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− == Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process ==

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

− − The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

− − This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

− − The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

− − Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

− − Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

− − * Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)

− ** Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it

− * Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)

− ** Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process

− * Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)

− ** Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017

− * Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)

− ** Introduction of williamsworks

− * Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)

− ** The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland

− * Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (10 February 2017)

− ** Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks

− − More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

− − Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, 20:31, 15 feb 2017 (UTC) • Aiutaci a tradurre nella tua linguaGet help

− − == A gh'è n'aministradóra ingléśa[1] ch'l'an crèd brìśa ùtil categoriśèr al "Template:User egl" cuma chegli ètri lìngui mo invéci... ==

− − ...cuma ch'a s fùs di apasionê ed fumèt, 'd astrologìa, ed séri 'd fantasìnsia: @#è#£$$!!... --Glo (discussioni) 09:49, 4 mar 2017 (UTC)

  1. che tùt i sant gióren la n'fà èter che scriver e tōr vìa dal categorìi là in sìma da matèina a sira...

− :Tsè, na questiòun 'd acanimèint o 'd tròpa preciśiòun, adèsa mìsa a pòst :-p --Glo (discussioni) 09:25, 5 mar 2017 (UTC)

− − == Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process ==

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

− − As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

− − Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

− − Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

− * Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)

− ** Development of documentation for Tracks A & B

− * Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)

− ** Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks

− * Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)

− ** Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions

− − More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

− − Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, 19:43, 9 mar 2017 (UTC) • Aiutaci a tradurre nella tua linguaGet help

− − == We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15) ==

05:09, 18 mar 2017 (UTC)

− − == Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections ==

Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

− − On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

− − The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

− − The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

− − We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

− − Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

− − The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

− − The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

− − * April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations

− * April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period

− * April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions

− * May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period

− * May 15–19 – Board vote checking

− * May 20 – Board result announcement goal

− − In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

− − * Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)

− ** There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

− − * Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)

− ** One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

− − Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

− − More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections(at)wikimedia.org.

− − On behalf of the Election Committee,

Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 03:37, 7 Avr 2017 (UTC) • Aiutaci a tradurre nella tua linguaGet help

− − == Read-only mode for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May ==

MediaWiki message delivery (discussioni) 17:34, 11 Avr 2017 (UTC)

− − == Wikidata description editing in the Wikipedia Android app ==

Wikidata description editing is a new experiment being rolled out on the Wikipedia app for Android. While this primarily impacts Wikidata, the changes are also addressing a concern about the mobile versions of Wikipedia, so that mobile users will be able to edit directly the descriptions shown under the title of the page and in the search results.

− − We began by rolling out this feature several weeks ago to a pilot group of Wikipedias (Russian, Hebrew, and Catalan), and have seen very positive results including numerous quality contributions in the form of new and updated descriptions, and a low rate of vandalism.

− − We are now ready for the next phase of rolling out this feature, which is to enable it in a few days for all Wikipedias except the top ten by usage within the app (i.e. except English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish, and Chinese). We will enable the feature for those languages instead at some point in the future, as we closely monitor user engagement with our expanded set of pilot communities.

− As always, if have any concerns, please reach out to us on wiki at the talk page for this project or by email at reading@wikimedia.org. Thanks!

− − -DBrant (WMF) 08:41, 14 Avr 2017 (UTC)

− − == New Page previews feature ==

− − == New Wikipedia Library Accounts Available Now (May 2017) ==

− − Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL OWL says sign up today!

The Wikipedia Library is announcing signups today for free, full-access, accounts to published research as part of our Publisher Donation Program. You can sign up for new accounts and research materials from:

− − * American Psychiatric Association – Psychiatry books and journals

− * BloomsburyWho's Who, Drama Online, Berg Fashion Library, and Whitaker's

− * Gaudeamus – Finnish humanities and social sciences

− * Ympäristö-lehti – The Finnish Environment Institute's Ympäristö-lehti magazine

− − Expansions

− * Gale – Biography In Context database added

− * Adam Matthew – all 53 databases now available

− − Many other partnerships with accounts available are listed on our partners page, including Project MUSE, EBSCO, Taylor & Francis and Newspaperarchive.com.

− − Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!


--The Wikipedia Library Team 18:52, 2 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − :You can host and coordinate signups for a Wikipedia Library branch in your own language. Please contact Aaron.

− :This message was delivered via the Global Mass Message tool to The Wikipedia Library Global Delivery List.

− − == Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections ==

19:16, 3 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Beta Feature Two Column Edit Conflict View ==

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:29, 8 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == ...in cal mèinter chè... ==

− − ...a gh'ò da 'vér al pc infetê o briśa in bòla, a n'gh'la chêv gnanc ed cmandèr-egh 'd invièr 'l anti-vìrus, a sun in sìm'a Firefox cun inviê 'l Window in modalitê pruviśòria, i 'm àn da canbièr al gestōr dla telefonìa mo chisà quànd, a gh'ò di pinsér ed lavōr ch'a spēr ch'i s mèt'n in riga, a gh'ò l'erba dal prê chersùda a tradimèint cun la pióva, là fóra a n's capìs minga che tèimp a vója fèr edmàn, a gh'ò..., a gh'ò..., e vìa acsè. A gh'chela sōl ch'a 'm vègna la ragàia e pò a sòm a post... --Glo (discussioni) 19:53, 10 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− :A t cunsìli 'd tgnir-'t in alenamènt guardànd cal film chè: Un rantolo nel buio.--Mirandolese (discussioni) 21:10, 10 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− ::Sè, a 'm tgnarò in alenamèint sernènd soquànt film ed scarèsa 't ê scrìt chè in sìma, acsè a nn'em parrà gnanc che 'l mé rògni i sìen grósi... A n'descurdòm-es pò gnanc dal 730 o dal tasi sùi imòbil... Trump al pêr incòr un Pavirònica a 'l cunfròunt... --Glo (discussioni) 21:43, 10 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Editing News #1—2017 ==

18:06, 12 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Prototype for editing Wikidata infoboxes on Wikipedia ==

− − Hello,

− − I’m sorry for writing in English. It’d be great if someone could translate this message if necessary.

− − One of the most requested features for Wikidata is to enable editing of Wikidata’s data directly from Wikipedia, so the editors can continue their workflow without switching websites.

− − The Wikidata development team has been working on a tool to achieve this goal: fill and edit the Wikipedia infoboxes with information from Wikidata, directly on Wikipedia, via the Visual Editor.

− − We already asked for feedback in 2015, and collected some interesting ideas which we shared with you in this thesis. Now we would like to present to you our first prototype and collect your feedback, in order to improve and continue the development of this feature.

− − We present this work to you very early, so we can include your feedback before and all along the development. You are the core users of this feature, so we want to make sure that it fits your needs and editing processes.

− − You will find the prototype, description of the features, and a demo video, on this page. Feel free to add any comment or feedback on the talk page. The page is currently not translated in every languages, but you can add your contribution by helping to translate it.

− − Unfortunately, I won’t be able to follow all the discussions on Wikipedia, so if you want to be sure that your feedback is read, please add it on the Wikidata page, in your favorite language. Thanks for your understanding.

− − Thanks, Lea Lacroix (WMDE)

− − == RevisionSlider ==

Birgit Müller (WMDE) 14:39, 16 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12) ==

21:08, 16 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == New notification when a page is connected to Wikidata ==

− − Hello all,

− − (Aiutaci a tradurre nella tua lingua)

− − The Wikidata development team is about to deploy a new feature on all Wikipedias. It is a new type of notification (via Echo, the notification system you see at the top right of your wiki when you are logged in), that will inform the creator of a page, when this page is connected to a Wikidata item.

− − You may know that Wikidata provides a centralized system for all the interwikilinks. When a new page is created, it should be connected to the corresponding Wikidata item, by modifying this Wikidata item. With this new notification, editors creating pages will be informed when another editor connects this page to Wikidata.

− −

− − This feature will be deployed on May 30th on all the Wikipedias, excepting English, French and German. This feature will be disable by default for existing editors, and enabled by default for new editors.

− − This is the first step of the deployments, the Wikipedias and other Wikimedia projects will follow in the next months.

− − If you have any question, suggestion, please let me know by pinging me. You can also follow and leave a comment on the Phabricator ticket.

− − Thanks go to Matěj Suchánek who developed this feature!

− − Grazie! Lea Lacroix (WMDE) (talk)

− − == m:Requests for comment/Global centralnotice for the blockade of the Turkish government ==

− Hi, you are invited to participate in the discussion on the proposal to make a banner through m: centralnotice to inform more people around the world about what the Turkish government has done about Wikipedia, ie all the language versions of Wikipedia are You are obscured, so in Turkey it is impossible to view the * .wikipedia.org site. To hope that the Turkish government will remove the block, it is necessary to raise awareness of this fact around the world because it is important to succeed in this mission because Wikipedia can not be seen in Turkey. With this message also for those interested, I invite him to sign the Wikimedian appeal.

− − If you have any questions or questions do not hesitate to contact me.

− Thanks best regards. --Samuele2002 (Talk!) 21:17, 21 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections ==

21:06, 23 Mâg 2017 (UTC)

− − == Wikidata changes now also appear in enhanced recent changes ==

− Hello, and sorry to write this message in English. You can help translating it.

− − Starting from today, you will be able to display Wikidata changes in both modes of the recent changes and the watchlist.

− − Read and translate the full message

− − Grazie! Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 08:33, 29 Zógn 2017 (UTC)

− − (wrong target page? you can fix it here)

− − ê== 'L è soquànti volti che... ==

− − ...A savòm tùt ch'a s piaśrèv dèr dla viśibilitê ala nostra eml.wikipédia. E dòunca 'l è soquànti volti che mè a prōv a linkèr el nostri paśni più bèli in sìm'a 'n grùp dialetêl dàint'r a Facebook. El viśualiśasiòun i crèsen, na quèlc volta de più e na quèlc volta minga tant (a dipènd da 'l argumèint ch'a gh'ò śibî da léśer). Mè a crèd 'd an tōr vìa al copyright a nisùn, visti gl'intensiòun esensièli dla wikipedia, dla só difuśiòun sàinsa lìmit... I comèint più frequèint gl'ìn dal divergèinsi in sìm'a cum'a s duvrèv escrìver na paróla o 'n vèrub, mo altrimèinti, al grùp Chè a s Ciacàra in Dialàtt ! al li tōś bèin, i mé link vers in sà... --Glo (discussioni) 15:25, 2 Lój 2017 (UTC)

− − == Accessible editing buttons ==

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:22, 10 Lój 2017 (UTC)

− − == Page Previews (Hovercards) update ==

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 22:32, 20 Lój 2017 (UTC)

− − == Fin ch'a gh'è incòr un pò 'd tèimp... ==

− − ...a-j-ò vlû śuntèr cal link chè, ch'a n's sà mài s'al gnìs util :-))) --Glo (discussioni) 08:46, 21 Lój 2017 (UTC)

− − == Improved search in deleted pages archive ==

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− − During Wikimedia Hackathon 2016, the Discovery team worked on one of the items on the 2015 community wishlist, namely enabling searching the archive of deleted pages. This feature is now ready for production deployment, and will be enabled on all wikis, except Wikidata.

− − Right now, the feature is behind a feature flag - to use it on your wiki, please go to the Special:Undelete page, and add &fuzzy=1 to the URL, like this: https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AUndelete&fuzzy=1. Then search for the pages you're interested in. There should be more results than before, due to using ElasticSearch indexing (via the CirrusSearch extension).

− − We plan to enable this improved search by default on all wikis soon (around August 1, 2017). If you have any objections to this - please raise them with the Discovery team via email or on this announcement's discussion page. Like most Mediawiki configuration parameters, the functionality can be configured per wiki.

− Once the improved search becomes the default, you can still access the old mode using &fuzzy=0 in the URL, like this: https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AUndelete&fuzzy=0

− − Please note that since Special:Undelete is an admin-only feature, this search capability is also only accessible to wiki admins.

− − Grazie! CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 18:40, 25 Lój 2017 (UTC)

− − == RfC regarding "Interlinking of accounts involved with paid editing to decrease impersonation" ==

− − There is currently a RfC open on Meta regarding "requiring those involved with paid editing on Wikipedia to link on their user page to all other active accounts through which they advertise paid Wikipedia editing business."

− − Note this is to apply to Wikipedia and not necessarily other sister projects, this is only to apply to websites where people are specifically advertising that they will edit Wikipedia for pay and not any other personal, professional, or social media accounts a person may have.

− − Please comment on meta. Thanks. Send on behalf of User:Doc James.

− − MediaWiki message delivery (discussioni) 21:06, 17 Set 2017 (UTC)

− − == Discussion on synced reading lists ==

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 20:35, 20 Set 2017 (UTC)

− − == Assemblea WMI a Torino il 14 ottobre ==

− − Segnalo la pagina del raduno e per chi è socio WMI anche la possibilità di decidere i temi della non conferenza mattutina, qui in "wikina"--Alexmar983 (discussioni) 05:31, 29 Set 2017 (UTC)

− − == presenting the project Wikipedia Cultural Diversity Observatory and asking for a vounteer in Emilian-Romagnol Wikipedia ==

− − Hello everyone,

− My name is Marc Miquel and I am a researcher from Barcelona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). While I was doing my PhD I studied whether an identity-based motivation could be important for editor participation and I analyzed content representing the editors' cultural context in 40 Wikipedia language editions. Few months later, I propose creating the Wikipedia Cultural Diversity Observatory in order to raise awareness on Wikipedia’s current state of cultural diversity, providing datasets, visualizations and statistics, and pointing out solutions to improve intercultural coverage.

− − I am presenting this project to a grant and I expect that the site becomes a useful tool to help communities create more multicultural encyclopaedias and bridge the content culture gap that exists across language editions (one particular type of systemic bias). For instance, this would help spreading cultural content local to Emilian-Romagnol Wikipedia into the rest of Wikipedia language editions, and viceversa, make Emilian-Romagnol Wikipedia much more multicultural.

− Here is the link of the project proposal:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikipedia_Cultural_Diversity_Observatory_(WCDO)

− − I am searching for a volunteer in each language community: I still need one for the Emilian-Romagnol Wikipedia. If you feel like it, you can contact me at: marcmiquel *at* gmail.com I need a contact in your every community who can (1) check the quality of the cultural context article list I generate to be imported-exported to other language editions, (2) test the interface/data visualizations in their language, and (3) communicate the existance of the tool/site when ready to the language community and especially to those editors involved in projects which could use it or be aligned with it. Communicating it might not be a lot of work, but it will surely have a greater impact if done in native language! :). If you like the project, I'd ask you to endorse it in the page I provided. In any case, I will appreciate any feedback, comments,... Thanks in advance for your time! Best regards, --Marcmiquel (discussioni) 15:23, 10 Oto 2017 (UTC) Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

− − :Sorry, but I have never time for this. --Glo (discussioni) 19:15, 10 Oto 2017 (UTC)

− − == New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers ==

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 22:07, 20 Nov 2017 (UTC)

− − == Gboard in emiliano-romagnolo ==

− Gboard, l'App per Android di Google, ha implementato il supporto per la Lingua Emiliano-Romagnolo, compreso le funzioni di suggerimento. Sembra che buona parte del vocabolario sia stato preso dai testi della Wikipedia.. Complimenti a tutti! --Dragonòt (discussioni) 11:35, 17 Dec 2017 (UTC)

− :Grassie :-D --Glo (discussioni) 15:09, 17 Dec 2017 (UTC)

− − == Call for Wikimania 2018 Scholarships ==

− − Hi all,

− − We wanted to inform you that scholarship applications for Wikimania 2018 which is being held in Cape Town, South Africa on July 18–22, 2018 are now being accepted. Applications are open until Monday, 22 January 2018 23:59 UTC.

− − Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference registration fees and shared accommodation. Applicants will be rated using a pre-determined selection process and selection criteria established by the Scholarship Committee and the Wikimedia Foundation, who will determine which applications are successful. To learn more about Wikimania 2018 scholarships, please visit: wm2018:Scholarships.

− − To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form on: https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply

− − It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the Scholarships page and the associated FAQ before submitting an application. If you have any questions, please contact: wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org or leave a message at: wm2018:Talk:Scholarships. Please help us spread the word and translate pages!

− − Best regards, David Richfield and Martin Rulsch for the Scholarship Committee 19:24, 20 Dec 2017 (UTC)

− − == User group for Military Historians ==

− − Greetings,

− − "Military history" is one of the most important subjects when speak of sum of all human knowledge. To support contributors interested in the area over various language Wikipedias, we intend to form a user group. It also provides a platform to share the best practices between military historians, and various military related projects on Wikipedias. An initial discussion was has been done between the coordinators and members of WikiProject Military History on English Wikipedia. Now this discussion has been taken to Meta-Wiki. Contributors intrested in the area of military history are requested to share their feedback and give suggestions at Talk:Discussion to incubate a user group for Wikipedia Military Historians.

− − MediaWiki message delivery (discussioni) 10:46, 21 Dec 2017 (UTC)