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ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ! ਇਸ ਵਿਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਭਾਲਣ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਵਾਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿਚ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਸਭ ਦੇ ਸਾਥ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ। ਇੱਥੇ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ ਸਭ ਦਾ ਸਵਾਗਤ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਵੀ ਇੱਥੇ ਲਿਖ ਅਤੇ ਫੇਰ-ਬਦਲ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ। ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਇਕ ਵਧੀਆ ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਿਚ ਆਪਣਾ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਦਿਓ। --itar buttar [ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ] ੧੬:੧੮, ੨ ਨਵੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕੀ ਹੱਕ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ! ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਖ਼ਰਾਬ ਸਫ਼ੇ ਅਤੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਕਮੀਆਂ ਵੇਖੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਸਫ਼ੇ ਮਿਟਾਉਣ, ਬਾਕੀ ਕਮੀਆਂ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਇੰਟਰਫ਼ੇਸ ਬਿਹਤਰੀ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਵਿਕੀ ’ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਮੈਂ ਯਕੀਨਨ ਹੀ ਇਸ ਵਿਕੀ ਦਾ ਪਹਿਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਸਾਬਤ ਹੋਵਾਂਗਾ। ਧੰਨਵਾਦ। --itar buttar [ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ] ੧੬:੨੫, ੨ ਨਵੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ --Sonia Singh [ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ]
ਸਮਰਥਨ--Babanwalia (talk) ੧੫:੨੮, ੯ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)- ਵਿਰੋਧ --Zarienah (talk) ੧੮:੧੭, ੮ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
- ਵਿਰੋਧ — VibhasKS (talk) ੨੨:੦੬, ੧੨ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
- ਸਮਰਥਨ--Gubin (talk) ੦੭:੫੦, ੨੪ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
comment[ਸੋਧੋ]
I wanna ask the users who opposed, do they promise to do something constructive to develope this wiki as they're just stopping others to do this. The only edits they did are changing the wiki terms and this oppose. --itar buttar [ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ] ੦੩:੦੨, ੧੩ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
- you are making your own rules now, they are all part of the punjabi community and want for the better, stop panicking and try to appreciate everyone properly then maybe you would get supports. What do you mean by "wiki terms" the greetings that you personally like to use are not our wiki terms. You yourself only imported a deletion template and tagged things for deletion and now want to become admin? The only thing you are contributing to right now are the talk pages so don't act like you own the place or the language. —VibhasKS (talk) ੦੮:੫੬, ੧੩ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
- (with steward hat on) Lacks the necessary consensus to promote. Snowolf How can I help? ੧੭:੦੮, ੨੪ ਦਸੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੨ (UTC)
Global AbuseFilter[ਸੋਧੋ]
AbuseFilter is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013, Global AbuseFilters were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and (in early 2014) all the "small wikis". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "medium sized wikis" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and have shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing request for comment on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to this list on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on this page at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter.
Thanks,
PiRSquared17, Glaisher— ੧੭:੩੪, ੧੪ ਨਵੰਬਰ ੨੦੧੪ (UTC)
Temporary Adminship[ਸੋਧੋ]
I am requesting temporary adminship on this wiki.--Satdeep Gill (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 17:26, 16 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2015 (UTC)
Support[ਸੋਧੋ]
- ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰਕ (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:16, 19 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2015 (UTC)
- Baljeet Bilaspur (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 14:06, 19 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2015 (UTC)
- Bhvintri (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 16:57, 16 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2016 (UTC)
Oppose[ਸੋਧੋ]
Comments[ਸੋਧੋ]
I support Satdeep Gill , as no better choice is available.There are presently only 4 active users on this project,positive aspect of Satdeep Gill is that he has been greatly instrumental in promoting more number of active users on punjabi wiki which so far had very less no. of users compared to community size ; but for his limitations in administrator actions , he has to improve a lot , examples are ; poor-knowledge as example look here ;he could not explain or define simple term such as active user while putting a draft policy for becoming administrator 'on punjabi Wikipedia village pump and after a lengthy discussion , could only be convinced that he does not know this term and replied let community define it ;which he is yet to improve upon .--Guglani (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 12:37, 19 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2015 (UTC)
- administrators should promise that on such new project their 90% edits should be main space edits for content creation, rather than deletion to become example for other users.Deletion by administrators should be resorted to only vulgar content or license issues on a new project like this. --Guglani (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:04, 20 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2015 (UTC)
Compact Language Links enabled in this wiki today[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
Compact Language Links has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). Based on several factors, this shorter list of languages is expected to be more relevant for them and valuable for finding similar content in a language known to them. More information about compact language links can be found in the documentation.
From today onwards, compact language links has been enabled as the default listing of interlanguage links on this wiki. Using the button at the bottom, you will be able to see a longer list of all the languages the article has been written in. The setting for this compact list can be changed by using the checkbox under User Preferences -> Appearance -> Languages
The compact language links feature has been tested extensively by the Wikimedia Language team, which developed it. However, in case there are any problems or other feedback please let us know on the project talk page or on this discussion thread. It is to be noted that on some wikis the presence of an existing older gadget that was used for a similar purpose may cause an interference for compact language list. We would like to bring this to the attention of the admins of this wiki. Full details are on this phabricator ticket (in English).
Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use MassMessage for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team: Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF) (talk) 07:04, 24 ਜੂਨ 2016 (UTC)
ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਰਣਨੀਤੀ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਨ 2017 ਸਬੰਧੀ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਚਰਚਾ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਅੰਦੋਲਨ ਰਣਨੀਤੀ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਨ ਤਹਿਤ ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਵਿਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਿਤ ਮਾਹਿਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਅਨਜ ਦੀ ਪੂਰੀ ਟੀਮ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਚਾਰ-ਚਰਚਾ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ,ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਭਾਗ,ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਦੇ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਨਾਲ 15 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2017 ਨੂੰ ਕਰਵਾਉਣਾ ਨਿਯਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਚਰਚਾ ਵਿਚ ਸਾਰੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਅਨਜ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣ ਲਈ ਨਿਮਰਤਾ ਸਹਿਤ ਸੱਦਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
ਇਸ ਈਵਿੰਟ ਦੇ ਕੋਆਡੀਨੇਟਰ ਡਾ.ਮਾਨਵਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਕੌਰ ਤੇ ਸਟਾਲਿਨਜੀਤ ਬਰਾੜ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਈਵਿੰਟ Facilitator ਸੱਤਦੀਪ ਗਿੱਲ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਈਵਿੰਟ ਨਾਲ ਸਬੰਧਿਤ ਕੋਈ ਸਵਾਲ ਇਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਵੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੱਥ ਉਪਰ ਵੀ ਪੁਛਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।Stalinjeet (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ)
- ਇਸ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋਣ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਜੇਕਰ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਸਮਾਂ ਹੋਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਇਸ Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017 ਲਿੰਕ ਉਪਰ ਸਰਸਰੀ ਝਾਤ ਮਾਰ ਆਉਣੀ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਬਾਰੇ ਸਮਝ 'ਚ ਵਾਧਾ ਹੋ ਸਕੇ।
ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਦੀ ਰੂਪ ਰੇਖਾ[ਸੋਧੋ]
- ਮਿਤੀ- 15 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2017
- ਸਥਾਨ - ਮੇਨ ਹਾਲ,ਗੈਸਟ ਹਾਉਸ,ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਪਟਿਆਲਾ (ਨੇੜੇ ਡਿਸਪੈਸਰੀ)
- ਸਮਾਂ - ਸਵੇਰ 10 ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਦੁਪਿਹਰ 2 ਵਜੇ
- ਲੰਚ - 2 ਵਜੇ
- ਚਾਹ ਤੇ ਸਨੈਕਸ - ਨਾਲੋ-ਨਾਲ
ਸੁਝਾਅ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਟਿੱਪਣੀਆਂ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਸਮਰਥਨ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਵਿਰੋਧ[ਸੋਧੋ]
Indic Wikimedia Campaigns/Contests Survey[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello fellow Wikimedians,
Apologies for writing in English. Please help me in translating this message to your language.
I am delighted to share a survey that will help us in the building a comprehensive list of campaigns and contests organized by the Indic communities on various Wikimedia projects like Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, Wikipedia, Wikidata etc. We also want to learn what's working in them and what are the areas that needs more support.
If you have organized or participated in any campaign or contest (such as Wiki Loves Monuments type Commons contest, Wikisource Proofreading Contest, Wikidata labelathons, 1lib1ref campaigns etc.), we would like to hear from you.
You can read the Privacy Policy for the Survey here
Please find the link to the Survey at: https://forms.gle/eDWQN5UxTBC9TYB1A
P.S. If you have been involved in multiple campaigns/contests, feel free to submit the form multiple times.
Looking forward to hearing and learning from you.
-- SGill (WMF) sent using MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 06:09, 25 ਜੂਨ 2019 (UTC)
New tools and IP masking[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hey everyone,
The Wikimedia 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)14:18, 21 ਅਗਸਤ 2019 (UTC)
The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello,
In a recent statement, the Wikimedia 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?
- Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);
- Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or
- Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.
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) 17:13, 30 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2019 (UTC)
Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
Hello. 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 Wikimedia 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:
- Identifying focus areas for the project we have not yet discovered
- Expanding the list of existing gadgets and user scripts that are related to providing a better desktop experience. If you can think of some of these from your wiki, please let us know
- Feedback on the ideas and mockups we have collected so far
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:
- Make it easier for readers to focus on the content
- Provide easier access to everyday actions (e.g. search, language switching, editing)
- Put things in logical and useful places
- Increase consistency in the interface with other platforms - mobile web and the apps
- Eliminate clutter
- Plan for future growth
As well as the following constraints:
- Not touching the content - no work will be done in terms of styling templates or to the structure of page contents themselves
- Not removing any functionality - things might move around, but all navigational items and other functionality currently available by default will remain
- No drastic changes to the layout - we're taking an evolutionary approach to the changes and want the site to continue feeling familiar to readers and editors
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.
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)
07:14, 16 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ 2019 (UTC)
Community Wishlist 2020[ਸੋਧੋ]
The 2020 Community Wishlist Survey is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on November 11, 2019, or comment on other proposals to help make them better.
This year, we’re exclusively focusing on smaller projects (i.e., Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews). We want to help these projects and provide meaningful improvements to diverse communities. If you’re a member of any of these projects, please participate in the survey! To submit proposals, see the guidelines on the survey page. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
IFried (WMF) 19:30, 4 ਨਵੰਬਰ 2019 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore[ਸੋਧੋ]
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Hello Folks,
Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as Wiki Loves Folklore from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at Wikimedia Commons. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at Meta-Wiki and Commons.
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
— Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk)
sent using MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 06:15, 18 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2020 (UTC)
Wikimedia 2030: Movement Strategy Community conversations are here![ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear Affiliate Representatives and community members,
The launch of our final round of community conversation is finally here! We are excited to have the opportunity to invite you to take part.
The recommendations have been published! Please take time over the next five weeks to review and help us understand how your organization and community would be impacted.
What Does This Mean?
The core recommendations document has now been published on Meta in Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Spanish. This is the result of more than a year of dedicated work by our working groups, and we are pleased to share the evolution of their work for your final consideration.
In addition to the recommendations text, you can read through key documents such as Principles, Process, and the Writer’s Reflections, which lend important context to this work and highlight the ways that the recommendations are conceptually interlinked.
We also have a brief Narrative of Change [5] which offers a summary introduction to the recommendations material.
How Is My Input Reflected In This Work?
Community input played an important role in the drafting of these recommendations. The core recommendations document reflects this and cites community input throughout in footnotes.
I also encourage you to take a look at our community input summaries. These texts show a further analysis of how all of the ideas you shared last year through online conversations, affiliate meetings, and strategy salons connect to recommendations. Many of the community notes and reports not footnoted in the core recommendations document are referenced here as evidence of the incredible convergence of ideas that have brought us this far.
What Happens Now?
Affiliates, online communities, and other stakeholders have the next five weeks to discuss and share feedback on these recommendations. In particular, we’re hoping to better understand how you think they would impact our movement - what benefits and opportunities do you foresee for your affiliate, and why? What challenges or barriers would they pose for you? Your input at this stage is vital, and we’d like to warmly invite you to participate in this final discussion period.
We encourage volunteer discussion co-ordinators for facilitating these discussions in your local language community on-wiki, on social media, informal or formal meet ups, on-hangouts, IRC or the village pump of your project. Please collect a report from these channels or conversations and connect with me directly so that I can be sure your input is collected and used. Alternatively, you can also post the feedback on the meta talk pages of the respective recommendations.
After this five week period, the Core Team will publish a summary report of input from across affiliates, online communities, and other stakeholders for public review before the recommendations are finalized. You can view our updated timeline here as well as an updated FAQ section that addresses topics like the goal of this current period, the various components of the draft recommendations, and what’s next in more detail.
Thank you again for taking the time to join us in community conversations, and we look forward to receiving your input. (Please help us by translating this message into your local language). Happy reading! RSharma (WMF) MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 21:31, 20 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2020 (UTC)
Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello
The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wikimedia volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.
To learn more about the project, please visit the Meta page. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete this simple Google form. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!
-- LMiranda (WMF) (talk) 19:00, 22 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2020 (UTC)
Ask to create an article on famous Yugoslavian and Macedonian Academician Ratko Janev[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear editors, can someone please create the article on Ratko Janev (Ратко Јанев), most distinguished Macedonian Academician here. Academician prof. dr. Ratko Janev was a distinguished member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In the period 1972 – 1987 he was a principal research fellow at the Institute of Physics, Belgrade where he made significant scientific breakthroughs in multiple fields of atomic physics and left lasting scientific legacy. Born in 1939, in Sandanski in Bulgaria, he finished a gymnasium in Skoplje in Republic of Macedonia, and received his BSc in physics in Belgrade, where he also earned his PhD and continued his research career – in addition to the Institute of Physics, he also worked at Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences and at what was then the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics. Academician Janev was a leader in numerous researches and greatly contributed to the development of domestic atomic physics, leaving behind more than 600 scientific works [1], as well as numerous books and monographs. He was a member of various foreign academies, he also taught at Princeton, Oak Ridge and Brussels, and throughout his career he managed one of research programmes of controlled thermonuclear fusion at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In 2004 he received the Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the project "Modelling and Diagnostics of Fusion Edge/divertor plasma" on the understanding of cold boundary layer plasmas in nuclear fusion reactors, performed in collaboration with the Juelich Research Centre in Germany.38.146.55.84 21:53, 2 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2020 (UTC)
हरियाणा सृजन उत्सव 14-15 ਮਾਰਚ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਕੀ ਜਾਗਰੂਕਤਾ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ[ਸੋਧੋ]
'ਦੇਸ ਹਰਿਆਣਾ' ਹਿੰਦੀ ਮੈਗਜ਼ੀਨ ਦੇ ਸੰਪਾਦਕ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਰੁਕਸ਼ੇਤਰਾ ਯੁਨੀਵਰਸਟੀ ਦੇ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਵਿਭਾਗ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਫੈਸਰ ਡਾ.ਸੁਭਾਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਕੁਝ ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਗੱਲ ਹੋਈ ਸੀ ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਲਾਨਾ ਲਿਟਰੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ 'हरियाणा सृजन उत्सव 2020' ਮੌਕੇ ਸੈਣੀ ਸਮਾਜ ਭਵਨ ਕੁਰੁਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ ਵਿਖੇ 14-15 ਮਾਰਚ ਨੂੰ ਹੋ ਰਹੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮ ਵਿਚ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ ਦੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਿਰਕਤ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਛੋਹੀ ਸੀ। ਬਾਅਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਤਪਾਲ ਦੰਦੀਵਾਲ, ਚਰਨ ਗਿੱਲ ਜੀ ਅਤੇ ਮਨਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਰ ਨਾਲ ਗੱਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਸੋਚਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਓਥੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਦਿਨ ਟੀਮ ਵਜੋਂ ਬੈਠ ਕੇ ਲੇਖਕਾਂ, ਰੰਗਕਰਮੀਆਂ, ਚਿੰਤਕਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਗੱਲ ਸਾਂਝੀ ਕਰੀਏ ਅਤੇ ਮੁੱਢਲੀ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਮੁਹੱਈਆ ਕਰਵਾਈਏ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਹੋਰਨਾਂ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਸਾਂਝੇ ਪ੍ਰੋਗਰਾਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਰਕਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅੱਗੇ ਕਦਮ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਉਤਸਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਿਆਦਾ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਪੜ੍ਹਨ, ਲਿਖਣ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਹੋਏਗੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਸਗੋਂ ਰੁਚੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਗੱਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹਾਂਗੇ। ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੱਤਪਾਲ ਦੰਦੀਵਾਲ, ਮਨਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਰ ਅਤੇ ਮੈਂ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਦਿਨ ਰਹਾਂਗੇ। ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਦੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਵਰਤੋਂਕਾਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਿਲ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਗੁਣਾਤਮਕ ਪੱਖੋਂ ਬੇਹਤਰ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸੱਦਾ ਹੈ। ਆਪਣੇ ਆਉਣ ਦੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਸੱਥ ਤੇ ਜਰੂਰ ਸਾਂਝੀ ਕਰਨਾ ਜੀ। Mulkh Singh (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 16:45, 1 ਮਾਰਚ 2020 (UTC)
ਹਿੱਸਾ ਲੈਣ ਵਾਲੇ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਟਿੱਪਣੀਆਂ[ਸੋਧੋ]
The 2030 movement strategy recommendations are here![ਸੋਧੋ]
Greetings! We are pleased to inform that the 2030 movement strategy recommendations have been published on Meta-wiki. Over the last two years, our movement has worked tirelessly to produce these ideas to change our shared future. Many of you participated in the online conversations, hosted strategy salons, attended regional events, and connected with us in-person at Wikimania. These contributions were invaluable, and will help make our movement stronger for years to come.
The finished set of 10 recommendations emphasizes many of our core values, such as equity, innovation, safety, and coordination, while tasking us jointly to turn this vision into a reality. These recommendations clarify and refine the previous version, which was published in January this year. They are at a high strategic level so that the ideas are flexible enough to be adapted to different global and local settings and will allow us to navigate future challenges. Along with the recommendations, we have outlined 10 underlying principles, a narrative of change, and a glossary of key terms for better context.
The recommendations are available in numerous languages, including Arabic, German, Hindi, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish for you to read and share widely. We encourage you to read the recommendations in your own time and at your own pace, either online or in a PDF. There are a couple of other formats for you to take a deeper dive if you wish, such as a one-page summary, slides, and office hours, all collected on Meta. If you would like to comment, you are welcome to do so on the Meta talk pages. However, please note that these are the final version of the recommendations. No further edits will be made. This final version of the recommendations embodies an aspiration for how the Wikimedia movement should continue to change in order to advance that direction and meet the Wikimedia vision in a changing world.
In terms of next steps, our focus now shifts toward implementation. In light of the cancellation of the Wikimedia Summit, the Wikimedia Foundation is determining the best steps for moving forward through a series of virtual events over the coming months. We will also be hosting live office hours in the next coming few days, where you can join us to celebrate the Strategy and ask questions! Please stay tuned, and thank you once again for helping to drive our movement forward, together. RSharma (WMF)
Feedback on movement names[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ if necessary. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!
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, 19:52, 2 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2020 (UTC)
Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.
Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hi all,
It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia 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 [1] after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wikimedia 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 Wikimedia 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 Wikimedia Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation [2]. 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 [3]. 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, Wikimedia Foundation)
Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) 19:56, 9 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2020 (UTC) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement
Important: maintenance operation on September 1st[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
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.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, September 1st. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday September 2).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of September 1st, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
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) 13:48, 26 ਅਗਸਤ 2020 (UTC)
Invitation to participate in the conversation[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. 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. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!
We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct, which the Wikimedia 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 Wikimedia Foundation, 17:55, 10 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)Wiki of functions naming contest[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
Hello. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia 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. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! --Quiddity (WMF)21:26, 29 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ.
Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details, check the full announcement.
Regional Call for South Asia - Oct. 30[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hi everyone. The time has come to put Movement Strategy into work and we need your help. We are inviting South Asian communities, Indian Wikimedians, and anyone else interested to join a region-focused conversation on Movement Strategy and implementation. Please join us on Friday Oct. 30 at 19.30 / 7:30 pm IST (Google Meet).
The purpose of the meeting is to get prepared for global conversations, to identify priorities for implementation in 2021, and to plan the following steps. There are 10 recommendations and they propose multiple 45 initiatives written over two years by many Wikimedians. It is now up to communities to decide which ones we should work on together in 2021, starting with local and regional conversations. Global meetings will take place later in November when we will discuss global coordination and resources. More information about the global events will be shared soon.
- What is work you’re already doing that is aligned with Movement Strategy?
- What are priorities for you in 2021?
- What are things we should all work on globally?
We would not be able to grow and diversify as a movement if communities from South Asia are not meaningfully involved in implementing the recommendations. Join the conversation with your questions and ideas, or just come to say hi. See you on Friday October 30.
A translatable version of this message can be found on Meta.
MPourzaki (WMF) (talk) 17:24, 19 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Important: maintenance operation on October 27[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
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.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, October 27. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (14:00 WET, 15:00 CET, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 03:00 NZDT on Wednesday October 28).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of October 26, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
-- Trizek (WMF) (talk) 17:10, 21 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. Reminder: Please help to choose the name for the new Wikimedia wiki project - the library of functions. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are: Wikicode, Wikicodex, Wikifunctions, Wikifusion, Wikilambda, Wikimedia Functions. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at Meta-wiki. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! --Quiddity (WMF)
22:10, 5 ਨਵੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
2021 ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਲਿਸਟ ਸਰਵੇ ਹੁਣ ਖੁੱਲਾ ਹੈ! ਇਹ ਸਰਵੇ ਉਹ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਿਥੇ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀਆਂ ਇਹ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀ ਟੈਕ ਟੀਮ ਨੂੰ ਅਗਲੇ ਸਾਲ ਕੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਸੀਂ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ 30 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਤਕ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵ ਜਮ੍ਹਾ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਜਮ੍ਹਾ ਕਰੇ ਹੋਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਿਹਤਰ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਿਚ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਲਈ 'ਤੇ ਟਿੱਪਣੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ। ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀਆਂ 8 ਦਸੰਬਰ ਤੋਂ 21 ਦਸੰਬਰ ਦਰਮਿਆਨ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਪਾ ਸਕਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
ਕਮਿਊਨਿਟੀ ਟੈਕ ਟੀਮ ਤਜ਼ਰਬੇਕਾਰ ਵਿਕੀਮੀਡੀਆ ਸੰਪਾਦਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਟੂਲਸ ਤੇ ਕੇਂਦ੍ਰਤ ਹੈ। ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵ ਲਿਖ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ, ਅਤੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ ਇਸਦਾ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ। ਧੰਨਵਾਦ, ਅਤੇ ਅਸੀਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਾਂ!
18:09, 20 ਨਵੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist[ਸੋਧੋ]
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 Wikimedia 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) 14:39, 30 ਨਵੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello all,
The ceremony of the 2020 Wikimedia 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 Wikimedia 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) 10:55, 7 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey 2021[ਸੋਧੋ]
We invite all registered users to vote on the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. You can vote from now until 21 December for as many different wishes as you want.
In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones.
We, the Community Tech, are one of the Wikimedia Foundation teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams.
You can view and vote all proposals here.
We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!
00:52, 15 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2020 (UTC)
Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ. ਧੰਨਵਾਦ!
Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.
ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team, 15:15, 27 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2021 (UTC)
Project Grant Open Call[ਸੋਧੋ]
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:
- Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for #Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:
- Video tutorials for writing a strong application
- General planning page for Project Grants
- Program guidelines and criteria
Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!
Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantsਫਰਮਾ:Atwikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:00, 28 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2021 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back![ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:25, 6 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2021 (UTC)
Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
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, Wikibooks 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) 14:12, 18 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2021 (UTC)
Wikifunctions logo contest[ਸੋਧੋ]
01:45, 2 ਮਾਰਚ 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations[ਸੋਧੋ]
Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.
Drafting Committee: Call for applications[ਸੋਧੋ]
The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.
To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.
2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators[ਸੋਧੋ]
From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.
To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.
-- Xeno (WMF) (talk) 21:45, 5 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1[ਸੋਧੋ]
Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of Universal Code of Conduct News! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.
Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to subscribe here.
You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please add your name here if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.
- Affiliate consultations – Wikimedia affiliates of all sizes and types were invited to participate in the UCoC affiliate consultation throughout March and April 2021. (continue reading)
- 2021 key consultations – The Wikimedia Foundation held enforcement key questions consultations in April and May 2021 to request input about UCoC enforcement from the broader Wikimedia community. (continue reading)
- Roundtable discussions – The UCoC facilitation team hosted two 90-minute-long public roundtable discussions in May 2021 to discuss UCoC key enforcement questions. More conversations are scheduled. (continue reading)
- Phase 2 drafting committee – The drafting committee for the phase 2 of the UCoC started their work on 12 May 2021. Read more about their work. (continue reading)
- Diff blogs – The UCoC facilitators wrote several blog posts based on interesting findings and insights from each community during local project consultation that took place in the 1st quarter of 2021. (continue reading)
--MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 23:05, 11 ਜੂਨ 2021 (UTC)
Server switch[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 29 June 2021. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday 30 June).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of June 28. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) 01:19, 27 ਜੂਨ 2021 (UTC)
Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee[ਸੋਧੋ]
Movement Strategy announces the Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 1, 2021.
The Committee is expected to represent diversity in the Movement. Diversity includes gender, language, geography, and experience. This comprises participation in projects, affiliates, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
English fluency is not required to become a member. If needed, translation and interpretation support is provided. Members will receive an allowance to offset participation costs. It is US$100 every two months.
We are looking for people who have some of the following skills:
- Know how to write collaboratively. (demonstrated experience is a plus)
- Are ready to find compromises.
- Focus on inclusion and diversity.
- Have knowledge of community consultations.
- Have intercultural communication experience.
- Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or communities.
- Have experience negotiating with different parties.
The Committee is expected to start with 15 people. If there are 20 or more candidates, a mixed election and selection process will happen. If there are 19 or fewer candidates, then the process of selection without election takes place.
Will you help move Wikimedia forward in this important role? Submit your candidacy here. Please contact strategy2030
wikimedia.org with questions
Xeno (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 00:12, 3 ਅਗਸਤ 2021 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review[ਸੋਧੋ]
The Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee would like comments about the enforcement draft guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period is planned for 17 August 2021 through 17 October 2021.
These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward. The committee will revise the guidelines based upon community input.
Comments can be shared in any language on the draft review talk page and multiple other venues. Community members are encouraged to organize conversations in their communities.
There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines:
- Wikimania 2021 session (recorded 16 August)
- Conversation hours - 24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
- Roundtable calls - 18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC
Summaries of discussions will be posted every two weeks here.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Xeno (WMF) 22:09, 17 ਅਗਸਤ 2021 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election has come to an end[ਸੋਧੋ]
Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data, including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the Elections Committee completes their review of the ballots. The official announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.
6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2% global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In 2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced during the election.
Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees election will be even better.
21:00, 1 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2021 (UTC)
The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January[ਸੋਧੋ]
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.
Proposing and wish-fulfillment will happen during the same year[ਸੋਧੋ]
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.
Encouraging wider participation from historically excluded communities[ਸੋਧੋ]
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.
A new space to talk to us about priorities and wishes not granted yet[ਸੋਧੋ]
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!
Brainstorm and draft proposals before the proposal phase[ਸੋਧੋ]
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!
Feedback[ਸੋਧੋ]
- What should we do to improve the Wishlist pages?
- How would you like to use our new sandbox?
- What, if any, risks do you foresee in our decision to change the date of the Wishlist 2022?
- What will help more people participate in the Wishlist 2022?
Answer on the talk page (in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:23, 7 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2021 (UTC)
Server switch[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
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.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday, 15 September).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 00:45, 11 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2021 (UTC)
Talk to the Community Tech[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
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
- How we prioritize the wishes to be granted
- Why we decided to change the date from November 2021 to January 2022
- Update on the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes
- Questions and answers
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
- Join online
- Meeting ID: 898 2861 5390
- One tap mobile
- +16465588656,,89828615390# US (New York)
- +16699006833,,89828615390# US (San Jose)
- Dial by your location
See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 03:03, 11 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2021 (UTC)
Upcoming Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections[ਸੋਧੋ]
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
The Board of Trustees is preparing a call for feedback about the upcoming Board Elections, from January 7 - February 10, 2022.
While details will be finalized the week before the call, we have confirmed at least two questions that will be asked during this call for feedback:
- What is the best way to ensure fair representation of emerging communities among the Board?
- What involvement should candidates have during the election?
While additional questions may be added, the Movement Strategy and Governance team wants to provide time for community members and affiliates to consider and prepare ideas on the confirmed questions before the call opens. We apologize for not having a complete list of questions at this time. The list of questions should only grow by one or two questions. The intention is to not overwhelm the community with requests, but provide notice and welcome feedback on these important questions.
Do you want to help organize local conversation during this Call?
Contact the Movement Strategy and Governance team on Meta, on Telegram, or via email at msgwikimedia.org.
Reach out if you have any questions or concerns. The Movement Strategy and Governance team will be minimally staffed until January 3. Please excuse any delayed response during this time. We also recognize some community members and affiliates are offline during the December holidays. We apologize if our message has reached you while you are on holiday.
Thank you, CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:09, 28 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2021 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore is back![ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 28th of February.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
--MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:15, 9 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022 (UTC)
Call for Feedback about the Board of Trustees elections is now open[ਸੋਧੋ]
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now open and will close on 7 February 2022.
With this Call for Feedback, the Movement Strategy and Governance team is taking a different approach. This approach incorporates community feedback from 2021. Instead of leading with proposals, the Call is framed around key questions from the Board of Trustees. The key questions came from the feedback about the 2021 Board of Trustees election. The intention is to inspire collective conversation and collaborative proposal development about these key questions.
There are two confirmed questions that will be asked during this Call for Feedback:
- What is the best way to ensure more diverse representation among elected candidates? The Board of Trustees noted the importance of selecting candidates who represent the full diversity of the Wikimedia movement. The current processes have favored volunteers from North America and Europe.
- What are the expectations for the candidates during the election? Board candidates have traditionally completed applications and answered community questions. How can an election provide appropriate insight into candidates while also appreciating candidates’ status as volunteers?
There is one additional question that may be presented during the Call about selection processes. This question is still under discussion, but the Board wanted to give insight into the confirmed questions as soon as possible. Hopefully if an additional question is going to be asked, it will be ready during the first week of the Call for Feedback.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 10:39, 12 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022 (UTC)
[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear community members,
Greetings from the EWOC Newsletter team and the education team at Wikimedia Foundation. We are very excited to share that we on tenth years of Education Newsletter (This Month in Education) invite you to join us by subscribing to the newsletter on your talk page or by sharing your activities in the upcoming newsletters. The Wikimedia Education newsletter is a monthly newsletter that collects articles written by community members using Wikimedia projects in education around the world, and it is published by the EWOC Newsletter team in collaboration with the Education team. These stories can bring you new ideas to try, valuable insights about the success and challenges of our community members in running education programs in their context.
If your affiliate/language project is developing its own education initiatives, please remember to take advantage of this newsletter to publish your stories with the wider movement that shares your passion for education. You can submit newsletter articles in your own language or submit bilingual articles for the education newsletter. For the month of January the deadline to submit articles is on the 20th January. We look forward to reading your stories.
Older versions of this newsletter can be found in the complete archive.
More information about the newsletter can be found at Education/Newsletter/About.
For more information, please contact spatnaikਫਰਮਾ:@wikimedia.org.
Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5[ਸੋਧੋ]
Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.
This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive these updates.
- Call for Feedback about the Board elections - We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (continue reading)
- Universal Code of Conduct Ratification - In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (continue reading)
- Movement Strategy Implementation Grants - As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (continue reading)
- The New Direction for the Newsletter - As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (continue reading)
- Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:14, 19 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March[ਸੋਧੋ]
Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,
We are pleased to inform you that Wiki Loves Folklore an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the 15th of March 2022. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.
We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the translation of project pages and share a word in your local language.
Best wishes,
International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore
MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 04:50, 22 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2022 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines & Ratification Vote[ਸੋਧੋ]
In brief: the revised Enforcement Guidelines have been published. Voting to ratify the guidelines will happen from 7 March to 21 March 2022. Community members can participate in the discussion with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Details:
The m:Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement. The UCoC and the Enforcement Guidelines were written by volunteer-staff drafting committees following community consultations. The revised guidelines were published 24 January 2022.
What’s next?
#1 Community Conversations
To help to understand the guidelines, the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team will host conversations with the UCoC project team and drafting committee members on 25 February (12:00 UTC) and 4 March (15:00 UTC). Please sign-up.
Comments about the guidelines can be shared on the Enforcement Guidelines talk page. You can comment in any language.
#2 Ratification Voting
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees released a statement on the ratification process where eligible voters can support or oppose the adoption of the enforcement guidelines through vote. Wikimedians are invited to translate and share important information.
A SecurePoll vote is scheduled from 7 March to 21 March 2022.
Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments. Voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the UCoC based on the proposed guidelines.
Thank you. CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 16:03, 22 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2022 (UTC)
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed [ਸੋਧੋ]
The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed. This Call ran from 10 January and closed on 16 February 2022. The Call focused on three key questions and received broad discussion on Meta-wiki, during meetings with affiliates, and in various community conversations. The community and affiliates provided many proposals and discussion points. The reports are on Meta-wiki.
This information will be shared with the Board of Trustees and Elections Committee so they can make informed decisions about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees will then follow with an announcement after they have discussed the information.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback to help improve Board election processes.
Thank you,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:20, 5 ਮਾਰਚ 2022 (UTC)
UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Ratification Vote Begins (7 - 21 March 2022)[ਸੋਧੋ]
The ratification of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) enforcement guidelines has started. Every eligible community member can vote.
For instructions on voting using SecurePoll and Voting eligibility, please read this. The last date to vote is 21 March 2022.
Vote here - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/391
Thank you, CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 17:14, 7 ਮਾਰਚ 2022 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow[ਸੋਧੋ]
International photographic contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.
(Facebook , Twitter , Instagram)
The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your local Wikipedia is participating
A special competition called Wiki Loves Falles is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and Falles in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on Catalan Wikipedia project page.
We look forward for your immense co-operation.
Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 14:40, 14 ਮਾਰਚ 2022 (UTC)
Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed[ਸੋਧੋ]
Greetings,
The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over 2300 Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.
The final results from the voting process will be announced here, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out the voter information page to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page on Meta-wiki in any language.
You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocprojectwikimedia.org
Best regards,
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 09:54, 23 ਮਾਰਚ 2022 (UTC)
Announcing Indic Hackathon 2022 and Scholarship Applications[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear Wikimedians, we are happy to announce that the Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group will be organizing Indic Hackathon 2022, a regional event as part of the main Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 taking place in a hybrid mode during 20-22 May 2022. The event will take place in Hyderabad. The regional event will be in-person with support for virtual participation. As it is with any hackathon, the event’s program will be semi-structured i.e. while we will have some sessions in sync with the main hackathon event, the rest of the time will be upto participants’ interest on what issues they are interested to work on. The event page can be seen on this page.
In this regard, we would like to invite community members who would like to attend in-person to fill out a form for scholarship application by 17 April, which is available on the event page. Please note that the hackathon won’t be focusing on training of new skills, and it is expected that applications have some experience/knowledge contributing to technical areas of the Wikimedia movement. Please post on the event talk page if you have any queries. MediaWiki message delivery (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 18:31, 7 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2022 (UTC)
Join the South Asia / ESEAP Annual Plan Meeting with Maryana Iskander[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear community members,
In continuation of Maryana Iskander's listening tour, the Movement Communications and Movement Strategy and Governance teams invite you to discuss the 2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan.
The conversations are about these questions:
- The 2030 Wikimedia Movement Strategy sets a direction toward "knowledge as a service" and "knowledge equity". The Wikimedia Foundation wants to plan according to these two goals. How do you think the Wikimedia Foundation should apply them to our work?
- The Wikimedia Foundation continues to explore better ways of working at a regional level. We have increased our regional focus in areas like grants, new features, and community conversations. How can we improve?
- Anyone can contribute to the Movement Strategy process. We want to know about your activities, ideas, requests, and lessons learned. How can the Wikimedia Foundation better support the volunteers and affiliates working in Movement Strategy activities?
Date and Time
The meeting will happen via Zoom on 24 April (Sunday) at 07:00 UTC (local time). Kindly add the event to your calendar. Live interpretation will be available for some languages.
Regards, CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 10:19, 17 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2022 (UTC)
Call for Candidates: 2022 Board of Trustees Election[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear community members,
The 2022 Board of Trustees elections process has begun. The Call for Candidates has been announced.
The Board of Trustees oversees the operations of the Wikimedia Foundation. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.
The Wikimedia community will vote to elect two seats on the Board of Trustees in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board of Trustees.
Kindly submit your candidacy to join the Board of Trustees. CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:58, 29 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2022 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election 2022 - Call for Election Volunteers[ਸੋਧੋ]
The Movement Strategy and Governance team is looking for community members to serve as election volunteers in the upcoming Board of Trustees election.
The idea of the Election Volunteer Program came up during the 2021 Wikimedia Board of Trustees Election. This program turned out to be successful. With the help of Election Volunteers we were able to increase outreach and participation in the election by 1,753 voters over 2017. Overall turnout was 10.13%, 1.1 percentage points more, and 214 wikis were represented in the election.
There were a total of 74 wikis that did not participate in 2017 that produced voters in the 2021 election. Can you help increase the participation even more?
Election volunteers will help in the following areas:
- Translate short messages and announce the ongoing election process in community channels
- Optional: Monitor community channels for community comments and questions
Volunteers should:
- Maintain the friendly space policy during conversations and events
- Present the guidelines and voting information to the community in a neutral manner
Do you want to be an election volunteer and ensure your community is represented in the vote? Sign up here to receive updates. You can use the talk page for questions about translation.
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 10:30, 12 ਮਈ 2022 (UTC)
ਆਰਜੀ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕੀ ਹੱਕ[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਜੀ ! ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਖ਼ਰਾਬ ਸਫ਼ੇ ਅਤੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਕਮੀਆਂ ਵੇਖੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਸਫ਼ੇ ਮਿਟਾਉਣ, ਬਾਕੀ ਕਮੀਆਂ ਦੂਰ ਕਰਨ ਅਤੇ ਇੰਟਰਫ਼ੇਸ ਬਿਹਤਰੀ ਲਈ ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਵਿਕੀ ’ਤੇ ਆਰਜੀ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਦੇ ਹੱਕ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਕੀਬੁਕ, ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਚੰਗੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਕਰ ਸਕਾਂਗਾ। ਧੰਨਵਾਦ।Mulkh Singh (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:03, 5 ਜੂਨ 2022 (UTC)
Propose statements for the 2022 Election Compass[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hi all,
Community members are invited to propose statements to use in the Election Compass for the 2022 Board of Trustees election.
An Election Compass is a tool to help voters select the candidates that best align with their beliefs and views. The community members will propose statements for the candidates to answer using a Lickert scale (agree/neutral/disagree). The candidates’ answers to the statements will be loaded into the Election Compass tool. Voters will use the tool by entering in their answer to the statements (agree/neutral/disagree). The results will show the candidates that best align with the voter’s beliefs and views.
Here is the timeline for the Election Compass:
- July 8 - 20: Community members propose statements for the Election Compass
- July 21 - 22: Elections Committee reviews statements for clarity and removes off-topic statements
- July 23 - August 1: Volunteers vote on the statements
- August 2 - 4: Elections Committee selects the top 15 statements
- August 5 - 12: candidates align themselves with the statements
- August 15: The Election Compass opens for voters to use to help guide their voting decision
The Elections Committee will select the top 15 statements at the beginning of August. The Elections Committee will oversee the process, supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team. MSG will check that the questions are clear, there are no duplicates, no typos, and so on.
Regards,
Movement Strategy & Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:19, 12 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2022 (UTC)
Bot policy[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable) or bots that fix double redirects. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots.
This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. If you use or prefer to use a dedicated project page for handling bot flag requests, that is also acceptable. Please read the text at Meta-Wiki before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in two weeks if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. Thank you for your consideration. --Rschen7754 07:08, 2 ਅਗਸਤ 2022 (UTC)
WikiConference India 2023: Initial conversations[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear Wikimedians,
Hope all of you are doing well. We are glad to inform you to restart the conversation to host the next WikiConference India 2023 after WCI 2020 which was not conducted due to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, it couldn't take place. However, we are hoping to reinitiate this discussion and for that we need your involvement, suggestions and support to help organize a much needed conference in February-March of 2023.
The proposed 2023 conference will bring our energies, ideas, learnings, and hopes together. This conference will provide a national-level platform for Indian Wikimedians to connect, re-connect, and establish their collaboration itself can be a very important purpose on its own- in the end it will empower us all to strategize, plan ahead and collaborate- as a movement.
We hope we, the Indian Wikimedia Community members, come together in various capacities and make this a reality. We believe we will take learnings from earlier attempts, improve processes & use best practices in conducting this conference purposefully and fruitfully.
Here is a survey form to get your responses on the same notion. Unfortunately we are working with short timelines since the final date of proposal submission is 5 September. We request you please fill out the form by 28th August. After your responses, we can decide if we have the community need and support for the conference. You are also encouraged to add your support on this page, if you support the idea.
Regards, Nitesh Gill, Nivas10798, Neechalkaran, 06:39, 24 ਅਗਸਤ 2022 (UTC)
2022 Board of Trustees Community Voting Period is now Open[ਸੋਧੋ]
Dear community members,
The Community Voting period for the 2022 Board of Trustees election is now open. Here are some helpful links to get you the information you need to vote:
- Try the Election Compass, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
- Read the candidate statements and answers to Affiliate questions
- Learn more about the skills the Board seeks and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
If you are ready to vote, you may go to SecurePoll voting page to vote now. You may vote from August 23 at 00:00 UTC to September 6 at 23:59 UTC. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
This message was sent on behalf of the Board Selection Task Force and the Elections Committee
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 12:39, 26 ਅਗਸਤ 2022 (UTC)
The 2022 Board of Trustees election Community Voting is about to close[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello,
The Community Voting period of the 2022 Board of Trustees election started on August 23, 2022, and will close on September 6, 2022 23:59 UTC. There’s still a chance to participate in this election. If you did not vote, please visit the SecurePoll voting page to vote now. To see about your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page. If you need help in making your decision, here are some helpful links:
- Try the Election Compass, showing how candidates stand on 15 different topics.
- Read the candidate statements and answers to Affiliate questions.
- Learn more about the skills the Board seek and how the Analysis Committee found candidates align with those skills
- Watch the videos of the candidates answering questions proposed by the community.
Regards,
Movement Strategy and Governance
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 13:14, 1 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2022 (UTC)
WikiConference India 2023: Proposal to WMF[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello everyone,
We are happy to inform you that we have submitted the Conference & Event Grant proposal for WikiConference India 2023 to the Wikimedia Foundation. We kindly request all the community members to go through the proposal -- including the community engagement survey report, program plan, venue and logistics, participation and scholarships, and the budget, and provide us with your suggestions/comments on the talk page. You can endorse the proposal in the endorsements section, please do add a rationale for supporting this project.
According to the timeline of the Conference and Event Grants program, the community can review till 23 September 2022, post that we will start integrating all the received feedback to make modifications to the proposal. Depending on the response of community members, an IRC may be hosted next week, especially if there are any questions/concerns that need to be addressed.
We reopened the survey form and if you are still interested in taking part in the survey and you have something in mind to share or want to become a part of the organizing team, please fill out the form so we all can work together.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Regards, Nitesh Gill, Nivas10798, Neechalkaran, 07:36, 19 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2022 (UTC)
The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia 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.
- Top of an article
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Vector legacy (current default)
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Vector 2022
- A section of an article
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Vector legacy (current default)
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Vector 2022
About the skin[ਸੋਧੋ]
[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 Wikimedia 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 Wikimedia 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.
- The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
- The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
- The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on.
- The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.
[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.
How can editors change and customize this skin?[ਸੋਧੋ]
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.
Our plan[ਸੋਧੋ]
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) 04:14, 22 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2022 (UTC)
Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January[ਸੋਧੋ]
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
(There is a translatable version of this message on MetaWiki)
Hello
The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.
We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!
The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:
- Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
- Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
- Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
- Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023
If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.
We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 16:44, 15 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2022 (UTC)
Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello all,
In mid-January 2023, the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct will undergo a second community-wide ratification vote. This follows the March 2022 vote, which resulted in a majority of voters supporting the Enforcement Guidelines. During the vote, participants helped highlight important community concerns. The Board’s Community Affairs Committee requested that these areas of concern be reviewed.
The volunteer-led Revisions Committee worked hard reviewing community input and making changes. They updated areas of concern, such as training and affirmation requirements, privacy and transparency in the process, and readability and translatability of the document itself.
The revised Enforcement Guidelines can be viewed here, and a comparison of changes can be found here.
How to vote?
Beginning January 17, 2023, voting will be open. This page on Meta-wiki outlines information on how to vote using SecurePoll.
Who can vote?
The eligibility requirements for this vote are the same as for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. See the voter information page for more details about voter eligibility. If you are an eligible voter, you can use your Wikimedia account to access the voting server.
What happens after the vote?
Votes will be scrutinized by an independent group of volunteers, and the results will be published on Wikimedia-l, the Movement Strategy Forum, Diff and on Meta-wiki. Voters will again be able to vote and share concerns they have about the guidelines. The Board of Trustees will look at the levels of support and concerns raised as they look at how the Enforcement Guidelines should be ratified or developed further.
On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 10:33, 8 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2023 (UTC)
Voting Opens on the Revised Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines[ਸੋਧੋ]
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.
- {{subst:more languages}}
Hello all,
The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now open! Voting will remain open for two weeks and will close at 23:59 UTC on January 31, 2023. Please visit the voter information page for voter eligibility information and details on how to vote.
For more details on the Enforcement Guidelines and the voting process, see our previous message.
On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 12:18, 17 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2023 (UTC)
Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE[ਸੋਧੋ]
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)
Community feedback-cycle about updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use starts[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello community members,
Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department is organizing a feedback-cycle with community members to discuss updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use.
The Terms of Use (ToU) are the legal terms that govern the use of websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. We will be gathering your feedback on a draft proposal from February through April. The draft will be translated into several languages, with written feedback accepted in any language.
This update comes in response to several things:
- Implementing the Universal Code of Conduct.
- Updating project text to the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license.
- Proposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing.
- Bringing the Terms of Use in line with current and recently passed laws affecting the Wikimedia Foundation, including the European Digital Services Act
As part of the feedback cycle two office hours will be held: the first on 2 March and the second on 4 April.
For further information, please consult:
- The proposed update of the ToU by comparison
- The page for your feedback
- Information about the office hours
On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team,
CSinha (WMF) (ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ) 08:16, 22 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2023 (UTC)
Your wiki will be in read only soon[ਸੋਧੋ]
Read this message in another language • ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰੋ
The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
All traffic will switch on 1 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 1 March 2023.
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
- GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
Trizek (WMF) (ਚਰਚਾ) 21:20, 27 ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ 2023 (UTC)
Wikimania 2023 Welcoming Program Submissions[ਸੋਧੋ]
Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process[ਸੋਧੋ]
Hello,
As follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, I am reaching out about the next steps. I want to bring your attention to the next stage of the Universal Code of Conduct process, which is forming a building committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). I invite community members with experience and deep interest in community health and governance to nominate themselves to be part of the U4C building committee, which needs people who are:
- Community members in good standing
- Knowledgeable about movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects
- Aware and appreciative of the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to, languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
- Committed to participate for the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
- Comfortable with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
- Confidently able to communicate in English
The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.
The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either sign up on the Meta-Wiki page, or contact ucocprojectwikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.
Best regards,
Xeno (WMF) 19:00, 26 ਅਪਰੈਲ 2023 (UTC)
Selection of the U4C Building Committee[ਸੋਧੋ]
The next stage in the Universal Code of Conduct process is establishing a Building Committee to create the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). The Building Committee has been selected. Read about the members and the work ahead on Meta-wiki.
-- UCoC Project Team, 04:20, 27 ਮਈ 2023 (UTC)