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Á== We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15) ==
Dear Wikimedians/Wikipedians:
Today we are starting a broad discussion to define Wikimedia's future role in the world and develop a collaborative strategy to fulfill that role. You are warmly invited to join the conversation.
There are many ways to participate, by joining an existing conversation or starting your own:
Track A (organized groups): Discussions with your affiliate, committee or other organized group (these are groups that support the Wiki movement).
Track B (individual contributors): On Meta or your local language or project wiki.
This is the first of three conversations, and it will run between now and April 15. The purpose of cycle 1 is to discuss the future of the movement and generate major themes around potential directions. What do we want to build or achieve together over the next 15 years?
We welcome you, as we create this conversation together, and look forward to broad and diverse participation from all parts of our movement.
Sincerely,
Nicole Ebber (Track A Lead), Jaime Anstee (Track B Lead), & the engagement support teams01:09, 18. Matz 2017 (EDT)
Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.
On behalf of the Wiki Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.
The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wiki Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.
The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).
We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.
Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.
The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.
The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.
In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:
Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.
More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections wikimedia.org.
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wiki Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wiki Foundation
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The Wiki Foundation will be testing its secondary data center in Dallas. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. 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.
Other effects:
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 13:34, 11. Abr. 2017 (EDT)
Wikidata description editing is a new experiment being rolled out on the Wikipedia app for Android. While this primarily impacts Wikidata, the changes are also addressing a concern about the mobile versions of Wikipedia, so that mobile users will be able to edit directly the descriptions shown under the title of the page and in the search results.
We began by rolling out this feature several weeks ago to a pilot group of Wikipedias (Russian, Hebrew, and Catalan), and have seen very positive results including numerous quality contributions in the form of new and updated descriptions, and a low rate of vandalism.
We are now ready for the next phase of rolling out this feature, which is to enable it in a few days for all Wikipedias except the top ten by usage within the app (i.e. except English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese). We will enable the feature for those languages instead at some point in the future, as we closely monitor user engagement with our expanded set of pilot communities. As always, if have any concerns, please reach out to us on wiki at the talk page for this project or by email at [email protected]. Thanks!
-DBrant (WMF) 04:41, 14. Abr. 2017 (EDT)
New Page previews feature
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Hello,
The Reading web team at the Wiki Foundation has been working to enable Page previews, a beta feature known previously as Hovercards, as opt-in behavior for logged-in users and the default behavior for logged-out users across Wikipedia projects. Page previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. For this project, we are expecting to collect feedback over the following few weeks and tentatively enable the feature in early May, 2017.
A quick note on the implementation:
You can read more about the feature and the tests we used to evaluate performance, try it out by enabling it from the beta features page, and leave feedback or questions on the talk page.
Thank you, MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 12:52, 19. Abr. 2017 (EDT)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:
Expansions
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Project MUSE, EBSCO, Taylor & Francis and Newspaperarchive.com.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 14:52, 2. Moi 2017 (EDT)
Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2017 elections for the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees.
The Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wiki Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wiki Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.
The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 1 to 23:59 UTC May 14. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2017 Board of Trustees election page on Meta-Wiki.
On behalf of the Elections Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wiki Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wiki Foundation
15:14, 3. Moi 2017 (EDT)
Birgit Müller (WMDE) 10:41, 8. Moi 2017 (EDT)
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Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and adding the new visual diff tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving the visual diff tool.
block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [2]
tags (sometimes used as
) for chemical formulas inside the visual editor. [7]Control
+Shift
+K
on a PC, or Command
+Shift
+K
on a Mac. It is based on the keyboard shortcut for making links, which is Control
+K
or Command
+K
respectively. [11]
tags and other types of wikitext syntax. You will be able to turn it on and off. It will first become available in VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode, maybe late in 2017. [12]&ooui=1
to the end of the URL, like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&ooui=1 The old appearance will no longer be possible, even with local CSS changes. [13]—Elitre (WMF)
14:05, 12. Moi 2017 (EDT)
Hello,
I’m sorry for writing in English. It’d be great if someone could translate this message if necessary.
One of the most requested features for Wikidata is to enable editing of Wikidata’s data directly from Wikipedia, so the editors can continue their workflow without switching websites.
The Wikidata development team has been working on a tool to achieve this goal: fill and edit the Wikipedia infoboxes with information from Wikidata, directly on Wikipedia, via the Visual Editor.
We already asked for feedback in 2015, and collected some interesting ideas which we shared with you in this thesis. Now we would like to present to you our first prototype and collect your feedback, in order to improve and continue the development of this feature.
We present this work to you very early, so we can include your feedback before and all along the development. You are the core users of this feature, so we want to make sure that it fits your needs and editing processes.
You will find the prototype, description of the features, and a demo video, on this page. Feel free to add any comment or feedback on the talk page. The page is currently not translated in every languages, but you can add your contribution by helping to translate it.
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to follow all the discussions on Wikipedia, so if you want to be sure that your feedback is read, please add it on the Wikidata page, in your favorite language. Thanks for your understanding.
Thanks, Lea Lacroix (WMDE)
Birgit Müller (WMDE) 10:44, 16. Moi 2017 (EDT)
The Wiki movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified 5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.
You are invited to join the online and offline discussions taking place on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.
Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:
On the movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.
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Hello all,
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The Wikidata development team is about to deploy a new feature on all Wikipedias. It is a new type of notification (via Echo, the notification system you see at the top right of your wiki when you are logged in), that will inform the creator of a page, when this page is connected to a Wikidata item.
You may know that Wikidata provides a centralized system for all the interwikilinks. When a new page is created, it should be connected to the corresponding Wikidata item, by modifying this Wikidata item. With this new notification, editors creating pages will be informed when another editor connects this page to Wikidata.
This feature will be deployed on May 30th on all the Wikipedias, excepting English, French and German. This feature will be disable by default for existing editors, and enabled by default for new editors.
This is the first step of the deployments, the Wikipedias and other Wiki projects will follow in the next months.
If you have any question, suggestion, please let me know by pinging me. You can also follow and leave a comment on the Phabricator ticket.
Thanks go to Matěj Suchánek who developed this feature!
Danke! Lea Lacroix (WMDE) (talk)
On behalf of the Wiki Foundation Elections Committee, we are pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wiki Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson elections. Please read the letter from the Wiki Foundation calling for candidates at on the 2017 Wiki Foundation elections portal.
Funds Dissemination Committee
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wiki movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
The Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.
The candidacy submission phase will last until May 28 (23:59 UTC).
We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates until May 28. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki. Once the questions submission period has ended on May 28, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to.
The goal of this process is to fill the five community-selected seats on the Wiki Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee and the community-selected ombudsperson. The election results will be used by the Board itself to make the appointments.
The full schedule for the FDC elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.
More information on this year's elections can be found at the 2017 Wiki Foundation elections portal.
Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections wikimedia.org.
On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wiki Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wiki Foundation
17:06, 23. Moi 2017 (EDT)
Hi, you are invited to participate in the discussion on the proposal to make a banner through m: centralnotice to inform more people around the world about what the Turkish government has done about Wikipedia, ie all the language versions of Wikipedia are You are obscured, so in Turkey it is impossible to view the * .wikipedia.org site. To hope that the Turkish government will remove the block, it is necessary to raise awareness of this fact around the world because it is important to succeed in this mission because Wikipedia can not be seen in Turkey. With this message also for those interested, I invite him to sign the Wikimedian appeal.
If you have any questions or questions do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks best regards. --Samuele2002 (Talk!) 08:27, 8. Yuni 2017 (EDT)
Hello, and sorry to write this message in English. You can help translating it.
Starting from today, you will be able to display Wikidata changes in both modes of the recent changes and the watchlist.
Read and translate the full message
Danke! Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 04:33, 29. Yuni 2017 (EDT)
(wrong target page? you can fix it here)
You can see and use the old and new versions now. Most editors will only notice that some buttons are slightly larger and have different colors.
However, this change also affects some user scripts and gadgets. Unfortunately, some of them may not work well in the new system. If you maintain any user scripts or gadgets that are used for editing, please see mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons for information on how to test and fix your scripts. Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.
This change will probably reach this wiki on Tuesday, 18 July 2017. Please leave a note at mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons if you need help.Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:22, 10. Yuli 2017 (EDT)
Hello,
A quick update on the progress of enabling Page Previews (previously named Hovercards) on this project. Page Previews provide a preview of any linked article, giving readers a quick understanding of a related article without leaving the current page. As mentioned in December we're preparing to remove the feature from Beta and make it the default behavior for logged-out users. We have recently made a large update to the code which fixes most outstanding bugs.
Due to some issues with our instrumentation, we delayed our deployment by a few months. We are finally ready to deploy the feature. Page Previews will be off by default and available in the user preferences page for logged-in users the week of July 24th. The feature will be on by default for current beta users and logged-out users. If you would like to preview the feature, you can enable it as a beta feature. For more information see Page Previews. Questions can be left on the talk page in your preferred language.
Thank you again.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 18:33, 20. Yuli 2017 (EDT)
There is currently a RfC open on Meta regarding "requiring those involved with paid editing on Wikipedia to link on their user page to all other active accounts through which they advertise paid Wikipedia editing business."
Note this is to apply to Wikipedia and not necessarily other sister projects, this is only to apply to websites where people are specifically advertising that they will edit Wikipedia for pay and not any other personal, professional, or social media accounts a person may have.
Please comment on meta. Thanks. Send on behalf of User:Doc James.
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 17:06, 17. Sep. 2017 (EDT)
Discussion on synced reading lists
Hello,
The Reading Infrastructure team at the Wiki Foundation is developing a cross-platform reading list service for the mobile Wikipedia app. Reading lists are like bookmark folders in your web browser. They allow readers using the Wikipedia app to bookmark pages into folders to read later. This includes reading offline. Reading lists do not create or alter content in any way.To create Reading Lists, app users will register an account and marked pages will be tied to that account. Reading List account preferences sync between devices. You can read the same pages on different mobile platforms (tablets, phones). This is the first time we are syncing preference data between devices in such a way. We want to hear and address concerns about privacy and data security. We also want to explain why the current watchlist system is not being adapted for this purpose.
In 2016 the Android team replaced the simple Saved Pages feature with Reading Lists. Reading Lists allow users to bookmark pages into folders and for reading offline. The intent of this feature was to allow "syncing" of these lists for users with many devices. Due to overlap with the Gather feature and related community concerns, this part was put on hold.
The Android team has identified this lack of synching as a major area of complaint from users. They expect lists to sync. The iOS team has held off implementing Reading Lists, as syncing was seen as a "must have" for this feature. A recent technical RfC has allowed these user stories and needs to be unblocked. Initially for Android, then iOS, and with web to potentially follow.
Reading lists are private, stored as part of a user's account, not as a public wiki page. There is no sharing or publishing ability for reading lists. No planned work to make these public. The target audience are people that read Wikipedia and want to bookmark and organize that content in the app. There is a potential for the feature to be available on the web in the future.
Watchlists offer similar functionality to Reading Lists. The Reading Infrastructure team evaluated watchlist infrastructure before exploring other options. In general, the needs of watchlists differ from Reading Lists in a few key ways:
More information can be found on MediaWiki.org where feedback and ideas are welcome.
Thank you
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 16:35, 20. Sep. 2017 (EDT)
New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers
The Readers web team will be deploying a new feature this week to make it easier to download PDF versions of articles on the mobile website.
Providing better offline functionality was one of the highlighted areas from the research done by the New Readers team in Mexico, Nigeria, and India. The teams created a prototype for mobile PDFs which was evaluated by user research and community feedback. The prototype evaluation received positive feedback and results, so development continued.
For the initial deployment, the feature will be available to Google Chrome browsers on Android. Support for other mobile browsers to come in the future. For Chrome, the feature will use the native Android print functionality. Users can choose to download a webpage as a PDF. Mobile print styles will be used for these PDFs to ensure optimal readability for smaller screens.
The feature is available starting Wednesday, Nov 15. For more information, see the project page on MediaWiki.org.
Danke!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 20. Nov. 2017 (EST)
Hi all,
We wanted to inform you that scholarship applications for Wikimania 2018 which is being held in Cape Town, South Africa on July 18–22, 2018 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Monday, 22 January 2018 23:59 UTC.
Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wiki Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wiki Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2018 scholarships, please visit: wm2018:Scholarships.
To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply
It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org or leave a message at: wm2018:Talk:Scholarships. Please help us spread the word and translate pages!
Best regards, David Richfield and Martin Rulsch for the Scholarship Committee 14:24, 20. Dis. 2017 (EST)
Greetings,
"Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wiki Deitsch. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 05:46, 21. Dis. 2017 (EST)
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Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has spent most of their time supporting the 2017 wikitext editor mode, which is available inside the visual editor as a Beta Feature, and improving the visual diff tool. Their work board is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, supporting the 2017 wikitext editor, and improving the visual diff tool.
block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [17]—Elitre (WMF)
15:56, 2. Matz 2018 (EST)
Wiki: Galicia 15 - 15 Challenge is a public writing competition which will improve improve and translate this list of 15 really important articles into as many languages as possible. Everybody can help in any language to collaborate on writing and/or translating articles related to Galicia. To participate you just need to sign up here. Thank you very much.--Breogan2008 (Diskussion) 10:28, 12. Matz 2018 (EDT)
Time to bring embedded maps (‘mapframe’) to most Wikipedias
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Mapframe is a feature that enables users to easily display interactive maps right on wiki pages. Currently, most Wikipedias don’t have mapframe. But fifteen Wikipedias, along with all the other Wiki projects, are using mapframe today to display maps on thousands of pages.
A little background: over the last few months, the Foundation’s Collaboration team has been working to improve the stability and user experience of the maps service. In addition, a question about long-term support for the maps service was recently settled, and a small team has been assigned for routine maintenance. Given these developments, bringing the benefits of mapframe to Wikipedias that lack the feature seems both safe and supportable. Nine Wikipedias that use a stricter version of Flagged Revisions will not get mapframe in this release.
Maps are a valuable form of visual data that can improve readers’ understanding across a wide range of topics. If you know of any reasons why mapframe shouldn’t be implemented on your Wikipedia, let us know on the project talk page. Unless we hear from you, we plan to release mapframe to most Wikipedias in May, 2018. So, if you foresee an issue, please let us hear from you. Otherwise, happy mapping!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 17:38, 24. Abr. 2018 (EDT)
Birgit Müller (WMDE) 10:53, 7. Moi 2018 (EDT)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to research and tools as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
Expansions
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Loeb Classical Library, Cairn, Gale and Bloomsbury.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 14:03, 30. Moi 2018 (EDT)
Update on page issues on mobile web
Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen Hi everyone. The Readers web team has recently begun working on exposing issue templates on the mobile website. Currently, details about issues with page content are generally hidden on the mobile website. This leaves readers unaware of the reliability of the pages they are reading. The goal of this project is to improve awareness of particular issues within an article on the mobile web. We will do this by changing the visual styling of page issues.
So far, we have drafted a proposal on the design and implementation of the project. We were also able to run user testing on the proposed designs. The tests so far have positive results. Here is a quick summary of what we learned:
Our next step would be to start implementing these changes. We wanted to reach out to you for any concerns, thoughts, and suggestions you might have before beginning development. Please visit the project page where we have more information and mockups of how this may look. Please leave feedback on the talk page.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 16:58, 12. Yuni 2018 (EDT)
Global preferences are now available, you can set them by visiting your new global preferences page. Visit mediawiki.org for information on how to use them and leave feedback. -- Keegan (WMF) (talk)
15:19, 10. Yuli 2018 (EDT)
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Hi all!
To improve the security of our readers and editors, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed. (These are pages like MediaWiki:Common.css
and MediaWiki:Vector.js
which contain code that is executed in the browsers of users of the site.) A new user group, interface-admin
, has been created. Starting four weeks from now, only members of this group will be able edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css
or .js
that is either in the MediaWiki:
namespace or is another user's user subpage).
You can learn more about the motivation behind the change here.
Please add users who need to edit CSS/JS to the new group (this can be done the same way new administrators are added, by stewards or local bureaucrats). This is a dangerous permission; a malicious user or a hacker taking over the account of a careless interface-admin can abuse it in far worse ways than admin permissions could be abused. Please only assign it to users who need it, who are trusted by the community, and who follow common basic password and computer security practices (use strong passwords, do not reuse passwords, use two-factor authentication if possible, do not install software of questionable origin on your machine, use antivirus software if that's a standard thing in your environment).
Thanks!
Tgr (talk) 13:45, 30. Yuli 2018 (EDT) (via global message delivery)
Hello.
The team working on TemplateStyles at the Wiki Foundation would like to enable TemplateStyles on this wiki.
TemplateStyles is a feature to allow non-administrators to write and manage CSS styles for templates. It allows contributors who edit templates to separate content and presentation. A good web practice that makes it easier to manage the layout of templates. If you don't edit templates, this will not have any impact on your contributions.
TemplateStyles is useful for a few reasons.
You can learn more about TemplateStyles on MediaWiki.org. Technical documentation is also available.
This is an optional feature and no one must use it, but template contributors are encouraged to do so! Please discuss and let us know if there are any concerns. If there are no concerns we will proceed to deploy the feature on the 9th of August.
Thank you.
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 17:28, 6. Aug. 2018 (EDT)
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Hi all,
as announced previously, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed: only members of the interface-admin
(Oberflächenadministratoren) group, and a few highly privileged global groups such as stewards, can edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage). This is done to improve the security of readers and editors of Wiki projects. More information is available at Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS. If you encounter any unexpected problems, please contact me or file a bug.
Thanks!
Tgr (talk) 08:40, 27. Aug. 2018 (EDT) (via global message delivery)
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The Wiki Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 12 September 2018. On Wednesday, 10 October 2018, they will switch back to the primary data center.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop when we switch. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
Other effects:
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Johan(WMF) (talk)
09:33, 6. Sep. 2018 (EDT)
The Community Wishlist Survey. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen.
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wiki communities decide what the Wiki Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wiki editors. You can post technical proposals from now until 11 November. The communities will vote on the proposals between 16 November and 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.
/User:Johan (WMF)07:06, 30. Okt. 2018 (EDT)
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Did you know?
Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has wrapped up most of their work on the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual diff tool. The team has begun investigating the needs of editors who use mobile devices. Their work board is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are fixing bugs and improving mobile editing.
—Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
10:17, 2. Nov. 2018 (EDT)
Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web
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Hello,
In a few weeks the Readers web team will be changing how some templates look on the mobile web site. We will make these templates more noticeable when viewing the article. We ask for your help in updating any templates that don't look correct.
What kind of templates? Specifically templates that notify readers and contributors about issues with the content of an article – the text and information in the article. Examples like Template:Unreferenced or Template:More citations needed. Right now these notifications are hidden behind a link under the title of an article. We will format templates like these (mostly those that use Template:Ambox or message box templates in general) to show a short summary under the page title. You can tap on the "Learn more" link to get more information.
For template editors we have some recommendations on how to make templates that are mobile-friendly and also further documentation on our work so far.
If you have questions about formatting templates for mobile, please leave a note on the project talk page or file a task in Phabricator and we will help you.
Danke!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 14:35, 13. Nov. 2018 (EST)
The Community Wishlist Survey. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen.
Hey everyone,
The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wiki communities decide what the Wiki Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wiki editors. The communities have now posted a long list of technical proposals. You can vote on the proposals from now until 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.
/User:Johan (WMF)13:13, 22. Nov. 2018 (EST)
Johanna Strodt (WMDE) (talk) 06:03, 26. Nov. 2018 (EST)
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The Wiki Foundation security team is implementing a new password policy and requirements. You can learn more about the project on MediaWiki.org.
These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in length.
These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let us know on the talk page.
Danke!
CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 15:03, 6. Dis. 2018 (EST)
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Love is an important subject for humanity and it is expressed in different cultures and regions in different ways across the world through different gestures, ceremonies, festivals and to document expression of this rich and beautiful emotion, we need your help so we can share and spread the depth of cultures that each region has, the best of how people of that region, celebrate love.
Wiki Loves Love (WLL) is an international photography competition of Wiki Commons with the subject love testimonials happening in the month of February.
The primary goal of the competition is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity such as monuments, ceremonies, snapshot of tender gesture, and miscellaneous objects used as symbol of love; to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and other Wiki Foundation (WMF) projects.
The theme of 2019 iteration is Celebrations, Festivals, Ceremonies and rituals of love.
Sign up your affiliate or individually at Participants page.
To know more about the contest, check out our Commons Page and FAQs
There are several prizes to grab. Hope to see you spreading love this February with Wiki Loves Love!
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Love Team
Imagine... the sum of all love!
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 05:13, 27. Dis. 2018 (EST)
A new beta feature will soon be released on all wikis: The FileExporter. It allows exports of files from a local wiki to Wiki Commons, including their file history and page history. Which files can be exported is defined by each wiki's community: Please check your wiki's configuration file if you want to use this feature.
The FileExporter has already been a beta feature on mediawiki.org, meta.wikimedia, deWP, faWP, arWP, koWP and on wikisource.org. After some functionality was added, it's now becoming a beta feature on all wikis. Deployment is planned for January 16. More information can be found on the project page.
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test the FileExporter, please activate it in your user preferences. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. Thank you from Wiki Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.
Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 04:41, 14. Yen. 2019 (EST)
13:52, 16. Yen. 2019 (EST)
The Wiki Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.
We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.
We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wiki community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.
We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.
We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.
You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:
You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.
Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.
You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.
Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.
Trizek (WMF) 10:01, 21. Han. 2019 (EST)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Baylor University Press, Taylor & Francis, Cairn, Annual Reviews and Bloomsbury. You can request new partnerships on our Suggestions page.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 13:40, 13. Matz 2019 (EDT)
06:56, 8. Abr. 2019 (EDT)
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Sorry for writing this message in English - feel free to help us translating it :)
Hello all,
Many language versions of Wikipedia use the content of Wikidata, the centralized knowledge base, to fill out the content of infoboxes. The data is stored in Wikidata and displayed, partially or completely, in the Wikipedia’s language, on the articles. This feature is used by many template editors, but brought several issues that were raised by communities in various places: not being able to edit the data directly from Wikipedia was one of them.
This is the reason why the Wikidata Bridge project started, with the goal of offering a way to Wikipedia editors to edit Wikidata’s data more easily. This will be achieved by an interface, connected to the infobox, that users can access directly from their local wiki.
The project is now at an early stage of development. A lot of user research has been done, and will continue to be done through the different phases of the project. The next steps of development will be achieved by the development team working at Wiki Deutschland, starting now until the end of 2019.
In order to make sure that we’re building a tool that is answering editors’ needs, we’re using agile methods in our development process. We don’t start with a fixed idea of the tool we want to deliver: we will build it together with the editors, based on feedback loops that we will regularly organize. The first version will not necessarily have all of the features you want, but it will keep evolving.
Here’s the planned timeline:
In any case, no deployment or big change will be enforced on the projects without talking to the communities first, and helping the template builders to prepare for the changes they will have to do on the infoboxes’ code.
If you want to get involved, there are several ways to help:
More ideas will be added on this page along the way
If you have any questions for the development team, feel free to ask them on the main talk page. You can also ask under this message, but if you expect an answer from me, please make sure to ping me.
Thanks for your attention, Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 09:03, 24. Yuni 2019 (EDT)
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Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.
Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.
Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:
Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?
If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.
Follow these instructions and share your experience:
📲 Try Edit Cards.
The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:
Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.
This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.
The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
14:32, 23. Yuli 2019 (EDT)
Hello all,
Last month, the Wiki Foundation's Trust & Safety team announced a future consultation about partial and/or temporary office actions. We want to let you know that the draft version of this consultation has now been posted on Meta.
This is a draft. It is not intended to be the consultation itself, which will be posted on Meta likely in early September. Please do not treat this draft as a consultation. Instead, we ask your assistance in forming the final language for the consultation.
For that end, we would like your input over the next couple of weeks about what questions the consultation should ask about partial and temporary Foundation office action bans and how it should be formatted. Please post it on the draft talk page. Our goal is to provide space for the community to discuss all the aspects of these office actions that need to be discussed, and we want to ensure with your feedback that the consultation is presented in the best way to encourage frank and constructive conversation.
Please visit the consultation draft on Meta-wiki and leave your comments on the draft’s talk page about what the consultation should look like and what questions it should ask.
Thank you for your input! -- The Trust & Safety team 04:03, 16. Aug. 2019 (EDT)
Hey everyone,
The Wiki Foundation wants to work on two things that affect how we patrol changes and handle vandalism and harassment. We want to make the tools that are used to handle bad edits better. We also want to get better privacy for unregistered users so their IP addresses are no longer shown to everyone in the world. We would not hide IP addresses until we have better tools for patrolling.
We have an idea of what tools could be working better and how a more limited access to IP addresses would change things, but we need to hear from more wikis. You can read more about the project on Meta and post comments and feedback. Now is when we need to hear from you to be able to give you better tools to handle vandalism, spam and harassment.
You can post in your language if you can't write in English.
Johan (WMF)10:18, 21. Aug. 2019 (EDT)
Hello,
In a recent statement, the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees requested that staff hold a consultation to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".
Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians to join this consultation and give their feedback from 30 September to 30 October.
How can you help?
We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!
-- Kbrown (WMF) 13:14, 30. Sep. 2019 (EDT)
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Hallo. The Readers Web team at the WMF will work on some improvements to the desktop interface over the next couple of years. The goal is to increase usability without removing any functionality. We have been inspired by changes made by volunteers, but that currently only exist as local gadgets and user scripts, prototypes, and volunteer-led skins. We would like to begin the process of bringing some of these changes into the default experience on all Wiki projects.
We are currently in the research stage of this project and are looking for ideas for improvements, as well as feedback on our current ideas and mockups. So far, we have performed interviews with community members at Wikimania. We have gathered lists of previous volunteer and WMF work in this area. We are examining possible technical approaches for such changes.
We would like individual feedback on the following:
We would also like to gather a list of wikis that would be interested in being test wikis for this project - these wikis would be the first to receive the updates once we’re ready to start building.
When giving feedback, please consider the following goals of the project:
As well as the following constraints:
Please give all feedback (in any language) at mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements
After this round of feedback, we plan on building a prototype of suggested changes based on the feedback we receive. You’ll hear from us again asking for feedback on this prototype.
Danke! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)
03:18, 16. Okt. 2019 (EDT)
A new beta feature will soon be deployed to your wiki: Reference Previews. As you might guess from the name, this feature gives you a preview of references in the article text. That means, you can look up a reference without jumping down to the bottom of the page.
Reference Previews have already been a beta feature on German and Arabic Wikipedia since April. Now they will become available on more wikis. Deployment is planned for October 24. More information can be found on the project page.
As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test Reference Previews, please activate the beta feature in your user preferences and let us know what you think. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. We hope the feature will serve you well in your work. Thank you from Wiki Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 05:47, 23. Okt. 2019 (EDT)
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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.
What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!
Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team wants your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.
The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.
The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.
The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.
The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.
– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
07:12, 29. Okt. 2019 (EDT)
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Wiki Asian Month is back! We wish you all the best of luck for the contest. The basic guidelines of the contest can be found on your local page of Wikipedia Asian Month. For more information, refer to our Meta page for organizers.
Looking forward to meet the next ambassadors for Wikipedia Asian Month 2019!
For additional support for organizing offline event, contact our international team on wiki or on email. We would appreciate the translation of this message in the local language by volunteer translators. Thank you!
Wiki Asian Month International Team.
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 12:57, 31. Okt. 2019 (EDT)
In consideration of a week-long internet block in Iran, Wikipedia Asian Month 2019 contest has been extended for a week past November. The articles submitted till 7th December 2019, 23:59 UTC will be accepted by the fountain tools of the participating wikis.
Please help us translate and spread this message in your local language.
Wiki Asian Month International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 09:16, 27. Nov. 2019 (EST)
Hello Folks,
Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as Wiki Loves Folklore from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at Wiki Commons. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at Meta-Wiki and Commons.
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
— Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk)
sent using MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 01:15, 18. Yen. 2020 (EST)
Hello
The Wiki Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wiki volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.
To learn more about the project, please visit the Meta page. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete this simple Google form. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!
-- LMiranda (WMF) (talk) 14:01, 22. Yen. 2020 (EST)
Sorry, for writing this text in English. If you could help to translate it, it would be appreciated.
You might know the new interface for edit conflicts (currently a beta feature). Now, Wiki Germany is designing an additional interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This interface is shown to you when you write on a discussion page and another person writes a discussion post in the same line and saves it before you do. With this additional editing conflict interface you can adjust the order of the comments and edit your comment. We are inviting everyone to have a look at the planned feature. Let us know what you think on our central feedback page! -- For the Technical Wishes Team: Max Klemm (WMDE) 09:15, 26. Han. 2020 (EST)
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The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.
The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.
To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.
– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
15:25, 8. Abr. 2020 (EDT)
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This issue of the Editing newsletter includes information the Talk pages project, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily.
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. You can test the new features on the Beta Cluster now. Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.– Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
16:33, 17. Yuni 2020 (EDT)
This is to invite you to join the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) campaign to help improve Wikipedia articles with photos and win prizes. The campaign starts today 1st July 2020 and closes 31st August 2020.
The campaign primarily aims at using images from Wiki Commons on Wikipedia articles that are lacking images. Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wiki Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.
Please visit the campaign page to learn more about the WPWP Campaign.
With kind regards,
Thank you,
Deborah Schwartz Jacobs, Communities Liaison, On behalf of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Organizing Team - 04:24, 1. Yuli 2020 (EDT)
feel free to translate this message to your local language when this helps your community
Hallo. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen if necessary. Danke!
There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.
Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.
Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.
Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement, --The Brand Project team, 15:42, 2. Yuli 2020 (EDT)
Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.
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Seven years ago this month, the Editing team offered the visual editor to most Wikipedia editors. Since then, editors have achieved many milestones:
Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
08:55, 9. Yuli 2020 (EDT)
Hi all,
It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees. Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to create something new.
This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May 2020 after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wiki communities. We know that the energy and the creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and information that is available in one language may not make it to other language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wiki world.
The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time community member, a former staff member at Wiki Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wiki Foundation . We are very excited that Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project, and that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or how they would use content from this project.
We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with the communities to think through these important questions.
There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list . We recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
Yours,
Katherine Maher (Executive Director, Wiki Foundation)
Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) 16:06, 9. Yuli 2020 (EDT) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement
Hallo. Apologies that you may not be reading this message in your native language: translations of the following message may be available on Meta. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen. Danke!
At times, our contributor communities and projects have suffered from a lack of guidelines that can help us create an environment where free knowledge can be shared safely without fear. There has been talk about the need for a global set of conduct rules in different communities over time.
Recently, the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees announced a Community Culture Statement, asking for new standards to address harassment and promote inclusivity across projects.
The universal code of conduct will be a binding minimum set of standards across all Wiki projects, and will apply to all of us, staff and volunteers alike, all around the globe. It is of great importance that we all participate in expressing our opinions and thoughts about UCoC and its values. We should think about what we want it to cover or include and what it shouldn’t include, and how it may create difficulties or help our groups.
This is the time to talk about it. Before starting drafting the code of conduct, we would like to hear from you and to solicit the opinions and feedback of your colleagues. In order for your voice to be heard, we encourage and invite you to read more about the universal code of conduct (UCoC) and then write down your opinions or feedback on the discussion page.
To reduce language barriers during the process, you are welcome to translate the universal code of conduct main page from English into your respective local language. You and your community may choose to provide your opinions/feedback using your local languages.
Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions, The Trust and Safety team at Wiki Foundation 12:42, 22. Yuli 2020 (EDT)
The FileExporter and FileImporter will become a default features on all wikis until August 7, 2020. They are planned to help you to move files from your local wiki to Wiki Commons easier while keeping all original file information (Description, Source, Date, Author, View History) intact. Additionally, the move is documented in the files view history. How does it work?
Step 1: If you are an auto-confirmed user, you will see a link "Move file to Wiki Commons" on the local file page.
Step 2: When you click on this link, the FileImporter checks if the file can in fact be moved to Wiki Commons. These checks are performed based on the wiki's configuration file which is created and maintained by each local wiki community.
Step 3: If the file is compatible with Wiki Commons, you will be taken to an import page, at which you can update or add information regarding the file, such as the description. You can also add the 'Now Commons' template to the file on the local wiki by clicking the corresponding check box in the import form. Admins can delete the file from the local wiki by enabling the corresponding checkbox. By clicking on the 'Import' button at the end of the page, the file is imported to Wiki Commons.
If you want to know more about the FileImporter extension or the Technical Wishes Project, follow the links. --For the Technical Wishes Team:Max Klemm (WMDE) 05:14, 6. Aug. 2020 (EDT)
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The Wiki Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data centre on Tuesday, September 1st 2020.
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.
Other effects:
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community.
Trizek (WMF) (talk) 09:48, 26. Aug. 2020 (EDT)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing new free, full-access, accounts to reliable sources as part of our research access program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials on the Library Card platform:
Many other partnerships are listed on our partners page, including Adam Matthew, EBSCO, Gale and JSTOR.
A significant portion of our collection now no longer requires individual applications to access! Read more in our recent blog post.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 05:49, 3. Sep. 2020 (EDT)
Hallo. Apologies for cross-posting, and that you may not be reading this message in your native language: translations of the following announcement may be available on Meta. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen. Danke!
We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct, which the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year, for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October 6, 2020.
The UCoC Drafting Committee wants to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or your work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could be improved?
Please join the conversation and share this invitation with others who may be interested to join, too.
To reduce language barriers during the process, you are welcomed to translate this message and the Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review. You and your community may choose to provide your opinions/feedback using your local languages.
To learn more about the UCoC project, see the Universal Code of Conduct page, and the FAQ, on Meta.
Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions, The Trust and Safety team at Wiki Foundation, 13:55, 10. Sep. 2020 (EDT)Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen
Hallo. Please help pick a name for the new Wiki wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of functions. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Danke! --Quiddity (WMF)17:22, 29. Sep. 2020 (EDT)
Hallo. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen.
Today the Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details, check the full announcement.
Danke! Qgil-WMF (talk) 13:17, 7. Okt. 2020 (EDT)
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The Wiki Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on Tuesday, October 27 2020.
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.
Other effects:
-- Trizek (WMF) (talk) 13:10, 21. Okt. 2020 (EDT)
Hallo und Entschuldigung für die falsche Sprache! Welche der zehn Empfehlungen der Bewegungsstrategie Wiki 2030 sollen priorisiert und welche der Initiativen zuerst in Angriff genommen werden? Und von wem? Das ist ein partizipativer Prozess, bei dem alle eingeladen sind mitzumachen, so auch die Online- und Projekt-Communitys im deutschsprachigen Raum, also ihr! In dieser Phase soll auch verstanden werden, was die einzelnen Empfehlungen mit der täglichen Arbeit in den Projekten zu tun haben und wo schon gute Beispiele vorhanden sind, die die Communitys im deutschsprachigen Raum global einbringen können. Auf der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia ist dafür eine Umfrage angelegt worden, an der ihr euch vom 2. bis 8. November 2020 sehr gerne beteiligen könnt. Ihr braucht keine Stimmberechtigung auf Wiki Deitsch. Eure Priorisierungen und Wünsche werden dann zusammengefasst und als eine Grundlage für die globalen Gespräche dem Transition Support Team weitergegeben. Der Prozess, eine neue Strategie für Wiki zu entwickeln, wurde 2017 begonnen und geht nach dieser Phase in die Umsetzung. Wer davon noch gar nichts gehört hat und mehr wissen möchte oder sonst noch Fragen und Hinweise hat, kann mich gerne ansprechen. Grüße Christoph Jackel (WMDE) (Diskussion) 07:36, 31. Okt. 2020 (EDT)
Hallo. Reminder: Please help to choose the name for the new Wiki wiki project - the library of functions. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are: Wikicode, Wikicodex, Wikifunctions, Wikifusion, Wikilambda, Wiki Functions. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at Meta-wiki. Danke! --Quiddity (WMF)
17:10, 5. Nov. 2020 (EST)
Die Umfrage technische Wünsche 2021 ist ab jetzt eröffnet! Diese Umfrage ist der Prozess, durch den Communities entscheiden, woran das Community Tech Team im kommenden Jahr arbeiten soll. Wir möchten jeden dazu ermutigen, sich bis zum 30. Nowember 2020 daran zu beteiligen, oder die Vorschläge anderer zu kommentieren, um sie zu verbessern. Die Communities werden zwischen dem 8. Disember und dem 21. Disember über die Vorschläge abstimmen.
Das Community Tech-Team konzentriert sich auf Werkzeuge für erfahrene Wikimedia-Benutzer. Du kannst in jeder Sprache Vorschläge machen, wir werden sie für dich übersetzen. Vielen Dank, wir freuen uns auf Vorschläge von dir!
SGrabarczuk (WMF) 00:00, 20. Nov. 2020 (EST)
Hallo!
I apologize for sending a message in English. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen. According to the list, your wiki project currently is opted in to the global bot policy. Under this policy, bots that fix double redirects or maintain interwiki links are allowed to operate under a global bot flag that is assigned directly by the stewards.
As the Wiki projects developed, the need for the current global bot policy decreased, and in the past years, no bots were appointed via that policy. That is mainly given Wikidata were estabilished in 2013, and it is no longer necessary to have dozens of bots that maintain interwiki links.
A proposal was made at Meta-Wiki, which proposes that the stewards will be authorized to determine whether an uncontroversial task may be assigned a global bot flag. The stewards already assign permissions that are more impactful on many wikis, namely, global sysops and global renamers, and I do not think that trust should be an issue. The stewards will assign the permission only to time-proven bots that are already approved at a number of projects, like ListeriaBot.
By this message, I would like to invite you to comment in the global RFC, to voice your opinion about this matter.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Martin Urbanec (Dischbedutt) 06:49, 24. Nov. 2020 (EST)
Sorry for sending this message in English. Translations are available on this page. Feel free to translate it in more languages!
As you may know, you can include changes coming from Wikidata in your Watchlist and Recent Changes (in your preferences). Until now, this feature didn’t always include changes made on Wikidata descriptions due to the way Wikidata tracks the data used in a given article.
Starting on December 3rd, the Watchlist and Recent Changes will include changes on the descriptions of Wikidata Items that are used in the pages that you watch. This will only include descriptions in the language of your wiki to make sure that you’re only seeing changes that are relevant to your wiki.
This improvement was requested by many users from different projects. We hope that it can help you monitor the changes on Wikidata descriptions that affect your wiki and participate in the effort of improving the data quality on Wikidata for all Wiki wikis and beyond.
Note: if you didn’t use the Wikidata watchlist integration feature for a long time, feel free to give it another chance! The feature has been improved since the beginning and the content it displays is more precise and useful than at the beginning of the feature in 2015.
If you encounter any issue or want to provide feedback, feel free to use this Phabricator ticket. Thanks!
Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 09:39, 30. Nov. 2020 (EST)
Hello all,
The ceremony of the 2020 Wiki Coolest Tool Award will take place virtually on Friday, December 11th, at 17:00 GMT. This award is highlighting tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wiki projects, and the ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to the tools developers and maybe discover new tools!
You will find more information here about the livestream and the discussions channels. Thanks for your attention, Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 05:55, 7. Dis. 2020 (EST)
Wir laden alle registrierten NutzerInnen zum Abgabe ihrer Stimme bei der Umfrage zur Community-Wunschliste 2021. Du kannst ab sofort bis zum 21. Dezember bei so vielen Wünschen abstimmen wie du möchtest.
In der Umfrage werden die Wünsche für neue und verbesserte Werkzeuge für erfahrene AutorInnen gesammelt. Nach der Abstimmung werden wir unser Möglichstes tun, um die Wünsche umzusetzen. Wir werden mit den beliebtesten anfangen.
Wir, das Community Tech Team, sind eins der Teams der Wikimedia-Stiftung. Wir entwickeln und verbessern Werkzeuge, die das Schreiben und Moderieren/Administrieren betreffen. An was wir arbeiten wird durch die Ergebnisse dieser Umfrage bestimmt. Einmal im Jahr könnt Ihr Eure Wünsche anmelden. Nach zwei Wochen könnt Ihr darüber abstimmen, welche davon Euch am meisten interessieren. Danach wählen wir die Wünsche aus, an denen wir arbeiten werden. Einige Wünsche werden auch von freiwilligen EntwicklerInnen oder anderen Teams bearbeitet werden.
Wir warten auf Eure Stimmen. Danke!
SGrabarczuk (WMF)
10:01, 11. Dis. 2020 (EST)
Hallo. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen. Danke!
Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.
ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wiki Foundation Events Team, 10:16, 27. Yen. 2021 (EST)
This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.
For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:
Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wiki projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!
Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantsModdel:Atwikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 03:01, 28. Yen. 2021 (EST)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is announcing new free, full-access, accounts to reliable sources as part of our research access program. You can sign up to access research materials on the Library Card platform:
We have a wide array of other collections available, and a significant number now no longer require individual applications to access! Read more in our blog post.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects!
--07:57, 1. Han. 2021 (EST)
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You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 an international photography contest organized on Wiki Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 08:25, 6. Han. 2021 (EST)
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Greetings!
You are invited to participate in Feminism and Folklore writing contest. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wiki Deitsch. folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, etc.
You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles centered on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch-hunting, fairy tales and more. You can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles here.
You can also support us in translating the project page and help us spread the word in your native language.
Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Thank you.
Feminism and Folklore team,
Joy Agyepong (talk) 21:40, 15. Han. 2021 (EST)
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Hello everyone,
I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project: m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.
In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.
This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like WP:NPOV, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.
As far as I can see, Wikipedia currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.
I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.
Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about this proposal.
Best regards,
--Martin Urbanec (talk) 09:12, 18. Han. 2021 (EST)
Hello! Sorry for writing in English! I’ve been trying to find out if it’s allowed to use other varieties of Moselle Franconian in the Luxembourgish Wiki Deitsch. I’ve also been trying to figure out if there is or has been a request for a Moselle Franconian Wikipedia edition. Unfortunately I haven’t received any response yet by contributors of the Luxembourgish Wiki Deitsch. Does anyone here know something about it? --Son-of-my-comfort (Diskussion) 08:25, 27. Han. 2021 (EST)
20:47, 1. Matz 2021 (EST)
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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wiki movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.
The Wiki Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.
To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.
From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wiki projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.
To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.
-- Xeno (WMF) (talk) 18:06, 5. Abr. 2021 (EDT)
Hallo!
I apologize for sending a message in English. Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen. According to the list, your wiki project is currently opted in to the global bot policy. As such, I want to let you know about some changes that were made after the global RfC was closed.
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
—Thanks for the fish! talk•contribs 14:48, 6. Abr. 2021 (EDT)
From April 15, you can enable line numbering in some wikitext editors - for now in the template namespace, coming to more namespaces soon. This will make it easier to detect line breaks and to refer to a particular line in discussions. These numbers will be shown if you enable the syntax highlighting feature (CodeMirror extension), which is supported in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors.
More information can be found on this project page. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 11:09, 12. Abr. 2021 (EDT)
From April 29, it will be possible to suggest values for parameters in templates. Suggested values can be added to TemplateData and will then be shown as a drop-down list in VisualEditor. This allows template users to quickly select an appropriate value. This way, it prevents potential errors and reduces the effort needed to fill the template with values. It will still be possible to fill in values other than the suggested ones.
More information, including the supported parameter types and how to create suggested values: [1] [2]. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.
Timur Vorkul (WMDE) 10:08, 22. Abr. 2021 (EDT)
Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of Universal Code of Conduct News! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.
Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to subscribe here.
You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please add your name here if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 19:06, 11. Yuni 2021 (EDT)
Dear all,
Wikimania 2021 will be hosted virtually for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wiki volunteers that form the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2021.
Event Program - Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information here.
Below are some links to guide you through;
Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.
Announcements- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section here.
Office Hour - If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found here.
Best regards,
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 00:18, 16. Yuni 2021 (EDT)
On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team
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Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.
The key results were:
These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.
Looking ahead
The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.
The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikis that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.
You can turn on "Diskussions-Werkzeuge" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.
–Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)
10:14, 24. Yuni 2021 (EDT)
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The Wiki Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki 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.
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.
Other effects:
SGrabarczuk (WMF) 21:19, 26. Yuni 2021 (EDT)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library is pleased to announce the addition of new collections, alongside a new interface design. New collections include:
Additionally, De Gruyter and Nomos have been centralised from their previous on-wiki signup location on the German Wiki Deitsch. Many other collections are freely available by simply logging in to The Wikipedia Library with your Wiki login!
We are also excited to announce that the first version of a new design for My Library was deployed this week. We will be iterating on this design with more features over the coming weeks. Read more on the project page on Meta.
Lastly, an Echo notification will begin rolling out soon to notify eligible editors about the library (T132084). If you can translate the notification please do so at TranslateWiki!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 09:23, 11. Aug. 2021 (EDT)
Das Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 Entwurfskomitee bittet um Stellungnahmen zum Enforcement-Leitlinienentwurf für den Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). Dieser Überprüfungszeitraum soll am 17. August 2021 beginnen und läuft bis zum 17. Oktober 2021.
Diese Leitlinien sind nicht endgültig - du kannst helfen, ihre Entwicklung zu verbessern. Das Komitee wird die Leitlinien basierend auf den Rückmeldungen der Community überarbeiten.
Kommentare können in jeder Sprache auf der Draft Review Talk Page und Multiple other venues geteilt werden. Community-Mitglieder sind eingeladen, eigenständig Unterhaltungen in ihren Communities zu organisieren.
Es sind Live-Diskussionen über den Entwurf der UCoC-Umsetzungsleitlinien geplant:
Zusammenfassungen der Diskussionen werden alle zwei Wochen hier gepostet.
Bitte melde dich bei mir, falls du Fragen hast.
Xeno (WMF) 19:19, 17. Aug. 2021 (EDT)
Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees election! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data, including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the Elections Committee completes their review of the ballots. The official announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.
6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2% global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In 2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced during the election.
Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees election will be even better.
06:03, 2. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
Hello everyone,
We hope all of you are as well and safe as possible during these trying times! We wanted to share some news about a change to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. We would like to hear your opinions as well.
Summary:
We will be running the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 in January 2022. We need more time to work on the 2021 wishes. We also need time to prepare some changes to the Wishlist 2022. In the meantime, you can use a dedicated sandbox to leave early ideas for the 2022 wishes.
In the past, the Community Tech team has run the Community Wishlist Survey for the following year in November of the prior year. For example, we ran the Wishlist for 2021 in November 2020. That worked well a few years ago. At that time, we used to start working on the Wishlist soon after the results of the voting were published.
However, in 2021, there was a delay between the voting and the time when we could start working on the new wishes. Until July 2021, we were working on wishes from the Wishlist for 2020.
We hope having the Wishlist 2022 in January 2022 will be more intuitive. This will also give us time to fulfill more wishes from the 2021 Wishlist.
We are thinking how to make the Wishlist easier to participate in. We want to support more translations, and encourage under-resourced communities to be more active. We would like to have some time to make these changes.
We will have gone 365 days without a Wishlist. We encourage you to approach us. We hope to hear from you in the talk page, but we also hope to see you at our bi-monthly Talk to Us meetings! These will be hosted at two different times friendly to time zones around the globe.
We will begin our first meeting September 15th at 23:00 UTC. More details about the agenda and format coming soon!
If you have early ideas for wishes, you can use the new Community Wishlist Survey sandbox. This way, you will not forget about these before January 2022. You will be able to come back and refine your ideas. Remember, edits in the sandbox don't count as wishes!
Answer on the talk page (in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 20:23, 6. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
Im Rahmen des Movement-Strategy-Prozesses werden Kandidierende für die Schreibgruppe (drafting committee) der Movement Charta gesucht. Die Kandidierenden-Suche beginnt am 2. August und läuft bis zum 14. September 2021.
Die Schreibgruppe wird um die 15 Mitglieder haben, die idealerweise die Vielfalt des Wikimedia-Movements repräsentieren, wie Geschlechter, Sprachen, geographische Herkunft, Erfahrung. Dazu gehört ebenfalls bspw. Engagement in den Onlineprojekten, Wikimedia-Organisationen und -Gruppen oder der Wiki Foundation.
Englischkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich, um Mitglied zu werden. Bei Bedarf wird Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschunterstützung angeboten. Mitglieder können eine Aufwandsentschädigung erhalten, um die Teilnahmekosten auszugleichen. Sie beträgt alle zwei Monate 100 US-Dollar.
Wir suchen Mitglieder, die über einige dieser Fähigkeiten oder Erfahrungen verfügen:
Es wird davon ausgegangen, dass das Komitee anfangs 15 Personen umfasst. Wenn es 20 oder mehr Kandidierende gibt, findet ein gemischtes Wahl- und Auswahlverfahren statt. Gibt es 19 oder weniger Kandidierende, findet das Auswahlverfahren ohne Wahl statt.
Möchtest du dich gerne in diesem Prozess engagieren? Dann reiche deine Kandidatur hier ein. Wenn du Fragen hast, schreib gerne an strategy2030 wikimedia.org.
Xeno (WMF) 13:02, 10. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
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The Wiki Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wiki wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wiki Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on Tuesday, 14 September 2021.
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.
Other effects:
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Dischbedutt) 20:45, 10. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
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Hello!
As we have recently announced, we, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on September 15th, 23:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.
Agenda
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to [email protected].
Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Dischbedutt) 23:03, 10. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
Into 2021-10-04 11:59:59 UTC you can select question statements for the candidates of Drafting Committee Movement Charter. ✍️ Dušan Kreheľ (Diskussion) 22:38, 29. Sep. 2021 (EDT)
Hallo!
Habt ihr bemerkt, dass einige Wikis eine veränderte Desktop-Oberfläche haben? Interessiert ihr euch für die nächsten Schritte? Vielleicht habt ihr Fragen oder Ideen zum Design oder technischen Details?
Nehmt an einem Online-Treffen mit dem Team, das an den Desktop-Verbesserungen arbeitet, teil! Es findet statt am 12. Oktober um 18:00 MESZ auf Zoom. Es wird eine Stunde dauern. Klicke hier, um teilzunehmen.
Agenda
Format
Das Treffen wird nicht aufgezeichnet oder gestreamt. Notizen werden in einem Google Doc aufgezeichnet. Der Präsentationsteil (die ersten zwei Punkte der Agenda) findet auf Englisch statt.
Wir können Fragen beantworten, die auf Englisch, Französisch, Polnisch und Spanisch gestellt werden. Wenn du im Voraus Fragen stellen möchtest, kannst du diese auf der Diskussionsseite stellen oder an [email protected] senden.
Olga Vasileva (Team-Manager) veranstaltet das Treffen.
Einladungslink
Bis dann! SGrabarczuk (WMF) 18:43, 4. Okt. 2021 (EDT)
Die Abstimmung für die Wahl der Mitglieder des Komitees zum Entwurf der Movement Charter ist jetzt eröffnet. Insgesamt kandidieren 70 Wikimedianerinnen und Wikimedianer aus der ganzen Welt für 7 Sitze bei diesen Wahlen.
Die Abstimmung läuft vom 12. bis 24. Oktober 2021 (Anywhere on Earth).
Das Komitee wird aus insgesamt 15 Mitgliedern bestehen: Die Online Communitys wählen 7 Mitglieder, 6 Mitglieder werden von den Wikimedia-Affiliates in einem parallelen Verfahren ausgewählt und 2 Mitglieder werden von der Wiki Foundation ernannt. Es ist geplant, das Komitee bis zum 1. November 2021 zusammenzustellen.
Informiere dich über alle Kandidierenden in der von dir bevorzugten Sprache, damit du deine Stimme informiert abgeben kannst: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Candidates>
Informiere dich über das Entwurfskomitee: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee>
Für diese Wahl testen wir einen Wahl-o-Mat. Klick dich durch das Tool um zu sehen, welche Kandidat*innen dir am nächsten stehen! Probiere es unter <https://mcdc-election-compass.toolforge.org/>
Hier geht es zu weiteren Informationen : <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>
Wähle mit SecurePoll unter: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Movement_Charter/Drafting_Committee/Elections>
Beste Grüße,
Movement Strategy & Governance Team, Wiki Foundation
Xeno (WMF) 22:22, 13. Okt. 2021 (EDT)
Die Wahl- und Auswahlverfahren des Entwurfskomitees für die Movement Charter sind abgeschlossen.
Das Komitee wird demnächst zusammentreten, um seine Arbeit aufzunehmen. Das Komitee kann bis zu drei weitere Mitglieder ernennen, um Lücken in Bezug auf Vielfalt und Fachwissen zu schließen.
Wenn du daran interessiert bist, dich am Movement Charter-Entwurfsprozess zu beteiligen, verfolge die Updates auf Meta oder tritt der Telegram-Gruppe bei.
Mit Dank vom Movement Strategy und Governance-Team
DBarthel (WMF) 20:00, 1. Nov. 2021 (EDT)
Das Board of Trustees bereitet eine Konsultation der Community vom 7. Januar bis 10. Februar 2022 zu den bevorstehenden Boardwahlen vor.
Obwohl die Details erst in der Woche vor der Konsultation festgelegt werden, stehen schon jetzt mindestens zwei Fragen fest, die während der Konsultation gestellt werden sollen:
Es können noch weitere Fragen hinzukommen, aber das Movement Strategy and Governance Team möchte den Mitgliedern der Communitys und den Affiliates Zeit geben, sich bereits mit den bestätigten Fragen auseinanderzusetzen und Ideen vorzubereiten, bevor die Konsultation beginnt. Wir entschuldigen uns dafür, dass wir zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt noch keine vollständige Liste der Fragen haben. Die Liste der Fragen sollte nur um ein oder zwei Fragen erweitert werden. Wir wollen die Communitys nicht mit Anfragen überhäufen, aber wir möchten sie darauf hinweisen und freuen uns über Feedback zu diesen wichtigen Fragen.
Möchtest du bei der Organisation von lokalen Gesprächsrunden während dieser Konsultation helfen?
Kontaktiere das Movement Strategy and Governance Team auf Meta, auf Telegram, oder per E-Mail an msg wikimedia.org.
Bitte meldet euch, wenn ihr Fragen oder Bedenken habt. Das Team "Movement Strategy and Governance" wird bis zum 3. Januar nur in geringem Umfang besetzt sein. Bitte entschuldige eventuelle Verzögerungen während dieser Zeit. Wir wissen auch, dass einige Communitys und Affiliates über die Feiertage im Dezember offline sind. Wir entschuldigen uns, wenn unsere Nachricht dich während der Feiertage erreicht hat.
Beste Grüße,
das Movement Strategy & Governance Team
Vielen Dank. DBarthel (WMF) 14:42, 27. Dis. 2021 (EST)
Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen
You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 an international photography contest organized on Wiki Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 08:15, 9. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Die Umfrage zur Community-Wunschliste 2022 ist ab jetzt eröffnet!
Diese Umfrage ist der Prozess, durch den Communities entscheiden, woran das Community Tech Team im kommenden Jahr arbeiten soll. Wir möchten jeden dazu ermutigen, sich bis zum 23. Januar daran zu beteiligen, oder die Vorschläge anderer zu kommentieren, um sie zu verbessern.
Die Communities werden zwischen dem 28. Januar und dem 11. Februar über die Vorschläge abstimmen.
Das Community Tech-Team konzentriert sich auf Werkzeuge für erfahrene Wikimedia-Benutzer. Du kannst in jeder Sprache Vorschläge machen, wir werden sie für dich übersetzen. Vielen Dank, wir freuen uns auf Vorschläge von dir! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 13:12, 10. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen
Greetings! You are invited to participate in Feminism and Folklore 2022 writing competion. This year Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics for the project in league with Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus with folk culture theme on Wiki Deitsch.
You can help us in enriching the folklore documentation on Wikipedia from your region by creating or improving articles focused on folklore around the world, including, but not limited to folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer personalities in folklore, folk culture (folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more. You can contribute to new articles or translate from the list of suggested articles here.
You can also support us in organizing the contest on your local Wikipedia by signing up your community to participate in this project and also translating the project page and help us spread the word in your native language.
Learn more about the contest and prizes from our project page. Feel free to contact us on our talk page or via Email if you need any assistance...
Thank you.
Feminism and Folklore Team,
Tiven2240 --00:49, 11. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Der Call for Feedback: Wahlen zum Board ist jetzt eröffnet und läuft bis zum 7. Februar 2022.
Mit diesem Call for Feedback verfolgt das Team für Bewegungsstrategie und Governance einen neuen Ansatz. Er bezieht das Feedback der Community aus dem Jahr 2021 mit ein. Anstatt mit Vorschlägen zu beginnen, dreht sich der Call um Schlüsselfragen des Boards. Die Schlüsselfragen stammen aus den Rückmeldungen zur Boardwahl 2021. Ziel ist es, ein gemeinsames Gespräch und eine gemeinsame Entwicklung von Vorschlägen zu diesen Schlüsselfragen anzuregen.
Nimm an den Diskussionen teil.
Herzlichst,
das Movement Strategy & Governance Team
DBarthel (WMF) 13:18, 14. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Hallo
Wir – das Team, das an der Umfrage zur Community-Wunschliste arbeitet – möchten dich zu einem Online-Treffen mit uns einladen. Es wird am 19 Yenner (Mittwoch), 14:00 America/New_York per Zoom stattfinden und eine Stunde dauern. Für diese externe Plattform gilt die Datenschutzerklärung der Wiki Foundation nicht. Klick hier, um teilzunehmen.
Programm
Format
Das Treffen wird nicht aufgezeichnet oder übertragen. Eine Mitschrift ohne Namensnennung wird erstellt und auf Meta veröffentlicht. Die Präsentation (die gesamte Tagesordnung mit Ausnahme der Fragen und Antworten) wird auf Englisch gehalten.
Wir können Fragen auf Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Polnisch und Spanisch beantworten. Wenn du vorab Fragen stellen möchtest, füge sie auf der Diskussionsseite der Abstimmung über die Technischen Wünsche ein oder sende sie an [email protected].
Natalia Rodriguez (Community-Tech-Manager) veranstaltet das Treffen.
Einladungslink
Bis dann! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 19:17, 17. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Dear community members,
Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wiki Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wiki Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wiki projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.
If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.
Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.
More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.
For more information, please contact spatnaikModdel:@wikimedia.org.
Hallo. Hier möchte ich ein Update zum Projekt zu Desktopverbesserungen geben, an denen das Web-Team der Wiki Foundation seit einigen Jahren arbeitet.
Ziele des Projekts sind die Benutzeroberfläche zweckmäßig für fortgeschrittene Nutzer und komfortabler und einladender für Leser zu gestalten. Das Projekt besteht aus einer Serie von Verbesserungen der Funktionen, welche das Lesen und Lernen, die Navigation auf der Seite, die Suche, den Wechsel zwischen Sprachen, die Nutzung von Artikel-Tabs und des Nutzer-Menüs, sowie weiteres betreffen.
Die Verbesserung sind nun als Standard für Leser und Editoren auf 24 Wikipedias festgesetzt, darunter für die französische, die portugiesische und die persische Wiki Deitsch.
Die Veränderungen gelten nur für das Vector Design. Monobook und Timeless sind davon nicht betroffen.
Für eine vollständige Liste der Funktionen besuche bitte die Projektseite. Wir laden auch auf unsere Updates-Seite ein.
Wenn man die Fortschritte unseres Projekts verfolgen möchte, kann man unseren Newsletter abonnieren.
Man kann die Seiten des Projekts durchschauen, einen Blick in die FAQ werfen, auf der Projektdiskussion schreiben sowie am online-Meeting mit uns teilnehmen (27 Yenner (Dunnerschdaag), 11:00 America/New_York).
So kann man an unserem Online-Treffen teilnehmen
Danke!
Im Namen des Web-Teams der Wiki Foundation, SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Diskussion) 01:14, 25. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Neues von Movement Strategy und Governance
Ausgabe 5, Januar 2022Vollständigen Newsletter lesen
Willkommen zur fünften Ausgabe der Movement Strategy und Governance Newsletter (früher bekannt als Universal Code of Conduct News)! Dieser neu gestaltete Newsletter enthält relevante Neuigkeiten und Ereignisse über die Movement Charta, den Universellen Verhaltenskodex, Grants zur Umsetzung der Movement Strategy, Board-Wahlen und andere relevante MSG-Themen.
Dieser Newsletter wird vierteljährlich verschickt, während häufigere Updates auch wöchentlich oder zweiwöchentlich an Abonnenten verschickt werden. Bitte denk daran, dich anzumelden, wenn du diese Updates erhalten möchtest.
DBarthel (WMF) 20:51, 28. Yen. 2022 (EST)
Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,
We are pleased to inform you that Wiki Loves Folklore an international photographic contest on Wiki Commons has been extended till the 15th of March 2022. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.
We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wiki Deitsch. You can also help with the translation of project pages and share a word in your local language.
Best wishes,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore
MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 23:50, 21. Han. 2022 (EST)
Hallo allerseits,
Im Rahmen des Ratifikationsverfahrens für die Leitlinien zur Umsetzung des Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) ist eine Abstimmung in SecurePoll vom 7. bis 21. März 2022 geplant. Wahlberechtigte sind eingeladen, eine Umfragefrage zu beantworten und Kommentare zu teilen. Siehe Wahlinformationen und Details zur Wahlberechtigung. Bei der Umfrage werden die Wähler*innen gefragt, ob sie die Umsetzung des Universal Code of Conduct auf der Grundlage der vorgeschlagenen Leitlinien unterstützen.
Der Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) bietet eine Grundlage für akzeptables Verhalten für das gesamte "Movement". Die revidierten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung wurden am 24. Januar 2022 als Vorschlag für die Anwendung der Richtlinien im gesamten Movement veröffentlicht. In einer Erklärung des Wiki Foundation Board wird zu einem Ratifikationsverfahren aufgerufen, bei dem die Stimmberechtigten die Möglichkeit haben, die Umsetzung der UCoC-Leitlinien in einer Abstimmung zu unterstützen oder abzulehnen. Wikimedianerinnen und Wikimedianer sind eingeladen, wichtige Informationen zu übersetzen und zu teilen. Weitere Informationen über den UCoC findest du auf der Projektseite und den häufig gestellten Fragen im Meta-Wiki.
Folgende Veranstaltungen sind geplant, um mehr zu erfahren und zu diskutieren:
Du kannst auf Diskussionsseiten im Meta-Wiki in jeder Sprache kommentieren. Du kannst beide Teams auch per E-Mail kontaktieren: msg wikimedia.org oder ucocproject wikimedia.org
Herzlichst,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wiki Foundation
DBarthel (WMF) 13:13, 25. Han. 2022 (EST)
Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:
- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 07:38, 28. Han. 2022 (EST)
Hallo zusammen,
Die Abstimmung zur Ratifizierung der revidierten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung des Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) ist jetzt eröffnet! Die Abstimmung auf SecurePoll hat am 7. März 2022 begonnen und wird am 21. März 2022 abgeschlossen. Bitte lies mehr über die Informationen für Wähler und zur Wahlberechtigung.
Der Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) enthält die Grundregeln für akzeptables Verhalten im gesamten "Movement". Die überarbeiteten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung wurden am 24. Januar 2022 als Vorschlag für die Anwendung der Richtlinie im gesamten "Movement" veröffentlicht. Du kannst mehr über das UCoC-Projekt lesen.
Du kannst auf Diskussionsseiten im Meta-Wiki in jeder Sprache kommentieren. Du kannst beide Teams auch per E-Mail kontaktieren: ucocproject wikimedia.org
Herzlichst,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wiki Foundation
DBarthel (WMF) 12:03, 8. Matz 2022 (EST)
Hallo zusammen,
Die Abstimmung zur Ratifizierung der revidierten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung des Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) ist jetzt eröffnet! Die Abstimmung auf SecurePoll hat am 7. März 2022 begonnen und wird am 21. März 2022 abgeschlossen. Bitte lies mehr über die Informationen für Wähler und zur Wahlberechtigung.
Der Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) enthält die Grundregeln für akzeptables Verhalten im gesamten "Movement". Die überarbeiteten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung wurden am 24. Januar 2022 als Vorschlag für die Anwendung der Richtlinie im gesamten "Movement" veröffentlicht. Du kannst mehr über das UCoC-Projekt lesen.
Du kannst auf Diskussionsseiten im Meta-Wiki in jeder Sprache kommentieren. Du kannst beide Teams auch per E-Mail kontaktieren: ucocproject wikimedia.org
Herzlichst,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Wiki Foundation
DBarthel (WMF) 19:40, 8. Matz 2022 (EST)
International photographic contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wiki Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.
(Facebook , Twitter , Instagram)
The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wiki Deitsch. Check if your local Wikipedia is participating
A special competition called Wiki Loves Falles is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and Falles in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on Catalan Wikipedia project page.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 10:40, 14. Matz 2022 (EDT)
Feminism and Folklore 2022 which is an international writing contest organized at Wikipedia ends soon that is on 31 March 2022 11:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to write about feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more
Keep an eye on the project page for declaration of Winners.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 10:29, 26. Matz 2022 (EDT)
Hallo,
Die Abstimmung über die Ratifizierung der revidierten Leitlinien zur Umsetzung des Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) ist am 21. März 2022 zu Ende gegangen. Über 2300 Wikimedianer/innen haben in verschiedenen Regionen unseres "Movements" abgestimmt. Vielen Dank an alle, die sich an diesem Prozess beteiligt haben! Die Prüfergruppe überprüft jetzt die Abstimmung auf ihre Richtigkeit. Bitte gib ihnen bis zu zwei Wochen Zeit, um ihre Arbeit abzuschließen.
Die endgültigen Ergebnisse der Abstimmung werden hier bekannt gegeben, zusammen mit den relevanten Statistiken und einer Zusammenfassung der Kommentare, sobald sie verfügbar sind. Bitte sieh dir die Wählerinformationsseite an, um mehr über die nächsten Schritte zu erfahren. Du kannst auf der Projekt-Talkseite im Meta-Wiki in jeder Sprache Kommentare abgeben. Du kannst das UCoC-Projektteam auch per E-Mail kontaktieren: ucocproject wikimedia.org
Viele Grüße,
Movement Strategy and Governance
DBarthel (WMF) 21:19, 29. Matz 2022 (EDT)
Hallo!
Habt ihr bemerkt, dass einige Wikis eine veränderte Desktop-Oberfläche haben? Interessiert ihr euch für die nächsten Schritte? Vielleicht habt ihr Fragen oder Ideen zum Design oder technischen Details?
Dann nehmt teil an einem Online-Treffen mit dem Team, das an den Desktop-Verbesserungen arbeitet. Es findet am 29. April 2022 um 15:00 CEST, 20:00 CEST auf Zoom. Hier klicken, um teilzunehmen. Meeting ID: 88045453898. Wähle dich über deinen Ort ein.
Agenda
Format
Das Treffen wird nicht aufgezeichnet oder gestreamt. Notizen werden in einem Google Doc aufgezeichnet. Olga Vasileva (Produkt-Manager) veranstaltet das Treffen. Der Präsentationsteil findet auf Englisch statt.
Wir können Fragen beantworten, die auf Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Polnisch. Wenn du im Voraus Fragen stellen möchtest, kannst du diese auf der Diskussionsseite stellen oder an [email protected] senden.
At this meeting, both Friendly space policy and the Verhaltensregeln for Wiki technical spaces apply. Für Zoom gilt die Datenschutzerklärung der Wiki Foundation nicht.
Bis dann! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Diskussion) 20:29, 25. Abr. 2022 (EDT)
Hello Wikimedians!
The Wikipedia Library has free access to new paywalled reliable sources. You can these and dozens more collections at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/:
Many other sources are freely available for experienced editors, including collections which recently became accessible to all eligible editors: Cambridge University Press, BMJ, AAAS, Érudit and more.
Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: log in today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 09:17, 26. Abr. 2022 (EDT)
Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:
The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally: This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.
In syntax highlighting (CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme with a user setting.
Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from WMDE Technical Wishes' focus area “Templates”.
We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!
-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 07:14, 29. Abr. 2022 (EDT)
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The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.
Whatamidoing (WMF) 14:55, 2. Moi 2022 (EDT)
Hallo. Hier möchte ich ein Update zum Projekt zu Desktopverbesserungen geben, an denen das Web-Team der Wiki Foundation seit einigen Jahren arbeitet. Unsere Arbeit ist fast beendet! 🎉
Wir würden uns freuen, wenn diese Verbesserungen der Standard für alle Leser und Autoren in allen Wikis werden würden. In den kommenden Wochen werden wir Gespräche mit weiteren Wikis beginnen, darunter auch deins. 🗓️ Gerne lesen wir eure Anregungen!
Ziele des Projekts sind die Benutzeroberfläche zweckmäßig für fortgeschrittene Nutzer und komfortabler und einladender für Leser zu gestalten. Das Projekt besteht aus einer Serie von Verbesserungen der Funktionen, welche das Lesen und Lernen, die Navigation auf der Seite, die Suche, den Wechsel zwischen Sprachen, die Nutzung von Artikel-Tabs und des Nutzer-Menüs sowie Weiteres betreffen. Die Verbesserungen sind bereits auf mehr als 30 Wikis in den Standardeinstellungen für Leser und Autoren sichtbar, unter anderem in den Wikipedias auf Französisch, Portugiesisch und Persisch.
Die Veränderungen gelten nur für das Vector-Design. Monobook und Timeless sind davon nicht betroffen.
Wenn man die Fortschritte unseres Projekts verfolgen möchte, kann man unseren Newsletter abonnieren. Man kann die Seiten des Projekts durchschauen, einen Blick in die FAQ werfen, auf der Projektdiskussion schreiben sowie am Online-Treffen mit uns teilnehmen.
Danke! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Diskussion) 11:54, 21. Yuni 2022 (EDT)
Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzen
Hi, Greetings
The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is announced!
We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images here
Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.
We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.
Thank you,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 12:12, 4. Yuli 2022 (EDT)
Liebe alle,
Community-Mitglieder sind anläßlich der Wahl zum Board of Trustees 2022 eingeladen, Vorschläge für Aussagen im Wahl-o-mat zu machen.
Ein Wahl-o-mat ist ein Instrument, das den Wähler*innen hilft, die Kandidat*innen auszuwählen, die am besten mit ihren Überzeugungen und Ansichten übereinstimmen. Community-Mitglieder schlagen den Kandidat*innen Aussagen vor, die sie mit Hilfe einer Lickert-Skala (zustimmen/neutral/ nicht zustimmen) beantworten sollen. Die Antworten der Kandidat*innen auf die Aussagen werden in den Wahl-o-mat eingepflegt. Die Wähler/innen nutzen das Tool, indem sie ihre Antwort auf die Aussagen eingeben (zustimmen/ablehnen/neutral). Die Ergebnisse zeigen die Kandidat*innen, die am besten mit den Überzeugungen und Ansichten der Wähler*innen übereinstimmen.
Hier ist die Zeitleiste für den Wahl-o-mat:
8. bis 20. Juli: Freiwillige schlagen Aussagen für den Wahl-Kompass vor
21. - 22. Juli: Der Wahlausschuss überprüft die Erklärungen auf ihre Klarheit und streicht themenfremde Erklärungen.
23. Juli - 1. August: Die Communitys stimmen über die Erklärungen ab
2. bis 4. August: Der Wahlausschuss wählt die 15 besten Stellungnahmen aus
5. bis 12. August: Kandidat*innen positionieren sich zu den Aussagen
15. August: Der Wahl-o-mat steht ab jetzt den Wahlberechtigten zur Verfügung, um sie bei ihrer Wahlentscheidung zu unterstützen.
Der Wahlausschuss wird Anfang August die 15 besten Aussagen auswählen. Der Wahlausschuss wird den Prozess überwachen, unterstützt vom Movement Strategy and Governance Team. MSG prüft, ob die Fragen klar sind, ob es keine Duplikate gibt, ob es Tippfehler gibt und so weiter.
Beste Grüße,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Diese Nachricht wurde versandt im Namen der Board of Trustees Task Force und des Wahlausschusses
Xeno (WMF) 11:17, 12. Yuli 2022 (EDT)
Das Team "Movement Strategy and Governance" sucht nach Community-Mitgliedern, die sich als Wahlhelfer bei den anstehenden Wahlen zum Board of Trustees zur Verfügung stellen.
Die Idee für das Wahlhelferprogramm entstand während der Wahlen zum Wiki Board of Trustees 2021. Das Programm erwies sich als erfolgreich. Mit Hilfe der Wahlhelfer*innen konnten wir die Reichweite und die Beteiligung an der Wahl im Vergleich zu 2017 um 1.753 Wähler/innen erhöhen. Die Wahlbeteiligung lag insgesamt bei 10,13 %, 1,1 Prozentpunkte höher, und 214 Wikis waren bei der Wahl vertreten.
Aber in insgesamt 74 Wikis, die 2017 nicht teilgenommen haben, haben bei der Wahl 2021 Wähler*innen mitgemacht. Willst du mithelfen, die Beteiligung zu verbessern?
Wahlhelfer*innen werden in den folgenden Bereichen helfen:
Freiwillige sollten:
Möchtest du dich als Wahlhelfer*in engagieren und dafür sorgen, dass deine Community bei der Wahl vertreten ist? Melde dich hier an, um aktuelle Informationen zu erhalten. Du kannst die Diskussionsseite für Fragen zur Übersetzung nutzen.
MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 04:45, 20. Yuli 2022 (EDT)
Hallo zusammen,
Das Wahlverfahren der Affiliates (Chapter und Usergroups) ist abgeschlossen. Vertreter*innen der einzelnen Affiliates (Chapter und Usergroups) haben sich über die Kandidat*innen informiert, indem sie die Erklärungen der Kandidat*innen gelesen, die Antworten der Kandidat*innen auf die Fragen geprüft und die vom Analyse-Komitee erstellten Bewertungen der Kandidat*innen berücksichtigt haben. Die ausgewählten Kandidat*innen für das Board of Trustees 2022 sind:
Du kannst mehr Informationen über die Ergebnisse und Statistiken dieser Boardwahlen sehen.
Bitte nimm dir einen Moment Zeit, um den Vertretern der Affiliates (Chapter und Usergroups) und den Mitgliedern des Analyse-Komitees dafür zu danken, dass sie an diesem Prozess teilgenommen und dazu beigetragen haben, das Board of Trustees in seiner Kapazität und Diversität zu erweitern. Diese Stunden ehrenamtlicher Arbeit verbinden uns über Verständnis und Perspektive hinweg. Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme.
Vielen Dank an die Community-Mitglieder, die sich als Kandidat*in für das Board of Trustees zur Verfügung gestellt haben. Die Entscheidung, in das Board of Trustees einzutreten, ist keine leichte Entscheidung. Die Zeit und das Engagement, das die Kandidat*innen bis jetzt gezeigt haben, sprechen für ihr Engagement in diesem "Movement". Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Kandidat*innen, die ausgewählt worden sind. Große Anerkennung und Dankbarkeit für die Kandidat*innen, die nicht ausgewählt wurden. Bitte stellt Wiki weiterhin eure Führungsqualität zur Verfügung.
Vielen Dank an alle, die bei dieser Boardwahl das Affiliate-Verfahren verfolgt haben. Du kannst die Ergebnisse der Wahl der Affiliates (Chapter und Usergroups) einsehen.
Der nächste Teil der Boardwahlen ist die Community-Wahlperiode. Hier kannst du den Zeitplan für die Boardwahlen einsehen. Zur Vorbereitung der Community-Wahlperiode gibt es einige Dinge, an denen sich Community-Mitglieder auf folgende Weise beteiligen können:
Beste Grüße,
Movement Strategy and Governance
Diese Nachricht wurde versandt im Namen der Board of Trustees Task Force und des Wahlausschusses
MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 09:20, 20. Yuli 2022 (EDT)
Dann nehmt teil an einem Online-Treffen mit dem Team, das an den Desktop-Verbesserungen arbeitet. Es findet am 26. Juli 2022 at 12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC auf Zoom. Hier klicken, um teilzunehmen. Meeting ID: 5304280674. Wähle dich über deinen Ort ein.
Mehr dazu. Bis dann! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (Diskussion) 12:27, 25. Yuli 2022 (EDT)
Hallo,
Die Community-Abstimmung für die Wahl zum Board of Trustees 2022 begann am 23. August 2022 und endet am 6. September 2022 um 23:59 Uhr UTC. Du hast noch die Möglichkeit, an der Wahl teilzunehmen. Wenn du noch nicht gewählt hast, besuche bitte die SecurePoll-Wahlseite, um jetzt abzustimmen. Um dich über deine Stimmberechtigung zu informieren, besuche bitte die Seite mit Informationen zur Stimmberechtigung. Wenn du Hilfe bei deiner Entscheidung brauchst, findest du hier einige hilfreiche Links:
Beste Grüße,
Movement Strategy and Governance
MNadzikiewicz (WMF) 03:55, 2. Sep. 2022 (EDT)
Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wiki Foundation Web team. In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.
We have been working on it for the past three years. So far, it has been the default on more than 30 wikis, including sister projects, all accounting for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average 87% of active logged-in users of those wikis use Vector 2022.
It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skins. No changes are expected for users of these skins.
[Why is a change necessary] The current default skin meets the needs of the readers and editors as these were 13 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using Wiki projects. The old Vector doesn't meet their needs.
[Objective] The objective for the new skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It draws inspiration from previous requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. We reduced PHP code in Wiki deployed skins by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.
[Changes and test results] The skin introduces a series of changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.
[Try it out] Try out the new skin by going to the appearance tab in your preferences and selecting Vector 2022 from the list of skins.
It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out our repository for a list of currently available customizations, or add your own.
If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying in the week of October 3, 2022. If your community would like to request more time to discuss the changes, hit the button and write to us. We can adjust the calendar.
If you'd like ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please ping me here or write on the talk page of the project. We will gladly answer! Also, see our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:15, 22. Sep. 2022 (EDT)
Hallo zusammen,
Mit dem Movement Strategy Forum (MS Forum) gibt es seit einiger Zeit einen mehrsprachigen Raum für Diskussionen zu allen Themen rund um die Umsetzung der Movement Strategy.
Alle Mitglieder der Community sind eingeladen, am MS Forum teilzunehmen. Ziel des Forums ist es, die Zusammenarbeit in der Community durch eine mehrsprachige Plattform zu fördern.
Die Movement Strategy ist ein gemeinschaftliches Projekt, um die Zukunft des Wiki Movements zu gestalten. Jeder kann sich an der Movement Strategy beteiligen, von einem Kommentar bis hin zu einem Vollzeitprojekt.
Tritt diesem Forum mit deinem Wikimedia-Konto bei und beteilige dich an Diskussionen in deiner Sprache. Über vielfältige Teilnahme würde ich mich freuen!
DBarthel (WMF) 16:21, 26. Sep. 2022 (EDT)
Hello. I'm sorry for not communicating in your language. I'll be grateful if you translated my message. I'm writing on behalf of the Web team working on the new skin, Vector 2022.
We wanted to apologize for the delays in the deployment of Vector 2022. We know many of you are waiting for this eagerly. We have been delaying the deployment because we have been working on the logos. It has taken us more time than originally expected. Once the logos are ready, we will let you know the exact date of deployment. We are planning for either the next (more likely) or the following week. If your wiki doesn't currently have a localized logo, we encourage you to reach out to us and we can help make one.
We invite you to get involved in the project. Contact us if you have any questions or need any help, particularly with the compatibility of gadgets and user scripts. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 19:24, 19. Okt. 2022 (EDT)
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Hallo
The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.
We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!
The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:
If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.
We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!
Danke! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 07:59, 13. Dis. 2022 (EST)
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We are really sorry for posting in English
Voting in the Wiki sound logo contest has started. From December 6 to 19, 2022, please play a part and help chose the sound that will identify Wiki content on audio devices. Learn more on Diff.
The sound logo team is grateful to everyone who participated in this global contest. We received 3,235 submissions from 2,094 participants in 135 countries. We are incredibly grateful to the team of volunteer screeners and the selection committee who, among others, helped bring us to where we are today. It is now up to Wiki to choose the Sound Of All Human Knowledge.
Best wishes, Arupako-WMF (Diskussion) 11:19, 17. Dis. 2022 (EST)Wiki Deitsch
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 Wiki Deitsch. 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 Wiki Deitsch.
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:
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 [email protected] 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
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 05:24, 24. Dis. 2022 (EST)
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)
Hallo allerseits,
Die Rechtsabteilung der Wiki Foundation organisiert eine Feedbackphase mit Community-Mitgliedern, um die Überarbeitung der Wikimedia-Nutzungsbedingungen zu besprechen.
Die Nutzungsbedingungen (Terms of Use, ToU) sind die rechtlichen Bestimmungen, die die Nutzung der von der Wiki Foundation gehosteten Websites regeln. Wir werden von Februar bis April euer Feedback zu einem Entwurf einholen. Der Entwurf wird in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt, wobei schriftliche Rückmeldungen in jeder Sprache möglich sind.
Diese Aktualisierung ist eine Reaktion auf mehrere Dinge:
Im Rahmen des Feedback-Zyklus werden zwei Sprechstunden abgehalten, die erste am 2. März, die zweite am 4. April.
Weitere Informationen findest du hier:
Im Namen des Teams der Rechtsabteilung der Wiki Foundation,
Benutzer:DBarthel (WMF)12:37, 21. Han. 2023 (EST)
In einer anderen Sprache lesen • Abonnenten dieses mehrsprachigen Rundschreibens
In diesem Rundschreiben wird über zwei wesentliche Entwicklungen der Arbeitsgruppe Bearbeitung berichtet:
Diskussionsseitenprojekt
Die Arbeitsgruppe Bearbeitung ist fast mit der ersten Phase des Diskussionsseitenprojektes abgeschlossen. Fast alle der technischen Ergänzungen sind jetzt im Beta Feature für Diskussions-Werkzeuge verfügbar.
Es werden Informationen zur Diskussionsdynamik dargestellt, wie zum Beispiel wann der letzte Beitrag verfasst wurde. Bald wird es eine neue „Abschnitt hinzufügen“ Schaltfläche geben. Es wird möglich sein, diese Entwicklungen in den Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion abzuschalten. Bitte teile der Arbeitsgruppe Deine Meinung mit.
Ein A/B-Test für Diskussions-Werkzeuge auf der Seite für mobile Endgeräte wurde durchgeführt. Bearbeiter waren erfolgreicher mit Diskussions-Werkzeuge. Die AG Bearbeitung schaltet diese technischen Ergänzungen für alle Bearbeiter, die ein mobiles Endgerät benutzen, frei.
Neues Projekt: Änderungsprüfung
Die Arbeitsgruppe Bearbeitung fängt ein Projekt zur Unterstützung neuer Wikipediaautoren an. Es soll Menschen bei der Feststellung gewisser Probleme unterstützen, bevor sie auf „Änderungen veröffentlichen“ klicken. Das erste Werkzeug wird Leute ermutigen, Einzelnachweise zu liefern wenn sie neue Inhalte hinzufügen. Bitte beobachte diese Seite für weitere Informationen. Um mehr zu erfahren kannst Du am 2023-03-03 an einer Telefonkonferenz teilnehmen.
–Whatamidoing (WMF) (Dischbedutt) 18:24, 22. Han. 2023 (EST)
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Die Wikimedia-Foundation testet den Wechsel zwischen ihrem ersten und dem Ersatz-Rechenzentrum. Dadurch sollen Wikipedia und die anderen Wikimedia-Wikis auch nach einem Notfall erreichbar bleiben. Um sicherzustellen, dass alles funktioniert, muss der Wechsel zwischen den Servern getestet werden. Dieser Test wird zeigen, ob sicher von einem auf das andere Rechenzentrum umgeschaltet werden kann. Dafür benötigt es viele Teams, die den Test vorbereiten und die bereitstehen, um unerwartet auftretende Probleme zu beheben.
Der gesamte Datenverkehr wird am 1 März umgeleitet. Der Test wird um 14:00 UTC beginnen.
Leider können aufgrund einiger Einschränkungen der MediaWiki-Software keine Bearbeitungen vorgenommen werden, während die Umschaltung duchgeführt wird. Wir entschuldigen uns für diese Unterbrechung, und wir werden uns bemühen, derartige Einschränkungen in der Zukunft auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.
Für eine kurze Zeit können zwar alle Wikis gelesen, aber nicht bearbeitet werden.
Weitere Folgen:
Trizek (WMF) (Dischbedutt) 16:21, 27. Han. 2023 (EST)
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Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wiki 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)
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Die Wikimedia-Foundation testet den Wechsel zwischen ihrem ersten und dem Ersatz-Rechenzentrum. Dadurch sollen Wikipedia und die anderen Wikimedia-Wikis auch nach einem Notfall erreichbar bleiben. Um sicherzustellen, dass alles funktioniert, muss der Wechsel zwischen den Servern getestet werden. Dieser Test wird zeigen, ob sicher von einem auf das andere Rechenzentrum umgeschaltet werden kann. Dafür benötigt es viele Teams, die den Test vorbereiten und die bereitstehen, um unerwartet auftretende Probleme zu beheben.
Der gesamte Datenverkehr wird am 26. April 2023 umgeleitet. Der Test wird um 14:00 UTC beginnen.
Leider können aufgrund einiger Einschränkungen der MediaWiki-Software keine Bearbeitungen vorgenommen werden, während die Umschaltung duchgeführt wird. Wir entschuldigen uns für diese Unterbrechung, und wir werden uns bemühen, derartige Einschränkungen in der Zukunft auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.
Für eine kurze Zeit können zwar alle Wikis gelesen, aber nicht bearbeitet werden.
Weitere Folgen:
MediaWiki message delivery 20:41, 20. Abr. 2023 (EDT)
Hello,
As follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wiki 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:
The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wiki Foundation staff.
The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either sign up on the Meta-Wiki page, or contact ucocproject wikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.
Best regards,
Xeno (WMF) 15:00, 26. Abr. 2023 (EDT)
Der nächste Schritt im Prozess des universellen Verhaltenskodex ist die Zusammenstellung eines Aufbaukomitees, das die Charta für das Koordinationskomitee des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) erstellt. Das Aufbaukomitee wurde nun ausgewählt. Lies mehr über die Mitglieder und die bevorstehende Arbeit im Meta-Wiki.
-- UCoC Project Team, 00:20, 27. Moi 2023 (EDT)
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 Wiki 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 Wiki Foundation Board of Trustees,
RamzyM (WMF) 14:00, 28. Yuni 2023 (EDT)
Hallo allerseits,
ich freue mich, über die nächsten Schritte in der Arbeit am universellen Verhaltenskodex informieren zu können! Der Entwurf der Charter für das Koordinationskomitee des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) steht jetzt zur Überprüfung bereit.
Die Durchsetzungsleitlinien erfordern ein Aufbaukomitee, das eine Charter entwirft, in der Abläufe und Details für ein globales Komitee namens Koordinationskomitee des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) enthalten sind. Im Lauf der vergangenen Monate hat das U4C-Aufbaukomitee als Gruppe zusammengearbeitet, um die U4C-Charter zu besprechen und zu entwerfen. Das U4C-Aufbaukomitee freut sich über Feedback zum Entwurf der Charter bis zum 22. September 2023. Nach diesem Datum wird das U4C-Aufbaukomitee die Charter nach Bedarf überarbeiten und im Anschluss wird eine Community-Abstimmung gestartet.
Beteilige dich an der Diskussion bei den Sprechstunden oder im Meta-Wiki.
Beste Grüße
RamzyM (WMF), on behalf of the U4C Building Committee, 11:35, 28. Aug. 2023 (EDT)
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Die Wikimedia-Foundation wird den Datenverkehr zwischen ihren Rechenzentren wechseln. Dadurch sollen Wikipedia und die anderen Wikimedia-Wikis auch nach einem Notfall erreichbar bleiben. Um sicherzustellen, dass alles funktioniert, muss der Wechsel zwischen den Servern getestet werden. Dieser Test wird zeigen, ob sicher von einem auf das andere Rechenzentrum umgeschaltet werden kann. Dafür benötigt es viele Teams, die den Test vorbereiten und die bereitstehen, um unerwartet auftretende Probleme zu beheben.
Der gesamte Datenverkehr wird am 20. September 2023 umgeleitet. Der Test wird um 14:00 UTC beginnen.
Leider können aufgrund einiger Einschränkungen der MediaWiki-Software keine Bearbeitungen vorgenommen werden, während die Umschaltung duchgeführt wird. Wir entschuldigen uns für diese Unterbrechung, und wir werden uns bemühen, derartige Einschränkungen in der Zukunft auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.
Für eine kurze Zeit können zwar alle Wikis gelesen, aber nicht bearbeitet werden.
Weitere Folgen:
Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 05:23, 15. Sep. 2023 (EDT)
You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
Weitere Sprachen • Hilf bitte mit, in deine Sprache zu übersetzenHi 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,
Dear all,
Please review and comment on the Wiki 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
21:13, 16. Okt. 2023 (EDT)
Eine neue Funktion wird bald in deinem Wiki eingeführt: Vorschauen für Einzelnachweise sind Popups für Einzelnachweise. Solche Popups gab es in Wikis für viele Jahre als lokale Helferleins. Nun gibt es eine zentrale Lösung, die in allen Wikis verfügbar und konsistent mit der Seitenvorschau-Funktion ist.
Vorschauen für Einzelnachweise weden für alle sichtbar sein, auch für Leser. Wenn du sie nicht sehen möchtest, kannst du sie deaktivieren. Wenn du die Helferleins Tooltips für Einzelnachweise oder Navigations-Popups nutzt, wirst du die Vorschauen für Einzelnachweise nicht sehen, sofern du das Helferlein nicht deaktivierst.
Vorschauen für Einzelnachweise waren seit 2019 eine Beta-Funktion in vielen Wikis und seit 2021 eine Standard-Funktion in einigen davon. Die Einführung ist für den 22. November geplant.
-- Für das Team Technische Wünsche bei Wiki Deutschland,
Johanna Strodt (WMDE), 08:11, 15. Nov. 2023 (EST)
Seit September 2022 ist es möglich, Geopunkte mithilfe einer QID zu erstellen. Viele Autoren haben sich diese Funktion gewünscht, jedoch wird sie wenig genutzt. Daher möchten wir dich daran erinnern. Weitere Informationen finden sich auf der Projektseite. Wenn du Anmerkungen dazu hast, teile sie uns bitte auf der Diskussionsseite mit. – Beste Grüße, das Team Technische Wünsche bei Wiki Deutschland
Thereza Mengs (WMDE) 07:31, 13. Dis. 2023 (EST)
Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.
Hello, the Wikidata for Wiki Projects team at Wiki 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)
Apologies for writing in English.
The Technical Wishes team at Wiki 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.
We’re looking forward to seeing you, Thereza Mengs (WMDE)
Dear Wiki Community,
You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2024 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wiki Deitsch. 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 Wiki Deitsch.
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:
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 Wiki Deitsch. 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 table-responsive 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
--MediaWiki message delivery (Diskussion) 02:26, 18. Yen. 2024 (EST)
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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 Wiki 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 (Diskussion) 02:26, 18. Yen. 2024 (EST)
Hallo allerseits,
ich melde mich heute bei euch, um anzukündigen, dass die Abstimmungsphase für die Satzung des Koordinationskomitees des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) begonnen hat. Communitymitglieder können ab sofort bis zum 2. Februar 2024 über SecurePoll ihre Stimme abgeben und Kommentare zur Satzung hinterlassen. Diejenigen von euch, die ihre Meinung bereits bei der Entwicklung der UCoC-Durchsetzungsleitlinien abgegeben haben, kennen diesen Prozess schon.
Die aktuelle Version der Satzung des Koordinationskomittes des universellen Verhaltenskodex steht im Meta-Wiki mit Übersetzungen zur Verfügung.
Lies die Satzung, stimm ab und teile diese Nachricht mit anderen aus deiner Community! Das U4C-Aufbaukomitee freut sich wirklich auf eure Beteiligung.
Für das UCoC-Projektteam,
RamzyM (WMF) 13:08, 19. Yen. 2024 (EST)
Hallo allerseits,
ich melde mich bei euch, um daran zu erinnern, dass die Abstimmungsphase über die Satzung des Koordinationskomitees des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) am 2. Februar 2024 zu Ende ist. Communitymitglieder können über SecurePoll ihre Stimme abgeben und Kommentare zur Satzung hinterlassen. Diejenigen unter euch, die sich während der Entwicklung der UCoC-Durchsetzungsleitlinien zu Wort gemeldet haben, kennen diesen Prozess bereits.
Die aktuelle Version der Satzung des Koordinationskomittes des universellen Verhaltenskodex steht im Meta-Wiki mit Übersetzungen zur Verfügung.
Lies die Satzung, stimm ab und teile diese Nachricht mit anderen aus deiner Community! Das U4C-Aufbaukomitee freut sich wirklich auf eure Beteiligung.
Für das UCoC-Projektteam,
RamzyM (WMF) 12:00, 31. Yen. 2024 (EST)
Hallo allerseits,
danke für das Interesse an der Entwicklung des universellen Verhaltenskodex. Ich möchte hiermit die Ergebnisse der Abstimmung zur Ratifizierung der Satzung des UCoC-Koordinationskomitees ankündigen. 1746 Beitragende haben an dieser Abstimmung teilgenommen, wovon 1249 Abstimmende der Satzung zustimmen und 420 Abstimmende sie ablehnen. Im Rahmen der Ratifizierung war es Abstimmenden möglich, Kommentare zur Satzung abzugeben.
Ein Bericht mit Statistiken zur Abstimmung und einer Zusammenfassung der Kommentare wird in den kommenden Wochen im Meta-Wiki veröffentlicht werden.
Wir werden bald über die nächsten Schritte berichten!
Für das UCoC-Projektteam
RamzyM (WMF) 13:23, 12. Han. 2024 (EST)
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Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wiki 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)
Hallo allerseits,
Ich schreibe euch heute wegen zwei wichtiger Informationen. Zum einen ist der Bericht über die Kommentare zur Ratifizierung der Satzung für das Koordinationskomitee des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) jetzt verfügbar. Zum anderen hat die Bewerbungsphase für das U4C begonnen – sie läuft bis zum 1. April 2024.
Das Koordinationskomitee des universellen Verhaltenskodex (U4C) ist eine globale Gruppe, die für eine gerechte und konsequente Umsetzung des Verhaltenskodex sorgen soll. Communitymitglieder sind eingeladen, sich für das U4C zu bewerben. Weitere Informationen zum U4C sind in der Satzung zu finden.
Gemäß der Satzung hat das U4C 16 Sitze: acht für die Gesamtcommunity und acht regional verteilte, um sicherzustellen, dass das U4C die Diversität des Movements widerspiegelt.
Im Meta-Wiki gibt es mehr Informationen. Dort werden auch die Bewerbungen entgegengenommen.
Für das UCoC Projekt-Team
RamzyM (WMF) 11:25, 5. Matz 2024 (EST)
Hallo allerseits,
In diesem Jahr endet die Amtszeit von vier (4) Trustees im Board of Trustees der Wiki Foundation, die von Affiliates und der Community gewählt wurden [1]. Das Board of Trustees lädt das gesamte Movement ein, am diesjährigen Auswahlprozess teilzunehmen und über die freigewordenen Sitze abzustimmen.
Das Wahlkomitee wird diesen Prozess mit Unterstützung von Angestellten der Foundation beaufsichtigen [2]. Das Komitee für Board Governance hat eine Arbeitsgruppe für die Board-Auswahl ins Leben gerufen, die aus Trustees besteht, die im diesjährigen Auswahlprozess für Community und Affiliates nicht kandidieren können: Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra’a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins und Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. Diese Gruppe hat die Aufgabe, den Trustee-Auswahlprozess 2024 für das Board zu überwachen und dieses darüber zu informieren. Mehr Details zu den Rollen des Wahlkomitees, des Boards und der Angestellten gibt es hier [4].
Das sind die wichtigsten geplanten Daten:
Du kannst auf dieser Seite im Meta-Wiki den genauen Zeitplan, das Bewerbungsverfahren, die Regeln für die Kampagne und die Kriterien für Wahlberechtigung ansehen und deine Pläne entsprechend ausrichten.
Freiwillige Wahlhelfer:innen
Eine weitere Möglichkeit, sich am Auswahlprozess 2024 zu beteiligen, ist die Teilnahme als freiwillige:r Wahlhelfer:in. Diese Freiwilligen sind Verbindungspersonen zwischen dem Wahlkomitee und ihren jeweiligen Communitys. Sie helfen dabei, sicherzustellen, dass ihre Communitys vertreten sind, und rufen diese zur Wahl auf. Erfahre auf dieser Seite im Meta-wiki mehr über das Programm und wie du teilnehmen kannst.
Beste Grüße
Dariusz Jemielniak (Governance Committee Chair, Arbeitsgruppe für die Board-Auswahl)
[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] Auch wenn die ideale Anzahl zwölf Kandidierende für vier freie Sitze sind, wird das Shortlist-Verfahren nur angewendet, wenn mehr als 15 Personen zur Auswahl stehen, da sich ansonsten die ein bis drei Kandidierenden, die es nicht durch das Verfahren schaffen, ausgeschlossen fühlen könnten und der Aufwand für die Affiliates im Verhältnis zur kleinen Anzahl sehr groß wäre.
MPossoupe_(WMF)15:57, 12. Matz 2024 (EDT)
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Die Wikimedia-Foundation wird den Datenverkehr zwischen ihren Rechenzentren wechseln. Dadurch sollen Wikipedia und die anderen Wikimedia-Wikis auch nach einem Notfall erreichbar bleiben.
Der gesamte Datenverkehr wird am 20. März 2024 umgeleitet. Der Test wird um 14:00 UTC (15:00 MEZ) beginnen.
Leider können aufgrund einiger Einschränkungen der MediaWiki-Software keine Bearbeitungen vorgenommen werden, während die Umschaltung duchgeführt wird. Wir entschuldigen uns für diese Unterbrechung, und wir werden uns bemühen, derartige Einschränkungen in der Zukunft auf ein Minimum zu beschränken.
Für eine kurze Zeit können zwar alle Wikis gelesen, aber nicht bearbeitet werden.
Weitere Folgen:
Trizek (WMF), 20:01, 14. Matz 2024 (EDT)
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