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Upcoming Language Community Meeting (Feb 28th, 14:00 UTC) and Newsletter

Hello everyone!

We’re excited to announce that the next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, February 28th at 14:00 UTC! If you’d like to join, simply sign up on the wiki page.

This is a participant-driven meeting where we share updates on language-related projects, discuss technical challenges in language wikis, and collaborate on solutions. In our last meeting, we covered topics like developing language keyboards, creating the Moore Wikipedia, and updates from the language support track at Wiki Indaba.

Got a topic to share? Whether it’s a technical update from your project, a challenge you need help with, or a request for interpretation support, we’d love to hear from you! Feel free to reply to this message or add agenda items to the document here.

Also, we wanted to highlight that the sixth edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (January 2025) is available here: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January. This newsletter provides updates from the October–December 2024 quarter on new feature development, improvements in various language-related technical projects and support efforts, details about community meetings, and ideas for contributing to projects. To stay updated, you can subscribe to the newsletter on its wiki page: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter.

We look forward to your ideas and participation at the language community meeting, see you there!

MediaWiki message delivery 22 de febreiro de 2025 ás 08:29 (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment

My apologies for writing in English. Axuda a traducir á túa lingua.

I am writing to you to let you know that proposed changes to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter are open for review. You can provide feedback on suggested changes through the end of day on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes. Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) 7 de marzo de 2025 ás 18:51 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

Quere ler esta mensaxe noutra lingua? • Axuda a traducir á túa lingua

A Wikimedia Foundation vai facer probas para comprobar a conmutación entre o seu centro de datos primario e o secundario. O propósito é asegurármonos de que Wikipedia e as outras wikis de Wikimedia poidan seguir en liña mesmo se ocorre un percance moi importante.

Todo o tráfico volverá o 19 marzo. A proba comezará ás 14:00 UTC.

Porén, debido a algunhas limitacións en MediaWiki, mentres se realiza este cambio teñen que deterse todos os traballos de edición. Pedímosche desculpas por estas molestias. Estamos a traballar para minimizalas no futuro.

Mostrarase un báner en todas as wikis desde 30 minutos antes de que comece a operación. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.

Durante un período curto de tempo poderás ler, pero non editar, calquera das wikis.

• O mércores 19 marzo 2025 non poderás facer edicións, durante como moito unha hora.
• Se tentas facer edicións ou gardar cambios que fixeras antes durante este tempo, aparecerache unha mensaxe de erro. Contamos que non se perda ningunha das edicións que se realicen durantes eses minutos, pero non podemos garantilo. Se che sae a mensaxe de erro, por favor, espera ata que todo volva á normalidade. Cando iso suceda, xa deberías ser capaz de gardares a edición. Con todo, recomendamos que antes fagas unha copia das túas edicións, polo si ou polo non.

Outras consecuencias:

• As operacións internas que se realicen dentro do sistema irán máis lentas e algunha pode que non se chegue a rematar. As ligazóns vermellas non se actualizarán tan rápido como habitualmente. Se creas un artigo que está ligado desde algún outro lugar, a ligazón seguirá de cor vermella por máis tempo do habitual. Algúns scripts de execución lenta terán que deterse.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

Se cumprise, este proxecto podería adiarse. Podes ler o cronograma do proceso en wikitech.wikimedia.org. Anunciaranse nese cronograma todas as modificacións que se fagan sobre este plan, se é que se fan.

Por favor, comparte esta información coa túa comunidade.

MediaWiki message delivery 14 de marzo de 2025 ás 23:14 (UTC)

Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted

The proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and the U4C Charter are now on Meta-wiki for community notice in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on the wiki page for the election soon.

Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 4 de abril de 2025 ás 02:05 (UTC)

Wikidata and Sister Projects: An online community event

(Apologies for posting in English)

Hello everyone, I am excited to share news of an upcoming online event called Wikidata and Sister Projects celebrating the different ways Wikidata can be used to support or enhance with another Wikimedia project. The event takes place over 4 days between May 29 - June 1st, 2025.

We would like to invite speakers to present at this community event, to hear success stories, challenges, showcase tools or projects you may be working on, where Wikidata has been involved in Wikipedia, Commons, WikiSource and all other WM projects.

If you are interested in attending, please register here. If you would like to speak at the event, please fill out this Session Proposal template on the event talk page, where you can also ask any questions you may have.

I hope to see you at the event, in the audience or as a speaker, - MediaWiki message delivery (conversa) 11 de abril de 2025 ás 09:18 (UTC)

Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter

The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.

Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.

In cooperation with the U4C -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 17 de abril de 2025 ás 00:35 (UTC)

Vote nas modificações propostas às Diretrizes de Aplicação do Código de Conduta Universal e à Carta de seu respectivo comitê

O período de votação para as revisões às Diretrizes de Aplicação do Código de Conduta Universal e à Carta de seu respectivo comitê encerra-se em 1º de maio de 2025 às 23h59 UTC (consulte seu fuso horário). Saiba mais sobre como participar e quais propostas estão sendo votadas na página do Código de Conduta Universal no Meta.

O Comitê Coordenador do Código de Conduta Universal (U4C) é um grupo global empenhando em fornecer uma implementação consistente e com equidade do Código de Conduta Universal. Essa revisão anual foi planejada e implementada pelo comitê. Para mais informações e responsabilidades do U4C, consulte sua Carta.

Compartilhe essa mensagem com outros membros de sua comunidade local, para que eles também possam participar da votação.

Em cooperação com o U4C —

Keegan (WMF) (talk) 29 de abril de 2025 ás 03:41 (UTC)

We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!

(Apologies for posting in English)

Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.

As you probably know, the old Graph extension was disabled in 2023 due to security reasons. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the Charts extension, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the EasyTimeline extension.

After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.

The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from May 6. Please, consult our page on MediaWiki.org to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also consult the documentation about the extension on MediaWiki.org.

If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the talk page or at Phabricator.

Thank you in advance! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 6 de maio de 2025 ás 15:07 (UTC)

Convite à apresentação de candidaturas à Comissão Coordenadora do Código Universal de Conduta (U4C)

Os resultados da votação sobre as Diretrizes de aplicação do Código Universal de Conduta e a Carta da Comissão de Coordenação do Código Universal de Conduta (U4C) estão disponíveis a Meta-wiki.

Pode apresentar a sua candidatura para integrar a U4C até 29 de Maio de 2025 às 12:00 UTC. A informação sobre elegibilidade, processo e calendário encontra-se na Meta-wiki. A votação dos candidatos abre no dia 1 de Junho de 2025 e dura duas semanas, encerrando no dia 15 de Junho de 2025 às 12:00 UTC.

Se tiver alguma dúvida, pode perguntar na página de discussão sobre a eleição. -- em cooperação com a U4C,

Keegan (WMF) (conversa) 15 de maio de 2025 ás 22:07 (UTC)

RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)

(Apologies for posting in English, if this is not your first language)

Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.

We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.

You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content. Thank you in advance! -- Sannita (WMF) (conversa) 22 de maio de 2025 ás 15:27 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions

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Dear all,

This year, the term of 2 (two) 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.

The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].

Here are the key planned dates:

• May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
• June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
• July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
• August 2025: Campaign period
• August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
• October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
• Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated

Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page [link].

Call for Questions

In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. [link]

Election Volunteers

Another way to be involved with the 2025 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 Meta-wiki page [link].

Thank you!

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results

[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter

[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_December_2024

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/FAQ

[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Questions_for_candidates

Best regards,

Victoria Doronina

Board Liaison to the Elections Committee

Governance Committee

MediaWiki message delivery (conversa) 28 de maio de 2025 ás 03:08 (UTC)

Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election

Apologies for writing in English. Axuda a traducir á túa lingua

Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2025 Election information page. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.

Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 13 de xuño de 2025 ás 23:01 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates

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Hello all,

The call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.

This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]

Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.

Best regards,

Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee

On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Call_for_candidates

[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Resources_for_candidates

MediaWiki message delivery (conversa) 17 de xuño de 2025 ás 17:44 (UTC)

Feedback sobre projetos Wikimedia

Cara Comunidade Wikimedia,

O Comitê de Assuntos Comunitários (CAC) do Conselho de Administração da Fundação Wikimedia designou a Força Tarefa de Projetos Irmãos (SPTF, na sigla em inglês) para atualizar e implementar um procedimento para avaliar o ciclo de vida de Projetos Irmãos — projetos wiki sustentados pela Fundação Wikimedia (WMF).

Uma visão de conhecimento livre relevante, acessível e impactante sempre guiou o Movimento Wikimedia. Conforme o ecossistema de projetos Wikimedia continua a evoluir, é crucial que revisemos periodicamente projetos existentes para garantir que eles ainda estejam alinhados com nossos objetivos e capacidade comunitária.

Apesar de sua nobre intenção, alguns projetos podem não mais servir efetivamente seu propósito original. Revisar tais projetos não é sobre desistir—é sobre a gestão responsável de recursos compartilhados. Tempo do voluntariado, apoio das equipes, infraestrutura e atenção comunitária são finitos, e os custos não técnicos tendem a crescer significativamente conforme nosso ecossistema entrou numa era diferente da internet do que aquela em que fomos fundados. Sustentar projetos inativos ou projetos que não atenderam às nossas ambições pode não intencionalmente desviar esses recursos de áreas com maior impacto em potencial.

Além disso, manter projetos que não mais refletem a qualidade e confiabilidade do nome da Wikimedia envolve um risco reputacional. Um projeto abandonado ou menos confiável afeta a confiança no movimento Wikimedia.

Por fim, deixar de encerrar ou reimaginar projetos que não estão mais funcionando pode dificultar o início de outros. Quando a comunidade se sente presa a cada decisão antiga—não importa o quão desatualizada ela seja—corremos o risco de estagnar. Um ecossistema sadio precisa permitir a evolução, a adaptação e, quando necessário, o desapego. Se criamos a expectativa de que cada projeto precisa existir por tempo indeterminado, nós limitamos nossa capacidade de experimentar e inovar.

Por causa disso, o SPTF revisou dois pedidos relacionados ao ciclo de vida dos Projetos Irmãos para trabalhar e demonstrar o processo de revisão. Escolhemos o Wikispore como um estudo de caso para uma possível abertura de um novo Projeto Irmão e o Wikinews como um estudo de caso de uma revisão de um projeto existente. Descobertas preliminares foram discutidas na reunião de 11 de setembro de 2024 do CAC, e o CAC recomendou uma consulta à comunidade em ambas as propostas.

Wikispore

A candidatura para considerar o Wikispore como um novo Projeto Irmão foi enviada em 2019 [4]. A SPTF decidiu revisar este pedido com mais profundidade porque em vez de se concentrar em um tópico em específico, como fazem a maior parte das propostas de novos Projetos Irmãos, o Wikispore tem o potencial de alimentar vários Projetos Irmãos iniciais.

Após cuidadosa análise, a SPTF decidiu não recomendar o Wikispore como um Projeto Irmão da Wikimedia. Considerando o nível atual de atividade, o estado atual permite melhor flexibilidade e experimentação enquanto a WMF fornece apoio de infraestrutura.

Reconhecemos o potencial da iniciativa e buscamos comentários da comunidade sobre o que constituiria um nível suficiente de atividade e engajamento para reconsiderar seu status no futuro.

Como parte do processo, compartilhamos a decisão com a comunidade Wikispore e convidamos suas lideranças, Pharos, para uma reunião com a SPTF.

Atualmente, convidamos especialmente comentários sobre critérios mensuráveis indicando se o projeto está pronto, como números de pessoas contribuidoras, volume de conteúdo e apoio prolongado da comunidade. Isto esclareceria os critérios suficientes para a abertura de um novo Projeto Irmão, inclusive para uma futura recandidatura do Wikispore. Contudo, os números sempre serão um guia porque qualquer número pode ser manipulado.

Wikinotícias

Escolhemos revisar o Wikinotícias dentre outros Projetos Irmãos existentes porque é aquele com o qual vimos o maior nível de preocupação de várias maneiras.

Desde que a SPTF se encontrou em 2023, seus membros pediram por opiniões da comunidade durante conferências e chamadas da comunidade sobre Projetos Irmãos que não cumpriram sua promessa no movimento Wikimedia.[1][2][3] O Wikinotícias foi o principal candidato para uma avaliação porque pessoas de muitas comunidades linguísticas propuseram isso. Além disso, sob a maioria das medidas, é o Projeto Irmão menos ativo, com a maior queda de atividade ao longo dos anos.

Conquanto a Comunidade Linguística costume abrir e fechar versões linguísticas de Projetos Irmãos em pequenas línguas, nunca houve uma proposta válida para fechar a Wikipédia em grande línguas ou qualquer projeto em inglês. Isto não é verdadeiro para o Wikinotícias, onde houve uma proposta para fechar o Wikinotícias em Inglês, que ganhou força mas não resultou em nenhuma ação[4]também a Seção 5 do [5], bem como uma proposta esboçada para fechar todas as línguas do Wikinotícias[6].

Métricas iniciais compiladas pela equipe da WMF também corroboram as preocupações da comunidade do Movimento com o Wikinotícias.

Com base nesse relatório a SPTF recomenda uma reavaliação da comunidade sobre o Wikinotícias. Concluímos que sua estrutura e nível de atividade atuais são os mais baixos entre os projetos irmãos existentes. A SPTF também recomenda pausar a abertura de novas edições linguísticas enquanto a consulta estiver em andamento.

A SPTF traz esta análise para discussão e convida discussões de resultados alternativos, incluindo potenciais esforços de reestruturação ou integração com outras iniciativas Wikimedia.

Opções mencionadas até agora (que podem ser aplicadas apenas em línguas de baixa atividade ou em todas as línguas) incluem, mas não se restringem a:

• Reestruturar como o Wikinotícias funciona e se liga a outros esforços de eventos atuais nos projetos,

• Fundir o conteúdo do Wikinotícias com as versões linguísticas relevantes das Wikipédias, possivelmente em um novo domínio,

• Fundir conteúdo com projetos externos de licenças compatíveis,

• Arquivar os projetos Wikinotícias.

Suas percepções e perspectivas têm valor imensurável na moldagem do futuro desses projetos. Encorajamos todos os membros interessados da comunidade a compartilhar suas opiniões nas páginas de discussão relevantes ou por meio de outros canais designados de feedback.

Feedback e próximos passos

Agradeceríamos se você quiser participar de uma conversa sobre o futuro desses projetos e o processo de revisão. Estamos montando duas páginas de projetos diferentes: Public consultation about Wikispore e Public consultation about Wikinews. Por favor, participe entre 27 de junho e 27 de julho, quando resumiremos a discussão para seguirmos em frente. Você pode escrever em sua própria língua.

Também vou organizar uma conversa comunitária no dia 16 de julho, quarta-feira, às 11h UTC, e no dia 17 de julho, quinta-feira, às 17h UTC (os links serão enviados em breve). Estarei disponível durante a Wikimania para mais conversas.

-- Victoria on behalf of the Sister Project Task Force, 27 de xuño de 2025 ás 20:57 (UTC)

Wikidata Item and Property labels soon displayed in Wiki Watchlist/Recent Changes

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Hello everyone, the Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects team is excited to announce an upcoming change in how Wikidata edit changelogs are displayed in your Watchlists and Recent Changes lists. If an edit is made on Wikidata that affects a page in another Wikimedia Project, the changelog will contain some information about the nature of the edit. This can include a QID (or Q-number), a PID (or P-number) and a value (which can be text, numbers, dates, or also QID or PID’s). Confused by these terms? See the Wikidata:Glossary for further explanations.

The upcoming change is scheduled for 17.07.2025, between 1300 - 1500 UTC. The change will display the label (item name) alongside any QID or PIDs, as seen in the image below:

These changes will only be visible if you have Wikidata edits enabled in your User Preferences for Watchlists and Recent Changes, or have the active filter ‘Wikidata edits’ checkbox toggled on, directly on the Watchlist and Recent Changes pages.

Your bot and gadget may be affected! There are thousands of bots, gadgets and user-scripts and whilst we have researched potential effects to many of them, we cannot guarantee there won’t be some that are broken or affected by this change.

Further information and context about this change, including how your bot may be affected can be found on this project task page. We welcome your questions and feedback, please write to us on this dedicated Talk page.

Thank you, - Danny Benjafield (WMDE) on behalf of the Wikidata For Wikimedia Projects Team. MediaWiki message delivery (conversa) 14 de xullo de 2025 ás 12:45 (UTC)

Temporary accounts will be rolled out soon

Hello, we are the Wikimedia Foundation Product Safety and Integrity team. We would like to announce that we plan to enable temporary accounts for this wiki in the week of September 1.

Temporary accounts are successfully live on 30 wikis, including many large ones like German, Japanese, and French. The change they bring is especially relevant to logged-out editors, who this feature is designed to protect. But it is also relevant to community members like mentors, patrollers, and admins – anyone who reverts edits, blocks users, or otherwise interacts with logged-out editors as part of keeping the wikis safe and accurate.

Why we are building temporary accounts

Our wikis should be safer to edit by default for logged-out editors. Temporary accounts allow people to continue editing the wikis without creating an account, while avoiding publicly tying their edits to their IP address. We believe this is in the best interest of our logged-out editors, who make valuable contributions to the wikis and who may later create accounts and grow our community of editors, admins, and other roles. Even though the wikis do warn logged-out editors that their IP address will be associated with their edit, many people may not understand what an IP address is, or that it could be used to connect them to other information about them in ways they might not expect.

Additionally, our moderation software and tools rely too heavily on network origin (IP addresses) to identify users and patterns of activity, especially as IP addresses themselves are becoming less stable as identifiers. Temporary accounts allow for more precise interactions with logged-out editors, including more precise blocks, and can help limit how often we unintentionally end up blocking good-faith users who use the same IP addresses as bad-faith users.

How temporary accounts work

Any time a logged-out user publishes an edit on this wiki, a cookie will be set in this user's browser, and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, current year, a number). On pages like Recent Changes or page history, this name will be displayed. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser. A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. However, only some logged-in users will be able to see it.

What does this mean for different groups of users?

For logged-out editors

• This increases privacy: currently, if you do not use a registered account to edit, then everybody can see the IP address for the edits you made, even after 90 days. That will no longer be possible on this wiki.
• If you use a temporary account to edit from different locations in the last 90 days (for example at home and at a coffee shop), the edit history and the IP addresses for all those locations will now be recorded together, for the same temporary account. Users who meet the relevant requirements will be able to view this data. If this creates any personal security concerns for you, please contact talktohumanrights at wikimedia.org for advice.

For community members interacting with logged-out editors

• A temporary account is uniquely linked to a device. In comparison, an IP address can be shared with different devices and people (for example, different people at school or at work might have the same IP address).
• Compared to the current situation, it will be safer to assume that a temporary user's talk page belongs to only one person, and messages left there will be read by them. As you can see in the screenshot, temporary account users will receive notifications. It will also be possible to thank them for their edits, ping them in discussions, and invite them to get more involved in the community.

For users who use IP address data to moderate and maintain the wiki

• For patrollers who track persistent abusers, investigate violations of policies, etc.: Users who meet the requirements will be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range (Special:IPContributions). They will also have access to useful information about the IP addresses thanks to the IP Info feature. Many other pieces of software have been built or adjusted to work with temporary accounts, including AbuseFilter, global blocks, Global User Contributions, and more. (For information for volunteer developers on how to update the code of your tools – see the last part of the message.)
• For admins blocking logged-out editors:
  • It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
  • It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
• Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this.

Our requests for you, and next steps

• If you know of any tools, bots, gadgets etc. using data about IP addresses or being available for logged-out users, you may want to test if they work on testwiki or test2wiki. If you are a volunteer developer, read our documentation for developers, and in particular, the section on how your code might need to be updated.
• If you want to test the temporary account experience, for example just to check what it feels like, go to testwiki or test2wiki and edit without logging in.
• Tell us if you know of any difficulties that need to be addressed. We will try to help, and if we are not able, we will consider the available options.
• Look at our previous message about requirements for users without extended rights who may need access to IP addresses.

To learn more about the project, check out our FAQ – you will find many useful answers there. You may also look at the updates (we have just posted one) and subscribe to our new newsletter. If you'd like to talk to me (Szymon) off-wiki, you will find me on Discord and Telegram. Thank you!

NKohli (WMF), SGrabarczuk (WMF) 26 de agosto de 2025 ás 21:36 (UTC)

Server switch - Your wiki will be read-only for a short time soon

Quere ler esta mensaxe noutra lingua? • Axuda a traducir á túa lingua

A Wikimedia Foundation vai facer probas para comprobar a conmutación entre o seu centro de datos primario e o secundario. O propósito é asegurármonos de que Wikipedia e as outras wikis de Wikimedia poidan seguir en liña mesmo se ocorre un percance moi importante.

Todo o tráfico volverá o 24 setembro. A proba comezará ás 15:00 UTC.

Porén, debido a algunhas limitacións en MediaWiki, mentres se realiza este cambio teñen que deterse todos os traballos de edición. Pedímosche desculpas por estas molestias. Estamos a traballar para minimizalas no futuro.

Mostrarase un báner en todas as wikis desde 30 minutos antes de que comece a operación. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation. You can contribute to the translation or proofreading of this banner text.

Durante un período curto de tempo poderás ler, pero non editar, calquera das wikis.

• O mércores 24 setembro 2025 non poderás facer edicións, durante como moito unha hora.
• Se tentas facer edicións ou gardar cambios que fixeras antes durante este tempo, aparecerache unha mensaxe de erro. Contamos que non se perda ningunha das edicións que se realicen durantes eses minutos, pero non podemos garantilo. Se che sae a mensaxe de erro, por favor, espera ata que todo volva á normalidade. Cando iso suceda, xa deberías ser capaz de gardares a edición. Con todo, recomendamos que antes fagas unha copia das túas edicións, polo si ou polo non.

Outras consecuencias:

• As operacións internas que se realicen dentro do sistema irán máis lentas e algunha pode que non se chegue a rematar. As ligazóns vermellas non se actualizarán tan rápido como habitualmente. Se creas un artigo que está ligado desde algún outro lugar, a ligazón seguirá de cor vermella por máis tempo do habitual. Algúns scripts de execución lenta terán que deterse.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

Se cumprise, este proxecto podería adiarse. Podes ler o cronograma do proceso en wikitech.wikimedia.org. Anunciaranse nese cronograma todas as modificacións que se fagan sobre este plan, se é que se fan.

Por favor, comparte esta información coa túa comunidade.

Trizek (WMF) (Conversa) 18 de setembro de 2025 ás 15:40 (UTC)

Have your say: vote for the 2025 Board of Trustees

Hello all,

The voting period for the 2025 Board of Trustees election is now open. Candidates are running for two (2) seats on the Board.

To check your voter eligibility, please visit the voter eligibility page.

Learn more about them by reading their application statements and watch their candidacy videos.

When you are ready, go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote.

The vote is open from October 8 at 00:00 UTC to October 22 at 23:59 UTC.

Best regards,

Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair, Elections Committee

MediaWiki message delivery (conversa) 9 de outubro de 2025 ás 04:48 (UTC)

Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project

Ola. Please help pick a name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki that will enable users to combine functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata in order to generate natural language sentences in any supported languages. These sentences can then be used by any Wikipedia (or elsewhere).

There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with votes beginning on 20 October and 17 November 2025. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on mid-December 2025. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Grazas!

-- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 20 de outubro de 2025 ás 11:43 (UTC)

Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees

Each year, typically from October through December, several of the movement’s committees seek new volunteers.

Read more about the committees on their Meta-wiki pages:

• Affiliations Committee (AffCom)
• Ombuds commission (OC)
• Case Review Committee (CRC)

Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cstwikimedia.org with any questions you may have.

For the Committee Support team,

- MKaur (WMF) 30 de outubro de 2025 ás 14:13 (UTC)

Reminder: Help us decide the name of the new Abstract Wikipedia project

Ola. Reminder: Please help to choose name for the new Abstract Wikipedia wiki project. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are: Abstract Wikipedia, Multilingual Wikipedia, Wikiabstracts, Wikigenerator, Proto-Wiki. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Grazas!

-- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 20 de novembro de 2025 ás 14:22 (UTC)

Thank You for Last Year – Join Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026

Dear Wikimedia communities,

We hope you are doing well, and we wish you a happy New Year.

Last year, we captured light. This year, we’ll capture legacy.

In 2025, communities around the world shared the glow of Ramadan nights and the warmth of collective iftars. In 2026, Wiki Loves Ramadan is expanding, bringing more stories, more cultures, and deeper global connections across Wikimedia projects.

We invite you to explore the Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Meta page to learn how you can participate and sign up your community.

📷 Photo campaign on Wikimedia Commons

If you have questions about the project, please refer to the FAQs:

• Meta-Wiki
• Wikimedia Commons

Early registration for updates is now open via the Event page

Stay connected and receive updates:

• Telegram channel
• Mailing list

We look forward to collaborating with you and your community.

The Wiki Loves Ramadan 2026 Organizing Team 16 de xaneiro de 2026 ás 19:44 (UTC)