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== Vote now to select members of the first U4C == |
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== Global user pages and local messages == |
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I've been contemplating [[Template:Retired]] again. The template does get misused ("retirements" by blocked users, [[Meatball:GoodBye|meatball:GoodBye]] declarations), and it's occasionally irritating to see users who make only one or two edits and then announce their "retirement". (Sometimes it's [[Special:Contributions/VanishedUser 1994|even]] the [[Special:Contributions/Vanished user 0625031|sole]] edit [[Special:Contributions/Renamed user 9udf50gq4ihe73r9u|they]] make [[Special:Contributions/Vanished user 43534534535353|here]].) |
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| ⚫ | :''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Election/2024/Announcement – vote opens|You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.]] [https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-{{urlencode:Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Election/2024/Announcement – vote opens}}&language=&action=page&filter= {{int:please-translate}}]'' |
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But there's a special problem at Meta-Wiki: Because of [[Global user pages]], you can "retire" from Meta-Wiki and have that banner appear at all the wikis, including wikis where you are still active. |
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I'm wondering if there's a way to prevent this spillover. Restrict the template to the talk space? Add some noinclude tags? Delete it altogether? [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 02:52, 12 March 2024 (UTC) |
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:{{comment}} {{ping|WhatamIdoing}} |
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:#people do retire globally, so that should always be an option |
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:#are you talking abuse or cluelessness? |
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:#do people know how to properly edit and coordinate their [[global user page]] |
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:#*use of <syntaxhighlight inline lang="wikitext">__NOGLOBAL__</syntaxhighlight>? |
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:#*use of <syntaxhighlight inline lang="wikitext"><noinclude></syntaxhighlight>? |
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:#might we consider that on every user page that we give some editing instruction for users through a targeted use of [[Template:Editnotice]]. There is already a line of text that says <kbd>This user page will be displayed on other wikis if a local user page does not exist there.</kbd> [Noting that this message I cannot find in the mediawiki settings for meta.] ] |
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:I will fiddle with {{tl|retired}} and see what we can do with a <kbd>#switch:</kbd>. — [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 04:15, 12 March 2024 (UTC) |
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::Thanks. I think the <code><nowiki>__NOGLOBAL__</nowiki></code> and <code><noinclude></code> options would work for people who are trying to indicate Meta-Wiki only. Maybe those should be on the /doc page for that template? (If they work the way I think they will, I'm willing to write it up, but I don't want to give people incorrect advice.) |
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::In terms of abuse, I would rather that blocked/glocked accounts did not have this template (which implies a voluntary departure), but I'm not sure that it's always quite that simple. [[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 23:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC) |
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== Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection == |
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: ''[[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Announcement/Selection announcement| You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.]]'' |
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Dear all, |
Dear all, |
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I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through May 9, 2024. Read the information on the [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Election/2024|voting page on Meta-wiki]] to learn more about voting and voter eligibility. |
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This year, the term of 4 (four) 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. |
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The [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections committee|Elections Committee]] will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4]. |
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Here are the key planned dates: |
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* May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions |
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* June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5] |
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* June-August 2024: Campaign period |
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* End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period |
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* October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates |
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* Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated |
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The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Universal Code of Conduct/Coordinating Committee/Charter|review the U4C Charter]]. |
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Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024|this Meta-wiki page]], and make your plan. |
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Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well. |
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'''Election Volunteers''' |
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On behalf of the UCoC project team,<section end="announcement-content" /> |
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Another way to be involved with the 2024 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 [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Election Volunteers|Meta-wiki page]]. |
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Best regards, |
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[[m:Special:MyLanguage/User:Pundit|Dariusz Jemielniak]] (Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group) |
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| ⚫ | March 2024 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: [[Education/Newsletter/March 2024|here]], Newsletter headlines link for translation: [[Education/Newsletter/March 2024/Headlines|here]], Individual articles for translation: [[:Category:Education/Newsletter/March 2024]]. Regards, [[User:ZI Jony|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''ZI Jony'''</span>]] [[User talk:ZI Jony|<sup><span style="color:Green"><i>(Talk)</i></span></sup>]] 07:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC) |
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[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results#Elected |
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== Ready for translation: Education Newsletter April 2024 == |
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[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter |
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April 2024 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: [[Education/Newsletter/April 2024|here]] Newsletter headlines link for translation: [[Education/Newsletter/April 2024/Headlines|here]] (please translate by May 14, 2024) Individual articles for translation: [[:Category:Education/Newsletter/April 2024]]. Regards, [[User:ZI Jony|<span style="color:#8B0000">'''ZI Jony'''</span>]] [[User talk:ZI Jony|<sup><span style="color:Green"><i>(Talk)</i></span></sup>]] 03:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC) |
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[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee |
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== Sign up for the language community meeting on May 31st, 16:00 UTC == |
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[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles |
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<section begin="message"/>Hello all, |
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[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.<section end="announcement-content" /> |
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The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Language_engineering/Community_meetings#31_May_2024 sign up on this wiki page]. |
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This is a participant-driven meeting, where we share language-specific updates related to various projects, collectively discuss technical issues related to language wikis, and work together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, the topics included the machine translation service (MinT) and the languages and models it currently supports, localization efforts from the Kiwix team, and technical challenges with numerical sorting in files used on Bengali Wikisource. |
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Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates related to your project? Any problems that you would like to bring for discussion during the meeting? Do you need interpretation support from English to another language? Please reach out to me at ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org and [[etherpad:p/language-community-meeting-may-2024|add agenda items to the document here]]. |
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We look forward to your participation! |
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== "Blocker" role == |
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<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">[[User:MediaWiki message delivery|MediaWiki message delivery]]</bdi> 21:21, 14 May 2024 (UTC) |
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Hey! I'm the Master of Hedgehogs, and I'm suggesting a special role, '''Blocker''', for trusted users to be able to block other users. Think like Rollback, but for blocking instead of the rollback function. [[User:The Master of Hedgehogs|The Master of Hedgehogs]] ([[User talk:The Master of Hedgehogs|talk]]) 13:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:: Username checks out. –[[User:Sj|SJ]]<small> [[User Talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f90;">talk</font>]] </small> 04:06, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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::: What do you mean by "Username checks out" exactly? [[User:The Master of Hedgehogs|The Master of Hedgehogs]] ([[User talk:The Master of Hedgehogs|talk]]) 13:27, 5 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:You mean something like an [[Meta:Administrators|admin]]? – [[User:Ajraddatz|Ajraddatz]] ([[User Talk:Ajraddatz|talk]]) 14:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
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::Nope, this wiki does not have such a role and I'm quite skeptical to having one as well, given that this wiki is not that large and gaining adminship here is generally easy (since we basically promote anyone who is an admin at a larger wiki and is active here at Meta). Some wikis have step-down permissions, such as "eliminator", which does allow blocking, but for this wiki the only way to get access to the blocking tool is an RfA. <b>[[User:EPIC|<span style="color:blue">EPIC</span>]] ([[User talk:EPIC|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]])</b> 14:05, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
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:::See also (incomplete) previous discussions for a "global blocker" group: |
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* [[Stewards'_noticeboard/Archives/2019-09#Thoughts_on_revitalization_of_Steward_requests/Global]] |
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* [[Wikimedia_Forum/Archives/2020-07#Proposed_new_user_group:_Global_blocker]] |
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--[[User:GZWDer|GZWDer]] ([[User talk:GZWDer|talk]]) 16:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC) |
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== Msg delivery, mediewiki == |
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{{comment}} I don't like floated requests like this without a user case and a realistic justification.<p>Why is this request being made? How are the current blocks currently not working? What are all the mechanics that you think should be in place? Please write a proper RfD and present your case and have a little courtesy to the community. — [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 11:18, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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: Basically, I was asking for a role called "blocker" to allow users with the special permission to block other users, as things like pending changes reviewer, rollback, and page mover exist. Admins can use those tools, and the blocker role acts as one of those types of roles. [[User:The Master of Hedgehogs|The Master of Hedgehogs]] ([[User talk:The Master of Hedgehogs|talk]]) 14:14, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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match diagram of what you need to know about the page or MediaWiki. If you're not able to find the right answer for this post [[Special:Contributions/41.122.133.141|41.122.133.141]] 19:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC) |
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== Installing the Dark mode gadget on Meta == |
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I'd like to install the dark mode gadget here, currently mainly used on en:wp, for those who want to try it. It won't affect anyone who doesn't opt in to using it. |
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:What are you trying to explain in this context? [[User:Codename Noreste|<span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0024FF">'''''Codename Noreste'''''</span>]] 🤔 [[User talk:Codename Noreste| <span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#0A16A5">''La Suma''</span>]] 19:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC) |
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Discussed initially [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Topic%3AY1vb0faw5gdsmg6d&topic_showPostId=y241riheup312hqs&fromnotif=1#flow-post-y241riheup312hqs on MW wiki] with {{Ping|MusikAnimal}} what do y'all think? –[[User:Sj|SJ]]<small> [[User Talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f90;">talk</font>]] </small> 04:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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: No concerns, given it is opt-in I also have no issues with MusikAnimal going ahead and adding it here right away. – [[User:Ajraddatz|Ajraddatz]] ([[User Talk:Ajraddatz|talk]]) 04:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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::Okay, the go-ahead from another admin/steward is enough for me :) {{done}} Although there's no localization, and I don't think we have a way to address that given the messages need to be mirrored in the CSS. Let me know if there are any concerns. Best, <span style="font-family:sans-serif">— <span style="font-weight:bold">[[User:MusikAnimal|<span style="color:black; font-style:italic">MusikAnimal</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:MusikAnimal|<span style="color:green">talk</span>]]</sup></span></span> 05:07, 2 April 2024 (UTC) |
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Vote now to select members of the first U4C
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Dear all,
I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through May 9, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
On behalf of the UCoC project team,
RamzyM (WMF) 20:19, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
Ready for translation: Education Newsletter March 2024
March 2024 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: here, Newsletter headlines link for translation: here, Individual articles for translation: Category:Education/Newsletter/March 2024. Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 07:20, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Ready for translation: Education Newsletter April 2024
April 2024 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: here Newsletter headlines link for translation: here (please translate by May 14, 2024) Individual articles for translation: Category:Education/Newsletter/April 2024. Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 03:38, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Sign up for the language community meeting on May 31st, 16:00 UTC
Hello all,
The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page.
This is a participant-driven meeting, where we share language-specific updates related to various projects, collectively discuss technical issues related to language wikis, and work together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, the topics included the machine translation service (MinT) and the languages and models it currently supports, localization efforts from the Kiwix team, and technical challenges with numerical sorting in files used on Bengali Wikisource.
Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates related to your project? Any problems that you would like to bring for discussion during the meeting? Do you need interpretation support from English to another language? Please reach out to me at ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org and add agenda items to the document here.
We look forward to your participation!
MediaWiki message delivery 21:21, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
Msg delivery, mediewiki
match diagram of what you need to know about the page or MediaWiki. If you're not able to find the right answer for this post 41.122.133.141 19:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
- What are you trying to explain in this context? Codename Noreste 🤔 La Suma 19:40, 16 May 2024 (UTC)