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Wiki Loves Folklore is back![edit]

Posting because the bot does not know to post here:

Please help translate to your language

You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.

You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.

You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.

Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.

Kind regards,

Wiki loves Folklore International Team

Justin (koavf)TCM 21:58, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Community Wishlist Survey 2022[edit]

The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 is now open!

This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on 23 January, or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between 28 January and 11 February.

The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 18:10, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

01:23, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Not sure if this is the right place[edit]

I'm working on a volume of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, and there's a part on page 956 that I just have no idea how to work with, namely those braces around the text. TheTechnician27 (talk) 21:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheTechnician27: A better place would be s:en:Wikisoruce:Scriptorium. —Justin (koavf)TCM 01:39, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open[edit]

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The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 7 16 February 2022.

With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.

Join the conversation.

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Xeno (WMF) (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Please note an additional question has now been added. There are also several proposals from participants to review and discuss. Xeno (WMF) (talk) 00:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question about the Affiliates' role for the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections[edit]

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Hi All,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections so far. The Movement Strategy and Governance team has announced the last key question:

How should affiliates participate in elections?

Affiliates are an important part of the Wikimedia movement. Two seats of the Board of Trustees due to be filled this year were filled in 2019 through the Affiliate-selected Board seats process. A change in the Bylaws removed the distinction between community and affiliate seats. This leaves the important question: How should affiliates be involved in the selection of new seats?

The question is broad in the sense that the answers may refer not just to the two seats mentioned, but also to other, Community- and Affiliate-selected seats. The Board is hoping to find an approach that will both engage the affiliates and give them actual agency, and also optimize the outcomes in terms of selecting people with top skills, experience, diversity, and wide community’s support.

The Board of Trustees is seeking feedback about this question especially, although not solely, from the affiliate community. Everyone is invited to share proposals and join the conversation in the Call for Feedback channels. In addition to collecting online feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team will organize several video calls with affiliate members to collect feedback. These calls will be at different times and include Trustees.

Due to the late addition of this third question, the Call will be extended until 16 February.

Join the conversation.

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Xeno (WMF) (talk) 00:37, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

19:55, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Talk to the Community Tech[edit]

Hello

We, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on 19 January (Wednesday), 18:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. This external system is not subject to the WMF Privacy Policy. Click here to join.

Agenda

  • Bring drafts of your proposals and talk to to a member of the Community Tech Team about your questions on how to improve the proposal

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (all points in the agenda except for the questions and answers) will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, Spanish, and German. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.

Invitation link

We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:21, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

21:38, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Desktop Improvements update and Office Hours invitation[edit]

Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the Desktop Improvements project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years.

The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more.

The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on 24 wikis, including Wikipedias in French, Portuguese, and Persian.

The changes apply to the Vector skin only. Monobook or Timeless users are not affected.

Features deployed since our last update[edit]

  • User menu - focused on making the navigation more intuitive by visually highlighting the structure of user links and their purpose.
  • Sticky header - focused on allowing access to important functionality (logging in/out, history, talk pages, etc.) without requiring people to scroll to the top of the page.

For a full list of the features the project includes, please visit our project page. We also invite you to our Updates page.

The features deployed already and the table of contents that's currently under development


How to enable the improvements[edit]

Global preferences
  • It is possible to opt-in individually in the appearance tab within the preferences by unchecking the "Use Legacy Vector" box. (It has to be empty.) Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the global preferences.
  • If you think this would be good as a default for all readers and editors of this wiki, feel free to start a conversation with the community and contact me.
  • On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.

Learn more and join our events[edit]

If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can subscribe to our newsletter.

You can read the pages of the project, check our FAQ, write on the project talk page, and join an online meeting with us (27 January (Thursday), 15:00 UTC).

How to join our online meeting

Thank you!!

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team, SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

17:42, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5[edit]

Hi all! I'm a facilitator with the Movement Strategy and Governance. In front of you is the latest and redesigned issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News, formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News. The shortened version below has some direct links, which those of you who prefer skipping straight to the content may find convenient. The MSG team is inviting feedback about the newsletter's past, present, and future at m:Talk:Movement_Strategy_and_Governance/Newsletter. --BPipal (WMF) (talk) 11:31, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]


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)

password[edit]

Hi, I am User:Surprizi. I normally work with my user name from one to another wiki projects, but here wikisource asking me to login. When I use my usual password it cant work. "There seems to be a problem with your login session; this action has been canceled as a precaution against session hijacking. Please resubmit the form." Can you help me solve this problem?--188.169.167.135 02:24, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The kind of typical issues that you may imagine should work: refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R), close your browser, clear your cache, and if necessary, reset your password. —Justin (koavf)TCM 03:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank YOU very much!--Surprizi (talk) 10:34, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

21:15, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Leadership Development Task Force: Call for Feedback Announcement[edit]

Hi all.
The Community Development team at the Wikimedia Foundation is supporting the creation of a global, community-driven Leadership Development Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to advise leadership development work.

The team is looking for feedback about the responsibilities of the Leadership Development Task Force.
This Meta page shares the proposal for a Leadership Development Task Force and how you can help.
Feedback on the proposal will be collected from 7 to 25 February 2022.

--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 18:11, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Movement Strategy and Governance

19:18, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Remember to Participate in the UCoC Conversations and Ratification Vote![edit]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

Hello everyone,

A vote in SecurePoll from 7 to 21 March 2022 is scheduled as part of the ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines. Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments. Read voter information and eligibility details. During the poll, voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct based on the proposed guidelines.

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. A Wikimedia Foundation Board statement calls for a ratification process where eligible voters will have an opportunity to support or oppose the adoption of the UCoC Enforcement guidelines in a vote. Wikimedians are invited to translate and share important information. For more information about the UCoC, please see the project page and frequently asked questions on Meta-wiki.

There are events scheduled to learn more and discuss:

You can comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact either team by email: msg(_AT_)wikimedia.org or ucocproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org

Sincerely,
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 12:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

19:12, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March[edit]

Please help translate to your language

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 (talk) 04:50, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Coming soon[edit]

- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 12:39, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

22:59, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed[edit]

Hello - as a follow-up to #Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open above: the call is now closed and reports are available for review. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Xeno (WMF) (talk) 03:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]


You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

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.

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance
Xeno (WMF) (talk) 03:52, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Voting has begun! UCoC Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022[edit]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

Hello everyone,

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is now open! Voting commenced on SecurePoll on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. You can read more about the UCoC project.

You can also comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact the team by email: ucocproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org

Sincerely,
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 12:14, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

21:16, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Galician-Portuguese[edit]

I just found out that the Categoria:Obras em galaico-português (Galician-Portuguese) have 944 pages. Wouldn't it be the case of moving these texts into the Multilingual Wikisource and then, maybe, developing a skeleton of a Galician-Portuguese Wikisource? Thanks, Erick Soares3 (talk) 13:22, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just saw that Wikisources on ancient languages already suffered issues in the past, but I still wonder... Erick Soares3 (talk) 14:28, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It seems reasonable that pt.ws would want to host them. Do you know if there's some reason why they don't? Did they discuss it and reject it somehow? —Justin (koavf)TCM 15:10, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow[edit]

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 (talk) 14:40, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

22:07, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Update on Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification vote[edit]

Hi all,

With about 2 days left in the poll, I can share that there are 1600 voters as of 18 March 23:20 UTC.

Being aware that homewiki isn't always indicative of where an editor is active, I would still like to remind everyone that diversity matters and that local opinions are sought in this global decision. It would be beneficial to see the comments about the Enforcement Guidelines given from the perspective of this project, even if wikisource is not your your homewiki.

You can access the voting page locally on https://wikisource.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/378

You can look at the votership numbers on this page


Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 00:11, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Facilitaror, SEE
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

Template:nop does not work as expected[edit]

Template:nop is the template that forces a new paragraph for pages transcluded from the Page: namespace, but as seen in Template:Nop/testcases#How it works right now, the template does not work as of writing this (Template:Nop/testcases#How it should work). I think it needs some fixing but I do not want to break it for other works so I would like someone more experienced in here to look into and fix it. --Bebiezaza (talk) 11:42, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just checked the template's source, apparently it's an empty template . . . also fully protected --Bebiezaza (talk) 11:50, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bebiezaza: Try now. —Justin (koavf)TCM 15:13, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
{{done}} It works now, thanks! --Bebiezaza (talk) 15:18, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It seems like messageboxes are now broken instead. --Bebiezaza (talk) 15:23, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bebiezaza: Please give me a link to what you see is broken. —Justin (koavf)TCM 15:36, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Header ambox in สฺยามรฏฺฐสฺส เตปิฏกํ/Volume 1/Chapter 1, and maybe Template:nop/doc too? --Bebiezaza (talk) 16:09, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Bebiezaza: So it's just that it's a white background now, correct? —Justin (koavf)TCM 16:16, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For ambox in สฺยามรฏฺฐสฺส เตปิฏกํ/Volume 1/Chapter 1, it should be shown in the same style as w:Template:Ambox type=content (and no need to ping me in every reply) --Bebiezaza (talk) 16:47, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not really working. You'll have to deal with different styles or propose an edit to the template. —Justin (koavf)TCM 23:19, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Koavf: I checked the source of {{nop}} in other wikisource languages (en, fr, es, id, pt, zh, th) and apparently the only change needed for this one was to add <div></div> to the template and nothing else. Maybe we should revert import of other pages except {{nop}}. --Bebiezaza (talk) 12:02, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Reverting import is virtually impossible, as you have to find all the specific revisions imported and then delete those specific ones (sometimes, they are all the newest ones, sometimes not). Just rollbacking the template isn't enough. —Justin (koavf)TCM 15:24, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

16:01, 21 March 2022 (UTC)


Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (to 10 April 2022)[edit]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the feedback period for the Leadership Development Working Group initiative. A summary of the feedback can be found on Meta-wiki. This feedback will be shared with the working group to inform their work. The application period to join the Working Group is now open and will close on April 10, 2022. Please review the information about the working group, share with community members who might be interested, and apply if you are interested.

Thank you,
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
From the Community Development team

19:54, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

This LTA (also known as the George Reeves Person, and GRP) is currently active at Talk:Main Page/Interlingua/Parolas IED con accentos. Please delete the page as a vandal creation by this banned LTA. Thank you! JavaHurricane (talk) 14:35, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Koavf: GRP recreated the page after you deleted it. Could you nuke the page and salt it? Thank you! JavaHurricane (talk) 06:23, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)TCM 06:35, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

21:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)


UCoC Enforcement Guidelines - Voting results[edit]

Hi all!

I want to inform you that the majority of Wikimedians have voted in favour of the proposed Guidelines for implementing the Universal Code of Conduct.

A total of 2348 community members took part in the vote.
Of that number, 1338 voted Yes and 945 No. There were 65 undecided votes.
  • What does this result mean?
It means that there is enough support for the WMF Board of Trustees to review the Guidelines. It does not mean that the ratification process is complete.
  • What happens next?
1. The UCoC project team will collate and summarise the comments provided in the voting process and publish them on Meta-wiki;
2. The Board of Trustees will review the text of the Guidelines and comments given during the vote to determine if any aspects need to be revised.
  • What are the possible outcomes?
1. If the Board of Trustees concludes that there are aspects of the Guidelines that need further refinement, these comments, as well as suggestions from the community discussions, will provide a good starting point for the revision.
2. If the Board of Trustees decides to proceed with ratification, the UCoC project team will begin supporting specific proposals in the Guidelines.

You can find more details about the results and the accompanying statistics on this page. A summary of the voters' comments will be available on the same page.

Kind regards,
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 20:18, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Facilitator
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

Tech News: 2022-15[edit]

19:44, 11 April 2022 (UTC)



Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6[edit]

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 6, April 2022Read the full newsletter


Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

  • Leadership Development - A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (continue reading)
  • Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! - The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (continue reading)
  • Movement Discussions on Hubs - The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (continue reading)
  • Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! - Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (continue reading)
  • The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! - The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (continue reading)
  • Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly - Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (continue reading)
  • Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about Movement Strategy on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 12:12, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-16[edit]

23:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-17[edit]

22:56, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements[edit]

Hello!

Have you noticed that some wikis have a different desktop interface? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?

Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on 29 April 2022 at 13:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 88045453898. Dial by your location.

Agenda

  • Update on the recent developments
  • Questions and answers, discussion

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a Google Docs file. Olga Vasileva (the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Italian, and Polish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the talk page or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

At this meeting, both Friendly space policy and the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the WMF Privacy Policy.

We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:35, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 Call for Candidates[edit]

It's the election season again!

This year, the Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for two community-and-affiliate selected seats in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees the Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three-year term. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.

Please consider submitting your candidacy to join the Board of Trustees.
(Read the full announcement of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees)


The seats to be filled this year were previously selected by affiliates in the 2019 affiliate-selected Board seats process.
This year, a different method will be used:

  1. Candidates submit their applications (by May 9; this deadline may be slightly extended);
    Any community member can become a candidate if they meet the general and special conditions outlined here.
  2. Affiliates vote to shortlist six (6) names from the candidates' pool.
    Each affiliate carries one vote. The affiliate vote is scheduled to take place in early July.
  3. The Community votes to elect two of the six shortlisted candidates.
    Community Voting is scheduled to begin on August 15 and end on August 29.
  4. The Board will appoint the two newly-elected candidates as the new Trustees.
    This final step, which will conclude the election process, is expected to take place in early October 2022.

Election Volunteers:

Do you want to take part in the process as an election volunteer? Just add your name on this Meta page.

If you have any questions, please post them here, on Meta-wiki, or reach out to me directly.

Kind regards. --BPipal (WMF) (talk) 11:04, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Facilitator, SEE
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

A user is requesting to "global de-admin" (sorry I really don't know how likely if this could be happened) @Jusjih: which in requestor's claim, has many disruptive and abusive behaviors in several Chinese-language projects and Meta-Wiki, the requestor is also mentioned mul.wikisource here where Jusjih is also an administrator, but didn't say anything else on their mul.wikisource's behaviors. Do any of our adminships that may or may not familiar Jusjih's works know how to resolve it? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 05:32, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

btw @Liuxinyu970226: thx for your message! -jkb- (talk) 08:33, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
My first comment: I cannot believe it. -jkb- (talk) 08:04, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strange bussiness over there :-( -jkb- (talk) 17:37, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I am very surprised too. --Zyephyrus (talk) 15:56, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Coming soon: Improvements for templates[edit]

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 11:14, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-18[edit]

19:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-19[edit]

15:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

How to start a Santali language test Wikisource project[edit]

Hi, Myself Prasanta. I mostly remain active in Santali Wikipedia. Many of my friends have collected some Santali books written in Ol Chiki script Ashwani collection, which they have dedicated to various cc licenses. I was thinking of adding them to Wikisource. Because these books are in different language I cannot add it to other languages. Can anyone guide me how to start a test Wikisource for Santali language. Thanks Rocky 734 (talk) 07:35, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Rocky 734: Unlike all of the other sister projects, there is no language committee approval to start an edition of Wikisource: you can begin adding texts here immediately as long as they fit our scope and are appropriately licensed. It's great if you have more editors and make a main page in that language, etc. as well. —Justin (koavf)TCM 07:48, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Koavf for quick reply. I'm going to create a Main page for Santali language, many more will join me soon. Rocky 734 (talk) 09:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements[edit]

Hello!

Have you noticed that some wikis have a different desktop interface? Are you curious about the next steps? Maybe you have questions or ideas regarding the design or technical matters?

Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on 17 May 2022 at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 86217494304. Dial by your location.

Agenda

  • Update on the recent developments
  • Questions and answers, discussion

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a Google Docs file. Olga Vasileva (the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, Italian, Polish; also, only at the first meeting: Farsi, Vietnamese; only at the second meeting: Portuguese, Spanish, Russian. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the talk page or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

At this meeting, both Friendly space policy and the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the WMF Privacy Policy.

We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 05:02, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A problem with Japanese - English compilation[edit]

See fro this the question of the (user:Eyagi]] on the user page User:Eyagi, the text is at Wikisource:Sandbox (version of today). My opinion is at the user page as well - out of scope. If possible I would need some help there. Thx, -jkb- (talk) 10:32, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-20[edit]

18:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Invitation défense publique thèse de doctorat sur le mouvement Wikimédia[edit]

Bonjour à tous.

La défense de ma thèse de doctorat portant sur le mouvement Wikimédia est fixée au vendredi 17 juin à 17 h 30 à Louvain-la-Neuve.

Tous les membres de la communauté Wikimédia sont les bienvenus.

Voici le lien vers la page d'information et d'inscription : https://fr.wikiversity.org/wiki/Sujet:Wvtdl418nfnoxnif

Belle fin de journée Lionel Scheepmans (talk) 08:53, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-21[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-22[edit]

20:28, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Sonic Bible Copyright Status[edit]

Is the Sonic Bible copyrighted by sega?

Sonic Bible information: https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Sonic_BibleBlahhmosh (talk) 19:47, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would assume it copyright-restricted.--Jusjih (talk) 04:13, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-23[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-24[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-25[edit]

20:18, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

redirect to language Wikisource[edit]

Can anyone please explain how I can create a redirect to a language Wikisource here?

I want to make a redirect from: The Sundering Flood to English Wikisource. I need this page because in Open Library I can only make a link to this (old) Wikisource. Or do I make a mistake somewhere? --Dick Bos (talk) 07:25, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So Open Library does not directly allow linking to English Wikisource? It looks strange.--Jusjih (talk) 03:42, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Dick Bos: Just put the language prefix in front of the page name. OL will link here to mulWS, which will then redirect to enWS, without needing an on-wiki redirect page. But note that OL is badly neglected by the IA, and their interest is more with getting us to link to them than the other way around. Xover (talk) 12:21, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Xover: Thank you for that. I think I did something wrong, but now it works! --Dick Bos (talk) 13:20, 8 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Desktop Improvements update[edit]

Making this the new default

Hello. I wanted to give you an update about the Desktop Improvements project, which the Wikimedia Foundation Web team has been working on for the past few years. Our work is almost finished! 🎉

We would love to see these improvements become the default for readers and editors across all wikis. In the coming weeks, we will begin conversations on more wikis, including yours. 🗓️ We will gladly read your suggestions!

The goals of the project are to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. The project consists of a series of feature improvements which make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, use article tabs and the user menu, and more. The improvements are already visible by default for readers and editors on more than 30 wikis, including Wikipedias in French, Portuguese, and Persian.

The changes apply to the Vector skin only, although it will always be possible to revert to the previous version on an individual basis. Monobook or Timeless users will not notice any changes.

The newest features
  • Table of contents - our version is easier to reach, gain context of the page, and navigate throughout the page without needing to scroll. It is currently tested across our pilot wikis. It is also available for editors who have opted into the Vector 2022 skin.
  • Page tools - now, there are two types of links in the sidebar. There are actions and tools for individual pages (like Related changes) and links of the wiki-wide nature (like Recent changes). We are going to separate these into two intuitive menus.
How to enable/disable the improvements
Global preferences
  • It is possible to opt-in individually in the appearance tab within the preferences by selecting "Vector (2022)". Also, it is possible to opt-in on all wikis using the global preferences.
  • On wikis where the changes are visible by default for all, logged-in users can always opt-out to the Legacy Vector. There is an easily accessible link in the sidebar of the new Vector.
Learn more and join our events

If you would like to follow the progress of our project, you can subscribe to our newsletter. You can read the pages of the project, check our FAQ, write on the project talk page, and join an online meeting with us.

Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 16:59, 21 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Join us on Tuesday

Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on 28 June 2022 at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 5304280674. Dial by your location. The following events will take place on 12 July and 26 July.

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes will be taken in a Google Docs file and copied to Etherpad. Olga Vasileva (the Product Manager) will be hosting this meeting. The presentation part will be given in English. At this meeting, both Friendly space policy and the Code of Conduct for Wikimedia technical spaces apply. Zoom is not subject to the WMF Privacy Policy.

We can answer questions asked in English and a number of other languages. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the talk page or send them to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org. We hope to see you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 21:48, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Some scripts on Wikisource:Shared Scripts are outdated and unusable, and the list of deployments seem to be outdated too. Most of the scripts are not required for many Wikisource languages. --Bebiezaza (talk) 09:17, 25 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-26[edit]

20:02, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out![edit]

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Hi, Greetings

The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is announced!

We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images here

Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.

We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.

Thank you,

Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:13, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-27[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-28[edit]

19:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC)


Board of Trustees election 2022 -- Election Compass[edit]

Hi all,

The 2022 Board of Trustees elections are from 16 August 2022 to 30 August 2022.

Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect two candidates to a three-year term.
To make the election process more straightforward and to help the community members make informed decisions about candidates they want to support, we have prepared a tool called Election Compass.

How does the Election Compass work?
The 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 their answers 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 25 - August 3: Volunteers vote on the statements
  • August 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
  • August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
  • August 16: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision

Thank you!

Tech News: 2022-29[edit]

22:59, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Texts containing multiple languages[edit]

How does this website deal with ancient texts containing multiple languages such as the "三譯總解", which contains Chinese, Korean, and (presumably) Manchu?Blahhmosh (talk) 01:29, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Manchu does not have its own subdomain, so I consider the text belonging here.--Jusjih (talk) 01:36, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Let's talk about the Desktop Improvements[edit]

Join an online meeting with the team working on the Desktop Improvements! It will take place on 26 July 2022 at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC on Zoom. Click here to join. Meeting ID: 5304280674. Dial by your location.

Read more. See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 16:19, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-30[edit]

19:27, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-31[edit]

21:21, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Board of Trustees election 2022 -- Candidates[edit]

Hi all,

Affiliate representatives have finished voting.
The following six candidates were selected to continue to the community voting stage of the election:

For more information, see the statistics and the results.

Thanks to the community members who participated. The candidacy for the Board of Directors is not a small decision. The time and diligence that the candidates have shown so far speak of their commitment to the movement. Congratulations to the candidates who have been selected. We also express great respect and gratitude to those candidates who were not selected.

From these six candidates, the community will elect two who will become the new Trustees.
Community voting begins on August 16 and runs until August 30.


Next steps:

Before voting, plase take a moment to learn more about the candidates' positions. You can do this in one of the following ways:


If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Thank you!
--BPipal (WMF) (talk) 13:27, 3 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Movement Strategy and Governance

Tech News: 2022-32[edit]

19:49, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-33[edit]

21:08, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-34[edit]

00:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Voting has begun in the Board of Trustees elections![edit]

Hi all!

The community voting period for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections is now open.

Before you go on to vote you can:


Votes are accepted until September 6, 2022 at 23:59 UTC time (CET = UTC+2)
Vote now on the SecurePoll page.


Kind regards,
BPipal (WMF) (talk) 14:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-35[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-36[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-37[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-38[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-39[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-40[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-41[edit]

14:08, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

I have opened the above RFC on Meta, which would affect every Wikisource wiki that got its own domain. Rschen7754 03:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-42[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-43[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-44[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-45[edit]

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Requesting import from Thai Wikisource[edit]

Requesting import of these pages from Thai Wikisource to here as part of Pali Wikisource because according to Thai Wikisource's What is Wikisource#Language policy, "works in other languages, regardless of its usage of Thai script, are not acceptable at Thai Wikisource". The pages are listed below as they are currently listed for deletion over there.

Bebiezaza (talk) 16:59, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

pinging importers @Ooswesthoesbes, Jusjih, DeirdreAnne: --Bebiezaza (talk) 16:37, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Please make sure the broken templates and incorrect categorization is fixed. --Ooswesthoesbes (talk) 08:12, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done broken template and categorization fixed. --Bebiezaza (talk) 08:38, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-46[edit]

MediaWiki message delivery 21:54, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Transwiki import fra enWS: De Indis De Jure Belli[edit]

Recently the subject of a copyright discussion at enWS that concluded it is PD both at home and abroad. But the work is out of scope on enWS due to long swathes of non-English text (Latin and French at least). As best I can tell it should be in scope for mulWS, so… Anybody up for importing it here? Xover (talk) 13:32, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 14:30, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2022-47[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-48[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-49[edit]

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Tech News: 2022-50[edit]

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Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January[edit]

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(There is a translatable version of this message on MetaWiki)

Hello

The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.

We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!

The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:

  • Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
  • Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
  • Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
  • Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023

If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.

We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!

Thank you! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 16:43, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This WMF-banned pest is now active at Talk:State Anthem of the Soviet Union, which needs deletion, and probably salting in the future, given GRP's past editing trends. JavaHurricane (talk) 14:16, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also please delete User talk:Xania and Talk:Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey as vandalism. Thanks. Quangdat201 (talk) 14:29, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 14:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 14:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Koavf: he's back at Talk:Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. JavaHurricane (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And User talk: Xania too. JavaHurricane (talk) 16:14, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done :/ —Justin (koavf)TCM 16:58, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Talk:Anthem of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic now. -_-. JavaHurricane (talk) 06:11, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936)/1938.01.15 too. JavaHurricane (talk) 06:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
And Talk:Njet, Molotoff. GRP seems to be particularly active today. JavaHurricane (talk) 06:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done :/ —Justin (koavf)TCM 14:15, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936)/1938.01.15 was created again. I would propose to admins to delete it and set protection on creation: allowed only to confirmed users. --Nigmont (talk) 15:51, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 15:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Today's target: Talk:Вельхозяйственнай артельть примернай уставоц. JavaHurricane (talk) 03:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 04:52, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Talk:Советскяй Социалистическяй Республикань Союзть Конституцияц (1936). JavaHurricane (talk) 04:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 04:48, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm guessing this is the right place - but this WMF-banned obsessive pest is back on Template:Table style/parse - could someone please protect the page (blocking the IPs is useful, but not essential, as they are always throwaway P2P proxies), and please revdel the absurd libels. Thank you in advance - Antandrus (talk) 17:53, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 20:21, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Voting in the Wikimedia sound logo contest has started. From December 6 to 19, 2022, please play a part and help chose the sound that will identify Wikimedia content on audio devices. Learn more on Diff.

The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of volunteer screeners and the selection committee who, among others, helped bring us to where we are today. It is now up to Wikimedia to choose the Sound Of All Human Knowledge.

Best wishes, Arupako-WMF (talk) 15:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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