Upcoming vote on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct ફેરફાર કરો

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Hello all,

In mid-January 2023, the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct will undergo a second community-wide ratification vote. This follows the March 2022 vote, which resulted in a majority of voters supporting the Enforcement Guidelines. During the vote, participants helped highlight important community concerns. The Board’s Community Affairs Committee requested that these areas of concern be reviewed.

The volunteer-led Revisions Committee worked hard reviewing community input and making changes. They updated areas of concern, such as training and affirmation requirements, privacy and transparency in the process, and readability and translatability of the document itself.

The revised Enforcement Guidelines can be viewed here, and a comparison of changes can be found here.

How to vote?

Beginning January 17, 2023, voting will be open. This page on Meta-wiki outlines information on how to vote using SecurePoll.

Who can vote?

The eligibility requirements for this vote are the same as for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees elections. See the voter information page for more details about voter eligibility. If you are an eligible voter, you can use your Wikimedia account to access the voting server.

What happens after the vote?

Votes will be scrutinized by an independent group of volunteers, and the results will be published on Wikimedia-l, the Movement Strategy Forum, Diff and on Meta-wiki. Voters will again be able to vote and share concerns they have about the guidelines. The Board of Trustees will look at the levels of support and concerns raised as they look at how the Enforcement Guidelines should be ratified or developed further.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

CSinha (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૧૫:૫૩, ૮ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Voting Opens on the Revised Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines ફેરફાર કરો

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Hello all,

The voting period for the revised Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now open! Voting will remain open for two weeks and will close at 23:59 UTC on January 31, 2023. Please visit the voter information page for voter eligibility information and details on how to vote.

For more details on the Enforcement Guidelines and the voting process, see our previous message.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

CSinha (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૧૭:૨૪, ૧૭ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Community feedback-cycle about updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use starts ફેરફાર કરો

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Hello community members,

Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department is organizing a feedback-cycle with community members to discuss updating the Wikimedia Terms of Use.

The Terms of Use (ToU) are the legal terms that govern the use of websites hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. We will be gathering your feedback on a draft proposal from February through April. The draft will be translated into several languages, with written feedback accepted in any language.

This update comes in response to several things:

  • Implementing the Universal Code of Conduct.
  • Updating project text to the Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 license.
  • Proposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing.
  • Bringing the Terms of Use in line with current and recently passed laws affecting the Wikimedia Foundation, including the European Digital Services Act

As part of the feedback cycle two office hours will be held: the first on 2 March and the second on 4 April.

For further information, please consult:

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Legal Team,

CSinha (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૧૩:૩૨, ૨૨ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Editing news 2023 #1 ફેરફાર કરો

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This newsletter includes two key updates about the Editing team's work:

  1. The Editing team will finish adding new features to the Talk pages project and deploy it.
  2. They are beginning a new project, Edit check.

Talk pages project

 
Some of the upcoming changes

The Editing team is nearly finished with this first phase of the Talk pages project. Nearly all new features are available now in the Beta Feature for ચર્ચા સાધનો.

It will show information about how active a discussion is, such as the date of the most recent comment. There will soon be a new "નવો વિષય" button. You will be able to turn them off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion. Please tell them what you think.

 
Daily edit completion rate by test group: DiscussionTools (test group) and MobileFrontend overlay (control group)

An A/B test for ચર્ચા સાધનો on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with ચર્ચા સાધનો. The Editing team is enabling these features for all editors on the mobile site.

New Project: Edit Check

The Editing team is beginning a project to help new editors of Wikipedia. It will help people identify some problems before they click "ફેરફારો પ્રકાશિત કરો". The first tool will encourage people to add references when they add new content. Please watch that page for more information. You can join a conference call on 3 March 2023 to learn more.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૦૪:૫૫, ૨૩ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Your wiki will be in read only soon ફેરફાર કરો

Trizek (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૦૨:૫૧, ૨૮ ફેબ્રુઆરી ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

વિકિમેનિયા ૨૦૨૩ કાર્યક્રમ રજૂઆત આવકારે છે ફેરફાર કરો

 

શું તમે વિકિમેનિયા ૨૦૨૩માં કોઈ બેઠક (રુબરુ કે ઓનલાઇન) સંચાલન કરવા ઈચ્છો છો? કે પછી હાથ-અખતરો કરવાની કાર્યશાળા, જીવંત ચર્ચા, સાંસ્કૃતિક કાર્યક્રમ, કોઈ ધ્યાનાકર્ષક ચોપાનિયું કે યાદગાર ટૂંકાં પ્રવચન જેવું કશુંક? ૨૮ માર્ચ સુધી નોંધણી ખુલ્લી છે. આ વખતે હાઇબ્રિડ કાર્યક્રમો પણ હશે તો પૂર્વે રેકોર્ડ કરેલી સામગ્રી અને ઓનલાઇન પ્રેઝન્ટેશન પણ આવકાર્ય છે. જો તમારાં મનમાં આ સંદર્ભે કોઈ પ્રશ્ન હોય તો આગામી ૧૨ અને ૧૯ માર્ચે અમારી સાથે સંવાદમાં જોડાઈ શકો છો, કે પછી wikimania@wikimedia.org પર ઇમેલ કરી ને અથવા ટેલિગ્રામ પર પૂછી શકો છો. વધુ વિગતો વિકિ પર ઉપલબ્ધ છે.

Your wiki will be in read-only soon ફેરફાર કરો

MediaWiki message delivery ૦૬:૧૧, ૨૧ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Seeking volunteers for the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct process ફેરફાર કરો

Hello,

As follow-up to the message about the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines by Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Vice Chair, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, I am reaching out about the next steps. I want to bring your attention to the next stage of the Universal Code of Conduct process, which is forming a building committee for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). I invite community members with experience and deep interest in community health and governance to nominate themselves to be part of the U4C building committee, which needs people who are:

  • Community members in good standing
  • Knowledgeable about movement community processes, such as, but not limited to, policy drafting, participatory decision making, and application of existing rules and policies on Wikimedia projects
  • Aware and appreciative of the diversity of the movement, such as, but not limited to, languages spoken, identity, geography, and project type
  • Committed to participate for the entire U4C Building Committee period from mid-May - December 2023
  • Comfortable with engaging in difficult, but productive conversations
  • Confidently able to communicate in English

The Building Committee shall consist of volunteer community members, affiliate board or staff, and Wikimedia Foundation staff.

The Universal Code of Conduct has been a process strengthened by the skills and knowledge of the community and I look forward to what the U4C Building Committee creates. If you are interested in joining the Building Committee, please either sign up on the Meta-Wiki page, or contact ucocproject wikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

Xeno (WMF) ૦૦:૩૧, ૨૭ એપ્રિલ ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Selection of the U4C Building Committee ફેરફાર કરો

The next stage in the Universal Code of Conduct process is establishing a Building Committee to create the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). The Building Committee has been selected. Read about the members and the work ahead on Meta-wiki.

-- UCoC Project Team, ૦૯:૫૧, ૨૭ મે ૨૦૨૩ (IST)

ચૂંટણી સમિતિના નવા સભ્યોની જાહેરાત ફેરફાર કરો

તમે મેટા-વિકી પર આ સંદેશનું અન્ય ભાષાઓમાં પણ ભાષાંતર મેળવી શકો છો.

નમસ્તે,

We are glad to announce the new members and advisors of the Elections Committee. The Elections Committee assists with the design and implementation of the process to select Community- and Affiliate-Selected trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. After an open nomination process, the strongest candidates spoke with the Board and four candidates were asked to join the Elections Committee. Four other candidates were asked to participate as advisors.

Thank you to all the community members who submitted their names for consideration. We look forward to working with the Elections Committee in the near future.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,


RamzyM (WMF) ૨૩:૩૦, ૨૮ જૂન ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Global bot flag request for Lingua Libre Bot ફેરફાર કરો

Apologies for sending this message solely in English. Please help translate to your language.

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This is a notice pursuant the global bot policy, to inform you that Lingua Libre Bot is requesting approval to operate as a global bot.

The discussion can be found at Steward requests/Bot status in Meta-Wiki. All Wikimedia Community members can participate in the discussion if they so wish.

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--MA (ચર્ચા) ૧૬:૩૪, ૨૧ ઓગસ્ટ ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee ફેરફાર કરો

Hello all,

I am pleased to share the next step in the Universal Code of Conduct work. The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) draft charter is now ready for your review.

The Enforcement Guidelines require a Building Committee form to draft a charter that outlines procedures and details for a global committee to be called the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C). Over the past few months, the U4C Building Committee worked together as a group to discuss and draft the U4C charter. The U4C Building Committee welcomes feedback about the draft charter now through 22 September 2023. After that date, the U4C Building Committee will revise the charter as needed and a community vote will open shortly afterward.

Join the conversation during the conversation hours or on Meta-wiki.

Best,

RamzyM (WMF), on behalf of the U4C Building Committee, ૨૧:૦૫, ૨૮ ઓગસ્ટ ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Your wiki will be in read-only soon ફેરફાર કરો

Trizek_(WMF) (talk) ૧૪:૫૩, ૧૫ સપ્ટેમ્બર ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]

Announcing Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 and Invitation to Participate ફેરફાર કરો

Dear Wikimedians,

The Indic MediaWiki Developers User Group is happy to announce Indic Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 on 16-17 December 2023 in Pondicherry, India.

The event is for everyone who contributes to Wikimedia’s technical spaces code developers, maintainers, translators, designers, technical writers and other related technical aspects. Along with that, contributors who don't necessarily contribute to technical spaces but have good understanding of issues on wikis and can work with developers in addressing them can join too. You can come with a project in mind, join an existing project, or create something new with others. The goal of this event is to bring together technical contributors from India to resolve pending technical issues, bugs, brainstorm on tooling ideas, and foster connections between contributors.

We have scholarships to support participation of contributors residing in India. The scholarship form can be filled at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_Qqctj7I87QfYt5imc6iPcGPWuPfncCOyAd_OMbGiqxzxhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link and will close at 23:59 hrs on 15 October 2023 (Sunday) [IST].

Please reach out to contactઢાંચો:@indicmediawikidev.org if you have any questions or need support.

Best, Indic MediaWiki Developers UG, ૧૦:૧૦, ૪ ઓક્ટોબર ૨૦૨૩ (IST)

== Opportunities open for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and the Case Review Committee == ફેરફાર કરો

Hi everyone! The Affiliations Committee (AffCom), Ombuds commission (OC), and the Case Review Committee (CRC) are looking for new members. These volunteer groups provide important structural and oversight support for the community and movement. People are encouraged to nominate themselves or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to apply. There is more information about the roles of the groups, the skills needed, and the opportunity to apply on the Meta-wiki page.

On behalf of the Committee Support team,

Review and comment on the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package ફેરફાર કરો

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Dear all,

Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package from now until 29 October 2023. The selection rules package was based on older versions by the Elections Committee and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection. Providing your comments now will help them provide a smoother, better Board selection process. More on the Meta-wiki page.

Best,

Katie Chan
Chair of the Elections Committee

૦૬:૪૩, ૧૭ ઓક્ટોબર ૨૦૨૩ (IST)

The Vector 2022 skin as the default in three weeks? ફેરફાર કરો

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Hello. I'm writing on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Web team. In two weeks, we would like to make the Vector 2022 skin the default on this wiki.

 
Global preferences

If you prefer keeping the current skin select "Vector legacy (2010)" on the appearance tab of the global preferences and save the change. We encourage you to give the new skin a try, though.

Since I last came to you with this question, many things have changed. The skin is now the default on most Wikipedias, and all logos are done! We have also made some tweaks in the skin itself. Below is the text I've sent to you once, but I'm sending it again, just slightly edited, for those who haven't seen it.

If you know what this is about, jump straight to the section "Our plan":

It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy as a local (but not global) preference. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skin. No changes are expected for these skins.

About the skin ફેરફાર કરો

 
Slides to our Wikimania 2022 presentation. You may also listen to the recording on YouTube (in English).

[Why is a change necessary] When the current default skin was created, it reflected the needs of the readers and editors as these were 14 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using the Internet and Wikimedia projects in different ways. The old Vector does not meet their needs.

[Objective] The objective for the Vector 2022 skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It introduces a series of changes that aim to improve problems new and existing readers and editors were having with the old skin. It draws inspiration from previous user requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. The PHP code in the other available skins has been reduced by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.

 

[Changes in a nutshell] The skin introduces changes that improve readability and usability. The new skin does not remove any functionality currently available on the Vector skin.

  • The limited width and pin-able menus allow to adjust the interface to the screen size, and focus on editing or reading. Logged-in and logged-out users may use a toggle button to keep the full width, though.
  • The sticky header makes it easier to find tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%.
  • The new table of contents makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jump to different sections of the page 50% more than with the old table of contents. It also looks a bit different on talk pages.
  • The new search bar is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the tested wikis.
  • The skin does not negatively affect pageviews, edit rates, or account creation. There is evidence of increases in pageviews and account creation across partner communities.

[Customize this skin] It's possible to configure and personalize our changes. We support volunteers who create new gadgets and user scripts. Check out the repository for a list of currently available customizations and changes, or add your own.

Our plan ફેરફાર કરો

If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying on 14 November. If you'd like to ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please comment in any language. If this is the first comment to my message, make sure to ping me. We will gladly answer! Also, check out our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (ચર્ચા) ૦૬:૩૯, ૨૬ ઓક્ટોબર ૨૦૨૩ (IST)[ઉત્તર]