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Could use some advice, please

Hi Jethro,

I really appreciate you reading this and any advice you have time to give. I had made some edits to a page "Hilary Rowland" that subsequently got it deleted, and I'm trying to fix that. Can you please check my draft and tell me what needs to be changed? I've added a lot of references from top newspapers, and edited as much as I know how to. Thank you for the advice! Here's the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hilary_Rowland

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Hi Jethro, I received your invite to the teahouse and wanted to say thank you and hello! Also, I submitted a page "Alston Ramsay" that has not been reviewed. I was curious if you knew any way or were able to speed up the review process, since I would love to get it up sooner. If you have any suggestions, they would be very appreciated! Here is the draft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alston_Ramsay

Thank you very much for you help! I really appreciate it. Best wishes, Jenny

For article publication

Hello I want to publish a page of Indian youtuber and actor Murari Lal Pareek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Murari_Lal_Pareek Please help me to publish it. Goutamrazpurohit (talk) 02:33, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@Goutamrazpurohit: Hello, I'm not able to support article work in my capacity as a staff member. Please feel free to reach out to my volunteer account or consult with The Teahouse on en.wiki for guidance. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 07:14, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Advice on understanding Wiki

Hi, I am here to ask from advice from an experienced editor like yourself. The reason I am here on wikipedia is due to a university project focused on understanding the heart of wikipedia, one I am not clear on but understand it is sentered on informing people around the world and the volunteer effort to make sure said knowledge is true. is there a way I can communicate with the many people in wikipedia and conversate about their own efforts and motivations. Thank you JethroBT, really appreciate your help.

@Reciprocal learning yute: Hi there-- this is my staff account for my work in Community Resources. If you have further questions around editing or the volunteer community who develops and maintains the content on Wikipedia projects, please contact me on my volunteer account: User:I JethroBT. The scope of your project is quite large, and I think it will be important to understand what language Wikipedia projects you'd like to work on. Please follow up with me on my volunteer page and I can provide some more specific guidance. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 22:57, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia 20/Events/Uttar Pradesh

Greeting of day,

commemorate Wikipedia 20 with Project UP

Wikipedia turns 20 on 15 January 2021. This Wikipedia 20 Meta-Wiki page is an initial framework the global Wikimedia community can use to coordinate around the 20th birthday of Wikipedia. We are celebrating how humans made Wikipedia what it is, and only humans can help sustain and grow it. We are celebrating 20 years human!

All you need to do is to sign in as the participant here and observe the celebrations of event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel. The decent stuff will receive a token of appreciation. Y'll are RSVP in the event Wikipedia 20th celebration the most innate way you feel and Wikipedia 20/Events/Uttar Pradesh

Profound Regards,

SHISHIR DUA (talk) 17:00, 11 January 2021 (UTC),

Organizer

Test ping section

Hi VThamaini (WMF), this is a test message to show you how pings work. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Test message for Mercedes

Hi MCasoValdes_(WMF), this is a test message to show you how pings work. :) I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Response from UncleBash007

Hi Jethro Thank you for the comments ad recommendations, i will make use of the pageviews tool during the project. .I will briefly introduce new users on missions and visions of wikipedia, I will then focus on training them on how to make edits, add references and photos to improve articles. .Hence, after training,I want the new users to be able to navigate and make necessary contributions to Wikipedia, and if possible get active users among them by engaging them in an editathon [[1]] .As most of the new users will be students, i will provide them with transport from their respective institutions to the training venue. I will also provide internet access such as data subscriptions and computers (rentals). There will also be certificates of participation to all volunteers Uncle Bash007 (talk) 23:21, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Uncle Bash007: Thanks for these clarifications, Bashir. I'll be adding these comments to the talk page of your grant proposal so our discussion is easy to follow. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:54, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Alright, thanks too.. Have a nice day. Uncle Bash007 (talk) 09:37, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Sunday July 25 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

The swan or the egg?

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 25, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call an hour earlier in UTC time due to popular demand and to accomodate daylight savings*.)--Pharos (talk) 15:04, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

An email sent since a week

Hello Chris,

I hope you are doing fine,

I did sent you an email regarding a rapof grant proposal on 25th of Augest.

Can you please check it?

Best wishes!--Michel Bakni (talk) 22:08, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Sunday September 26 SWANniversary Party and All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting

Celebrate our first anniversary with SWAN-shaped desserts!

Join the SWANniversary on September 26 as we mark the first year of the Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network!

We will have the regular All-Affiliates Strategic Meeting, to be followed by a SWANniversary Party in the after hours session, likely through spatialized chat on WorkAdventure.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, June, and July SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, we'll look together at strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter + Drafting Committee, WMF Board elections, Wikimania 2021, and Grants Regional Committees.

This month we are meeting on Sunday September 26, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC.)--Pharos (talk) 18:08, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

test to notify Jacqueline!

@JChen (WMF) this is a test to notify you! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:32, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Cannot log into account

Hello, I changed phones and now i cant log into my account. I think it is using an old (deactivated) email address, so I cant get a link to reset my password. Wikipedia says to contact an Administrator, but theres no email address or anything like that. Is this the way to do so? How do I fix this? Thanks! — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:8001:bc00:23e:4995:67f4:f9df:b037 (talk) 15:10, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Sunday October 31 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

A swan reflects.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

Following up on the August, September, October, November, January, February, March, April, and June, July, and September SWAN meetings, as well as last June's All-Affiliates Brand Meeting, as well as strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter Drafting Committee Set Up Process, Next Steps for Brand Work, 2021, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday October 31, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:30 UTC – *Note that we have shifted the second call a half-hour later in UTC time due to WikidataCon*.)--Pharos (talk) 01:40, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Category:Conference Grants

Hello, it seems to me that this category is redundant to its parent, Category:Conference & Event Grants, considering that both appear to be relating to Grants:Conference. If so, I suggest redirecting it there to avoid confusion. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 17:46, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: Agreed, thanks for noting this. It is indeed redundant. I'll redirect it to Conference & Event Grants category, which the official name of the funding program. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Great, thanks! ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 17:57, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: OK, think we're all set now. Thankfully it was just a few odd pages and templates. :) I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 17:57, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for bothering you again; I've now also found Category:Wikimania 2021 Scholarship funded and Category:Wikimania 2021/Scholarship applications/Funded. Looking at the other subcategories of Category:Wikimania 2021/Scholarship applications, it seems that the latter format would be preferred. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:38, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: It looks like that category was created by Em-mustapha separate from the Events team, and may have some other utility or purpose that I'm not aware of. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 18:55, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Oh! @I JethroBT (WMF), I saw the category being used in Wikimania scholarship grant proposals and it wasn't created, so that's why I created it. I'm sorry for duplicating. Em-mustapha ^talk 08:14, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

I assume they can be merged then? ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Rapid grants numbers

Hi, I've updated a couple of pages (e.g. Grants:Project/Rapid/Learn) based on your recent edit to Grants:Project/Rapid, aiming to avoid confusion with conflicting numbers on different pages. I hope that's appropriate and I've not misunderstood anything, so please revert if I've missed the mark. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 01:37, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@Evolution and evolvability: Thanks, these changes are helpful, and I think they will help reduce confusion for the time being. We'll eventually be moving to deprecating these pages in the next several months though since they will refer to a program we no longer maintain and also because the long list of funding guidelines no longer applies. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 02:15, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

For clarity, we'll be directing folks to the Rapid Fund program once the new application process is ready for that program. For several reasons, our funding criteria are much more flexible than before, and we are generally able to support a broader set of expenses. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 02:18, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Use case

Hello I JethroBT. I though it may be interesting for you to briefly check how I bring back your Grant calls:

• Summary Template:Grants_table brings selected information from your Grants pages to my community in order to raise awareness locally and sparkles grant requests.
• Lingualibre:Roles & Lingualibre:Workshops/Events (stub) our young wiki community attempts to define roles and possibles avenues of actions. So volunteer quickly "click" with a role and a clear path to action.

I see those 3 pages as a complementary group to ease the path and call for action beyond local edits. Potentially funded by WMF grants, if informed folks then follow the lead and come to you. Yug (talk) 21:02, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yug: Thanks for sharing these with me, this is a really nice overview and I think the way it is presented along side these uses cases is very useful. I'd like to bring these resources to the attention of the rest of our team as well. A few corrections for clarity:

lingualibre:Template:Grants_table

• Range budgets should always be in USD for accuracy-- I see some of these are listed in EUR or just $ which can be ambiguous.
• WMF Grants:Project > R&D - The Research aspect of this funding program is open, but the Technology part is not.
• Rapid grant (2022) should be Rapid Fund (2022), as we are deliberately moving away from using the terms grant or grants to describe these programs. (The main rationale is because it does not translate well to many language communities we work in.)
• General Support Fund range budget is listed as 10K - 300K USD -- this is an average range, but does not denote a hard limit, and there is no defined limit on this funding program at this time. We will definitely be funding some organizations more than 300K USD through this program.

Thanks again for your work here, and I hope we will receive some more LinguaLibre-related proposals soon! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:28, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank for this review, I took note !

• Changed € ⇒ EUR and $ ⇒ USD, etc. The EUR row is the Wikimedia France's Rapid fund program, values are in EUR. LinguaLibre is still very much driven by WMFR and French contributors. We are pushing to move away from that centralized legacy and increase community resilience.
• Other changes: done.
• Following our discussion, the 3 former Grants rows will be removed soon.

This table is a work in progress, preparing future LL campaigns yes (2022!). Yug (talk) 08:14, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

Sunday November 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Chart a new course on the swan ferry.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Hubs Workshop, Movement Charter+Drafting Committee, WMDE's 'Future of Wikimedia Governance' proposal, Wikipedia Asian Month 2021, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 15:52, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

LinguaLibre Campaign

Hello I JethroBT,
On LinguaLibre we are starting to design a broad 6 months long PR effort campaign. I wonder if such overall PR campaign based on mailing to popular languages and tech blogs/newsrooms, creation of base PR materials followed by translations, and writing of ~8 needed downstream grant requests could itself be funded by some 50k$ Grant fund ?

More that for an answer, i am coming to your talkpage for guidance. Where should I discuss or submit such overall transversal campaign ? I will move this discussion there. Yug (talk) 00:16, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@Yug: Thanks for sharing these ideas with me to support LinguaLibre. Because this is a complex set of related but separate proposals, my suggestion for next steps would be to have the applying individuals or organizations who are proposing these projects to contact the Regional Program officer over e-mail depending on where they are physically based. You can find more information about each funding region here, and a listing of our team is provided here. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:03, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Received, thank you Jethro for orienting me. I will look into this avenue. I also moved the content above elsewhere to decluster your talkpage and plan calmly. Yug (talk) 10:00, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

As a follow up anecdote, the volunteer-based LL PR campaign designed and lead by Marreromarco, which my overall PR+tech funding requests plan aimed to secure and solidify, has just been called off. Marreromarco has assessed the software side to be too basic to satisfy non-wikimedian public, and therefore, not worth his ambitious volunteer-powered PR campaign. In our case, tech and PR goes together. I'm still drafting a draft proposal for Marti. Yug (talk) 11:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Sunday February 27 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

To dance is to fly.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Hubs+Dialogue, Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct+Enforcement Voting, Brand, International Women's Day+Gender Gap and WikiForHumanRights campaigns, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday February 27, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).----Pharos (talk) 03:17, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Campaigns Product Update #3

Hello Campaigns Product Newsletter subscribers!

We are excited to share our updates:

• Proposal to create new namespaces: We have proposed to create two namespaces, which are “Event” and “Event talk.” This way, we can easily create an Event Center that pulls data from event pages. This Event Center may include tools to create event pages with registration support, a calendar of events, and event statistics, among other features. More importantly, the Event Center will highlight organizing as an essential part of the Wikimedia movement. Please give us feedback on Phabricator or Meta about our proposal to create two new namespaces.

• Engineering updates: We are excited that we have finished hiring for our engineering team! Three engineers and an engineering manager have joined our team since our last update. In the last few months, they have conducted technical planning and launched the building phase of the project. They are now building the registration tool. You can see the updated team on meta.

• Design updates: We conducted usability tests with a small group of testers for early feedback on the desktop wireframes. After collecting this feedback, we have developed a new version for desktop wireframes, which will be ready to share in the next few weeks. These desktop wireframes display the user flow of two experiences: one for organizers who want to add registration to their event pages, and another for participants who want to register for an event. Additionally, the design team is also currently working on the first version of mobile wireframes, which will be shared during the next office hour.

1. View the latest desktop wireframes in Figma for Campaign Organizer Prototype and Participant Registration Prototype.

2. Leave us some feedback on the desktop wireframes. Note that we haven’t posted the newest version of the desktop wireframes on the project page yet, but we will soon (and you can feel free to add feedback on any version you have seen).

• Ambassador updates: Three product ambassadors for the Arabic, French and Swahili communities have now joined our team! They will help us collect feedback from Wikimedia communities about the project and understand the needs of organizers, through gathering first-hand information. These ambassadors are immersed as actual members of these communities, so they will also help us identify the needs of the organizers in our pilot communities. The ambassadors are: M. Bachounda for Arabic communities, Georges Fodouop for French communities, and Antoni Mtavangu for Swahili communities.

What is next?

Next Office Hour: We will be holding an office hour on March 31, 2022 at 15:00 UTC, which will be conducted via Zoom. We invite everyone to attend, and we really hope to see you! The focus will be on the Registration Tool. The team will also be providing community updates on the usability test findings and design highlights for the wireframes. We will also share our current Project timeline and answer any questions you may have. Join us and share your thoughts on these developments!

In a few months, we are expecting to have the early testable version of the tool. By then, the team will be doing the first round of general testing and gathering feedback. We are looking forward to adding more features on the tool such as communication support, potentially by the end of this year. If you know other organizers that might be interested in following these developments, please recommend that they subscribe to the newsletter. We want to receive as much feedback as we can.

Thank you!

The Campaign Product Team

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:26, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Sunday April 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Bots in precious metals are part of our community too.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including UCoC Voting, Hubs Global Conversation held + CEE Hub update, Movement Charter + Leadership Development Working Group, Desktop Improvements, Celebrate Women in March + International Women's Day, Wikimania 2022 survey concluded + Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday April 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 12:44, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Campaign Product Team Office Hour - March 31, 2022

Hello Campaign Product Newsletter subscribers!

The Campaign Product Team will be hosting the next office hour to share exciting updates on the Registration Tool and new proposed namespaces for events. We will also be sharing community updates on the usability tests and design highlights of the latest mobile and desktop wireframes.

Join us and share your thoughts on these developments!

Date: March 31, 2022

Time: 15:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/82046580320

You may also watch Campaigns Office Hour: Introducing the Campaigns Product Team to learn more about the Team and the previous wireframes.

Feel free to send a message to [email protected] if you want to receive an email reminder for this meeting.

Thank you.

The Campaign Product Team

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:37, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Sunday May 8 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swans are musical creatures.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates, Movement Charter/Content preliminary narrative, Human Rights Policy Community Conversations, Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan Feedback, IP blocking and Open Proxies discussion, Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 May 20-22 + local events, and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday May 8, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC, note that some areas recently experienced daylight savings time changes).--Pharos (talk) 18:57, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Sunday June 5 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan impressions.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation this June, WMF Proposal for Movement Strategy Forum, New rounds of WMF Conference Funds including in-person events, WMF Proposal for Sound Logo Contest, WMF Elections Analysis Committee selection, wikimania:Program submissions due June 10 (scholarship and local event grants due June 3) and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday June 5, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:19, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Sunday July 3 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

Swan celestial.

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Movement Charter, Hubs Global Conversation last week, Affiliate voting period to shortlist WMF Board candidates (July 1-15), Wikimania updates, Desktop improvements, Wikimedia Enterprise first customers, Call for program submissions and updates for a global diversity of regional/linguistic Wiki-Conferences, Wikidata:Wiki Mentor Africa and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 3, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:57, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Event Registration Tool: Demo and Invitation to Test

Hello Subscribers!

The Campaigns Product Team from the Wikimedia Foundation will be hosting two office hours to demo the new Event Registration Tool, and train organizers how to use it. In these office hours, you will learn how to:

• Create an event page in the new event namespace (as an event organizer)
• Enable registration on your event page (as an event organizer)
• Collect data on who registered for your event (as an event organizer)
• Register for an event on the event page (as an event participant)

You can attend one office hour or both, depending on your availability on the following dates:

• Session 1: Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 5:00 PM UTC
• Session 2: Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM UTC

These events will be multilingual, with live interpretations in Arabic, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese, and Swahili. Note that Portuguese will be available on the 21st, but not the 23rd. We strongly encourage you to join and share your feedback on the tool. Your feedback will help us improve the tool so that Wikimedians can have a better event experience. To register, please reply to this email or sign-up to our page, by adding your signature.

Thank you!

IBrazal (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Campaign Product Team Office Hour - July 21, 2022

Hello Campaign Product Newsletter subscribers!

The Campaign Product Team will be having an office hour today, July 21, 2022 at 17:00 UTC via Zoom to demo the first release of the Event Registration Tool.

You may join the office hour using this meeting link.

We look forward to your participation.

Thank you.

Best,

The Campaign Product Team

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:46, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Application navbox (translation)

Hello, thank you putting through a application navbox for translation. Would you help me see how the first language be added in case of pages where I am the first to add translation?

I am aware how I can cheat, for ex if fr is already given on the language box at the page top, click through > fr > language toggle button > pick ja. But when I am honored the first rounder, how can I add ja and start working on? Any links to initiate myself is very appreciated. Cheers, -- Omotecho (talk) 01:35, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

@Omotecho: Thanks for your translation support in to Japanese! There are two ways of doing this.

1. Once there are translation tags on the page and the page has been marked for translation by a translation admin, you need to select the "Translate this page" link at the top of the page to start adding translations. After that you'll see a drop down menu of languages in the top right. Select 日本語 from the list, and you'll be able to start translating the page contents into Japanese. Once any content on the page has been translated, it'll add the "ja" language toggle button in the language box.
2. You can add languages to languages box if you request to become a translation admin on Meta:Requests for adminship. When marking a page for translation, translation admins can specify any priority languages for translation on a given page, even if those translation haven't been started yet. These languages will appear in the language box at the top of the page. I've added some languages to Template:Wikimedia Foundation Funds/Review applications, including Japanese, as an example.

Importantly, if a translation admin hasn't marked a page for translation, it can't be translated yet. I recommend requesting to become a translation admin if you like to do translation work on Wikimedia projects! I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:32, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I Jethro, Could you look into a translation segmet which has a $year switch? I am afraid it is not working. Cheers, 0-- Omotecho (talk) 01:06, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Village Pump discussion on banned users receiving WMF grant money

Hi I Jethro, will you be returning to the English Wikipedia Village Pump Discussion about banned users receiving grant money from the Wikimedia Foundation?

There are several outstanding questions and it would be great if you could follow up. Best, Andreas JN466 10:56, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Campaigns Product Update #4

Hello Campaigns Product Newsletter subscribers!

We are excited to share our updates:

• Event Registration v0

We have successfully launched Event Registration tool V0 on beta cluster and collected feedback from the first batch of testers. This tool is part of a more comprehensive organizing solution, the Event Center, which hopes to support movement organizers. Through this registration solution, organizers can collect useful data on campaign participants and their needs while respecting participant privacy.

Testing update. In our first round of feedback collection, testers were composed of different types of organizers around the movement with a language focus on Arabic, French, English, and Swahili communities. Most of the testers successfully created their test event registrations and signed up for a test event registration created by other organizers. Simple, easy to use, and aids in managing event participants were the common feedback we received from first-time users. In contrast, access and proper localization of the tool were the points for improvement identified. We are working on V1, which will include communication support and integration with the Programs and Event Dashboard. This will be released on Meta-Wiki soon. We hope to address accessibility during this launch and improve localization problems once the tool has been deployed in local wikiprojects.

The tool is still available for testing on the beta cluster. Feel free to leave feedback on our project talk page or this form.

• Organizer Lab
  Looking for a way to learn how to effectively organize around sustainability? Join the beta version of the Organizer Lab on WikiLearn to understand how to effectively organize a global campaign around sustainability and climate change! Applications are open from September 22 - October 19, 2022. The Organizer Lab will be a 9-week online learning experience from the end of October until mid December that prepares participants to obtain knowledge about the topics that they wish to create, a call to action for strategic knowledge gaps, as well as more generalized Wikimedia organizing and campaign/event design skills.

Read more about the program!

What's Next:

• Organizer Lab Information Session. We invite you to join our information session for the Organizer Lab on September 30, 2022 at 14:00 UTC via Zoom. Join this session!
  

• Organizer User Rights. We are reaching out to a pool of administrators from Arabic, French and Swahili communities to collect feedback on what is the best way to define organizer user rights, what privileges to give to community organizers, and what are the limitations of these privileges. Feel free to reach out to our product ambassadors or send an email to [email protected] if you are interested to be part of these conversations.

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Community Feedback:

"Participants have been always asking the organizers are asked by participants whether they are registered, now participants will just look directly if they are registered, Thank you for creating the system"
- French Organizer

“I think that the platform will facilitate the process of promoting events and searching for participants”
- Arabic Organizer

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Thank you!

The Campaigns Product Team

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:30, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Sunday November 13 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting

bestiary (Q830560)⊆compendium (Q1459574)⊆reference work (Q13136).

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimedia Research Fund, 2023 Ombuds commission and Case Review Committee appointments process, feedback on consultation and community session of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, various Wikimania topics: (ideas/suggestions for Wikimania 2023, expressions of interest for Wikimania 2024 and beyond, expressions of interest to join Wikimania Steering Committee), and other ongoing activities.

This month we are meeting on Sunday November 13, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

(UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
UTC times are different from before, and also note that some areas may have recently experienced daylight savings time changes.).--Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): Ziski Putz suggested I contact you.

Help organizing edit-a-thons in Kansas City

Ziski Putz suggested I contact you. I want to organize a Wikidata edit-a-thons in the Kansas City (KC) metro area to make it easy to create and maintain local directories of different things. I'm involved with two different groups that want to do things, for which I think this is part of a in ideal solution for directories of (a) local news sources and (b) organizations in the greater KC metro area concerned with peace, justice, environment, and human rights.

Secondarily, I'm currently the primary content producer for "Radio Active Magazine", a half-hour weekly show on a local affiliate of the Pacifica radio network of Wikipedia:community radio stations.

I've done the following with zero responses so far:

• Posted a general request to Wikidata:Wikidata:Requests for comment/Creating directories using Wikidata for help with the technical details of using Wikidata for something like this, and
• Posted a request for local collaborators to the talk page (link above) associated with a Wikipedia article on Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Kansas City. It links to a list of 352 users, only 5 of which have been added since 2012

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 14:55, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@DavidMCEddy: Hi David, thanks for reaching out regarding your proposal to support edit-a-thons in KC. Would you be interested in having a brief meeting with me next week to discuss your proposal and possible opportunities we have to support it? We can also discuss some approaches to community engagement to support your second idea. If so, you can check out my calendar here under the Office Hours section and sign up for a time to meet with me. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:36, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. I signed up for next Monday, 11 AM in your calendar. Is that your time (Eastern?), mine (Central), Zulu, or something else? Any will work for me, but I'd like to know ;-) DavidMCEddy (talk) 23:20, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

@DavidMCEddy: Ah sorry. This is one of the unfortunate limitations of Google Calendar scheduling. I'm also in Central Daylight Time (CDT) CST, so it will be 11:00 AM for us both :) I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 05:36, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): Minor quibble: Central time -- which is now CST not CDT ;-)

My proposed agenda:

1. How to organize and run an edit-a-thon.
2. What is needed in Wikdata to make this all work.

FYI: I've invited one other collaborator to the meeting. We will meet with others Sunday, and I plan to invite them, also. The meeting Monday will probably be only you and me, but if others are available and want to attend, I plan to invite them -- with the caveat that we may not be able to answer all their questions in that meeting, and you can give us the circumstances under which you would be available for a follow-on meeting.

Thanks again, DavidMCEddy (talk) 05:59, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

@DavidMCEddy: Sounds good! And thanks for the correction. The sooner we can be rid of time changes, the better IMO. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 06:04, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): another trivial quibble: We might even get rid of time zones if the entire world becomes substantially more mobile than the US is today. However, I don't expect to see that in this life ;-)

I use Google calendar. I think it has a feature that allows a user to label the display in two different time zones. I remember having used something like that in the past.

Might there be people within the WMF you can ask about how your calendar appears to people in other time zones and how it could be labeled so it was clear? It's clearly theoretically possible, but I don't know if that's something a user can set with Google's current code. DavidMCEddy (talk) 06:16, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Campaigns Product Team Office Hour - December 2022

Hello Campaigns Product Newsletter subscribers!

The Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team invites you to join our upcoming office hours. In each session, we will introduce V1 of Event Registration Tool, so you can begin using it for real events on Meta-wiki.

In V1, the following new features will be includedː

• Support for the organizer to specify an event timezone
• Automatic confirmation emails after participants have registered
• Private registration: the option for participants to register and only display their registered username to organizers of the event and we will teach you how you can use it yourself.

Office Hour Sessions:

• 1st Session: December 5, 2022 @ 18:00 UTC via Zoom
• 2nd Session: December 10, 2022 @ 12:00 UTC via Zoom

Join us and share your thoughts on these developments!

These office hours will be multilingual, with live interpretations in Arabic, English, French, and Swahili. Email us @ [email protected] or sign-up here if you want to receive a reminder for this meeting.

Thank you.

The Campaigns Product Team

Podcasts about Wikipedia

Google translate below

Cześć Chris! Mam prośbę o pomoc i pokierowanie moim wnioskiem, który chciałbym złożyć do Wikimedia Foundation. Reprezentuję Fundację "Otwórz się". Od wielu lat współpracujemy z polskim chapterem Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska tworząc projekty audio.Od 2005 roku zajmuję się podkastami, a od 2010 roku prowadziłem przez 6 lat projekt Wikiradio nagrywając podkasty na temat Wikimediów. Wszystkie te podkasty sa dostępne w Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadioOd 2016 roku niestety nowe audycje już nie powstają a to dlatego, że już mnie nie stać na pracę bez wynagrodzenia. Znajomy powiedział, że mogę się postarać o finansowanie podkastu skierowanego do polskiego środowiska Wikipedystów i Wikimedian od Wikimedia Foundation. W ten sposób trafiłem na Twój adres.Rozmawiałem z naszym polskim chapterem Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska i bez problemu otrzymałbym rekomendacje a także uzasadnienie dla istnienia takiego kanału komunikacji, czyli podkastów.W pierwszym roku chcielibyśmy nagrać 12 odcinków mniej więcej co miesiąc. Obsłużylibyśmy też konferencję Wikimedia Polska tak jak to robiliśmy kiedyś (nagrania w Commons).Nie wiem o jaki grant się starać. Na 12 odcinków powinno nam wystarczyć 16000 zł, czyli około 3400 $. Daj znać czy możesz pomóc, będę bardzo wdzięczny. Wniosek złożę oczywiście po angielsku, ale teraz na szybko nie mam kontaktu z tłumaczem, dlatego pisze po polsku. Mam nadzieję, że to nie problem :) Pozdrowienia Borys Kozielski (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Googłe translate:

Hey Chris! I have a request for help and guidance on my application that I would like to submit to the Wikimedia Foundation. I represent the Open Foundation. We have been cooperating with the Polish chapter Wikimedia Polska Association for many years, creating audio projects. Since 2005, I have been dealing with podcasts, and since 2010, I have been running the Wikiradio project for 6 years, recording podcasts about Wikimedia. All these podcasts are available in Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiRadioSince 2016, unfortunately, new programs are no longer created, because I can no longer afford to work without pay. A friend told me that I can get funding for a podcast for the Polish community of Wikipedians and Wikimedians from the Wikimedia Foundation. This is how I found your address. I talked to our Polish chapter Wikimedia Polska Association and I would easily receive recommendations and justification for the existence of such a communication channel, i.e. podcasts. In the first year, we would like to record 12 episodes more or less every month. We would also handle the Wikimedia Polska conference, as we used to do (recordings in Commons). I don't know what grant to apply for. For 12 episodes, we should be able to spend PLN 16,000, which is about $ 3,400. Let me know if you can help, I will be very grateful. Of course, I will submit the application in English, but now I don't have contact with a translator, so I write in Polish. I hope that this is not a problem :) Regards Borys Kozielski (talk) 20:21, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

About my extension request

Hello,

I don't know if this is the place to write this so I'm sorry in advance if it's not. I had requested an extension for my project that you had approved of and I don't know the formal procedure for that, so could you please take a look? The details are in the link. Thank you very much.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wiki_Takes_Curious_Steps_(ID:_22026084) Egezort (talk) 13:17, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Midterm conversation - Alliances Fund

Hi I JethroBT (WMF),

I hope you are fine! I'm writing to you today because I have a few questions about the mid-term meeting that is to take place on March 27th.

• What time will this meeting be held (Montreal time)?
• On which platform will we meet?
• Who will participate in this meeting? Will there be other Wikimedia people? On our side, there will be Eva Patenaude, administrative director at Rhizome, as well as myself.
• I was also wondering, in which language will the meeting be held? My spoken English is not up to the mark, it would be much easier for me to speak to you in my mother tongue, French.
• Finally, how is the meeting going? Do we have to prepare ourselves in any way from our side? We submitted the mid-term report as planned, but are there other things to prepare by March 27?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Frédérique Dubé FrederiqueDube (talk) 14:29, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Editing Together WMROMD

Hi @I JethroBT (WMF),

This is just a quick note to inquire about our no cost extension request for our grant. Tomorrow is the last day of the project and we could use an answer so we know how can best wrap it up. Thanks.

Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Editing Wikipedia Together - online free course for volunteers invested in community development and open access Klaul (talk) 15:00, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

CEE Newsletter - Volume 3 • Issue 2 • April-June 2023

Hello everyone,

you are receiving this message, as you subscribe in the past to receive copy of the Newsletter. Therefore, please be informed that CEE Newsletter is published to a second issue for this year, covering previous month from April to June. You can read whole issue here with a stories from all over the CEE Region.

The CEE Newsletter is open for new members in the editorial team, so please show your interest by writing an email to Barbara Klen or Toni Ristovski where you will express your interest and you will share with us if you are good in programming templates, in proofreading, translations, or in writing or finding interesting articles from CEE.

--Toni Ristovski on behalf of the CEE Hub --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Sunday July 16 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Global Council focus, now available in ar, es, fr!)

SWAN: The Next Generation

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy process. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for a future Global Council.

We'll focus on strategic and outreach topics of mutual concern to all affiliates including Wikimania Singapore, Future of SWAN, Movement Charter/Content new sections (particularly Movement Charter/Content/Global Council), other activities you submit, and we will top it all off with a grand finale AI Happy Hour / Doom Hour!

This month we are meeting on Sunday July 16, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 02:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC
Note that we are now meeting on Zoom, with interpretation in the 2nd session in (Arabic) (Spanish) (French)--Pharos (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 submissions

Dear Chris,

On behalf of the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 programme committee, I am pleased to inform you that your submission titled "Equity improvements in Wikimedia Foundation funding programs" has been accepted as a lecture, while your submission titled "Small Grants, Big Workshop: Let's share and publicize our microgrant programs!" has been accepted as a workshop. If you have not yet registered for the conference, please fill in the registration form. In case you have any additional requests or questions, do not hesitate to contact me or any other committee member.

Best regards.--Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 12:26, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Organizer Tools Office Hours & Event Discovery Project

(Lire ce message en français); (Ver este mensaje en español); (Angalia ujumbe huu kwa Kiswahili); (إقرأ هذه الرسالة بالعربي) Please help translate to your language .

The Campaigns team at the Wikimedia Foundation has some updates to share with you, which are:

We invite you to attend our upcoming community office hours to learn about organizer tools, including the Event registration tool (which has new and upcoming features). The office hours are on the following dates, and you can join one or both of them:

• Saturday, October 7 at 12:00 UTC (Register here)
  • Languages available: Arabic, English, French, Swahili
• Tuesday, October 10 at 18:00 UTC (Register here).
  • Languages available: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili

We have launched a new project: Event Discovery. This project aims to make it easier for editors to learn about campaign events. We need your help to understand how you would like to discover events on the wikis, so that we can create a useful solution. Please share your feedback on our project talk page.

Thank you, and we hope to see you at the upcoming office hours!

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:54, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

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CEE Newsletter Volume 3 • Issue 4 • July-August 2023

Hi everyone,

Please find latest issue of the CEE Newsletter, where you can find a variety of the articles from various communities across the CEE region, and as well a lot of articles connected with the CEE Meeting 2023.

Enjoy reading and contact us on [email protected] if you have any ideas for proposals :) --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Wednesdays Canada December webinar request & request for meeting for 2024+ program

Hello Jethro,

I've sent you a couple of emails requesting a meeting to discuss our 2024+ plans - please respond when you get a moment.

Our more urgent request is a data source to produce a map for our December webinar that we require an answer by Nov. 27- a record of Wikimedians in Residence globally funded by WMF or tracked by WMF for the last three to five years.

Please let me know the best way to connect.

Vicstasiuk7 NavinoEvans @I JethroBT (WMF) @Jason.nlw @IngaPetri Vicstasiuk7 (talk) 12:21, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Problem with grant approval and related disruption on Wikidata

Your input has been requested on the discussion at Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Wikimedia_Awareness_in_Nafada_(ID:_22280836)#Problems_caused_on_Wikidata. Bovlb (talk) 18:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

CEE Newsletter - January 2024 Issue Now Available!

Good evening,

We're excited to announce the release of the January 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter! This edition is filled with captivating stories, community highlights, and collaborative achievements from across Central and Eastern Europe region in the Wikimedia movement.

In This Issue:

• CEE Hub and WMF Updates: Explore the latest from the Wikimedia Foundation with the Talking 2024 series and insights into the impacts on children participating in Wikimedia projects. Additionally, discover CEE Hub's plans for 2024 as outlined in the recently approved grant proposal named Stronger CEE Hub
• Highlights from CEE Communities: From the Georgian Wikipedia's 20th birthday celebration to the Wiki Loves EuroPride event in Albania, delve into the vibrant activities of our diverse communities. Journey through time with the celebration of Czech Wikipedia's founder and the resilience of Ukrainian Wikipedia editors. Explore the outcomes of Wiki Loves Earth 2023 and Wikimedia Czech Republic's presence at the Archives, Libraries, Museums in the Digital World 2023 conference.
• Community Initiatives and Beyond: Read about the unique efforts of the CEE Youth Group and the unification of GLAM Macedonia and Shared Knowledge into Wikimedia MKD.
• Looking Ahead: Anticipate the 2024 Wikimedia Hackathon in Tallinn, Estonia, and gain insights from Marija Mihajlova's report on the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023.

You can read the full newsletter here. We hope you enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our vibrant CEE communities.

Happy reading and here's to another year of Wikimedia excellence in the CEE region!

Best regards,

Jan Beránek
Editor-in-chief
Wikimedia CEE Newsletter

15:55, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to 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 Wikimedian,

You are receiving this message because you previously participated in the UCoC process.

This is a reminder that the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) ends on 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) 22:53, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)

A group of SWANs heading to the meeting

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)

SWANs gathering for a conversation

Hello everyone!

The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.

At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.

This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.

UTC meeting times are 03:00 UTC and 16:00 UTC

Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

CEE Newsletter - July 2024 Issue Now Available!

Good morning,

We're excited to announce the release of the July 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter! Once again we have captivating stories, community highlights, and collaborative achievements from across the Central and Eastern Europe region in the Wikimedia movement.

In This Issue:

• International Updates: Stay informed with the "Wikimedia International Update Corner", covering key developments, events and initiatives in the international Wikimedia space for 2024.
• CEE in the News: Discover notable mentions of CEE region activities in "This month in Education" and "This month in GLAM" newsletters.
• Reader's Digest: Catch up on the latest insights and stories from around the globe with the "Reader’s Digest".
• Open calls and consultations: Voice your opinion! These topics are open to discussion. Also, please take a look at the open calls and apply!
• Updates from Communities: Learn about the successful second quarter of Wikimedia MKD and the first half of 2024 of Wikimedia Ukraine, read more about the Third Ionian Wikithon 2024, review activities in the past months of the Wikimedia Serbia, read the report from the event in the Buffer Zone on Cyprus, discover the new area of focus for Wikimedia Poland, and many more community updates.

We hope you enjoy this issue and find inspiration in the diverse stories and impactful work being done by our CEE communities. Thank you for being a part of our journey toward promoting free knowledge and collaboration.

You can read the full newsletter here. We hope you enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our vibrant CEE communities.

Happy reading!

Toni Ristovski on behalf of the CEE Newsletter team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:30, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jethro

Hi Jethro, I am having an issue with other editors who are removing my additions and revisions about Eastern European cultures. In the latest instance, they removed my edits about poppyseed paste, making the comment that there is no evidence to show that it is used in savory dishes. What?! Poppyseed on pasta and pirohy are not sweet, but the arrogance I have experienced is not acceptable. They blocked my IP addresses, and now I cannot edit for 2 years. Let me make it clear, I live in Central Europe. I am studying ancient Slavic paganism and Ruthenian culture. Additionally, someone has quoted the same unsupported "source" that Slavic gods are all made up from the 19th century. References to these Gods stretch back to Roman times, and is frequently mentioned in church documents about the Chritianization of Czechia and Slovakia.

 For one church, the sign for the church talks about the origins of the church  on the 5th c. BC as a pagan temple, and my edits (while needing better grammer) have repeatedly been removed, and the comment made that there is no source for it. 

I tried repeating the sign exactly and it was still removed! It seems as if there is some compaign by Western Christians to destroy the Ruthenian history associated with these places. Furthermore, many of the villages in Eastern Slovakia were established around the 9th to 12th century and the editors keep changing the date to some German date from the 1500s. This is not acceptable or accurate. The Slovak version has the correct dates and information, albeit Christian biased, but the English version is completely different. Could you fix this? 46.34.233.227 10:11, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, this is my staff account with the Wikimedia Foundation. Because this is an editorial issue and local project policy issue, you will need to resolve it by communicating with local editors. But first, concerning your block, you will need to make an unblock request to local admins before attempting to resolve this editorial concern. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:43, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Unified grant portal proposal

User:Mathnerd314159/Unified Grant Portal Proposal. Happy to hear your thoughts! Mathnerd314159 (talk) 17:18, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

WikiJournal contact

Hi Chris, WikiJournal just had a meeting on yesterday. Our admin, User:ecsussman (Ellen), said that she has been trying to reach you for over a month but received no response. Since I recalled the conversation you and I had while waiting for our delayed flight in Indianapolis that you also contacted Ellen but didn't hear back. I was wondering if there's issues with inbound/outbound emails on our end (we use customized email domain on the frontend, but it's actually Gmail on the backend). We want to make sure that we can discuss our next steps before submitting our annual grant proposal in next cycle. Thanks. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 14:49, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for this message. I've followed up with Ellen, but just wanted to confirm that I do not have any older messages from her that are outstanding, so it is possible that there is some communication issue. I have reached out earlier today to plan to meet to discuss some of the questions around funding. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

CEE Newsletter - November 2024 Issue Now Available!

We're excited to announce the release of the November 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter! This edition is particularly special, with 23 updates from affiliates and communities in the CEE region — a record high for this newsletter!

We hope you enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our vibrant CEE communities.

Happy reading! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:11, 28 November 2024 (UTC)