T Cells

Florin Àrúbà

Hello Wikicology, this link (Florin Àrúbà) is no spam. This page is linked in many Wikis in other languages (for exemple in (en), (es), (de), (fr), ... Regards, Frank

Frank, the addition of link like this across many project may be considered disruptive. Just as Oníṣe:Savh rightfully pointed out, the link states "All presented banknotes belong to the series, which was in circulation during my stay on Aruba (2015). The collection does not claim to completeness or timeliness.", which to me clearly indicate that the source is nothing but a spam link. I urge you to refrain from adding this to Wikipedia. I am going to revert your edits on other Wikis where you added the link. I am sorry for any inconveniences that may arise. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 22:08, 7 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Hello Wikicology, thanks for the quick answer. To undo the linking is your good right as administrator of this site. But, I can assure that I have thoroughly checked the page prior to linking. There are definitifly no links to commercial sites. The disputed footnote at the bottom of the page ("All presented banknotes belong to the series, which resulting in circulation during my stay on Aruba (2015). The collection does not claim to completeness or timeliness.") I think is a kind of disclaimer. It tells the time, the banknotes were locally in circulation (2015) and it indicates that there may be other banknotes of Arbua, they might not seen on the page. Regards, Frank

PS: You should check my second change on the page again. The Florin is not a currency of Africa, but an America's currency.

First off, I am not an administrator on Yoruba Wikipedia. That being said, I do not see how the statement "All presented banknotes belong to the series, which resulting in circulation during my stay on Aruba (2015). The collection does not claim to completeness or timeliness." is a disclaimer. I repeat, your addition of this particular link across one or more Wikipedia project is troubling. You are welcome to replace the source with a valid one. Thank you. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 07:07, 8 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Father's Prayer in Tsonga

Hi Wikicology, just want to let you know, I've added this section to 25 individual wiki's today, but you are the only one who wants to revert it! If you want it referenced, please read your Bible. Aliwal2012 (ọ̀rọ̀) 16:48, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

I am not sure I understand what you mean by "read your Bible". Do you mean it was written in the Bible? Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:24, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Yes. Aliwal2012 (ọ̀rọ̀)17:24, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Cite it and I will verify it. Let me know if you need help citing this source. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:24, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

The prayer in Matthew 6:9–13 in English reads:

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. Amen.

In the english wiki it is referenced as:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A5%E2%80%9313&version=KJV

By the way, why do you think the bible verse should be included in the article, Èdè Tsonga? Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:37, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Why are you changing the topic now? I gave you the citation, can u please tell me if is useable before I include it in the article?

Aliwal2012 (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:50, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

I am sorry, the contents are not relevant to the article. I am struggling to see why this should be included in that article. Can you tell me the relevance of the Bible passage to the article? Honestly, I am willing to help but I am not sure of why the contents should be included. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:57, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

I came across the example of the prayer in Tsonga on the Netherlands wiki today, and thought it to be a good idea to include it on other wiki's Tsonga article. The text of the prayer is shown as an example of the use of the Tsonga language, relating to a well-known English prayer. Its not about the contents of the prayer, it is quoted purely as a Tsonga language example! Hope this clarifies my intention to you. Aliwal2012 (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:09, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your willingness to help improve Wikipedia but unfortunately, the inclusion of this text to the article does not make any sense to me. Bible is written in different languages including English, Yoruba, French, Deutsch and several other languages. Just because a version of Tsonga language was written is not enough for you to start including Bible verses to Wikipedia to validate the existence of Tsonga language. Cross-wiki inclusion of text like this may be considered disruptive. I strongly suggest that you refrain from adding this text to Wikipedia. I am sure the folks at en-wiki would have reverted your edit if you already included the text there. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:29, 16 Oṣù Kẹfà 2016 (UTC)

Linux

Can you at least properly translate that page? Thanks. --Champion (ọ̀rọ̀) 00:02, 21 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2016 (UTC)

I'll help you to fix the page but please do not copy and paste contents translated by machine to Yoruba Wikipedia in the future. Warm regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:02, 21 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2016 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:30, 21 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2016 (UTC)

Adminship/Alámòójútó

Hello, Isaac, I have sent your adminship request to the Bureaucrat. I hope it will be granted soon. We'll be talking in more detail then. Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 07:02, 17 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2016 (UTC)

Scratch the above post. It's the stewards that will do the granting for Yoruba wikipedia, so please go to the meta steward's page below

m:Steward_requests/Permissions#Administrator_access

and follow the instruction under administrator access by using the template below (I already filled it for you):

==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    = yo.wikipedia
 |user name = Wikicology
 |discussion= [[:yo:Wikipedia:Ìtọrọ_láti_di_alámòjútó/Wikicology|here]]
}}
(your remarks) ~~~~

Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 07:19, 17 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2016 (UTC)

Thank you so much Demmy. I appreciate your support and help. With kind regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 08:55, 17 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2016 (UTC)

Translation

Hello, could you please translate Automatic refresh to Yorùbá? Thanks -XQV- (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:20, 13 Oṣù Kínní 2017 (UTC)

Can you provide the direct translation link? Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:34, 13 Oṣù Kínní 2017 (UTC)

No, because I want only the bolded sentence to be translated. -XQV- (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:56, 13 Oṣù Kínní 2017 (UTC)

Automatic refresh = Tún ojú ewé wò láìsí ìyọnu. Good luck! Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 22:20, 13 Oṣù Kínní 2017 (UTC)

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I think

That you should apology to Jielle about this.

The images are categorized Kwara_State. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kwara_State

The article is about Kwara State

So, maybe you are NOT happy with her adding images, but the comment irrelevant images randomly to articles is just plain disrespectful. Maybe you do not like those images categorized Kwara_State to be in the article about Kwara_State. But this is in no way irrelevant and certainly not random. Please consider apologies for the rude comment. Really Anthere (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:20, 13 Oṣù Kejìlá 2017 (UTC)

Anthere, how is maybe you are NOT happy with her adding images a logical argument? I and Jielle have worked together on Wikimedia Commons and I enjoyed working with them. So, this is not about Jielle but about those images. Categorizing images as Nigeria does not necessarily mean that you will add a bunch of those images to the article "Nigeria". Nothing shows the relationship between the images and the subject of the article other than the images was categorized Kwara State on Commons. Regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:54, 13 Oṣù Kejìlá 2017 (UTC)

The first image I can see in the category now is the image of the Governor of Kwara State. I am talking about File:Abdulfatah Ahmed at PGLS 2.jpg. If this image was used with the caption "Abdulfatah Ahmed, the Governor of Kwara State", I doubt anyone would remove it. The only edit I could make to it is translating it into Yoruba. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:00, 13 Oṣù Kejìlá 2017 (UTC)

Ipinle Kwara

I will revert your edit back to Ipinle Kwara. There was already a redirect from Kwara State to Ipinle Kwara so changing the title to English is not necessary and its spelled Kwara not Kuara even in Yoruba. Thanks Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:24, 13 Oṣù Kejìlá 2017 (UTC)

I know that Kwara State was redirected to Ipinle Kwara but I doubt anyone would search the title in Yoruba language for multiple reasons. There is no Yoruba keyboard on major devices e.g computer desktops, laptops used in Nigeria. Thus, no one would have look for Ipinle Yoruba with the diacritical marks on Google or other search engine. The implication is that people will not be able to read it. Our encyclopedia becomes useless if people cannot look out topics to read on it. I don't know of if you are seeing it from that direction, so I am not going to revert you. I'll rather copy the correct contents into your version of the article title. Regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:18, 13 Oṣù Kejìlá 2017 (UTC)

James Coburn

Hi Wikicology .... You asked to delete the above article but this one at least has an image. If you look at the articles in this category "Ẹ̀ka:Àwọn agbá tẹ́nìs" they are much worse and and they were also created by Demmy, the only administrator here. You do not think it's best to tell him? Greetings DARIO SEVERI (ọ̀rọ̀) 08:56, 3 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Oníṣe:DARIO SEVERI, That article pop up when I clicked the "random article " bar and I requested it's deletion, that was over a year ago. I haven't look into that category and possibly any other category but it seems like a category that needs attention. I have been fixing and improving some of these articles. I will surely improve this one today. If you look at Demmy's talk page you will notice that I have contacted him on the needs for improvement on articles like this created by him. Happy new year. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 09:35, 3 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Hi Wikicology, thanks for your massage in my Ọ̀rọ̀ oníṣe and thanks for improving the article above. Regards DARIO SEVERI (ọ̀rọ̀) 09:50, 6 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Hi Wikicology. Happy new year. Sorry for my late response. I created the generic template for those articles with the intention of filling them up later through edits but other thing got the best of my time. You can mark them for deletion or edit them accordingly.Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:49, 9 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Demmy, I knew you had a good intention when you created them. It would be best to improve them rather than nominating them for deletion since they are notable topics. Regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:56, 9 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your adminship and thanks for your contributions! Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 09:59, 14 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for all your support in the last years. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 10:17, 14 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Testing modules

@Demmy:, please confirm if the pings works. Thank you. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:43, 19 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Hi. The notification was working. Were you not receiving notifications before?

Also protect new templates and modules after you've created them. On the page tab, pull down the Ọ̀pọ̀ menu and use the Àbò link to protect. Set both the Àtúnṣe and Ìyípò to Gba àwọn alámùójútó nìkan láyè and click on ìmúdájú to confirm.Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 13:49, 20 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Thank you @Demmy:. It wasn't working before since we do not have such module before. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 14:08, 20 Oṣù Kínní 2018 (UTC)

Translation of three sentences into Yo

Hey Wikicology. Wondering if you could translate these three sentences into Yoruba :-)

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Internet-in-a-Box/Nigeria#Yoruba

Working to develop an offline version of Wikipedia for Nigeria. Best James Heilman, MD (talk · contribs · email)(please leave replies on my talk page) 10:53, 8 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

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Yorùbá

Yorùbá (yo) -> (Oṣù kẹjọ ọdún 2017) -> gba ZIM sílẹ̀ jáde (84 mb)

Wikipedia ní Yorùbá

Àwọn àyọkà ìléra tí ó péye láti Wikipedia ti Yorùbá ti aládàáṣẹ́ àti èyí ti a lè ṣàwárí rẹ̀ ní ìgúnrégé. Àyè ṣí sílè láti láànfàní sí àkóónú rẹ̀, ní èyí tí ó túmọ̀ sí wípé ọ̀fẹ́ ni láti gbàá sílẹ̀ jáde, ìṣàtúnlò, pínpín, àti àfikún rẹ̀. Darapọ̀ mọ́wa láti jẹ́ kí èyí ta fẹ́ ṣe dára ju tàtẹ̀yìnwá lọ

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@Jmh649:  Done. See it above. Regards. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:21, 8 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

Can you write in Igbo aswell?

Or do you know someone who can? Also need it translated into Hausa... James Heilman, MD (talk · contribs · email)(please leave replies on my talk page) 14:10, 10 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

I am not a native speaker of those languages. @Ammarpad: can you help with translation in Hausa language? @Blossom Ozurumba: can you help in Igbo? Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 16:11, 10 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

Thanks Wikicology :-) Yes if User:Ammarpad and User:Blossom Ozurumba could do the translations that would be wonderful.

Text to be translated is here. Just the section under the name of the language. James Heilman, MD (talk · contribs · email)(please leave replies on my talk page) 11:52, 12 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

@Jmh649:, if they don't do it in the next few days, I will get experts in those languages to translate it. Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:06, 12 Oṣù Kejì 2018 (UTC)

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Offline version of Yoruba Wikipedia

Hello,

James told me there's an offline version of internet-in-a-box getting ready for shipping in Nigeria, and that they wanted to include the Yoruba Wikipedia, which is a great idea (I'm one of the Kiwix guys, btw)

We've started to simplify the start pages and make them simpler, more offline-friendly: we remove links that do not work offline, dates that would be meaningless months later (generating a zim file is like taking a snapshot, and users get tired of seeing the same picture of the day shown forever on the landing page).

To that effect I've prepared quick, Yoruba-specific landing page: User:Stephane_(Kiwix)/Landing. Would you be willing to translate it?

The initial text comes from the English wiki but at the end of the day please make it yours: remove links that do not exist, add new ones, etc., so that it does look nice and friendly enough (but please no new images for the time being as long as we haven't got the CSS right).

Any questions? -> drop me a note!

Thanks a million, Stephane (Kiwix) (talk) 08:26, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

This is to acknowledge your message with thanks. I'll review and comment later. Regards Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 07:54, 29 Oṣù Kẹta 2018 (UTC)

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Hi Wikicology - its Artix kreiger

As you can see, I was locked due to personal request and blocked on enwiki for abuse of accounts. I thought I pop by to share some experiences if you wish. let me know. Thanks 70.21.184.216 01:12, 23 Oṣù Kẹrin 2018 (UTC)

What experience? Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 01:21, 23 Oṣù Kẹrin 2018 (UTC)

I recall a while ago, you said something that the whole experience with admins and arbcom yo be unpleasant. I was burned as well. 50.243.70.217 02:11, 23 Oṣù Kẹrin 2018 (UTC)

I can't remember saying that and I'm not interested in discussing it. Sorry! Wikicology (ọ̀rọ̀) 05:49, 23 Oṣù Kẹrin 2018 (UTC)

Well, lets just say that I kind of know how you feel and I sympathize. 70.21.184.216 13:05, 23 Oṣù Kẹrin 2018 (UTC)

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Nguyễn Chánh Thi

Hi Ọ̀rọ̀, sorry but I did not understand, do you want to delete the article above? (please see [1]). Regards DARIO SEVERI (ọ̀rọ̀) 10:28, 12 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

No DARIO SEVERI, I do not want to delete it. I am currently working on porting AfD script here. See for example Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nguyễn Chánh Thi. Once I'm done I'll fix the page back. T Cells (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:30, 12 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

I'm not able to get "{{subst:afd|help=off}}" transluded.

I mean something like:

This template is being used in the wrong namespace. To nominate this talk page for deletion, go to Miscellany for deletion.

Can you help? T Cells (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:37, 12 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

Adminship

Greetings,

I am requesting adminship on the Yoroba Wikipedia. Even though I'm I've only joined a few days ago (only on this wiki), I am an experienced editor (editing since early 2017). I've worked at the pih:Wikipedia and jam:Wikipedia I'm just asking for adminship, for only six months (where I'll work in the area of reverting vandalism), and improving stub articles. Thanks!

Jay Jay Marcus Keize13 (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:41, 19 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

African politicians

Hoi, when I am finished, you can move all of them to a place of your choosing.. the best part is that if everything works out you will receive updates once a day based on the information in Wikidata. Thanks, GerardM (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:11, 22 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

It's fine. Regards. T Cells (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:16, 22 Oṣù Kàrún 2018 (UTC)

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Page improvement needed

Greetings, T! You may have noticed my daily "Wiki-gnomework" edits to help improve the YO WP (without knowing the language). Today I sent you thanks for contributing to a recently created page, and now I'm asking for your review there. I've written the particulars in Ọ̀rọ̀:Zainab Ashadu#Subject of page, also alerting the page creator and its main contributor. Please pardon my writing in English here and there. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 10:04, 14 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2018 (UTC)

No worries Deborahjay. I commented over there. BTW.... Thanks for your contributions to Yoruba Wikipedia. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 14:54, 14 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2018 (UTC)

Duplicate page

Please check whether these are duplicate pages for a single subject and need to have a merge/REDIRECT:

• Dúró Ládipọ̀
• Duro Ladipo

Thank you, -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 09:43, 15 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2018 (UTC)

Yes, they are duplicates. I have deleted Duro Ladipo per above. Thank you. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 12:56, 15 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2018 (UTC)

Àdàkọ x 2

Hello, T.C. Please compare and decide which Template is better to keep in the YO WP:

• Àdàkọ:Infobox television (created by you on 25 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2018‎)
• Àdàkọ:Infobox Television (created by Oníṣe:Maarcis on 25 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2009‎)
  • See the possible problem mentioned by Oníṣe:Demmy on Ọ̀rọ̀ oníṣe:Maarcis.

I made the Wikidata interwiki link to your template, but that can be changed if necessary. I'll watch for your action. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:30, 25 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2018 (UTC)

Hello @Deborahjay:, the template created by Maarcis appears to be redundant. I have gone ahead to delete it. Thank you. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 11:49, 25 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2018 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Global Coordinators Meeting

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• Not every part of the world is in sync, more particularly the southern and northern hemispheres. While the January version of the #1lib1ref campaign works well mostly for the northern hemisphere, it doesn't for the countries below the equator. Hence #1lib1ref May! This is a great expansion of the event and it means that there is another opportunity to make Wikipedia more factual and verifiable by leveraging the expertise of librarians around the world.
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Modupe

Eṣeun pupọ fun atilẹyin yin, afikun ati atunse Kenogenic (ọ̀rọ̀) 19:37, 22 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2019 (UTC)

E seun sir. T Cells^Talk 21:40, 22 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2019 (UTC)

Àgbádárìgì

Ekú dédé ìwòyí Adaarí wa. Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ ẹbá wa yí àkọ́lé yí Badagry padà sí Àgbádárìgì. Ìtàkùn tó ja sínẹ̀ ni yí: https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badagry Ẹ ṣeun púpọ̀. Agbalagba (ọ̀rọ̀) 08:47, 23 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2019 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé T Cells^Talk 09:08, 23 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2019 (UTC)

Idupe kenogenic

Mo dupẹ lọwọ yin pupọ fun atilẹyin ti Mo ngba lati inu ẹgbẹ yii o ti ni iwuri lati ṣe diẹ sii

Ìtọrọ àyípadà àkórí

Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ adarí wa, ẹ bá wa yí akọ́lé yí padà láti Apala sí Àpàlà. Ẹ ṣeun ìtàkùn tó ja sàbẹ̀ ni https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apala Agbalagba (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:17, 20 Oṣù Kejìlá 2019 (UTC)

A reply to your messages

...is at this link. Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:10, 24 Oṣù Kejìlá 2019 (UTC)

Àtúnṣe ori ọ̀rọ̀ ojú ewé tuntun

Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ oníṣe T Cell, ẹ bá mi ṣe àtúnṣe lórí àṣìṣe orí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí lójú èwe tí mo ṣẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ṣẹ̀dá https://yo.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80t%C3%B2j%E1%BB%8D_Or%C3%BAk%E1%BB%8D_%C3%80w%E1%BB%8Dn_%C3%80%C3%A0r%E1%BA%B9_Or%C3%ADl%E1%BA%B9%CC%80-%C3%A8d%C3%A8_Am%E1%BA%B9%CC%81r%C3%ADk%C3%A0_Am%E1%BA%B9%CC%81r%C3%ADk%C3%A0 Macdanpets 13:18, 16 Oṣù Kínní 2020 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé T Cells^Talk 16:38, 16 Oṣù Kínní 2020 (UTC)

Continuing! Kindly see Ọ̀rọ̀:Àtòjọ Orúkọ Àwọn Ààrẹ Orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà#Possible duplicate page (in English for my behalf). Did you get a notice because I linked to your User name? I tried the "ping" template but didn't get results. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:13, 16 Oṣù Kínní 2020 (UTC)

Ẹ kù dé dé àsìkò yí Alámòójútó wa. Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ ẹ bá mi ṣe àyípadà sí àkọ́lé yí láti Epo Bẹntiróò sí Epo Rọ̀bì ìtàkùn tó ja síbẹ̀ ni : https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epo_B%E1%BA%B9ntir%C3%B3%C3%B2 .

Nígbà tí mo tún rọ̀ yin kí ẹ bá mi ṣe àyọkúrò "Lesson Note" nínú akọ́lé Àgbékalẹ̀ Ẹ̀kọ́ . ìtàkùn tó ja síbẹ̀ ni : https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80gb%C3%A9kal%E1%BA%B9%CC%80_%E1%BA%B8%CC%80k%E1%BB%8D%CC%81_(Lesson_Note). Ẹ ṣeun pupọ̀. Agbalagba (ọ̀rọ̀) 13:43, 10 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé T Cells^Talk 14:11, 10 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

Gallery images display too large

Greetings, T Cells! Here's a specific problem I tried to solve and failed. The two pages Ilé and Fèrèsé have image galleries copied from those pages on the English WP. However, here in the Yoruba WP the image displays are much too large. I'd appreciate your help fixing this. -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 13:25, 28 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

 fixed Regards. T Cells^Talk 13:51, 28 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

Àdàkọ

It would be helpful to have the Template:Unsigned here in the Yoruba WP. This is something I don't know how to add, so I'm bringing it to your attention. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 10:04, 29 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

Deborahjay try {{O kò tíì buwọ́ lùú|Username}}. Please remember to replace "Username" with the user's real username. Please let me know if it works. Regards. T Cells^Talk 12:20, 29 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

I strongly support using Yoruba naming for all types of pages. This template and its use are highly familiar to me, so I can always find the exact name via Wikidata (my translation go-to). And hey! maybe we'll never need to use it here again because all future contributors will always sign and date their comments ;-) -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 14:02, 29 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

I Completely agree that using Yoruba naming for all types of pages should be strongly encouraged. Regards. T Cells^Talk 20:44, 29 Oṣù Kejì 2020 (UTC)

How to promote this?

As you may know, March is Women's History Month, so I used the w:Category:Yoruba women in politics to create a "Women in Red" list for the Yoruba WP. (Yes, it probably already exists but I was in a hacking mood...!) For now it's at Ọ̀rọ̀ oníṣe:Deborahjay#List of Yoruba Women in Politics (from en.WP). Some questions for you:

• Would this interest the AOCED workshop participants?
• Does the Yoruba UG have a discussion page?
• How can we promote this?

I already started going through the existing pages (links in blue) for my usual categorizing, DEFAULTSORT, format cleanup, etc. Let me know your thoughts. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:20, 5 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Hello Deborahjay, I am excited about this idea and I think the AOCED workshop participants would find it interesting. The Yoruba Wikimedians User group have a mailing list and you can also leave a message for the group here. We can promote it on the participants WhatsApp group, social media and the likes. I apologize for my slow response. I have been terribly busy at work. Regards. T Cells^Talk 12:49, 6 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Coronavirus measures

Content originally posted at Ọ̀rọ̀:Àṣà Ìgbéyàwó, moved here for discussion.
Hello Deb, how are you? All schools in Nigeria would be closed by Monday. The Coronavirus pandemic is really serious. I hope you are doing fine. ... Regards. T Cells^Talk 19:17, 19 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Doing well enough here, thank you. We seniors have already stayed at home all week by order of the Ministry of Health. Our kibbutz being a communally run village, neighborhood volunteers did our grocery shopping and the on-site medical clinic keeps its schedule with a family or children's doctor several hours a day and nurses with weekday shifts and home visits. So long as we have electricity I can maintain connections with family, friends, and of course WP. Our local Western Galilee He.WP users group had its first meetup yesterday on Zoom, with all seven participants! Plenty of editing to do at home. We mainly worry about the capability of Israel's overloaded public health system holding up to the demands on it, and especially the workers who have long hours and are starting to lack protective gear. Hoping all communities get through this as well as possible, and that we keep our humanity active throughout. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 16:53, 20 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Egypt

I understand that there is no direct translation from Egypt to Yoruba but I feel that if you divide the syllables of Egypt E|gy|pt|, the E in egypt most sounds like the I in Yoruba, according to the IPA, g is most like j, and there is a p in the Yoruba language, but it is just pronounced like kp, like most Niger-Congo languages. I feel that it is better to properly and phonetically display the words since they are not of Yoruba origin. Its just like Chinese, words not native to Chinese are transliterated by corresponding the syllables of English to those of that are the closest to that of Chinese. Thanks, Oniwe 17:15, 24 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant to say that p is pronounced as pk for example "Ìrètí pípẹ́". There is no /p/ in Yoruba phonology. The phonemic representation of p in Yoruba language is /kp/. It's better left as " Egypt" in my opinion. T Cells^Talk 17:27, 24 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Yes I understand, I could see that leaving as Egypt is better since its not really Yoruba. Thanks for the clarification. Oniwe 15:55, 24 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Yoruba spelling of country names on pages and categories

Greetings, "T"! I need your advice. Following the recent discussions of spelling Egypt, I started making the related category name changes as you approved. Then at one point I looked at Ẹ̀ka:Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè Europe - where many (almost all! besides Georgia with the G...) page and category names are written with diacritic letters. My impression is that for now I should stick with biography pages and categories, where there is plenty of work for me. What do you think? -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:19, 25 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Oníṣe:Deborahjay, I am fine with whatever works well for you. And let me know if you need any help from me. Regards. T Cells^Talk 20:49, 25 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Another vandal

...from an IP address with "three strikes," documented on IP account's talk page. I saw earlier that you performed a one-month block on the flag-switcher (repeat offender). I consider this one particularly offensive, so would appreciate your intervention. Thank you! -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 13:22, 29 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

 Blocked. Regards. T Cells^Talk 13:32, 29 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Empty template

A template created in 2017 seems to have been left empty. Not sure if it even has the right name. See details with suggested Wikidata link in Ọ̀rọ̀ àdàkọ:Ping. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:42, 30 Oṣù Kẹta 2020 (UTC)

Protection against IP vandals

Dear Admin: This same page... I wrote a particular suggestion on its Talk page. If you know of something better, I'd like to see what works. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 10:42, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Regards. T Cells^Talk 11:00, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

EDITED TO ADD: Here are my more specific but extensive points:

• Two pages are being repeatedly vandalized:
  • Àkójọ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè àti àwọn agbègbè òkèrè bíi ààlà ilẹ̀
  • Àkójọ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè àti àwọn agbègbè lóde wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bíi ìpapọ̀ ìtóbi

My questions:

• Can the pages be protected for editing only by registered users (not IP accounts)? (Besides blocking user accounts)
• How to be sure that all the vandalism has been restored to the previous version having correct content?

I only did a few individual ones when I noticed them because I don't have Rollback rights, which honestly I've only used on the Simple English WP and don't really understand. I feel obliged to keep raising this situation until it's cleared. Thank you! -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:43, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

 Done. But frankly, we cannot adequately fight vandalism on the project without the rollback tool. I don't even have it as part of my admin toolset because it's not localize here. I am going to start a discussion for it to be localized here and give admin the privilege to also be able to assign it to experience users who needs the tool to fight vandalism. Regards. T Cells^Talk 13:02, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

Indeed! Recently (08:59, 28 Oṣù Kẹta 2020), User:WhitePhosphorus of the Small Wiki Monitoring Team performed a rollback of vandalism on one of the targeted pages here. I believe recent increased activity in the Yo WP justifies its Admins getting better equipped with enhanced tools to streamline routine tasks in favor of focus on building the WP. -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 14:33, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

Duplicate page to delete

It took several repeat views of both pages during all this vandalism tracking, but I actually discovered something requiring valid treatment: that pair noted above are two pages: highly similar names, probably identical content. Explained on Ọ̀rọ̀:Àkójọ àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè àti àwọn agbègbè òkèrè bíi ààlà ilẹ̀‎. Watching for your actions. -- Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:59, 3 Oṣù Kẹrin 2020 (UTC)

Hi

You deleted my article. Tbiw (ọ̀rọ̀) 06:28, 22 Oṣù Keje 2020 (UTC)

Because Yoruba Wikipedia does not accept machine translation. Regards. T Cells^Talk 12:29, 27 Oṣù Keje 2020 (UTC)

Template needed

Greetings, T Cells! It would be useful to have w:Template:Translated page on this WP. Are you able to add it here? I believe this is beyond my technical level, besides my not speaking Yoruba. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 19:30, 21 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2020 (UTC)

Oníṣe:Deborahjay I apologize for responding to this late. I'd create it this weekend. Regards. T Cells^Talk 19:11, 25 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2020 (UTC)

Wikiversity Yoruba Project

Ku ojo, mo fẹ pẹ ọ lati darapo mo iranlowo idagbasoke Wikiversity Yoruba bi ọ ṣe duro lati jẹ ki ọ ṣee ṣe fun Wikipedia Yoruba darapo mo ise yi ko le ni aseyori. Fun alaye siwaju beere lọwọ mi ni oju-iwe oro mi tabi lo si oju-ewe ibeere fun ede titun ni ori Meta-Wiki.Tbiw (ọ̀rọ̀) 21:41, 31 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2020 (UTC)

Patrollers right needed on yo.wikipedia

@T Cells: We need patroller right here to help in patrolling articles.Tbiw (ọ̀rọ̀) 15:03, 12 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2020 (UTC)

Chika Ike

Hi, I observed my article on Chika Ike was deleted. Please what was the reason?

Weekly featured article

Hello Isaac. I hope you are doing well. I have reformatted the weekly featured article you edited containing the article Ìjìnnà-síra-ẹni láwùjọ here: Wikipedia:Àyọkà ọ̀ṣẹ̀ 42 ọdún 2020 and will appear on the front page on week 42 starting on Monday October 12, 2020. The template {{Ayoka Ose/8}} containing the aricle Genevieve Nnaji is a placeholder in case there is no new weekly featured article. The correct weekly featured article should take the form Wikipedia:Àyọkà ọ̀ṣẹ̀ X ọdún Y as above where X is the week and Y the year. I think we have enough good articles on the Yoruba Wikipedia now and maybe we can create a suggestion page for a new weekly featured article each week. Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:04, 11 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for this update @Demmy:. I strongly believe that weekly featured article on the main page could help to promote readership and you are right that we now have enough articles on the Yoruba Wikipedia that we can create a suggestion page for weekly featured articles. Could you start the suggestion page and share the link with me? Regards. T Cells^Talk 13:10, 11 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2020 (UTC)

Ok. I will do that. Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 17:10, 11 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2020 (UTC)

Translation request

Hello.

Can you translate and upload the article en:Abortion in Azerbaijan in Yoruba Wikipedia?

Azerbaijan, along with China and Belarus, are the only countries in the world where abortion is legal until the 28th week (6th month). That is why, I think it is worthwile.

Can you also create the articles en:Health in Azerbaijan and en:Healthcare in Azerbaijan in Yoruba Wikipedia?

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (ọ̀rọ̀) 16:37, 1 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2021 (UTC)

Dove Cameron

I saw you edited the Wikidata page on Dove Cameron. Could you create a page about her in Yoruba Wikipedia? I also set the yo label at Wikidata about Bambi. Could Bambi have a page in this Wikipedia too? 104.58.147.208 21:58, 16 Oṣù Kọkànlá 2021 (UTC)

I created The Fox and the Hound. Can you add to it? 104.58.147.208 02:17, 9 Oṣù Kẹrin 2022 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

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Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:20, 4 Oṣù Kínní 2022 (UTC)

Have you voted in the UCoC enforcement guidelines ratification?

Hi! @T Cells:

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) is now open! Voting commenced on SecurePoll on 7 March 2022 and will conclude on 21 March 2022. Please read more on the voter information and eligibility details.

Please vote and encourage other editors of Yoruba Wikipedia to also vote.

Regards, Zuz (WMF) (ọ̀rọ̀) 16:35, 11 Oṣù Kẹta 2022 (UTC)

Articles about film directors

Hi! Check out the new version, please! I created an articles about Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Damien Chazelle. As examples, I took an articles about Clint Eastwood and William Shakespeare (in the case of English film directors). But I did not understand, in the Infobox person template I need to write "director" and "present" in English or in Yoruba? In the article about Clint Eastwood and other articles about directors, it is written in English, so I wrote it in English too. And what is the correct way to spell "director" in Yoruba? "Oludari" or "olùdarí"? Sorry for mistakes. Nikolai Kurbatov (ọ̀rọ̀) 12:51, 1 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2022 (UTC)

None of the articles make a significant claim of notability and are still incoherent. I am going to delete them. Please do not recreate them. If they must have articles created about them, consider creating them on the English Wikipedia. AFAIK, you neither speak nor write in Yorùbà language. Please contribute these articles to language Wikipedia you speak fluently. Regards. T Cells^Talk 12:56, 1 Oṣù Kẹ̀sán 2022 (UTC)

Ẹ̀ka:Àwọn ojúewé fún ìparẹ́ kíákíá

Hi, could you please review these deletion requests? Rschen7754 03:46, 17 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2022 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé. Thank you @User:Rschen7754. T Cells^Talk 09:14, 17 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2022 (UTC)

Duplicate pages of Cleopatra

Hello, Mr Isaac, thank you for your tireless contribution in building the Yo Wiki.

I wish to bring to your notice that there are duplicate pages of Cleopatra on Yo Wiki with the name Cleopatra and Cleopatra 7K respectively.

Can you please redirect one to the other? Preferably Cleopatra 7K to Cleopatra. Marvelousola01 (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:33, 23 Oṣù Kàrún 2023 (UTC)

 Mo ti ṣeé ẹ ṣeun. T Cells^Talk 12:07, 23 Oṣù Kàrún 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to Rejoin the Healthcare Translation Task Force

You have been a medical translators within Wikipedia. We have recently relaunched our efforts and invite you to join the new process. Let me know if you have questions. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:34, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

Translation request

Hello.

Can you translate and upload the article en:Abortion in Azerbaijan in Yoruba Wikipedia?

Yours sincerely, Multituberculata (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:29, 28 Oṣù Kẹjọ 2023 (UTC)

Deletion request

Dear colleague, this is the last remnants of cross-wiki spam: Mazedona Craquis. I guess you might want to eliminate it. Андрей Романенко (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:04, 18 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2023 (UTC)

Done. T Cells^Talk 18:10, 18 Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 2023 (UTC)

Admin help required: inappropriate content in WP?

Greetings, Isaac! There is some irregular-looking content added yesterday and today to the page Ọ̀rọ̀ oníṣe:ThyGourd. True, this is not a mainspace page but a User talk page, but does it belong in the Yoruba Wikipedia? The contributor seems to be that same user, Oníṣe:ThyGourd. I didn't mark it for deletion. Your advice is appreciated. Cheers Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 18:26, 25 Oṣù Kejìlá 2023 (UTC)

Season's greetings, Deb. It certainly doesn't belong here, and it does not seem like the user is here to contribute to this encyclopedia. I have blanked out the page and blocked the user indefinitely here. T Cells^Talk 18:33, 25 Oṣù Kejìlá 2023 (UTC)

Admin attention req: two active trolls today

Ẹ̀ka:Àwọn ojúewé fún ìparẹ́ kíákíá now has 9 pages, four from this morning! Two trolls using IP accounts created pages with offensive content (three in Polish language). I didn't take the time to send them warnings, according to the practice "Don't feed the trolls...!" Hope this catches you at a good time. Lookin' fine in Facebook! Best regards from Deborahjay (ọ̀rọ̀) 11:49, 3 Oṣù Kejì 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, Deb. It was a good catch. I have deleted them all. T Cells^Talk 21:52, 3 Oṣù Kejì 2024 (UTC)

Blocked user is requesting review

Hello Isaac. This is @Demmy:. I hope you are doing well. A user @Taoheedah that you blocked is requesting a review. I am not aware of the issue with the user. Can you fill me in and if there is a possibility for review. Thanks Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 20:02, 26 Oṣù Kẹrin 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Demmy , thank you for this information. The event that resulted in the block of this user is well documented here on their talk page. Let me give you the chronology of the problems. I first learned about this user’s disruptive editing in 2022 when they were making some sloppy edits such as this and this article (you can see that the mess remains there to date) and left a note on their talk page requesting that these articles should be fixed. This user completely ignored it, and continued the disruption. I assume good faith, with the hope that they are genuinely interested in the Yoruba Wikipedia community and become a productive editor if given a chance. A month later, another user (who is now an administrator), User:Agbalagba, left another message on their talk page expressing concerns about their contributions. This was also ignored and the disruption continued. Four months ago, or thereabout, another user, User:‎Ọmọladéabídèmí99 privately contacted them on the need to fix their disruptive articles/contributions, this user insulted her and in fact blocked her from contacting her ever again. The disruption continued afterward. Fast forward to last week. User:Agbalagba pinged her to another article she had edited, and asked her to fix her edits. Because she was not the one who created the article, but only edited the article, she was offended that she was pinged and claimed that she had been slandered. When I spotted that she never liked that she was pinged there by Agbalagba, I moved the discussion to her talk page, and in a bit to protect her from possible sanction when it was pretty obvious that they did not get the point, I left a comment on the discussion with the closing remark that “I believe that feedback has been given, lessons have been learned, and these would help you to improve. Let's get back to work.”. Sadly, this user again responded dismissively that they had not translated articles with machines without taking the feedback given by numerous editors and no actual commitment to fix their disruptive articles and edits were given.

When they were asked why they had translated ... played as a midfielder for the Nigeria women's national football team as Elere naa ṣere fun team awọn obinrin, they responded that since I was the one who identified the wrong translation, I should provide the correct translation. At this point, it was clear to me that they were not here to build an encyclopaedia, and the disruption would continue anyway. So, I revoke their editing privilege here, with a block. I left their talk page open with the hope that they would use it to appeal their block after a demonstration of understanding of the problem. They were using the talk page to cast aspersions and make unfounded accusations, including calling me a "bully." Thus, I revoked the talk page access and left the "email channel" open to hear their appeal over email.

In conclusion, I am not inclined to unblock this user until they demonstrate comprehension of the issues and retract all baseless accusations made against me and other users. Furthermore, I firmly object to any administrator considering an unblock for this user at this time. If we must consider a future appeal, they must show a strong commitment to fixing their disruptive contributions and show how they plan to avoid the behavior that resulted in their block. Best regards. T Cells^Talk 21:10, 26 Oṣù Kẹrin 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your detailed response. I will forward it to them and hope they are open to your suggestions. I assume they can still contact you by email. If they are to be unblocked it will be your decision. Demmy (ọ̀rọ̀) 09:19, 27 Oṣù Kẹrin 2024 (UTC)

Sure, thank you. Enjoy your weekend. T Cells^Talk 09:33, 27 Oṣù Kẹrin 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin June Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of June 2024. Please help translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimania Katowice

Talking: 2024 continues

• Register now for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024).
• Editing team community conversation - CopyVio Check and Real-time Checks (03 July 2024, in English)
• Growth team community conversation - New tasks for newcomers and patrollers' burden (16 July 2024, in Spanish)

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Wikimedia Hackathon 2024: Good projects and good people!
• MediaWiki 1.42 general release.
• The Community Configuration extension is released to more Wikipedias.
• The Trust & Safety Product team published the Incident Reporting System MVP User Testing Summary and a project update on temporary accounts.
• Recent changes from the latest Tech News.
• Reference Check to be rolled out on all Wikipedias. Read the initial results from the Edit Check project.
• Concluded voting on Community Wishlist Survey renaming; new name now Community Wishlist.
• “Add an image” suggested edit was released to Wikipedia iOS app & Donation through native GPay is now available on the Wikipedia Android app.
• Talk pages permalinks are now available at all wikis.
• A new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graphs with more secure, easy to use, and extensible Charts.
• Wikimedia Enterprise Quarterly technical update focusing on machine readability, content integrity, and API usability.
• Proposal for a Product & Tech Advisory Council.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Highlights and achievements & future plans from Wikisource Loves Manuscripts Project.
• Learn how to edit and upload to Wikimedia Commons with OpenRefine.
• Watch the recording of the 11th edition of Wiki Workshop where research sessions on topics like Disinformation, Reliability, Representation and Gender, Governance and Policy, were held.
• First edition of WikiLearn News released, highlighting opportunities and progress in the area of skills development.
• The WikiData tools everyone is talking about during the 2023 LD4 Conference on Linked Data.
• The Wikimedia Foundation has become a member of the Unicode Consortium.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Inclusion See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Evaluation of the U4C election results (ongoing)
• Building a public policy network from both sides of the Pacific: Lessons from the 1st Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up.

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

• Thoughts on the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan from the Japanese Wikipedia community.
• Where is Wikimedia in the Climate Crisis? – a recap of sustainability work across the movement and at the Foundation for 2023. Foundation Sustainability metrics for 2023 also available on Meta.
• The Wikimedia Foundation's revamped social media strategy is available on Meta.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Wikimedia Foundation Board liaisons published reflections on final Movement Charter draft.
• June 27 Conversation with Trustees Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee/2024-06-27 Conversation with Trustees: notes & recording including outcomes of the 20 June Board meeting and a discussion of the movement charter.
• Ratification vote on Movement Charter until July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC
• 2024 Board Selection: Candidates have answered community questions selected by the Elections Committee.
• Affiliates strategy: Affiliate Health Criteria and changes to the User Group recognition process (feedback page)
• Feedback on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle finished on June 23. The revised version was published. Updates in July

Foundation statements

• Wikimedia Foundation statement on volunteer processes on reliable sources

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 1

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimania Katowice

Talking: 2024 continues

• Registration for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024) is still open. Register to attend in-person or virtually until 26 July.
• The call for presentation submissions for the WikiArabia 2024 is open (until July 28).

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• The Community Tech team launched a new, continuous Community Wishlist. Wish submission is now open and can be filled at any time.
• Join the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) as technical volunteers. Applications are open until August 10.
• A new task force was formed to replace the disabled Graph with more secure, easy to use, and extendible Chart. You can subscribe to the newsletter to get notified about new project updates and other news about Chart.
• CampaignEvents extension, add an Image feature on iOS Wikipedia app and more recent changes from the Tech News. Read also other news in the previous edition.
• Dark mode - one of the most requested features will transform Wikipedia’s accessibility and is now available on select wikis, on mobile and desktop, in both reading and editing mode!
• MediaWiki insights into work done to improve security, ease of use, maintainability and overall code health. Also, a 25% increase in the number of authors who have committed more than 5 patches!
• Have you ever wished monitoring and fighting vandalism was easier from your mobile device? Edit Patrol is here to help.
• On the value of experimentation – a Future Audiences perspective.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Wikicelebrate Ellie from El Salvador, a passionate Wikipedia trainer, event organizer and someone who finds joy in seeing others grow.
• Growing visual knowledge on the Wikimedia projects – the experiences of the Image Description Month.
• Enhancing Learning with Ancient Manuscripts – Wikisource Loves Manuscripts pilot project in Indonesia.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• The call for candidates for the special election of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now until July 19.
• Protecting the Wikimedia model, its people, and its values – highlights from the Global Advocacy Team.
• Reflections from the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2024 (DRIF24).

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

• Key Takeaways, Trends, and Lessons from FY23/24 Community Fund Grants

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees published its decision not to ratify the draft Movement Charter along with proposed next steps (minutes, resolution, appendix).
• Movement Charter voting is closed. At the time of drafting, the scrutineers are working to ensure that all votes on the ballot are valid.

Foundation statements

• Wikimedia Foundation’s Accreditation to the World Intellectual Property Organization was blocked for a fourth time by China.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 2

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimania Katowice

Talking: 2024 continues

• Where to from here? A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander.
• The program for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024) is now live! Register now to attend virtually!
• Are you speaking at Wikimania? Here are some resources for speakers.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• The Foundation recently opened our first data center in South America. Read about how it is already lowering load times.
• Feature updates from the Tech News: Stewards can now globally block accounts; Wikimedia site users can now submit account vanishing requests via GlobalVanishRequest; and interface of FlaggedRevs (also known as “Pending Changes”) is improved.
• Dark mode will transform Wikipedia's accessibility. Interface admins and user script maintainers are encouraged to check gadgets and user scripts in the dark mode, to find any hard-coded colors and fix them.
• Measure the impact of Wikimedia Commons with Commons Impact Metrics analytics dashboard, now available via data dumps and API.
• Key findings from user research about confusion in uploading images to Wikipedia.
• This month’s Wikimedia Research Showcase highlighted the impact machine translation has on both content and readers of Wikipedia and provided interesting insights on how to overcome related challenges. Watch the recording.
• The Charts project officially kicked off. The goal of this new initiative is to restore basic data visualization capabilities to the wikis. Check out the project page and follow our progress on Phabricator.
• The CampaignEvents extension is now available on Meta-wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested on other wikis. This extension helps manage and make events more visible. Learn about how to request this extension.
• The Campaigns Product & Programs teams have launched a consultation on WikiProjects and other forms of collaboration on the wikis. They want to understand why they work (or don’t work) for some Wikimedia communities, and they want to learn what can be done to improve the experience. Everyone is encouraged to share their feedback.
• Are you a technical contributor? Check out the latest Technical Community Newsletter.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• The Wikimania Core Organizing Team (COT) for 2025 is delighted to announce that the 20th Wikimania will be hosted in Nairobi, Kenya.
• The Wikipedia Library secured new partnerships with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Central European University Press, and l’Informé and is adding more content collections in the library.
• Three new A Wiki Minute videos have been released which address reader privacy and content management on Wikipedia, as well as how Wikipedia differs from social media platforms. Learn how A Wiki Minute videos have helped increase awareness about our work.
• The Committee Support Team year-in-review and reflections.
• A new 20-minute audio interview about the WikiLearn platform with Asaf Bartov, in an episode of the WikipediaPodden podcast.
• More of the Wikipedia core policies curriculum developed for the Africa Growth Pilot is available for review. After edits and improvements by the community, recorded videos would become a permanent core policies course on WikiLearn.
• One new wiki has been created: Wikivoyage in Czech.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now until August 10. Learn more about voting and voter eligibility.
• US Supreme Court ruling on NetChoice cases: What does it mean for Wikipedia?

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

• Announcing the 2023-2024 Research Fund Grantees and their funded projects.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• The outcomes of the June Board meeting are published on Meta. Agenda for the August meeting is here.
• Welcoming new affiliates: Recognition of Wikimedistas Wayuu User Group, Wikimedia Community of Togo User Group, and Wikimedians of Singapore User Group.
• The Board of Trustees selection pre-onboarding and campaign period is open from July 25 to August 26.
• Foundation Trustee Dariusz Jemelniak was appointed to the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, established as part of the EU’s key funding program for research and innovation.
• Movement Charter voter feedback: All comments are now on Meta-wiki (65 comments from the affiliates voters and 447 comments from the individual voters).

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 1

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Special Wikimania issue This is a special Wikimania issue of the Bulletin. We'll be back to our regular format in the next issue

Hannah Clover (User:Clovermoss), Wikimedian of the Year 2024.

• Catch up on missed sessions of Wikimania Katowice or revisit your favourites directly from the program, or review the day-long streams on YouTube: Day 1 streams, Day 2 streams, Day 3 streams, Day 4 streams.
• The Wikimedian of the Year Awards at Wikimania paid tribute to amazing Wikimedians who have made significant contributions to the movement. Learn about all of this year's winners.
• Daily highlights from Wikimania: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4.
• Winners of the fifth edition of the Coolest Tool Award was announced at Wikimania.
• Highlights of product and tech sessions on Wikimania with links to description and recording.
• The Open Conversation with the Trustees at Wikimania hosted breakout discussions about the Movement Charter, affiliate strategy and hubs, the proposal for a Global Resource Distribution Committee (hybrid table--had streaming and is available to watch back online), the Product/Tech Advisory Council & Product/Tech priorities, building a sustainable revenue strategy for the movement: online fundraising, Wikimedia Enterprise and the Wikimedia Endowment, and responding to emerging threats to free knowledge: litigation, censorship, disinformation, and trust in an election year.
• Catch up on Foundation-led sessions from Wikimania on safety and information integrity: Protecting Children on-Wiki: a Child Rights Solutions Workshop, Information Integrity during Elections: Collective effort to address mis and disinformation, Policy Advocacy Showcase: Stories of policy advocacy work in the movement and future trends.
• Wikimania 2024 in Poland celebrates global volunteers who make Wikipedia and sister projects possible.

Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

Wikimania Katowice

• Language Community Meeting: Have topics to share or discuss? Add agenda here. (August 30 at 15:00 UTC.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Two new parser functions and more recent changes on Tech News.
• Help us better understand WikiProjects or similar online collaboration spaces. Fill out a brief survey or share your thoughts on the talkpage.
• Parsoid deployed on first production wikis and more updates on MediaWiki Product Insights.
• Applications to join the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are extended until September 16.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• The 4th edition of the Language & Internationalization newsletter (Aug 2024) is available.
• Reviving history and spreading the Spirit of Wikisource Loves Manuscripts (WILMA) in Naga City, the Philippines and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, Global Digital Compact, and Anti-Disinformation Repository: Highlights from the Global Advocacy Team.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin August Issue 2

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Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

• Language Community meeting (August 30 at 15:00 UTC).
• Cross-Regional Grantee Partner Learning Conversation Part 1 (August 31 at 07:00 UTC, in English, French, and Chinese Mandarin).
• The Wikimedia+Libraries Convention 2025 will take place in Mexico City from January 15-17, 2025. The scholarship application deadline is August 31.
• ESEAP Community Call (September 8 at 07:00 UTC).

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Highlights of the Product & Technology department's recent work in improving the user experience.
• Editor tools related to references & categories and more tech updates on the latest Tech News.
• Outreachy (a paid, remote three-month internship to support underrepresented groups in tech) is open. Mentors should submit projects before September 11 at 16:00 UTC (more info).
• The Campaign Events extension is now available on Meta-Wiki, Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, and Swahili Wikipedia, and can be requested in other language wikis.
• The Campaigns teams would like to learn more about how your communities do online collaboration such as WikiProjects, please take this Google Form survey or share examples of successful collaborations on Meta Wiki.
• Editors using the iOS Wikipedia app who have more than 50 edits can now use the Add an Image feature. This feature presents opportunities for small but useful contributions to Wikipedia.
• Applications for the Product and Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) are still open until September 16.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Central Asian community members share their thoughts on Wikimania 2024.
• Take a look at updates on new feature developments and improvements in various language-related technical projects in the July 2024 edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.
• The Conference and Events Fund is open for submission until September 2.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Meet the Wikimedia Foundation Global Advocacy Team.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Some next steps on a movement charter: A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander, Chair of Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, and Chair of Governance Committee, Dariusz Jemielniak.
• Elections for four community-and-affiliate elected seats on the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation will be held from September 3 to September 17. To learn more about the candidates, watch this short "Meet the Candidates" presentations.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

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• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 1

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Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

• The Voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election is open until September 17. Go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote.
• Scholarship application for Wikisource Conference 2025 in Bali, Indonesia is open until September 20.
• WikiConference Nigeria 2024 will be held in Abuja, Nigeria from September 12–14.
• Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024 will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye on September 20–22.
• Celtic Knot Wikimedia Languages Conference will take place in Waterford City, Ireland on September 25–27.
• Italian WikiConference will be held in Padua, Italy on September 27–29.
• Join Wiki Loves Onam, a photo campaign dedicated to documenting the vibrant and colorful festival of Onam on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign runs until September 30.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes.
• The Alternative Text suggested edits feature has now been fully deployed to production on the iOS App for Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and French Wikipedias! This feature, part of WE1.2, is designed to enhance how newcomers add alt text to images, aiming to improve accessibility and engagement. For more details, visit the project page and explore the new feature in the app!
• Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualization can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help test the charts.
• A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia’s APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.
• More recent tech updates from Tech News.
• The latest status updates from Wikifunctions.
• Help us find WikiProjects or other online collaboration spaces!

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Revamping Movement Strategy Grants with Hub Focus.
• Watch the recordings of Let's Connect Grantee Partner Learning Conversation: Conversation #1 with Wiki in Africa, Wiki Advocates Philippines, and Indic MediaWiki Developers UG and Conversation #2 with Wikimedia Community UG Malta, Wikimedia MA UG, and Wikimedia Canada.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Wikimedia Foundation defeats gambling magnate’s lawsuit in Germany.
• Wikimedia Indonesia and UNESCO Jakarta Team Up Against Harmful Content Online.
• Child Rights Impact Assessment at EduWiki Knowledge Showcase and more: Latest updates from the Global Advocacy team.
• Protecting the people: Some recommendations for safety while contributing to Wikimedia projects.

Board and Board committee updates See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• The Movement Charter Drafting Committee published their recommendations and bid farewell.
• Read updates from the July 2024 Wikimedia Endowment Board Meeting.
• Learn more about 12 candidates running for 4 seats on the Board by reading their statements and their answers to community questions.
• See the new members of the U4C following the results of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election, a new decision making group that will enforce the UCoC in specific circumstances.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 21:40, 12 Oṣù Òwéwe 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin September Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of September 2024. Please help Translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimedia event at the United Nations

Talking: 2024 continues

• "Wikimania Katowice coverage travels around the world" – a curated list of community and media coverage of Wikimania 2024. Over 100 pieces so far have been published about the event.
• WikiForHumanRights will lead a conversation about the future of the campaign with the Africa region on September 25 at 15:00 UTC.
• Let’s Connect: “Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia” will take place on September 26 at 15:00 UTC.
• Wikisource Conference 2025, the deadline for scholarship applications  has been extended to September 29.
• Big Fat Brussels Meeting 9 will be held in Brussels, Belgium from September 29–30.
• WikiConference North America will be held in Indianapolis, USA from October 3–6.
• WikiIndaba Conference 2024 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from October 4–6.
• Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS 2024): will be held in Hyderabad, India from October 4–5.
• ESEAP Community Call will be held on October 6 at 07:00 UTC.
• Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2025 is accepting submissions until October 6.
• The Language and Product Localisation team is hosting two office hours to discuss this year's plans and gather feedback from event organizers. The first session is October 5 at 16:00 UTC (Europe-Africa-Americas friendly), and the second is on October 6 at 03:00 UTC (Asia-Pacific friendly).

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• MediaWiki Product Insights: The latest edition includes details about: research about hook handlers to help simplify development, research about performance improvements, work to improve the REST API for end-users, and more.
• Tech News: Find out about the new automated Special:NamespaceInfo page, the latest Wishlist focus area, Template recall and discovery, and more recent tech updates.
• Wikidata Query Service: A new change to Wikidata Query Service will impact certain uses. The project will enter a transition period until the end of February 2025. For more details, visit the announcement page.
• Wikimedia Enterprise: Enhanced Free API Accounts: Recurring Credits and More Frequent Updates, early beta release of Structured Contents in Snapshot API, and early beta dataset release to Hugging Face.
• Wikifunctions: Status updates from September 20.
• Wikipedia Mobile Apps: Over 20,000 images have been added via the "Add an Image" feature on both iOS and Android (T372954)!
• Knowledge is Human: Read about ongoing work on the 2024 iteration of the "Knowledge is Human" public awareness campaign
• Server Switch: A server switch was completed successfully on September 25 with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 45 seconds.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase with the theme of Curation of Wikimedia AI Datasets.
• Conference and Event Fund: Updates and changes to the Conference and Event Fund program beginning in September 2024.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• UN Summit of the Future Action Days: Watch the Wikimedia event titled "The Power of the Commons: Digital Public Goods for a more secure, inclusive, and resilient world" at The Summit of the Future. This is expected to result in a negotiated Global Digital Compact, which represents the final phase of our movement-wide campaign to impact the text of the Global Digital Compact.
• Wikipedia and the Digital Services Act: Lessons on the strength of community and the future of internet regulation.

Foundation statements

• Ahead of UN General Assembly, Wikimedia Foundation calls on governments to ensure the future internet is shaped by communities for the public interest.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 17:10, 27 Oṣù Òwéwe 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 1

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of October 2024. Please help Translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

WikiArabia 2024

Talking: 2024 continues

• WikiArabia Conference 2024 will be held in Muscat, Oman, from October 25 to 27.
• WikiConvention francophone 2024 will be held in Québec, Canada, from November 2 to 3.
• AffCom, Case Review Committee (CRC) and the Ombuds commission (OC) are seeking new member applications from October 14.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure

See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on Mediawiki.org

• Tech News: Updates on Dark Mode, Vector 2022 skin, CampaignEvents extension, and more on tech news.
• Translation suggestion: Sign up to participate in the test project, Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists, which will help organisers identify and add relevant content based on high-impact topics to their Wikipedia.
• Wikifunctions: Status updates from September 26.
• Wikipedia Apps: Check out the latest issue of the Apps Quarterly Newsletter!

Annual Goals Progress on Equity

See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

• WikiWomen Summit: Event summary at Wikimania 2024.
• Let's Connect: Watch recordings of the session Technology for Language Diversity in Wikimedia.
• WikiLearn: The latest online learning opportunities created by Wikimedians for Wikimedians.
• Indonesia: Training for Indonesian Wikipedia Administrators to Safeguard Knowledge Integrity Ahead of the Regional Elections

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity

See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Mexico: Wikimedia Foundation files amicus brief in Mexico urging continued use of intermediary liability protections for user-generated content in Richter v. Google.
• Paraguay: Wikimedia Foundation to Paraguayan Supreme Court: Do not allow people to abuse the law to suppress legitimate information
• Global: Celebrating a legal victory in Germany against censorship, reflections on Open Culture strategic workshop, and more global advocacy updates.

Board and Board committee updates

See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Governance: Update from Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, a proposal to ask for help and co-creation in Movement Charter Mapping Exercise.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news

See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:31, 10 Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin October Issue 2

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the second half of October 2024. Please help translate.

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Upcoming and current events and conversations
Talking: 2024 continues

WikiForHumanRights

• How Wikipedia is staying relevant in the AI era: Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander talks about Wikipedia and AI in an interview with the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast.
• Wiki for Human Rights is organizing a call for South Asia, East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific communities to discuss the Future of WikiForHumanRights on October 24 at 10 UTC.
• Campaign Events tool: a call with the Indonesian communities will be hosted on October 25.
• Translation suggestions: Topic-based & Community-defined lists project: an office hour with event/campaign organisers and contributors who use Content Translation tool will be hosted on October 26th. Visit this page for more details.

Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

• Tech News: In issue 2024/42, read about the removal of the Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow), work on making text searches easier, and more. In issue 2024/43, read about improvements to mobile app navigation, temporary accounts pilot details, the Content Discovery Experiments, and more updates.
• MediaWiki: The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available and include updates on Wikimedia’s authentication system, research to simplify feature development in the MediaWiki platform, and more.
• CampaignEvents extension: The CampaignEvents extension provides tools to create, manage, and promote collaborative activities on the wikis, such as edit-a-thons, meetups, and more. You can visit the Deployment page to learn how to get the extension on your wiki.
• Research: The Research team and collaborators are launching new research on editors with extended rights.
• New Content Translation feature: Translators using Content Translation on wikis with mobile support can now customize their article suggestions with 41 filtering options. This feature helps translators find relevant articles based on their interests for translation.
• Wikifunctions: We are collecting feedback on the "About" widget that shows more info about the functions. Also, status updates from October 11 and October 17.
• Temporary Accounts: Temporary accounts will begin rolling out on October 29 to production wikis with an aim to do a complete deployment by May 2025. You can see the deployment plan and timeline on the project page. As we rollout this change, it is likely that some tools (gadgets, user scripts, templates and bots) will be impacted by it. We have a developer FAQ to help developers with making necessary changes to their maintained tool(s). Please let us know on our talk page if you have any tool in mind that may need updating or if you need help with updating your maintained tools.
• Knowledge is Human campaign: The Communications department has just launched a public awareness campaign (landing page) to showcase how real articles are edited and highlight Wikipedia as a source of information ahead of the 2024 “Big English” fundraising drive.

Annual Goals Progress on Equity
See also a list of all movement events: on Meta-Wiki

• Grants: Announcing the newest round of Knowledge Equity Fund grantees.
• Wikimedia Research Showcase: Watch the latest showcase with the theme of Wikipedia for Political and Election Analysis.

Annual Goals Progress on Safety & Integrity
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog

• Latest transparency report: The latest Transparency Report, covering the period from January to June 2024, is now live on the Foundation website. View also highlights from the report.

Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter

• Board Elections: Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections has been announced.
• Affiliates Strategy: Implementation status of a new affiliate health criteria and changes to User Groups recognition process.

Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · other newsletters:

• Topics: Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library
• Wikimedia Projects: Milestones · Wikidata
• Regions: Central and Eastern Europe

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:52, 24 Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 2024 (UTC)