lists are, by their nature, less critical to the health of Wikipedia/MediaWiki.
- Multi-project support. Reading Lists are by design cross-wiki/project. Watchlists are tied to specific wikis. While there have been many discussion for making them cross-wiki, resolution is not in the near term.
More information can be found on MediaWiki.org where feedback and ideas are welcome.
Thank you
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 20:35, 20 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2017 (UTC)
Changes to the global ban policy
New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers
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.
നന്ദി!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 22:07, 20 നവംബർ 2017 (UTC)
Call for Wikimania 2018 Scholarships
Hi all,
We wanted to inform you that scholarship applications for Wikimania 2018 which is being held in Cape Town, South Africa on July 18–22, 2018 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Monday, 22 January 2018 23:59 UTC.
Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2018 scholarships, please visit: wm2018:Scholarships.
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply
It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org or leave a message at: wm2018:Talk:Scholarships. Please help us spread the word and translate pages!
Best regards, David Richfield and Martin Rulsch for the Scholarship Committee 19:24, 20 ഡിസംബർ 2017 (UTC)
User group for Military Historians
Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 10:46, 21 ഡിസംബർ 2017 (UTC)
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Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:53, 7 മേയ് 2018 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (May 2018)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to research and tools as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Rock's Backpages – Music articles and interviews from the 1950s onwards - 50 accounts
- Invaluable – Database of more than 50 million auctions and over 500,000 artists - 15 accounts
- Termsoup – Translation tool
Expansions
- Fold3 – Available content has more than doubled, now including new military collections from the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Oxford University Press – The Scholarship collection now includes Electronic Enlightenment
- Alexander Street Press – Women and Social Movements Library now available
- Cambridge University Press – Orlando Collection now available
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Loeb Classical Library, Cairn, Gale and Bloomsbury.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 18:03, 30 മേയ് 2018 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
Global preferences are available
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 ജൂലൈ 2018 (UTC)
New user group for editing sitewide CSS / JS
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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) 17:44, 30 ജൂലൈ 2018 (UTC) (via global message delivery)
Editing of sitewide CSS/JS is only possible for interface administrators from now
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Hi all,
as announced previously, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed: only members of the interface-admin (സമ്പർക്കമുഖ കാര്യനിർവാഹകർ) 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) 12:40, 27 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2018 (UTC) (via global message delivery)
Read-only mode for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October
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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 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2018 (UTC)
The Community Wishlist Survey
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 ഒക്ടോബർ 2018 (UTC)
Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
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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.
നന്ദി!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 19:34, 13 നവംബർ 2018 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey vote
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 നവംബർ 2018 (UTC)
Advanced Search
Johanna Strodt (WMDE) (talk) 11:02, 26 നവംബർ 2018 (UTC)
Wikimedia Sustainability Initiative
Hi all. Please help us to translate Sustainability Initiative on meta in your language and add your name to the list of supporters to show your commitment to environment protection. Let's spread the word! Kind regards, --Daniele Pugliesi (സംവാദം) 16:47, 28 നവംബർ 2018 (UTC)
New Wikimedia password policy and requirements
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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.
നന്ദി!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 20:03, 6 ഡിസംബർ 2018 (UTC)
Invitation from Wiki Loves Love 2019
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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,
Imagine... the sum of all love!
--MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 10:13, 27 ഡിസംബർ 2018 (UTC)
Ticket#2017122910005057
Hi. I'm OTRS agent (verify): Ticket:2017122910005057 it's waiting since 29/12/2017 - 12:11, 365 days, 6 hours. It could be nice if someone can attend this OTRS ticket. Regards. --Ganímedes (സംവാദം) 18:17, 29 ഡിസംബർ 2018 (UTC)
FileExporter beta feature
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 ജനുവരി 2019 (UTC)
No editing for 30 minutes on 17 January
18:49, 16 ജനുവരി 2019 (UTC)
Talk to us about talking
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 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2019 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (March 2019)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Kinige – Primarily Indian-language ebooks - 10 books per month
- Gale – Times Digital Archive collection added (covering 1785-2013)
- JSTOR – New applications now being taken again
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Taylor & Francis, Cairn, Annual Reviews and Bloomsbury. You can request new partnerships on our Suggestions page.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 17:40, 13 മാർച്ച് 2019 (UTC)
- You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Ocaasi (WMF).
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
Read-only mode for up to 30 minutes on 11 April
10:56, 8 ഏപ്രിൽ 2019 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Medium-Term Plan feedback request
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Mobile visual editor test
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Hello all,
The mw:Editing team has been improving the mw:Mobile visual editor. They would like to test it here. The purpose of the test is to learn which editor is better for new contributors. This is a great opportunity for your wiki to learn the same. This is an easy test that requires no work from you. You can read more about it at mw:VisualEditor on mobile/VE mobile default.
What? The test compares the mobile visual editor and the mobile wikitext editor, for newer registered editors (<100 edits).
Who? Half the people who edit from the mobile site will start in the mobile visual editor. The other half will start in the mobile wikitext editor. Remember: Most editors are not using the mobile site and will not be affected by this test. Also, users can switch at any time, and their changes will be automatically remembered and respected. If you have already tried the mobile visual editor, your preference is already recorded and will be respected.
When? The test will start soon, during June. The test will take about six weeks. (Then it will take a few weeks to write the report.)
Why? This test will help the team recommend initial preference settings. It will help them learn whether different wikis should have different settings.
How can I switch? It's easy to switch editing environments on the mobile site.
- Go to the mobile site, e.g., https://test.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random or https://ml.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
- Open any page to edit (click the pencil icon).
- Click the new pencil icon to switch editing modes.
- Choose either "കണ്ടുതിരുത്തൽ സൗകര്യം" or "മൂലരൂപം തിരുത്തൽ" from the menu.
- Done! You can do the same thing to switch back at any time.
If you have any questions, please leave a note at mw:Talk:VisualEditor on mobile/VE mobile default. Thank you! Whatamidoing (WMF) (സംവാദം) 22:13, 31 മേയ് 2019 (UTC)
New tools and IP masking
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)14:18, 21 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2019 (UTC)
The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started
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 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2019 (UTC)
Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project
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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.
നന്ദി! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)
07:18, 16 ഒക്ടോബർ 2019 (UTC)
Beta feature "Reference Previews"
A new beta feature will soon be deployed to your wiki: Reference Previews. As you might guess from the name, this feature gives you a preview of references in the article text. That means, you can look up a reference without jumping down to the bottom of the page.
Reference Previews have already been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April. Now they will become available on more wikis. Deployment is planned for October 24. More information can be found on the project page.
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test Reference Previews, please activate the beta feature in your user preferences and let us know what you think. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. We hope the feature will serve you well in your work. Thank you from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 09:47, 23 ഒക്ടോബർ 2019 (UTC)
Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project
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 ജനുവരി 2020 (UTC)
Additional interface for edit conflicts on talk pages
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) 14:15, 26 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2020 (UTC)
Help with translation
(I apologize for posting in English ): Dear colleagues, We are organizing a project called WPWP that focus on the use of images collected as part of various contest and photowalks on Wikipedia articles across all languages and our team needs your help with translations into the language of this community. Here is the translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Wikipedia+Pages+Wanting+Photos&language=en&action=page&filter= I am sorry if I post in the won't venue. Thanks in anticipation. T Cells (സംവാദം) 18:57, 13 ഏപ്രിൽ 2020 (UTC)
Annual contest Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
This is to invite you to join the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) campaign to help improve Wikipedia articles with photos and win prizes. The campaign starts today 1st July 2020 and closes 31st August 2020.
The campaign primarily aims at using images from Wikimedia Commons on Wikipedia articles that are lacking images. Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
Please visit the campaign page to learn more about the WPWP Campaign.
With kind regards,
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs, Communities Liaison, On behalf of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Organizing Team - 08:24, 1 ജൂലൈ 2020 (UTC)
feel free to translate this message to your local language when this helps your community
Feedback on movement names
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language if necessary. നന്ദി!
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, 19:42, 2 ജൂലൈ 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
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 [1] 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 [2]. 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 [3]. 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)
Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) 20:06, 9 ജൂലൈ 2020 (UTC) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement
Technical Wishes: FileExporter and FileImporter become default features on all Wikis
ഫയൽ എക്സ്പോർട്ടറും ഫയൽഇംപോർട്ടറും 2020 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 7 വരെ എല്ലാ വിക്കികളിലും സ്ഥിര സവിശേഷതകളായി മാറും. പ്രാദേശിക വിക്കികളിൽ നിന്നും ഫയലുകൾ അവയുടെ വിവരങ്ങൾക്ക് (വിവരണം, ഉറവിടം, തീയതി, രചയിതാവ്, നാൾവഴി) കേടുവരാതെ വിക്കിമീഡിയ കോമൺസിലേക്ക് എളുപ്പത്തിൽ നീക്കുന്നതിൽ ഉപയോക്താക്കളെ സഹായിക്കാൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് അവ ആസൂത്രണം ചെയ്തിരിക്കുന്നത്. കൂടാതെ, ഈ ഫയൽനീക്കം അവയുടെ നാൾവഴികളിൽ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുകയും ചെയ്യും.
ഇതെങ്ങനെയാണ് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നത്?
ഘട്ടം 1:നിങ്ങൾ യാന്ത്രികമായി സ്ഥിരീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഉപയോക്താവാണെങ്കിൽ, പ്രാദേശിക ഫയൽ പേജിൽ എന്ന ഒരു ലിങ്ക് കാണാൻ സാധിക്കും.
ഘട്ടം 2: ഈ ലിങ്കിൽ ക്ലിക്കുചെയ്യുമ്പോൾ, ഫയൽ വിക്കിമീഡിയ കോമൺസിലേക്ക് നീക്കാൻ ഉതകുന്നതാണോ എന്ന് ഫയൽഇംപോർട്ടർ പരിശോധിക്കുന്നു. ഓരോ പ്രാദേശിക വിക്കിസമൂഹവും സൃഷ്ടിക്കുകയും പരിപാലിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന അവയുടെ കോൺഫിഗറേഷൻ ഫയലിനെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയാണ് ഈ പരിശോധനകൾ നടത്തുന്നത്.
ഘട്ടം 3:ഫയൽ വിക്കിമീഡിയ കോമൺസുമായി പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുന്നതാണെങ്കിൽ, നിങ്ങൾ ഒരു ഇംപോർട്ട് പേജിലേക്ക് എടുക്കപ്പെടുകയും, അതിൽ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഫയലിനെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള വിവരങ്ങൾ (ഉദാ:വിവരണം) ചേർക്കാനോ അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യാനോ സാധിക്കും. ഇംപോർട്ട് ഫോമിലെ അനുബന്ധ ചെക്ക് ബോക്സിൽ ക്ലിക്കുചെയ്തുകൊണ്ട് പ്രാദേശിക വിക്കിയിലെ ഫയലിലേക്ക് 'Now Commons' ഫലകം ചേർക്കാനും സാധിക്കും. എന്ന ചെക്ക്ബോക്സിൽ ക്ലിക്കുചെയ്താൽ കാര്യനിർവാഹകർക്ക് പ്രാദേശിക വിക്കിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഫയൽ നിക്കംചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയും. പേജിന്റെ അവസാനമുള്ള ബട്ടണിൽ ക്ലിക്കുചെയ്യുന്നതിലൂടെ, ഫയൽ വിക്കിമീഡിയ കോമൺസിലേക്ക് ഇംപോർട്ട് ചെയ്യപ്പെടുന്നു.
ഫയൽഇംപോർട്ടർ എക്സ്ടൻഷനെ കുറിച്ചോ സാങ്കേതിക ആശംസകൾ പ്രോജക്റ്റിനെ കുറിച്ചോ കൂടുതലറിയുന്നതാനായി, അനുബന്ധ ലിങ്കുകൾ പിന്തുടരുക. --'സാങ്കേതിക ആശംസകൾ' ടീമിനായി:Max Klemm (WMDE) 09:13, 6 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2020 (UTC)
Important: maintenance operation on September 1st
മറ്റൊരു ഭാഷയിൽ ഈ സന്ദേശം വായിക്കുക
വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ അവരുടെ ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്റർ പരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും. ഒരു ദുരന്തം സംഭവിച്ചാൽ വിക്കിപീഡിയക്കും അനുബന്ധ വിക്കികൾക്കും ഓൺലൈനിൽ തുടരുവാൻ സാധിക്കും എന്നത് ഉറപ്പുവരുത്താൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് ഈ പരീക്ഷണം നടത്തുന്നത്. എല്ലാം പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കാൻ, വിക്കിമീഡിയ ടെക്നോളജി വിഭാഗത്തിന് ആസൂത്രിതമായ ഒരു പരിശോധന നടത്തേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. ഒരു ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് വിശ്വസനീയമായി മാറാൻ കഴിയുമോ എന്ന് ഈ പരിശോധന തെളിയിക്കും. പരീക്ഷണങ്ങൾക്ക് തയ്യാറെടുക്കുന്നതിനും അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി എന്തെങ്കിലും പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായാൽ പരിഹരിക്കുന്നതിനും നിരവധി ടീമുകൾ ആവശ്യമാണ്.
2020 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 1 ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച അവർ എല്ലാ ട്രാഫിക്കും ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിലേക്ക് മാറ്റും.
നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ, മീഡിയവിക്കിയിലുള്ള ചില പരിമിതികൾ മൂലം, എല്ലാ തിരുത്തലുകളും ഈ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ സമയത്ത് നിർത്തേണ്ടതാണ്. ഈ തടസ്സത്തിന് ഞങ്ങൾ ക്ഷമ ചോദിക്കുന്നു, ഭാവിയിൽ ഇത് കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രവർത്തിക്കും.
നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഈ സമയത്ത് എല്ലാ വിക്കികളും വായിക്കാൻ കഴിയും, പക്ഷേ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
- സെപ്റ്റംബർ 1 ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു മണിക്കൂർ നേരത്തേക്ക് എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല. പരീക്ഷണം 14:00 (UTC) (7:30 PM IST) ന് ആരംഭിക്കും (മറ്റ് സമയമേഖലകൾ- 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, ന്യൂസിലന്റിൽ സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2 ബുധനാഴ്ച 02:00 NZST ക്ക്)
- ഈ സമയങ്ങളിൽ നിങ്ങൾ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാനോ മറ്റോ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു പിശക് സന്ദേശം കാണാം. ഈ മിനിറ്റുകളിൽ ഒരു എഡിറ്റുകളും നഷ്ടപ്പെടില്ലെന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു, പക്ഷേ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ഇത് ഉറപ്പ് നൽകാൻ കഴിയില്ല. നിങ്ങൾക്ക് പിഴവ് സന്ദേശം ലഭിച്ചാൽ എല്ലാം പഴയത് പോലാകുന്നത് വരെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക. അതിനു ശേഷം നിങ്ങളുടെ എഡിറ്റുകൾ സേവ് ചെയ്യുവാൻ കഴിയും. പക്ഷേ, നിങ്ങളുടെ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു പകർപ്പ് ആദ്യം നിർമ്മിക്കാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുന്നു.
മറ്റു ഫലങ്ങൾ:
- പശ്ചാത്തല പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ മന്ദഗതിയിലാകും, ചിലത് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടാം. ചുവന്ന ലിങ്കുകൾ സാധാരണപോലെ അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യപ്പെടില്ല. നിങ്ങൾ മറ്റെവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഇതിനകം ലിങ്ക് ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു ലേഖനം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, സാധാരണയുള്ളതിനേക്കാളും നേരം ആ കണ്ണി ചുവന്നുകിടക്കും. ദീർഘകാലമായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ചില സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റുകൾ നിർത്തേണ്ടിവരും.
- 2020 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 1ന്റെ ആഴ്ചയിൽ കോഡ് മരവിപ്പിക്കലുകൾ ഉണ്ടാകും. നിർബന്ധമല്ലാത്ത കോഡ് വിന്യാസങ്ങൾ നടക്കില്ല.
ആവശ്യമെങ്കിൽ ഈ പ്രോജക്റ്റ് മാറ്റിവച്ചേക്കാം. ഇതിന്റെ ഷെഡ്യൂൾ wikitech.wikimedia.orgൽ ലഭ്യമാണ്. എന്തെങ്കിലും മാറ്റമുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ ഷെഡ്യൂളിൽ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും. ഇതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് ഇനിയും അറിയിപ്പുകൾ ഉണ്ടാവും. ദയവു ചെയ്തു ഈ വിവരം നിങ്ങളുടെ സമൂഹത്തെ അറിയിക്കുക.
Trizek (WMF) (talk) 13:48, 26 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2020 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Collections Now Available (September 2020)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing new free, full-access, accounts to reliable sources as part of our research access program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Al Manhal – Arabic journals and ebooks
- Ancestry.com – Genealogical and historical records
- RILM – Music encyclopedias
Many other partnerships are listed on our partners page, including Adam Matthew, EBSCO, Gale and JSTOR.
A significant portion of our collection now no longer requires individual applications to access! Read more in our recent blog post.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 09:49, 3 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2020 (UTC)
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Invitation to participate in the conversation
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. നന്ദി!
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 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2020 (UTC)Wiki of functions naming contest
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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. നന്ദി! --Quiddity (WMF)21:22, 29 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2020 (UTC)
Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric
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.
നന്ദി! Qgil-WMF (talk) 17:17, 7 ഒക്ടോബർ 2020 (UTC)
Important: maintenance operation on October 27
മറ്റൊരു ഭാഷയിൽ ഈ സന്ദേശം വായിക്കുക • Please help translate to your language
വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ അവരുടെ ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്റർ പരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും. ഒരു ദുരന്തം സംഭവിച്ചാൽ വിക്കിപീഡിയക്കും അനുബന്ധ വിക്കികൾക്കും ഓൺലൈനിൽ തുടരുവാൻ സാധിക്കും എന്നത് ഉറപ്പുവരുത്താൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് ഈ പരീക്ഷണം നടത്തുന്നത്. എല്ലാം പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കാൻ, വിക്കിമീഡിയ ടെക്നോളജി വിഭാഗത്തിന് ആസൂത്രിതമായ ഒരു പരിശോധന നടത്തേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. ഒരു ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് വിശ്വസനീയമായി മാറാൻ കഴിയുമോ എന്ന് ഈ പരിശോധന തെളിയിക്കും. പരീക്ഷണങ്ങൾക്ക് തയ്യാറെടുക്കുന്നതിനും അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി എന്തെങ്കിലും പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായാൽ പരിഹരിക്കുന്നതിനും നിരവധി ടീമുകൾ ആവശ്യമാണ്.
2020 ഒക്ടോബർ 27 ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച അവർ എല്ലാ ട്രാഫിക്കും ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിലേക്ക് മാറ്റും.
നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ, മീഡിയവിക്കിയിലുള്ള ചില പരിമിതികൾ മൂലം, എല്ലാ തിരുത്തലുകളും ഈ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ സമയത്ത് നിർത്തേണ്ടതാണ്. ഈ തടസ്സത്തിന് ഞങ്ങൾ ക്ഷമ ചോദിക്കുന്നു, ഭാവിയിൽ ഇത് കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രവർത്തിക്കും.
നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഈ സമയത്ത് എല്ലാ വിക്കികളും വായിക്കാൻ കഴിയും, പക്ഷേ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
- ഒക്ടോബർ 27 ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു മണിക്കൂർ നേരത്തേക്ക് എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല. പരീക്ഷണം 14:00 (UTC) (7:30 PM IST) ന് ആരംഭിക്കും (മറ്റ് സമയമേഖലകൾ- 15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, ന്യൂസിലന്റിൽ ഒക്ടോബർ 28 ബുധനാഴ്ച 02:00 NZST ക്ക്)
- ഈ സമയങ്ങളിൽ നിങ്ങൾ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാനോ മറ്റോ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു പിശക് സന്ദേശം കാണാം. ഈ മിനിറ്റുകളിൽ ഒരു എഡിറ്റുകളും നഷ്ടപ്പെടില്ലെന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു, പക്ഷേ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ഇത് ഉറപ്പ് നൽകാൻ കഴിയില്ല. നിങ്ങൾക്ക് പിഴവ് സന്ദേശം ലഭിച്ചാൽ എല്ലാം പഴയത് പോലാകുന്നത് വരെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക. അതിനു ശേഷം നിങ്ങളുടെ എഡിറ്റുകൾ സേവ് ചെയ്യുവാൻ കഴിയും. പക്ഷേ, നിങ്ങളുടെ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു പകർപ്പ് ആദ്യം നിർമ്മിക്കാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുന്നു.
മറ്റു ഫലങ്ങൾ:
- പശ്ചാത്തല പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ മന്ദഗതിയിലാകും, ചിലത് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടാം. ചുവന്ന ലിങ്കുകൾ സാധാരണപോലെ അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യപ്പെടില്ല. നിങ്ങൾ മറ്റെവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഇതിനകം ലിങ്ക് ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു ലേഖനം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, സാധാരണയുള്ളതിനേക്കാളും നേരം ആ കണ്ണി ചുവന്നുകിടക്കും. ദീർഘകാലമായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ചില സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റുകൾ നിർത്തേണ്ടിവരും.
- 2020 ഒക്ടോബർ 26ന്റെ ആഴ്ചയിൽ കോഡ് മരവിപ്പിക്കലുകൾ ഉണ്ടാകും. നിർബന്ധമല്ലാത്ത കോഡ് വിന്യാസങ്ങൾ നടക്കില്ല.
-- Trizek (WMF) (talk) 17:10, 21 ഒക്ടോബർ 2020 (UTC)
CentralNotice banner for Wikipedia Asian Month 2020
Dear colleagues, please comment on CentralNotice banner proposal for Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 (1st November to 30st November, 2020). Thank you! --KOKUYO (സംവാദം) 20:16, 22 ഒക്ടോബർ 2020 (UTC)
Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2
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. നന്ദി! --Quiddity (WMF)
22:10, 5 നവംബർ 2020 (UTC)
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 നവംബർ, or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between 8 ഡിസംബർ and 21 ഡിസംബർ.
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!
18:09, 20 നവംബർ 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist
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!
2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th
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 ഡിസംബർ 2020 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey 2021
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.
You can view and vote all proposals here.
We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!
00:52, 15 ഡിസംബർ 2020 (UTC)
Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language. നന്ദി!
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 ജനുവരി 2021 (UTC)
Project Grant Open Call
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
New Wikipedia Library Collections Available Now (February 2021)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing new free, full-access, accounts to reliable sources as part of our research access program. You can sign up to access research materials on the Library Card platform:
- Taxmann – Taxation and law database
- PNAS – Official journal of the National Academy of Sciences
- EBSCO – New Arabic and Spanish language databases added
We have a wide array of other collections available, and a significant number now no longer require individual applications to access! Read more in our blog post.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects!
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
--12:57, 1 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2021 (UTC)
Feminism & Folklore 1 February - 31 March
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Greetings!
You are invited to participate in Feminism and Folklore writing contest. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wikipedia. folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, etc.
You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles centered on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch-hunting, fairy tales and more. You can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles here.
You can also support us in translating the project page and help us spread the word in your native language.
Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Thank you.
Feminism and Folklore team,
Wikifunctions logo contest
01:47, 2 മാർച്ച് 2021 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Community Board seats: Call for feedback meeting
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is organizing a call for feedback about community selection processes[1] between February 1 and March 14. While the Wikimedia Foundation and the movement have grown about five times in the past ten years, the Board’s structure and processes have remained basically the same. As the Board is designed today, we have a problem of capacity, performance, and lack of representation of the movement’s diversity. Direct elections tend to favor candidates from the leading language communities, regardless of how relevant their skills and experience might be in serving as a Board member, or contributing to the ability of the Board to perform its specific responsibilities. It is also a fact that the current processes have favored volunteers from North America and Western Europe. As a matter of fact, there had only been one member who served on the Board, from South Asia, in more than fifteen years of history.
In the upcoming months, we need to renew three community seats and appoint three more community members in the new seats. This call for feedback is to see what processes can we all collaboratively design to promote and choose candidates that represent our movement and are prepared with the experience, skills, and insight to perform as trustees? In this regard, it would be good to have a community discussion to discuss the proposed ideas and share our thoughts, give feedback and contribute to the process. To discuss this, you are invited to a community meeting that is being organized on March 12 from 8 pm to 10 pm, and the meeting link to join is https://meet.google.com/umc-attq-kdt. You can add this meeting to your Google Calendar by clicking here[2]. Please ping me if you have any questions. Thank you, --KCVelaga (WMF) (സംവാദം) 10:57, 8 മാർച്ച് 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations
Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2
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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
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
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 contact us 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.
Line numbering coming soon to all wikis
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.
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 15:09, 12 ഏപ്രിൽ 2021 (UTC)
Suggested Values
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 ഏപ്രിൽ 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1
Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read 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)
--MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 23:05, 11 ജൂൺ 2021 (UTC)
Server switch
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SGrabarczuk (WMF) 01:19, 27 ജൂൺ 2021 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library collections and design update (August 2021)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is pleased to announce the addition of new collections, alongside a new interface design. New collections include:
- Cabells – Scholarly and predatory journal database
- Taaghche - Persian language e-books
- Merkur, Musik & Ästhetik, and Psychologie, Psychotherapie, Psychoanalyse - German language magazines and journals published by Klett-Cotta
- Art Archiv, Capital, Geo, Geo Epoche, and Stern - German language newspapers and magazines published by Gruner + Jahr
Additionally, De Gruyter and Nomos have been centralised from their previous on-wiki signup location on the German Wikipedia. Many other collections are freely available by simply logging in to The Wikipedia Library with your Wikimedia login!
We are also excited to announce that the first version of a new design for My Library was deployed this week. We will be iterating on this design with more features over the coming weeks. Read more on the project page on Meta.
Lastly, an Echo notification will begin rolling out soon to notify eligible editors about the library (T132084). If you can translate the notification please do so at TranslateWiki!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 13:23, 11 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2021 (UTC)
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The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January
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
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
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
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
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
- 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) 00:23, 7 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2021 (UTC)
Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee ending 14 September 2021
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
Xeno (WMF) 17:01, 10 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2021 (UTC)
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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, 14 September 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, 15 September).
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- 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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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
- One tap mobile
- +16465588656,,89828615390# US (New York)
- +16699006833,,89828615390# US (San Jose)
- Dial by your location
See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (സംവാദം) 03:03, 11 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2021 (UTC)
Select You the question statements for candidates of Drafting Committee Movement Charter
Into 2021-10-04 11:59:59 UTC you can select question statements for the candidates of Drafting Committee Movement Charter. ✍️ Dušan Kreheľ (സംവാദം) 02:18, 30 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2021 (UTC)
മൂവ്മെന്റ് ചാർട്ടർ ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റിയിലെ അംഗങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിനുള്ള വോട
മൂവ്മെന്റ് ചാർട്ടർ ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റിയിലെ അംഗങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിനുള്ള വോട്ടിംഗ് ഇപ്പോൾ തുറന്നിരിക്കുന്നു. ആകെ, ലോകമെമ്പാടും നിന്നുള്ള 70 വിക്കിമീഡിയന്മാർ 7 സീറ്റുകളിലേക്കാണ് ഈ തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിൽ മത്സരിക്കുന്നത്.
വോട്ടിംഗ് ഒക്ടോബർ 12 മുതൽ ഒക്ടോബർ 24, 2021 വരെ (ഭൂമിയിൽ എവിടെയും) തുറന്നിരിക്കുന്നു.
സമിതിയിൽ ആകെ 15 അംഗങ്ങൾ ആണ് ഉണ്ടാവുക: ഓൺലൈൻ കമ്മ്യൂണിറ്റികൾ 7 അംഗങ്ങൾക്ക് വോട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നു, 6 അംഗങ്ങളെ വിക്കിമീഡിയ അഫിലിയേറ്റുകൾ സമാന്തര പ്രക്രിയയിലൂടെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കും, കൂടാതെ 2 അംഗങ്ങളെ വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ നിയമിക്കും. 2021 നവംബർ 1-നകം കമ്മിറ്റിയെ കൂട്ടിച്ചേർക്കാനാണ് പദ്ധതി.
നിങ്ങൾ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്ന ഭാഷയിൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ വോട്ട് അറിയിക്കാൻ ഓരോ സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥിയെയും കുറിച്ച് അറിയുക: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>
ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റിയെക്കുറിച്ച് അറിയുക: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>
ഈ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിനായി ഞങ്ങൾ ഒരു വോട്ടിംഗ് ഉപദേശ ആപ്ലിക്കേഷൻ പൈലറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നു. ടൂളിലൂടെ സ്വയം ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക, ഏത് സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥിയാണ് നിങ്ങളോട് ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തതെന്ന് നിങ്ങൾക്ക് കാണാം! ഇവിടെ പരിശോധിക്കുക: <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>
മുഴുവൻ അറിയിപ്പും വായിക്കുക: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>
സെക്യൂർപോളിൽ വോട്ട് ചെയ്യുക: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>
ആശംസകളോടെ,
മൂവ്മെന്റ് സ്ട്രാറ്റജി & ഗവേണൻസ് ടീം, വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ
05:54, 13 ഒക്ടോബർ 2021 (UTC)
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 27 ഒക്ടോബർ (ബുധൻ), 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) (സംവാദം) 15:57, 26 ഒക്ടോബർ 2021 (UTC)
പുതിയ പ്രസ്ഥാന ചാർട്ടർ ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റി അംഗങ്ങളെ കണ്ടുമുട്ടൂ
പ്രസ്ഥാന ചാർട്ടർ ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റി തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പും സെലക്ഷൻ പ്രക്രിയകളും പൂർത്തിയായിരിക്കുന്നു.
- തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് ഫലം പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു. കമ്മിറ്റിയിലേക്ക് ഏഴ് അംഗങ്ങളെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കാൻ 1018 പങ്കാളികൾ വോട്ട് ചെയ്തു: Richard Knipel (Pharos), Anne Clin (Risker), Alice Wiegand (Lyzzy), Michał Buczyński (Aegis Maelstrom), Richard (Nosebagbear), Ravan J Al-Taie (Ravan), Ciell (Ciell).
- അഫീലിയേറ്റ് പ്രക്രിയ ആറ് അംഗങ്ങളെ സെലക്ട് ചെയ്തു. Anass Sedrati (Anass Sedrati), Érica Azzellini (EricaAzzellini), Jamie Li-Yun Lin (Li-Yun Lin), Georges Fodouop (Geugeor), Manavpreet Kaur (Manavpreet Kaur), Pepe Flores (Padaguan).
- വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ രണ്ട് അംഗങ്ങളെ നിയമിച്ചു: Runa Bhattacharjee (Runab WMF), Jorge Vargas (JVargas (WMF)).
സമിതിയുടെ പ്രവർത്തനം ഉടൻ ആരംഭിക്കും. വൈവിധ്യവും വൈദഗ്ധ്യവും തമ്മിലുള്ള വിടവുകൾ നികത്താൻ സമിതിക്ക് മൂന്ന് അംഗങ്ങളെ കൂടി നിയമിക്കാനാകും.
പ്രസ്ഥാന ചാർട്ടർ ഡ്രാഫ്റ്റിംഗ് പ്രക്രിയയിൽ ഏർപ്പെടാൻ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് താൽപ്പര്യമുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ, മെറ്റയിലെ അപ്ഡേറ്റുകൾ പിന്തുടർന്ന് ടെലിഗ്രാം ഗ്രൂപ്പിൽ ചേരുക
നന്ദിയോടെ പ്രസ്ഥാന സ്ട്രാറ്റജി & ഗവേണൻസ് ടീം.
RamzyM (WMF) 02:37, 2 നവംബർ 2021 (UTC)
Enabling Section Translation: a new mobile translation experience
Hello Malayalam Wikipedians!
Apologies as this message is not in your native language, Please help translate to your language.
The WMF Language team is pleased to let you know that we will like to enable the Section translation tool in Malayalam Wikipedia. For this, our team will love you to read about the tool and test it so you can:
- Give us your feedback
- Ask us questions
- Tell us how to improve it.
Below is background information about Section translation, why we have chosen your community, and how to test it.
Background information
Content Translation has been a successful tool for editors to create content in their language. More than one million articles have been created across all languages since the tool was released in 2015. The Wikimedia Foundation Language team has improved the translation experience further with the Section Translation. The WMF Language team enabled the early version of the tool in February in Bengali Wikipedia and we have enabled it in five other languages.. Through their feedback, the tool was improved and ready for your community to test and help us with feedback to make it better.
Section Translation extends the capabilities of Content Translation to support mobile devices. On mobile, the tool will:
- Guide you to translate one section at a time in order to expand existing articles or create new ones.
- Make it easy to transfer knowledge across languages anytime from your mobile device.
Malayalam Wikipedia seems an ideal candidate to enjoy this new tool since data shows significant mobile editing activity.
We plan to enable the tool on Malayalam Wikipedia in the coming weeks. After it is enabled, we’ll monitor the content created with the tool and process all the feedback. In any case, feel free to raise any concerns or questions you may already have in any of the following formats:
- As a reply to this message
- On the project talk page.
- Through this feedback form
Try the tool
Before the enablement, you can try the current implementation of the tool in our testing instance. Once it is enabled on Malayalam Wikipedia, you’ll have access to https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation with your mobile device. You can select an article to translate, and machine translation will be provided as a starting point for editors to improve.
Provide feedback
Please provide feedback about Section translation in any of the formats you are most comfortable with. We want to hear about your impressions on:
- The tool
- What you think about our plans to enable it
- Your ideas for improving the tool.
Thanks, and we look forward to your feedback and questions.
PS: Sending your feedback or questions in English is particularly appreciated. But, you can still send them in the language of your choice.
UOzurumba (WMF) (സംവാദം) 01:43, 25 നവംബർ 2021 (UTC) On behalf of the WMF Language team.
Section Translation tool enabled in Malayalam Wikipedia
Hello Malayalam Wikipedians!
The Language team is pleased to let you know that the Section Translation tool is now enabled in Malayalam Wikipedia. It means you can translate real content one section at a time using your mobile devices with ease.
Now you can also start translating an article on your mobile device when you notice it is missing in Malayalam. From a Wikipedia article in any language, switch languages and search for Malayalam. If the article does not exist, an option to translate it will appear, as shown in the image below.
We have enabled this tool in your Wikipedia after communicating our intentions to enable it. This tool will be useful for your community since data shows significant mobile device activity in Malayalam Wikipedia.
Content created with the tool will be marked with the “sectiontranslation” tag for the community to review. We’ll monitor the content created, but we are very interested in hearing about your experience using the tool and reviewing the content created with it.
So, enjoy the tool and provide feedback on improving it.
Thank you!
UOzurumba (WMF) (സംവാദം) 18:28, 10 ഡിസംബർ 2021 (UTC)
Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
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
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) 17:56, 27 ഡിസംബർ 2021 (UTC)
Feminism and Folklore 2022
Please help translate to your language
Greetings! You are invited to participate in Feminism and Folklore 2022 writing competion. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles focused on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more. You can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles here.
You can also support us in organizing the contest on your local Wikipedia by signing up your community to participate in this project and also translating the project page and help us spread the word in your native language.
Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Feel free to contact us on our talk page or via Email if you need any assistance...
Thank you.
Feminism and Folklore Team,
Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open
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.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 06:06, 13 ജനുവരി 2022 (UTC)
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5
Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter
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. (continue reading)
- 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. (continue reading)
- 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. (continue reading)
- 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. (continue reading)
- Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 08:25, 19 ജനുവരി 2022 (UTC)
[Announcement] Leadership Development Task Force
Dear community members,
The Invest in Skill and Leadership Development Movement Strategy recommendation indicates that our movement needs a globally coordinated effort to succeed in leadership development.
The Community Development team is supporting the creation of a global and community-driven m:Leadership Development Task Force (Purpose & Structure). The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work.
The team seeks community feedback on what could be the responsibilities of the task force. Also, if any community member wishes to be a part of the 12-member task force, kindly reach out to us. The feedback period is until 25 February 2022.
Where to share feedback?
#1 Interested community members can add their thoughts on the Discussion page.
#2 Interested community members can join a regional discussion on 18 February, Friday through Google Meet.
Date & Time
- Friday, 18 February · 7:00 – 8:00 PM IST (Your Timezone) (Add to Calendar)
- Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/nae-rgsd-vif
Thanks for your time.
Regards, CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 12:22, 9 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March
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
MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 04:50, 22 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2022 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines & Ratification Vote
In brief: the revised Enforcement Guidelines have been published. Voting to ratify the guidelines will happen from 7 March to 21 March 2022. Community members can participate in the discussion with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Details:
The m:Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement. The UCoC and the Enforcement Guidelines were written by volunteer-staff drafting committees following community consultations. The revised guidelines were published 24 January 2022.
What’s next?
#1 Community Conversations
To help to understand the guidelines, the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team will host conversations with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Comments about the guidelines can be shared on the Enforcement Guidelines talk page. You can comment in any language.
#2 Ratification Voting
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees released a statement on the ratification process where eligible voters can support or oppose the adoption of the enforcement guidelines through vote. Wikimedians are invited to translate and share important information.
A SecurePoll vote is scheduled from 7 March to 21 March 2022.
Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments. Voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the UCoC based on the proposed guidelines.
Thank you. CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 15:42, 22 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2022 (UTC)
Coming soon
Several improvements around templates
Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:
- Fundamental improvements of the VisualEditor template dialog (1, 2),
- Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (3) (for the template dialogs in VisualEditor, 2010 Wikitext and New Wikitext Mode),
- and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension CodeMirror (4, 5) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).
- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 12:38, 28 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2022 (UTC)
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed. This Call ran from 10 January and closed on 16 February 2022. The Call focused on three key questions and received broad discussion on Meta-wiki, during meetings with affiliates, and in various community conversations. The community and affiliates provided many proposals and discussion points. The reports are on Meta-wiki.
This information will be shared with the Board of Trustees and Elections Committee so they can make informed decisions about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees will then follow with an announcement after they have discussed the information.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback to help improve Board election processes.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 08:08, 5 മാർച്ച് 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow
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.
(Facebook , Twitter , Instagram)
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 MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 14:40, 14 മാർച്ച് 2022 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed
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
Best regards,
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 10:00, 23 മാർച്ച് 2022 (UTC)
Feminism and Folklore 2022 ends soon
Feminism and Folklore 2022 which is an international writing contest organized at Wikipedia ends soon that is on 31 March 2022 11:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to write about feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more
Keep an eye on the project page for declaration of Winners.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 14:28, 26 മാർച്ച് 2022 (UTC)
Join the South Asia / ESEAP Annual Plan Meeting with Maryana Iskander
Dear community members,
In continuation of Maryana Iskander's listening tour, the Movement Communications and Movement Strategy and Governance teams invite you to discuss the 2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan.
The conversations are about these questions:
- The 2030 Wikimedia Movement Strategy sets a direction toward "knowledge as a service" and "knowledge equity". The Wikimedia Foundation wants to plan according to these two goals. How do you think the Wikimedia Foundation should apply them to our work?
- The Wikimedia Foundation continues to explore better ways of working at a regional level. We have increased our regional focus in areas like grants, new features, and community conversations. How can we improve?
- Anyone can contribute to the Movement Strategy process. We want to know about your activities, ideas, requests, and lessons learned. How can the Wikimedia Foundation better support the volunteers and affiliates working in Movement Strategy activities?
Date and Time
The meeting will happen via Zoom on 24 April (Sunday) at 07:00 UTC (local time). Kindly add the event to your calendar. Live interpretation will be available for some languages.
Regards, CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 09:56, 17 ഏപ്രിൽ 2022 (UTC)
New Wikipedia Library Collections Available Now - April 2022
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library has free access to new paywalled reliable sources. You can these and dozens more collections at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/:
- Wiley – journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences
- OECD – OECD iLibrary, Data, and Multimedia published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- SPIE Digital Library – journals and eBooks on optics and photonics applied research
Many other sources are freely available for experienced editors, including collections which recently became accessible to all eligible editors: Cambridge University Press, BMJ, AAAS, Érudit and more.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: log in today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 13:17, 26 ഏപ്രിൽ 2022 (UTC)
- This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.
Call for Candidates: 2022 Board of Trustees Election
Dear community members,
The 2022 Board of Trustees elections process has begun. The Call for Candidates has been announced.
The Board of Trustees oversees the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation. 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 elect two seats on the Board of Trustees in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board of Trustees.
Kindly submit your candidacy to join the Board of Trustees. CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 08:42, 29 ഏപ്രിൽ 2022 (UTC)
Coming soon: Improvements for templates
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.
In syntax highlighting (CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme with a user setting.
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!
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 11:13, 29 ഏപ്രിൽ 2022 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 - Call for Election Volunteers
The Movement Strategy and Governance team is looking for community members to serve as election volunteers in the upcoming Board of Trustees election.
The idea of the Election Volunteer Program came up during the 2021 Wikimedia Board of Trustees Election. This program turned out to be successful. With the help of Election Volunteers we were able to increase outreach and participation in the election by 1,753 voters over 2017. Overall turnout was 10.13%, 1.1 percentage points more, and 214 wikis were represented in the election.
There were a total of 74 wikis that did not participate in 2017 that produced voters in the 2021 election. Can you help increase the participation even more?
Election volunteers will help in the following areas:
- Translate short messages and announce the ongoing election process in community channels
- Optional: Monitor community channels for community comments and questions
Volunteers should:
- Maintain the friendly space policy during conversations and events
- Present the guidelines and voting information to the community in a neutral manner
Do you want to be an election volunteer and ensure your community is represented in the vote? Sign up here to receive updates. You can use the talk page for questions about translation.
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 10:42, 12 മേയ് 2022 (UTC)
Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass
Hi all,
Community members are invited to propose statements to use in the Election Compass for the 2022 Board of Trustees election.
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/neutral/disagree). 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 (MSG) team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.
Regards,
Movement Strategy & Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 08:02, 12 ജൂലൈ 2022 (UTC)
Board of Trustees - Affiliate Voting Results
Dear community members,
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 shortlisted 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)
See more information about the Results and Statistics of this 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. Thank you for your participation.
The next part of the Board election process is the community voting period. View the 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.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 09:04, 20 ജൂലൈ 2022 (UTC)
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7
Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance newsletter! 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. (continue reading)
- Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
- 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. (continue reading)
- 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)
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 13:01, 24 ജൂലൈ 2022 (UTC)
Vote for Election Compass Statements
Dear community members,
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/neutral/disagree). 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 CompassJuly 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
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 06:57, 26 ജൂലൈ 2022 (UTC)
Delay of Board of Trustees Election
Dear community members,
I am reaching out to you today with an update about the timing of the voting for the Board of Trustees election.
As many of you are already aware, this year we are offering an Election Compass to help voters identify the alignment of candidates on some key topics. Several candidates requested an extension of the character limitation on their responses expanding on their positions, and the Elections Committee felt their reasoning was consistent with the goals of a fair and equitable election process.
To ensure that the longer statements can be translated in time for the election, the Elections Committee and Board Selection Task Force decided to delay the opening of the Board of Trustees election by one week - a time proposed as ideal by staff working to support the election.
Although it is not expected that everyone will want to use the Election Compass to inform their voting decision, the Elections Committee felt it was more appropriate to open the voting period with essential translations for community members across languages to use if they wish to make this important decision.
The voting will open on August 23 at 00:00 UTC and close on September 6 at 23:59 UTC.
Best regards,
Matanya, on behalf of the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 07:36, 15 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2022 (UTC)
2022 Board of Trustees Community Voting Period is now Open
Dear community members,
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
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
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.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 12:19, 26 ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 2022 (UTC)
The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting is about to close
Hello,
The Community Voting period of the 2022 Board of Trustees election started on August 23, 2022, and will close on September 6, 2022 23:59 UTC. There’s still a chance to participate in this election. If you did not vote, please visit the SecurePoll voting page to vote now. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page. If you need help in making your decision, here are some helpful links:
- 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 seek and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 12:38, 1 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2022 (UTC)
Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct
Hello everyone,
The Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Revisions committee is requesting comments regarding the Revised Enforcement Draft Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period will be open from 8 September 2022 until 8 October 2022.
The Committee collaborated to revise these draft guidelines based on input gathered from the community discussion period from May through July, as well as the community vote that concluded in March 2022. The revisions are focused on the following four areas:
- To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the UCoC training;
- To simplify the language for more accessible translation and comprehension by non-experts;
- To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
- To review the balancing of the privacy of the accuser and the accused
The Committee requests comments and suggestions about these revisions by 8 October 2022. From there, the Revisions Committee anticipates further revising the guidelines based on community input.
Find the Revised Guidelines on Meta, and a comparison page in some languages.
Everyone may share comments in a number of places. Facilitators welcome comments in any language on the Revisions Guideline Talk Page. Comments can also be shared on talk pages of translations, at local discussions, or during conversation hours. There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines.
The facilitation team supporting this review period hopes to reach a large number of communities. If you do not see a conversation happening in your community, please organize a discussion. Facilitators can assist you in setting up the conversations. Discussions will be summarized and presented to the drafting committee every two weeks. The summaries will be published here.
~ On behalf of the UCoC project team.
CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 11:33, 13 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 2022 (UTC)
Movement Charter: South Asia Regional Consultation
Dear community members,
As many of you are aware, the Movement Charter regional consultations have begun. The MCDC seeks community feedback about three sections of the Movement Charter:
- Preamble
- Values & Principles
- Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
How can you participate?
You can participate by joining the regional consultation for South Asia on 2 December 2022 (Friday) from 14:00 to 15:30 UTC (7:30 PM to 9:00 PM IST) on Google Meet. Kindly add the event to your calendar.
Other ways to share feedback are:
- Fill the survey.
- Write on the Meta Talk pages: Preamble, Values & Principles, Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
- Write on the Movement Strategy Forum: Preamble, Values & Principles, Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement)
- Email MCDC at movementcharter@wikimedia.org
If you want to learn more about the Movement Charter, its goals, why it matters, and how it impacts your community, a 12-minute recording of one of the “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” sessions is available here.
Thanks for your time and interest. CSinha (WMF) (സംവാദം) 14:13, 28 നവംബർ 2022 (UTC)
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!
നന്ദി! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 12:59, 13 ഡിസംബർ 2022 (UTC)
Feminism and Folklore 2023
Dear Wiki Community,
Christmas Greetings and a Happy New Year 2023,
You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2023 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a list of suggested articles.
Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:
- Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
- Set up a fountain tool or dashboard.
- Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
- Request local admins for site notice.
- Link the local page and the fountain/dashboard link on the meta project page.
This year we would be supporting the community's financial aid for Internet and childcare support. This would be provided for the local team including their jury and coordinator team. This support is opt-in and non mandatory. Kindly fill in this Google form and mark a mail to support@wikilovesfolklore.org with the subject line starting as [Stipend] Name or Username/Language. The last date to sign up for internet and childcare aid from our team is 20th of January 2023, We encourage the language coordinators to sign up their community on this link by the 25th of January 2023.
Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.
We look forward to your immense coordination.
Thank you and Best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2023 International Team
- Stay connected
- Stay connected
--MediaWiki message delivery (സംവാദം) 10:23, 24 ഡിസംബർ 2022 (UTC)
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മറ്റൊരു ഭാഷയിൽ ഈ സന്ദേശം വായിക്കുക • Please help translate to your language
വിക്കിമീഡിയ ഫൗണ്ടേഷൻ അവരുടെ ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്റർ പരീക്ഷിക്കുന്നതായിരിക്കും. ഒരു ദുരന്തം സംഭവിച്ചാൽ വിക്കിപീഡിയക്കും അനുബന്ധ വിക്കികൾക്കും ഓൺലൈനിൽ തുടരുവാൻ സാധിക്കും എന്നത് ഉറപ്പുവരുത്താൻ വേണ്ടിയാണ് ഈ പരീക്ഷണം നടത്തുന്നത്. എല്ലാം പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കാൻ, വിക്കിമീഡിയ ടെക്നോളജി വിഭാഗത്തിന് ആസൂത്രിതമായ ഒരു പരിശോധന നടത്തേണ്ടതുണ്ട്. ഒരു ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊന്നിലേക്ക് വിശ്വസനീയമായി മാറാൻ കഴിയുമോ എന്ന് ഈ പരിശോധന തെളിയിക്കും. പരീക്ഷണങ്ങൾക്ക് തയ്യാറെടുക്കുന്നതിനും അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായി എന്തെങ്കിലും പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടായാൽ പരിഹരിക്കുന്നതിനും നിരവധി ടീമുകൾ ആവശ്യമാണ്.
1 മാർച്ച് അവർ എല്ലാ ട്രാഫിക്കും ദ്വിതീയ ഡാറ്റാ സെന്ററിലേക്ക് മാറ്റും. പരീക്ഷണം 14:00 UTC (7:30 PM IST) ന് ആരംഭിക്കും
നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ, മീഡിയവിക്കിയിലുള്ള ചില പരിമിതികൾ മൂലം, എല്ലാ തിരുത്തലുകളും ഈ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ സമയത്ത് നിർത്തേണ്ടതാണ്. ഈ തടസ്സത്തിന് ഞങ്ങൾ ക്ഷമ ചോദിക്കുന്നു, ഭാവിയിൽ ഇത് കുറയ്ക്കുന്നതിന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രവർത്തിക്കും.
നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഈ സമയത്ത് എല്ലാ വിക്കികളും വായിക്കാൻ കഴിയും, പക്ഷേ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
- ബുധൻ 1 മാർച്ച് 2023 നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു മണിക്കൂർ നേരത്തേക്ക് എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാൻ കഴിയില്ല.
- ഈ സമയങ്ങളിൽ നിങ്ങൾ എഡിറ്റുചെയ്യാനോ മറ്റോ ശ്രമിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, നിങ്ങൾക്ക് ഒരു പിശക് സന്ദേശം കാണാം. ഈ മിനിറ്റുകളിൽ ഒരു എഡിറ്റുകളും നഷ്ടപ്പെടില്ലെന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു, പക്ഷേ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ഇത് ഉറപ്പ് നൽകാൻ കഴിയില്ല. നിങ്ങൾക്ക് പിഴവ് സന്ദേശം ലഭിച്ചാൽ എല്ലാം പഴയത് പോലാകുന്നത് വരെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക. അതിനു ശേഷം നിങ്ങളുടെ എഡിറ്റുകൾ സേവ് ചെയ്യുവാൻ കഴിയും. പക്ഷേ, നിങ്ങളുടെ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു പകർപ്പ് ആദ്യം നിർമ്മിക്കാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുന്നു.
മറ്റു ഫലങ്ങൾ:
- പശ്ചാത്തല പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ മന്ദഗതിയിലാകും, ചിലത് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കപ്പെടാം. ചുവന്ന ലിങ്കുകൾ സാധാരണപോലെ അപ്ഡേറ്റ് ചെയ്യപ്പെടില്ല. നിങ്ങൾ മറ്റെവിടെയെങ്കിലും ഇതിനകം ലിങ്ക് ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു ലേഖനം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുകയാണെങ്കിൽ, സാധാരണയുള്ളതിനേക്കാളും നേരം ആ കണ്ണി ചുവന്നുകിടക്കും. ദീർഘകാലമായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്ന ചില സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റുകൾ നിർത്തേണ്ടിവരും.
- 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.
Trizek (WMF) (സംവാദം) 21:20, 27 ഫെബ്രുവരി 2023 (UTC)
Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2023: We are back!
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Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the third edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2023. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.
We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge!
ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk) 07:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Wikimania 2023 Welcoming Program Submissions
Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process
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
Best regards,