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Please note the usage of Template:Date

The correct usage is {{Date||MM|DD}}. If there is no year, please keep a blank but not delete the first parameter. What you wrote in Template:Main Page/WM News had made the Chinese version show a confusing version and I corrected them. Thank you. Hehua (talk) 01:01, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Well noted --- thank you for your feedback. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 10:24, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

FYI

Good day, I've requested for removal of your translation admin user right. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 14:56, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I have relayed this to my manager. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 18:13, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out Minorax. I'm Ramzy's manager and went over the revisions you've provided. We both understand better now the need to allow the translation system to provide the unit numbers automatically, from the guidance available. We appreciate your help in providing high-quality translation mark up and bringing this to our attention. Xeno (WMF) (talk) 21:01, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

@RamzyM, @Xeno, another issue: translatable headings should be followed with an empty new line. Sorry for pointing those kind of minor issues, but we are tired to fix them because WMF do not enough train its staff. -- Pols12 (talk) 17:06, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

@Pols12: hi, thanks for pointing this out. I followed the markup examples in this MediaWiki guide that says "Headings can in principle be tied to the following paragraph, but it is better to have them separated with an empty line." Appreciate you for reminding this best practice from your perspective. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 05:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this misrecommendation: if headings are alone in their own unit, an English anchor is added on translation page, which allow to make links-to-section with Special:MyLanguage. That feature probably didn’t exist when the guide was edited. I am fixing this page. -- Pols12 (talk) 11:50, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Pols12! RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:01, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

PEarley

Hi. I noticed that you marked PEarley (WMF) as being former staff, but they still have their user groups and haven't been locked (which I believe is what usually happens for former staff). Just wanted to check if Patrick is still staff or not (feel free to weigh in if you see this ping too, Patrick!). Sdrqaz (talk) 13:16, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Sdrqaz, thanks for your question. I put the mark to avoid confusion should there's anyone mentioned or asked questions to Patrick in regard to the ongoing U4C election. Let me confirm back for you on this one. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 01:37, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I don't really understand how the addition of the template is related to the election, unless Patrick will be leaving the Foundation soon and you don't want them to get questions about it. Thank you for asking for further information. Sdrqaz (talk) 01:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I see that my question was resolved ... Thanks for your help. Sdrqaz (talk) 21:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I wasn't able to say more about this until the usual lock is implemented :) Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 10:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Question

I have a question that (I think) most people want to ask all U4C candidates, but I can’t ask it myself because I’m not an eligible voter. Can you ask it for me? The question is below.

Systemic issues

Would you be willing to investigate your most commonly edited wiki for systemic issues, even if doing so causes you to be socially ostracized on that wiki? [insert signature here] Adrianmn1110 (talk) 13:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Adrianmn1110, thanks for your message. Unfortunately, it would not be appropriate for me as support staff for this election to ask a question to the candidates on behalf of another individual. I hope you understand this situation here. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 12:40, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:24, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

U4C

Dear Ramzy,

How you do? Thank you for your kind reminder of the election. Unfortunately, it is not my intention to vote. Basically, I lost clue of whatever the vote is about. And I don't have the time, the resources, and the vocation to start an in depth study of such matters, as they seem to have moved way beyond the understanding of the average human being, to enter the realm of the experts, connosieurs and -I guess- interested parties.

Therefore, I have decided to devote my energies -these being in increasingly shorter supply- to the endavours that fulfil more directly and in a way that I manage to understand the improvement of my intellect. Those activities being partly Wikimedia related, but also including non Wikimedia parts.

I find very frustrating and quite contradictory that an organization trying to reach everybody has developed into some kind of bureaucratic behemoth. Such things happen!

Thanks a lot for your very kind communication and receive my best wishes. B25es (talk) 05:55, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@B25es: hi there, thanks for your thoughtful message. I appreciate your stance and hope that the development of the Universal Code of Conduct system in the future can be beneficial for Wikimedians like you and me. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:16, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

It says Sorry, you are not in the predetermined list of users authorized to vote in this election. Why are you sending me a reminder on a talkpage if I cannot vote??? Ludost Mlačani (talk) 07:20, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ludost Mlačani the Message says: You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process. It would be an extraordinary effort to limit those messages to only those who are eligible. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 08:11, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ludost Mlačani: hi there, we sent the reminder to all users that voted in the Enforcement Guidelines ratification vote (both the first and the second) and/or the U4C charter vote. Indeed, it looks like that you are not eligible to vote for this election based on the voting criteria for editors. We hope that you can be involved in other ways for the UCoC process in the future. Thanks, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:20, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Waren1 voted for the first U4C

Dear Ramzy! Thanks a lot for reminding me about the current vote to elect the members of the first U4C. I took part in the voting today. Waren1 (talk) 08:47, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Waren1. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:21, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

MassMessage

Hi there, I just thought I'd give you a heads-up that the MassMessage that was received on my and other simplewiki talk pages had redlinks in (here) as they weren't linked to meta. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 20:29, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Indeed, Ferien, it looks like for some languages and spaces it's not properly marked. Apologies for that, we will make sure it's properly checked before sending next time. Thanks for the ping. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:22, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

ambox also for i18n? (Ratification vote)

Hi, Ramzy, Wish we will have the ambox as well for internationalization. Ventured to add translate tags, what do you think? Kindly, -- Omotecho (talk) 11:53, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

No objection to that, although we will not move the ambox content to votewiki. Thanks for thinking about it :) RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 13:37, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Draft of Movement Charter

Hi, I see you uploaded the final version of the Movement Charter. Where can I find the draft that was published last February? Ad Huikeshoven (talk) 15:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Ad Huikeshoven: the previous draft version was published in April, and is available at {{Movement Charter/Navbox}} under "Published in 2024". RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 15:56, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Please undelete Movement Charter/Content/One-page draft to allow the two versions to be directly compared. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 18:59, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

@AntiCompositeNumber: you can compare the current version with two previous versions: Movement Charter/May 2023 version and Movement Charter/April 2024 version. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 01:31, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)

A group of SWANs heading to the meeting

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

texts forwarded to Wikipedia Ligure

Hi, I am one of the admin on Wiki Ligure. As you posted your latest communications in Italian on the English page of our community, we changed the text back to the original text. We do not depend on Wiki Italia, although most of our users also speak and write in Italian. Please forward the original text in English next time. Luensu1959 (talk) 12:11, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Luensu1959:, thanks for your message. As far as I understand (and I'm not a MediaWiki developer), Italian is the fallback language for Ligurian; which means if there's no Ligurian version of a MassMessage but there's one in Italian, you will receive the message in Italian. This is my understanding based on this .svg of MW fallback chains. If you wish to update this preference, I think my colleague Niklas Laxström can help you to the right direction. Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

So far we have received messages in Italian and English. That is why we have in place since many years two different pages for our community (one is Pòrtego da Comunitæ and the other is Community Portal). If things keep changing "up above", we can only reiterate our wish every time that there is a change. Thx, I will write to your colleague. sincerely, Luensu1959 (talk) 07:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Please vote?

Hello RamzyM, I saw your post here on Meta with the request: please vote.

In 2008 I made some minor edits on the Turkish Wikipedia to remove cross wiki self promotion with an English-French text on that Turkish Wikipedia. Soon after that my user account was blocked there because of my user name. It seems that having the letters 'b o t' somewhere in a user name is a valid reason to block a user there. So names like Bottum-Up, Arbotech, Talbot, No-sabotage or Lobotomy are not allowed. Also my username 'Robotje' was automatically blacklisted. A few weeks later the single user login functionality became available and my account there was link to the several dozens of other accounts of me in Wikimedia projects.

Since I don't speak Turkish, I don't know how to fix that. Without that block I would have been able to vote but now I am not able to vote because of some eligibility rule. I want to vote, you requested me to vote but I can't because there is some 16 year old block on my account on the Turkish Wikipedia because of my user name. Please help me to get this fixed. - Robotje (talk) 16:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

As you can see here I am still blocked at the Turkish Wikipedia. Are you willing to take this up and if not, what can I do to get ghis fixed? - Robotje (talk) 10:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Robotje: hi, thanks for your message and apologies for the late reply. I am unfamiliar with local process to appeal a block at trwiki. Your best bet would be the embassy for non-Turkish speaking editors, although I see that page has been marked historical of some sort. Although even if you're able to get the block lifted at trwiki, I see that you have an indefinite block over at nlwiki, which would unfortunately render you ineligible to vote for the election anyway -- I'm sure that you would be more knowledgeable than me about how to appeal this locally. Apologies for being not be able of further help. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 14:01, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I don't understand why that block on nl-wiki would make me not eligible to vote. Here it says "not be site-wide blocked in more than one public project". If the tr-wiki block would be lifted, there would only one block remain. So being blocked in more than one public project would be no longer true. Or do I miss something? The Embassy of tr-wiki is blocked for me as Robotje. So maybe creating another account there without the b-o-t combination is then the only option, since the reason for blocking me there is not edits I made but some b-o-t rule for accounts. - Robotje (talk) 17:20, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Don’t reuse old unit markers

Dear RamzyM,

As Minorax told you last year, you should not reuse Translate markers when the paragraph is fully replaced with another one. You have marked Movement Charter Ratification FAQ whereas NPhan_(WMF) wrongly reused and added unit markers. As a translation admin, you have the responsibility to check changes before marking them for translation. I admit this is not a real issue in this case, since the text was not, fortunately, translated yet. Also, you unexpectedly removed a useful `tvar` which allowed translators to get email address without painfully copying it out with the risk of adding a typo.

By the way, you may also want to avoid adding plain text email address because it is much easier for spam bot to read them and send spam to it: {{@}} template may help you. I’m using it, please remove it if you still prefer a plain text address.

Regards, -- Pols12 (talk) 20:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, Pols12. RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 08:31, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Die Abstimmung zur Ratifizierung der Charta der Wikimedia-Bewegung geht zu Ende

Die Seite heißt de:Wikipedia:Fragen zur Wikipedia und bedeutet, dass dort Fragen zur Wikipedia gestellt werden können. Der Beitrag zur Abstimmung ist dort völlig fehl am Platz. Bitte vorher informieren, wo solch ein Beitrag passend eingestellt werden könnte und nicht einfach irgendwo abkippen. Danke, --141.51.38.92 15:25, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your note. That page was added back in August 2016 to Distribution list/Global message delivery, where all global deliveries were sent. If you think it shouldn't be sent there, feel free to remove it if there's a local consensus to do so. Thanks, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 15:35, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

U4C info banner translation

Hi @RamzyM (WMF).
Since you marked the U4C 2024 Special Election page for translation, I'm messaging you, but feel free to redirect me elsewhere. I'm trying to translate the U4C Special Election info into French so we can share it. However I can't find the spot/code/whatever to translate the info banner "The call for candidates for the special election of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) begins on 10 July 2024". It's not in the code on the EN page, not in the translation page for the FR one, yet highlighted as outdated... Could you assist?
Also this page should be marked for translation.
Thanks!
SophieWMCA (talk) 14:49, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@SophieWMCA: hi Sophie, thanks for your help with this. You can translate the banner over at {{Universal Code of Conduct/Header}}. I will mark the /Election page for translation as well, Cheers, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 16:46, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Awesome! Everything is now translated. Thank you. SophieWMCA (talk) 17:37, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)

SWANs gathering for a conversation

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Requesting of Information on User Group Recognition

Hello User:RamzyM (WMF) I hope this message meet you in good health and high spirit,Am writing this message to you on behalf of Fulfulde Wikimedians Community to request for an update about User Group recognition, the procedure, criteria and requirements. Fulani215 (talk) 12:18, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

@Fulani215: hi there, apologies for the delay in my reply -- I've just got back from Wikimania + time off. Would you be able to send an email to cstwikimediaorg pertaining to this request? Many thanks, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 05:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback,

I will surely do that Fulani215 (talk) 12:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello User: RamzyM (WMF) I have send the email as you recommend since last month but no any feedback, am sending this message as a fellow up to Know where the problem is from.

Thank you very much for your time. Fulani215 (talk) 11:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of August 2024. Please help translate

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Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

• Language Community meeting (August 30 at 15:00 UTC).
• Cross-Regional Grantee Partner Learning Conversation Part 1 (August 31 at 07:00 UTC, in English, French, and Chinese Mandarin).
• The Wikimedia+Libraries Convention 2025 will take place in Mexico City from January 15-17, 2025. The scholarship application deadline is August 31.
• ESEAP Community Call (September 8 at 07:00 UTC).

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Highlights of the Product & Technology department's recent work in improving the user experience.
• Editor tools related to references & categories and more tech updates on the latest Tech News.
• Outreachy (a paid, remote three-month internship to support underrepresented groups in tech) is open. Mentors should submit projects before September 11 at 16:00 UTC (more info).
• The Campaign Events extension is now available on Meta-Wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested in other language wikis.
• The Campaigns teams would like to learn more about how your communities do online collaboration such as WikiProjects, please take this Google Form survey or share examples of successful collaborations on Meta Wiki.
• Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
• Applications for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are still open until September 16.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Central Asian community members share their thoughts on Wikimania 2024.
• Take a look at updates on new feature developments and improvements in various language-related technical projects in the July 2024 edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.
• The Conference and Events Fund is open for submission until September 2.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Meet the Wikimedia Foundation Global Advocacy Team.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Some next steps on a movement charter: A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander, Chair of Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, and Chair of Governance Committee, Dariusz Jemielniak.
• Elections for four community-and-affiliate elected seats on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will be held from September 3 to September 17. To learn more about the candidates, watch this short "Meet the Candidates" presentations.

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Reversions

Greetings Ramzy and welcome to the community,

You undid a modification fixing the Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Voter eligibility guidelines page without justification. When you think there is a minor problem in a change (made in good faith), please explain it to the responsible editor instead (at least at first). If you decide to undo the change:

• always explain what you think is wrong
• do not mark your reversion as a minor edit (unless it is partial or it reverts your own change).

If you think the page should not be edited directly as your edit summary suggests, please add a discussion topic on the page's Talk page, so that administrators with the necessary authorizations can take any necessary measure. Chealer (talk) 12:20, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 1

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of September 2024. Please help Translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

• The Voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election is open until September 17. Go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote.
• Scholarship application for Wikisource Conference 2025 in Bali, Indonesia is open until September 20.
• WikiConference Nigeria 2024 will be held in Abuja, Nigeria from September 12–14.
• Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024 will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye on September 20–22.
• Celtic Knot Wikimedia Languages Conference will take place in Waterford City, Ireland on September 25–27.
• Italian WikiConference will be held in Padua, Italy on September 27–29.
• Join Wiki Loves Onam, a photo campaign dedicated to documenting the vibrant and colorful festival of Onam on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign runs until September 30.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes.
• The Alternative Text suggested edits feature has now been fully deployed to production on the iOS App for Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and French Wikipedias! This feature, part of WE1.2, is designed to enhance how newcomers add alt text to images, aiming to improve accessibility and engagement. For more details, visit the project page and explore the new feature in the app!
• Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualization can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help test the charts.
• A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia’s APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.
• More recent tech updates from Tech News.
• The latest status updates from Wikifunctions.
• Help us find WikiProjects or other online collaboration spaces!

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Revamping Movement Strategy Grants with Hub Focus.
• Watch the recordings of Let's Connect Grantee Partner Learning Conversation: Conversation #1 with Wiki in Africa, Wiki Advocates Philippines, and Indic MediaWiki Developers UG and Conversation #2 with Wikimedia Community UG Malta, Wikimedia MA UG, and Wikimedia Canada.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Wikimedia Foundation defeats gambling magnate’s lawsuit in Germany.
• Wikimedia Indonesia and UNESCO Jakarta Team Up Against Harmful Content Online.
• Child Rights Impact Assessment at EduWiki Knowledge Showcase and more: Latest updates from the Global Advocacy team.
• Protecting the people: Some recommendations for safety while contributing to Wikimedia projects.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• The Movement Charter Drafting Committee published their recommendations and bid farewell.
• Read updates from the July 2024 Wikimedia Endowment Board Meeting.
• Learn more about 12 candidates running for 4 seats on the Board by reading their statements and their answers to community questions.
• See the new members of the U4C following the results of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election, a new decision making group that will enforce the UCoC in specific circumstances.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:40, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of September 2024. Please help Translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimedia event at the United Nations

Talking: 2024 continues

• "Wikimania Katowice coverage travels around the world" – a curated list of community and media coverage of Wikimania 2024. Over 100 pieces so far have been published about the event.
• WikiForHumanRights will lead a conversation about the future of the campaign with the Africa region on September 25 at 15:00 UTC.
• Let’s Connect: “Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia” will take place on September 26 at 15:00 UTC.
• Wikisource Conference 2025, the deadline for scholarship applications  has been extended to September 29.
• Big Fat Brussels Meeting 9 will be held in Brussels, Belgium from September 29–30.
• WikiConference North America will be held in Indianapolis, USA from October 3–6.
• WikiIndaba Conference 2024 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from October 4–6.
• Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS 2024): will be held in Hyderabad, India from October 4–5.
• ESEAP Community Call will be held on October 6 at 07:00 UTC.
• Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025 is accepting submissions until October 6.
• The Language and Product Localisation team is hosting two office hours to discuss this year's plans and gather feedback from event organizers. The first session is October 5 at 16:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly), and the second is on October 6 at 03:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly).

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• MediaWiki Product Insights: The latest edition includes details about: research about hook handlers to help simplify development, research about performance improvements, work to improve the REST API for end-users, and more.
• Tech News: Find out about the new automated Special:NamespaceInfo page, the latest Wishlist focus area, Template recall and discovery, and more recent tech updates.
• Wikidata Query Service: A new change to Wikidata Query Service will impact certain uses. The project will enter a transition period until the end of February 2025. For more details, visit the announcement page.
• Wikimedia Enterprise: Enhanced Free API Accounts: Recurring Credits and More Frequent Updates, early beta release of Structured Contents in Snapshot API, and early beta dataset release to Hugging Face.
• Wikifunctions: Status updates from September 20.
• Wikipedia Mobile Apps: Over 20,000 images have been added via the "Add an Image" feature on both iOS and Android (T372954)!
• Knowledge is Human: Read about ongoing work on the 2024 iteration of the "Knowledge is Human" public awareness campaign
• Server Switch: A server switch was completed successfully on September 25 with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 45 seconds.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase with the theme of Curation of Wikimedia AI Datasets.
• Conference and Event Fund: Updates and changes to the Conference and Event Fund program beginning in September 2024.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• UN Summit of the Future Action Days: Watch the Wikimedia event titled "The Power of the Commons: Digital Public Goods for a more secure, inclusive, and resilient world" at The Summit of the Future. This is expected to result in a negotiated Global Digital Compact, which represents the final phase of our movement-wide campaign to impact the text of the Global Digital Compact.
• Wikipedia and the Digital Services Act: Lessons on the strength of community and the future of internet regulation.

Foundation statements

• Ahead of UN General Assembly, Wikimedia Foundation calls on governments to ensure the future internet is shaped by communities for the public interest.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 17:10, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 1

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of October 2024. Please help Translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

WikiArabia 2024

Talking: 2024 continues

• WikiArabia Conference 2024 will be held in Muscat, Oman, from October 25 to 27.
• WikiConvention francophone 2024 will be held in Québec, Canada, from November 2 to 3.
• AffCom, Case Review Committee (CRC) and the Ombuds commission (OC) are seeking new member applications from October 14.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure

See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Tech News: Updates on Dark Mode, Vector 2022 skin, CampaignEvents extension, and more on tech news.
• Translation suggestion: Sign up to participate in the test project, Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists, which will help organisers identify and add relevant content based on high-impact topics to their Wikipedia.
• Wikifunctions: Status updates from September 26.
• Wikipedia Apps: Check out the latest issue of the Apps Quarterly Newsletter!

Annual Goals Progress on Equity

See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• WikiWomen Summit: Event summary at Wikimania 2024.
• Let's Connect: Watch recordings of the session Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia.
• WikiLearn: The latest online learning opportunities created by Wikimedians for Wikimedians.
• Indonesia: Training for Indonesian Wikipedia Administrators to Safeguard Knowledge Integrity Ahead of the Regional Elections

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity

See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Mexico: Wikimedia Foundation files amicus brief in Mexico urging continued use of intermediary liability protections for user-generated content in Richter v. Google.
• Paraguay: Wikimedia Foundation to Paraguayan Supreme Court: Do not allow people to abuse the law to suppress legitimate information
• Global: Celebrating a legal victory in Germany against censorship, reflections on Open Culture strategic workshop, and more global advocacy updates.

Board and Board committee updates

See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Governance: Update from Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, a proposal to ask for help and co-creation in Movement Charter Mapping Exercise.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news

See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:31, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of October 2024. Please help translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues

WikiForHumanRights

• How Wikipedia is staying relevant in the AI era: Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander talks about Wikipedia and AI in an interview with the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast.
• Wiki for Human Rights is organizing a call for South Asia, East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific communities to discuss the Future of WikiForHumanRights on October 24 at 10 UTC.
• Campaign Events tool: a call with the Indonesian communities will be hosted on October 25.
• Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists project: an office hour with event/campaign organisers and contributors who use Content Translation tool will be hosted on October 26th. Visit this page for more details.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Tech News: In issue 2024/42, read about the removal of the Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow), work on making text searches easier, and more. In issue 2024/43, read about improvements to mobile app navigation, temporary accounts pilot details, the Content Discovery Experiments, and more updates.
• MediaWiki: The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available and include updates on Wikimedia’s authentication system, research to simplify feature development in the MediaWiki platform, and more.
• CampaignEvents extension: The CampaignEvents extension provides tools to create, manage, and promote collaborative activities on the wikis, such as edit-a-thons, meetups, and more. You can visit the Deployment page to learn how to get the extension on your wiki.
• Research: The Research team and collaborators are launching new research on editors with extended rights.
• New Content Translation feature: Translators using Content Translation on wikis with mobile support can now customize their article suggestions with 41 filtering options. This feature helps translators find relevant articles based on their interests for translation.
• Wikifunctions: We are collecting feedback on the "About" widget that shows more info about the functions. Also, status updates from October 11 and October 17.
• Temporary Accounts: Temporary accounts will begin rolling out on October 29 to production wikis with an aim to do a complete deployment by May 2025. You can see the deployment plan and timeline on the project page. As we rollout this change, it is likely that some tools (gadgets, user scripts, templates and bots) will be impacted by it. We have a developer FAQ to help developers with making necessary changes to their maintained tool(s). Please let us know on our talk page if you have any tool in mind that may need updating or if you need help with updating your maintained tools.
• Knowledge is Human campaign: The Communications department has just launched a public awareness campaign (landing page) to showcase how real articles are edited and highlight Wikipedia as a source of information ahead of the 2024 “Big English” fundraising drive.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta-Wiki

• Grants: Announcing the newest round of Knowledge Equity Fund grantees.
• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase with the theme of Wikipedia for Political and Election Analysis.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Latest transparency report: The latest Transparency Report, covering the period from January to June 2024, is now live on the Foundation website. View also highlights from the report.

Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Elections: Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections has been announced.
• Affiliates Strategy: Implementation status of a new affiliate health criteria and changes to User Groups recognition process.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news
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• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:52, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin November Issue 1

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of November 2024. Please help translate.

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WikiCelebrate Mārtiņš Bruņenieks

Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues

• Commons Community Call: The first community call with Wikimedia Commons volunteers and stakeholders to help prioritize support efforts for 2025-2026 Fiscal Year will take place on November 21. The theme of this call will be about how content should be organised on Wikimedia Commons. The call will be hosted by Chief Product and Technology Officer Selena Deckelmann.
• Conferencia Justicia climática Perú 2024: Conference on climate justice, indigenous voices and Wikimedia platform will be held in Huaraz, Peru from November 8 to 10.
• Affiliations Committee: Applications for joining the Affiliations Committee is open until November 18.
• Ombuds Commission and Case Review Committee: Applications for joining the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee are open until December 2.
• Language community meeting: A language community meeting will be hosted on November 29, 16:00 UTC, discussing technical updates and problem-solving.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Advisory Council: The new Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) was announced. The PTAC will try to publish a set of community-validated recommendations that can serve as a potential 2-3 year blueprint for product and technical success.
• Wikifunctions: The Abstract Wikipedia team is working toward a rewrite of our backend services in a different programming language, likely Rust. More status updates.
• Tech News: The Guided Tour extension, which help newcomers understand how to edit, now works with dark mode; Wikipedia readers can now download a browser extension to experiment with potential features that making it easier for readers to discover information on the wikis. More tech updates from tech news 44 and 43.
• Temporary accounts: Logged-out editors on 12 wikis, including Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Danish, and Cantonese Wikipedia, receive temporary accounts now. This new account type enhances the privacy of logged-out editors and makes it easier for community members to communicate with them. Read the new Diff post to learn more about temporary accounts.
• Mobile apps: The Mobile Apps team has released an update to the iOS app’s navigation, now available in the latest App store version.
• Campaign Events Extension: The Campaign Events extension is now live on two more wikis, Wikidata and the Spanish Wikipedia.
• Admin Retention: A survey on Wikipedia Administrator Recruitment, Retention, and Attrition is open until November 11. As part of the Foundation's 2024-2025 Annual Plan, the research team and collaborators are studying recruitment, retention, and attrition patterns among long-tenured community members in official moderation and administration roles.
• Knowledge is Human: The campaign web page, which educates visitors on Wikipedia’s model and why it’s trustworthy, has earned over 140,000 clicks. The campaign has increased pageviews on WikimediaFoundation.org by more than 50%.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity
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• WikiCelebrate: From making a minor maintenance edit in 2005 to being one of the most appreciated Wikimedians in the Central Eastern European (CEE) region: this month we celebrate Mārtiņš Bruņenieks.
• Wiki Loves Earth: Mountains, Birds and Lakes – Central Asia Edition
• Future of Language Incubation: As part of a new Future of Language Incubation initiative to support language onboarding, Wikipedia is now live for five languages: Pannonian Rusyn, Tai Nüa, Iban, Obolo, and Southern Ndebele.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Global Advocacy: Reflecting on the anniversary of the EU’s Digital Service Act (DSA), Wikimedians share successes and public policy priorities at digital rights Global Gathering event, and more global advocacy updates.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

• English Fundraising: The Road to Launch: Wikimedia’s 2024 English Fundraising Campaign.
• Fundraising Report: Our annual fundraising report for the 2023-2024 fiscal year is published. Last year, we had over 8 million donors giving an average donation of m:Fundraising/2023-24 Report0.58. We ran campaigns in 33 countries, 18 languages, and received donations from over 200 countries.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:33, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin November Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation from November 7 to November 21, 2024. Please help translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues

Scholarships open for Wikimania 2025

• Conversation with the trustees: Speak directly with the Wikimedia Foundation trustees about their work at the next Conversation with the Trustees on 27 November from 12:00 – 13:30 UTC.
• Wikimedia Hackathon: Registration is now open for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, May 2–4, 2025.
• Language Community: The next language community meeting will be held on November 29 at 16:00 UTC.
• Wikimania 2025: Application for scholarship to attend Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi is open until the end of December 8.
• Central Asian WikiCon: The Central Asian WikiCon 2025 will take place on April 19–20, 2025, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Applications to be part of the Program and Scholarship Committee is open until November 30.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Tech News: Admins and users of the Wikimedia projects where Automoderator is enabled can now monitor and evaluate important metrics related to Automoderator's actions; Stewards can now make global account blocks cause global autoblocks. Learn about the latest tech updates from tech news 45, 46, and 47.
• Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions now has a new Type: rational numbers. They expand the ability to deal with numbers considerably, allowing us to work with fractions and decimals, and not just whole numbers anymore. More status updates.
• Temporary accounts: We are rolling out temporary accounts for unregistered (logged-out) editors for more wikis including Romanian, Serbian, Danish, and Norwegian Bokmål.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta-Wiki

• Language & Internationalization: The fifth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter is available. Some key highlights: Mooré Wikipedia is live; Keyboard Layouts for Multiple Languages Added; New Projects Added to Translatewiki.net.
• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase which looked at external factors that help different language versions of Wikipedia thrive.
• Wikipedia Library: What's new in the Wikipedia Library?
• Tulu Wikisource: Welcoming Tulu Wikisource.
• CEE Meeting 2024: Highlights from Central Asian community members at the CEE Meeting 2024.
• Let's Connect: Let's Connect Learning clinic on Gender Sensitivity Training within Wikimedia communities was held on November 22.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

• Audit reports 2023-24: Highlights from the fiscal year 2023–2024 Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Endowment audit reports.
• Wikimedia Enterprise: Financial report of Wikimedia Enterprise for the fiscal year 2023–2024.

Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Updates: The Board met in Katowice, Poland on August 5 and held its quarterly business meeting before Wikimania. Learn more about the outcomes of the meeting.
• AffCom: The Affiliates Committee has resumed User Group recognition work after a pause to improve the User Group recognition process.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 18:18, 25 November 2024 (UTC)