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responsiveContent
Hi. Not sure if this is still maintained as is shown in the Gadgets section, but for some reason, the text looks very squeezed in. 1989 (talk) 03:04, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
:I haven’t looked at it for a while. I’ll see if I can make some time to investigate. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:26, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
:I ran into the same issue. Width of the main content is capped so it shows about 35 characters per line. It may be related to the newish vector-2022 skin. I'm not sure if that was enabled automatically or if I did it at some point. Matthias Winkelmann (talk) 05:28, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
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Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Documentation/link box]]
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Maybe for you?
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Sticky table headers not working on iPhone is looking for someone who knows things about iPhones and web development. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:43, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Apple styling help
I see your notifications are disabled. Template talk:COVID-19 pandemic data/styles2.css#Missing borders on sticky row headers could use your help again, especially with the browser issues on Apple products. Jroberson108 (talk) 14:12, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
:Thanks for your help. Any ideas on the part about some borders missing between random sticky row headers? Jroberson108 (talk) 16:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Problem with Template:Unicode blocks
Hi, TheDJ. I've been having a problem I don't understand getting :Template:Unicode blocks to initially appear in collapsed state, and I noticed you recently made some changes to the template.
I've been trying to make Unicode character property a little more readable by having a couple of very large tables come up in collapsed state by adding a {{code|
I have no idea if my edit would have been equally ineffective with the template version before your edits or not. It could be that the state parameter never worked on this template. Unfortunately I'm not too knowledgeable about template coding, so maybe you could take a look at the issue and tell me if there is a way to get the table to initially appear collapsed. Thanks, -- R. S. Shaw (talk) 00:06, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
:That was my bad, I broke something. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:16, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your years of work on OSMdb and the tiles.wmflabs.org service
I just happened across the deprecation notice for the tiles.wmflabs.org service that you added back in Jan 2022, and wanted to drop a note of thanks for your long and hard work on that service (and OSMdb), as well as give people looking at this talk page a pointer to some of the [https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/83146/contact-user-thedj-if-you-want-maintain-osmdb other] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T187601 discussions] about it. Thanks again. JesseW, the juggling janitor 03:03, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Regarding dataset for image provided in Wikimedia (File:PerrinPlot2.svg from Brownian motion on en.wikipedia.org)
Hi Derk-Jan, I am a PhD candidate at Columbia looking to use the dataset from Jean Perrin's 1909 paper which is depicted in the .svg file you had originally uploaded to the Brownian motion Wikipedia page.
Would you be able to point me to where this data was originally sourced from as I am looking to analyze it for my work but cannot seem to find it anywhere online. Also, I apologize if this is not the right place to message you, I am new to interacting with users on Wikipedia.
Thank you very much,
Kiran
KDGauthier (talk) 17:22, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
:It was an svg that someone had uploaded on top of the original gif file. On that day, this broke the image because an svg file was no longer allowed to have the fileextension gif, so i split it off into a new upload and deleted the offending file revision in the .gif entry. See also the log here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=&user=&page=File%3APerrinPlot2.gif
:So there was originally a gif uploaded in 2007 by a user Kraus, who retrieved it from a page on the paper (
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Respect
(if you've ever seen Last Week Tonight, feel free to imagine John Oliver's voice as you read this.. I think it helps)
I generally respect you. You are a good contributor and knowledgeable. Like any human, I get things wrong sometimes. Misjudge. Phrase an opinion more harshly than necessary. Usually it's deserved, but sometimes in hindsight I could've held back a bit more. It's a thin line to walk, but I don't always err on the side of caution. Those who do are often walked over. Simply dampening criticism across the board always makes things worse. So, and this applies to any situation, humanity has to try and reason with one another, as long as the other party is willing to listen, accept constructive criticism and -when appropriate- apologize.
If you know me at all, you'd know I readily admit my mistakes and poor word choices if I'm made aware of those. Misinterpretation of my words happens every once in a while. If something turns out to be open to interpretation I'll often clarify or adjust them.
I'm not easily offended. Some random anon calling me a cunt (it has happened) doesn't bother me, it makes me laugh. Even if a respected user would say something like "I hate your style, I think you're a cunt." I wouldn't be overly concerned. It's unfortunate, but only an opinion, and you can't always please everyone.
And because I respect you, I'm actually offended by your triple-word order without punctuation. Phrasing it as an order -who are you, my boss?- is already severely disrespectful. Using only three words, not even attempting to engage in any meaningful constructive criticism is, whether you intended that or not, a recipe for escalation. Trolls often do it as a tactic to evoke a response. I'd have thought you knew better than that.
But the icing on the cake is to do it with no punctuation whatsoever. Do you think that little of me? You can't be bothered to press shift or enter a period? If you want to criticize my actions or even my personality, put in the bloody effort. Be creative. Explain in detail how much you hate my guts. So please, if you must, just vent that anger and we'll both feel better. And now, this. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 16:05, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
:I ain't got time to be creative right now (burying a familymember today). I'm often critical of the foundation and there are many ways to do so. Yet these personal attacks are just you pushing people's buttons out of frustration in hopes of triggering a response. It's unnecessary and only further sours the relationship between employees and community without actually fixing problems. If I see this kind of behavior towards ppl who I consider to be friends, I damn sure will call it out and I don't care about you wikilawyering your way around it. My respect goes to people who build others up, and my respect is extremely quickly lost when ppl punch down at ppl who aren't free to respond to their attacks. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 07:45, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
::(if you feel this is TLDR, at least read the last paragraph)
I'm sorry for your loss.
And, well, not a John Oliver fan I presume. I'm disappointed with your use of "ur", "u" and "r" in that reverted edit summary, but then again, you are saying clearly that you simply don't respect me and since I told you I don't like that sort of thing (outside memes) I guess I gave you free ammunition there so understandably you used it.
I don't need people to respect me to respect them. I still respect your knowledge and contributions to the project. On a more personal level, I respect people who engage in conversation, who try to understand each another, who try to keep an open mind. There's no requirement to agree there, I can completely disagree with someone's opinion while respecting their point of view. Or the opposite: to agree with someone while thinking the way they arrived at their opinion is completely backwards.
You are simply trying to protect friends from what you perceive as attacks. That's completely understandable. Whether they actually need or want your protection is an open question, but regardless, understandable. But even if you'd be right and I am simply the villain who has to be stopped (you wouldn't be unique in that), throwing in triple-word orders without punctuation isn't going to help. Or more accurately: that trick only works once. Because with it, you've largely burned my respect on the personal level.
WMF employees would have to be more careful when responding, but they most assuredly can respond to attacks. Dealing with criticism and even attacks is par for the course if you work for the WMF. And certain responses to such "attacks" can definitely earn my respect. I'll hardly ever say something that should be taken personally anyway.
I suppose that's what disappoints me the most: you took all this personally. Your decisions here may or may not be affected by your loss of a family member. If you even suspect your grief may be affecting your decisions here, I'd recommend staying offline for a few days, or at least away from forums/social media/wikis/etc. Not for me, for you. Talk with family/friends, maybe read a book, take a walk, listen to music that matches how you feel, or just sit in a room quietly. Or if you just feel like punching a pillow.. do it. If the latter is what you feel like, don't hold back. I don't know how you feel right now. But whatever works to process your emotions, you should do. I'm only suggesting, just giving advice. One thing I do know: wiki is rarely a good place to be when you're dealing with emotions. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 16:05, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
Message boxes
Thanks for that! I've included a brief summary and linked the article, which I think is probably better than quoting it to the point that people don't go and read it. Is it bad that of the "well-known names" I only really recognise half of them? And I was active back then, so you'd think I would. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.1% of all FPs 04:36, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
Signpost fixes
I've been trying to put together a basic overview of how the Signpost works on a technical level, and have noticed you in the edit histories of many of the templates, fixing stuff that's broken and removing stuff that doesn't need to be there. Good work! jp×g 06:54, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
:Thx. I’ve made three distinct changes changes in the past. First, I implemented the new design a couple of years ago (2015?). This is the bigger changes I made to the templates. The interesting part here is that they had to be made in a way which would keep those templates working in older versions of articles. This is why sometimes you’ll see v2 templates in use (because changing the original version would break the old articles. I also made most pages mobile responsive. Things like the headers footers etc were all fixed width for a long long time. And then I’ve converted large parts to templatestyles, which simplifies the templates a lot compared to the earlier inline styles. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 07:10, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
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Problems with responsiveContent
Hello, I just wanted to let you know that I had to turn off the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheDJ/responsiveContent responsiveContent] gadget. It caused me problems when working on desktop. I had to disable it since when it was enabled, I was unable to correctly select wikisyntax (I'm usually directly editing the code). Blank space was selected and when I tried to delete it, the wikitext was deleted instead. --TadejM my talk 21:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
:Yeah, I'm not using it myself these days, so it's been a while since I checked it over. I'll take a look this weekend. Thx for the report ! —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:40, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
New message from Neveselbert
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Hi DJ, could you please possibly have a look at this? Thanks, ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 21:59, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
Nomination for deletion of [[:Template:Day/Mar-Dec]]
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Wikigoat
File:Boer Goat (8742860752).jpg
Thank you for going the extra miles in your response to my request for review of the relevance of Wikipedia:Article size. You get this goat in reward. I'm sure your time and effort seems more than worth it now 😉
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Non-free use rationale templates
Hi there, I know you've been busy lately but I wanted to know if you knew of a way to correct the display of {{tl|Non-free use rationale}} and {{tl|Non-free use rationale 2}} in Vector 2022 in the short term, just until you're able to get round to updating the code? ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 19:12, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
:Was the problem mostly that the caption didn't look like it did before ? —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:47, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
::Yes, though there's also the issue of {{tl|Non-free use rationale 2}}. I don't think they should both use the same TemplateStyles as the designs are different. [{{fullurl:Template:Non-free_use_rationale_2}}?useskin=vector This] is how that template appears in Vector legacy; as you can see, the line height is reduced as well as the caption at the top. I would prefer that to be retained in Vector 2022. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 15:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
:::Why are the designs different ? Its generally a bad idea to have multiple styles for something which should essentially be the same. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
::::That may be, but for whatever reason, they're different and I'd rather we be as conservative as possible in preserving the design, in the absence of a talkpage consensus to change it. I personally prefer the design of {{tl|Non-free use rationale 2}} for being more compact. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 15:09, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
:::::Id rather we not be conservative. We've been conservative for a long time and thats part of why it's difficult to fix problems like this. We should challange past decisions and decide if they make sense. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:11, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
::::::OK, well I would prefer if we could incorporate {{tl|Non-free use rationale 2}}'s line height and caption style into {{tl|Non-free use rationale/styles.css}}, if that's OK? ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 15:13, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
::::::Would that be alright, {{u|TheDJ}}? ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 17:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
responsiveContent gadget on v22
Hi. Could you disable User:TheDJ/responsiveContent on V22? It looks rather weird as my wife just shown me 😉 (e.g. on Kathe Koja). You should probably change: MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition. Cheers, Nux (talk) 00:52, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
Followup
Hello again, I'm just following up to check whether you're amenable to incorporating {{tl|Non-free use rationale 2}}'s line height and caption style into {{tl|Non-free use rationale/styles.css}}? Please confirm, thanks, ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 20:57, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
:I think its good like this, someone else can do the rest. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 07:15, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Folded References
Hi,
I was going to install User:TheDJ/Folded_references, but there doesn't seem to that [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22Folded_references%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns1=1&ns2=1&ns3=1&ns4=1&ns5=1 many users]. Is it worth a try? Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) Wakelamp d[@-@]b (talk) 10:38, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
:I haven't used it myself in over 6 years, no clue. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:47, 6 March 2023 (UTC)
Regarding {{t|sronly}}
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tunnel and OSM
Hello, do you think maplink support type=tunnel from OSM ? I don't feel it :(
{{Maplink|type=line|id=Q27830387|stroke-color=#000 |frame=yes |frame-width=130 |frame-height=160 |stroke-width=4}} Bouzinac (talk) 12:30, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
:See mediawikiwiki:Help:Extension:Kartographer/OSM#How_to_get_a_single_object_from_multiple_lines —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:25, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
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WLN ids
Hi TheDJ, if you have a moment do you have any insight in to MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages section about the storage handling/purging of the wln ID numbers. — xaosflux Talk 15:16, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
responsive Village Pump header layout
Regarding [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)&diff=prev&oldid=1184513256 this comment]: perhaps there should be a pool on how long until someone wonders why the image isn't visible on small screens ;-) I appreciate the effort spent to improve the layout (even if I'm unopinionated about having an image that my banner blindness will subsequently ignore). isaacl (talk) 22:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
escapeRe
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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin June Issue 2
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Upcoming and current events and conversations
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Talking: 2024 continues
- Register now for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024).
- Editing team community conversation - CopyVio Check and Real-time Checks (03 July 2024, in English)
- Growth team community conversation - New tasks for newcomers and patrollers' burden (16 July 2024, in Spanish)
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org
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- Wikimedia Hackathon 2024: Good projects and good people!
- MediaWiki 1.42 general release.
- The Community Configuration extension is released to more Wikipedias.
- The Trust & Safety Product team published the Incident Reporting System MVP User Testing Summary and a project update on temporary accounts.
- Recent changes from the latest Tech News.
- Reference Check to be rolled out on all Wikipedias. Read the initial results from the Edit Check project.
- Concluded voting on Community Wishlist Survey renaming; new name now Community Wishlist.
- “Add an image” suggested edit was released to Wikipedia iOS app & Donation through native GPay is now available on the Wikipedia Android app.
- Talk pages permalinks are now available at all wikis.
- A new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graphs with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Charts.
- Wikimedia Enterprise Quarterly technical update focusing on machine readability, content integrity, and API usability.
- Proposal for a Product & Tech Advisory Council.
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
- Highlights and achievements & future plans from Wikisource Loves Manuscripts Project.
- Learn how to edit and upload to Wikimedia Commons with OpenRefine.
- Watch the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_EUwdb9qyk&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJM2hhwoRY7MyFLx8XAIwfv recording of the 11th edition] of [https://wikiworkshop.org/ Wiki Workshop] where research sessions on topics like Disinformation, Reliability, Representation and Gender, Governance and Policy, were held.
- First edition of WikiLearn News released, highlighting opportunities and progress in the area of skills development.
- The WikiData tools everyone is talking about during the 2023 LD4 Conference on Linked Data.
- The Wikimedia Foundation has become a member of the Unicode Consortium.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Inclusion
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · [https://mailchi.mp/wikimedia/global-advocacy-policy-newsletter Global Advocacy Newsletter] · [https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com Policy blog]
- Evaluation of the U4C election results (ongoing)
- Building a public policy network from both sides of the Pacific: Lessons from the 1st Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up.
Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: quarterly Metrics Reports
- Thoughts on the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan from the Japanese Wikipedia community.
- Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? – a recap of sustainability work across the movement and at the Foundation for 2023. Foundation Sustainability metrics for 2023 also available on Meta.
- The Wikimedia Foundation's revamped social media strategy is available on Meta.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Wikimedia Foundation Board liaisons published reflections on final Movement Charter draft.
- June 27 Conversation with Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee/2024-06-27 Conversation with Trustees: notes & [https://www.youtube.com/live/DBgOvuMs-UA recording] including outcomes of the 20 June Board meeting and a discussion of the movement charter.
- Ratification vote on Movement Charter until July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC
- 2024 Board Selection: Candidates have answered community questions selected by the Elections Committee.
- Affiliates strategy: Affiliate Health Criteria and changes to the User Group recognition process (feedback page)
- Feedback on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle finished on June 23. The revised version was published. Updates in July
Foundation statements
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:
- Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
- Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
- Regions: Central and Eastern Europe
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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 1
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Upcoming and current events and conversations
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Talking: 2024 continues
- Registration for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024) is still open. Register to attend in-person or virtually until 26 July.
- The call for presentation submissions for the WikiArabia 2024 is open (until July 28).
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org
- The Community Tech team launched a new, continuous Community Wishlist. Wish submission is now open and can be filled at any time.
- Join the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) as technical volunteers. Applications are open until August 10.
- A new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extendible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
- CampaignEvents extension, add an Image feature on iOS Wikipedia app and more recent changes from the Tech News. Read also other news in the previous edition.
- Dark mode - one of the most requested features will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility and is now available on select wikis, on mobile and desktop, in both reading and editing mode!
- MediaWiki insights into work done to improve security, ease of use, maintainability and overall code health. Also, a 25% increase in the number of authors who have committed more than 5 patches!
- Have you ever wished monitoring and fighting vandalism was easier from your mobile device? Edit Patrol is here to help.
- On the value of experimentation – a Future Audiences perspective.
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
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- Wikicelebrate Ellie from El Salvador, a passionate Wikipedia trainer, event organizer and someone who finds joy in seeing others grow.
- Growing visual knowledge on the Wikimedia projects – the experiences of the Image Description Month.
- Enhancing Learning with Ancient Manuscripts – Wikisource Loves Manuscripts pilot project in Indonesia.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · [https://mailchi.mp/wikimedia/global-advocacy-policy-newsletter Global Advocacy Newsletter] · [https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com Policy blog]
- The call for candidates for the special election of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now until July 19.
- Protecting the Wikimedia model, its people, and its values – highlights from the Global Advocacy Team.
- Reflections from the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2024 (DRIF24).
Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: quarterly Metrics Reports
- Key Takeaways, Trends, and Lessons from FY23/24 Community Fund Grants
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees published its decision not to ratify the draft Movement Charter along with proposed next steps (minutes, resolution, appendix).
- Movement Charter voting is closed. At the time of drafting, the scrutineers are working to ensure that all votes on the ballot are valid.
Foundation statements
- Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to the World Intellectual Property Organization was blocked for a fourth time by China.
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:
- Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
- Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
- Regions: Central and Eastern Europe
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
responsive flagicons
From what I can see, [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/1046790 this patch] should obviate the need for MediaWiki:Minerva.css#L-35, since the selectors no longer apply. Is that a valid statement? Izno (talk) 21:57, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
[[:Category:Module documentation pages]] has been nominated for discussion
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 2
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Upcoming and current events and conversations
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Talking: 2024 continues
- Where to from here? A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander.
- The [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/schedule/ program for Wikimania Katowice] (7–10 August 2024) is now live! [https://wikimania-tickets.eventyay.com/wikiorg/Wikimania/ Register now] to attend virtually!
- Are you speaking at Wikimania? Here are some resources for speakers.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org
- The Foundation recently opened our first data center in South America. Read about how it is already lowering load times.
- Feature updates from the Tech News: Stewards can now globally block accounts; Wikimedia site users can now submit account vanishing requests via GlobalVanishRequest; and interface of FlaggedRevs (also known as “Pending Changes”) is improved.
- Dark mode will transform Wikipedia's accessibility. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them.
- Measure the impact of Wikimedia Commons with Commons Impact Metrics analytics dashboard, now available via data dumps and API.
- Key findings from user research about confusion in uploading images to Wikipedia.
- This month’s Wikimedia Research Showcase highlighted the impact machine translation has on both content and readers of Wikipedia and provided interesting insights on how to overcome related challenges. Watch the [https://www.youtube.com/live/O7AqvHgqUVk?si=CnRpNymhpaDlmRhJ recording].
- The Charts project officially kicked off. The goal of this new initiative is to restore basic data visualization capabilities to the wikis. Check out the project page and follow our progress on Phabricator.
- The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on other wikis. This extension helps manage and make events more visible. Learn about how to request this extension.
- The Campaigns Product & Programs teams have launched a consultation on WikiProjects and other forms of collaboration on the wikis. They want to understand why they work (or don’t work) for some Wikimedia communities, and they want to learn what can be done to improve the experience. Everyone is encouraged to share their feedback.
- Are you a technical contributor? Check out the latest Technical Community Newsletter.
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Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
- The Wikimania Core Organizing Team (COT) for 2025 is delighted to announce that the 20th Wikimania will be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya.
- The Wikipedia Library secured new partnerships with [https://www.ieee.org/ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers] (IEEE), [https://ceupress.com/ Central European University Press], and [https://www.linforme.com/ l’Informé] and is adding more content collections in the library.
- Three new A Wiki Minute videos have been released which address reader privacy and content management on Wikipedia, as well as how Wikipedia differs from social media platforms. Learn how A Wiki Minute videos have helped increase awareness about our work.
- The Committee Support Team year-in-review and reflections.
- A new [https://wikipediapodden.se/asaf-bartov-wikilearn-274/ 20-minute audio interview about the WikiLearn platform] with Asaf Bartov, in an episode of the [https://wikipediapodden.se/ WikipediaPodden] podcast.
- More of the Wikipedia core policies curriculum developed for the Africa Growth Pilot is available for review. After edits and improvements by the community, recorded videos would become a permanent core policies course on WikiLearn.
- One new wiki has been created: Wikivoyage in Czech.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · [https://mailchi.mp/wikimedia/global-advocacy-policy-newsletter Global Advocacy Newsletter] · [https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com Policy blog]
- Voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now until August 10. Learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
- US Supreme Court ruling on NetChoice cases: What does it mean for Wikipedia?
Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: quarterly Metrics Reports
- Announcing the 2023-2024 Research Fund Grantees and their funded projects.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- The outcomes of the June Board meeting are published on Meta. Agenda for the August meeting is here.
- Welcoming new affiliates: Recognition of Wikimedistas Wayuu User Group, Wikimedia Community of Togo User Group, and Wikimedians of Singapore User Group.
- The Board of Trustees selection pre-onboarding and campaign period is open from July 25 to August 26.
- Foundation Trustee Dariusz Jemelniak was [https://eit.europa.eu/news-events/news/five-new-eit-governing-board-members-appointed appointed] to the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, established as part of the EU’s key funding program for research and innovation.
- Movement Charter voter feedback: All comments are now on Meta-wiki (65 comments from the affiliates voters and 447 comments from the individual voters).
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:
- Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
- Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
- Regions: Central and Eastern Europe
Previous editions of this bulletin are on Meta. Let askcac{{@}}wikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement!
MediaWiki message delivery 21:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 1
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Special Wikimania issue
This is a special Wikimania issue of the Bulletin. We'll be back to our regular format in the next issue
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- Catch up on missed sessions of Wikimania Katowice or revisit your favourites directly from [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/schedule/ the program], or review the day-long streams on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfL7A2HXrpt8ZgnWlGjp0vIP Day 1 streams], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYYQ-zBqY8s&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJ9Wvo43XRDbCC2dfhdS7BG Day 2 streams], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRFuWtDKxwM&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJ1xyY0LNDNX3RKyRQEXOdB Day 3 streams], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxdm_bsuQWY&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJdC5P86rsDsUtxEow0gDnR Day 4 streams].
- [https://www.youtube.com/live/BI9R11gaWTM?si=GIuUFxyYo48ITCll&t=5081 The Wikimedian of the Year Awards] at Wikimania paid tribute to amazing Wikimedians who have made significant contributions to the movement. Learn about all of this year's winners.
- Daily highlights from Wikimania: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4.
- Winners of the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award was announced at Wikimania.
- Highlights of product and tech sessions on Wikimania with links to description and recording.
- The [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/talk/LBDZPC/ Open Conversation with the Trustees at Wikimania] hosted breakout discussions about the Movement Charter, affiliate strategy and hubs, the proposal for a Global Resource Distribution Committee (hybrid table--had streaming and is available to watch back online), the Product/Tech Advisory Council & Product/Tech priorities, building a sustainable revenue strategy for the movement: online fundraising, Wikimedia Enterprise and the Wikimedia Endowment, and responding to emerging threats to free knowledge: litigation, censorship, disinformation, and trust in an election year.
- Catch up on Foundation-led sessions from Wikimania on safety and information integrity: [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/talk/YHNGTJ/ Protecting Children on-Wiki: a Child Rights Solutions Workshop], [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/talk/ANQYUV/ Information Integrity during Elections: Collective effort to address mis and disinformation], [https://wikimania.eventyay.com/2024/talk/RYDHY9/ Policy Advocacy Showcase: Stories of policy advocacy work in the movement and future trends].
- Wikimania 2024 in Poland celebrates global volunteers who make Wikipedia and sister projects possible.
Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues
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- Language Community Meeting: Have topics to share or discuss? Add agenda here. (August 30 at 15:00 UTC.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org
- Two new parser functions and more recent changes on Tech News.
- Help us better understand WikiProjects or similar online collaboration spaces. Fill out a brief survey or share your thoughts on the talkpage.
- Parsoid deployed on first production wikis and more updates on MediaWiki Product Insights.
- Applications to join the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are extended until September 16.
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
- The 4th edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (Aug 2024) is available.
- Reviving history and spreading the Spirit of Wikisource Loves Manuscripts (WILMA) in Naga City, the Philippines and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · [https://mailchi.mp/wikimedia/global-advocacy-policy-newsletter Global Advocacy Newsletter] · [https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com Policy blog]
- Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, Global Digital Compact, and Anti-Disinformation Repository: Highlights from the Global Advocacy Team.
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:
- Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
- Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
- Regions: Central and Eastern Europe
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 2
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Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues
- Language Community meeting (August 30 at 15:00 UTC).
- [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYQ2sWROtR8jIGKEQaqPUraKqd2lTX61acSdU2Q73pn0wkbA/viewform Cross-Regional Grantee Partner Learning Conversation Part 1] (August 31 at 07:00 UTC, in English, French, and Chinese Mandarin).
- The Wikimedia+Libraries Convention 2025 will take place in Mexico City from January 15-17, 2025. The scholarship [https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/624765?lang=en application deadline] is August 31.
- ESEAP Community Call (September 8 at 07:00 UTC).
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org
- Highlights of the Product & Technology department's recent work in improving the user experience.
- Editor tools related to references & categories and more tech updates on the latest Tech News.
- [https://www.outreachy.org/ Outreachy] (a paid, remote three-month internship to support underrepresented groups in tech) is open. Mentors should submit projects before September 11 at 16:00 UTC ([https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/RYYOGLIJFXKZOSU4PAS2SBO7TWKRGYU4/ more info]).
- The Campaign Events extension is now available on Meta-Wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested in other language wikis.
- The Campaigns teams would like to learn more about how your communities do online collaboration such as WikiProjects, please [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKWHPjSjSqOmca8E-eQl1HHUxYRbB4QeEV3zR2bd1_tcwuMg/viewform take this Google Form survey] or share examples of successful collaborations on Meta Wiki.
- Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
- Applications for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are still open until September 16.
Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta
- Central Asian community members share their thoughts on Wikimania 2024.
- Take a look at updates on new feature developments and improvements in various language-related technical projects in the July 2024 edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.
- The Conference and Events Fund is open for submission until September 2.
Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · [https://mailchi.mp/wikimedia/global-advocacy-policy-newsletter Global Advocacy Newsletter] · [https://wikimediapolicy.medium.com Policy blog]
- Meet the Wikimedia Foundation Global Advocacy Team.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Some next steps on a movement charter: A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander, Chair of Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, and Chair of Governance Committee, Dariusz Jemielniak.
- Elections for four community-and-affiliate elected seats on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will be held from September 3 to September 17. To learn more about the candidates, watch this [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfbjhJiy41E&list=PLhV3K_DS5YfJdC5P86rsDsUtxEow0gDnR&t=6582s short "Meet the Candidates" presentations].
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:
- Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
- Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
- Regions: Central and Eastern Europe
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
