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Invitation to Participate in the Wikimedia SAARC Conference Community Engagement Survey
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear Community Members,
I hope this message finds you well. Please excuse the use of English; we encourage translations into your local languages to ensure inclusivity.
We are conducting a Community Engagement Survey to assess the sentiments, needs, and interests of South Asian Wikimedia communities in organizing the inaugural Wikimedia SAARC Regional Conference, proposed to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
This initiative aims to bring together participants from eight nations to collaborate towards shared goals. Your insights will play a vital role in shaping the event's focus, identifying priorities, and guiding the strategic planning for this landmark conference.
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/en8qSuCvaSxQVD7K6
We kindly request you to dedicate a few moments to complete the survey. Your feedback will significantly contribute to ensuring this conference addresses the community's needs and aspirations.
Deadline to Submit the Survey: 20 January 2025
Your participation is crucial in shaping the future of the Wikimedia SAARC community and fostering regional collaboration. Thank you for your time and valuable input.
Warm regards,
Biplab Anand
Open Community Call - Expressions of Interest to host Wikimania 2027 in India
[ફેરફાર કરો]Please help translate to your language
Dear Wikimedians,
Happy 2025.. 😊
As you must have seen, members from Wikimedians of Kerala and Odia Wikimedia User Groups initiated preliminary discussions around submitting an Expression of Interest (EoI) to have Wikimania 2027 in India. You can find out more on the Meta Page.
Our aim is to seek input and assess the overall community sentiment and thoughts from the Indian community before we proceed further with the steps involved in submitting the formal EOI.
As part of the same, we are hosting an open community call regarding India's Expression of Interest (EOI) to host Wikimania 2027. This is an opportunity to gather your valuable feedback, opinions, and suggestions to shape a strong and inclusive proposal.
- 📅 Date: Wednesday, January 15th 2025
- ⏰ Time: 7pm-8pm IST
- 📍 Platform: https://meet.google.com/sns-qebp-hck
Your participation is key to ensuring the EOI reflects the collective aspirations and potential of the vibrant South Asian community.
Let’s join together to make this a milestone event for the Wikimedia movement in South Asia.
We look forward to your presence!
Warm regards,
Wikimedians of Kerala and Odia Wikimedians User Group's
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શું મુખપૃષ્ઠ પર કુંભ મેળા વિશે મૂકી શકાય?
[ફેરફાર કરો]અત્યારે ૨૦૨૫ પ્રયાગ કુંભ મેળો ચાલી રહ્યો છે તો શું મુખપૃષ્ઠ પર વર્તમાન ઘટનાઓનું નાનું સેક્શન બનાવી કે પછી હંગામી ધોરણે ઉમદાલેખમાં પૃષ્ઠ ઉમેરી કુંભ મેળા વિશે મૂકી શકાય? --બૃહસ્પતિ મારી સાથે વાત કરો ૧૧:૪૫, ૧૬ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- ફેબ્રુઆરીમાં આ માસના ઉમદા લેખ તરીકે મૂકીએ. ત્યાં સુધી લેખમાં જરુરી સુધારા કરી રાખીએ. લગભગ આખો ફેબ્રુઆરી મહિનો કુંભમેળો ચાલવાનો છે એટલે તે સમયે મુખપૃષ્ઠ પર રહે તો યાદો તાજી રહે. ધવલચર્ચા/યોગદાન ૧૬:૫૨, ૧૬ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- જી. ચોક્કસ. માહિતી ઉમેરવામાં મદદ કરવા વિનંતી. બૃહસ્પતિ મારી સાથે વાત કરો ૧૫:૨૧, ૧૭ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Launching! Join Us for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025!
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear All,
We’re happy to announce the launch of Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025, an annual international campaign dedicated to celebrating and preserving Islamic cultures and history through the power of Wikipedia. As an active contributor to the Local Wikipedia, you are specially invited to participate in the launch.
This year’s campaign will be launched for you to join us write, edit, and improve articles that showcase the richness and diversity of Islamic traditions, history, and culture.
- Topic: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 Campaign Launch
- When: Jan 19, 2025
- Time: 16:00 Universal Time UTC and runs throughout Ramadan (starting February 25, 2025).
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88420056597?pwd=NdrpqIhrwAVPeWB8FNb258n7qngqqo.1
- Zoom meeting hosted by Wikimedia Bangladesh
To get started, visit the campaign page for details, resources, and guidelines: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025.
Add your community here, and organized Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your local language.
Whether you’re a first-time editor or an experienced Wikipedian, your contributions matter. Together, we can ensure Islamic cultures and traditions are well-represented and accessible to all.
Feel free to invite your community and friends too. Kindly reach out if you have any questions or need support as you prepare to participate.
Let’s make Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 a success!
For the International Team ૧૭:૩૮, ૧૬ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
New Wikimedia Campaign Launching Tomorrow: Indic Writing Systems Campaign 2025
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear Wikimedians,
We are excited to announce the launch of the Indic writing systems campaign 2025, which will take place from 23 January 2025 (World Endangered Writing Day) to 21 February 2025 (International Mother Language Day). This initiative is part of the ongoing efforts of WikiProject writing Systems to raise awareness about the documentation and revitalization of writing systems, many of which are currently underrepresented or endangered.
Representatives from important organizations that work with writing systems, such as Endangered Alphabets and the Script Encoding Initiative, support the campaign. The campaign will feature two primary activities focused on the list of target scripts:
- Wikidata Labelathon: A focused effort to improve and expand the information related to South Asian scripts on Wikidata.
- Wikipedia Translatathon: A collaborative activity aimed at enhancing the coverage of South Asian writing systems and their cultural significance on Wikipedia.
We are looking for local organizers to engage their respective communities. If you are interested in organizing, kindly sign-up here. We also encourage all Indic Wikimedians to join us in this important campaign to help document and celebrate the diverse writing systems of South Asia.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to your active participation.
Regards MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૨૨:૫૯, ૨૨ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Navya sri Kalli
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: provide your comments on the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines
[ફેરફાર કરો]My apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your language.
I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) ૦૬:૪૧, ૨૪ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Feminism and Folklore 2025 starts soon
[ફેરફાર કરો]
Dear Wiki Community,
You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2025 writing competition from February 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.
You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.
Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:
- Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
- Set up a campaign on CampWiz tool.
- Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
- Request local admins for site notice.
- Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the meta project page.
This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the Article List Generator by Topic and CampWiz. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access these tools
Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.
We look forward to your immense coordination.
Thank you and Best wishes,
Feminism and Folklore 2025 International Team
- Stay connected
- Stay connected
--MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૦૮:૦૫, ૨૯ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Wiki Loves Folklore is back!
[ફેરફાર કરો]Please help translate to your language
Dear Wiki Community, You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 an international media contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 31st of March.
You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.
You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.
Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team --MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૦૮:૦૫, ૨૯ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Reminder: first part of the annual UCoC review closes soon
[ફેરફાર કરો]My apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your language.
This is a reminder that the first phase of the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines will be closing soon. You can make suggestions for changes through the end of day, 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta. After review of the feedback, proposals for updated text will be published on Meta in March for another round of community review.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) ૦૬:૧૮, ૩ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Upcoming Language Community Meeting (Feb 28th, 14:00 UTC) and Newsletter
[ફેરફાર કરો]Hello everyone!
We’re excited to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, February 28th at 14:00 UTC! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page.
This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.
Got a topic to share? Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add agenda items to the document here.
Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January. This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter on its wiki page: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter.
We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community meeting, see you there!
MediaWiki message delivery ૧૩:૫૯, ૨૨ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment
[ફેરફાર કરો]My apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your language.
I am writing to you to let you know that proposed changes to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter are open for review. You can provide feedback on suggested changes through the end of day on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes. Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) ૦૦:૨૧, ૮ માર્ચ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
An improved dashboard for the Content Translation tool
[ફેરફાર કરો]કેમ છો Wikipedians,
Apologies as this message is not in your language, Please help translate to your language.
The Language and Product Localization team has improved the Content Translation dashboard to create a consistent experience for all contributors using mobile and desktop devices. The improved translation dashboard allows all logged-in users of the tool to enjoy a consistent experience regardless of their type of device.
With a harmonized experience, logged-in desktop users now have access to the capabilities shown in the image below.
We will implement this improvement on your wiki on Monday, March 17th, 2025 and remove the current dashboard by May 2025. Please reach out with any questions concerning the dashboard in this thread.
Thank you!
On behalf of the Language and Product Localization team.
UOzurumba (WMF) ૦૮:૨૫, ૧૩ માર્ચ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Your wiki will be in read-only soon
[ફેરફાર કરો]આ સંદેશો અન્ય ભાષામાં વાંચો • Please help translate to your language
વિકિમીડિયા ફાઉન્ડેશન તેના પ્રાથમિક અને સહાયક ડેટા સેન્ટરની અદલાબદલીનું પરિક્ષણ કરવા જઈ રહ્યું છે. આમ કરવાથી એ વાતની ખાતરી થશે કે આપત્તિના સમયે પણ વિકિપીડિયા અને અન્ય વિકિમીડિયા જાળસ્થળો (સાઇટો) ઉપલબ્ધ હોય.
તમામ ટ્રાફિક ૧૯ માર્ચ પર સ્વિચ થશે. ભારતીય સમય મુજબ ૧૯:૩૦ કલાકે ૧૪:૦૦ UTC પરિક્ષણની શરુઆત થશે.
દુર્ભાગ્યવશ, MediaWikiની અમુક મર્યાદાઓને કારણે આ પરિક્ષણના સમય દરમ્યાન બધું જ સંપાદન કાર્ય અટકાવવું પડે તેમ છે. ખલેલ બદલ અમે દિલગીર છીએ અને ભવિષ્યમાં આવી ખલેલ ઓછામાં ઓછી પડે તે દિશામાં અમે કાર્યરત છીએ.
પરિક્ષણ શરુ થવાની ૩૦ મિનિટ પહેલાથી બધાં જ વિકિ સંસ્કરણોમાં બેનર મૂકવામાં આવશે. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
ટૂંકા સમયગાળા માટે તમે બધાં જ વિકિપીડિયા સંસ્કરણો ફક્ત વાંચી શકશો, તેમાં ફેરફાર નહિ કરી શકો.
- બુધવાર ૧૯ માર્ચ ૨૦૨૫ ના રોજ, તમે લગભગ એક કલાક કે તેથી વધુ સમય સુધી વિકિપીડિયામાં કોઈ ફેરફાર કરી શકશો નહીં.
- જો આ સમયગાળામાં તમે કોઈ સંપાદન કરવાનો અને તે ફેરફારો સાચવવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરશો તો તમને ત્રુટિ સંદેશો મળશે. અમે આશા રાખીએ છીએ કે આ પરિક્ષણ દરમ્યાન કોઈ પણ સંપાદન ખોવાશે નહિ પરંતુ એ વાતની બાંહેધરી આપી શકાય એમ નથી. જો તમને ત્રુટિ સંદેશો મળે તો બધું જ પૂર્વવત થાય ત્યાં સુધી રાહ જોશો. પછી તમે કરેલા ફેરફારો સાચવી શકાશે. પણ અમારું સુચન છે કે તમે આવા કોઈ પણ ફેરફારોને કોપી કરી ને રાખી લો જેથી કાંઈ અનિચ્છનિય બને તો તમારી મહેનત બાતલ ન જાય.
અન્ય અસરો:
- પૃષ્ઠભૂમિમાં ચાલતાં કામો ધીમાં પડશે કે પછી અટકી જશે. લાલ (મૃત) કડીઓ સામન્ય ઝડપથી અપડેટ ન પણ થાય. તમે એવો કોઈ નવો લેખ બનાવો જે અન્યત્ર જોડાતો હોય તો પહેલાનાં તે પાના પર આ લેખની કડી થોડા વધુ સમય માટે હજુ લાલ જ બતાવે તેમ બને. અમુક લાંબા સમયથી ચાલતી સ્ક્રિપ્ટ અટકાવવી પડશે.
- 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.
જરુર પડે તો આ પરિક્ષણ પાછું પણ ઠેલવામાં આવે. wikitech.wikimedia.org પર જઈ ને તમે સમયપત્રક જોઈ શકો છો. જો કોઈ પણ ફેરફાર હશે તો સમયપત્રકમાં જાણ કરવામાં આવશે.
આ માહિતીને તમારા સમુદાય સાથે વહેંચવા વિનંતી છે.MediaWiki message delivery ૦૪:૪૫, ૧૫ માર્ચ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted
[ફેરફાર કરો]The proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and the U4C Charter are now on Meta-wiki for community notice in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on the wiki page for the election soon.
Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) ૦૭:૩૪, ૪ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Editing contest about Norway
[ફેરફાર કરો]Hello! Please excuse me from writing in English. If this post should be posted on a different page instead, please feel free to move it (or tell me to move it).
I am Jon Harald Søby from the Norwegian Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia Norge. During the month of April, we are holding an editing contest about India on the Wikipedias in Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sámi and Inari Sámi̩, and we had the idea to also organize an "inverse" contest where contributors to Indian-language Wikipedias can write about Norway and Sápmi.
Therefore, I would like to invite interested participants from the Gujarati-language Wikipedia (it doesn't matter if you're from India or not) to join the contest by visiting this page in the Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia and following the instructions that are there.
Hope to see you there! Jon Harald Søby (WMNO) (ચર્ચા) ૧૫:૫૦, ૪ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
ચિત્ર મુકવામાં સમસ્યા
[ફેરફાર કરો]નમસ્તે, આ ઢાંચામાં ઇમેજ કામ નથી કરતી. કૃપયા સહયતા કરવા વિનંતિ. લિ., નેહલ દવે ૧૦:૧૨, ૧૪ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- @Dsvyas @KartikMistry please help. લિ., નેહલ દવે ૦૭:૧૫, ૧૭ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- @NehalDaveND: સૌ પ્રથમ તો જવાબ આપવામાં મોડું થયું તે બદલ ક્ષમાપ્રાર્થી છું. મેં હમણાં જ આ માહિતીચોકઠામાં ચિત્ર ઉમેરવાનો પ્રયત્ન કર્યો તો એણે સફળતાથી કામ કર્યું. તમારે image = પરિમાણમાં =ની નિશાનીની સામે ફક્ત ચિત્રનું નામ જ લખવાનું છે, દા.ત. image = વિશ્વવિદ્યાલય.PNG. ચિત્રના નામની આગળ File, Image, વગેરે જેવું કશું લખવાનું નથી. જો આમ કરતા પણ તમારું કામ ન થાય તો મને જણાવો કે તમે કયા લેખમાં આ માહિતીચોકઠામાં ચિત્ર ઉમેરવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરો છો અને એ ચિત્ર કયું છે. હું પ્રયત્ન કરી જોઈશ. ધવલચર્ચા/યોગદાન ૨૨:૩૦, ૨૨ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Invitation for the next South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC) with a focus on WMF's Annual Plans (27th April, 2025)
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear All,
The South Asia Open Community Call (SAOCC) is a monthly call where South Asian communities come together to participate, share community activities, receive important updates and ask questions in the moderated discussions.
The next SAOCC is scheduled for 27th April, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM (1230-1330 UTC) and will have a section with representatives from WMF who will be sharing more about their Annual Plans for the next year, in addition to Open Community Updates.
We request you all to please attend the call and you can find the joining details here.
Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૧૩:૫૫, ૧૪ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2025: Invitation
[ફેરફાર કરો]
Please help translate to your language
Hello, dear Wikipedians!
Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the fifth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 14th April until 16th May 2025. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design, and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contributions in every language!
The most active contesters will receive prizes.
If you are interested in coordinating long-term community engagement for the campaign and becoming a local ambassador, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know your interest.
We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk)
૨૧:૪૧, ૧૬ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
[ફેરફાર કરો]The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) ૦૬:૦૪, ૧૭ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Sub-referencing: User testing
[ફેરફાર કરો]
Apologies for writing in English, please help us by providing a translation below
Hi I’m Johannes from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes team. We are making great strides with the new sub-referencing feature and we’d love to invite you to take part in two activities to help us move this work further:
- Try it out and share your feedback
- Please try the updated wikitext feature on the beta wiki and let us know what you think, either on our talk page or by booking a call with our UX researcher.
- Get a sneak peak and help shape the Visual Editor user designs
- Help us test the new design prototypes by participating in user sessions – sign up here to receive an invite. We're especially hoping to speak with people from underrepresented and diverse groups. If that's you, please consider signing up! No prior or extensive editing experience is required. User sessions will start May 14th.
We plan to bring this feature to Wikimedia wikis later this year. We’ll reach out to wikis for piloting in time for deployments. Creators and maintainers of reference-related tools and templates will be contacted beforehand as well.
Thank you very much for your support and encouragement so far in helping bring this feature to life!Johannes Richter (WMDE) (talk) ૨૦:૩૪, ૨૮ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Vote on proposed modifications to the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
[ફેરફાર કરો]The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter closes on 1 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!
[ફેરફાર કરો](Apologies for posting in English)
Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.
As you probably know, the old Graph extension was disabled in 2023 due to security reasons. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the Charts extension, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the EasyTimeline extension.
After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.
The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from May 6. Please, consult our page on MediaWiki.org to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also consult the documentation about the extension on MediaWiki.org.
If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the talk page or at Phabricator.
Thank you in advance! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) ૨૦:૩૮, ૬ મે ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
[ફેરફાર કરો]The results of voting on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is available on Meta-wiki.
You may now submit your candidacy to serve on the U4C through 29 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Information about eligibility, process, and the timeline are on Meta-wiki. Voting on candidates will open on 1 June 2025 and run for two weeks, closing on 15 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
If you have any questions, you can ask on the discussion page for the election. -- in cooperation with the U4C,Keegan (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૦૩:૩૭, ૧૬ મે ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)
[ફેરફાર કરો](Apologies for posting in English, if this is not your first language)
Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.
We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.
You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content. Thank you in advance! -- Sannita (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૨૦:૫૬, ૨૨ મે ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear all,
This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
- May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
- June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
- July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
- August 2025: Campaign period
- August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
- October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
- Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Call for Questions
In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. [link]
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Thank you!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_December_2024
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/FAQ
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Questions_for_candidates
Best regards,
Victoria Doronina
Board Liaison to the Elections Committee
Governance Committee
MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૦૮:૩૭, ૨૮ મે ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Update from A2K team: May 2025
[ફેરફાર કરો]Hello everyone,
We’re happy to share that the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program has now formally become part of the Raj Reddy Centre for Technology and Society at IIIT-Hyderabad. Going forward, our work will continue under the name Open Knowledge Initiatives.
The new team includes most members from the former A2K team, along with colleagues from IIIT-H already involved in Wikimedia and Open Knowledge work. Through this integration, our commitment to partnering with Indic Wikimedia communities, the GLAM sector, and broader open knowledge networks remains strong and ongoing. Learn more at our Team’s page on Meta-Wiki.
We’ll also be hosting an open session during the upcoming South Asia Open Community Call on 6 - 7 pm, and we look forward to connecting with you there.
Thanks for your continued support! Thank you
Pavan Santhosh,
On behalf of the Open Knowledge Initiatives Team.
Upcoming Deployment of the CampaignEvents Extension
[ફેરફાર કરો]Hello everyone,
(Apologies for posting in English if English is not your first language. Please help translate to your language.)
The Campaigns Product Team is planning a global deployment of the CampaignEvents extension to all Wikipedias, including this wiki, during the week of June 23rd.
This extension is designed to help organizers plan and manage events, WikiProjects, and other on-wiki collaborations - and to make these efforts more discoverable.
The three main features of this extension are:
- Event Registration: A simple way to sign up for events on the wiki.
- Collaboration List: A global list of events and a local list of WikiProjects, accessible at Special:AllEvents.
- Invitation Lists: A tool to help organizers find editors who might want to join, based on their past contributions.
Note: The extension comes with a new user right called "Event Organizer", which will be managed by administrators on this wiki. Organizer tools like Event Registration and Invitation Lists will only work if someone is granted this right. The Collaboration List is available to everyone immediately after deployment.
The extension is already live on several wikis, including Meta, Wikidata, English Wikipedia, and more ( See the full deployment list)
If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback, please feel free to share them on the extension talkpage. We’d love to hear from you before the rollout.
Thank you!
Udehb-WMF (ચર્ચા) ૨૨:૧૭, ૨૯ મે ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
મુખપૃષ્ઠ પર આજનું ચિત્ર બદલવું જોઈએ?
[ફેરફાર કરો]ગયા વર્ષે મે મહિનામાં આપણે આજનું ચિત્રમાં દર્શાવાતાં ચિત્રો બદલ્યાં હતાં. શું હવે ફરીથી તેને પૂર્ણ કે આંશિક રીતે બદલવા જોઈએ? સૌ કોઈ પોતાનો મત વ્યક્ત કરશો. —બૃહસ્પતિ મારી સાથે વાત કરો ૦૦:૩૯, ૩ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- હા. સહમત. સમયે સમયે નવા ચિત્રો મૂકવા જોઈએ.- Nizil Shah (ચર્ચા) ૧૨:૫૪, ૯ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- @Dsvyas@KartikMistry@Aniket ચર્ચાને તારણ પર લઈ જવા વિનંતી. બૃહસ્પતિ મારી સાથે વાત કરો ૧૧:૪૮, ૧૫ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
સમર્થન -- કાર્તિક ચર્ચા ૧૩:૦૮, ૧૬ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)- સમર્થન -- ધવલચર્ચા/યોગદાન ૧૪:૪૫, ૧૬ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- સમર્થન --અ ને કાંઈ નહી અ (ચર્ચા) ૧૯:૦૧, ૧૬ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
- @Dsvyas@KartikMistry@Aniket ચર્ચાને તારણ પર લઈ જવા વિનંતી. બૃહસ્પતિ મારી સાથે વાત કરો ૧૧:૪૮, ૧૫ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
📣 Announcing the South Asia Newsletter – Get Involved! 🌏
[ફેરફાર કરો]Please help translate to your language
Hello Wikimedians of South Asia! 👋
We’re excited to launch the planning phase for the South Asia Newsletter – a bi-monthly, community-driven publication that brings news, updates, and original stories from across our vibrant region, to one page!
We’re looking for passionate contributors to join us in shaping this initiative:
- Editors/Reviewers – Craft and curate impactful content
- Technical Contributors – Build and maintain templates, modules, and other magic on meta.
- Community Representatives – Represent your Wikimedia Affiliate or community
If you're excited to contribute and help build a strong regional voice, we’d love to have you on board!
👉 Express your interest though this link.
Please share this with your community members.. Let’s build this together! 💬
This message was sent with MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) by Gnoeee (talk) at ૨૧:૧૨, ૬ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
[ફેરફાર કરો]Apologies for writing in English. Please help translate to your language
Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2025 Election information page. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) ૦૪:૩૦, ૧૪ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates
[ફેરફાર કરો]Hello all,
The call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.
MediaWiki message delivery (ચર્ચા) ૨૩:૧૩, ૧૭ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)
Sister Projects Task Force reviews Wikispore and Wikinews
[ફેરફાર કરો]Dear Wikimedia Community,
The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees assigned the Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF) to update and implement a procedure for assessing the lifecycle of Sister Projects – wiki projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).
A vision of relevant, accessible, and impactful free knowledge has always guided the Wikimedia Movement. As the ecosystem of Wikimedia projects continues to evolve, it is crucial that we periodically review existing projects to ensure they still align with our goals and community capacity.
Despite their noble intent, some projects may no longer effectively serve their original purpose. Reviewing such projects is not about giving up – it's about responsible stewardship of shared resources. Volunteer time, staff support, infrastructure, and community attention are finite, and the non-technical costs tend to grow significantly as our ecosystem has entered a different age of the internet than the one we were founded in. Supporting inactive projects or projects that didn't meet our ambitions can unintentionally divert these resources from areas with more potential impact.
Moreover, maintaining projects that no longer reflect the quality and reliability of the Wikimedia name stands for, involves a reputational risk. An abandoned or less reliable project affects trust in the Wikimedia movement.
Lastly, failing to sunset or reimagine projects that are no longer working can make it much harder to start new ones. When the community feels bound to every past decision – no matter how outdated – we risk stagnation. A healthy ecosystem must allow for evolution, adaptation, and, when necessary, letting go. If we create the expectation that every project must exist indefinitely, we limit our ability to experiment and innovate.
Because of this, SPTF reviewed two requests concerning the lifecycle of the Sister Projects to work through and demonstrate the review process. We chose Wikispore as a case study for a possible new Sister Project opening and Wikinews as a case study for a review of an existing project. Preliminary findings were discussed with the CAC, and a community consultation on both proposals was recommended.
Wikispore
[ફેરફાર કરો]The application to consider Wikispore was submitted in 2019. SPTF decided to review this request in more depth because rather than being concentrated on a specific topic, as most of the proposals for the new Sister Projects are, Wikispore has the potential to nurture multiple start-up Sister Projects.
After careful consideration, the SPTF has decided not to recommend Wikispore as a Wikimedia Sister Project. Considering the current activity level, the current arrangement allows better flexibility and experimentation while WMF provides core infrastructural support.
We acknowledge the initiative's potential and seek community input on what would constitute a sufficient level of activity and engagement to reconsider its status in the future.
As part of the process, we shared the decision with the Wikispore community and invited one of its leaders, Pharos, to an SPTF meeting.
Currently, we especially invite feedback on measurable criteria indicating the project's readiness, such as contributor numbers, content volume, and sustained community support. This would clarify the criteria sufficient for opening a new Sister Project, including possible future Wikispore re-application. However, the numbers will always be a guide because any number can be gamed.
Wikinews
[ફેરફાર કરો]We chose to review Wikinews among existing Sister Projects because it is the one for which we have observed the highest level of concern in multiple ways.
Since the SPTF was convened in 2023, its members have asked for the community's opinions during conferences and community calls about Sister Projects that did not fulfil their promise in the Wikimedia movement.[1][2][3] Wikinews was the leading candidate for an evaluation because people from multiple language communities proposed it. Additionally, by most measures, it is the least active Sister Project, with the greatest drop in activity over the years.
While the Language Committee routinely opens and closes language versions of the Sister Projects in small languages, there has never been a valid proposal to close Wikipedia in major languages or any project in English. This is not true for Wikinews, where there was a proposal to close English Wikinews, which gained some traction but did not result in any action[4][5], see section 5 as well as a draft proposal to close all languages of Wikinews[6].
Initial metrics compiled by WMF staff also support the community's concerns about Wikinews.
Based on this report, SPTF recommends a community reevaluation of Wikinews. We conclude that its current structure and activity levels are the lowest among the existing sister projects. SPTF also recommends pausing the opening of new language editions while the consultation runs.
SPTF brings this analysis to a discussion and welcomes discussions of alternative outcomes, including potential restructuring efforts or integration with other Wikimedia initiatives.
Options mentioned so far (which might be applied to just low-activity languages or all languages) include but are not limited to:
- Restructure how Wikinews works and is linked to other current events efforts on the projects,
- Merge the content of Wikinews into the relevant language Wikipedias, possibly in a new namespace,
- Merge content into compatibly licensed external projects,
- Archive Wikinews projects.
Your insights and perspectives are invaluable in shaping the future of these projects. We encourage all interested community members to share their thoughts on the relevant discussion pages or through other designated feedback channels.
Feedback and next steps
[ફેરફાર કરો]We'd be grateful if you want to take part in a conversation on the future of these projects and the review process. We are setting up two different project pages: Public consultation about Wikispore and Public consultation about Wikinews. Please participate between 27 June 2025 and 27 July 2025, after which we will summarize the discussion to move forward. You can write in your own language.
I will also host a community conversation 16th July Wednesday 11.00 UTC and 17th July Thursday 17.00 UTC (call links to follow shortly) and will be around at Wikimania for more discussions.
-- Victoria on behalf of the Sister Project Task Force, ૦૨:૨૬, ૨૮ જૂન ૨૦૨૫ (IST)