विकिपीडिया:चौपाल

विकिपीडिया के चौपाल पर राउर स्वागत बा! विकिपीडिया एगो ऑनलाइन ज्ञानकोश हवे जहाँ बिबिध बिसयन पर प्रमाण सहित जानकारी उपलब्ध करावे के कोशिस बा। ज्ञानकोश के अलावा ई संपादक लोग के मंडली भी हवे आ अगर आप प्रमाण सहित कौनों जानकारी जोड़ सकीं, एह ज्ञानकोश के बढ़ावे में मदद करीं। इहाँ सगरी सदस्य लोग के धियान देवे लायक मुद्दा पर चर्चा कइल जा सके ला। ई चौपाल पन्ना विकिपीडिया के सार्वजनिक चर्चा पन्ना हऽ। मने कि एह खातिर हवे कि पूरा विकिपीडिया सदस्य मंडली के जानकारी में आवे लायक बात लिखल जा सके ला जे विकिपीडिया से संबंधित, विकिपीडिया से जुड़ल तकनीकी मामिला, या विकिपीडिया पर मौजूद लेख, साँचा, श्रेणी, फोटो के रखरखाव भा सुधार के बारे में होखे। हालाँकि, छोट मुद्दा भा कवनो एक ठो लेख के बारे में कौनों समस्या होखे तब संबंधित बातचीत पन्ना पर सनेसा लिखीं आ इहाँ टेम्पलेट {{धियान दीं}} के इस्तेमाल क के सनेसा भर छोड़ दीं। इहाँ चर्चा तब्बे शुरू करीं जब बिसय से कई पन्ना परभावित होखत होखें। दुसरे जगहन पर चर्चा सभ के बारे में विकिपीडियन लोग के सूचना चहुँपावे खातिर इहाँ लिख सकत बानी। नया चर्चा सुरू करीं

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Feminism and Folklore 2023

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Dear Wiki Community,

Christmas Greetings and a Happy New Year 2023,

You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2023 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

1. Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
2. Set up a fountain tool or dashboard.
3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
4. Request local admins for site notice.
5. Link the local page and the fountain/dashboard link on the meta project page.

This year we would be supporting the community's financial aid for Internet and childcare support. This would be provided for the local team including their jury and coordinator team. This support is opt-in and non mandatory. Kindly fill in this Google form and mark a mail to support@wikilovesfolklore.org with the subject line starting as [Stipend] Name or Username/Language. The last date to sign up for internet and childcare aid from our team is 20th of January 2023, We encourage the language coordinators to sign up their community on this link by the 25th of January 2023.

Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.

We look forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you and Best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2023 International Team

Stay connected  

--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:23, 24 दिसंबर 2022 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter December 2022

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Dear Wikimedians,

Hope everything is well. CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is here which is for the month of December. A few conducted events are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its December 2022 work. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and upcoming events/activities.

Conducted events

• Launching of GLAM projects in Aurangabad
• Online Meetup 10 Dec 2022 (Indic Wiki Improve-a-thon 2022)
• Indic Wiki Improve-a-thon 2022

Upcoming event

• Mid-term Report 2022-2023

Please find the Newsletter link here.
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Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:43, 7 जनवरी 2023 (UTC)

On behalf of User:Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct

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Hello all,

In mid-January 2023, the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct will undergo a second community-wide ratification vote. This follows the March 2022 vote, which resulted in a majority of voters supporting the Enforcement Guidelines. During the vote, participants helped highlight important community concerns. The Board’s Community Affairs Committee requested that these areas of concern be reviewed.

The volunteer-led Revisions Committee worked hard reviewing community input and making changes. They updated areas of concern, such as training and affirmation requirements, privacy and transparency in the process, and readability and translatability of the document itself.

The revised Enforcement Guidelines can be viewed here, and a comparison of changes can be found here.

How to vote?

Beginning January 17, 2023, voting will be open. This page on Meta-wiki outlines information on how to vote using SecurePoll.

Who can vote?

The eligibility requirements for this vote are the same as for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. See the voter information page for more details about voter eligibility. If you are an eligible voter, you can use your Wikimedia account to access the voting server.

What happens after the vote?

Votes will be scrutinized by an independent group of volunteers, and the results will be published on Wikimedia-l, the Movement Strategy Forum, Diff and on Meta-wiki. Voters will again be able to vote and share concerns they have about the guidelines. The Board of Trustees will look at the levels of support and concerns raised as they look at how the Enforcement Guidelines should be ratified or developed further.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

CSinha (WMF) (बात करीं) 10:01, 8 जनवरी 2023 (UTC)

Voting Opens on the Revised Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines

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Hello all,

The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now open! Voting will remain open for two weeks and will close at 23:59 UTC on January 31, 2023. Please visit the voter information page for voter eligibility information and details on how to vote.

For more details on the Enforcement Guidelines and the voting process, see our previous message.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

CSinha (WMF) (बात करीं) 11:50, 17 जनवरी 2023 (UTC)

Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE

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)

CIS-A2K Newsletter January 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Hope everything is well. CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is here which is for the month of December. A few conducted events are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its January 2023 tasks. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and upcoming events/activities.

Conducted events

• Indic Wiki Improve-a-thon 2022
• Project Tiger 2.0 Training
• Mid-term Report 2022-2023

Upcoming event

• International Mother Language Day 2023 Datathon

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Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 18:11, 12 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

International Mother Language day 2023 Datathon

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Dear all,

Hope you are doing well. CIS-A2K is going to organise International Mother Language day 2023 Datathon on the occasion of and to celebrate International Mother language Day. The datathon will be from 21st February to 28 February 2023. During the week, we will contribute to Wikidata to add labels, descriptions, Aliases, items or properties and references to the statements. You can go through the given page link, add yourself and become a part of the event. During the datathon, we will finalise a day and organise a one or two-hour online session with a Wikidata expert to learn advanced tactics. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:49, 16 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

Reminder: International Mother Language day 2023 Datathon

Dear all,

The International Mother Language Day 2023 Datathon will start tomorrow (after a few hours at 00:01 am) till 28 February. To contribute please add your name here. We will contribute to Wikidata to add labels, descriptions, Aliases, items or properties and references to the statements.

We have created the outreach dashboard to track the activities. Here is the link.

There will be an online session on Sunday. The session will be for 1:30 hrs. Please block your calendar for 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Jinoy will be there for a training session to introduce basics and the tools like 'TABernacle', 'QS' and 'Mix n Match' that can be used for adding labels and improving the existing WD item for newbies.

Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns at program@cis-india.org. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:58, 20 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

Community feedback-cycle about updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use starts

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Hello community members,

Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department is organizing a feedback-cycle with community members to discuss updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use.

The Terms of Use (ToU) are the legal terms that govern the use of websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. We will be gathering your feedback on a draft proposal from February through April. The draft will be translated into several languages, with written feedback accepted in any language.

This update comes in response to several things:

• Implementing the Universal Code of Conduct.
• Updating project text to the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license.
• Proposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing.
• Bringing the Terms of Use in line with current and recently passed laws affecting the Wikimedia Foundation, including the European Digital Services Act

As part of the feedback cycle two office hours will be held: the first on 2 March and the second on 4 April.

For further information, please consult:

• The proposed update of the ToU by comparison
• The page for your feedback
• Information about the office hours

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team,

CSinha (WMF) (बात करीं) 07:54, 22 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1

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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

Some of the upcoming changes

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

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

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

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

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "बदलाव प्रकाशित करीं". 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) (बातचीत) 23:24, 22 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

All traffic will switch on 1 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 1 March 2023.
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. Please share this information with your community.

Trizek (WMF) (बातचीत) 21:20, 27 फरवरी 2023 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2023: We are back!

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Hello, dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the third edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2023. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge!

ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk) 07:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter Feburary 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Hope everything is well. CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is here which is for the month of February. A few conducted events are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its February 2023 tasks and towards upcoming events. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and upcoming events/activities.

Conducted events

• Digitization & Documentation of Cultural Heritage and Literature in Meghalaya
• International Mother Language Day 2023 Datathon
• Wikidata Online Session

Upcoming event

• March Month Activity on Wikimedia Commons
• Hindi Wikisource Community skill-building workshop

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Thank you Nitesh (CIS-A2K) (talk) 04:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

टेम्पलेट:Infobox India district के इस्तेमाल हटावल

नमस्कार सभका के। एह टेम्पलेट के इस्तेमाल वर्तमान समय में 500 से बेसी पन्ना सभ पर हो रहल बाटे। एहिजा सूचित कइल जा रहल बा कि एकरे जगह पर टेम्पलेट:Infobox settlement के इस्तेमाल कइल जाई। एकरा खातिर एह तरीका से बदलाव कइल जाई।

एह दौरान कुछ पन्ना सभ पर ज्ञानसंदूक सभ में दिहल जानकारी के कुछ हिस्सा अंग्रेजी में देख्लाई पड़ सके ला जेकरा के बाद में बॉट चला के एक्के साथे अनुबादित क दिहल जाई।

कौनों किसिम के सुझाव/सलाह के स्वागत बा। एह काम में मदद करे खातिर आप सभ के स्वागत बाटे। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 09:30, 11 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

नीति निर्माण प्रस्ताव 2023

नमस्कार सभका के, एहिजे एह प्रस्ताव द्वारा कुछ नीति सभ के प्रस्ताव समुदाय के सोझा रखल जा रहल बाड़ें जिनहन पर चर्चा आ सहमती के अनुरोध कइल जा रहल बा। संबंधित नीति सभ के बातचीत पन्ना सभ पर सवाल पूछल जा सकत बाने, सुधार सुझावित कइल जा सकत बा आ ओह चर्चा के बाद हेइजा आपन मत स्पष्ट रूप से, कारन सहित ब्यक्त कइल जा सकत बाटे।

नीति सभ जे प्रस्तावित कइल जा रहल बाड़ीं:

1. विकिपीडिया:उल्लेखनीयता (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
2. विकिपीडिया:कठपुतरी नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
3. विकिपीडिया:प्रतिबंध नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
4. विकिपीडिया:रोक नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
5. विकिपीडिया:लिखाई अउरी अंक नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
6. विकिपीडिया:मशीनी अनुबाद नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
7. आधार लेख निर्माण नीति (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)
8. विकिपीडिया:भाषा दिसानिर्देस (वार्ता पन्ना पर चर्चा करीं)

एह चर्चा में समुदाय के सगरी लोग के स्वागत बा आ आम सहमती बनावे में सहजोग के उमेद बा। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 14:44, 11 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

एगो अउरी दिसानिर्देस विकिपीडिया:भाषा दिसानिर्देस (चर्चा पन्ना) जोड़ल जा रहल बाटे। एहू पर, चर्चा पन्ना पर सुझाव आ सुधार आमंत्रित बाटे।--SM7^{--बातचीत--} 16:18, 20 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के नीति अउरी दिसानिर्देस लागू करे के प्रस्ताव

ई चर्चा पूरा हो चुकल बाटे। एम्में अब कौनों बदलाव मत करीं। आगे के टिप्पणी सभ नया खंड बना के कइल जाये के चाहीं। चर्चा के संछेप में रिजल्ट रहल

सफल प्रस्ताव: लमहर समय ले राय खातिर खुलल रहल चर्चा में बिना कौनों बिरोध होखे आ सक्रिय योगदानकरता लोग के समर्थन के हिसाब से एह नीति के लागू घोषित कइल जा रहल बा।--SM7^{--बातचीत--} 19:40, 1 जुलाई 2023 (UTC)

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एहिजे ई प्रस्तावित कइल जा रहल बा कि कौनों बिसय चाहे मुद्दा पर भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर लोकल नीति आ दिसानिर्देस के अभाव में ओह बिसय से संबंधित अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के नीति आ दिसानिर्देस के लागू मानल जाय आ, लोकल जरूरत के मोताबिक उनहन के युक्तियुक्त ढंग से पढ़ के, उनहन के हिसाब से कामकाज आ कार्रवाई कइल जाय।

तार्किकता (रेशनेल)

भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया एगो छोट विकिपीडिया हवे आ एहिजे प्रयोगकर्ता लोग के आ बढ़ियाँ से लिखल नीति आ दिसानिर्देस सभ के कमी बा। एकरे बिपरीत अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया पर भारी प्रयोगकर्ता संख्या के राय के आधार पर आ समस्या के दसा सभ के ब्यापक अनुभव वगैरह के बाद स्थापित नीति बाड़ी स। अइसन जरूरी ना बा कि एगो ज्ञानकोश निर्माण में आवे वाली हर समस्या से भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया के समुदाय परिचित होखे; जबकि अंग्रेजी पर बहुत ब्यापक अनुभव के बाद अइसन समस्या सभ के समाधान खातिर ब्यवस्थित तरीका बनावल गइल बाड़ें।

एकर एकठो अउरी लाभ ई बा कि, हर नीति के लोकल आम सहमती से लागू करवावे के ना पड़ी आ अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के संबंधित नीति आ दिसानिर्देस के अनुबाद क के एहिजा लिखल जा सके ला जवना से भोजपुरी प्रयोगकर्ता लोग के उनहन के समझे में सुबिधा होखे। अइसन अनुबाद नीति आ दिसानिर्देस के रूप में ओही तरीका से प्रभावी मानल जइहें काहें से कि ऊ अंग्रेजी के नीति आ दिसनिर्देस सभ के अनुबाद भर होखिहें।

सीमा

अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के हर नीति आ दिसानिर्देस के आँख-मूँद ढंग से एहिजे ना लागू कइल जा सके ला। कारन ई बा कि कई सारा जरूरत एहिजे लोकल हो सके लीं जिनहन खातिर अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया पर नीति भा दिसानिर्देस न मौजूद होखे। अइसनो हो सके ला कि अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के कौनों स्थापित नीति भा दिसानिर्देस के एकदम से ओही तरीका से एहिजे लागू कइल संभव न होखे; काहे से कि एहिजे ओह चीज से संबंधित मूल ब्यवस्थवे न होखे। उदाहरण खातिर अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया पर चेकयूजर, ओभरसाइट, आर्बिट्रेशन कमेटी वगैरह नियर कई ब्यवस्था बाड़ी स जिनहन के एहिजा अभाव बा आ उनहन से संबंधित काम मेटा विकि से करावल जाला। अइसन लोकल नामौजूद ब्यवस्था संबंधी नीति; चाहे अन्य नीति सभ में इनहन से संबंधित प्रावधान एहिजे यथारूप ना लागू कइल जा सके लें। अइसन दसा में विकिपीडिया के मूल भावना के धियान में रख के, अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के नीति आ दिसानिर्देस सभ के युक्तियुक्त ढंग से लागू करे के प्रस्ताव कइल जा रहल बाटे। एकर जिकिर संबंधित नीति में कइल गइल बा।

लोकल

जरूरत आ सुबिधा के धियान में रख के लोकल रूप से नीति आ दिसानिर्देस बनावे खातिर प्रस्ताव ले आ के आम सहमती से अइसन नीति बनावल जा सके लीं जिनहन में अंग्रेजी के स्थापित नीति से हट के बेवस्था कइल गइल होखे।

• प्रस्तावित नीति के कड़ी

एह मुद्दा पर आपसभ के राय आ चर्चा के स्वागत बा। नीति में सुधार खातिर चर्चा एकरे बातचीत पन्ना पर कइल जा सके ला। आ एहिजा आपन मत ब्यक्त कइल जा सके ला। सभकर स्वागत बा। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 14:44, 11 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

टिप्पणी अउरी मत

• नमस्कार, ये बात तो है नीति ना होने के कारण विवाद होते हैं और कई सदस्य इसका फायदा उठा के अपनी मनमानी करते हैं। ऐसा मैंने अपने अनुभव में हिन्दी विकिपीडिया में देखा है। मेरा सवाल ये है कि ऐसा किसी और विकि पे भी हो रखा है क्या ? और हम ये कैसे तय करेंगे कि कौन सी नीति मानी जाये और कौन सी नहीं ?-- हिंदुस्थान वासी ^{वार्ता} 13:52, 21 मार्च 2023 (UTC)
  • @हिंदुस्थान वासी जी, एह तरह के व्यवस्था शुरुआती दौर में कैंटोनीज विकिपीडिया पर लागू कइल गइल रहे, जइसन कि मेटा पर एकर एक ठो हवाला मौजूद बाटे (देखीं मेटा पर एह खंड के आखिरी लाइन में), हालाँकि, अब अइसन बाटे कि ना ई नइखे मालुम। बाकी ई एक ठो उदाहरण बाटे कि अइसन कइल गइल बाटे आ कइल जा सके ला।

जहाँ तक आपके ई सवाल बाटे कि कवन नीति मानल जाय, कवन ना, एकरा बिसय में नीति में प्रस्ताव कइल गइल बाटे। जवना चीज खातिर अलगा से लोकल नीति मौजूद होखी आ आम सहमती से इहाँ स्थापित होखी, ओह चीज खातिर लोकल नीति मानल जाई, बाकी सब खातिर अंग्रेजी नीति के युक्तियुक्त तरीका से पढ़ के इहाँ लागू मानल जाई। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 17:46, 24 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

• समर्थन : वैसे तो पहली नज़र में यह नीति अनावश्यक सी लगती है लेकिन प्रस्ताव को पूरा पढ़ने पर प्रतीत हो रहा है कि यह करना उचित रहेगा। जहाँ सदस्यों को इस नीति से समस्या होगी, उसके सापेक्ष स्थानीय नीति प्रस्तावित करके सुधार किया जा सकता है।☆★संजीव कुमार (✉✉) 05:12, 24 मार्च 2023 (UTC)
• समर्थन : कवन नियम मानल जाई आ कवन ना ई त समुदाय के ही मिलके ही तय करै के चाही। मुद्दा त ईहो बा कि एकरे बदे समुदाय केतना जागरूक बा। नियम क ज़रूरत तब पड़ैला जब कवनो समस्या होखे। अंग्रेजी क नियम बहुत सोच बिचार कयके बनावल गयल बा आ जदि मौजूदा कवनो नीति में समुदाय के समस्या होई त बिचार कयके संजीव जी के कहला अनुसार स्थानीय नियम प्रस्तावित कयल जा सकत बा। --अजीत कुमार तिवारी ^{बातचीत} 17:10, 9 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)
• समर्थन : जबतक भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर लोकल नीति आउर दिसानिर्देस ना बन पावत ह तब तक अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया क नीति आउर दिसानिर्देस लागू कयल जा सकत ह। @SM7: जी प्रस्ताव भइले ढेर दिन हो गयल बा। हो सके त अब एके लागू करे पर विचार करीं। --सौरभ तिवारी 05 (बात करीं) 15:02, 1 जुलाई 2023 (UTC)

चर्चा पूरा भइल आ ई नीति अब लागू मानल जाई। आप सभ के धन्यवाद। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 19:39, 1 जुलाई 2023 (UTC)

ऊपर भइल चर्चा बंद हो चुकल बाटे। एम्में बदलाव मत करीं। आगे कवनों टिप्पणी उचित चर्चा पन्ना पर होखे के चाहीं एह चर्चा में अब अउरी कौनों बदलाव ना होखे के चाहीं।

नया प्रयोगकर्ता अधिकार स्तर आ सुरक्षा स्तर लागू करे आ कुछ औजारन के प्रयोग सीमित करे के प्रस्ताव

ई चर्चा पूरा हो चुकल बाटे। एम्में अब कौनों बदलाव मत करीं। आगे के टिप्पणी सभ नया खंड बना के कइल जाये के चाहीं। चर्चा के संछेप में रिजल्ट रहल

चर्चा पूरा भइल, प्रस्ताव Phabricator पर ले जाइल जात बा।

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भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर नाया प्रयोगकर्ता अधिकार - सुस्थापित प्रयोगकर्ता के स्थापना खातिर ई प्रस्ताव रखल जात बा। ई अधिकार अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया के Extended confirmed के नियर होखी। मने कि, प्रयोगकर्ता लोग के कुछ संपादन आ समय के बाद ई स्तर के अधिकार मिली।

• कम से कम 30 दिन पुरान खाता आ साथे-साथ कम से कम 500 संपादन के सीमा
• अंग्रेजी विकिपीडिया नियर कुछ दसा में, प्रबंधक द्वारा, ऊपर बतावल सीमा से पहिले दिहल जाए के ब्यवस्था (अगर केहू पहिले से ई अधिकार प्राप्त ब्यक्ति अपना बैध दुसरे खाता खाती ई माँग करे)

एही के साथे-साथ एकर इस्तेमाल खातिर नीचे दिहल चीज प्रस्तावित कइल जा रहल बाटे:

• ई एगो सुरक्षा के स्तर होखी जेह पर, जरूरत पड़े पर, पन्ना सभ के प्रबंधक द्वारा सुरक्षित कइल जा सकत बा
• पन्ना स्थानांतरण (मूव) करे, मने कि नाँव बदले, के सुबिधा एह अधिकार आ ऊपर वाला लोग (प्रबंधक) लोग के होखी
• कंटेंट ट्रांसलेशन आ ट्विंकल नियर सुबिधा के इस्तेमाल एह अधिकार आ एकरे ऊपर वाला लोगन के होखी।
• अउरी कौनों औजार भा सुबिधा के इस्तेमाल एह अधिकार ले सीमित कइल, जइसन भबिस्य में आम सहमती द्वारा फैसला होखे।

अइसन प्रयोगकर्ता अधिकार स्तर के जरूरत एह कारन बा कि वर्तमान में सुरक्षा के स्तर ऑटोकन्फर्म के बाद सीधा प्रबंधक स्तर बाटे। बीच में एगो सुरक्षा स्तर बनावल उचित रही जेह पर महत्ववाला पन्ना सभ के सुरक्षित कइल जा सके। एकरा से पन्ना स्थानांतरण के उत्पात के रोके आ कंटेंट अनुवाद उपकरण के इस्तेमाल से अंधाधुंध लेख बनावे पर भी नियंत्रण होखी।

आपन राय नीचे दिहल जाय आ अगर कौनों सुझाव होखे तब इहाँ चर्चा कइल जाय। --SM7^{--बातचीत--} 14:47, 11 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

टिप्पणी अउरी मत

1. समर्थन ☆★संजीव कुमार (✉✉) 05:23, 24 मार्च 2023 (UTC)
2. समर्थन। भोजपुरी विकिपीडिया पर बढिया ढंग से काम करे खातिर आउर लेख क क्वालिटी सुधारे खातिर इ उचित उपाय ह। --सौरभ तिवारी 05 (बात करीं) 19:35, 8 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)
3. कंटेंट ट्रांसलेसन वाले मुद्दा प हमरो राय इहे बा कि एकरे बदे सदस्यन क एक स्तर रखल बहुत ज़रूरी बा ना त कचरा बढ़त देर न लगी। बाक़ी मुद्दा पर भी समर्थन बा। --अजीत कुमार तिवारी ^{बातचीत} 17:27, 9 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)
4. समर्थन, यदि प्रबंधक से नीचे कोई अधिकार यहाँ मौजूद नहीं है तो ये ठीक रहेगा । --हिंदुस्थान वासी ^{वार्ता} 10:52, 9 मई 2023 (UTC)

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Women's Month Datathon on Commons

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Hello Wikimedians,

Hope you are doing well. CIS-A2K and CPUG have planned an online activity for March. The activity will focus on Wikimedia Commons and it will begin on 21 March and end on 31 March 2023. During this campaign, the participants will work on structure data, categories and descriptions of the existing images. We will provide you with the list of the photographs that were uploaded under those campaigns, conducted for Women’s Month.

You can find the event page link here. We are inviting you to participate in this event and make it successful. There will be at least one online session to demonstrate the tasks of the event. We will come back to you with the date and time.

If you have any questions please write to us at the event talk page Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:49, 12 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

Wikimania 2023 Welcoming Program Submissions

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.

Women's Month Datathon on Commons Online Session

Dear Wikimedians,

Hope you are doing well. As we mentioned in a previous message, CIS-A2K and CPUG have been starting an online activity for March from 21 March to 31 March 2023. The activity already started yesterday and will end on 31 March 2023. During this campaign, the participants are working on structure data, categories and descriptions of the existing images. The event page link is here. We are inviting you to participate in this event.

There is an online session to demonstrate the tasks of the event that is going to happen tonight after one hour from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. You can find the meeting link here. We will wait for you. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 13:36, 22 मार्च 2023 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter March 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

There is a CIS-A2K monthly Newsletter that is ready to share which is for the month of March. A few conducted events and ongoing activities are updated in the Newsletter. Through this message, A2K wants your attention towards its March 2023 tasks and towards upcoming events. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and ongoing events/activities.

Conducted events

• Women's Month Datathon on Commons
• Women's Month Datathon on Commons/Online Session
• Hindi Wikisource Community skill-building workshop
• Indic Wikisource Community Online meetup 25 March 2023

Ongoing activity

• Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon April 2023

Please find the Newsletter link here.
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Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:30, 10 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)

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The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

All traffic will switch on 26 April. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

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Wikimedia Foundation’s 2023-2024 Annual Plan and Upcoming Community Conversations

Hi Everyone,

The draft annual plan of the Wikimedia Foundation applicable from July 2023 to June 2024 has been published and is open for feedback.

While the entire annual plan is available in multiple languages, a short summary is available in close to 30 languages including many from the region.

Two-Way Planning/Conversations

Since last year, the Foundation has prioritized two-way planning with communities by asking community members to share their goals for the coming year. We are hosting a series of calls/discussions across various time zones to collaborate across the movement, for South Asia-based communities;

1. In-person session during WikiConference India, on the 28th of April with the attendees of the conference. (recording to be uploaded on meta).
2. Virtual Discussion on the 30th of April, 2023 (0600 UTC)- Join Us!

We would like to invite you all to participate in the virtual discussion on the 30th of April where Lisa Seitz Gruwell, Chief Advancement Officer, and Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer would be sharing and discussing the plans with the movement.

Call Details

Virtual Discussion (Via Zoom)

Date: 30th April 2023 (Sunday)

Time: 0600 UTC (ZoneStamp)

Diff Calendar Link

Look forward to seeing you on the call.

Please add the above details to your respective calendars, and do get in touch with me if you have any further questions.

Rachit Sharma (WMF)

Sent using MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 04:29, 25 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)

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

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Hello,

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

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

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

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

Best regards,

Xeno (WMF) 19:00, 26 अप्रैल 2023 (UTC)

Automatic citations based on ISBN are broken

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We have recently become unable to access the WorldCat API which provided the ability to generate citations using ISBN numbers. The Wikimedia Foundation's Editing team is investigating several options to restore the functionality, but will need to disable ISBN citation generation for now.

This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts, such as the autofill button on refToolbar. Please note that all the other automatic ways of generating citations, including via URL or DOI, are still available.

You can keep updated on the situation via Phabricator, or by reading the next issues of m:Tech News. If you know of any users or groups who rely heavily on this feature (for instance, someone who has an upcoming editathon), I'd appreciate it if you shared this update with them.

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MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 19:45, 11 मई 2023 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter April 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings! CIS-A2K has done a few activities in the month of April and CIS-A2K's monthly Newsletter is ready to share which is for the last month. A few conducted events and ongoing activities are updated in the Newsletter. In this newsletter, we have mentioned A2K's conducted and ongoing events/activities.

Conducted events

• Indic Wikisource proofread-a-thon April 2023
• CIS-A2K/Events/Wikimedia session on building archive at ACPR, Belagavi

Ongoing activity

• Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan 2023

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 07:50, 15 मई 2023 (UTC)

Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan 2023 campaign cum photography contest

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Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings! CIS-A2K has started the Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan 2022 campaign cum photography contest on Wikimedia Commons from 15 May to 30 June. The aim of the contest is to document the Mula & Mutha rivers along with their tributaries in the Pune district on Wikimedia Commons in the form of images and videos. You can see more specific topics in the Rivers and Topics section. In this campaign, partner organisations like, Jeevitnadi, Ecological Society, Samuchit Enviro Tech, Nisarg Sevak, National Society for Clean Cities etc. are actively participating.

We are eager to see your contributions in this contest. For sign-up and upload please visit Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan 2023.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 05:19, 17 मई 2023 (UTC)

The upcoming calls conducted by A2K for or with communities

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Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to announce the launch of the A2K Monthly Engagement Call, a series of interactive sessions aimed at fostering collaborative learning within the Wikimedia community. The motive behind starting the series of interactive sessions is to bring the community together to discuss and interact about important topics. The first Monthly Engagement call will start with Let’s Connect which is an initiative to create an open and safe learning space for all Wikimedians to share and learn different skills with other peers and to add value and contribute collectively to the community. The first call in this series, organized and hosted by CIS-A2K, will take place on June 3, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (IST).

One more announcement is about, on June 5, 2023, as we celebrate Environment Day, A2K is planning to engage communities and community members in discussions about potential activities for the month of June. These activities will involve capturing images of the environment, uploading them to Wikimedia Commons, and adding existing photos to articles on Wikipedia. We would love to invite Wikimedians to collaborate and join us in planning this activity on Sunday, May 28, 2023, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Call details are below:

• Preparatory Call for June Month Activity
• Sunday, May 28 · 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Time zone: Asia/Kolkata
• Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rsy-nhsk-upp

Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 08:25, 25 मई 2023 (UTC)

Selection of the U4C Building Committee

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, 04:20, 27 मई 2023 (UTC)

CIS-A2K Newsletter May 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings! We are pleased to inform you that CIS-A2K has successfully completed several activities during the month of May. As a result, our monthly newsletter, which covers the highlights of the previous month, is now ready to be shared. The newsletter includes updates on the conducted events and ongoing activities, providing a comprehensive overview of A2K's recent endeavours. We have taken care to mention both the conducted and ongoing events/activities in this newsletter, ensuring that all relevant information is captured.

Conducted events

• Preparatory Call for June Month Activity
• Update on status of A2K's grant proposal

Ongoing activity

• Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan 2023

Upcoming Events

• Support to Punjabi Community Proofread-a-thon

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

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Invitation to join at WikiConverse India Call - June 24th, 2023

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Greetings! WikiConverse India is a new initiative that A2K is working on to improve collaboration among communities in India. WikiConverse India aims to initiate and foster dialogue within the Indian language Wikimedia community on various topics that are important for the growth of the Wikimedia movement. Currently, we are conducting regular calls as part of this initiative. For the month of June, this call will be scheduled on June 24th, 2023, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM IST. A2K will invite Indian participants from recent international conferences, namely the Wikimedia Hackathon and EduWiki Conference, to share their important takeaways specifically relevant to India.

To join the WikiConverse India Call, You can find the call details below:

• WikiConverse India Call, June 24th, 2023
• Saturday, June 24 · 6:00 – 7:30pm IST
• Video call link: https://meet.google.com/qcm-rrac-qzk

If you have any questions, please write to a2k@cis-india.org. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 18:29, 16 जून 2023 (UTC)

Reminder: Invitation to Join WikiConverse India Call

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Hello all,

As we informed you earlier, CIS-A2K has begun a new initiative to improve collaboration among communities in India. WikiConverse India aims to initiate and foster dialogue within the Indian language Wikimedia community on various topics that are important for the growth of the Wikimedia movement. Currently, we are conducting regular calls as part of this initiative. For the month of June, this call will be scheduled for June 24th, 2023, today at 6:00 PM. The call meta page is already prepared and you can find it here.

The call details are here to join us:

• Topic: WikiConverse India Call
• Time: Jun 24, 2023 06:00 PM India
• Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88637468034?pwd=MUVBVm1MVXlYNm1OTjZCNGpsM3R2dz09
• Meeting ID: 886 3746 8034
  • Passcode: 874408

We hope you can find some time to join us and listen to the amazing stories and learning experiences from the speakers. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:01, 24 जून 2023 (UTC)

Announcing the new Elections Committee members

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Hello there,

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

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

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,

RamzyM (WMF) 17:59, 28 जून 2023 (UTC)

MinT Machine Translation added to your Wikipedia

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The WMF Language team has added another machine translation (MT) system for Content Translation in your Wikipedia called MinT; you can use MinT machine translation when translating Wikipedia articles using the Content and Section Translation tool.

The WMF Language team provides the MinT service. It is hosted in the Wikimedia Foundation Infrastructure with neural machine translation models that other organizations have released with an open-source license. MinT integrates translation based on NLLB-200, OpusMT, IndicTrans2 and Softcatalà. This MT is set as optional in your Wikipedia. Still, you can choose not to use it by selecting "Start with empty paragraph" from the "Initial Translation" dropdown menu.

Since MinT is hosted in the WMF Infrastructure and the models are open source, it adheres to Wikipedia's policies about attribution of rights, your privacy as a user and brand representation. You can find more information about the MinT machine translation and the models on this page.

Please note that the use of the MinT MT is not compulsory. However, we would want your community to:

• use it to improve the quality of the Machine Translation service
• provide feedback about its quality, and if you prefer the MinT machine translation as default in your Wikipedia.

We trust that introducing this MT is a good support to the Content Translation tool.

Thank you!

UOzurumba (WMF) (बातचीत) 22:01, 4 जुलाई 2023 (UTC) On behalf of the WMF Language team.

CIS-A2K Newsletter June 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings! We are pleased to inform you that CIS-A2K has successfully completed several activities during the month of June. As a result, our monthly newsletter, which covers the highlights of the previous month, is now ready to be shared. We have taken care to mention the conducted events/activities in this newsletter, ensuring that all relevant information is captured.

Conducted events

• Community Engagement Calls and Activities
  • India Community Monthly Engagement Calls: 3 June 2023 call
  • Takeaways of Indian Wikimedians from EduWiki Conference & Hackathon
  • Punjabi Wikisource Proofread-a-thon
• Skill Development Programs
  • Wikidata Training Sessions for Santali Community
• Indian Community Need Assessment and Transition Calls
• Partnerships and Trainings
  • Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion GLAM Project
  • Wikimedia Commons sessions with river activists
  • Introductory session on Wikibase for Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion members

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 07:27, 17 जुलाई 2023 (UTC)

Deploying the Phonos in-line audio player to your Wiki

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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

02:26, 27 जुलाई 2023 (UTC)

Announcement of Train the Trainer 2023 and Call for Scholarship

Dear all,

We are excited to announce the reactivation of the Train the Trainer (TTT) initiative by CIS-A2K in 2023. TTT aims to empower Indian Wikimedians like you with essential skills to support Wikimedia communities effectively. Through this program, we seek to enhance your capacity, encourage knowledge sharing, identify growth opportunities, and enable a positive impact on the communities you serve. The scholarship application period is from ‘‘‘1st to 14th August 2023’’’. Unfortunately, we regretfully cannot consider applications from non-Indian Wikimedians due to logistical and compliance-related constraints. The event is scheduled for the end of September or the beginning of October 2023, and final dates and venue details will be announced soon. We encourage your active participation in TTT 2023 and welcome you to apply for scholarships via the provided form.

For inquiries, please contact us at a2K@cis-india.org or nitesh@cis-india.org. We look forward to your enthusiastic involvement in making Train the Trainer 2023 a resounding success!

Regards, Nitesh (CIS-A2K)

Reminder for TTT Scholarship and announcement about Event dates

Dear all,

We wanted to remind you about the Scholarship form for the Train the Trainer 2023 program and also provide you with the event dates. We encourage you to apply for scholarships to participate in Train the Trainer 2023, as it offers a valuable opportunity for you to actively contribute to your language communities. The scholarship form is accessible here, and the submission window will remain open until 14th August 2023. If you are genuinely interested in promoting knowledge sharing and community empowerment, we strongly encourage you to fill out the form. (Please note that we won't be able to consider applications from Wikimedians based outside of India for TTT 2023.)

The Train The Trainer program will take place on 29th, 30th September, and 1st October 2023. This program provides you an opportunity to enhance your leadership and community-building skills. Thank you for your attention.

CIS-A2K Newsletter July 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

Greetings! We are pleased to inform you that CIS-A2K has successfully completed several activities during the month of July. As a result, our monthly newsletter, which covers the highlights of the previous month, is now ready to be shared. We have taken care to mention the conducted events/activities in this newsletter, ensuring that all relevant information is captured.

Conducted events

• Wikibase session with RIWATCH GLAM
• Wikibase technical session with ACPR GLAM
• Wikidata Training Sessions for Santali Community
• An interactive session with some Wikimedia Foundation staff from India

Announcement

• Train The Trainer 2023 Program

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Thank you MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:23, 8 अगस्त 2023 (UTC)

Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello all,

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

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

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

Best,

RamzyM (WMF), on behalf of the U4C Building Committee, 15:35, 28 अगस्त 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to the Indic Community Monthly Engagement Call on September 8, 2023

Dear Wikimedians,

A2K is excited to invite you to the third call of the Indic Community Monthly Engagement Calls initiative scheduled for September 8, 2023, where A2K is hosting “Learning Clinic: Collective learning from grantee reports in South Asia” by Let’s Connect. This event is designed to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing among community members interested in the region's progress, grantees, potential grantees, and Regional Fund Committee members. The dedicated meta page is here. Here are the details:

• Date: September 8th
• Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM IST
• Language: English
• Facilitation: Jessica Stephenson (WMF - Let’s Connect), Pavan Santhosh (CIS-A2K), Chinmayee Mishra (Let’s Connect working group)
• Duration: 1.5 hours
• Zoom Link: Zoom Link

You can find detailed information on the given meta page. We look forward to meeting you there tomorrow. :) Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 11:01, 7 सितंबर 2023 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

All traffic will switch on 20 September. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 20 September 2023.
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. Please share this information with your community.

Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 09:23, 15 सितंबर 2023 (UTC)

Announcing Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 and Invitation to Participate

Dear Wikimedians,

The Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group is happy to announce Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 on 16-17 December 2023 in Pondicherry, India.

The event is for everyone who contributes to Wikimedia’s technical spaces code developers, maintainers, translators, designers, technical writers and other related technical aspects. Along with that, contributors who don't necessarily contribute to technical spaces but have good understanding of issues on wikis and can work with developers in addressing them can join too. You can come with a project in mind, join an existing project, or create something new with others. The goal of this event is to bring together technical contributors from India to resolve pending technical issues, bugs, brainstorm on tooling ideas, and foster connections between contributors.

We have scholarships to support participation of contributors residing in India. The scholarship form can be filled at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_Qqctj7I87QfYt5imc6iPcGPWuPfncCOyAd_OMbGiqxzxhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link and will close at 23:59 hrs on 15 October 2023 (Sunday) [IST].

Please reach out to contact@indicmediawikidev.org if you have any questions or need support.

Best, Indic MediaWiki Developers UG, 04:40, 4 अक्टूबर 2023 (UTC)

Image Description Month in India: 1 October to 31st October

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Dear everyone,

We're excited to invite you to the Image Description Month India description-a-thon, set to take place from October 1st to October 31st, 2023. During this event, we'll be focusing on improving image-related content across Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

To stay updated and get involved, please visit our dedicated event page event Page.

Your active participation will be instrumental in enhancing Wikimedia content and making it more accessible to users worldwide. Thank you :) MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 14:35, 5 अक्टूबर 2023 (UTC)

== Opportunities open for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and the Case Review Committee ==

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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,

~ Keegan (WMF) (talk) 16:41, 9 अक्टूबर 2023 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Newsletter for September 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

In September, CIS-A2K successfully completed several initiatives. As a result, A2K has compiled a comprehensive monthly newsletter that highlights the events and activities conducted during the previous month. This newsletter provides a detailed overview of the key information related to our endeavors.

Conducted events

• Learning Clinic: Collective learning from grantee reports in South Asia
• Relicensing and Digitisation workshop at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal
• Relicensing and Digitisation workshop at Sayajirao Gaekwad Research Centre, Aurangabad
• Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 Outreach in Telangana
• Mula Mutha Nadi Darshan Photography contest results and exhibition of images
• Train The Trainer 2023

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 15:52, 10 अक्टूबर 2023 (UTC)

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

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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

01:12, 17 अक्टूबर 2023 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Newsletter for October 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

In the month of October, CIS-A2K achieved significant milestones and successfully concluded various initiatives. As a result, we have compiled a comprehensive monthly newsletter to showcase the events and activities conducted during the preceding month. This newsletter offers a detailed overview of the key information pertaining to our various endeavors.

Conducted events

• Image Description Month in India
• WikiWomen Camp 2023
  • WWC 2023 South Asia Orientation Call
  • South Asia Engagement
• Wikimedia Commons session for Birdsong members
• Image Description Month in India Training Session

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 05:25, 7 नवंबर 2023 (UTC)

Coming soon: Reference Previews

A new feature is coming to your wiki soon: Reference Previews are popups for references. Such popups have existed on wikis as local gadgets for many years. Now there is a central solution, available on all wikis, and consistent with the PagePreviews feature.

Reference Previews will be visible to everyone, including readers. If you don’t want to see them, you can opt out. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews unless you disable the gadget.

Reference Previews have been a beta feature on many wikis since 2019, and a default feature on some since 2021. Deployment is planned for November 22.

• Help page
• Project page with more information (in English).
• Feedback is welcome on this talk page.

-- For Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team,

Johanna Strodt (WMDE), 13:11, 15 नवंबर 2023 (UTC)

A2K Community Needs Assessment Form

In late November, A2K hosted a significant call as part of WikiConverse India discussions, aiming to understand the diverse needs of Indian Communities! We deeply appreciate the active participation of every community member, as your valuable suggestions and opinions will be instrumental in shaping A2K's future initiatives.

To enrich this collaborative effort, we've crafted a form. Your responses will provide key components for a broader needs assessment, offering profound insights into the community's suggestions and guiding A2K’s future plans. We invite you to invest just a few precious minutes in sharing your thoughts, ideas, efforts, and impactful initiatives! If you have any doubts or queries, feel free to reach out to nitesh@cis-india.org.

Thank you for being an integral part of our vibrant community! Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 08:44, 5 दिसंबर 2023 (UTC)

Enhancing Your Wikimania 2024 Scholarship Application: Community Call and Volunteer Support

Dear Wikimedians,

I hope this message finds you well. A2K is excited to share news about an upcoming A2K initiative to support Indian Wikimedians in the Wikimania 2024 scholarship process.

Community Call with Experienced Wikimedians

Join the community call on December 9, 2023, featuring experienced Indian Wikimedians. Gain insights into the Wikimania scholarship process, key application elements, and participate in a Q&A session.

Volunteer Committee

A dedicated volunteer committee will assist applicants through Zoom Room Support Sessions, offering one-on-one discussions, personalized feedback, and application enhancement strategies.

For more details and to register:

• Community Call Meta page: link
• Date: 9 December 2023
• Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM IST

We invite your active participation and look forward to your engagement in this community call. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 06:50, 7 दिसंबर 2023 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for November 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

CIS-A2K wrapped up several initiatives in November, and we've compiled a detailed monthly newsletter highlighting the events and activities from the past month. This newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of key information regarding our diverse endeavors.

Conducted events

• Heritage Walk in 175 year old Pune Nagar Vachan Mandir library
• 2023 A2K Needs Assessment Event
• Train The Trainer Report

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here. Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 05:54, 11 दिसंबर 2023 (UTC)

(New) Feature on Kartographer: Adding geopoints via QID

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) 12:31, 13 दिसंबर 2023 (UTC)

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

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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?

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)

A2K Monthly Report for December 2023

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Dear Wikimedians,

In December, CIS-A2K successfully concluded various initiatives, and we have curated an in-depth monthly newsletter summarizing the events and activities of the past month. This newsletter offers a comprehensive overview of key information, showcasing our diverse endeavors.

Conducted events

• Digital Governance Roundtable
• Indic Community Monthly Engagement Calls: Wikimania Scholarship Call
• Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2023
• A2K Meghalaya Visit Highlights: Digitization and Collaboration
• Building Bridges: New Hiring in CIS-A2K
• Upcoming Events
  • Upcoming Call: Disinformation and Misinformation in Wikimedia projects

Please find the Newsletter link here.
If you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 06:54, 12 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2024

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Dear Wiki Community,

You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2024 writing competition from February 1, 2024, to March 31, 2024 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

1. Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
2. Set up a campaign on CampWiz tool.
3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
4. Request local admins for site notice.
5. Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the meta project page.

This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the Article List Generator by Topic and CampWiz. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access these tools

Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.

We look forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you and Best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2024 International Team

Stay connected  

--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 07:26, 18 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is back!

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Dear Wiki Community, You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 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 31st of March.

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 (बात करीं) 07:26, 18 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

Vote on the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello all,

I am reaching out to you today to 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) 18:08, 19 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

A new feature for previewing references on your wiki

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Hi. As announced some weeks ago ^{[1] [2]}, Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team introduced Reference Previews to many wikis, including this one. This feature shows popups for references in the article text.

While this new feature is already usable on your wiki, most people here are not seeing it yet because your wiki has set a gadget as the default for previewing references. We plan to remove the default flag from the gadget on your wiki soon. This means:

• The new default for reference popups on your wiki will be Reference Previews.
• However, if you want to keep using the gadget, you can still enable it in your personal settings.

The benefit of having Reference Previews as the default is that the user experience will be consistent across wikis and with the Page Previews feature, and that the software will be easier to maintain overall.

This change is planned for February 14. If you have concerns about this change, please let us know on this talk page by February 12. – Kind regards, Johanna Strodt (WMDE), 09:30, 23 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

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

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Hello all,

I am reaching out to you today to remind you that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) charter will close on 2 February 2024. Community members may cast their vote and provide comments about the charter via SecurePoll. 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) 17:00, 31 जनवरी 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for January 2024

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Dear Wikimedians,

In January, CIS-A2K successfully concluded several initiatives, and we are pleased to present a comprehensive monthly newsletter summarizing the events and activities of the past month. This newsletter provides an extensive overview of key information, highlighting our diverse range of endeavors.

Conducted Events

• Roundtable on Digital Cultures
• Discussion on Disinformation and Misinformation in Wikimedia Projects
• Roundtable on Digital Access

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 19:16, 9 फरवरी 2024 (UTC)

Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote

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Dear all,

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

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

Please look forward to hearing about the next steps soon.

On behalf of the UCoC Project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 18:23, 12 फरवरी 2024 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2024: We are back!

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Hello, dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the forth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2024. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge! ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk)

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

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Hello all,

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

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

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

Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 16:25, 5 मार्च 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection

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Dear all,

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

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

Here are the key planned dates:

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

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

Election Volunteers

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

Best regards,

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

[1] 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)19:56, 12 मार्च 2024 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.

All traffic will switch on 20 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 20 March 2024.
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. Please share this information with your community.

Trizek (WMF), 00:00, 15 मार्च 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for February 2024

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Dear Wikimedians,

In February, CIS-A2K effectively completed numerous initiatives, and we are delighted to share a detailed monthly newsletter encapsulating the events and activities from the previous month. This newsletter offers a thorough glimpse into significant updates, showcasing the breadth of our varied undertakings.

Collaborative Activities and Engagement

• Telugu Community Conference 2024
• International Mother Language Day 2024 Virtual Meet
• Wiki Loves Vizag 2024

Reports

• Using the Wikimedia sphere for the revitalization of small and underrepresented languages in India
• Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions Open Movement in India 2013-2023 by Soni

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 14:12, 18 मार्च 2024 (UTC)

CIS-A2K announcing Community Collaborations program

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Dear Wikimedians,

Exciting news from A2K! We're thrilled to announce that CIS-A2K is now seeking proposals for collaborative projects and activities to advance Indic Wikimedia projects. If you've got some interesting ideas and are keen on co-organizing projects or activities with A2K, we'd love to hear from you.

Check out all the details about requirements, process, timelines, and proposal drafting guidelines right here.

We're looking forward to seeing your proposals and collaborating to boost Indic Wikimedia projects and contribute even more to the open knowledge movement.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 14:25, 18 मार्च 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for March 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

A2K is pleased to present its monthly newsletter for March, highlighting the impactful initiatives undertaken by CIS-A2K during the month. This newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of the events and activities conducted, giving you insight into our collaborative efforts and engagements.

Collaborative Activities and Engagement

• Wiki Loves Vizag: Fostering Open Knowledge Through Photography

Monthly Recap

• She Leads Program (Support)
• WikiHour: Amplifying Women's Voices (Virtual)
• Wikimedia India Summit 2024
• Department of Language and Culture, Government of Telangana

From the Team- Editorial

Comic

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Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:17, 11 अप्रैल 2024 (UTC)

Vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Dear all,

I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

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

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 20:20, 25 अप्रैल 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for April 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are pleased to present our monthly newsletter for April, highlighting the impactful initiatives undertaken by CIS-A2K during the month. This newsletter provides a comprehensive overview of the events and activities conducted, giving you insight into our collaborative efforts and engagements.

• In the Limelight- Chandan Chiring

Monthly Recap

• Commons:Tribal Culture Photography Competition
• m:CIS-A2K/Events/Indic Community Monthly Engagement Calls/April 12, 2024 Call
• Wikipedia Training to Indian Language educators
• m:Wiki Explores Bhadrachalam
• Wikimedia Summit

From the Team- Editorial

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Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:22, 14 मई 2024 (UTC)

WMF’s Annual Plan Draft (2024-2025) and Session during the South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC)

Hi Everyone,

This message is regarding the Wikimedia Foundation’s Draft Annual Plan for 2024-2025, and in continuation of Maryana’s email; inviting inputs from members of the movement. The entire annual plan is available in multiple languages and a shorter summary is available in close to 30 languages including many from South Asia; and open for your feedback.

We invite you all to a session on the Annual Plan during 19th May's [:m:South Asia Open Community Call|South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC)]], in line with the collaborative approach adopted by the foundation for finalizing Annual Plans. The discussion will be hosted by members of the senior leadership of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Call Details (Please add the details to your respective calendars)

• Google Meeting
  • Date/Time: 19th May 2024 @ 1230-1400 UTC or 1800-1930 IST

You can add any questions/comments on Etherpad [1]; pre-submissions welcomed.

Ps: To know more about the purpose of an Annual Plan, please read our listed FAQs. Look forward to seeing you on the call.

Best MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:35, 14 मई 2024 (UTC)

Sign up for the language community meeting on May 31st, 16:00 UTC

Hello all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This is a participant-driven meeting, where we share language-specific updates related to various projects, collectively discuss technical issues related to language wikis, and work together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, the topics included the machine translation service (MinT) and the languages and models it currently supports, localization efforts from the Kiwix team, and technical challenges with numerical sorting in files used on Bengali Wikisource.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates related to your project? Any problems that you would like to bring for discussion during the meeting? Do you need interpretation support from English to another language? Please reach out to me at ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org and add agenda items to the document here.

We look forward to your participation!

MediaWiki message delivery 21:22, 14 मई 2024 (UTC)

Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle

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Dear community members,

The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees invites you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle. This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects, and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening or closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the Language Committee or closing projects policy.

You can find the details on this page, as well as the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on June 23, 2024, anywhere on Earth.

You can also share information about this with the interested project communities you work with or support, and you can also help us translate the procedure into more languages, so people can join the discussions in their own language.

On behalf of the CAC,

RamzyM (WMF) 02:25, 22 मई 2024 (UTC)

Announcing the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote results. We are following up with the results of the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election.

We are pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a two-year term:

• North America (USA and Canada)
  • –
• Northern and Western Europe
  • Ghilt
• Latin America and Caribbean
  • –
• Central and East Europe (CEE)
  • —
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • –
• Middle East and North Africa
  • Ibrahim.ID
• East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
  • 0xDeadbeef
• South Asia
  • –

The following individuals are elected to be community-at-large members of the U4C, fulfilling a one-year term:

• Barkeep49
• Superpes15
• Civvì
• Luke081515
• –
• –
• –
• –

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. Follow their work on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) 08:14, 3 जून 2024 (UTC)

The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now on Meta

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Hi everyone,

The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now up on Meta in more than 20 languages for your reading.

What is the Wikimedia Movement Charter?

The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.

Join the Wikimedia Movement Charter “Launch Party”

Join the “Launch Party” on June 20, 2024 at 14.00-15.00 UTC (your local time). During this call, we will celebrate the release of the final Charter and present the content of the Charter. Join and learn about the Charter before casting your vote.

Movement Charter ratification vote

Voting will commence on SecurePoll on June 25, 2024 at 00:01 UTC and will conclude on July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. You can read more about the voting process, eligibility criteria, and other details on Meta.

If you have any questions, please leave a comment on the Meta talk page or email the MCDC at mcdc@wikimedia.org.

On behalf of the MCDC,

RamzyM (WMF) 08:44, 11 जून 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS) 2024 - Scholarships

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Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS) 2024 is focused on using technology to enhance inclusivity across Wikipedia and its associated projects. We aim to explore strategies for engaging underrepresented communities and languages while also strengthening the technical foundation. By fostering collaboration between developers, users, and researchers, we can unite our efforts to create, innovate, and advance the technology that drives open knowledge.

We invite community members residing in India who are interested in attending WTS 2024 in person to apply for scholarships by July 10, 2024. The summit will be held at IIIT Hyderabad, India, in October 2024.

To apply, please fill out the application form by clicking this link].

On behalf of the WTS 2024 Scholarship Committee :Kasyap (बात करीं) 09:13, 11 जून 2024 (UTC)

Plans to enable MinT for Wiki readers in Bhojpuri Wikipedia

Hello Bhojpuri Wikipedians!

Apologies as this message is not in your language, Please help translate to your language.

The WMF Language team has been working on MinT for Wiki Readers. This feature will allow communities to access more content that is only available in other languages with machine translation in Wikipedia. We will be enabling the initial version of this feature first in Igbo Wikipedia, and your Wikipedia is the next to test and have this feature since it will be beneficial for reading content in other languages. For this, our team would like you to read about the feature and test it so you can:

• Ask us questions
• Tell us how to improve the feature
• Give us your feedback on enabling it in your Wikipedia

About the feature

The MinT for Wiki Readers is a feature that will allow readers of Bhojpuri Wikipedia to expand their reading options and knowledge beyond the language they are familiar with in Wikipedia. For instance, if someone is interested in a topic or content that only exists in the Japanese language and the person is not familiar with the language. While using the mobile web version of Wikipedia, the reader can access the machine translation version of that content in the Bhojpuri language from the language selector or the article's footer (as shown in the media files below).

Language selector entry point. Language selector entry point.  Article footer entry point Article footer entry point

These machine-generated translations of content are clearly identified as such, and the human-created content is surfaced and recommended if available.

This feature is in its initial development. It is an early and functional version, and many aspects will be improved based on your community member's feedback on what works and what can be improved to better support your needs as readers.

How to try the tool

Before we enable this feature in your Wikipedia by the 26th June 2024, we invite members of your community to try MinT for Wiki Readers in your Wikipedia at Special:AutomaticTranslation and give us early feedback in this thread or on this talk page. Our team would like to know your impression on:

• How do you use the feature
• Anything we should consider for our plans to enable it?
• Your ideas for improving it.

We greatly appreciate your time and effort in testing this tool. We eagerly look forward to your valuable feedback and questions, which will be instrumental in the further development of this feature. Thank you.

On behalf of the WMF Language team. UOzurumba (WMF) (बात करीं) 21:53, 13 जून 2024 (UTC)

Voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now open – cast your vote

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Hello everyone,

The voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now open. The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.

The final version of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is available on Meta in different languages and attached here in PDF format for your reading.

Voting commenced on SecurePoll on June 25, 2024 at 00:01 UTC and will conclude on July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

After reading the Charter, please vote here and share this note further.

If you have any questions about the ratification vote, please contact the Charter Electoral Commission at cec@wikimedia.org.

On behalf of the CEC,

RamzyM (WMF) 10:51, 25 जून 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for May 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are pleased to present our May newsletter, showcasing the impactful initiatives undertaken by CIS-A2K throughout the month. This edition offers a comprehensive overview of our events and activities, providing insights into our collaborative efforts and community engagements.

In the Limelight

Openness for Cultural Heritage

Monthly Recap

• Digitisation Workshop
• Commons:Tribal Culture Photography Competition
• Wiki Technical Training

Dispatches from A2K

Coming Soon

• Future of Commons Convening

You can access the newsletter here.
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Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:36, 27 जून 2024 (UTC)

Voting to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter is ending soon

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Hello everyone,

This is a kind reminder that the voting period to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter will be closed on July 9, 2024, at 23:59 UTC.

If you have not voted yet, please vote on SecurePoll.

On behalf of the Charter Electoral Commission,

RamzyM (WMF) 03:45, 8 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

U4C Special Election - Call for Candidates

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Hello all,

A special election has been called to fill additional vacancies on the U4C. The call for candidates phase is open from now through July 19, 2024.

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

In this special election, according to chapter 2 of the U4C charter, there are 9 seats available on the U4C: four community-at-large seats and five regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement. No more than two members of the U4C can be elected from the same home wiki. Therefore, candidates must not have English Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, or Italian Wikipedia as their home wiki.

Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.

In cooperation with the U4C,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 00:02, 10 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting results

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Hello everyone,

After carefully tallying both individual and affiliate votes, the Charter Electoral Commission is pleased to announce the final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter voting.  

As communicated by the Charter Electoral Commission, we reached the quorum for both Affiliate and individual votes by the time the vote closed on July 9, 23:59 UTC. We thank all 2,451 individuals and 129 Affiliate representatives who voted in the ratification process. Your votes and comments are invaluable for the future steps in Movement Strategy.

The final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting held between 25 June and 9 July 2024 are as follows:

Individual vote:

Out of 2,451 individuals who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 2,446 have been accepted as valid votes. Among these, 1,710 voted “yes”; 623 voted “no”; and 113 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 73.30% voted to approve the Charter (1710/2333), while 26.70% voted to reject the Charter (623/2333).

Affiliates vote:

Out of 129 Affiliates designated voters who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 129 votes are confirmed as valid votes. Among these, 93 voted “yes”; 18 voted “no”; and 18 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 83.78% voted to approve the Charter (93/111), while 16.22% voted to reject the Charter (18/111).

Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation:

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted not to ratify the proposed Charter during their special Board meeting on July 8, 2024. The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, shared the result of the vote, the resolution, meeting minutes and proposed next steps.  

With this, the Wikimedia Movement Charter in its current revision is not ratified.

We thank you for your participation in this important moment in our movement’s governance.

The Charter Electoral Commission,

Abhinav619, Borschts, Iwuala Lucy, Tochiprecious, Der-Wir-Ing

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:52, 18 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for June 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to share our June newsletter, highlighting the impactful initiatives undertaken by CIS-A2K over the past month. This edition provides a detailed overview of our events and activities, offering insights into our collaborative efforts and community engagements and a brief regarding upcoming initiatives for next month.

In the Limelight- Book Review

Geographies of Digital Exclusion

Monthly Recap

• Wiki Technical Training
• Strategy discussion (Post-Summit Event)

Dispatches from A2K

• Future of Commons

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• Gearing up for Wikimania 2024
• Commons workshop and photo walk in Hyderabad

Comic

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 06:23, 26 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

Vote now to fill vacancies of the first U4C

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Dear all,

I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through August 10, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

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

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

In cooperation with the U4C,

RamzyM (WMF) 02:46, 27 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

Project Announcement: Enhancing Indic Oral Culture on Wikimedia Projects

Hello Wikimedians!

We are glad to announce that the Wikimedia funded project Enhancing Indic Oral Culture on Wikimedia projects is now underway. It is a project focusing on facilitating citizen archivists to document their language and culture. Training, support, compensation for field visits, and regular guidance are some of the facilities that will be provided to volunteer participants. If you or someone you know who is interested in participating, please feel free to get in touch with us and feel free to reach out to us at amritsufi2@gmail.com or yakshitharp6@gmail.com

We have attached a flyer link which contains more information about the project. Here is the registration link to participate: Here
Invitation Link

Thank You
Yakshitha (बात करीं) 06:12, 31 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2024: Call for Applications

Apologies for writing in English, please feel free to post this into your language.

Dear Wikimedians,

We are thrilled to announce the 9ninth iteration of the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program, co-hosted by CIS-A2K and the Odia Wikimedians User Group. TTT 2024 will be held from October 18-20, 2024, in Odisha.

This event aims to enhance leadership and training skills among active Indian Wikimedians, with a focus on innovative approaches to foster deeper engagement and learning.

Key Details

• Event Dates: October 18-20, 2024
• Location: Odisha, India
• Eligibility: Open to active Indian Wikimedians
• Scholarship Application Deadline: Thursday, August 15, 2024

We encourage all interested community members to apply for scholarships. Please review the event details and application guidelines on the Meta page before submitting your application. Apply Here: Scholarship Application Form For any questions, please post on the Event talk page or email nitesh@cis-india.org.

We look forward to your participation and contributions!

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 10:45, 31 जुलाई 2024 (UTC)

Reminder! Vote closing soon to fill vacancies of the first U4C

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Dear all,

The voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is closing soon. It is open through 10 August 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility. If you are eligible to vote and have not voted in this special election, it is important that you vote now.

Why should you vote? The U4C is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community input into the committee membership is critical to the success of the UCoC.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

In cooperation with the U4C,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 15:29, 6 अगस्त 2024 (UTC)

Coming soon: A new sub-referencing feature – try it!

Hello. For many years, community members have requested an easy way to re-use references with different details. Now, a MediaWiki solution is coming: The new sub-referencing feature will work for wikitext and Visual Editor and will enhance the existing reference system. You can continue to use different ways of referencing, but you will probably encounter sub-references in articles written by other users. More information on the project page.

We want your feedback to make sure this feature works well for you:

• Please try the current state of development on beta wiki and let us know what you think.
• Sign up here to get updates and/or invites to participate in user research activities.

Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team is planning to bring this feature to Wikimedia wikis later this year. We will reach out to creators/maintainers of tools and templates related to references beforehand.

Please help us spread the message. --Johannes Richter (WMDE) (talk) 10:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Reminder: Apply for TTT 2024 Scholarships by August 22

Dear Wikimedians,

Important Reminder: The scholarship application deadline has been extended till Thursday, August 22, 2024. We encourage active Wikimedians to submit their applications before the deadline.

Please ensure you review the essential details on Meta page regarding this event.

Scholarship Application form

For any questions, please reach out on the Event talk page or via email at nitesh@cis-india.org or Chinmayee at chinumishra70@gmail.com.

Regards,

TTT 2024 Organising team

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 20:15, 20 अगस्त 2024 (UTC)

Sign up for the language community meeting on August 30th, 15:00 UTC

Hi all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks—on August 30th at 15:00 UTC. If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This participant-driven meeting will focus on sharing language-specific updates related to various projects, discussing technical issues related to language wikis, and working together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, topics included the Language Converter, the state of language research, updates on the Incubator conversations, and technical challenges around external links not working with special characters on Bengali sites.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates or discuss challenges? Please add agenda items to the document here and reach out to ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org. We look forward to your participation!

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 23:19, 22 अगस्त 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for July 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to share our July newsletter, highlighting the impactful initiatives undertaken by CIS-A2K over the past month. This edition provides a detailed overview of our events and activities, offering insights into our collaborative efforts and community engagements and a brief regarding upcoming initiatives for next month.

In the Limelight- NEP Study Report

Monthly Recap

• Future of Commons
• West Bengal Travel Report

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• Train the Trainer 2024

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 09:05, 28 अगस्त 2024 (UTC)

Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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Hello all,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote and the Elections Committee have certified the results for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election.

I am pleased to announce the following individual as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a term until 15 June 2026:

• North America (USA and Canada)
  • Ajraddatz

The following seats were not filled during this special election:

• Latin America and Caribbean
• Central and East Europe (CEE)
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• South Asia
• The four remaining Community-At-Large seats

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the U4C and the Elections Committee,

RamzyM (WMF) 14:05, 2 सितंबर 2024 (UTC)

Have your say: Vote for the 2024 Board of Trustees!

Hello all,

The voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election is now open. There are twelve (12) candidates running for four (4) seats on the Board.

Learn more about the candidates by reading their statements and their answers to community questions.

When you are ready, go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote. The vote is open from September 3rd at 00:00 UTC to September 17th at 23:59 UTC.

To check your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:13, 3 सितंबर 2024 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.

All traffic will switch on 25 September. The switch will start at 15:00 UTC.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 25 September 2024.
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.

Please share this information with your community.

Trizek_(WMF), 09:36, 20 सितंबर 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for August 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to present our August newsletter, showcasing the impactful initiatives led by CIS-A2K throughout the month. In this edition, you'll find a comprehensive overview of our events and activities, highlighting our collaborative efforts, community engagements, and a sneak peek into the exciting initiatives planned for the coming month.

In the Limelight- Doing good as a creative person

Monthly Recap

• Wiki Women Collective - South Asia Call
• Digitizing the Literary Legacy of Sane Guruji
• A2K at Wikimania
• Multilingual Wikisource

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• Tamil Content Enrichment Meet
• Santali Wiki Conference
• TTT 2024

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:55, 26 सितंबर 2024 (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...

Apologies for cross-posting in English. Please consider translating this message.

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T66315

Hello everyone, a small change will soon be coming to the user-interface of your Wikimedia project. The Wikidata item sitelink currently found under the General section of the Tools sidebar menu will move into the In Other Projects section.

We would like the Wiki communities feedback so please let us know or ask questions on the Discussion page before we enable the change which can take place October 4 2024, circa 15:00 UTC+2. More information can be found on the project page.

We welcome your feedback and questions.
MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 18:57, 27 सितंबर 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to Participate in Wiki Loves Ramadan Community Engagement Survey

Dear all,

Apologies for writing in English. Please help to translate in your language. We are excited to announce the upcoming Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative aimed at celebrating Ramadan by enriching Wikipedia and its sister projects with content related to this significant time of year. As we plan to organize this event globally, your insights and experiences are crucial in shaping the best possible participation experience for the community.

To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is engaging, inclusive, and impactful, we kindly invite you to participate in our community engagement survey. Your feedback will help us understand the needs of the community, set the event's focus, and guide our strategies for organizing this global event.

Survey link: https://forms.gle/f66MuzjcPpwzVymu5

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will make a difference!

Thank you for being a part of our journey to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success.

Warm regards,

User:ZI Jony 03:19, 6 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team

A2K Monthly Report for September 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We are thrilled to share our September newsletter, packed with highlights of the key initiatives driven by CIS-A2K over the past month. This edition features a detailed recap of our events, collaborative projects, and community outreach efforts. You'll also get an exclusive look at the exciting plans and initiatives we have in store for the upcoming month. Stay connected with our vibrant community and join us in celebrating the progress we’ve made together!

In the Limelight- Santali Wiki Regional Conference 2024

Dispatches from A2K

Monthly Recap

• Book Lover’s Club in Belagavi
• CIS-A2K’s Multi-Year Grant Proposal
• Supporting the volunteer-led committee on WikiConference India 2025
• Tamil Content Enrichment Meet
• Experience of CIS-A2K's Wikimania Scholarship recipients

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• Train-the-trainer 2024
• Indic Community Engagement Call
• A2K at Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 15:13, 10 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Hello all,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. Close to 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.

The following four candidates were the most voted:

1. Christel Steigenberger
2. Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
3. Victoria Doronina
4. Lorenzo Losa

While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December 2024.

Learn more about the results on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

MPossoupe_(WMF) 08:25, 14 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees

Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.

Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:

• Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
• Ombuds commission (OC)
• Case Review Committee (CRC)

Applications for the committees open on 16 October 2024. Applications for the Affiliations Committee close on 18 November 2024, and applications for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on 2 December 2024. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cst@wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.

For the Committee Support team,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 23:07, 16 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

Announcing Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024 & scholarship applications

Dear Wikimedians,

We hope you are well.

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Indic Wikimedia Hackathon Bhubaneswar 2024, hosted by the Indic MediaWiki Developers UG (aka Indic-TechCom) in collaboration with the Odia Wikimedians UG. The event will take place in Bhubaneswar during 20-22 December 2024.

Wikimedia hackathons are spaces for developers, designers, content editors, and other community stakeholders to collaborate on building technical solutions that help improve the experience of contributors and consumers of Wikimedia projects. The event is intended for:

• Technical contributors active in the Wikimedia technical ecosystem, which includes developers, maintainers (admins/interface admins), translators, designers, researchers, documentation writers etc.
• Content contributors having in-depth understanding of technical issues in their home Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary, etc.
• Contributors to any other FOSS community or have participated in Wikimedia events in the past, and would like to get started with contributing to Wikimedia technical spaces.

We encourage you to follow the essential details & updates on Meta-Wiki regarding this event.

Event Meta-Wiki page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic_Wikimedia_Hackathon_Bhubaneswar_2024

Scholarship application form: Click here to apply

(Scholarships are available to assist with your attendance, covering travel, accommodation, food, and related expenses.)

Please read the application guidance on the Meta-Wiki page before applying.

The scholarship application is open until the end of the day 2 November 2024 (Saturday).

If you have any questions, concerns or need any support with the application, please start a discussion on the event talk page or reach out to us contact@indicmediawikidev.org via email.

Best,

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 09:35, 19 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving, finally.

Hello everyone, I previously wrote on the 27th September to advise that the Wikidata item sitelink will change places in the sidebar menu, moving from the General section into the In Other Projects section. The scheduled rollout date of 04.10.2024 was delayed due to a necessary request for Mobile/MinervaNeue skin. I am happy to inform that the global rollout can now proceed and will occur later today, 22.10.2024 at 15:00 UTC-2. Please let us know if you notice any problems or bugs after this change. There should be no need for null-edits or purging cache for the changes to occur. Kind regards, -Danny Benjafield (WMDE) 11:29, 22 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

Final Reminder: Join us in Making Wiki Loves Ramadan Success

Dear all,

We’re thrilled to announce the Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative to celebrate Ramadan by enhancing Wikipedia and its sister projects with valuable content related to this special time of year. As we organize this event globally, we need your valuable input to make it a memorable experience for the community.

Last Call to Participate in Our Survey: To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is inclusive and impactful, we kindly request you to complete our community engagement survey. Your feedback will shape the event’s focus and guide our organizing strategies to better meet community needs.

• Survey Link: Complete the Survey
• Deadline: November 10, 2024

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will truly make a difference!

Volunteer Opportunity: Join the Wiki Loves Ramadan Team! We’re seeking dedicated volunteers for key team roles essential to the success of this initiative. If you’re interested in volunteer roles, we invite you to apply.

• Application Link: Apply Here
• Application Deadline: October 31, 2024

Explore Open Positions: For a detailed list of roles and their responsibilities, please refer to the position descriptions here: Position Descriptions

Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to working together to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success!

Warm regards,
The Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team 05:11, 29 अक्टूबर 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report for October 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We’re thrilled to share our October newsletter, featuring the impactful work led or support by CIS-A2K over the past month. In this edition, you’ll discover a detailed summary of our events and initiatives, emphasizing our collaborative projects, community interactions, and a preview of the exciting plans on the horizon for next month.

In the Limelight

TTT

Dispatches from A2K

Monthly Recap

• Wikimedia Technology Summit

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• TTT follow-ups

You can access the newsletter here.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 12:09, 8 नवंबर 2024 (UTC)

Announcing Wikifile-transfer v2, and second community call

Dear Wikimedia Community,

We are excited to announce the release of Wikifile-transfer v2, an enhanced tool to streamline media transfers across Wikimedia projects. Wikifile-transfer supports users in moving non-free images across wiki projects. This tool is helpful for contributors managing media across multiple language wikis.

You can learn more about it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Wikifile-transfer/v2

You can try the new version here: https://wikifile-transfer.toolforge.org/#/

We invite you to join our second community call on November 10, 2024, at 18:00 IST (6:00 PM). This meeting is an opportunity to discuss the new features, share feedback, and connect with us.

Please add your name at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Indic-TechCom/Tools/Wikifile-transfer/v2#Community_call.

Since this is a major new release, some bugs may still exist. We encourage you to report any issues you encounter to help us improve the tool further. We're looking forward to your feedback as we continue refining WikiFile-Transfer to meet the needs of our community.

Regards -ParasharSarthak (बात करीं)

Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC

Hello everyone,

The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1732896000>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Community_meetings#29_November_2024>.

This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.

Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers, Srishti 19:54, 21 नवंबर 2024 (UTC)

Proposal to enable the "Contribute" entry point in Bhojpuri Wikipedia

Hello Bhojpuri Wikipedians,

Apologies as this message is not in your language. Please help translate to your language.

The WMF Language and Product Localization team proposes enabling an entry point called "Contribute" to your Wikipedia.

The Contribute entry point is based on collaborative work with other product teams in the Wikimedia Foundation on Edit discovery, which validated the entry point as a persistent and constant path that contributors took to discover ways to contribute content in Wikipedia.

Therefore, enabling this entry point in your Wikipedia will help contributors quickly discover available tools and immediately click to start using them. This entry point is designed to be a central point for discovering contribution tools in Bhojpuri Wikipedia.

Who can access it

Once it is enabled in your Wikipedia, newcomers can access the entry point automatically by just logging into their account, click on the User drop-down menu and choose the "Contribute" icon, which takes you to another menu where you will find a self-guided description of what you can do to contribute content, as shown in the image below. An option to "view contributions" is also available to access the list of your contributions.

For experienced contributors, the Contribute icon is not automatically shown in their User drop-down menu. They will still see the "Contributions" option unless they change it to the "Contribute" manually.

This feature is available in four Wikipedia (Albanian, Malayalam, Mongolian, and Tagalog). We have gotten valuable feedback that helped us improve its discoverability. Now, it is ready to be enabled in other Wikis. One major improvement was to make the entry point optional for experienced contributors who still want to have the "Contributions" entry point as default.          

We plan to enable it on mobile for Wikis, where the Section translation tool is enabled. In this way, we will provide a main entry point to the mobile translation dashboard, and the exposure can still be limited by targeting only the mobile platform for now. If there are no objections to having the entry point for mobile users from your community, we will enable it by 10th December 2024.

We welcome your feedback and questions in this thread on our proposal to enable it here. Suppose there are no objections, we will deploy the "Contribute" entry point in your Wikipedia.

We look forward to your response soon.

Thank you!

On behalf of the WMF Language and Product Localization team. UOzurumba (WMF) (बात करीं) 04:45, 28 नवंबर 2024 (UTC)

Expressions of Interest to host Wikimania 2027 in India: Initial conversation

Please help translate to your language

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to Initiate the discussions about India’s potential bid to host Wikimania 2027, the annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. This is a call to the community to express interest and share ideas for organizing this flagship event in India.

Having a consortium of a good number of country groups, recognised affiliates, thematic groups or regional leaders primarily from Asia for this purpose will ultimately strengthen our proposal from the region. This is the first step in a collaborative journey. We invite all interested community members to contribute to the discussion, share your thoughts, and help shape the vision for hosting Wikimania 2027 in India.

Your participation will ensure this effort reflects the strength and diversity of the Indian Wikimedia community. Please join the conversation on Meta page and help make this vision a reality!

Regards,
Wikimedians of Kerala User Group and Odia Wikimedians User Group
This message was sent with MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) by Gnoeee (talk) 15:14, 4 दिसंबर 2024 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Report – November 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

We’re excited to bring you the November edition of the CIS-A2K newsletter, highlighting our impactful initiatives and accomplishments over the past month. This issue offers a comprehensive recap of our events, collaborative projects, and community engagement efforts. It also provides a glimpse into the exciting plans we have lined up for the coming month. Stay connected with our vibrant community as we celebrate the progress we’ve made together!

In the Limelight

Tulu Wikisource

Dispatches from A2K

Monthly Recap

• Learning hours Call
• Dandari-Gussadi Festival Documentation, Commons Education Project: Adilabad
• Executive Directors meeting at Oslo

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2024
• Learning Hours

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Warm regards, CIS-A2K Team MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 16:46, 10 दिसंबर 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to Participate in the Wikimedia SAARC Conference Community Engagement Survey

Dear Community Members,

I hope this message finds you well. Please excuse the use of English; we encourage translations into your local languages to ensure inclusivity.

We are conducting a Community Engagement Survey to assess the sentiments, needs, and interests of South Asian Wikimedia communities in organizing the inaugural Wikimedia SAARC Regional Conference, proposed to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal.

This initiative aims to bring together participants from eight nations to collaborate towards shared goals. Your insights will play a vital role in shaping the event's focus, identifying priorities, and guiding the strategic planning for this landmark conference.

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/en8qSuCvaSxQVD7K6

We kindly request you to dedicate a few moments to complete the survey. Your feedback will significantly contribute to ensuring this conference addresses the community's needs and aspirations.

Deadline to Submit the Survey: 20 January 2025

Your participation is crucial in shaping the future of the Wikimedia SAARC community and fostering regional collaboration. Thank you for your time and valuable input.

Warm regards,
Biplab Anand

A2K Monthly Report – December 2024

Dear Wikimedians,

Happy 2025! We are thrilled to share with you the December edition of the CIS-A2K Newsletter, showcasing our initiatives and achievements from the past month. In this issue, we offer a detailed recap of key events, collaborative projects, and community engagement efforts. Additionally, we provide a preview of the exciting plans we have in store for the upcoming month. Stay connected with our dynamic community as we celebrate the progress we’ve made together!

In the Limelight

Santali Food Festival

Dispatches from A2K

Monthly Recap

• Learning hours Call
• Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2024
• Santali Food Festival

Coming Soon - Upcoming Activities

• She Leads Bootcamp

You can access the newsletter here.
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Warm regards, CIS-A2K Team MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:11, 12 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Open Community Call - Expressions of Interest to host Wikimania 2027 in India

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Dear Wikimedians,

Happy 2025.. 😊

As you must have seen, members from Wikimedians of Kerala and Odia Wikimedia User Groups initiated preliminary discussions around submitting an Expression of Interest (EoI) to have Wikimania 2027 in India. You can find out more on the Meta Page.

Our aim is to seek input and assess the overall community sentiment and thoughts from the Indian community before we proceed further with the steps involved in submitting the formal EOI.

As part of the same, we are hosting an open community call regarding India's Expression of Interest (EOI) to host Wikimania 2027. This is an opportunity to gather your valuable feedback, opinions, and suggestions to shape a strong and inclusive proposal.

• 📅 Date: Wednesday, January 15th 2025
• ⏰ Time: 7pm-8pm IST
• 📍 Platform: https://meet.google.com/sns-qebp-hck

Your participation is key to ensuring the EOI reflects the collective aspirations and potential of the vibrant South Asian community.

Let’s join together to make this a milestone event for the Wikimedia movement in South Asia.

We look forward to your presence!
Warm regards,
Wikimedians of Kerala and Odia Wikimedians User Group's
This message was sent with MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) by Gnoeee (talk) at 05:55, 14 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Launching! Join Us for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025!

Dear All,

We’re happy to announce the launch of Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025, an annual international campaign dedicated to celebrating and preserving Islamic cultures and history through the power of Wikipedia. As an active contributor to the Local Wikipedia, you are specially invited to participate in the launch.

This year’s campaign will be launched for you to join us write, edit, and improve articles that showcase the richness and diversity of Islamic traditions, history, and culture.

• Topic: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 Campaign Launch
• When: Jan 19, 2025
• Time: 16:00 Universal Time UTC and runs throughout Ramadan (starting February 25, 2025).
• Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88420056597?pwd=NdrpqIhrwAVPeWB8FNb258n7qngqqo.1
• Zoom meeting hosted by Wikimedia Bangladesh

To get started, visit the campaign page for details, resources, and guidelines: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025.

Add your community here, and organized Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your local language.

Whether you’re a first-time editor or an experienced Wikipedian, your contributions matter. Together, we can ensure Islamic cultures and traditions are well-represented and accessible to all.

Feel free to invite your community and friends too. Kindly reach out if you have any questions or need support as you prepare to participate.

Let’s make Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 a success!

For the International Team 12:07, 16 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Enabling Dark mode for logged-out users in this Wikipedia

Hello Wikipedians,

Apologies, as this message is not written in your native language. Please help translate to your language.

The Wikimedia Foundation Web team will be enabling dark mode here on your Wikipedia by February 2025 now that pages on your wiki have passed our checks for accessibility and other quality checks. Congratulations!

The plan to enable is made possible by the diligent work of editors and other technical contributors in your community who ensured that templates, gadgets, and other parts of pages can be accessible in dark mode. Thank you all for making dark mode available for everybody!

For context, the Web team has concluded work on dark mode. If, on some wikis, the option is not yet available for logged-out users, this is likely because many pages do not yet display well in dark mode. As communities make progress on this work, we enable this feature on additional wikis once per month.

If you notice any issues after enabling dark mode, please create a page: Reading/Web/Accessibility for reading/Reporting/xx.wikipedia.org in MediaWiki (like these pages), and report the issue in the created page.

Thank you!

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team.

UOzurumba (WMF) 22:15, 21 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

New Wikimedia Campaign Launching Tomorrow: Indic Writing Systems Campaign 2025

Dear Wikimedians,

We are excited to announce the launch of the Indic writing systems campaign 2025, which will take place from 23 January 2025 (World Endangered Writing Day) to 21 February 2025 (International Mother Language Day). This initiative is part of the ongoing efforts of WikiProject writing Systems to raise awareness about the documentation and revitalization of writing systems, many of which are currently underrepresented or endangered.

Representatives from important organizations that work with writing systems, such as Endangered Alphabets and the Script Encoding Initiative, support the campaign. The campaign will feature two primary activities focused on the list of target scripts:

• Wikidata Labelathon: A focused effort to improve and expand the information related to South Asian scripts on Wikidata.

• Wikipedia Translatathon: A collaborative activity aimed at enhancing the coverage of South Asian writing systems and their cultural significance on Wikipedia.

We are looking for local organizers to engage their respective communities. If you are interested in organizing, kindly sign-up here. We also encourage all Indic Wikimedians to join us in this important campaign to help document and celebrate the diverse writing systems of South Asia.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to your active participation.

Regards MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:29, 22 जनवरी 2025 (UTC) Navya sri Kalli

Universal Code of Conduct annual review: provide your comments on the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines

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I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 01:11, 24 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2025 starts soon

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Dear Wiki Community,

You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2025 writing competition from February 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

1. Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
2. Set up a campaign on CampWiz tool.
3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
4. Request local admins for site notice.
5. Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the meta project page.

This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the Article List Generator by Topic and CampWiz. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access these tools

Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.

We look forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you and Best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2025 International Team

Stay connected  

--MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 02:35, 29 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is back!

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Dear Wiki Community, You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 an international media 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 31st of March.

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 (बात करीं) 02:35, 29 जनवरी 2025 (UTC)

Reminder: first part of the annual UCoC review closes soon

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This is a reminder that the first phase of the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines will be closing soon. You can make suggestions for changes through the end of day, 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta. After review of the feedback, proposals for updated text will be published on Meta in March for another round of community review.

Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 00:48, 3 फरवरी 2025 (UTC)

A2K Monthly Newsletter – January 2025

Dear Wikimedians,

We are delighted to share the January edition of the CIS-A2K Newsletter, highlighting our initiatives and accomplishments from the past month. This issue features a detailed recap of key events, collaborative projects, and community engagement efforts. Plus, get a sneak peek at the exciting plans we have for the upcoming month. Let’s continue strengthening our community and celebrating our collective progress!

In the Limelight

• Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons App Usage in India: Key Insights and Challenges

Dispatches from A2K

Monthly Highlights

• Learning Hours Call
• She Leads Bootcamp 2025
• Wikisource Reader App

Coming Soon – Upcoming Activities

• Participation in Wikisource Conference
• Second Iteration of She Leads

Please read the full newsletter here
To subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter, click here.

Looking forward to another impactful year ahead!

Regards, CIS-A2K Team MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 14:34, 12 फरवरी 2025 (UTC)

Upcoming Language Community Meeting (Feb 28th, 14:00 UTC) and Newsletter

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, February 28th at 14:00 UTC! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page.

This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.

Got a topic to share? Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add agenda items to the document here.

Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January. This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter on its wiki page: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter.

We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community meeting, see you there!

MediaWiki message delivery 08:28, 22 फरवरी 2025 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment

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I am writing to you to let you know that proposed changes to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter are open for review. You can provide feedback on suggested changes through the end of day on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes. Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) 18:51, 7 मार्च 2025 (UTC)

An improved dashboard for the Content Translation tool

Hello Wikipedians,

Apologies as this message is not in your language, Please help translate to your language.

The Language and Product Localization team has improved the Content Translation dashboard to create a consistent experience for all contributors using mobile and desktop devices. The improved translation dashboard allows all logged-in users of the tool to enjoy a consistent experience regardless of their type of device.

With a harmonized experience, logged-in desktop users now have access to the capabilities shown in the image below.

Notice that in this screenshot, the new dashboard allows: Users to adjust suggestions with the "For you" and "...More" buttons to select general topics or community-created collections (like the example of Climate topic).  Also, users can use translation to create new articles (as before) and expand existing articles section by section. You can see how suggestions are provided in the new dashboard  in two groups ("Create new pages" and "Expand with new sections")-one for each activity.

In the current dashboard, you will notice that you can't adjust suggestions to select topics or community-created collections. Also, you can't expand on existing articles by translating new sections.

We will implement this improvement on your wiki on Monday, March 17th, 2025 and remove the current dashboard by May 2025. Please reach out with any questions concerning the dashboard in this thread.

Thank you!

On behalf of the Language and Product Localization team.

UOzurumba (WMF) 02:55, 13 मार्च 2025 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.

All traffic will switch on 19 March. The switch will start at 14:00 UTC.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.

Please share this information with your community.

MediaWiki message delivery 23:15, 14 मार्च 2025 (UTC)

Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted

The proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and the U4C Charter are now on Meta-wiki for community notice in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on the wiki page for the election soon.

Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 02:04, 4 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

Invitation for the next South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC) with a focus on WMF's Annual Plans (27th April, 2025)

Dear All,

The South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC) is a monthly call where South Asian communities come together to participate, share community activities, receive important updates and ask questions in the moderated discussions.

The next SAOCC is scheduled for 27th April, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM (1230-1330 UTC) and will have a section with representatives from WMF who will be sharing more about their Annual Plans for the next year, in addition to Open Community Updates.

We request you all to please attend the call and you can find the joining details here.

Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 08:25, 14 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025: Invitation

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Hello, dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the fifth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 14th April until 16th May 2025. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contributions in every language!

The most active contesters will receive prizes.

If you are interested in coordinating long-term community engagement for the campaign and becoming a local ambassador, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know your interest.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk)

16:10, 16 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter

The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

In cooperation with the U4C -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 00:34, 17 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

Sub-referencing: User testing

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Hi I’m Johannes from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes team. We are making great strides with the new sub-referencing feature and we’d love to invite you to take part in two activities to help us move this work further:

1. Try it out and share your feedback

   Please try the updated wikitext feature on the beta wiki and let us know what you think, either on our talk page or by booking a call with our UX researcher.

2. Get a sneak peak and help shape the Visual Editor user designs

   Help us test the new design prototypes by participating in user sessions – sign up here to receive an invite. We're especially hoping to speak with people from underrepresented and diverse groups. If that's you, please consider signing up! No prior or extensive editing experience is required. User sessions will start May 14th.

We plan to bring this feature to Wikimedia wikis later this year. We’ll reach out to wikis for piloting in time for deployments. Creators and maintainers of reference-related tools and templates will be contacted beforehand as well.

Thank you very much for your support and encouragement so far in helping bring this feature to life!

Johannes Richter (WMDE) (talk) 15:03, 28 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

Vote on proposed modifications to the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter

The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter closes on 1 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.

In cooperation with the U4C --

Keegan (WMF) (talk) 03:40, 29 अप्रैल 2025 (UTC)

We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!

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Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.

As you probably know, the old Graph extension was disabled in 2023 due to security reasons. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the Charts extension, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the EasyTimeline extension.

After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.

The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from May 6. Please, consult our page on MediaWiki.org to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also consult the documentation about the extension on MediaWiki.org.

If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the talk page or at Phabricator.

Thank you in advance! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:07, 6 मई 2025 (UTC)

Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)

The results of voting on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is available on Meta-wiki.

You may now submit your candidacy to serve on the U4C through 29 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Information about eligibility, process, and the timeline are on Meta-wiki. Voting on candidates will open on 1 June 2025 and run for two weeks, closing on 15 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.

If you have any questions, you can ask on the discussion page for the election. -- in cooperation with the U4C,

Keegan (WMF) (बातचीत) 22:06, 15 मई 2025 (UTC)

RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)

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Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.

We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.

You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content. Thank you in advance! -- Sannita (WMF) (बातचीत) 15:26, 22 मई 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions

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Dear all,

This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.

The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].

Here are the key planned dates:

• May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
• June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
• July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
• August 2025: Campaign period
• August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
• October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
• Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated

Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page [link].

Call for Questions

In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. [link]

Election Volunteers

Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page [link].

Thank you!

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results

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

[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_December_2024

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

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/FAQ

[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Questions_for_candidates

Best regards,

Victoria Doronina

Board Liaison to the Elections Committee

Governance Committee

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 03:07, 28 मई 2025 (UTC)

Update from A2K team: May 2025

Hello everyone,

We’re happy to share that the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program has now formally become part of the Raj Reddy Centre for Technology and Society at IIIT-Hyderabad. Going forward, our work will continue under the name Open Knowledge Initiatives.

The new team includes most members from the former A2K team, along with colleagues from IIIT-H already involved in Wikimedia and Open Knowledge work. Through this integration, our commitment to partnering with Indic Wikimedia communities, the GLAM sector, and broader open knowledge networks remains strong and ongoing. Learn more at our Team’s page on Meta-Wiki.

We’ll also be hosting an open session during the upcoming South Asia Open Community Call on 6 - 7 pm, and we look forward to connecting with you there.

Thanks for your continued support! Thank you

Pavan Santhosh,

On behalf of the Open Knowledge Initiatives Team.

Upcoming Deployment of the CampaignEvents Extension

Hello everyone,

(Apologies for posting in English if English is not your first language. Please help translate to your language.)

The Campaigns Product Team is planning a global deployment of the CampaignEvents extension to all Wikipedias, including this wiki, during the week of June 23rd.

This extension is designed to help organizers plan and manage events, WikiProjects, and other on-wiki collaborations - and to make these efforts more discoverable.

The three main features of this extension are:

• Event Registration: A simple way to sign up for events on the wiki.
• Collaboration List: A global list of events and a local list of WikiProjects, accessible at Special:AllEvents.
• Invitation Lists: A tool to help organizers find editors who might want to join, based on their past contributions.

Note: The extension comes with a new user right called "Event Organizer", which will be managed by administrators on this wiki. Organizer tools like Event Registration and Invitation Lists will only work if someone is granted this right. The Collaboration List is available to everyone immediately after deployment.

The extension is already live on several wikis, including Meta, Wikidata, English Wikipedia, and more ( See the full deployment list)

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please feel free to share them on the extension talkpage. We’d love to hear from you before the rollout.

Thank you!

Udehb-WMF (बातचीत) 16:47, 29 मई 2025 (UTC)

📣 Announcing the South Asia Newsletter – Get Involved! 🌏

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Hello Wikimedians of South Asia! 👋

We’re excited to launch the planning phase for the South Asia Newsletter – a bi-monthly, community-driven publication that brings news, updates, and original stories from across our vibrant region, to one page!

We’re looking for passionate contributors to join us in shaping this initiative:

• Editors/Reviewers – Craft and curate impactful content
• Technical Contributors – Build and maintain templates, modules, and other magic on meta.
• Community Representatives – Represent your Wikimedia Affiliate or community

If you're excited to contribute and help build a strong regional voice, we’d love to have you on board!

👉 Express your interest though this link.

Please share this with your community members.. Let’s build this together! 💬

This message was sent with MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) by Gnoeee (talk) at 15:42, 6 जून 2025 (UTC)

Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election

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Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2025 Election information page. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.

Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 23:00, 13 जून 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates

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Hello all,

The call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.

This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]

Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.

Best regards,

Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Call_for_candidates

[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Resources_for_candidates

MediaWiki message delivery (बात करीं) 17:43, 17 जून 2025 (UTC)

Sister Projects Task Force reviews Wikispore and Wikinews

Dear Wikimedia Community,

The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees assigned the Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF) to update and implement a procedure for assessing the lifecycle of Sister Projects – wiki projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).

A vision of relevant, accessible, and impactful free knowledge has always guided the Wikimedia Movement. As the ecosystem of Wikimedia projects continues to evolve, it is crucial that we periodically review existing projects to ensure they still align with our goals and community capacity.

Despite their noble intent, some projects may no longer effectively serve their original purpose. Reviewing such projects is not about giving up – it's about responsible stewardship of shared resources. Volunteer time, staff support, infrastructure, and community attention are finite, and the non-technical costs tend to grow significantly as our ecosystem has entered a different age of the internet than the one we were founded in. Supporting inactive projects or projects that didn't meet our ambitions can unintentionally divert these resources from areas with more potential impact.

Moreover, maintaining projects that no longer reflect the quality and reliability of the Wikimedia name stands for, involves a reputational risk. An abandoned or less reliable project affects trust in the Wikimedia movement.

Lastly, failing to sunset or reimagine projects that are no longer working can make it much harder to start new ones. When the community feels bound to every past decision – no matter how outdated – we risk stagnation. A healthy ecosystem must allow for evolution, adaptation, and, when necessary, letting go. If we create the expectation that every project must exist indefinitely, we limit our ability to experiment and innovate.

Because of this, SPTF reviewed two requests concerning the lifecycle of the Sister Projects to work through and demonstrate the review process. We chose Wikispore as a case study for a possible new Sister Project opening and Wikinews as a case study for a review of an existing project. Preliminary findings were discussed with the CAC, and a community consultation on both proposals was recommended.

Wikispore

The application to consider Wikispore was submitted in 2019. SPTF decided to review this request in more depth because rather than being concentrated on a specific topic, as most of the proposals for the new Sister Projects are, Wikispore has the potential to nurture multiple start-up Sister Projects.

After careful consideration, the SPTF has decided not to recommend Wikispore as a Wikimedia Sister Project. Considering the current activity level, the current arrangement allows better flexibility and experimentation while WMF provides core infrastructural support.

We acknowledge the initiative's potential and seek community input on what would constitute a sufficient level of activity and engagement to reconsider its status in the future.

As part of the process, we shared the decision with the Wikispore community and invited one of its leaders, Pharos, to an SPTF meeting.

Currently, we especially invite feedback on measurable criteria indicating the project's readiness, such as contributor numbers, content volume, and sustained community support. This would clarify the criteria sufficient for opening a new Sister Project, including possible future Wikispore re-application. However, the numbers will always be a guide because any number can be gamed.

Wikinews

We chose to review Wikinews among existing Sister Projects because it is the one for which we have observed the highest level of concern in multiple ways.

Since the SPTF was convened in 2023, its members have asked for the community's opinions during conferences and community calls about Sister Projects that did not fulfil their promise in the Wikimedia movement.[1][2][3] Wikinews was the leading candidate for an evaluation because people from multiple language communities proposed it. Additionally, by most measures, it is the least active Sister Project, with the greatest drop in activity over the years.

While the Language Committee routinely opens and closes language versions of the Sister Projects in small languages, there has never been a valid proposal to close Wikipedia in major languages or any project in English. This is not true for Wikinews, where there was a proposal to close English Wikinews, which gained some traction but did not result in any action[4][5], see section 5 as well as a draft proposal to close all languages of Wikinews[6].

Initial metrics compiled by WMF staff also support the community's concerns about Wikinews.

Based on this report, SPTF recommends a community reevaluation of Wikinews. We conclude that its current structure and activity levels are the lowest among the existing sister projects. SPTF also recommends pausing the opening of new language editions while the consultation runs.

SPTF brings this analysis to a discussion and welcomes discussions of alternative outcomes, including potential restructuring efforts or integration with other Wikimedia initiatives.

Options mentioned so far (which might be applied to just low-activity languages or all languages) include but are not limited to:

• Restructure how Wikinews works and is linked to other current events efforts on the projects,
• Merge the content of Wikinews into the relevant language Wikipedias, possibly in a new namespace,
• Merge content into compatibly licensed external projects,
• Archive Wikinews projects.

Your insights and perspectives are invaluable in shaping the future of these projects. We encourage all interested community members to share their thoughts on the relevant discussion pages or through other designated feedback channels.

Feedback and next steps

We'd be grateful if you want to take part in a conversation on the future of these projects and the review process. We are setting up two different project pages: Public consultation about Wikispore and Public consultation about Wikinews. Please participate between 27 June 2025 and 27 July 2025, after which we will summarize the discussion to move forward. You can write in your own language.

I will also host a community conversation 16th July Wednesday 11.00 UTC and 17th July Thursday 17.00 UTC (call links to follow shortly) and will be around at Wikimania for more discussions.

-- Victoria on behalf of the Sister Project Task Force, 20:56, 27 जून 2025 (UTC)