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Wikiaineistosta
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Tällä sivulla keskustellaan Wikiaineistosta. Lisää kysymyksesi alimmaiseksi ja anna aiheelle otsikko, niin saamme sivun pysymään järjestyksessä ja tulevaisuudessa uudet kysymykset on helppo havaita.

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  3. arkisto vuosilta  2009–2010
  4. arkisto vuosilta  2011–2012
  5. arkisto vuodelta 2013
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  7. arkisto vuodelta 2015
  8. arkisto vuodelta 2016
  9. arkisto vuodelta 2017
  10. arkisto vuodelta 2018


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FileExporter beta feature[muokkaa]

Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 14. tammikuuta 2019 kello 09.41 (UTC)[vastaa]

No editing for 30 minutes on 17 January[muokkaa]

You will not be able to edit the wikis for up to 30 minutes on 17 January 07:00 UTC. This is because of a database problem that has to be fixed immediately. You can still read the wikis. Some wikis are not affected. They don't get this message. You can see which wikis are not affected on this page. Most wikis are affected. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes. /Johan (WMF)

16. tammikuuta 2019 kello 18.38 (UTC)

Talk to us about talking[muokkaa]

Trizek (WMF) 21. helmikuuta 2019 kello 15.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

OCR painike?[muokkaa]

Onko johonkin piilotettu samanlainen OCR-painike kuin en-wikiaineistossa, jolla saa skannattua sivun sisällön (uudelleen) tekstiksi? Sivulta Sivu:Lukion_taulukot.pdf/82 puuttuvat kaikki taulukon numerot. jni (keskustelu) 6. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 08.07 (UTC)[vastaa]

Toi näyttää olevan joku botti (https://tools.wmflabs.org/phetools/) ja siihen liittyvä pienoisohjelma (en:MediaWiki:Gadget-ocr.js), jota ei ole täällä. Täytyy kattoa, jos sen saa toimimaan täälläkin. --Hunsvotti (keskustelu) 6. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 18.03 (UTC)[vastaa]
Se toimii, jos laitat tämän koodin omalle Common.js-sivulle. Rivi 103 pitää muuttaa muotoon:
		filters: [ 'body.ns-250' ],

--Hunsvotti (keskustelu) 6. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 18.28 (UTC)[vastaa]

Kiitos! Sain tämän toimimaan. jni (keskustelu) 7. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 05.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

Read-only mode for up to 30 minutes on 11 April[muokkaa]

8. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 10.56 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Medium-Term Plan feedback request[muokkaa]

Please help translate to your language

The Wikimedia Foundation has published a Medium-Term Plan proposal covering the next 3–5 years. We want your feedback! Please leave all comments and questions, in any language, on the talk page, by April 20. Kiitos! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 12. huhtikuuta 2019 kello 17.35 (UTC)[vastaa]

Kirjalähteet-haun hakulinkki Helsingin yliopiston kirjastojen hakuun ei toimi[muokkaa]

Kyseinen linkin kohdeosoite on http://pandora.lib.hel.fi/cgi-bin/mhask/monihask.py

--109.240.103.162 23. kesäkuuta 2019 kello 14.35 (UTC)[vastaa]

Update on the consultation about office actions[muokkaa]

Hello all,

Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust & Safety team announced a future consultation about partial and/or temporary office actions. We want to let you know that the draft version of this consultation has now been posted on Meta.

This is a draft. It is not intended to be the consultation itself, which will be posted on Meta likely in early September. Please do not treat this draft as a consultation. Instead, we ask your assistance in forming the final language for the consultation.

For that end, we would like your input over the next couple of weeks about what questions the consultation should ask about partial and temporary Foundation office action bans and how it should be formatted. Please post it on the draft talk page. Our goal is to provide space for the community to discuss all the aspects of these office actions that need to be discussed, and we want to ensure with your feedback that the consultation is presented in the best way to encourage frank and constructive conversation.

Please visit the consultation draft on Meta-wiki and leave your comments on the draft’s talk page about what the consultation should look like and what questions it should ask.

Thank you for your input! -- The Trust & Safety team 16. elokuuta 2019 kello 08.03 (UTC)

New tools and IP masking[muokkaa]

21. elokuuta 2019 kello 14.19 (UTC)

Finlands Allmänna Tidning[muokkaa]

Kanske är det intressant att veta, att svenska Wikisource har några nummer av den svenskspråkiga sv:Kategori:Finlands Allmänna Tidning (alltså Virallinen lehti). Bland annat kan man där följa vad som hände på teatern i Helsingfors i mars 1878. Dessa nummer har ju digitaliserats av finska bibliotek, varifrån PDF:er har kopierats till Commons. Men OCR-tolkningen i dessa PDF:er är ganska dålig (särskilt vad gäller separationen av spalter), så korrekturläsningen inom Wikisource gör nytta för sökbarheten. --LA2 (keskustelu) 18. syyskuuta 2019 kello 13.24 (UTC)[vastaa]

The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started[muokkaa]

-- Kbrown (WMF) 30. syyskuuta 2019 kello 17.14 (UTC)[vastaa]

Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project[muokkaa]

16. lokakuuta 2019 kello 07.15 (UTC)

Community Wishlist 2020[muokkaa]

IFried (WMF) 4. marraskuuta 2019 kello 19.30 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wiki Loves Folklore[muokkaa]

Hello Folks,

Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as Wiki Loves Folklore from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at Wikimedia Commons. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at Meta-Wiki and Commons.

Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
— Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk)
sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 18. tammikuuta 2020 kello 06.14 (UTC)
[vastaa]

Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project[muokkaa]

Hello

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wikimedia volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.

To learn more about the project, please visit the Meta page. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete this simple Google form. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!

-- LMiranda (WMF) (talk) 22. tammikuuta 2020 kello 19.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikisource Conference in Warsaw[muokkaa]

Dear Wikisource Community,

Meeting the Wikisource community expectations, we are working with Wikimedia Polska and Wikimedia Foundation on organiziing the 2nd Wikisource Conference in Warsaw. We already had a survey that showed high interest in the Conference within the community. We also had recently a meeting on the conference organization process and its requirements. However, we are still at a very early stage of the Conference organization process. But we are hoping this event will happen in September this year.

In order to apply for Wikimedia Foundation support, we need some input from the community about the Conference goals and the community expectations. If you are a wikisourcian, you wish to participate the conference or you wish to help the Wikisource community that the conference take place, please fill the short survey linked below before January 29 (due to short deadline for grant applications). Please, also share this request among Your communities. Here is the link to the survey

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf7FnFgMLPHeyWtBqjgXwLDYvh5vxeTnsZ0OIjTdSDrZlX0PA/viewform

Feel free to contact us, if you have any questions, suggestions, proposals, or if you wish to help us in any other way.

On behalf of the Organizing Commitee,

Nicolas Vigneron

Satdeep Gill

Ankry

Additional interface for edit conflicts on talk pages[muokkaa]

Sorry, for writing this text in English. If you could help to translate it, it would be appreciated.

You might know the new interface for edit conflicts (currently a beta feature). Now, Wikimedia Germany is designing an additional interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This interface is shown to you when you write on a discussion page and another person writes a discussion post in the same line and saves it before you do. With this additional editing conflict interface you can adjust the order of the comments and edit your comment. We are inviting everyone to have a look at the planned feature. Let us know what you think on our central feedback page! -- For the Technical Wishes Team: Max Klemm (WMDE) 26. helmikuuta 2020 kello 14.14 (UTC)[vastaa]

Community Tech Launches Wikisource Improvement Initiative[muokkaa]

This message is in English, but we encourage translation into other languages. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

We hope you are all healthy and safe in these difficult times.

The Community Tech team has just launched a new initiative to improve Wikisource. We will be addressing five separate wishes, which came out of the 2020 Community Wishlist Survey, and we want you to be a part of the process! The projects include the following:

For the first project, the team will focus on the #1 wish: improve ebook exports. We have created a project page, which includes an analysis of the ebook export process. We now invite everyone to visit the page and share their feedback on the project talk page. Please let us know what you think of our analysis; we want to hear from all of you! Furthermore, we hope that you will participate in the other Wikisource improvement projects, which we’ll address in the future. Thank you in advance and we look forward to reading your feedback on the ebook export improvement talk page!

-- IFried (WMF) (Product Manager, Community Tech)

Sent by Satdeep Gill (WMF) using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 28. toukokuuta 2020 kello 10.46 (UTC)[vastaa]

Community Tech Launches Wikisource Improvement Initiative[muokkaa]

Apologies for the broken links in the previous message. This message is in English, but we encourage translation into other languages. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

We hope you are all healthy and safe in these difficult times.

The Community Tech team has just launched a new initiative to improve Wikisource. We will be addressing five separate wishes, which came out of the 2020 Community Wishlist Survey, and we want you to be a part of the process! The projects include the following:

For the first project, the team will focus on the #1 wish: improve ebook exports. We have created a project page, which includes an analysis of the ebook export process. We now invite everyone to visit the page and share their feedback on the project talk page. Please let us know what you think of our analysis; we want to hear from all of you! Furthermore, we hope that you will participate in the other Wikisource improvement projects, which we’ll address in the future. Thank you in advance and we look forward to reading your feedback on the ebook export improvement talk page!

-- IFried (WMF) (Product Manager, Community Tech)

Sent by Satdeep Gill (WMF) using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 28. toukokuuta 2020 kello 10.51 (UTC)[vastaa]

Tämä artikkeli -malline[muokkaa]

Tämä artikkeli -mallinetta ei ilmeisesti ole täällä. Miten merkitään viittaukset saman nimiseen? Tehtynä Laulu (Aleksei Koltsov) ja Kyntäjän laulu (Aleksei Koltsov/Larin-Kyösti), joihin pitäisi viitata. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 18. kesäkuuta 2020 kello 14.49 (UTC)[vastaa]

Jos samalla nimellä on useampia teos, olen käyttänyt sulkeissa olevana tarkenteena tekijöiden sukunimiä. Jos useampi samalla nimellä oleva on saman tekijän, olen käyttänyt kääntäjän sukunimeä. Jos sekään ei vielä auta, olen turvautunut vuosilukuun tai viimeisenä teoksen alkusanoihin. Tämä siksi, että olen koettanut pitää sivujen nimet mahdollisimman lyhyinä. Täsmennyssivulla (esim. Laulu on kerrottu sitten, mitä kaikkia teoksia sillä nimellä on tarjolla. Jos toiseen versioon haluaa viitata toisesta versiosta, voisi laittaa vaikka loppuun Katso myös -osion. – Nysalor (keskustelu) 18. kesäkuuta 2020 kello 20.36 (UTC)[vastaa]
OK, muutan nuo jossain vaiheessa. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 22. kesäkuuta 2020 kello 08.03 (UTC)[vastaa]

Feedback on movement names[muokkaa]

Hei. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language if necessary. Kiitos!

There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.

Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.

Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.

Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement, --The Brand Project team, 2. heinäkuuta 2020 kello 19.39 (UTC)

Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.

Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia[muokkaa]

Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) 9. heinäkuuta 2020 kello 20.10 (UTC) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement [vastaa]

Technical Wishes: FileExporter and FileImporter become default features on all Wikis[muokkaa]

Max Klemm (WMDE) 6. elokuuta 2020 kello 09.13 (UTC)[vastaa]

Otto Mannisen kuolemasta 70v.[muokkaa]

Onko ainoa Ilias-suomennos nyt vapaata kamaa? --Huffendal (keskustelu) 16. elokuuta 2020 kello 19.57 (UTC)[vastaa]

Ei vielä, sillä tekijänoikeudet raukeavat vasta seuraavan vuoden alussa, kun ”70 vuotta on kulunut tekijän tai, jos kysymys on 6 §:ssä tarkoitetusta teoksesta, viimeksi kuolleen tekijän kuolinvuodesta” (tekijänoikeuslain 43 §), eivät vielä silloin, kun kuolinpäivästä tulee 70 vuotta. Vähän täytyy siis odottaa. – Nysalor (keskustelu) 16. elokuuta 2020 kello 20.32 (UTC)[vastaa]

Feedback requested: Ebook Export Improvement Project[muokkaa]

Note: This message is in English, but we encourage translation into other languages. Thank you!

Hello, everyone!

I am pleased to announce that the Community Tech team at WMF has posted our August update on the Wikisource Ebook Export Improvement project! This project came out of our 2020 Community Wishlist Survey, and it was the #1 wish voted on by survey participants.

So, what does this mean? In short, we want your feedback! Now that we have posted the August update, we want to know what you think. The update includes findings from our community consultation, results from two separate analyses conducted by the team (on improving WSExport reliability & font rendering support), and proposed next steps. It is our hope that people can read our analysis, share their feedback, and engage in a conversation with us on the talk page. Your feedback will be invaluable, and it will help determine the next steps of the project.

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the consultation so far! It's been a joy to explore how we can improve the ebook export experience. Now, we look forward to reading a new round of feedback on the project talk page!

-- IFried (WMF) (Product Manager, Community Tech)

Sent by User:SGill (WMF) using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 17. elokuuta 2020 kello 12.14 (UTC)[vastaa]

Important: maintenance operation on September 1st[muokkaa]

Trizek (WMF) (talk) 26. elokuuta 2020 kello 13.49 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to participate in the conversation[muokkaa]

Wikisource Pagelist Widget: Ready to be enabled[muokkaa]

Note: This message is in English, but we encourage translation into other languages. Thank you!

Hello everyone,

We are excited to announce that the Wikisource Pagelist widget is now available to be enabled on all Wikisources. Any interface admin on your wiki can enable it by using the instructions on the following page:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:ProofreadPage/Pagelist_widget

In case, your wiki doesn’t have an interface admin, reach out to us on the ‘Help with enabling the widget on your wiki’ section of the project talk page and we will connect you with a global interface admin:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikisource_Pagelist_Widget#Help_with_enabling_the_widget_on_your_wiki

You will need to hold a local discussion around what would be the labels for different page types in your language for the visual mode. (For example, ToC = ਤਤਕਰਾ in Punjabi, title = শিরোনাম in Bengali)

Feel free to also give us any feedback on the project talk page on Meta-Wiki as well.

Regards

Sohom Datta

Sent by Satdeep Gill (WMF) using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 15. syyskuuta 2020 kello 05.56 (UTC) [vastaa]

Olen käyttöliittymän yp, mutta en tiedä tästä mitään. Täällä on sisällöntuottajia (mm. Hunsvotti), jotka voisivat tutustua laitteeseen ja kertoa, pitääkö se kytkeä päälle täällä. Lisäksi toki Nysalor on sisällöntuottaja ja myöskin käyttöliittymän ylläpitäjä. --Pxos (keskustelu) 22. syyskuuta 2020 kello 17.52 (UTC)[vastaa]
Mielestäni tämä vaikuttaisi hyödylliseltä. Perusmuotoinen pagelistin hallinta on käytettävyydeltään nykystandardeilla hirveä. --Shinnin (keskustelu) 29. syyskuuta 2020 kello 21.12 (UTC)[vastaa]
En tiedä varmasti, mutta kokeile näin:
--Hunsvotti (keskustelu) 16. lokakuuta 2020 kello 13.51 (UTC)[vastaa]
Päätin kokeilemisen sijasta ottaa huomioon sellaisenkin mahdollisuuden, että Hunsvotti pääsisi kenties ihan itse kokeilemaan asioita meidän muiden puolesta. Kysyin häntä ylläpitäjäksi tänne. Mikäli tässä osiossa mainitun ominaisuuden käyttöön ottamisella ei ole kiirettä, niin minusta olisi parempi, että tänne hankittaisiin uusi tekninen asiantuntija, joka voisi ihan itse parantaa projektin kellokoneistoa. Itse olen melko laiska ja hieman tyhmäkin. --Pxos (keskustelu) 17. lokakuuta 2020 kello 14.58 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikisource Pagelist Widget: Wikisource Meetup (29th September 2020)[muokkaa]

Hello everyone,

We hope you are doing well!

We reached out to you a couple of weeks ago to share that Wikisource Pagelist Widget is now ready to be enabled to Wikisource. Since then, many language Wikisources have enabled the widget but many are yet to do so.

So, we have decided to organize a Wikisource Meetup to give a live demonstration on how to use the widget in both wikitext and visual modes. There will be some time for the participants to share their feedback and experience with the widget. We will also provide support in case some Wikisource communities are seeking help in enabling the widget.

The meetup will take place on 29 September 2020 at 9:30 AM UTC or 3 PM IST. Google Meet link for the meeting is: http://meet.google.com/khu-dfph-qsd

Looking forward to seeing the global Wikisource community connect amid these difficult times when physical meetings have not been taking place.

P.S. If you are planning to attend this meetup and are comfortable in sharing your email address then send us your confirmation in the form of a small email to sgill@wikimedia.org, this will help us in getting a sense of the number of people that are planning to show-up. We are aware that this time-zone is not convenient for everyone and more meetups can be organized in the future.

Regards

Sohom, Sam and Satdeep

Sent by Satdeep using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 24. syyskuuta 2020 kello 11.03 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wiki of functions naming contest[muokkaa]

29. syyskuuta 2020 kello 21.13 (UTC)

Vaakunattomien kuntien vaakunat[muokkaa]

Hei, Olen saanut heraldikko Tapani Talarilta haltuuni tämän suunnittelemien vaakunattomien kuntien perinnevaakunoiden piirrokset ja selitykset. Tarkoituksenani on julkaista nämä piirrokset Wikipediassa, ja sain Talarilta tähän luvan käymässämme sähköpostikeskustelussa. Jotta voin kuitenkin merkitä Wikipediassa näille piirroksille tarkistettavan lähteen, olisi minun ensin saatava julkaistua saamani tiedosto. Wikipedian kahvihuoneesta minut ohjattiin kysymään täältä, olisiko tämä paikka, jossa kyseiset piirrokset voisi julkaista, ja jota voisi käyttää lähdeviittauksena Wikipediassa.

Vaakunapiirrokset ja -selitykset ovat yhdessä 12-sivuisessa pdf-tiedostossa. Lisäksi Talari on kirjoittanut perustelun jokaisen vaakunan aiheesta. Jokaisella sivulla on myös Talarin nimi, vuosiluku, kotisivujen osoite ja sähköpostiosoite. Wikipediassa tarkoituksena on julkaista tästä pdf:stä irrotetut svg-tiedostot jokaisesta vaakunasta ja viitata tähän tiedostoon lähteenä, sillä ko. vaakunapiirroksia tai niiden selityksiä ei juuri netistä löydy.

Kysymys siis yksinkertaisuudessaan kuuluu, voiko tällaista aineistoa julkaista täällä. Jos voi, niin millä lisenssillä?

Wikipedian puolella aiheesta on keskusteltu tästä näkökulmasta yllä linkitetyssä Kahvihuone-keskustelussa ja merkittävyysnäkökulmasta artikkelin Suomen kunnanvaakunat keskustelusivulla.

--Samppa Pamppanen (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 12.41 (UTC)[vastaa]

Kerrotaan myös täällä, että Wikiaineistossa ei ole mitään kovin selvää linjaa siitä, mitä täällä saa olla. Yleistason luettelo sallitusta materiaalista on enemmän tai vähemmän peräisin projektin perustamisvaiheesta, kun taas tallennettujen tiedostojen luettelosta huomaa, että tänne on tallennettu kaikenlaista sekalaista aineistoa ilman keskustelua. Siellä on myös pdf-tiedostoja, joten puhtaan teknisesti tänne voi tallentaa pdf-tiedostoja. On aivan eri kysymys sitten, onko se tekijänoikeudellisesti tai tämän projektin tarkoituksen kannalta sallittua. Toivottavasti tästä syntyy keskustelua, joka johtaa ratkaisuun. --Pxos (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 12.52 (UTC)[vastaa]
Kuten Pxos yllä, niin näkisin, että tämä on ensisijaisesti tekijänoikeuskysymys. En tunne tarkemmin mitä linjaa Wikiaineisto noudattaa tässä suhteessa, mutta kun Wikimediaprojekteissa yleensä ovat käytössä avoimet lisenssit, niin voisi silloin kuvoitella, että niin on tälläkin, ja silloin taas vastaavasti tavalla toisella, eli esim. otrs-menettely ainakin Wikipediassa, en tiedä miten täällä, on hankittava kelvollinen varmistus siitä, että että luvan antaja todella varmasti on tietoinen juuri tässä projektissa vaaditun lisenssin sisältämistä ehdoista ja hyväksyy ne, ja vielä jos kyseessä on tilaustyö, niin varmistus sille, pitääkö lupa kysyä myös tilaajalta, vai onko mahdolliseseti tarpeen julkaista vain sitaattioikeudella. Jos Wikiaineiston käyttäjissä on tekijänoikeuskysymyksiä tuntevia, niin kuin ehkä onkin, niin täältä ehkä tähän voi saada vastausta.--Urjanhai (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 13.28 (UTC)[vastaa]
Lisätiedoksi ilmoitan, että täällä ehdotettiin ainakin vuonna 2014 ja toisen kerran vuonna 2017, että paikallinen tiedoston tallennusmahdollisuus suljettaisiin ja että kaikki tiedostot ladattaisiin vain Commonsiin. Mikäli ehdotukset olisi hyväksytty, koko tätä keskustelua ei käytäisi lainkaan vaan tuollainen tiedosto olisi pitänyt tarjota Commonsiin ja keksiä siellä ratkaisu. Lisäksi jo vuonna 2014 yritin avata keskustelua koskien lähinnä pdf-tiedostojen tallentamista, mutta yksinpä jäin alliksi kalliolle asiasta päättämään, kun kukaan ei ottanut asiaan kantaa 10 päivään eikä senkään jälkeen, kun ilmoitin päättäneeni asian yksin diktaattorina. Ilmeisesti siis vuoden 2014 yhteisö hyväksyi ratkaisuni. Toisaalta tuostakin hiljaisuudesta huomaa, että enemmän tekijänoikeusaktiiveja löytää varmasti Commonsista, jossa lisenssikysymykset ovat arkipäivää. Voisi tietysti ajatella, että aineistoa sittenkin tarjottaisiin ensiksi Commonsiin niin, että mainitulta Tapani Talarilta kysyttäisiin tarkemmin aineiston käyttöoikeuksien laajuudesta. Kun sitaattioikeus ei oikein ulotu siihen, että voitaisiin vain tallentaa koko 12-sivuinen tiedosto jonnekin ja käyttää sitaattioikeutta sitten murto-osina yksittäisiin kuviin. --Pxos (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 13.47 (UTC)[vastaa]
Ehkä sitaattioikeudella voisi julkaista lähinnä aineistosta irroitettuja yksittäisiä kuvia wikipedia-artikkelien yhteydessä, mikäli siihen vaihtoehtoon muutoin päädyttäisiin. Koska Suomen asioista luultavasti tiedetään paremmin fi-wikipedian puolella kuin maailmanlaajuisen commonsin, jonka suomen asioista perillä olevat käyttäjät lisäksi todennäköisesti enimmältä osin todennäköisestoi ovat myös fi-wikipediassa, niin kannattaisiko vielä sitä ennen kystyä fi-wikipedian tekijänoikeuskahvihuoneesta? Tämä on kuitenkin niin kiinteästi juuri Suomen tekijänoikeuslainsäädännöstä riippuva kysymys.--Urjanhai (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 16.42 (UTC)[vastaa]
Ei tästä nyt pidä tehdä liian vaikeaa juridista kysymystä, johon haetaan vastauksia ympäri eri paikkoja koko ajan. Kaikki osapuolet ovat elossa ja tavoitettavissa. Talarilta on saatu lupa kuvien käyttämiseen, mutta kukaan ei varmaan ole selittänyt asioita tarkemmin, vaikka juuri keskustelu Talari & Pamppanen olisi tässä olennaisita käydä eikä suinkaan hedelmätön pohdinta täällä. Tänne ei saa tallentaa aineistoa, joka on tekijänoikeuden suojaamaa, joten ilman Talarin nimenomaista lupaa mitään 12-sivuista tiedostoa tänne ei saa tallentaa, koska ajatuksena on, että aineisto on täällä joko vapaata tai vähintään CC-BS:ttiä. Ihan turha keksiä mitään sitaattioikeuden laajennuksia väkisin. Talarille pitää selittää, että tänne halutaan tallentaa hänen työnsä vapaasti käytettäväksi Wikiprojektien välillä. Jos lupa tulee ja se voidaan todistettavasti jonnekin tallentaa (OTRS), niin homma käy. Lisenssiksi CC-BY-SA-3.0. Jos Talari ei tuollaista lupaa anna, niin ei käy. Tämä on aika helppo "kivi–paperikori–ja–sakset"-tekniikka. --Pxos (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 17.58 (UTC)[vastaa]
Commonsissahan taas pdf-tiedostoja on runsasti, joten siellä se ei ymmärtääkseni olisi minkäänlainen ongelma, vaan kysymys on kai vain ja ainoastaan siitä, järjestyykö julkaiseminen tekijänoikeuskysymysten puolesta. Joskin toisaalta muunkielisiin Wikiaineistoihin kai on on suurina massoina skannattu esim. kirjoja ao. wikiaineistoa vastaavien maiden kansalliskirjastoista, mutta en nyt ole perillä, onko skannaus ollut vain tekstimuotoisen lopputuoteen nvaatima välituote vaiko myös (rinnakkainen?) lopputuote. Mutta sitä ennenkin joka tapauksessa kysymys on tekijänoikeuksista. --Urjanhai (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 16.44 (UTC)[vastaa]
Summatakseni siis tähänastisen keskustelun: pdf-tiedoston lataaminen ei ole ongelma Wikiaineistoihin, vaan ongelma odotetusti on tekijänoikeuksissa. Pyysin Talarilta vaakunapiirroksia ja selityksiä Wikipediassa julkaistaviksi, ja oletan hänen kyllä sisäistäneen sen keskustelumme perusteella, kun hän esimerkiksi kertoi lähettävänsä ne muodossa "jossa ne on helppo julkaista netissä." Voin kuitenkin vielä kysyä häneltä varmistuksen, että hän ymmärtää varmasti, mistä on kyse, jos se riittää siihen, että voin tiedoston julkaista. Eikös tuolla Pxosin linkkaamalla Mikä on Wikiaineisto? -sivulla sanota, että aineiston on oltava vapaata tai sen julkaisuun on oltava tekijänoikeuden haltijan lupa? Tässä tapauksessahan lupa on, ja voin sen vielä tarvittaessa varmistaa. Tuolla sitaattioikeudellahan Wikipediassa on käytetty niitä luovutettujen alueiden perinneseurojen vaakunoita, mutta erona tähän tapaukseen niissä on se, että ne on aiemmin jo julkaistu netissä ja Suomen kuntavaakunat -kirjassa. Tässä tapauksessa kyse on käytännössä vaakunoiden ensijulkaisusta. --Samppa Pamppanen (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 17.58 (UTC)[vastaa]
Vain Urjanhai, joka ei oikeastaan edes ole mikään päätösvaltainen Wikiaineiston yhteisön jäsen (vrt. äänioikeus Wikiaineistossa), on puhunut yksinomaan tekijänoikeuksista ja kääntänyt keskustelun pääosin koskemaan niitä. Tekijänoikeuskysymykset eivät ole varsinaisesti tärkein kysymys vaan pelkästään osa problematiikkaa. Wikiaineistoa ei sinänsä ole tarkoitettu ensijulkaisupaikaksi millekään, vaan tämä on lähinnä tarkoitettu aiemmin julkaistun, vapaan tai suurin piirtein vapaan materiaalin tallennuspaikaksi. Englanninkielisessä Wikiaineistossa on enemmän selityksiä tähän. Lisäksi ei tämä ole mitenkään selvä pelkästään yhden puolipäivän mittaisen keskustelun perusteella eikä keskustelua ole vielä syytä summata. Tämä on kiinnostava kysymys, ja Wikiaineiston yhteisölle pitää antaa tilaisuus ottaa kantaa tähän monipuolisesti, jos paikallinen väki haluaa keskusteluun osallistua. On selvää, että aineisto on hyödyllistä ja sen julkaisemiseen on varmasti Talarin lupa. Pitää vain pohtia, onko tämä projekti oikea aineiston ensijulkaisuun vai minne se mahtaa sopia. Keskustelu on vielä ihan kesken. Ainakin yp-kollega Nysalor, joka on ollut täällä aina, voisi lausua tähän jotain. --Pxos (keskustelu) 3. lokakuuta 2020 kello 19.59 (UTC)[vastaa]
Tekijänoikeusnäkökulmasta on hyvä huomioida, että tänne laitetun aineiston täytyy olla vapaasti levitettävissä myös eteenpäin ja myös muunneltavissa. Toisin sanoen vaakunapiirustuksia pitäisi olla lupa myös muunnella eli tehdä niistä vapaasti erilaisia versioita tai käyttää jonkin uuden teoksen osana, jos ne halutaan laittaa tänne. Lisenssi on Creative Commons Nimeä-JaaSamoin 3.0 Ei sovitettu (CC BY-SA 3.0). Kannattaa siis katsoa tuolta lisenssin ehdot, ja tekijän tulee ne hyväksyä, jotta aineisto olisi mahdollista laittaa tänne tekijänoikeuksien näkökulmasta.
Toinen juttu ovat sitten tämän projektin periaatteet. Wikiaineisto on ensisijaisesti tarkoitettu jo muualle julkaistulle aineistolle, ei uusien teosten ensimmäiseksi julkaisupaikaksi, johon taas sopii paremmin Wikikirjasto. Wikiaineistolla on kohtalaisen selkeä listaus sallitusta sisällöstä sivulla Wikiaineisto:Mikä on Wikiaineisto?, eikä siinä rajoiteta materiaalin muotoa. Pdf-tiedosto ei toki käytettävyydeltään ole ihan paras mahdollinen.
Kallistuisin siis vähän sille kannalle, ettei materiaali varmaan ole tänne sopivaa, jos kyse on tekijän itse luomasta materiaalista, joka julkaistaisiin nyt täällä ensimmäistä kertaa. – Nysalor (keskustelu) 4. lokakuuta 2020 kello 20.00 (UTC)[vastaa]

Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric[muokkaa]

Hei. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language.

Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details, check the full announcement.

Kiitos! Qgil-WMF (talk) 7. lokakuuta 2020 kello 17.10 (UTC)[vastaa]

Important: maintenance operation on October 27[muokkaa]

-- Trizek (WMF) (talk) 21. lokakuuta 2020 kello 17.11 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2[muokkaa]

5. marraskuuta 2020 kello 22.11 (UTC)

Update to ICU Unicode library[muokkaa]

Trizek (WMF) 16. marraskuuta 2020 kello 14.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

20. marraskuuta 2020 kello 18.11 (UTC)

Global bot policy proposal: invitation to a Meta discussion[muokkaa]

Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist[muokkaa]

2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th[muokkaa]

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

11. joulukuuta 2020 kello 15.58 (UTC)

Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event[muokkaa]

Wikimania's logo.

Hei. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language. Kiitos!

Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.

ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team, 27. tammikuuta 2021 kello 15.16 (UTC)

Project Grant Open Call[muokkaa]

This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.

For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:

Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!

Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantsMalline:Atwikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 28. tammikuuta 2021 kello 08.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back![muokkaa]

Please help translate to your language

You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.

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

Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.

Kind regards,

Wiki loves Folklore International Team

MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 6. helmikuuta 2021 kello 13.25 (UTC)[vastaa]

Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally[muokkaa]

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Hello everyone,

I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project: m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.

In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.

This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like WP:NPOV, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.

As far as I can see, Wikiaineisto currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.

I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.

Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about this proposal.

Best regards,
--Martin Urbanec (talk) 18. helmikuuta 2021 kello 14.12 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikifunctions logo contest[muokkaa]

2. maaliskuuta 2021 kello 01.49 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations[muokkaa]

Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2[muokkaa]

Please help translate to your language

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.

Drafting Committee: Call for applications[muokkaa]

The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.

To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.

2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators[muokkaa]

From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.

To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.

-- Xeno (WMF) (talk) 5. huhtikuuta 2021 kello 22.15 (UTC)[vastaa]

Global bot policy changes[muokkaa]

Line numbering coming soon to all wikis[muokkaa]

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 12. huhtikuuta 2021 kello 15.08 (UTC)[vastaa]

Suggested Values[muokkaa]

Timur Vorkul (WMDE) 22. huhtikuuta 2021 kello 14.08 (UTC)[vastaa]

Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1[muokkaa]

Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read the full newsletter


Welcome to the first issue of Universal Code of Conduct News! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.

Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to subscribe here.

You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please add your name here if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.

  • Affiliate consultations – Wikimedia affiliates of all sizes and types were invited to participate in the UCoC affiliate consultation throughout March and April 2021. (continue reading)
  • 2021 key consultations – The Wikimedia Foundation held enforcement key questions consultations in April and May 2021 to request input about UCoC enforcement from the broader Wikimedia community. (continue reading)
  • Roundtable discussions – The UCoC facilitation team hosted two 90-minute-long public roundtable discussions in May 2021 to discuss UCoC key enforcement questions. More conversations are scheduled. (continue reading)
  • Phase 2 drafting committee – The drafting committee for the phase 2 of the UCoC started their work on 12 May 2021. Read more about their work. (continue reading)
  • Diff blogs – The UCoC facilitators wrote several blog posts based on interesting findings and insights from each community during local project consultation that took place in the 1st quarter of 2021. (continue reading)

--MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 11. kesäkuuta 2021 kello 23.06 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikimania 2021: Individual Program Submissions[muokkaa]

Dear all,

Wikimania 2021 will be hosted virtually for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2021.

Event Program - Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information here.

Below are some links to guide you through;

Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.

Announcements- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section here.

Office Hour - If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found here.

Best regards,

MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 16. kesäkuuta 2021 kello 04.19 (UTC)[vastaa]

On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team

Editing news 2021 #2[muokkaa]

24. kesäkuuta 2021 kello 14.15 (UTC)

Server switch[muokkaa]

SGrabarczuk (WMF) 27. kesäkuuta 2021 kello 01.19 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikisource Satisfaction Survey 2021[muokkaa]

Malline:Dir Hei!

Apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your language

In the past year, there has been a lot of changes to Wikisource features and tools. This was done by the Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation, grantees funded by the Foundation or through projects like Google Summer of Code. We would like to understand what you feel about the changes. Tell us what you think about such tools as the Wikisource Pagelist Widget or the new Ebook Export tool.

Take the survey in English, French, Spanish, Polish, Hindi or Punjabi. The deadline is 25th July 2021.

This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement (English, Spanish, French, Polish, Hindi and Punjabi).

If you prefer to send your answers via email, copy the text of the survey and send to sgill@wikimedia.org.

If you have any questions or feedback about the survey, write to me at sgill@wikimedia.org.

Kiitos! SGill (WMF) 16. heinäkuuta 2021 kello 22.30 (UTC)[vastaa]

Tämä artikkeli[muokkaa]

Täällä ei taida olla Tämä artikkeli -mallinetta. Tehdäänkö sitten kahdestakin saman nimisestä täsmennyssivu. Kyse on runoista Lepo ja Lepo. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 28. heinäkuuta 2021 kello 15.58 (UTC)[vastaa]

Kyllä, kahdesta tai useammasta samannimisestä tekstissä voi tehdä täsmennyssivun. Itse tekstisivuihin voi laittaa tarkenteeksi sulkuihin tekijän sukunimen. Lisäämäsi runon suomentajan suhteen on kuitenkin ongelma, koska Hilja Haahti kuoli vasta 1966. Siten suomennos ei ole vielä Suomen tekijänoikeuslain mukaan vapautunut, joten jouduin poistamaan runon. Kansalliskirjasto on voinut julkaista tekijänoikeuden alaista materiaalia digitoiduissa lehdissä tekijänoikeusjärjestön kanssa tehdyn sopimuksen perusteella, mutta se ei anna lupaa jakaa vielä suojan piireissä olevia tekstejä täällä. – Nysalor (keskustelu) 28. heinäkuuta 2021 kello 20.36 (UTC)[vastaa]
Hyvä huomio, en ollenkaan tajunnut että Haahti on elänyt vielä noin myöhään. Hän tuntuisi kuuluneen 1930-luvulle. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 17. elokuuta 2021 kello 12.52 (UTC)[vastaa]

Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review[muokkaa]

The Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee would like comments about the enforcement draft guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period is planned for 17 August 2021 through 17 October 2021.

These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward. The committee will revise the guidelines based upon community input.

Comments can be shared in any language on the draft review talk page and multiple other venues. Community members are encouraged to organize conversations in their communities.

There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines:

Wikimania 2021 session (recorded 16 August)
Conversation hours - 24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
Roundtable calls - 18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC

Summaries of discussions will be posted every two weeks here.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Xeno (WMF) 17. elokuuta 2021 kello 22.46 (UTC)[vastaa]

Update on the OCR Improvements[muokkaa]

Hello! Sorry for writing in English. Please help translate to your language.

The OCR Improvements are complete. We, the Community Tech team, are grateful for your feedback from the beginning to the last stage when we were finalizing the interface.

Engine improvements[muokkaa]

OCR menu in toolbar
OCR menu in toolbar
Reliability

Prior to our work, the OCR tools were separate gadgets. We have added "Wikimedia OCR." It is available under one icon inside the toolbar on all Wikisource wikis. This tool supports two other OCR tools, Tesseract and Google OCR. We expect these tools to be more stable. We will maintain Wikimedia OCR.

The gadgets will remain available. The communities will have sovereignty over when to enable or disable these.

Speed

Prior to this work, transcription would take upwards of 40 seconds. Our improvements average a transcription time under 4 seconds.

Advanced Tools improvements[muokkaa]

Multiple-language support

Documents with multiple languages can be transcribed in a new way.

  1. Open the Lisäasetukset
  2. Select the Languages (optional) field
  3. Search for and enter the languages in order of prevalence in the document.
UI Crop tool in Advanced tools
Cropping tool / Multi-column support

We have included a Cropper tool. It allows to select regions to transcribe on pages with complicated layouts.

Discoverability and accessibility of OCR

We have added an interface for new users. It is pulsating blue dots over the new icon in the toolbar. The new interface explains what OCR means and what transcription means in Wikisource.

We believe that you will do even more great things because of these changes. We also hope to see you at the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. Thanks you again for all your opinions and support.

Please share your opinions on the project talk page!

NRodriguez (WMF) and SGrabarczuk (WMF) 19. elokuuta 2021 kello 01.57 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election has come to an end[muokkaa]

Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data, including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the Elections Committee completes their review of the ballots. The official announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.

6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2% global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In 2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced during the election.

Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees election will be even better.

1. syyskuuta 2021 kello 20.50 (UTC)

The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January[muokkaa]

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 7. syyskuuta 2021 kello 00.23 (UTC)[vastaa]

Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee ending 14 September 2021[muokkaa]

Movement Strategy announces the Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 14, 2021.

The Committee is expected to represent diversity in the Movement. Diversity includes gender, language, geography, and experience. This comprises participation in projects, affiliates, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

English fluency is not required to become a member. If needed, translation and interpretation support is provided. Members will receive an allowance to offset participation costs. It is US$100 every two months.

We are looking for people who have some of the following skills:

  • Know how to write collaboratively. (demonstrated experience is a plus)
  • Are ready to find compromises.
  • Focus on inclusion and diversity.
  • Have knowledge of community consultations.
  • Have intercultural communication experience.
  • Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or communities.
  • Have experience negotiating with different parties.

The Committee is expected to start with 15 people. If there are 20 or more candidates, a mixed election and selection process will happen. If there are 19 or fewer candidates, then the process of selection without election takes place.

Will you help move Wikimedia forward in this important role? Submit your candidacy here. Please contact strategy2030(_AT_)wikimedia.org with questions.

Xeno (WMF) 10. syyskuuta 2021 kello 16.50 (UTC)[vastaa]

Server switch[muokkaa]

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (keskustelu) 11. syyskuuta 2021 kello 00.46 (UTC)[vastaa]

Talk to the Community Tech[muokkaa]

Malline:Dir

Read this message in another languagePlease help translate to your language

Hello!

As we have recently announced, we, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on September 15th, 23:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.

Agenda

Format

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

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

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

Invitation link

See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (keskustelu) 11. syyskuuta 2021 kello 03.04 (UTC)[vastaa]

Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open[muokkaa]

Voting for the election for the members for the Movement Charter drafting committee is now open. In total, 70 Wikimedians from around the world are running for 7 seats in these elections.

Voting is open from October 12 to October 24, 2021.

The committee will consist of 15 members in total: The online communities vote for 7 members, 6 members will be selected by the Wikimedia affiliates through a parallel process, and 2 members will be appointed by the Wikimedia Foundation. The plan is to assemble the committee by November 1, 2021.

Learn about each candidate to inform your vote in the language that you prefer: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>

Learn about the Drafting Committee: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>

We are piloting a voting advice application for this election. Click yourself through the tool and you will see which candidate is closest to you! Check at <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>

Read the full announcement: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>

Go vote at SecurePoll on: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>

Best,

Movement Strategy & Governance Team, Wikimedia Foundation

Xeno (WMF) 14. lokakuuta 2021 kello 00.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

Learn how Movement Strategy Implementation Grants can support your Movement Strategy plans[muokkaa]

Movement Strategy Implementation grants now provide more than $2,000 USD to put Movement Strategy plans into action. Find out more about Movement Strategy Implementation grants, the criteria, and how to apply.

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) (talk) 13:30, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Meet the new Movement Charter Drafting Committee members[muokkaa]

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee election and selection processes are complete.

The committee will convene soon to start its work. The committee can appoint up to three more members to bridge diversity and expertise gaps.

If you are interested in engaging with Movement Charter drafting process, follow the updates on Meta and join the Telegram group.

With thanks from the Movement Strategy and Governance team

5. marraskuuta 2021 kello 15.53 (UTC)

Celebrating 18 years of Wikisource[muokkaa]

Hello Wikisource enthusiasts and friends of Wikisource,

I hope you are doing alright! I would like to invite you to celebrate 18 years of Wikisource.

The first birthday party is being organized on 24 November 2021 from 1:30 - 3:00 PM UTC (check your local time) where the incoming CEO of the WMF, Maryana Iskendar, will be joining us. Feel free to drop me a message on my talk page, telegram (@satdeep) or via email (sgillMalline:@wikimedia.org) to add your email address to the calendar invite.

Maryana is hoping to learn more about the Wikisource community and the project at this event and it would be really nice if you can share your answers to the following questions:

  • What motivates you to contribute to Wikisource?
  • What makes the Wikisource community special?
  • What are the major challenges facing the movement going forward?
  • What are your questions to Maryana?

You can share your responses during the live event but in case the date and the time doesn't work for you, you can share your responses on the event page on Wikisource or in case you would like to remain anonymous, you can share your responses directly with me.

Also, feel free to reach out to me in case you would like to give a short presentation about your and your community's work at the beginning of the session.

We are running a poll to find the best date and time to organize the second birthday party on the weekend right after 24th November. Please share your availability on the following link by next Friday:

https://framadate.org/zHOi5pZvhgDy6SXn

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 12. marraskuuta 2021 kello 09.10 (UTC)[vastaa]

on behalf of User:SGill (WMF)

Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections[muokkaa]

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

The Board of Trustees is preparing a call for feedback about the upcoming Board Elections, from January 7 - February 10, 2022.

While details will be finalized the week before the call, we have confirmed at least two questions that will be asked during this call for feedback:

  • What is the best way to ensure fair representation of emerging communities among the Board?
  • What involvement should candidates have during the election?

While additional questions may be added, the Movement Strategy and Governance team wants to provide time for community members and affiliates to consider and prepare ideas on the confirmed questions before the call opens. We apologize for not having a complete list of questions at this time. The list of questions should only grow by one or two questions. The intention is to not overwhelm the community with requests, but provide notice and welcome feedback on these important questions.

Do you want to help organize local conversation during this Call?

Contact the Movement Strategy and Governance team on Meta, on Telegram, or via email at msg(_AT_)wikimedia.org.

Reach out if you have any questions or concerns. The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be minimally staffed until January 3. Please excuse any delayed response during this time. We also recognize some community members and affiliates are offline during the December holidays. We apologize if our message has reached you while you are on holiday.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Kiitos. Xeno (WMF) 27. joulukuuta 2021 kello 17.33 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wiki Loves Folklore is back![muokkaa]

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

--MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 9. tammikuuta 2022 kello 13.15 (UTC)[vastaa]

2022 yhteisön toivelistakysely[muokkaa]

Vuoden 2022 yhteisön toivelistakysely on nyt auki!

Tämä kysely on prosessi, jossa yhteisöt päättävät, minkä kanssa [m:Special:MyLanguage/Community Tech|Community Tech]] -tiimin pitäisi työskennellä ensi vuoden aikana. Kannustamme kaikkia jättämään ehdotuksia ennen kyselyn sulkeutumista 23. tammikuuta, tai ehdottamaan parannuksia jo tehtyihin ehdotuksiin.

Yhteisöt äänestävät ehdotuksista 28. tammikuuta ja 11. helmikuuta välillä.

Community Tech -tiimi työskentelee kokeneiden Wikimedia-muokkaajien työkalujen kehittämisessä. Voit kirjoittaa ehdotuksia millä tahansa kielellä, ja käännämme ne sinulle. Kiitos, ja odotamme innolla ehdotuksiasi! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 10. tammikuuta 2022 kello 20.20 (UTC)[vastaa]

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

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

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

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

Join the conversation.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Xeno (WMF) 15. tammikuuta 2022 kello 00.30 (UTC)[vastaa]

Subscribe to the This Month in Education newsletter - learn from others and share your stories[muokkaa]

Dear community members,

Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.

If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.

Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.

More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.

For more information, please contact spatnaikMalline:@wikimedia.org.


About This Month in Education · Subscribe/Unsubscribe · Global message delivery · For the team: ZI Jony (Talk), maanantai 21:04, 18 maaliskuu 2024 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5[muokkaa]

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)

Xeno (WMF) 29. tammikuuta 2022 kello 03.12 (UTC)[vastaa]

Updates on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines Review[muokkaa]

Hello, I have an update on the vote on the enforcement guidelines that was mentioned above. Xeno (WMF) (keskustelu) 4. helmikuuta 2022 kello 02.47 (UTC)[vastaa]


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

Hello everyone,

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the Universal Code of Conduct across the movement. Comments about the guidelines can be shared here or the Meta-wiki talk page.

There will be conversations on Zoom on 4 February 2022 at 15:00 UTC, 25 February 2022 at 12:00 UTC, and 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Join the UCoC project team and drafting committee members to discuss the guidelines and voting process.

The timeline is available on Meta-wiki. The voting period is March 7 to 21. See the voting information page for more details.

Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.

Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

Leadership Development Task Force: Your feedback is appreciated[muokkaa]

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

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

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

Xeno (WMF) 9. helmikuuta 2022 kello 02.20 (UTC)[vastaa]

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

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 (keskustelu) 22. helmikuuta 2022 kello 04.50 (UTC)[vastaa]

Coming soon[muokkaa]

- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 28. helmikuuta 2022 kello 12.38 (UTC)[vastaa]

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

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:

  • A community panel recorded on 18 February 2022 shares perspectives from small- and medium-sized community participants.
  • The Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team is hosting Conversation Hours on 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Please sign-up to interact with the project team and the drafting committee about the updated enforcement guidelines and the ratification process. See the Conversation Hour summaries for notes from 4 February 2022 and 25 February 2022.

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

Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance
Wikimedia Foundation

Xeno (WMF) 2. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 02.17 (UTC)[vastaa]

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022[muokkaa]

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,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Wikimedia Foundation

Xeno (WMF) 8. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 00.52 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to Hubs event: Global Conversation on 2022-03-12 at 13:00 UTC[muokkaa]

Hello!

The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation would like to invite you to the next event about "Regional and Thematic Hubs". The Wikimedia Movement is in the process of understanding what Regional and Thematic Hubs should be. Our workshop in November was a good start (read the report), but we're not finished yet.

Over the last weeks we conducted about 16 interviews with groups working on establishing a Hub in their context (see Hubs Dialogue). These interviews informed a report that will serve as a foundation for discussion on March 12. The report is planned to be published on March 9.

The event will take place on March 12, 13:00 to 16:00 UTC on Zoom. Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese. Registration is open, and will close on March 10. Anyone interested in the topic is invited to join us. More information on the event on Meta-wiki.

Best regards,

Kaarel Vaidla
Movement Strategy

10. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 01.31 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow[muokkaa]

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 (keskustelu) 14. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 14.41 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join the first Wikisource Triage meeting on 21st March 2022[muokkaa]

Hello everyone,

Sam Wilson and I are excited to share that we will be hosting regular Wikisource Triage meetings, starting from 21st March 2022.

These meetings aim to foster the growth of a technical community of Wikisource developers and contributors. The meetings will be primarily focused on identifying, prioritizing and estimating tasks on the All-and-every-Wikisource and ProofreadPage workboards (among others) on Phabricator and eventually reduce the backlog of technical tasks and bugs related to Wikisource by making incremental improvements to Wikisource infrastructure and coordinating these changes with the Wikisource communities.

While these meetings are technology focused, non-technical Wikisource contributors are also invited to join and share any technical challenges that they are facing and we will help them to create phabricator tickets. Newbie developers are also more than welcome!

The first meeting has been scheduled for 21st March 2022 at 10:30 AM UTC / 4:00 PM IST (Check your local time). If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

On behalf of Sam Wilson and Satdeep Gill

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 15. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 15.52 (UTC)[vastaa]

Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022)[muokkaa]

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,

From the Community Development team

Xeno (WMF) 18. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 02.20 (UTC)[vastaa]

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed[muokkaa]

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

Greetings,

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over 2300 Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.

The final results from the voting process will be announced here, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out the voter information page to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page on Meta-wiki in any language. You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Xeno (WMF) 30. maaliskuuta 2022 kello 01.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6[muokkaa]

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)

Also, a draft of the 2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan has been published. Input is being sought on-wiki and during several conversations with Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander.

See full announcement on Meta-wiki. Xeno (WMF) 22. huhtikuuta 2022 kello 01.46 (UTC)[vastaa]

Coming soon: Improvements for templates[muokkaa]

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 29. huhtikuuta 2022 kello 11.13 (UTC)[vastaa]

Editing news 2022 #1[muokkaa]

Read this in another languageSubscription list for this multilingual newsletter

New editors were more successful with this new tool.

The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

Whatamidoing (WMF) 2. toukokuuta 2022 kello 18.56 (UTC)[vastaa]

2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates[muokkaa]

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

The Board of Trustees seeks candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election. Read more on Meta-wiki.

The 2022 Board of Trustees election is here! Please consider submitting your candidacy to serve on the Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.

The Wikimedia community will vote to fill two seats on the Board in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.

Who are potential candidates? Are you a potential candidate? Find out more on the Apply to be a Candidate page.

Thank you for your support,

Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees
10. toukokuuta 2022 kello 10.39 (UTC)

Poll regarding Third Wikisource Triage meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing the third Wikisource Triage meeting in the last week of May and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below by 20th May 2022:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/ctQEP3He1XCNullZ

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 14. toukokuuta 2022 kello 03.38 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join the third Wikisource Triage meeting (28th May 2022)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!


We are the hosting the Wikisource Triage meeting on 28th May 2022 at 11 AM UTC / 4:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll. We will be welcoming some developers who contributed to Wikisource related tasks during the recently concluded Indic Hackathon.

As always, you don't have to be a developer to participate in these meetings but the focus of these meetings is to improve the Wikisource infrastructure.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 23. toukokuuta 2022 kello 03.39 (UTC) [vastaa]

Revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines[muokkaa]

Hello all,

We'd like to provide an update on the work on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct. After the conclusion of the community vote on the guidelines in March, the Community Affairs committee (CAC) of the Board asked that several areas of the guidelines be reviewed for improvements before the Board does its final review. These areas were identified based on community discussions and comments provided during the vote. The CAC also requested review of the controversial Note in 3.1 of the UCoC itself.

Once more, a big thank you to all who voted, especially to all who left constructive feedback and comments! The project team is working with the Board to establish a timeline for this work, and will communicate this next month.

Members of the two prior UCoC Drafting Committees have generously offered their time to help shape improvements to the Guidelines. You can read more about them and their work here, as well as read summaries of their weekly meetings in 2022.

Wikimedians have provided many valuable comments together with the vote and in other conversations. Given the size and diversity of the Wikimedia community, there are even more voices out there who can give ideas on how to improve the enforcement guidelines and add even more valuable ideas to the process. To help the Revisions committee identify improvements, input on several questions for the committee’s review is requested. Visit the Meta-wiki pages (Enforcement Guidelines revision discussions, Policy text revision discussions) to get your ideas to the Committee - it is very important that viewpoints are heard from different communities before the Committee begins drafting revision proposals.

On behalf of the UCoC project team

Xeno (WMF) 3. kesäkuuta 2022 kello 22.57 (UTC)[vastaa]

Poll regarding Fourth Wikisource Triage meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing the fourth Wikisource Triage meeting in the last week of June and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below by 20th June 2022:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/wstriage4

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 14. kesäkuuta 2022 kello 13.22 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join the fourth Wikisource Triage meeting (29th June 2022)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting the fourth Wikisource Triage meeting on 29th June 2022 at 10:00 AM UTC / 3:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

There is some exciting news about a few technical projects related to Wikisource that are getting started right now and we will be sharing more information during the meeting.

As always, you don't have to be a developer to participate in these meetings but the focus of these meetings is to improve the Wikisource infrastructure.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 23. kesäkuuta 2022 kello 07.39 (UTC)[vastaa]

Desktop Improvements update[muokkaa]

Making this the new default

Hei. 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
Järjestelmänlaajuiset asetukset
  • It is possible to opt-in individually in the appearance tab within the preferences by selecting "Vektori (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.

Kiitos! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (keskustelu) 24. kesäkuuta 2022 kello 01.42 (UTC)[vastaa]

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

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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 (keskustelu) 4. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 16.12 (UTC)[vastaa]

Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass[muokkaa]

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Hi all,

Community members in the 2022 Board of Trustees election are invited to propose statements to use in the Election Compass.

An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.

Here is the timeline for the Election Compass
  • July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass
  • July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
  • July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
  • August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
  • August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
  • August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision

The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) (talk) 14. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 11.34 (UTC)[vastaa]

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7[muokkaa]

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter


Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

  • Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
  • Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
  • Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
  • Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
  • Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
  • Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
  • Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
  • Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
  • Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
  • Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)

Thank you for reading! RamzyM (WMF) 18. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 01.38 (UTC)[vastaa]

Announcing the six candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election[muokkaa]

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Hi everyone,

The Affiliate voting process has concluded. Representatives from each Affiliate organization learned about the candidates by reading candidates’ statements, reviewing candidates’ answers to questions, and considering the candidates’ ratings provided by the Analysis Committee. The selected 2022 Board of Trustees candidates are:

You may see more information about the Results and Statistics of this Board election.

Please take a moment to appreciate the Affiliate Representatives and Analysis Committee members for taking part in this process and helping to grow the Board of Trustees in capacity and diversity. These hours of volunteer work connect us across understanding and perspective. Thank you for your participation.

Thank you to the community members who put themselves forward as candidates for the Board of Trustees. Considering joining the Board of Trustees is no small decision. The time and dedication candidates have shown to this point speaks to their commitment to this movement. Congratulations to those candidates who have been selected. A great amount of appreciation and gratitude for those candidates not selected. Please continue to share your leadership with Wikimedia.

Thank you to those who followed the Affiliate process for this Board election. You may review the results of the Affiliate selection process.

The next part of the Board election process is the community voting period. You may view the Board election timeline here. To prepare for the community voting period, there are several things community members can engage with in the following ways:

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 27. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 14.03 (UTC)[vastaa]

Vote for Election Compass Statements[muokkaa]

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Hi all,

Volunteers in the 2022 Board of Trustees election are invited to vote for statements to use in the Election Compass. You can vote for the statements you would like to see included in the Election Compass on Meta-wiki.

An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/disagree/neutral). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.

Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:

  • July 8 - 20: Volunteers propose statements for the Election Compass
  • July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
  • July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
  • August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
  • August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
  • August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision

The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 27. heinäkuuta 2022 kello 21.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join the fifth Wikisource Triage meeting (18th August 2022)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting the fifth Wikisource Triage meeting on 18th August 2022 at 4 PM UTC / 9:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll and also based on the previous feedback to have a Europe-Americas friendly meeting.

As always, you don't have to be a developer to participate in these meetings but the focus of these meetings is to improve the Wikisource infrastructure.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 15. elokuuta 2022 kello 15.05 (UTC)[vastaa]

The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting period is now open[muokkaa]

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Hi everyone,

The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote:

If you are ready to vote, you may go to SecurePoll voting page to vote now. You may vote from August 23 at 00:00 UTC to September 6 at 23:59 UTC. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance

This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee

MNadzikiewicz (WMF)

Invitation to join the Movement Strategy Forum[muokkaa]

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Hello everyone,

The Movement Strategy Forum (MS Forum) is a multilingual collaborative space for all conversations about Movement Strategy implementation.

We are inviting all Movement participants to collaborate on the MS Forum. The goal of the forum is to build community collaboration, using an inclusive multilingual platform.

The Movement Strategy is a collaborative effort to imagine and build the future of the Wikimedia Movement. Anyone can contribute to the Movement Strategy, from a comment to a full-time project.

Join this forum with your Wikimedia account, engage in conversations, and ask questions in your language.

The Movement Strategy and Governance team (MSG) launched the proposal for the MS Forum in May 2022. There was a 2-month community review period, which ended on 24 July 2022. The community review process included several questions that resulted in interesting conversations. You can read the Community Review Report.

We look forward to seeing you at the MS Forum!

Best regards,

the Movement Strategy and Governance Team

User:MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 29. elokuuta 2022 kello 11.32 (UTC)[vastaa]

Poll regarding sixth Wikisource Triage meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing the sixth Wikisource Triage meeting in the next week of October and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/aE86KsnqQsBDNdkj

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 17. lokakuuta 2022 kello 14.33 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join the sixth Wikisource Triage meeting (26th October 2022)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting the sixth Wikisource Triage meeting on 26th October 2022 at 2 PM UTC / 7:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

As always, you don't have to be a developer to participate in these meetings but the focus of these meetings is to improve the Wikisource infrastructure. We will be discussing the newly launched Wiki Rescues Manuscripts project and two Wikisource Fellows who will be supporting that project until June 2023 will be joining the conversation as well.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

Sam Wilson (WMF) and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 21. lokakuuta 2022 kello 12.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to attend “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” Sessions[muokkaa]

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Hello all,

During the 2022 Wikimedia Summit, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) presented the first outline of the Movement Charter, giving a glimpse on the direction of its future work, and the Charter itself. The MCDC then integrated the initial feedback collected during the Summit. Before proceeding with writing the Charter for the whole Movement, the MCDC wants to interact with community members and gather feedback on the drafts of the three sections: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement). The Movement Charter drafts will be available on the Meta page here on November 14, 2022. Community wide consultation period on MC will take place from November 20 to December 18, 2022. Learn more about it here.

With the goal of ensuring that people are well informed to fully participate in the conversations and are empowered to contribute their perspective on the Movement Charter, three “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter" sessions have been scheduled in different time zones. Everyone in the Wikimedia Movement is invited to attend these conversations. The aim is to learn about Movement Charter - its goal, purpose, why it matters, and how it impacts your community. MCDC members will attend these sessions to answer your questions and hear community feedback.

The “Ask Me Anything” sessions accommodate communities from different time zones. Only the presentation of the session is recorded and shared afterwards, no recording of conversations. Below is the list of planned events:

  • Asia/Pacific: November 4, 2022 at 09:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Chinese and Japanese.
  • Europe/MENA/Sub Saharan Africa: November 12, 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Arabic, French and Russian.
  • North and South America/ Western Europe: November 12, 2022 at 15:00 UTC (your local time). Interpretation is available in Spanish and Portuguese.

On the Meta page you will find more details; Zoom links will be shared 48 hours ahead of the call.

Call for Movement Charter Ambassadors

Individuals or groups from all communities who wish to help include and start conversations in their communities on the Movement Charter are encouraged to become Movement Charter Ambassadors (MC Ambassadors). MC Ambassadors will carry out their own activities and get financial support for enabling conversations in their own languages. Regional facilitators from the Movement Strategy and Governance team are available to support applicants with MC Ambassadors grantmaking. If you are interested please sign up here. Should you have specific questions, please reach out to the MSG team via email: strategy2030@wikimedia.org or on the MS forum.

We thank you for your time and participation.

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 7. marraskuuta 2022 kello 15.33 (UTC)[vastaa]

Poll regarding 7th Wikisource Triage meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing the seventh Wikisource Triage meeting in the last week of November and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/3rNRZDjKn1oaXM7h

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 14. marraskuuta 2022 kello 10.06 (UTC)[vastaa]

Apply for Funding through the Movement Strategy Community Engagement Package to Support Your Community[muokkaa]

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The Wikimedia Movement Strategy implementation is a collaborative effort for all Wikimedians. Movement Strategy Implementation Grants support projects that take the current state of a Movement Strategy Initiative and push it one step forward. If you are looking for an example or some guide on how to engage your community further on Movement Strategy and the Movement Strategy Implementation Grants specifically, you may find this community engagement package helpful.

The goal of this community engagement package is to support more people to access the funding they might need for the implementation work. By becoming a recipient of this grant, you will be able to support other community members to develop further grant applications that fit with your local contexts to benefit your own communities. With this package, the hope is to break down language barriers and to ensure community members have needed information on Movement Strategy to connect with each other. Movement Strategy is a two-way exchange, we can always learn more from the experiences and knowledge of Wikimedians everywhere. We can train and support our peers by using this package, so more people can make use of this great funding opportunity.

If this information interests you or if you have any further thoughts or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us as your regional facilitators to discuss further. We will be more than happy to support you. When you are ready, follow the steps on this page to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.

Best regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance Team
Wikimedia Foundation

MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 14. marraskuuta 2022 kello 16.26 (UTC)[vastaa]

Opportunities open for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee[muokkaa]

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Hi everyone! The Ombuds commission (OC) and the Case Review Committee (CRC) are looking for members. People are encouraged to nominate themselves or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to do so. There is more information below about the opportunity and the skills that are needed.

About the Ombuds commission

The Ombuds commission (OC) works on all Wikimedia projects to investigate complaints about violations of the privacy policy, especially in use of CheckUser and Oversight (also known as Suppression) tools. The Commission mediates between the parties of the investigation and, when violations of the policies are identified, advises the Wikimedia Foundation on best handling. They may also assist the General Counsel, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Board of Trustees of the Foundation in these investigations when legally necessary. For more on the OC's duties and roles, see Ombuds commission on Meta-Wiki.

Volunteers serving in this role should be experienced Wikimedians, active on any project, who have previously used the CheckUser/Oversight tools OR who have the technical ability to understand these tools and the willingness to learn them. They must be able to communicate in English, the common language of the commission. They are expected to be able to engage neutrally in investigating these concerns and to know when to recuse when other roles and relationships may cause conflict. Commissioners will serve two-year terms (note that this is different from past years, when the terms have been for one year).

About the Case Review Committee

The Case Review Committee (CRC) reviews appeals of eligible Trust & Safety office actions. The CRC is a critical layer of oversight to ensure that Wikimedia Foundation office actions are fair and unbiased. They also make sure the Wikimedia Foundation doesn’t overstep established practices or boundaries. For more about the role, see Case Review Committee on Meta-Wiki.

We are looking for current or former functionaries and experienced volunteers with an interest in joining this group. Applicants must be fluent in English (additional languages are a strong plus) and willing to abide by the terms of the Committee charter. If the work resonates and you qualify, please apply. Committee members will serve two-year terms (note that this is different from past years, when the terms have been for one year).

Applying to join either of these groups

Members are required to sign the Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information and must be willing to comply with the appropriate Wikimedia Foundation board policies (such as the access to non-public information policy and the Foundation privacy policy). These positions requires a high degree of discretion and trust. Members must also be over 18 years of age.

If you are interested in serving in either capacity listed above, please write in English to the Trust and Safety team at ca(_AT_)wikimedia.org (to apply to the OC) or to the Legal Team at legal(_AT_)wikimedia.org (to apply to the CRC) with information about:

  • Your primary projects
  • Languages you speak/write
  • Any experience you have serving on committees, whether movement or non-movement
  • Your thoughts on what you could bring to the OC or CRC if appointed
  • Any experience you have with the Checkuser or Oversight tools (OC only)
  • Any other information you think is relevant

The deadline for applications is 31 December 2022 in any timezone.

Please feel free to pass this invitation along to any users who you think may be qualified and interested. Thank you!

On behalf of the Committee Support team,

Invitation to participate in Wikisource Triage Meeting (26 November 2022)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting the seventh Wikisource Triage meeting on 26th November 2022 at 10 AM UTC / 3:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

There are going to be updates about a few technical projects related to Wikisource and we will be sharing more information during the meeting.

As always, you don't have to be a developer to participate in these meetings but the focus of these meetings is to improve the Wikisource infrastructure.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

PMenon-WMF and KLawal-WMF

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 22. marraskuuta 2022 kello 12.09 (UTC)[vastaa]

Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January[muokkaa]

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Hei

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!

Kiitos! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 15. joulukuuta 2022 kello 16.44 (UTC)[vastaa]

Poll regarding January 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing the January 2023 Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of January and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/5tauCFqk8NJQBcBv

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 20. tammikuuta 2023 kello 03.48 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join Wikisource Community meeting (28 January 2023)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting the first Wikisource Community meeting of the year on 28th January 2023 at 12 PM UTC / 5:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Triage meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 25. tammikuuta 2023 kello 13.03 (UTC)[vastaa]

Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE[muokkaa]

Per the Global bans policy, I'm informing the project of this request for comment: m:Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2) about banning a member from your community. Thank you.--Lemonaka (talk) 21:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Poll regarding February 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing this month’s Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of February and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the Wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/qDEHHRJRNJLmwsi4

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards PMenon-WMF and KLawal-WMF

PMenon-WMF (talk) 14. helmikuuta 2023 kello 07.08 (UTC)[vastaa]

Editing news 2023 #1[muokkaa]

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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:

  1. The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
  2. They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

Screenshot showing the talk page design changes that are currently available as beta features at all Wikimedia wikis. These features include information about the number of people and comments within each discussion.
Some of the upcoming changes

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for Keskustelutyökalut.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "Lisää aihe" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.

Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)

An A/B test for Keskustelutyökalut on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Keskustelutyökalut. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "Julkaise muutokset". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (keskustelu) 22. helmikuuta 2023 kello 23.25 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation for February 2023 Wikisource Community Meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month's Wikisource Community meeting on 26th February 2023 at 11 AM UTC (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Community meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Your wiki will be in read only soon[muokkaa]

Trizek (WMF) (Keskustelu) 27. helmikuuta 2023 kello 21.21 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikimania 2023 Welcoming Program Submissions[muokkaa]

Do you want to host an in-person or virtual session at Wikimania 2023? Maybe a hands-on workshop, a lively discussion, a fun performance, a catchy poster, or a memorable lightning talk? Submissions are open until March 28. The event will have dedicated hybrid blocks, so virtual submissions and pre-recorded content are also welcome. If you have any questions, please join us at an upcoming conversation on March 12 or 19, or reach out by email at wikimania@wikimedia.org or on Telegram. More information on-wiki.

Poll regarding March 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing this month’s Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of March and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/U2feqmZBy62FJjVd

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 19. maaliskuuta 2023 kello 05.31 (UTC)[vastaa]

March 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 27th March 2023 at 10 AM UTC / 3:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Community meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 25. maaliskuuta 2023 kello 10.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Poll regarding April 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing this month’s Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of April and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/kXlPUgNFBo8TdWE9

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 14. huhtikuuta 2023 kello 15.47 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikissäsi on pian muokkauskatkos[muokkaa]

MediaWiki message delivery 21. huhtikuuta 2023 kello 00.41 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation for April 2023 Wikisource Community Meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 25th April 2023 at 8 AM UTC / 1:30 PM IST (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Community meetings.

There are going to be updates about Transkribus and we will be sharing more information during the meeting.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on swilson@wikimedia.org' and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process[muokkaa]

Hello,

As follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, I am reaching out about the next steps. I want to bring your attention to the next stage of the Universal Code of Conduct process, which is forming a building committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). I invite community members with experience and deep interest in community health and governance to nominate themselves to be part of the U4C building committee, which needs people who are:

  • Community members in good standing
  • Knowledgeable about movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects
  • Aware and appreciative of the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to, languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
  • Committed to participate for the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
  • Comfortable with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
  • Confidently able to communicate in English

The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.

The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either sign up on the Meta-Wiki page, or contact ucocproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

Xeno (WMF) 26. huhtikuuta 2023 kello 19.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Selection of the U4C Building Committee[muokkaa]

The next stage in the Universal Code of Conduct process is establishing a Building Committee to create the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). The Building Committee has been selected. Read about the members and the work ahead on Meta-wiki.

-- UCoC Project Team, 27. toukokuuta 2023 kello 04.21 (UTC)

Poll for June Wikisource Community meeting (Europe and Americas-friendly)[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing this month's Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of June and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availabilities at the wudele link below by 22nd June 2023:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/BsgqYumphlryxu37

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 16. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 15.08 (UTC)[vastaa]

Ranskan kirjallisuuden kultainen kirja.[muokkaa]

Tein Wikipediaan artikkelin Ranskan kirjallisuuden kultainen kirja, jossa on lueteltu sisällys. Mitenkähän nämä voisivat hyödyntää toisiaan, kun aika monista on täällä tekstiä. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 20. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 16.43 (UTC)[vastaa]

Loin sen Wikiaineistossa oleville sisällöille luokan [1], joka voi hyödyntää. Periaatteessa toki kirjalle voisi tehdä oman sivunkin ja listata sisällön sinne. – Nysalor (keskustelu) 20. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 19.52 (UTC)[vastaa]
Nyt on ainakin linkitys tänne luokkaan, tosin malline on vähän kökkö. Käykö se niin, että kopioin fi.wikin artikkelin tänne sellaisenaan? - Kellonaika näyttää väärin. Asetuksissani on Helsinki, mutta ei toteudu vaan näyttää UTC-aikaa, mitä lieneekin. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 21. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 11.11 (UTC)[vastaa]
Ei taida käydäkään vaan tekstit on linkitettävä. Wikipediassa linkitykset on tietysti kirjoittajiin. --Abc10 (keskustelu) 21. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 11.17 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation for June 2023 Wikisource Community Meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 26 June 2023, 5 PM UTC (check your local time) according to the wudele poll.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Community meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 21. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 10.17 (UTC)[vastaa]

Announcing the new Elections Committee members[muokkaa]

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

Hello there,

We are glad to announce the new members and advisors of the Elections Committee. The Elections Committee assists with the design and implementation of the process to select Community- and Affiliate-Selected trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. After an open nomination process, the strongest candidates spoke with the Board and four candidates were asked to join the Elections Committee. Four other candidates were asked to participate as advisors.

Thank you to all the community members who submitted their names for consideration. We look forward to working with the Elections Committee in the near future.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,

RamzyM (WMF) 28. kesäkuuta 2023 kello 18.00 (UTC)[vastaa]

Deploying the Phonos in-line audio player to your Wiki[muokkaa]

Hei!

Apologies if this message is not in your language, ⧼Please help translate⧽ to your language.

This wiki will soon be able to use the inline audio player implemented by the Phonos extension. This is part of fulfilling a wishlist proposal of providing audio links that play on click.

With the inline audio player, you can add text-to-speech audio snippets to wiki pages by simply using a tag:

<phonos file="audio file" label="Listen"/>

The above tag will show the text next to a speaker icon, and clicking on it will play the audio instantly without taking you to another page. A common example where you can use this feature is in adding pronunciation to words as illustrated on the English Wiktionary below.

{{audio|en|En-uk-English.oga|Audio (UK)}}

Could become:

<phonos file="En-uk-English.oga" label="Audio (UK)"/>

The inline audio player will be available in your wiki in 2 weeks time; in the meantime, we would like you to read about the features and give us feedback or ask questions about it in this talk page.

Thank you!

UOzurumba (WMF), on behalf of the Foundation's Language team

27. heinäkuuta 2023 kello 02.26 (UTC)

Poll regarding August 2023 Wikisource Community meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We will be organizing this month’s Wikisource Community meeting in the last week of August and we need your help to decide on a time and date that works best for the most number of people. Kindly share your availability at the wudele link below:

https://wudele.toolforge.org/U9b5TC4QJMPuu1tY

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF and PMenon-WMF

Sent via MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 12. elokuuta 2023 kello 10.53 (UTC)[vastaa]

Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee[muokkaa]

Hello all,

I am pleased to share the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct work. The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) draft charter is now ready for your review.

The Enforcement Guidelines require a Building Committee form to draft a charter that outlines procedures and details for a global committee to be called the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). Over the past few months, the U4C Building Committee worked together as a group to discuss and draft the U4C charter. The U4C Building Committee welcomes feedback about the draft charter now through 22 September 2023. After that date, the U4C Building Committee will revise the charter as needed and a community vote will open shortly afterward.

Join the conversation during the conversation hours or on Meta-wiki.

Best,

RamzyM (WMF), on behalf of the U4C Building Committee, 28. elokuuta 2023 kello 15.35 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikissäsi on pian muokkauskatkos[muokkaa]

Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 15. syyskuuta 2023 kello 09.23 (UTC)[vastaa]

Opportunities open for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and the Case Review Committee[muokkaa]

Hi everyone! The Affiliations Committee (AffCom), Ombuds commission (OC), and the Case Review Committee (CRC) are looking for new members. These volunteer groups provide important structural and oversight support for the community and movement. People are encouraged to nominate themselves or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to apply. There is more information about the roles of the groups, the skills needed, and the opportunity to apply on the Meta-wiki page.

On behalf of the Committee Support team,

Review and comment on the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package[muokkaa]

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

Dear all,

Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package from now until 29 October 2023. The selection rules package was based on older versions by the Elections Committee and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection. Providing your comments now will help them provide a smoother, better Board selection process. More on the Meta-wiki page.

Best,

Katie Chan
Chair of the Elections Committee

17. lokakuuta 2023 kello 01.13 (UTC)

Invitation for Wikisource Community Meeting October 2023[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 28 October 2023, 7 AM UTC (check your local time). This meeting time is Eastern Hemisphere-focused and we will alternate the meeting times every month.

The first half of the meeting will be focused on non-technical updates and conversations like events, conferences, proofread-a-thons and collaborations. The second half will be focused on technical updates and conversations, such as talking about major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to the ones conducted in previous Community meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on sgill@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards KLawal-WMF, PMenon-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 18. lokakuuta 2023 kello 14.11 (UTC)[vastaa]

The Vector 2022 skin as the default in three weeks?[muokkaa]

Read this in your languagePlease help translate to your language • Please tell other users about these changes

Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team. In three weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.

Järjestelmänlaajuiset asetukset

If you prefer keeping the current skin select "Vector legacy (2010)" on the appearance tab of the global preferences and save the change. We encourage you to give the new skin a try, though.

It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy as a local (but not global) preference. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skin. No changes are expected for these skins.

About the skin[muokkaa]

Slides to our Wikimania 2022 presentation. You may also listen to the recording on YouTube (in English).

[Why is a change necessary] When the current default skin was created, it reflected the needs of the readers and editors as these were 14 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using the Internet and Wikimedia projects in different ways. The old Vector does not meet their needs.

[Objective] The objective for the Vector 2022 skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It introduces a series of changes that aim to improve problems new and existing readers and editors were having with the old skin. It draws inspiration from previous user requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. The PHP code in the other available skins has been reduced by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.

[Changes in a nutshell] The skin introduces changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.

  • The limited width and pin-able menus allow to adjust the interface to the screen size, and focus on editing or reading. Logged-in and logged-out users may use a toggle button to keep the full width, though.
  • The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
  • The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jump to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
  • The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the tested wikis.
  • The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.

[Customize this skin] It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out the repository for a list of currently available customizations and changes, or add your own.

Our plan[muokkaa]

If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying on 14 November. If you'd like to ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please comment in any language. If this is the first comment to my message, make sure to ping me. We will gladly answer! Also, check out our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (keskustelu) 26. lokakuuta 2023 kello 01.17 (UTC)[vastaa]

(New) Feature on Kartographer: Adding geopoints via QID[muokkaa]

Since September 2022, it is possible to create geopoints using a QID. Many wiki contributors have asked for this feature, but it is not being used much. Therefore, we would like to remind you about it. More information can be found on the project page. If you have any comments, please let us know on the talk page. – Best regards, the team of Technical Wishes at Wikimedia Deutschland

Thereza Mengs (WMDE) 13. joulukuuta 2023 kello 12.31 (UTC)[vastaa]

Do you use Wikidata in Wikimedia sibling projects? Tell us about your experiences[muokkaa]

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.

Hello, the Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects team at Wikimedia Deutschland would like to hear about your experiences using Wikidata in the sibling projects. If you are interested in sharing your opinion and insights, please consider signing up for an interview with us in this Registration form.
Currently, we are only able to conduct interviews in English.

The front page of the form has more details about what the conversation will be like, including how we would compensate you for your time.

For more information, visit our project issue page where you can also share your experiences in written form, without an interview.
We look forward to speaking with you, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Reusing references: Can we look over your shoulder?[muokkaa]

Apologies for writing in English.

The Technical Wishes team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning to make reusing references easier. For our research, we are looking for wiki contributors willing to show us how they are interacting with references.

  • The format will be a 1-hour video call, where you would share your screen. More information here.
  • Interviews can be conducted in English, German or Dutch.
  • Compensation is available.
  • Sessions will be held in January and February.
  • Sign up here if you are interested.
  • Please note that we probably won’t be able to have sessions with everyone who is interested. Our UX researcher will try to create a good balance of wiki contributors, e.g. in terms of wiki experience, tech experience, editing preferences, gender, disability and more. If you’re a fit, she will reach out to you to schedule an appointment.

We’re looking forward to seeing you, Thereza Mengs (WMDE)

Invitation to join January Wikisource Community Meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!

We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 27 January 2024, 3 PM UTC (check your local time).

As we gear up for our upcoming Wikisource Community meeting, we are excited to share some additional information with you.

The meetings will now be held on the last Saturday of each month. We understand the importance of accommodating different time zones, so to better cater to our global community, we've decided to alternate meeting times. The meeting will take place at 3 pm UTC this month, and next month it will be scheduled for 7 am UTC on the last Saturday. This rotation will continue, allowing for a balanced representation of different time zones.

As always, the meeting agenda will be divided into two halves. The first half of the meeting will focus on non-technical updates, including discussions about events, conferences, proofread-a-thons, and collaborations. The second half will delve into technical updates and conversations, addressing major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to our previous Community meetings.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on klawal-ctr@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.

Regards

KLawal-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 18. tammikuuta 2024 kello 10.54 (UTC)[vastaa]

Vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee[muokkaa]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Hello all,

I am reaching out to you today to announce that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is now open. Community members may cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll now through 2 February 2024. Those of you who voiced your opinions during the development of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines will find this process familiar.

The current version of the U4C Charter is on Meta-wiki with translations available.

Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.

On behalf of the UCoC Project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 19. tammikuuta 2024 kello 18.09 (UTC)[vastaa]

Last days to vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee[muokkaa]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Hello all,

I am reaching out to you today to remind you that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) charter will close on 2 February 2024. Community members may cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll. Those of you who voiced your opinions during the development of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines will find this process familiar.

The current version of the U4C charter is on Meta-wiki with translations available.

Read the charter, go vote and share this note with others in your community. I can confidently say the U4C Building Committee looks forward to your participation.

On behalf of the UCoC Project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 31. tammikuuta 2024 kello 17.01 (UTC)[vastaa]

Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote[muokkaa]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Dear all,

Thank you everyone for following the progress of the Universal Code of Conduct. I am writing to you today to announce the outcome of the ratification vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter. 1746 contributors voted in this ratification vote with 1249 voters supporting the Charter and 420 voters not. The ratification vote process allowed for voters to provide comments about the Charter.

A report of voting statistics and a summary of voter comments will be published on Meta-wiki in the coming weeks.

Please look forward to hearing about the next steps soon.

On behalf of the UCoC Project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 12. helmikuuta 2024 kello 18.24 (UTC)[vastaa]

Invitation to join February Wikisource Community Meeting[muokkaa]

Hello fellow Wikisource enthusiasts!


We are the hosting this month’s Wikisource Community meeting on 24 February 2024, 7 AM UTC (check your local time).


The meeting agenda will be divided into two halves. The first half of the meeting will focus on non-technical updates, including discussions about events, conferences, proofread-a-thons, and collaborations. The second half will delve into technical updates and conversations, addressing major challenges faced by Wikisource communities, similar to our previous Community meetings.


If you are interested in joining the meeting, kindly leave a message on klawal-ctr@wikimedia.org and we will add you to the calendar invite.


Meanwhile, feel free to check out the page on Meta-wiki and suggest any other topics for the agenda.


Regards KLawal-WMF, Sam Wilson (WMF), and Satdeep Gill (WMF)


Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (keskustelu) 20. helmikuuta 2024 kello 11.11 (UTC)[vastaa]

Report of the U4C Charter ratification and U4C Call for Candidates now available[muokkaa]

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Hello all,

I am writing to you today with two important pieces of information. First, the report of the comments from the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter ratification is now available. Secondly, the call for candidates for the U4C is open now through April 1, 2024.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

Per the charter, there are 16 seats on the U4C: eight community-at-large seats and eight regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement.

Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 5. maaliskuuta 2024 kello 16.25 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection[muokkaa]

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

Dear all,

This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.

The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].

Here are the key planned dates:

  • May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
  • June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5]
  • June-August 2024: Campaign period
  • End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
  • October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
  • Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated

Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page, and make your plan.

Election Volunteers

Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page.

Best regards,

Dariusz Jemielniak (Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results#Elected

[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter

[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles

[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.

MPossoupe_(WMF)12. maaliskuuta 2024 kello 19.57 (UTC)[vastaa]

Wikissäsi on pian muokkauskatkos[muokkaa]

Trizek (WMF), 15. maaliskuuta 2024 kello 00.00 (UTC)[vastaa]

Switching to the Vector 2022 skin[muokkaa]

Read this in your languagePlease help translate to your language • Please tell other users about these changes

Hi everyone. We are the Wikimedia Foundation Web team. As you may have read in our previous message, over the past year, we have been getting closer to switching every wiki to the Vector 2022 skin as the new default. In our previous conversations with Wikisource communities, we had identified an issue with the Index namespace that prevented switching the skin on. This issue is now resolved.

We are now ready to continue and will be deploying on Wikisource wikis on March 25th.

To learn more about the new skin and what improvements it introduces, please see our documentation. If you have any issues with the skin after the change, if you spot any gadgets not working, or notice any bugs – please comment below! We are also open to joining events like the Wikisource Community meetings to talk to you directly. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (keskustelu) 18. maaliskuuta 2024 kello 20.50 (UTC)[vastaa]