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''[[Complete list of Wikimedia projects|Complete list]]'' | ''[[Proposals for new projects|Proposals]]''
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| '''Welcome''' to [[Meta:About|Meta-Wiki]], a website devoted to the coordination of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]'s projects, including [[Wikipedia]], the free encyclopedia, and the [[MediaWiki]] software on which it runs. Other venues for discussing the Foundation and these projects include the Wikimedia [http://mail.wikimedia.org mailing lists] (particularly [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l '''foundation-l''']) and the various [[IRC channels]].
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==Meta utilities==

===Requests for...===
* [[Requests for permissions|Permissions]] (to request sysop, bureaucrat and checkuser status on any Wikimedia wiki)
* [[Requests for bot status|Bot status]]
* [[Requests for queries|SQL queries]]
* [[Requests for CheckUser information|CheckUser queries]] (not [[Checkuser#Access|CheckUser access]])
* [[Meta:Requests for deletion|Deletion]] / [[Meta:Requests for undeletion|Undeletion]] / [[:Category:Deleteme|Speedy deletion]] / [[Multilingual speedy deletions]]
* [[Translation requests|Translation]]
* [[Requests for logos|Logos]]
* [[Talk:Spam blacklist|Spam blacklisting]]

===Other tools===

* [[Meta:Sandbox|Sandbox]]
* [[Meta:Babel templates|Babel templates]] (language skill)
* [[Transbabel]] templates (translators by language combo)
* [[Meta:Categories|Browse Meta-Wiki by category]]

===Form & Content===

Organize and prepare content, e.g. templates, language files, logos, formats; Copyright issues<br/>
''See [[Wikimedia content]]''
* [[Help:Images and other uploaded files|Image]]
* [[Maps]]
* [[Copyright]]
* [[Statistics]]

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==Latest news==
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==Wikimedia Foundation==

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==Code & technical issues==
Coordination of the development process, maintenance of servers, and user guide for MediaWiki.<br />
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==Community & Communication==
About the community itself. Organisation of events; philosophical discussions; collaborated essays.

* [[The Wikipedia Community]]
* [[Wikipedian]]
* [[Meta:Babel]] (central discussion place here)
* [[Wikimedia Embassy]] (local contacts)
* [[We need your help|Requests for help]] to your trouble
* [[Mailing list|Mailing Lists]] & [[IRC channels]]
* [[Meetup|Wikipedia meetup]] (meetings between participants)
* [[User classes|Status]] (various types of status, sysop, developer...)

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==Core issues & collaboration==

Helping contribute and collaborate (i.e., what makes it easy, what makes it hard, how to do it well, why you have to, what conflicts typically arise, fixing them). Discussing and formulating project-wide (i.e. not language-specific) policies.

* [[Transfer of authority]]
* [[Wikimedia principles]] (wikiquette, consensus, NPOV, copyrights)
* [[Growing Wikimedia]] (building the project and the [[community]])
* [[Power structure|Wikimedia power structure]]
* [[Interlingual coordination]] (various international issues)
* [[Wikipedia policies]]
* [[Dispute resolution|Conflict resolution]]
* [[Privacy policy]]
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Revision as of 14:19, 21 March 2007

Projects

Complete list | Proposals

Board of Trustees

Wikimedia Foundation | Meetings

Translations

Foundation | Donation form | press releases

Welcome to Meta-Wiki, a website devoted to the coordination of the Wikimedia Foundation's projects, including Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and the MediaWiki software on which it runs. Other venues for discussing the Foundation and these projects include the Wikimedia mailing lists (particularly foundation-l) and the various IRC channels. Content pages on Meta: 143,051

Meta utilities

Requests for...

Other tools

Form & Content

Organize and prepare content, e.g. templates, language files, logos, formats; Copyright issues
See Wikimedia content

Latest news

May 2024

May 30: Community Affairs Committee: Live call #2 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 16:00 UTC
May 23: Community Affairs Committee: Live call #1 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 02:00 UTC
May 13–June 23: Community Affairs Committee: Call for feedback on the proposed Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle
May 10–May 12: ESEAP Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
May 8–May 29: 2024 Board election: Call for candidates
May 8–June 12: 2024 Board election: Call for questions for candidates
May 8–June 3: Call for new members of the Conference Fund Committee
May 3–May 5: Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia
May 2–May 5: WikiNusantara in Bogor, Indonesia
May 2–May 4: Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up in Santiago, Chile
April 25–May 9: UCoC Coordinating Committee election: Voting period (information for voters / list of all candidates)

April 2024

April 30: Community Resilience and Sustainability conversation hour with Maggie Dennis at 18:00 UTC
April 19–April 21: Wikimedia Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany
April 2–April 30: Movement Charter: Wikimedia communities review of the Movement Charter full draft (talk page discussions / regional conversations)


Wikimedia Foundation

The Wikimedia Foundation is the overarching non-profit foundation that owns the Wikimedia servers along with the domain names, logos and trademarks of all Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki. Meta-Wiki is the coordination wiki for the various Wikimedia wikis.

Code & technical issues

Coordination of the development process, maintenance of servers, and user guide for MediaWiki.

Community & Communication

About the community itself. Organisation of events; philosophical discussions; collaborated essays.

Core issues & collaboration

Helping contribute and collaborate (i.e., what makes it easy, what makes it hard, how to do it well, why you have to, what conflicts typically arise, fixing them). Discussing and formulating project-wide (i.e. not language-specific) policies.