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Betawiki: better support for your language in MediaWiki

Dear community. I am writing to you to promote a special wiki called Betawiki. This wiki facilitates the localisation (l10n) of the MediaWiki interface. You may have changed many messages here to use your language in the interface, but if you would log in to for example the English language Wiktionary, you would not be able to use the interface as well translated as here. Infact, of the 1798 messages in the core of MediaWiki, 135 messages have been translated. Betawiki also supports the translation of messages of about 80 extensions, with almost 1000 messages.

If you wish to contribute to better support of your language in MediaWiki, as well as for many MediaWiki extensions, please visit Betawiki, create an account and request translator priviledges. You can see the current status of localisation of your language on meta and do not forget to get in touch with others that may already be working on your language on Betawiki.

If you have any further questions, please let me know on my talk page on Betawiki. We will try and assist you as much as possible, for example by importing all messages from a local wiki for you to start with, if you so desire.

You can also find us on the Freenode IRC network in the channel #mediawiki-i18n where we would be happy to help you get started.

Thank you very much for your attention and I do hope to see some of you on Betawiki soon! Cheers! Siebrand@Betawiki ०९:४५, २८ सितम्बर २००७ (UTC)

Wikimania Scholarships

The call for applications for Wikimania Scholarships to attend Wikimania 2010 in Gdansk, Poland (July 9-11) is now open. The Wikimedia Foundation offers Scholarships to pay for selected individuals' round trip travel, accommodations, and registration at the conference. To apply, visit the Wikimania 2010 scholarships information page, click the secure link available there, and fill out the form to apply. For additional information, please visit the Scholarships information and FAQ pages:

• Scholarships
• Scholarships FAQ

Yours very truly, Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation

Terms of Use update

I apologize that you are receiving this message in English. Please help translate it.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation is discussing changes to its Terms of Use. The discussion can be found at Talk:Terms of use. Everyone is invited to join in. Because the new version of Terms of use is not in final form, we are not able to present official translations of it. Volunteers are welcome to translate it, as German volunteers have done at m:Terms of use/de, but we ask that you note at the top that the translation is unofficial and may become outdated as the English version is changed. The translation request can be found at m:Translation requests/WMF/Terms of Use 2 -- Maggie Dennis, Community Liaison ००:५२, २७ अक्टूबर २०११ (UTC)

Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants

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• Do you want to help attract new contributors to Wikimedia projects?
• Do you want to improve retention of our existing editors?
• Do you want to strengthen our community by diversifying its base and increasing the overall number of excellent participants around the world?

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking Community Fellows and project ideas for the Community Fellowship Program. A Fellowship is a temporary position at the Wikimedia Foundation in order to work on a specific project or set of projects. Submissions for 2012 are encouraged to focus on the theme of improving editor retention and increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. If interested, please submit a project idea or apply to be a fellow by January 15, 2012. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Fellowships for more information.

Thanks!

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Community Fellowships, Wikimedia Foundation १३:०२, २१ दिसम्बर २०११ (UTC)

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Announcing Wikipedia 1.19 beta

Wikimedia Foundation is getting ready to push out 1.19 to all the WMF-hosted wikis. As we finish wrapping up our code review, you can test the new version right now on beta.wmflabs.org. For more information, please read the release notes or the start of the final announcement.

The following are the areas that you will probably be most interested in:

• Faster loading of javascript files makes dependency tracking more important.
• New common*.css files usable by skins instead of having to copy piles of generic styles from MonoBook or Vector's css.
• The default user signature now contains a talk link in addition to the user link.
• Searching blocked usernames in block log is now clearer.
• Better timezone recognition in user preferences.
• Improved diff readability for colorblind people.
• The interwiki links table can now be accessed also when the interwiki cache is used (used in the API and the Interwiki extension).
• More gender support (for instance in logs and user lists).
• Language converter improved, e.g. it now works depending on the page content language.
• Time and number-formatting magic words also now depend on the page content language.
• Bidirectional support further improved after 1.18.

Report any problems on the labs beta wiki and we'll work to address them before they software is released to the production wikis.

Note that this cluster does have SUL but it is not integrated with SUL in production, so you'll need to create another account. You should avoid using the same password as you use here. — Global message delivery ००:१२, १५ जनवरी २०१२ (UTC)

MediaWiki 1.19

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to upgrade MediaWiki (the software powering this wiki) to its latest version this month. You can help to test it before it is enabled, to avoid disruption and breakage. More information is available in the full announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

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Update on IPv6

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The Wikimedia Foundation is planning to do limited testing of IPv6 on June 2-3. If there are not too many problems, we may fully enable IPv6 on World IPv6 day (June 6), and keep it enabled.

What this means for your project:

• At least on June 2-3, 2012, you may see a small number of edits from IPv6 addresses, which are in the form "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334". See e.g. w:en:IPv6 address. These addresses should behave like any other IP address: You can leave messages on their talk pages; you can track their contributions; you can block them. (See the full version of this announcement for notes on range blocks.)

• In the mid term, some user scripts and tools will need to be adapted for IPv6.

• We suspect that IPv6 usage is going to be very low initially, meaning that abuse should be manageable, and we will assist in the monitoring of the situation.

Read the full version of this announcement on how to test the behavior of IPv6 with various tools and how to leave bug reports, and to find a fuller analysis of the implications of the IPv6 migration.

--Erik Möller, VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation ०१:०१, २ जून २०१२ (UTC)

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2011 Picture of the Year competition

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Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2011 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We are interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year 2011. Any user registered at Commons or a Wikimedia wiki SUL-related to Commons with more than 75 edits before 1 April 2012 (UTC) is welcome to vote and, of course everyone is welcome to view!

Detailed information about the contest can be found at the introductory page.

About 600 of the best of Wikimedia Common's photos, animations, movies and graphics were chosen –by the international Wikimedia Commons community– out of 12 million files during 2011 and are now called Featured Pictures.

From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons Features Pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories.

We regret that you receive this message in English; we intended to use banners to notify you in your native language but there was both, human and technical resistance.

See you on Commons! --Picture of the Year 2011 Committee १८:२०, ५ जून २०१२ (UTC)

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Mobile view as default view coming soon

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language. Please consider translating it, as well as the instructions on Meta)

The mobile view of this project and others will soon become the default view on mobile devices (except tablets). Some language versions of these projects currently show no content on the mobile home page, and it is a good time to do a little formatting so users get a mobile-friendly view, or to add to existing mobile content if some already exists.

If you are an administrator, please consider helping with this change. There are instructions which are being translated. The proposed date of switching the default view is July 5.

To contact the mobile team, email mobile-feedback-llists.wikimedia.org.

--Phil Inje Chang, Product Manager, Mobile, Wikimedia Foundation ०४:४८, २९ जून २०१२ (UTC)

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Help decide about more than $10 million of Wikimedia donations in the coming year

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Hi,

As many of you are aware, the Wikimedia Board of Trustees recently initiated important changes in the way that money is being distributed within the Wikimedia movement. As part of this, a new community-led "Funds Dissemination Committee" (FDC) is currently being set up. Already in 2012-13, its recommendations will guide the decisions about the distribution of over 10 million US dollars among the Foundation, chapters and other eligible entities.

Now, seven capable, knowledgeable and trustworthy community members are sought to volunteer on the initial Funds Dissemination Committee. It is expected to take up its work in September. In addition, a community member is sought to be the Ombudsperson for the FDC process. If you are interested in joining the committee, read the call for volunteers. Nominations are planned to close on August 15.

--Anasuya Sengupta, Director of Global Learning and Grantmaking, Wikimedia Foundation २०:०६, १९ जुलाई २०१२ (UTC)

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Extension:Narayam installation request

Hello, Apologies this message is in English, I am Srikanth from the wmf:Localisation team. I am trying to get the input tool mw:Extension:Narayam deployed on all wikis whose language is supported by the extension. For Hindi , I see that Hindi Wikipedia has already installed Narayam extension. I would request members of the community to also consider installing the extension so that typing Hindi using a common tool will be easy for users. You can request installation of tool by filing a bug using this link. Let me know if you have any questions. Please feel free to email me slakshmanan@wikimedia.org Thanks Srikanth WMF (वार्ता) ०४:४३, ३ अगस्त २०१२ (UTC)

Request for Comment: Legal Fees Assistance Program

I apologize for addressing you in English. I would be grateful if you could translate this message into your language.

The Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a request for comment on a proposed program that could provide legal assistance to users in specific support roles who are named in a legal complaint as a defendant because of those roles. We wanted to be sure that your community was aware of this discussion and would have a chance to participate in that discussion.

If this page is not the best place to publicize this request for comment, please help spread the word to those who may be interested in participating. (If you'd like to help translating the "request for comment", program policy or other pages into your language and don't know how the translation system works, please come by my user talk page at m:User talk:Mdennis (WMF). I'll be happy to assist or to connect you with a volunteer who can assist.)

Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF)०१:५७, ६ सितम्बर २०१२ (UTC)

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Wikidata is getting close to a first roll-out

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As some of you might already have heard Wikimedia Deutschland is working on a new Wikimedia project. It is called m:Wikidata. The goal of Wikidata is to become a central data repository for the Wikipedias, its sister projects and the world. In the future it will hold data like the number of inhabitants of a country, the date of birth of a famous person or the length of a river. These can then be used in all Wikimedia projects and outside of them.

The project is divided into three phases and "we are getting close to roll-out the first phase". The phases are:

1. language links in the Wikipedias (making it possible to store the links between the language editions of an article just once in Wikidata instead of in each linked article)
2. infoboxes (making it possible to store the data that is currently in infoboxes in one central place and share the data)
3. lists (making it possible to create lists and similar things based on queries to Wikidata so they update automatically when new data is added or modified)

It'd be great if you could join us, test the demo version, provide feedback and take part in the development of Wikidata. You can find all the relevant information including an FAQ and sign-up links for our on-wiki newsletter on the Wikidata page on Meta.

For further discussions please use this talk page (if you are uncomfortable writing in English you can also write in your native language there) or point me to the place where your discussion is happening so I can answer there.

--Lydia Pintscher १३:२१, १० सितम्बर २०१२ (UTC)

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Upcoming software changes - please report any problems

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All Wikimedia wikis - including this one - will soon be upgraded with new and possibly disruptive code. This process starts today and finishes on October 24 (see the upgrade schedule & code details).

Please watch for problems with:

• revision diffs
• templates
• CSS and JavaScript pages (like user scripts)
• bots
• PDF export
• images, video, and sound, especially scaling sizes
• the CologneBlue skin

If you notice any problems, please report problems at our defect tracker site. You can test for possible problems at test2.wikipedia.org and mediawiki.org, which have already been updated.

Thanks! With your help we can find problems fast and get them fixed faster.

Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Engineering Community Manager (talk) ०२:५५, १६ अक्टूबर २०१२ (UTC)

P.S.: For the regular, smaller MediaWiki updates every two weeks, please watch this schedule.

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Fundraising localization: volunteers from outside the USA needed

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Hello All,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Fundraising team have begun our 'User Experience' project, with the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries outside the USA and enhancing the localization of our donation pages. I am searching for volunteers to spend 30 minutes on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real-time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. Please sing up and help us with our 'User Experience' project! :) If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!

Thanks!
Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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Be a Wikimedia fundraising "User Experience" volunteer!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered last year on the Wikimedia fundraising 'User Experience' project. We have talked to many different people in different countries and their feedback has helped us immensely in restructuring our pages. If you haven't heard of it yet, the 'User Experience' project has the goal of understanding the donation experience in different countries (outside the USA) and enhancing the localization of our donation pages.

I am (still) searching for volunteers to spend some time on a Skype chat with me, reviewing their own country's donation pages. It will be done on a 'usability' format (I will ask you to read the text and go through the donation flow) and will be asking your feedback in the meanwhile.

The only pre-requisite is for the volunteer to actually live in the country and to have access to at least one donation method that we offer for that country (mainly credit/debit card, but also real time banking like IDEAL, E-wallets, etc...) so we can do a live test and see if the donation goes through. **All volunteers will be reimbursed of the donations that eventually succeed (and they will be very low amounts, like 1-2 dollars)**

By helping us you are actually helping thousands of people to support our mission of free knowledge across the world. If you are interested (or know of anyone who could be) please email ppena@wikimedia.org. All countries needed (excepting USA)!!

Thanks!

Pats Pena
Global Fundraising Operations Manager, Wikimedia Foundation

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Wikimedia sites to move to primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read-only mode expected.

(Apologies if this message isn't in your language.) Next week, the Wikimedia Foundation will transition its main technical operations to a new data center in Ashburn, Virginia, USA. This is intended to improve the technical performance and reliability of all Wikimedia sites, including this wiki. There will be some times when the site will be in read-only mode, and there may be full outages; the current target windows for the migration are January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, 2013, from 17:00 to 01:00 UTC (see other timezones on timeanddate.com). More information is available in the full announcement.

If you would like to stay informed of future technical upgrades, consider becoming a Tech ambassador and joining the ambassadors mailing list. You will be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Thank you for your help and your understanding.

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Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

Dear Wikimedians,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2012 Picture of the Year competition is now open. We're interested in your opinion as to which images qualify to be the Picture of the Year for 2012. Voting is open to established Wikimedia users who meet the following criteria:

1. Users must have an account, at any Wikimedia project, which was registered before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC].
2. This user account must have more than 75 edits on any single Wikimedia project before Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 [UTC]. Please check your account eligibility at the POTY 2012 Contest Eligibility tool.
3. Users must vote with an account meeting the above requirements either on Commons or another SUL-related Wikimedia project (for other Wikimedia projects, the account must be attached to the user's Commons account through SUL).

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. From professional animal and plant shots to breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historically relevant images, images portraying the world's best architecture, maps, emblems, diagrams created with the most modern technology, and impressive human portraits, Commons features pictures of all flavors.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topic categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you can vote for as many images as you like. The first round category winners and the top ten overall will then make it to the final. In the final round, when a limited number of images are left, you must decide on the one image that you want to become the Picture of the Year.

To see the candidate images just go to the POTY 2012 page on Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Commons celebrates our featured images of 2012 with this contest. Your votes decide the Picture of the Year, so remember to vote in the first round by January 30, 2013.

Thanks,
the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year committee

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Help turn ideas into grants in the new IdeaLab

I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

• Do you have an idea for a project to improve this community or website?
• Do you think you could complete your idea if only you had some funding?
• Do you want to help other people turn their ideas into project plans or grant proposals?

Please join us in the IdeaLab, an incubator for project ideas and Individual Engagement Grant proposals.

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking new ideas and proposals for Individual Engagement Grants. These grants fund individuals or small groups to complete projects that help improve this community. If interested, please submit a completed proposal by February 15, 2013. Please visit https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG for more information.

Thanks! --Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation २०:२७, ३० जनवरी २०१३ (UTC)

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Convert complex templates to Lua to make them faster and more powerful

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Greetings. As you might have seen on the Wikimedia tech blog or the tech ambassadors list, a new functionality called "Lua" is being enabled on all Wikimedia sites today. Lua is a scripting language that enables you to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates.

If you have questions about how to convert existing templates to Lua (or how to create new ones), we'll be holding two support sessions on IRC next week: one on Wednesday (for Oceania, Asia & America) and one on Friday (for Europe, Africa & America); see m:IRC office hours for the details. If you can't make it, you can also get help at mw:Talk:Lua scripting.

If you'd like to learn about this kind of events earlier in advance, consider becoming a Tech ambassador by subscribing to the mailing list. You will also be able to help your fellow Wikimedians have a voice in technical discussions and be notified of important decisions.

Guillaume Paumier, via the Global message delivery system. १९:५०, १३ मार्च २०१३ (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Request for comment on inactive administrators

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Read this message in English / Lleer esti mensaxe n'asturianu / বাংলায় এই বার্তাটি পড়ুন / Llegiu aquest missatge en català / Læs denne besked på dansk / Lies diese Nachricht auf Deutsch / Leś cal mesag' chè in Emiliàn / Leer este mensaje en español / Lue tämä viesti suomeksi / Lire ce message en français / Ler esta mensaxe en galego / हिन्दी / Pročitajte ovu poruku na hrvatskom / Baca pesan ini dalam Bahasa Indonesia / Leggi questo messaggio in italiano / ಈ ಸಂದೇಶವನ್ನು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಓದಿ / Aqra dan il-messaġġ bil-Malti / norsk (bokmål) / Lees dit bericht in het Nederlands / Przeczytaj tę wiadomość po polsku / Citiți acest mesaj în română / Прочитать это сообщение на русском / Farriintaan ku aqri Af-Soomaali / Pročitaj ovu poruku na srpskom (Прочитај ову поруку на српском) / อ่านข้อความนี้ในภาษาไทย / Прочитати це повідомлення українською мовою / Đọc thông báo bằng tiếng Việt / 使用中文阅读本信息。

Hello!

There is a new request for comment on Meta-Wiki concerning the removal of administrative rights from long-term inactive Wikimedians. Generally, this proposal from stewards would apply to wikis without an administrators' review process.

We are also compiling a list of projects with procedures for removing inactive administrators on the talk page of the request for comment. Feel free to add your project(s) to the list if you have a policy on administrator inactivity.

All input is appreciated. The discussion may close as soon as 21 May 2013 (2013-05-21), but this will be extended if needed.

Thanks, Billinghurst (thanks to all the translators!) ०४:४४, २४ अप्रैल २०१३ (UTC)

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[en] Change to wiki account system and account renaming

Some accounts will soon be renamed due to a technical change that the developer team at Wikimedia are making. More details on Meta.

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[en] Change to section edit links

The default position of the "edit" link in page section headers is going to change soon. The "edit" link will be positioned adjacent to the page header text rather than floating opposite it.

Section edit links will be to the immediate right of section titles, instead of on the far right. If you're an editor of one of the wikis which already implemented this change, nothing will substantially change for you; however, scripts and gadgets depending on the previous implementation of section edit links will have to be adjusted to continue working; however, nothing else should break even if they are not updated in time.

Detailed information and a timeline is available on meta.

Ideas to do this all the way to 2009 at least. It is often difficult to track which of several potential section edit links on the far right is associated with the correct section, and many readers and anonymous or new editors may even be failing to notice section edit links at all, since they read section titles, which are far away from the links.

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Tech newsletter: Subscribe to receive the next editions

Latest Tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes.

Recent software changes

(Not all changes will affect you.)

• The latest version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf4) was added to non-Wikipedia wikis on May 13, and to the English Wikipedia (with a Wikidata software update) on May 20. It will be updated on all other Wikipedia sites on May 22. [१] [२]
• A software update will perhaps result in temporary issues with images. Please report any problems you notice. [३]
• MediaWiki recognizes links in twelve new schemes. Users can now link to SSH, XMPP and Bitcoin directly from wikicode. [४]
• VisualEditor was added to all content namespaces on mediawiki.org on May 20. [५]
• A new extension ("TemplateData") was added to all Wikipedia sites on May 20. It will allow a future version of VisualEditor to edit templates. [६]
• New sites: Greek Wikivoyage and Venetian Wiktionary joined the Wikimedia family last week; the total number of project wikis is now 794. [७] [८]
• The logo of 18 Wikipedias was changed to version 2.0 in a third group of updates. [९]
• The UploadWizard on Commons now shows links to the old upload form in 55 languages (bug 33513). [१०]

Future software changes

• The next version of MediaWiki (version 1.22/wmf5) will be added to Wikimedia sites starting on May 27. [११]
• An updated version of Notifications, with new features and fewer bugs, will be added to the English Wikipedia on May 23. [१२]
• The final version of the "single user login" (which allows people to use the same username on different Wikimedia wikis) is moved to August 2013. The software will automatically rename some usernames. [१३]
• A new discussion system for MediaWiki, called "Flow", is under development. Wikimedia designers need your help to inform other users, test the prototype and discuss the interface. [१४].
• The Wikimedia Foundation is hiring people to act as links between software developers and users for VisualEditor. [१५]

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If you want to continue to receive the next issues every week, please subscribe to the newsletter. You can subscribe your personal talk page and a community page like this one. The newsletter can be translated into your language.

You can also become a tech ambassador, help us write the next newsletter and tell us what to improve. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. guillom २०:३९, २० मई २०१३ (UTC)

Trademark discussion

Hi, apologies for posting this in English, but I wanted to alert your community to a discussion on Meta about potential changes to the Wikimedia Trademark Policy. Please translate this statement if you can. We hope that you will all participate in the discussion; we also welcome translations of the legal team’s statement into as many languages as possible and encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please see the Trademark practices discussion (on Meta-Wiki) for more information. Thank you! --Mdennis (WMF) (talk)

Universal Language Selector to replace Narayam and WebFonts extensions

On June 11, 2013, the Universal Language Selector (ULS) will replace the features of Mediawiki extensions Narayam and WebFonts. The ULS provides a flexible way of configuring and delivering language settings like interface language, fonts, and input methods (keyboard mappings).

Please read the announcement on Meta-Wiki for more information. Runab १४:०८, ५ जून २०१३ (UTC) (posted via Global message delivery)

X!'s Edit Counter

(Sorry for writing in English. You can translate the proposal.)

Should X!'s edit counter retain the opt-in requirement? Your input is strongly encouraged. Voice your input here.——cyberpower ^Chat_Automation ०४:३१, २३ जून २०१३ (UTC)

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Pywikipedia is migrating to git

Hello, Sorry for English but It's very important for bot operators so I hope someone translates this. Pywikipedia is migrating to Git so after July 26, SVN checkouts won't be updated If you're using Pywikipedia you have to switch to git, otherwise you will use out-dated framework and your bot might not work properly. There is a manual for doing that and a blog post explaining about this change in non-technical language. If you have question feel free to ask in mw:Manual talk:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit, mailing list, or in the IRC channel. Best Amir (via Global message delivery). १३:१७, २३ जुलाई २०१३ (UTC)

HTTPS for users with an account

Greetings. Starting on August 21 (tomorrow), all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. More information is available at m:HTTPS.

If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on bugzilla, on IRC (in the #wikimedia-operations channel) or on meta. If you can't use the other methods, you can also send an e-mail to https@wikimedia.org.

Greg Grossmeier (via the Global message delivery system). १९:०९, २० अगस्त २०१३ (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Request for consultation on community logo

Request for consultation on this community logo

First, I’d like to apologize for the English. If you can, please help to translate this for other members of your community.

The legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation would greatly appreciate your input on the best way to manage the "community logo" (pictured here) to best balance protection of the projects with community support. Accordingly, they have created a “request for consultation” on Meta where they set out briefly some of the issues to be considered and the options that they perceive. Your input would be invaluable in helping guide them in how best to serve our mission.

Thank you! --Mdennis (talk) (via the Global message delivery system). ०२:३२, २४ सितम्बर २०१३ (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)

Notifications

Notifications inform you of new activity that affects you -- and let you take quick action.

(This message is in English, please translate as needed)

Greetings!

Notifications will inform users about new activity that affects them on this wiki in a unified way: for example, this new tool will let you know when you have new talk page messages, edit reverts, mentions or links -- and is designed to augment (rather than replace) the watchlist. The Wikimedia Foundation's editor engagement team developed this tool (code-named 'Echo') earlier this year, to help users contribute more productively to MediaWiki projects.

We're now getting ready to bring Notifications to almost all other Wikimedia sites, and are aiming for a 22 October deployment, as outlined in this release plan. It is important that notifications is translated for all of the languages we serve.

There are three major points of translation needed to be either done or checked:

• Echo on translatewiki for user interface - you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
• Thanks on translatewiki for user interface - you must have an account on translatewiki to translate
• Notifications help on mediawiki.org. This page can be hosted after translation on mediawiki.org or we can localize it to this Wikipedia. You do not have to have an account to translate on mediawiki, but single-user login will create it for you there if you follow the link.

• Checklist

Please let us know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about this new tool. For more information, visit this project hub and this help page. Keegan (WMF) (talk) १८:३८, ४ अक्टूबर २०१३ (UTC)

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Speak up about the trademark registration of the Community logo.

Hi all,

Please join the consultation about the Community logo that represents Meta-Wiki: m:Community Logo/Request for consultation.

This community consultation was commenced on September 24. The following day, two individuals filed a legal opposition against the registration of the Community logo.

The question is whether the Wikimedia Foundation should seek a collective membership mark with respect to this logo or abandon its registration and protection of the trademark.

We want to make sure that everyone get a chance to speak up so that we can get clear direction from the community. We would therefore really appreciate the community's help in translating this announcement from English so that everyone is able to understand it.

Thanks, Geoff & Yana २०:१२, ८ अक्टूबर २०१३ (UTC)

Introducting Beta Features

(Apologies for writing in English. Please translate if necessary)

We would like to let you know about Beta Features, a new program from the Wikimedia Foundation that lets you try out new features before they are released for everyone.

Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features on a broad scale, but in a way that's not disruptive.

Beta Features is now ready for testing on MediaWiki.org. It will also be released on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki this Thursday, 7 November. Based on test results, the plan is to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November, 2013.

Here are the first features you can test this week:

• Media Viewer — view images in large size or full screen
• VisualEditor Formulæ (for wikis with VisualEditor) — edit algebra or equations on your pages
• Typography Refresh — make text more readable (coming Thursday)

Would you like to try out Beta Features now? After you log in on MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'. Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then click 'Save'. Learn more on the Beta Features page.

After you've tested Beta Features, please let the developers know what you think on this discussion page -- or report any bugs here on Bugzilla. You're also welcome to join this IRC office hours chat on Friday, 8 November at 18:30 UTC.

Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design, Multimedia and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, they will be adding new features to this experimental program every few weeks. They are very grateful to all the community members who helped create this project — and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future.

Enjoy, and don't forget to let developers know what you think! Keegan (WMF) (talk) २०:००, ५ नवम्बर २०१३ (UTC)

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Call for comments on draft trademark policy

Hi all,

The Wikimedia legal team invites you to participate in the development of the new Wikimedia trademark policy.

The current trademark policy was introduced in 2009 to protect the Wikimedia marks. We are now updating this policy to better balance permissive use of the marks with the legal requirements for preserving them for the community. The new draft trademark policy is ready for your review here, and we encourage you to discuss it here.

We would appreciate if someone would translate this message into your language so more members of your community can contribute to the conversation.

Thanks,
Yana & Geoff

Request for comment on Commons: Should Wikimedia support MP4 video?

I apologize for this message being only in English. Please translate it if needed to help your community.

The Wikimedia Foundation's multimedia team seeks community guidance on a proposal to support the MP4 video format. This digital video standard is used widely around the world to record, edit and watch videos on mobile phones, desktop computers and home video devices. It is also known as H.264/MPEG-4 or AVC.

Supporting the MP4 format would make it much easier for our users to view and contribute video on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects -- and video files could be offered in dual formats on our sites, so we could continue to support current open formats (WebM and Ogg Theora).

However, MP4 is a patent-encumbered format, and using a proprietary format would be a departure from our current practice of only supporting open formats on our sites -- even though the licenses appear to have acceptable legal terms, with only a small fee required.

We would appreciate your guidance on whether or not to support MP4. Our Request for Comments presents views both in favor and against MP4 support, based on opinions we’ve heard in our discussions with community and team members.

Please join this RfC -- and share your advice.

All users are welcome to participate, whether you are active on Commons, Wikipedia, other Wikimedia project -- or any site that uses content from our free media repository.

You are also welcome to join tomorrow's Office hours chat on IRC, this Thursday, January 16, at 19:00 UTC, if you would like to discuss this project with our team and other community members.

We look forward to a constructive discussion with you, so we can make a more informed decision together on this important topic. Keegan (WMF) (talk) ०६:४७, १६ जनवरी २०१४ (UTC)

Universal Language Selector will be enabled by default again on this wiki by 21 February 2014

On January 21 2014 the MediaWiki extension Universal Language Selector (ULS) was disabled on this wiki. A new preference was added for logged-in users to turn on ULS. This was done to prevent slow loading of pages due to ULS webfonts, a behaviour that had been observed by the Wikimedia Technical Operations team on some wikis.

We are now ready to enable ULS again. The temporary preference to enable ULS will be removed. A new checkbox has been added to the Language Panel to enable/disable font delivery. This will be unchecked by default for this wiki, but can be selected at any time by the users to enable webfonts. This is an interim solution while we improve the feature of webfonts delivery.

You can read the announcement and the development plan for more information. Apologies for writing this message only in English. Thank you. Runa

Amendment to the Terms of Use

Hello all,

Please join a discussion about a proposed amendment to the Wikimedia Terms of Use regarding undisclosed paid editing and we encourage you to voice your thoughts there. Please translate this statement if you can, and we welcome you to translate the proposed amendment and introduction. Please see the discussion on Meta Wiki for more information. Thank you! Slaporte (WMF) २२:००, २१ फ़रवरी २०१४ (UTC)

Call for project ideas: funding is available for community experiments

I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.

Do you have an idea for a project that could improve your community? Individual Engagement Grants from the Wikimedia Foundation help support individuals and small teams to organize experiments for 6 months. You can get funding to try out your idea for online community organizing, outreach, tool-building, or research to help make विकिपुस्तक better. In March, we’re looking for new project proposals.

Examples of past Individual Engagement Grant projects:

• Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)
• Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)
• Coordinating access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for project management, consultants and materials)
• Building community and strategy for Wikisource (€10000 for organizing and travel)

Proposals are due by 31 March 2014. There are a number of ways to get involved!

Hope to have your participation,

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation १९:४४, २८ फ़रवरी २०१४ (UTC)

Proposed optional changes to Terms of Use amendment

Hello all, in response to some community comments in the discussion on the amendment to the Terms of Use on undisclosed paid editing, we have prepared two optional changes. Please read about these optional changes on Meta wiki and share your comments. If you can (and this is a non english project), please translate this announcement. Thanks! Slaporte (WMF) २१:५६, १३ मार्च २०१४ (UTC)

Changes to the default site typography coming soon

This week, the typography on Wikimedia sites will be updated for all readers and editors who use the default "Vector" skin. This change will involve new serif fonts for some headings, small tweaks to body content fonts, text size, text color, and spacing between elements. The schedule is:

• April 1st: non-Wikipedia projects will see this change live
• April 3rd: Wikipedias will see this change live

This change is very similar to the "Typography Update" Beta Feature that has been available on Wikimedia projects since November 2013. After several rounds of testing and with feedback from the community, this Beta Feature will be disabled and successful aspects enabled in the default site appearance. Users who are logged in may still choose to use another skin, or alter their personal CSS, if they prefer a different appearance. Local common CSS styles will also apply as normal, for issues with local styles and scripts that impact all users.

For more information:

• Summary of changes and FAQ
• Discussion page for feedback or questions
• Post on blog.wikimedia.org

-- Steven Walling (Product Manager) on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation's User Experience Design team

Media Viewer

Greetings, my apologies for writing in English.

I wanted to let you know that Media Viewer will be released to this wiki in the coming weeks. Media Viewer allows readers of Wikimedia projects to have an enhanced view of files without having to visit the file page, but with more detail than a thumbnail. You can try Media Viewer out now by turning it on in your Beta Features. If you do not enjoy Media Viewer or if it interferes with your work after it is turned on you will be able to disable Media Viewer as well in your preferences. I invite you to share what you think about Media Viewer and how it can be made better in the future.

Thank you for your time. - Keegan (WMF) २१:२९, २३ मई २०१४ (UTC)

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Media Viewer is now live on this wiki

Media Viewer lets you see images in larger size

Greetings— and sorry for writing in English, please translate if it will help your community,

The Wikimedia Foundation's Multimedia team is happy to announce that Media Viewer was just released on this site today.

Media Viewer displays images in larger size when you click on their thumbnails, to provide a better viewing experience. Users can now view images faster and more clearly, without having to jump to separate pages — and its user interface is more intuitive, offering easy access to full-resolution images and information, with links to the file repository for editing. The tool has been tested extensively across all Wikimedia wikis over the past six months as a Beta Feature and has been released to the largest Wikipedias, all language Wikisources, and the English Wikivoyage already.

If you do not like this feature, you can easily turn it off by clicking on "Disable Media Viewer" at the bottom of the screen, pulling up the information panel (or in your your preferences) whether you have an account or not. Learn more in this Media Viewer Help page.

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about Media Viewer. You are invited to share your feedback in this discussion on MediaWiki.org in any language, to help improve this feature. You are also welcome to take this quick survey in English, en français, o español.

We hope you enjoy Media Viewer. Many thanks to all the community members who helped make it possible. - Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) २१:५४, १९ जून २०१४ (UTC)

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Letter petitioning WMF to reverse recent decisions

The Wikimedia Foundation recently created a new feature, "superprotect" status. The purpose is to prevent pages from being edited by elected administrators -- but permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance of a clear decision of that community to disable the feature by default, unless users decide to enable it.

If you oppose these actions, please add your name to this letter. If you know non-Wikimedians who support our vision for the free sharing of knowledge, and would like to add their names to the list, please ask them to sign an identical version of the letter on change.org.

• Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer
• Letter on change.org

-- JurgenNL (talk) १७:३५, २१ अगस्त २०१४ (UTC)

Process ideas for software development

’’My apologies for writing in English.’’

Hello,

I am notifying you that a brainstorming session has been started on Meta to help the Wikimedia Foundation increase and better affect community participation in software development across all wiki projects. Basically, how can you be more involved in helping to create features on Wikimedia projects? We are inviting all interested users to voice their ideas on how communities can be more involved and informed in the product development process at the Wikimedia Foundation. It would be very appreciated if you could translate this message to help inform your local communities as well.

I and the rest of my team welcome you to participate. We hope to see you on Meta.

Kind regards, -- Rdicerb (WMF) talk २२:१५, २१ अगस्त २०१४ (UTC)

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Grants to improve your project

Apologies for English. Please help translate this message.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals for funding new experiments from September 1st to 30th. Your idea could improve Wikimedia projects with a new tool or gadget, a better process to support community-building on your wiki, research on an important issue, or something else we haven't thought of yet. Whether you need $200 or $30,000 USD, Individual Engagement Grants can cover your own project development time in addition to hiring others to help you.

• Submit your proposal
• Get help: In IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १६:५२, २ सितम्बर २०१४ (UTC)

Meta RfCs on two new global groups

Hello all,

There are currently requests for comment open on meta to create two new global groups. The first is a group for members of the OTRS permissions queue, which would grant them autopatrolled rights on all wikis except those who opt-out. That proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Creation of a global OTRS-permissions user group. The second is a group for Wikimedia Commons admins and OTRS agents to view deleted file pages through the 'viewdeletedfile' right on all wikis except those who opt-out. The second proposal can be found at m:Requests for comment/Global file deletion review.

We would like to hear what you think on both proposals. Both are in English; if you wanted to translate them into your native language that would also be appreciated.

It is possible for individual projects to opt-out, so that users in those groups do not have any additional rights on those projects. To do this please start a local discussion, and if there is consensus you can request to opt-out of either or both at m:Stewards' noticeboard.

Thanks and regards, Ajraddatz (talk) १८:०४, २६ अक्टूबर २०१४ (UTC)

Global AbuseFilter

Hello,

AbuseFilter is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013, Global AbuseFilters were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and (in early 2014) all the "small wikis". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "medium sized wikis" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and have shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing request for comment on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to this list on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on this page at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter.

Thanks,

PiRSquared17, Glaisher

— १७:३४, १४ नवम्बर २०१४ (UTC)

VisualEditor coming to this wiki as a Beta Feature

Hello. Please excuse the English. I would be grateful if you translated this message!

VisualEditor, a rich-text editor for MediaWiki, will soon be available on this wiki as a Beta Feature. The estimated date of activation is Wednesday, 26 November.

To access it, you will need to visit the बीटा सुविधाएँ page after the deployment and tick the box next to "⧼Visualeditor-preference-core-label⧽". (If you have enabled the "सभी नई बीटा सुविधाओं को स्वचालित रूप से सक्षम करें" option, VisualEditor will be automatically available for you.) There will also be a "⧼Visualeditor-preference-language-label⧽" that you can enable if you need it.

Then, you just have to click on "सम्पादन" to start VisualEditor, or on "स्रोत सम्पादित करें" to edit using wikitext markup. You can even begin to edit pages with VisualEditor and then switch to the wikitext editor simply by clicking on its tab at any point, and you can keep your changes when doing so.

A guide was just published at mediawiki.org so that you can learn how to support your community with this transition: please read and translate it if you can! You will find all the information about the next steps there. Please report any suggestions or issues at the main feedback page. You will also receive the next issues of the multilingual monthly newsletter here on this page: if you want it delivered elsewhere, for example at your personal talk page, please add the relevant page here.

Thanks for your attention and happy editing, Elitre (WMF) १८:१२, २१ नवम्बर २०१४ (UTC)

VisualEditor coming to this wiki as a Beta Feature (errata)

Please notice the correct direct link to access बीटा सुविधाएँ is this one. Thanks for your understanding! Elitre (WMF) १८:३५, २१ नवम्बर २०१४ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #10—2014

क्या आप जानते हो?

मूल सारणी का सम्पादन अब यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में उपलब्ध है। आप बटन पर क्लिक करके सारणी में स्तम्भ अथवा पंक्ति जोड़ और हटा सकते हो।

सदस्य दिशानिर्देश पर यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के उपयोग सम्बंधित अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त की जा सकती है।

पिछले न्यूज़लेटर (समाचार प्रकाशन) के बाद सम्पादिका सदस्यों ने विभिन्न त्रुटियों में सुधार किया तथा सारणी सम्पादन और निष्पादन पर कार्य किया। उनकी साप्ताहिक स्थिति रपटें मीडियाविकि डॉट ऑर्ग पर पोस्ट की हुई हैं। भावी योजनायें यथादृश्य सम्पादिका दिशानिर्देश पर पोस्ट किये हुये हैं।

यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को विभिन्न सैकड़ों विकियों पर चालु किया गया जिसमें ऑप्ट-इन बीटा रूपलेख शामिल हैं, को नवम्बर तक लागू किया। इसमें विक्षनरी (जो मुख्यतः साँचों पर निर्भर हैं) और सभी विकिस्रोत (जहाँ ProofreadPage के साथ एकीकरण के लिए प्रतीक्षारत हैं)।

हाल ही में सुधार

सारणी सम्पादन के लिए मूलभूत सुविधा अब उपलब्ध है। आप सारणी को जोड़ एवं हटा सकते हो इसके अतिरिक्त इसमें स्तम्भ और पंक्तियाँ भी जोड़ी एवं घटाई जा सकती हैं। किसी सारणी के लिए शीर्षक को स्थापित एवं हटाया जा सकता है तथा सारणी के कक्षों का विलय किया जा सकता है। किसी कक्ष में सामग्री परिवर्तित करने के लिए इसके अन्दर दोहरा-क्लिक करें। इसमें अधिक सुविधायें आने वाले महीनों में जोड़ी जायेंगी। इसके अतिरिक्त यथादृश्य सम्पादिका अब टूटे हुये, अवैध rowspan और colspan तत्वों को सुधारने की कोशिश के स्थान पर उन्हें उपेक्षित करता है।

आप यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में उपकरण मेन्यु अथवा ^ Ctrl+F अथवा ⌘ Cmd+F दबाकर खोजें और प्रतिस्थापित करें का उपयोग भी कर सकते हो।

अब आप साधारण <blockquote> अनुच्छेदों की सामग्री को उद्धरित अथवा तीरछा करने के लिए निर्मित एवं सम्पादित कर सकते हो। इसमें "अनुच्छेद" को "ब्लॉक उद्धरण" में बदल देता है।

कुछ नये कुँजीपटल अनुक्रम सामग्री को प्रारूप में डालने के लिए प्रयुक्त किये जा सकते हैं। पंक्ति के आरम्भ में "* " लिखने पर यह उसे गोल बिन्दु सूची में; "1." अथवा "#" इसे क्रमांकित सूची के रूप में बनाता है; "==" इसे अनुभाग शीर्षक का रूप दे देता है; ": " इसे ब्लॉककोट के रूप में बनायेगा। यदि आप ये उपकरण काम में नहीं लेना चाहते तो आप प्रारूपित परिवर्तनों को अनडू से पूर्ववत कर सकते हो।

इसके अलावा यहाँ दो अन्य कुँजीपटल अनुक्रम हैं: "[[" कड़ी उपकरण कोलने के लिए और "{{" साँचा उपकरणों को खोलने के लिए, जिससे अनुभवी सम्पादकों को सहायता मिल सके। मौजूदा मानक कुंजीपटल अल्पमार्ग जैसे कड़ी सम्पादक खोलने के लिए ^ Ctrl+K अभी भी काम कर रहे हैं।

आप अनुप्रेषित श्रेणी भी जोड़ सकते हो, जिसे यथादृश्य सम्पादिका इसके लक्ष्य से जोड़ेगी। विवरण पृष्ठ रहित श्रेणियाँ अब लाल रंग में प्रदर्शित होगी।

आप अब चित्रदीर्घाओं को पुनः विकिपाठ स्रोत की भाँति निर्मित एवं सम्पादित कर सकते हो।

भावी दृष्टि

वर्तमान यथादृश्य सम्पादिका की बनावट सदस्य अनुभव समूह द्वारा स्वरूपित नये कथानक के साथ परिवर्तित की जायेगी। नया कथानक मीडियाविकि डॉट ओर्ग पर दिसम्बर के अन्त तक एवं अन्य स्थलों पर जनवरी के प्रारम्भ में दिखाई देगा। (आप एक विकासक पुराना "अपेक्स" कथानक और नया "मीडियाविकि" वाला कथानक जो प्रतिस्थापित होने वाला है, का पूर्वावलोकन कर सकते हो।)

सम्पादन दल उद्धरणों के लिए स्वतः-पूरित सुविधायें जोड़ने की योजना जनवरी के लिए बना रहा है।

योजनाबद्ध मीडिया खोज सम्भाषण परिवर्तन सम्भावित तस्वीरों में खोजना आसान बनायेगा।

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• सम्पादक दल से आईआरसी द्वारा कार्यालय समय में बात करें। अगला सत्र बुधवार, ७ जनवरी २०१५ को 22:00 यूटीसी बजे है।
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१८:५९, २६ दिसम्बर २०१४ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #1—2015

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has fixed many bugs and worked on VisualEditor's appearance, the coming Citoid reference service, and support for languages with complex input requirements. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. Upcoming plans are posted at the VisualEditor roadmap.

The Wikimedia Foundation has named its top priorities for this quarter (January to March). The first priority is making VisualEditor ready for deployment by default to all new users and logged-out users at the remaining large Wikipedias. You can help identify these requirements. There will be weekly triage meetings which will be open to volunteers beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC). Tell Vice President of Engineering Damon Sicore, Product Manager James Forrester and other team members which bugs and features are most important to you. The decisions made at these meetings will determine what work is necessary for this quarter's goal of making VisualEditor ready for deployment to new users. The presence of volunteers who enjoy contributing MediaWiki code is particularly appreciated. Information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins.

Due to some breaking changes in MobileFrontend and VisualEditor, VisualEditor was not working correctly on the mobile site for a couple of days in early January. The teams apologize for the problem.

Recent improvements

The new design for VisualEditor aligns with MediaWiki's Front-End Standards as led by the Design team. Several new versions of the OOjs UI library have also been released, and these also affect the appearance of VisualEditor and other MediaWiki software extensions. Most changes were minor, like changing the text size and the amount of white space in some windows. Buttons are consistently color-coded to indicate whether the action:

• starts a new task, like opening the ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-savedialog⧽ dialog: blue ,
• takes a constructive action, like inserting a citation: green ,
• might remove or lose your work, like removing a link: red , or
• is neutral, like opening a link in a new browser window: gray .

The TemplateData editor has been completely re-written to use a different design based on the same OOjs UI system as VisualEditor. (T67815, T73746.) This change fixed a couple of existing bugs and improved usability. (T73077, T73078.)

Search and replace in long documents is now faster. It does not highlight every occurrence if there are more than 100 on-screen at once.(T78234.)

Editors at the Hebrew and Russian Wikipedia requested the ability to use VisualEditor in the "Article Incubator" or drafts namespace. (T86688, T87027.) If your community would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace on your wiki, then you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.

Looking ahead

The Editing team will soon add auto-fill features for citations. The Citoid service takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. After creating it, you will be able to change or add information to the citation, in the same way that you edit any other pre-existing citation in VisualEditor. Support for ISBNs, PMIDs, and other identifiers is planned. Later, editors will be able to contribute to the Citoid service's definitions for each website, to improve precision and reduce the need for manual corrections.

We will need editors to help test the new design of the special character inserter, especially if you speak Welsh, Breton, or another language that uses diacritics or special characters extensively. The new version should be available for testing next week. Please contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF) if you would like to be notified when the new version is available. After the special character tool is completed, VisualEditor will be deployed to all users at Phase 5 Wikipedias. This will affect about 50 mid-size and smaller Wikipedias, including Afrikaans, Azerbaijani, Breton, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Mongolian, Tatar, and Welsh. The date for this change has not been determined.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Please help complete translations of the user guide for users who speak your language.
• Join the weekly bug triage meetings beginning Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at 12:00 (noon) PST (20:00 UTC); information about how to join the meeting will be posted at mw:Talk:VisualEditor/Portal shortly before the meeting begins, and you can also contact James F. to learn more about this initiative.
• Talk to the Editing team during the office hours via IRC. The next session is on Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 19:00 UTC.
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१८:३०, ५ फ़रवरी २०१५ (UTC)

Wikidata is coming

(Sorry for writing in English. It'd be great if someone could translate this where necessary.)

Hi everyone :)

I am Wikidata's product manager. I wanted to reach out to you about Wikidata support for Wikibooks. Wikidata is storing structured data for Wikimedia projects (and others). These are for example things like the date of birth of a famous author or the height of a mountain. We are giving access to this data to all Wikimedia projects step by step. It is now Wikibooks' turn. As a first step you will be able to maintain your interwiki links on Wikidata. This means you no longer have to store them in the article text of each language. Instead they are stored just once on Wikidata together with all the other projects. (You will still be able to store them in the article text if you really want to but then they overwrite the links coming from Wikidata. Sometimes that is useful.) This first step should happen on February 24th. In the next step you will get access to all the other data on Wikidata. I do not have a date for that yet.

I am looking forward to having you join the Wikidata family! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to me. There is a special page for you on Wikidata that will hopefully help you and is a good place to ask questions: d:Wikidata:Wikibooks.

Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) १९:४१, ६ फ़रवरी २०१५ (UTC)

Wikidata support for interwiki links is here

Hey everyone :)

(Sorry for writing in English. It'd be great if someone could translate where appropriate.)

As previously announced we have enabled interwiki links via Wikidata for Wikibooks last night. This means from now on you no longer have to maintain the links in the wikitext but can maintain them together with the links for Wikipedia, Commons, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, Wikinews and Wikiquote on Wikidata. You will still be able to keep them locally though if you want to. Local interwiki links will overwrite the ones from Wikidata. If you don't want any interwiki links from Wikidata on a particular page you can use the magic word {{noexternallanglinks}}.

You do not yet have access to the other data on Wikidata like the date of birth of an author. That will come in a future deployment. I will let you know when I have a date for it.

If you have any questions d:Wikidata:Wikibooks is a good first step. That is also a good place for any issues or bugs you encounter.

I'm very happy to welcome you all to Wikidata! I hope it will become a great help for Wikibooks.

Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) ०७:५८, २५ फ़रवरी २०१५ (UTC)

[Global proposal] m.विकिपुस्तक.org: (सभी) पृष्ठ सम्पादित करें

MediaWiki mobile

Hi, this message is to let you know that, on domains like hi.m.wikipedia.org, unregistered users cannot edit. At the Wikimedia Forum, where global configuration changes are normally discussed, a few dozens users propose to restore normal editing permissions on all mobile sites. Please read and comment!

Thanks and sorry for writing in English, Nemo २२:३२, १ मार्च २०१५ (UTC)

Inspire Campaign: Improving diversity, improving content

This March, we’re organizing an Inspire Campaign to encourage and support new ideas for improving gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. Less than 20% of Wikimedia contributors are women, and many important topics are still missing in our content. We invite all Wikimedians to participate. If you have an idea that could help address this problem, please get involved today! The campaign runs until March 31.

All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, community organizing and outreach initiatives, or something completely new! Funding is available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects that need financial support. Constructive, positive feedback on ideas is appreciated, and collaboration is encouraged - your skills and experience may help bring someone else’s project to life. Join us at the Inspire Campaign and help this project better represent the world’s knowledge!

• Inspire Campaign main page

(Sorry for the English - please translate this message!) MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २०:०१, ४ मार्च २०१५ (UTC)

SUL finalization update

Hi all,apologies for writing in English, please read this page for important information and an update involving SUL finalization, scheduled to take place in one month. Thanks. Keegan (WMF) (talk) १९:४५, १३ मार्च २०१५ (UTC)

Stewards confirmation rules

Hello, I made a proposal on Meta to change the rules for the steward confirmations. Currently consensus to remove is required for a steward to lose his status, however I think it's fairer to the community if every steward needed the consensus to keep. As this is an issue that affects all WMF wikis, I'm sending this notification to let people know & be able to participate. Best regards, --MF-W १६:१३, १० अप्रैल २०१५ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #2—2015

क्या आप जानते हैं?

यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में साइटोइड के साथ आप 'उद्धृत करें' आयकन पर क्लिक करें और विश्सनीय स्त्रोत के लिए यूआरएल में लिखें:

साइटोइड आपके स्रोत को खोजता है और उद्धरण परिणाम प्राप्त करता है। इसके परिणाम को स्वीकार करने तथा उन्हें लेख में जोड़ने के लिए हरे रंग में लिखे "जोड़ें" बटन पर क्लिक करें:

उद्धरण जोड़ने के बाद आप इसे परिवर्तित कर सकते हो। सन्दर्भ को चुनकर सम्पादन (Edit) बटन पर क्लिक करें और आवश्यक परिवर्तन करें।

यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को काम में लेने सम्बंधी अधिक जानकारी उपयोगकर्ता दिशानिर्देशों में मिलेंगे।

पिछले सूचनापत्र के बाद सम्पादक दल ने यथादृश्य सम्पादिका की निष्पादन पर कार्य करते हुये विभिन्न त्रुटियों को सुधारा है, साइटोइड सन्दर्भ सेवा और जटिल निविष्ट आवश्यकताओं वाली भाषाओं के लिए उपलब्धता प्रदान की है। सम्बंधित स्थिति रपट विकिमीडिया डॉट ऑर्ग पर लिखी गयी हैं। अप्रैल से जून तक की कार्यसूची फैब्रिकेटर पर उपलब्ध है।

साप्ताहिक आपात कार्य बैठक स्वयंसेवकों के लिए प्रत्येक बुधवार को दोपहर ११:०० बजे (प्रशान्त समय) (१८:०० यूटीसी) पर जारी रहेगी। आपको क्यू४ अवरोधक के रूप में किसी त्रुटि को विमर्श करने के लिए बैठक में भाग लेने की आवश्यकता नहीं है। इसके बजाय फैब्रिकेटर पर जायें और क्यू४ अवरोधक परियोजना की सम्पादक टीम के सामने त्रुटि रखें। बैठक में भाग कैसे लें और mw:वार्ता:यथादृश्य सम्पादिका/प्रवेशद्वार पर त्रुटि को नामांकित करना सीखें।

हाल ही में सुधार

यथादृश्य सम्पादिका अब काफी तेज चलने लग गया है। विभिन्न स्थितियों में, किसी पृष्ठ को साधारण विकि सम्पादन के लिए खोलने की तुलना में यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में शीघ्रता से खुलता है। नयी प्रणाली में कोड गति ३७% तथा नेटवर्क गति लगभग ४०% तक उन्नत हुई है।

सम्पादक दल धीरे-धीरे उद्धरणों के लिए स्वतः भरण सुविधायें जोड़ रहे हैं। वर्तमान में यह फ्रांसीसी, इतालवी और अंग्रेज़ी विकिपीडिया पर ही उपलब्ध है। साइटोइड सेवा विश्वसनीय स्रोत के लिए यू॰आर॰एल॰ अथवा डी॰ओ॰आई॰ लेता है और पूर्व-पूरित, पूर्व प्रारूपित ग्रंथ सूची उद्धृत लिखकर देता है। एक बार इसका निर्माण करने के बाद, आप उद्धरण में उसी तरह सूचनाओं को जोड़ना अथवा परिवर्तित करने का कार्य कर सकते हो जैसे आप किसी पहले से उपलब्ध उद्धरण को यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में जोड़ते हो। आई॰एस॰बी॰एन॰, पी॰एम॰आई॰डी॰ और अन्य परिज्ञापकों को इसमें जोड़ना भी योजनाबद्ध है। बाद में, सम्पादक प्रत्येक वेबसाइट के लिए साइटोइड सेवा की परिभाषा से योगदान करते समय परिशुद्धता में सुधार तथा हाथ से सुधार करने में सक्षम होंगे।

साइटोइड आपके उद्धरण साँचे के लिए अच्छे टेम्पलेटडाटा अपेक्षित करता है। यदि आप अपनी विकि के लिए यह सुविधा प्राप्त करना चाहते हो तो कृपया फैब्रिकेटर पर साइटोइड परियोजना पर अनुरोध करें। अपनी विकि पर उद्धरण साँचों के लिए सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण टेम्पलेटडाटा की कड़ियाँ जोड़ें।

सक्रिय सदस्यों की प्रतिक्रियाओं के आधार पर विशेष अक्षर सन्निवेशक विकसित किया गया है। इसके बाद पाँचवे चरण की सूची में ३० मार्च को यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को विकिपीडिया के सभी सदस्यों के लिए उपलब्ध करवाया गया। इससे ५३ मध्यम आकार और लघु विकिपीडियायें प्रभावित हुई जिनमें अफ़्रीकी, अज़रबैजानी, ब्रेटन, किरगिज़, मेसीडोनियन, मंगोलियन, टाटर और वेल्श भी शामिल हैं।

Work continues to support languages with complex requirements, such as Korean and Japanese. These languages use input method editors ("IMEs”). Recent improvements to cursoring, backspace, and delete behavior will simplify typing in VisualEditor for these users.

The design for the image selection process is now using a "masonry fit" model. Images in the search results are displayed at the same height but at variable widths, similar to bricks of different sizes in a masonry wall, or the "packed" mode in image galleries. This style helps you find the right image by making it easier to see more details in images.

You can now drag and drop categories to re-arrange their order of appearance ​on the page.

The pop-up window that appears when you click on a reference, image, link, or other element, is called the "context menu". It now displays additional useful information, such as the destination of the link or the image's filename. The team has also added an explicit "Edit" button in the context menu, which helps new editors open the tool to change the item.

Invisible templates are marked by a puzzle piece icon so they can be interacted with. Users also will be able to see and edit HTML anchors now in section headings.

Users of the TemplateData GUI editor can now set a string as an optional text for the 'deprecated' property in addition to boolean value, which lets you tell users of the template what they should do instead. (T90734)

Looking ahead

The special character inserter in VisualEditor will soon use the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki will also have the option of creating a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Instructions for customizing the list will be posted at mediawiki.org.

The team is discussing a test of VisualEditor with new users at the English Wikipedia, to see whether they have met their goals of making VisualEditor suitable for those editors. The timing is unknown, but might be relatively soon. (T90666)

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• Can you translate from English into any other language? Please check this list to see whether more interface translations are needed for your language. Contact us to get an account if you want to help!
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• File requests for language-appropriate "बोल्ड" and "इटैलिक" icons for the character formatting menu in Phabricator.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

१९:४८, १० अप्रैल २०१५ (UTC)

Nominations are being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Greetings,

I am pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year the Board and the FDC Staff are looking for a diverse set of candidates from regions and projects that are traditionally under-represented on the board and in the movement as well as candidates with experience in technology, product or finance. To this end they have published letters describing what they think is needed and, recognizing that those who know the community the best are the community themselves, the election committee is accepting nominations for community members you think should run and will reach out to those nominated to provide them with information about the job and the election process.

This year, elections are being held for the following roles:

Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the board elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC elections page.

Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud
The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this role can be found at the FDC Ombudsperson elections page.

The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 20 to 23:59 UTC May 5 for the Board and from 00:00 UTCApril 20 to 23:59 UTC April 30 for the FDC and FDC Ombudsperson. This year, we are accepting both self-nominations and nominations of others. More information on this election and the nomination process can be found on the 2015 Wikimedia elections page on Meta-Wiki.

Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village pump. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the talk page on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-elections -at- wikimedia.org

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, 05:03, 21 April 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) and FDC Ombudsperson will continue during the voting. Nominations for the Board of Trustees will be accepted until 23:59 UTC May 5.

The Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) makes recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia movement funds to eligible entities. There are five positions on the committee being filled.

The FDC Ombudsperson receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an annual basis. One position is being filled.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 3 to 23:59 UTC May 10. Click here to vote. Questions and discussion with the candidates will continue during that time. Click here to ask the FDC candidates a question. Click here to ask the FDC Ombudsperson candidates a question. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 FDC election page, the 2015 FDC Ombudsperson election page, and the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 03:45, 4 May 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 17:20, 17 May 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections 2015

This is a message from the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee. Translations are available.

Voting has begun for eligible voters in the 2015 elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Questions and discussion with the candidates for the Board will continue during the voting.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.

The voting phase lasts from 00:00 UTC May 17 to 23:59 UTC May 31. Click here to vote. More information on the candidates and the elections can be found on the 2015 Board election page on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Elections Committee,
-Gregory Varnum (User:Varnent)
Volunteer Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee

Posted by the MediaWiki message delivery 17:20, 17 May 2015 (UTC) • Translate • Get help

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Pywikibot compat will no longer be supported - Please migrate to pywikibot core

Sorry for English, I hope someone translates this.
Pywikibot (then "Pywikipediabot") was started back in 2002. In 2007 a new branch (formerly known as "rewrite", now called "core") was started from scratch using the MediaWiki API. The developers of Pywikibot have decided to stop supporting the compat version of Pywikibot due to bad performance and architectural errors that make it hard to update, compared to core. If you are using pywikibot compat it is likely your code will break due to upcoming MediaWiki API changes (e.g. T101524). It is highly recommended you migrate to the core framework. There is a migration guide, and please contact us if you have any problem.

There is an upcoming MediaWiki API breaking change that compat will not be updated for. If your bot's name is in this list, your bot will most likely break.

Thank you,
The Pywikibot development team, 19:30, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

VisualEditor News #3—2015

Did you know?

When you click on a link to an article, you now see more information:

The link tool has been re-designed:

There are separate tabs for linking to internal and external pages. The user guide has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team has created new interfaces for the link and citation tools and fixed many bugs and changed some elements of the design. Some of these bugs affected users of VisualEditor on mobile devices. Status reports are posted on mediawiki.org. The worklist for April through June is available in Phabricator.

A test of VisualEditor's effect on new editors at the English Wikipedia has just completed the first phase. During this test, half of newly registered editors had VisualEditor automatically enabled, and half did not. The main goal of the study is to learn which group was more likely to save an edit and to make productive, unreverted edits. Initial results will be posted at Meta later this month.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations are available at a few Wikipedias through the citoid service. Citoid takes a URL or DOI for a reliable source, and returns a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. If Citoid is enabled on your wiki, then the design of the citation workflow changed during May. All citations are now created inside a single tool. Inside that tool, choose the tab you want (⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-auto⧽, ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-manual⧽, or ⧼citoid-citeFromIDDialog-mode-reuse⧽). The cite button is now labeled with the word "⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽" rather than a book icon, and the autofill citation dialog now has a more meaningful label, "⧼Citoid-citeFromIDDialog-lookup-button⧽", for the submit button.

The link tool has been redesigned based on feedback from Wikipedia editors and user testing. It now has two separate sections: one for links to articles and one for external links. When you select a link, its pop-up context menu shows the name of the linked page, a thumbnail image from the linked page, Wikidata's description, and appropriate icons for disambiguation pages, redirect pages and empty pages (where applicable). Search results have been reduced to the first five pages. Several bugs were fixed, including a dark highlight that appeared over the first match in the link inspector. (T98085)

The special character inserter in VisualEditor now uses the same special character list as the wikitext editor. Admins at each wiki can also create a custom section for frequently used characters at the top of the list. Please read the instructions for customizing the list at mediawiki.org. Also, there is now a tooltip to describing each character in the special character inserter. (T70425)

Several improvements have been made to templates. When you search for a template to insert, the list of results now contains descriptions of the templates. The parameter list inside the template dialog now remains open after inserting a parameter from the list, so that users don’t need to click on "⧼visualeditor-dialog-transclusion-add-param⧽" each time they want to add another parameter. (T95696) The team added a new property for TemplateData, "उदाहरण", for template parameters. This optional, translatable property will show up when there is text describing how to use that parameter. (T53049)

The design of the main toolbar and several other elements have changed slightly, to be consistent with the MediaWiki theme. In the Vector skin, individual items in the menu are separated visually by pale gray bars. Buttons and menus on the toolbar can now contain both an icon and a text label, rather than just one or the other. This new design feature is being used for the cite button on wikis where the Citoid service is enabled.

The team has released a long-desired improvement to the handling of non-existent images. If a non-existent image is linked in an article, then it is now visible in VisualEditor and can be selected, edited, replaced, or removed.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Wednesday at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q4 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the VisualEditor Q4 blocker project with the bug.
• If your Wikivoyage, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, or other community wants to have VisualEditor made available by default to contributors, then please contact James Forrester.
• If you would like to request the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki, please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The team is planning the second VisualEditor-related "translathon" for July. Please follow this task on Phabricator for details and updates! Announcements will follow in due course.

Subscribe, unsubscribe or change the page where this newsletter is delivered at Meta. If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

— Elitre (WMF)

१०:४४, १३ जून २०१५ (UTC)

HTTPS

Apologies for writing in English.

Hi everyone.

Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working towards enabling HTTPS by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.

Forced HTTPS has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.

Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with us if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.

/Johan (WMF)

२२:००, १९ जून २०१५ (UTC)

HTTPS

Apologies for writing in English.

Hi everyone.

Over the last few years, the Wikimedia Foundation has been working towards enabling HTTPS by default for all users, including unregistered ones, for better privacy and security for both readers and editors. This has taken a long time, as there were different aspects to take into account. Our servers haven't been ready to handle it. The Wikimedia Foundation has had to balance sometimes conflicting goals.

Forced HTTPS has just been implemented on all Wikimedia projects. Some of you might already be aware of this, as a few Wikipedia language versions were converted to HTTPS last week and the then affected communities were notified.

Most of Wikimedia editors shouldn't be affected at all. If you edit as registered user, you've probably already had to log in through HTTPS. We'll keep an eye on this to make sure everything is working as it should. Do get in touch with us if you have any problems after this change or contact me if you have any other questions.

/Johan (WMF)

२३:४३, १९ जून २०१५ (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.

How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०५:०८, २४ जुलाई २०१५ (UTC)

Proposal to create PNG thumbnails of static GIF images

The thumbnail of this gif is of really bad quality.

How a PNG thumb of this GIF would look like

There is a proposal at the Commons Village Pump requesting feedback about the thumbnails of static GIF images: It states that static GIF files should have their thumbnails created in PNG. The advantages of PNG over GIF would be visible especially with GIF images using an alpha channel. (compare the thumbnails on the side)

This change would affect all wikis, so if you support/oppose or want to give general feedback/concerns, please post them to the proposal page. Thank you. --McZusatz (talk) & MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०७:५७, २४ जुलाई २०१५ (UTC)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information

• All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
• All eligible contributions must be done until August 23, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Wiki link: Community Health learning campaign
• URL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
• Contact: María Cruz / Twitter: WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: evalwikimedia · org

Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २३:४२, ३१ जुलाई २०१५ (UTC)

What does a Healthy Community look like to you?

Hi,
The Community Engagement department at the Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new learning campaign. The WMF wants to record community impressions about what makes a healthy online community. Share your views and/or create a drawing and take a chance to win a Wikimania 2016 scholarship! Join the WMF as we begin a conversation about Community Health. Contribute a drawing or answer the questions on the campaign's page.

Why get involved?

The world is changing. The way we relate to knowledge is transforming. As the next billion people come online, the Wikimedia movement is working to bring more users on the wiki projects. The way we interact and collaborate online are key to building sustainable projects. How accessible are Wikimedia projects to newcomers today? Are we helping each other learn?
Share your views on this matter that affects us all!
We invite everyone to take part in this learning campaign. Wikimedia Foundation will distribute one Wikimania Scholarship 2016 among those participants who are eligible.

More information

• All participants must have a registered user of at least one month antiquity on any Wikimedia project before the starting date of the campaign.
• All eligible contributions must be done until August 23, 2015 at 23:59 UTC
• Wiki link: Community Health learning campaign
• URL https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Community_Health_learning_campaign
• Contact: María Cruz / Twitter: WikiEval #CommunityHealth / email: evalwikimedia · org

Happy editing!

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०१:२४, १ अगस्त २०१५ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #4—2015

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Did you know?

You can add quotations marks before and after a title or phrase with a single click.

Select the relevant text. Find the correct quotations marks in the special character inserter tool (marked as Ω in the toolbar).

Click the button. VisualEditor will add the quotation marks on either side of the text you selected.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team have been working on mobile phone support. They have fixed many bugs and improved language support. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving language support and functionality on mobile devices.

Wikimania

The team attended Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City. There they participated in the Hackathon and met with individuals and groups of users. They also made several presentations about VisualEditor and the future of editing.

Following Wikimania, we announced winners for the VisualEditor 2015 Translathon. Our thanks and congratulations to users Halan-tul, Renessaince, जनक राज भट्ट (Janak Bhatta), Vahe Gharakhanyan, Warrakkk, and Eduardogobi.

For interface messages (translated at translatewiki.net), we saw the initiative affecting 42 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 56.5% before the translathon, and 78.2% after (+21.7%). In particular, Sakha improved from 12.2% to 94.2%; Brazilian Portuguese went from 50.6% to 100%; Taraškievica went from 44.9% to 85.3%; Doteli went from 1.3% to 41.2%. Also, while 1.7% of the messages were outdated across all languages before the translathon, the percentage dropped to 0.8% afterwards (-0.9%).

For documentation messages (on mediawiki.org), we saw the initiative affecting 24 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 26.6% before translathon, and 46.9% after (+20.3%). There were particularly notable achievements for three languages. Armenian improved from 1% to 99%; Swedish, from 21% to 99%, and Brazilian Portuguese, from 34% to 83%. Outdated translations across all languages were reduced from 8.4% before translathon to 4.8% afterwards (-3.6%).

We published some graphs showing the effect of the event on the Translathon page. We thank the translators for participating and the translatewiki.net staff for facilitating this initiative.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations can be enabled on each Wikipedia. The tool uses the citoid service to convert a URL or DOI into a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. You can see an animated GIF of the quick, simple process at mediawiki.org. So far, about a dozen Wikipedias have enabled the auto-citation tool. To enable it for your wiki, follow the instructions at mediawiki.org.

Your wiki can customize the first section of the special character inserter in VisualEditor. Please follow the instructions at mediawiki.org to put the characters you want at the top. In other changes, if you need to fill in a CAPTCHA and get it wrong, then you can click to get a new one to complete. VisualEditor can now display and edit Vega-based graphs. If you use the Monobook skin, VisualEditor's appearance is now more consistent with other software.

Future changes

The team will be changing the appearance of selected links inside VisualEditor. The purpose is to make it easy to see whether your cursor is inside or outside the link. When you select a link, the link label (the words shown on the page) will be enclosed in a faint box. If you place your cursor inside the box, then your changes to the link label will be part of the link. If you place your cursor outside the box, then it will not. This will make it easy to know when new characters will be added to the link and when they will not.

On the English Wikipedia, 10% of newly created accounts are now offered both the visual and the wikitext editors. A recent controlled trial showed no significant difference in survival or productivity for new users in the short term. New users with access to VisualEditor were very slightly less likely to produce results that needed reverting. You can learn more about this by watching a video of the July 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase. The proportion of new accounts with access to both editing environments will be gradually increased over time. Eventually all new users have the choice between the two editing environments.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page is now using Flow instead of LiquidThreads.
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mediawiki.org if you can help.
• If your wiki would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace, you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.
• Please file requests for language-appropriate "बोल्ड" and "इटैलिक" icons for the styling menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Tuesdays at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q1 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), २२:२८, १४ अगस्त २०१५ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #4—2015

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Did you know?

You can add quotations marks before and after a title or phrase with a single click.

Select the relevant text. Find the correct quotations marks in the special character inserter tool (marked as Ω in the toolbar).

Click the button. VisualEditor will add the quotation marks on either side of the text you selected.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use VisualEditor.

Since the last newsletter, the Editing Team have been working on mobile phone support. They have fixed many bugs and improved language support. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving language support and functionality on mobile devices.

Wikimania

The team attended Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City. There they participated in the Hackathon and met with individuals and groups of users. They also made several presentations about VisualEditor and the future of editing.

Following Wikimania, we announced winners for the VisualEditor 2015 Translathon. Our thanks and congratulations to users Halan-tul, Renessaince, जनक राज भट्ट (Janak Bhatta), Vahe Gharakhanyan, Warrakkk, and Eduardogobi.

For interface messages (translated at translatewiki.net), we saw the initiative affecting 42 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 56.5% before the translathon, and 78.2% after (+21.7%). In particular, Sakha improved from 12.2% to 94.2%; Brazilian Portuguese went from 50.6% to 100%; Taraškievica went from 44.9% to 85.3%; Doteli went from 1.3% to 41.2%. Also, while 1.7% of the messages were outdated across all languages before the translathon, the percentage dropped to 0.8% afterwards (-0.9%).

For documentation messages (on mediawiki.org), we saw the initiative affecting 24 languages. The average progress in translations across all languages was 26.6% before translathon, and 46.9% after (+20.3%). There were particularly notable achievements for three languages. Armenian improved from 1% to 99%; Swedish, from 21% to 99%, and Brazilian Portuguese, from 34% to 83%. Outdated translations across all languages were reduced from 8.4% before translathon to 4.8% afterwards (-3.6%).

We published some graphs showing the effect of the event on the Translathon page. We thank the translators for participating and the translatewiki.net staff for facilitating this initiative.

Recent improvements

Auto-fill features for citations can be enabled on each Wikipedia. The tool uses the citoid service to convert a URL or DOI into a pre-filled, pre-formatted bibliographic citation. You can see an animated GIF of the quick, simple process at mediawiki.org. So far, about a dozen Wikipedias have enabled the auto-citation tool. To enable it for your wiki, follow the instructions at mediawiki.org.

Your wiki can customize the first section of the special character inserter in VisualEditor. Please follow the instructions at mediawiki.org to put the characters you want at the top. In other changes, if you need to fill in a CAPTCHA and get it wrong, then you can click to get a new one to complete. VisualEditor can now display and edit Vega-based graphs. If you use the Monobook skin, VisualEditor's appearance is now more consistent with other software.

Future changes

The team will be changing the appearance of selected links inside VisualEditor. The purpose is to make it easy to see whether your cursor is inside or outside the link. When you select a link, the link label (the words shown on the page) will be enclosed in a faint box. If you place your cursor inside the box, then your changes to the link label will be part of the link. If you place your cursor outside the box, then it will not. This will make it easy to know when new characters will be added to the link and when they will not.

On the English Wikipedia, 10% of newly created accounts are now offered both the visual and the wikitext editors. A recent controlled trial showed no significant difference in survival or productivity for new users in the short term. New users with access to VisualEditor were very slightly less likely to produce results that needed reverting. You can learn more about this by watching a video of the July 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase. The proportion of new accounts with access to both editing environments will be gradually increased over time. Eventually all new users have the choice between the two editing environments.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at mw:VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page is now using Flow instead of LiquidThreads.
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at mediawiki.org if you can help.
• If your wiki would like VisualEditor enabled on another namespace, you can file a request in Phabricator. Please include a link to a community discussion about the requested change.
• Please file requests for language-appropriate "बोल्ड" and "इटैलिक" icons for the styling menu in Phabricator.
• The design research team wants to see how real editors work. Please sign up for their research program.
• The weekly task triage meetings continue to be open to volunteers, usually on Tuesdays at 12:00 (noon) PDT (19:00 UTC). Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration as a Q1 blocker, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), ००:०५, १५ अगस्त २०१५ (UTC)

How can we improve Wikimedia grants to support you better?

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Hello,

The Wikimedia Foundation would like your feedback about how we can reimagine Wikimedia Foundation grants, to better support people and ideas in your Wikimedia project. Ways to participate:

• Respond to questions on the discussion page of the idea.
• Join a small group conversation.
• Learn more about this consultation.

Feedback is welcome in any language.

With thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation.

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Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site

Hi all,

We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.

Visit the public policy portal: https://policy.wikimedia.org/

Please help translate the statements on Meta Wiki. You can read more on the Wikimedia blog.

Thanks,

Yana and Stephen (Talk) १८:१२, २ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

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Introducing the Wikimedia public policy site

Hi all,

We are excited to introduce a new Wikimedia Public Policy site. The site includes resources and position statements on access, copyright, censorship, intermediary liability, and privacy. The site explains how good public policy supports the Wikimedia projects, editors, and mission.

Visit the public policy portal: https://policy.wikimedia.org/

Please help translate the statements on Meta Wiki. You can read more on the Wikimedia blog.

Thanks,

Yana and Stephen (Talk) १९:१३, २ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

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Open call for Individual Engagement Grants

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

Thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. २०:५२, ४ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

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Open call for Individual Engagement Grants

My apologies for posting this message in English. Please help translate it if you can.

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants program is accepting proposals until September 29th to fund new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental ideas that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), Individual Engagement Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

Thanks,

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources, Wikimedia Foundation. २२:०४, ४ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

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Wikidata data access is coming

Hi everyone,

Many Wikimedia projects already have access to Wikidata and make good use of it to improve their content. You already have access to the interwiki link part of Wikidata. I wanted to let you know that your project will be among the next to receive access to the actual data on Wikidata. It is currently scheduled for September 22nd. From then on you can use data from Wikidata either via the property parser function or Lua.

I hope we'll be able to support you well with structured data. If you have questions please come to d:Wikidata:Wikibooks.

Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) १६:१२, ९ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Wikidata data access is here

A while ago I announced that you'll be among the next projects to get access to Wikidata's data. This has now happened. You can access the data via a parser function (#property) and Lua. For more information and to ask questions please come to d:Wikidata:Wikibooks.

I hope you'll be able to do great things with this and that it will make your life easier in the long-run.

Cheers Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) १५:४८, २२ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Only one week left for Individual Engagement Grant proposals!

(Apologies for using English below, please help translate if you are able.)

There is still one week left to submit Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) proposals before the September 29th deadline. If you have ideas for new tools, community-building processes, and other experimental projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help with your proposal in IdeaLab
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

I JethroBT (WMF), Community Resources २१:०१, २२ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Reimagining WMF grants report

(My apologies for using English here, please help translate if you are able.)

Last month, we asked for community feedback on a proposal to change the structure of WMF grant programs. Thanks to the 200+ people who participated! A report on what we learned and changed based on this consultation is now available.

Come read about the findings and next steps as WMF’s Community Resources team begins to implement changes based on your feedback. Your questions and comments are welcome on the outcomes discussion page.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) १६:५६, २८ सितम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #5—2015

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Did you know?

You can use the visual editor on smartphones and tablets.

Click the pencil icon to open the editor for a page. Inside that, use the gear menu in the upper right corner to "यथादृश्य संपादन पर बदलें".

The editing button will remember which editing environment you used last time, and give you the same one next time. The desktop site will be switching to a system similar to this one in the coming months.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has fixed many bugs, added new features, and made some small design changes. They post weekly status reports on mediawiki.org. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages like Japanese and Arabic, making it easier to edit on mobile devices, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

Educational features: The first time ever you use the visual editor, it now draws your attention to the कड़ी and ⧼visualeditor-toolbar-cite-label⧽ tools. When you click on the tools, it explains why you should use them. (T108620) Alongside this, the welcome message for new users has been simplified to make editing more welcoming. (T112354) More in-software educational features are planned.

Links: It is now easier to understand when you are adding text to a link and when you are typing plain text next to it. (T74108, T91285) The editor now fully supports ISBN, PMID or RFC numbers. (T109498, T110347, T63558) These "magic links" use a custom link editing tool.

Uploads: Registered editors can now upload images and other media to Commons while editing. Click the new tab in the "जोड़ें चित्र और मीडिया" tool. You will be guided through the process without having to leave your edit. At the end, the image will be inserted. This tool is limited to one file at a time, owned by the user, and licensed under Commons's standard license. For more complex situations, the tool links to more advanced upload tools. You can also drag the image into the editor. This will be available in the wikitext editor later.

Mobile: Previously, the visual editor was available on the mobile Wikipedia site only on tablets. Now, editors can use it on all devices regardless of size if they wish. (T85630) Edit conflicts were previously broken on the mobile website. Edit conflicts can now be resolved in both wikitext and visual editors. (T111894) Sometimes templates and similar items could not be deleted on the mobile website. Selecting them caused the on-screen keyboard to hide with some browsers. Now there is a new "हटाएँ" button, so that these things can be removed if the keyboard hides. (T62110) You can also edit table cells in mobile now.

Rich editing tools: You can now add and edit sheet music in the visual editor. (T112925) There are separate tabs for advanced options, such as MIDI and Ogg audio files. (T114227, T113354) When editing formulæ and other blocks, errors are shown as you edit. It is also possible to edit some types of graphs; adding new ones, and support for new types, will be coming.

On the English Wikipedia, the visual editor is now automatically available to anyone who creates an account. The preference switch was moved to the normal location, under Special:Preferences.

Future changes

You will soon be able to switch from the wikitext to the visual editor after you start editing. (T49779) Previously, you could only switch from the visual editor to the wikitext editor. Bi-directional switching will make possible a single edit tab. (T102398) This project will combine the "सम्पादन" and "स्रोत सम्पादित करें" tabs into a single "सम्पादन" tab, similar to the system already used on the mobile website. The "सम्पादन" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time.

Let's work together

• Share your ideas and ask questions at VisualEditor/Feedback. This feedback page uses Flow for discussions.
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).
• Local admins can set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki. If you need help, then please post a request in the Citoid project on Phabricator. Include links to the TemplateData for the most important citation templates on your wiki.
• The weekly task triage meetings are open to volunteers. Learn how to join the meetings and how to nominate bugs at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. You do not need to attend the meeting to nominate a bug for consideration, though. Instead, go to Phabricator and "associate" the main VisualEditor project with the bug.

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. Thank you!

—Elitre (WMF), १८:१८, ३० अक्टूबर २०१५ (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting in English. Translations are very welcome.

The Community Tech team at the Wikimedia Foundation is focused on building improved curation and moderation tools for experienced Wikimedia contributors. We're now starting a Community Wishlist Survey to find the most useful projects that we can work on.

For phase 1 of the survey, we're inviting all active contributors to submit brief proposals, explaining the project that you'd like us to work on, and why it's important. Phase 1 will last for 2 weeks. In phase 2, we'll ask you to vote on the proposals. Afterwards, we'll analyze the top 10 proposals and create a prioritized wishlist.

While most of this process will be conducted in English, we're inviting people from any Wikimedia wiki to submit proposals. We'll also invite volunteer translators to help translate proposals into English.

Your proposal should include: the problem that you want to solve, who would benefit, and a proposed solution, if you have one. You can submit your proposal on the Community Wishlist Survey page, using the entry field and the big blue button. We will be accepting proposals for 2 weeks, ending on November 23.

We're looking forward to hearing your ideas!

Community Tech Team via MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २१:५७, ९ नवम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 scholarships ambassadors needed

Hello! Wikimania 2016 scholarships will soon be open; by the end of the week we'll form the committee and we need your help, see Scholarship committee for details.

If you want to carefully review nearly a thousand applications in January, you might be a perfect committee member. Otherwise, you can volunteer as "ambassador": you will observe all the committee activities, ensure that people from your language or project manage to apply for a scholarship, translate scholarship applications written in your language to English and so on. Ambassadors are allowed to ask for a scholarship, unlike committee members.

Wikimania 2016 scholarships subteam १०:४७, १० नवम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Harassment consultation

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Community Advocacy team the Wikimedia Foundation has opened a consultation on the topic of harassment on Meta. The consultation period is intended to run for one month from today, November 16, and end on December 17. Please share your thoughts there on harassment-related issues facing our communities and potential solutions. (Note: this consultation is not intended to evaluate specific cases of harassment, but rather to discuss the problem of harassment itself.)

• Harassment consultation 2015

Regards, Community Advocacy, Wikimedia Foundation

Your input requested on the proposed #FreeBassel banner campaign

This is a message regarding the proposed 2015 Free Bassel banner. Translations are available.

Hi everyone,

This is to inform all Wikimedia contributors that a straw poll seeking your involvement has just been started on Meta-Wiki.

As some of your might be aware, a small group of Wikimedia volunteers have proposed a banner campaign informing Wikipedia readers about the urgent situation of our fellow Wikipedian, open source software developer and Creative Commons activist, Bassel Khartabil. An exemplary banner and an explanatory page have now been prepared, and translated into about half a dozen languages by volunteer translators.

We are seeking your involvement to decide if the global Wikimedia community approves starting a banner campaign asking Wikipedia readers to call on the Syrian government to release Bassel from prison. We understand that a campaign like this would be unprecedented in Wikipedia's history, which is why we're seeking the widest possible consensus among the community.

Given Bassel's urgent situation and the resulting tight schedule, we ask everyone to get involved with the poll and the discussion to the widest possible extent, and to promote it among your communities as soon as possible.

(Apologies for writing in English; please kindly translate this message into your own language.)

Thank you for your participation!

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Community Wishlist Survey

Hi everyone! Apologies for posting this in English. Translations are very welcome.

We're beginning the second part of the Community Tech team's Community Wishlist Survey, and we're inviting all active contributors to vote on the proposals that have been submitted.

Thanks to you and other Wikimedia contributors, 111 proposals were submitted to the team. We've split the proposals into categories, and now it's time to vote! You can vote for any proposal listed on the pages, using the {{Support}} tag. Feel free to add comments pro or con, but only support votes will be counted. The voting period will be 2 weeks, ending on December 14.

The proposals with the most support votes will be the team's top priority backlog to investigate and address. Thank you for participating, and we're looking forward to hearing what you think!

Community Tech via

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Get involved in Wikipedia 15!

This is a message from the Wikimedia Foundation. Translations are available.

As many of you know, January 15 is Wikipedia’s 15th Birthday!

People around the world are getting involved in the celebration and have started adding their events on Meta Page. While we are celebrating Wikipedia's birthday, we hope that all projects and affiliates will be able to utilize this celebration to raise awareness of our community's efforts.

Haven’t started planning? Don’t worry, there’s lots of ways to get involved. Here are some ideas:

• Join/host an event. We already have more than 80, and hope to have many more.
• Talk to local press. In the past 15 years, Wikipedia has accomplished extraordinary things. We’ve made a handy summary of milestones and encourage you to add your own. More resources, including a press release template and resources on working with the media, are also available.
• Design a Wikipedia 15 logo. In place of a single icon for Wikipedia 15, we’re making dozens. Add your own with something fun and representative of your community. Just use the visual guide so they share a common sensibility.
• Share a message on social media. Tell the world what Wikipedia means to you, and add #wikipedia15 to the post. We might re-tweet or share your message!

Everything is linked on the Wikipedia 15 Meta page. You’ll find a set of ten data visualization works that you can show at your events, and a list of all the Wikipedia 15 logos that community members have already designed.

If you have any questions, please contact Zachary McCune or Joe Sutherland.

Thanks and Happy nearly Wikipedia 15!
-The Wikimedia Foundation Communications team

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VisualEditor News #6—2015

Did you know?

A new, simpler system for editing will offer a single Edit button. Once the page has opened, you can switch back and forth between visual and wikitext editing.

If you prefer having separate edit buttons, then you can set that option in your preferences, either in a pop-up dialog the next time you open the visual editor, or by going to Special:Preferences and choosing the setting that you want:

The current plan is for the default setting to have the Edit button open the editing environment you used most recently.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

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Since the last newsletter, the visual editor team has fixed many bugs and expanded the mathematics formula tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. Their current priorities are improving support for languages such as Japanese and Arabic, and providing rich-media tools for formulæ, charts, galleries and uploading.

Recent improvements

You can switch from the wikitext editor to the visual editor after you start editing. The LaTeX mathematics formula editor has been significantly expanded. (T118616) You can see the formula as you change the LaTeX code. You can click buttons to insert the correct LaTeX code for many symbols.

Future changes

The single edit tab project will combine the "सम्पादन" and "स्रोत सम्पादित करें" tabs into a single "सम्पादन" tab, like the system already used on the mobile website. (T102398, T58337) Initially, the "सम्पादन" tab will open whichever editing environment you used last time. Your last editing choice will be stored as a cookie for logged-out users and as an account preference for logged-in editors. Logged-in editors will be able to set a default editor in the संपादन tab of Special:Preferences in the drop-down menu about "सम्पादन मोड:".

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the following Wikipedias in early 2016: Amharic, Buginese, Min Dong, Cree, Manx, Hakka, Armenian, Georgian, Pontic, Serbo-Croatian, Tigrinya, Mingrelian, Zhuang, and Min Nan. (T116523) Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. The developers would like to know how well it works. Please tell them what kind of computer, web browser, and keyboard you are using.

In 2016, the feedback pages for the visual editor on many Wikipedias will be redirected to mediawiki.org. (T92661)

Testing opportunities

• Please try the new system for the single edit tab on test2.wikipedia.org. You can edit while logged out to see how it works for logged-out editors, or you can create a separate account to be able to set your account's preferences. Please share your thoughts about the single edit tab system at the feedback topic on mediawiki.org or sign up for formal user research (type "single edit tab" in the question about other areas you're interested in). The new system has not been finalized, and your feedback can affect the outcome. The team particularly wants your thoughts about the options in Special:Preferences. The current choices in Special:Preferences are:
  • आखिरी बार मेरे इस्तेमाल किए गए एडिटर को याद रखें,
  • मुझे यथासंभव हमेशा यथादृश्य संपादिका दिखाएँ,
  • मुझे हमेशा स्रोत एडिटर दिखाएँ, and
  • मुझे दोनों संपादक टैब दिखाएँ. (This is the current state for people already using the visual editor. None of these options will be visible if you have disabled the visual editor in your preferences at that wiki.)
• Can you read and type in Korean or Japanese? Language engineer David Chan needs people who know which tools people use to type in some languages. If you speak Japanese or Korean, you can help him test support for these languages. Please see the instructions at What to test if you can help, and report it on Phabricator (Korean - Japanese) or on Wikipedia (Korean - Japanese).

If you aren't reading this in your favorite language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. धन्यवाद!

Elitre (WMF), ००:०६, २५ दिसम्बर २०१५ (UTC)

Wikimania 2016 Scholarships - Deadline soon!

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

A reminder - applications for scholarships for Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, are closing soon! Please get your applications in by January 9th. To apply, visit the page below:

• Wikimania 2016 Scholarships

Patrick Earley (WMF) via MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०१:४९, ५ जनवरी २०१६ (UTC)

2016 WMF Strategy consultation

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello, all.

The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has launched a consultation to help create and prioritize WMF strategy beginning July 2016 and for the 12 to 24 months thereafter. This consultation will be open, on Meta, from 18 January to 26 February, after which the Foundation will also use these ideas to help inform its Annual Plan. (More on our timeline can be found on that Meta page.)

Your input is welcome (and greatly desired) at the Meta discussion, 2016 Strategy/Community consultation.

Apologies for English, where this is posted on a non-English project. We thought it was more important to get the consultation translated as much as possible, and good headway has been made there in some languages. There is still much to do, however! We created m:2016 Strategy/Translations to try to help coordinate what needs translation and what progress is being made. :)

If you have questions, please reach out to me on my talk page or on the strategy consultation's talk page or by email to mdennis@wikimedia.org.

I hope you'll join us! Maggie Dennis via MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १९:०७, १८ जनवरी २०१६ (UTC)

VisualEditor News #1—2016

अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

क्या आप जानते हैं?

जानकार संपादकों के मध्य, यथादृश्य संपादिका का सारणी सम्पादन सबसे प्रसिद्ध विशेषताओं में से एक है।

यदि आप स्तम्भ का ऊपर का भाग या पंक्ति का निचला भाग चुनते हैं तो आप आसानी से पंक्ति और स्तम्भ जोड़ या हटा सकते हैं।

अब, आप स्तम्भ और पंक्ति को इधर उधर कर सकते हो। "Move before" या "Move after" को क्लिक करें और स्तम्भ और पंक्ति को बदलें।

आप पढ़ कर और इसके सदस्य मार्गदर्शक को अनुवाद कर सहायता कर सकते हैं, जिसमें बहुत सारी जानकारी है कि इसे कैसे उपयोग करते हैं।

अंतिम समाचारपत्र तक, यथादृश्य संपादिका दल कई त्रुटियों को ठीक कर चुका है। इसका कार्यपटल फेब्रिकेटर पर उपलब्ध है। इसकी वर्तमान प्राथमिकता जापानी, कोरियाई, अरबी, भारतीय, और हन लिपियों के समर्थन और इसके एकल टैब के रूप को अच्छा करने हेतु है।

हाल में हुए बदलाव

आप विकि पाठ संपादक से यथादृश्य संपादिका पर सम्पादन शुरू करने के बाद आ सकते हैं। यह विशेषता सभी विकि के सभी संपादकों के लिए है। केवल विक्षनरी और विकिस्रोत को छोड़ कर।

यथादृश्य संपादिका का कई स्थानीय प्रतिक्रिया पृष्ठ mw:VisualEditor/Feedback पर प्रेषित हो जाता है।

आप सारणी में पंक्ति और स्तंभ को इधर उधर कर सकते हो, साथ ही उस पंक्ति और स्तम्भ को कॉपी कर के दूसरे स्थान पर डाल भी सकते हो।

सूत्र संपादक के दो विकल्प हैं: पहला शीघ्र सम्पादन जो आपको LaTeX कोड में बदलाव करने देगा, या दूसरा सम्पादन जो आपको पूरे औज़ार उपयोग करने देगा। पूर्ण औज़ार आपको झलक के साथ कई चिन्ह सूची भी देते हैं।

भविष्य के बदलाव

एकल सम्पादन टैब परियोजना "सम्पादन" और "स्रोत सम्पादित करें" टैब को एक "सम्पादन" टैब में समाहित कर देगा। यह पहले से ही उपयोग किए मोबाइल जालस्थल के प्रणाली के समांतर है। (T102398) अर्थात, सम्पादन टैब उसे खोलेगा जो आपने अंतिम सम्पादन करते समय खोला था। आपके अंतिम सम्पादन का चुनाव आपके खाते के पसंद में खाते वाले सदस्यों के, और कुकी के रूप में बिना खाते वाले सदस्यों में रहेगा। खाते वाले सदस्यों के पास Special:Preferences के संपादन टैब पर इसका विकल्प होगा।

• आखिरी बार मेरे इस्तेमाल किए गए एडिटर को याद रखें,
• मुझे यथासंभव हमेशा यथादृश्य संपादिका दिखाएँ,
• मुझे हमेशा स्रोत एडिटर दिखाएँ, और
• मुझे दोनों संपादक टैब दिखाएँ (यह स्थादृश्य संपादिका के उपयोग कर रहे लोगों की वर्तमान स्थिति है।)

यथादृश्य संपादिका समान खोज प्रणाली का उपयोग करता है, जो विशेष:खोज द्वारा फ़ाइल और कड़ी के लिए होता है। यह खोज और अच्छी तरह से गलती और शब्द वर्तनी को पकड़ लेता है। यह भी यथादृश्य संपादिका के साथ आ रहा है।

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at most "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. यह निम्न भाषाओं पर प्रभाव डालेगा, अन्य में: जापानी, कोरियाई, उर्दू, फारसी, अरबी, तमिल, मराठी, मलयालम, हिन्दी, बंगाली, असमी, थाई, अरमाई।

चलो एक साथ काम करते हैं

• कृपया test2.wikipedia.org पर एकल सम्पादन टैब के नए संस्करण का उपयोग कर के देखें। आपको पसंद के मूल को फिर से डालना होगा (जो test2wiki:Special:Preferences के नीचे) जिससे आप इस विकल्प को देख सकते हैं। आप कहाँ से अपने सम्पादन हेतु पसंद को प्राप्त कर सकते हो? क्या आप इस बड़े पसंद बक्से को देखा है, जो लेख को संपादित करते समय दिखाई देता है।
• क्या आप कोरियाई, अरबी, जापानी, भारतीय, या हन लिपि पढ़ लिख सकते हो? क्या इसमें इन भाषाओं में यथादृश्य संपादिका लिखने पर समान लगता है? भाषा अभियांत्रिकी डेविड चेन इस बारे में जानना चाहते हैं। कृपया mw:VisualEditor/IME Testing#What to test के निर्देश को देखें यदि आप कोई सहायता करना चाहते हैं तो अपने टिप्पणी और भाषा इसमें भेजें। जो आप mediawiki.org के प्रतिक्रिया पर परीक्षण किए हो।
• यदि आप इसे अपने पसंदीदा भाषा में पढ़ नहीं रहे हो, तो आप इसके अनुवाद में सहायता कर सकते हो! अनुवाद मेल सूची की सदस्यता ले या सीधे संपर्क करें, इससे आपको अगले मुद्दों के बारे में पता चलेगा। धन्यवाद!

Elitre (WMF), १९:२१, २६ फ़रवरी २०१६ (UTC)

Open Call for Individual Engagement Grants

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें:

Greetings! The Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) program is accepting proposals until April 12th to fund new tools, research, outreach efforts, and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers. Whether you need a small or large amount of funds (up to $30,000 USD), IEGs can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request or draft your proposal in IdeaLab
• Get help with your proposal in an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) १५:४७, ३१ मार्च २०१६ (UTC)

Server switch 2016

विकिमीडिया संस्थान नए डाटा केन्द्र को डेल्लास में परीक्षण करने जा रहा है। यह निश्चित करना चाहता है कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि को किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। इसे निश्चित करने कि यह पूरे तरह से काम करेगा, विकिमीडिया तकनीकी विभाग इसके लिए एक परीक्षण की योजना बना रहा है। जिससे यह पता चले कि एक डाटा केन्द्र से दूसरे डाटा केन्द्र में ले जाना सुविधाजनक है या नहीं। इसके लिए कई दल की आवश्यकता है, जो इस परीक्षण के लिए तैयार रहें और किसी भी परेशानी को ठीक करने के लिए उपलब्ध रहें।

यह नए डाटा केन्द्र में मंगलवार, 19 अप्रैल को स्थानांतरित हो जाएगा।
गुरुवार, 21 अप्रैल को यह पहले के डाटा केन्द्र में वापस आ जाएगा।

लेकिन कुछ सीमितता के के कारण मीडियाविकि में उन दो बदलाव के दौरान कोई भी सम्पादन नहीं हो सकेंगे। हम इस असुविधा के लिए खेद प्रकट करते हैं, और भविष्य में इसे कम करने का प्रयास करेंगे।

कुछ समय के लिए सभी विकि में आप केवल पढ़ सकेंगे, लेकिन लिख नहीं पाएंगे।

• आप मंगलवार, 19 अप्रैल और गुरुवार, 21 अप्रैल को 14:00 UTC (19:30 IST) केओ 15 से 30 मिनट के लिए कुछ भी नहीं लिख पाएंगे।
• इस समय के दौरान यदि आप कोई सम्पादन करने की कोशिश करते हैं, तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम यही उम्मीद करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई भी सम्पादन नहीं छूटेगा, लेकिन हम भरोसा नहीं दिला सकते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई दे, तो कृपया सब कुछ ठीक होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। उसके बाद आप अपने सम्पादन को सहेज सकते हैं। लेकिन, हम आपको यही सुझाव देते हैं कि आप अपने बदलाव को सहेजने से पहले कॉपी या नकल कर रखे।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• कुछ आंतरिक कार्य धीमी गति से कार्य करेंगे और कुछ बन्द हो हो सकते हैं। लाल कड़ी सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं होंगे। यदि आप कोई लेख बनाते हैं जो पहले से ही कहीं पर जोड़ा गया है तो वह लाल रंग की कड़ी पहले से अधिक समय तक वैसे ही रहेगा। कुछ बहुत लम्बे समय तक चलने वाले स्क्रिप्ट रुक जाएँगे।
• 18 अप्रैल के सप्ताह में कोड भी रुक सकते हैं। कोई भी गैर-अनावश्यक कोड भी स्थान पर नहीं स्थापित होंगे।

यह परीक्षण 22 मार्च को वास्तविक रूप से स्थापित होगा। 19 और 21 अप्रैल नए तिथि हैं। आप तिथि को wikitech.wikimedia.org में भी पढ़ सकते हैं। इस तिथि में यह कई बदलाव को डालेंगे। इस दौरान और भी सूचनाएँ प्राप्त होंगी। कृपया इस सूचना को अपने विकि समुदाय को भी दें। /Johan (WMF) (वार्ता) २२:१६, १७ अप्रैल २०१६ (UTC)

Compact Language Links enabled in this wiki today

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Screenshot of Compact Language Links interlanguage list

Compact Language Links has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). Based on several factors, this shorter list of languages is expected to be more relevant for them and valuable for finding similar content in a language known to them. More information about compact language links can be found in the documentation.

From today onwards, compact language links has been enabled as the default listing of interlanguage links on this wiki. Using the button at the bottom, you will be able to see a longer list of all the languages the article has been written in. The setting for this compact list can be changed by using the checkbox under User Preferences -> Appearance -> Languages

The compact language links feature has been tested extensively by the Wikimedia Language team, which developed it. However, in case there are any problems or other feedback please let us know on the project talk page or on this discussion thread. It is to be noted that on some wikis the presence of an existing older gadget that was used for a similar purpose may cause an interference for compact language list. We would like to bring this to the attention of the admins of this wiki. Full details are on this phabricator ticket (in English).

Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use MassMessage for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team: Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF) (talk) ०७:०४, २४ जून २०१६ (UTC)

Editing News #2—2016

अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

क्या आप जानते हैं?

सन्दर्भ सूची डालने के लिए ये बहुत सरल और तेज है।

जहां आप संदर्व सूची प्रदर्शित्त करना चाहते हैं, कर्सर को वहां रखें (प्रायः पृष्ठ के एकदम नीचे). जोड़ें मेन्यू को खोलें एवं सन्दर्भ सूची के चिह्न (तीम पुस्त्तकें) को क्लिक करें।

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references. Finally, click "जोड़ें" in the dialog to insert the सन्दर्भ सूची. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

अंतिम समाचारपत्र तक, यथादृश्य संपादिका दल कई त्रुटियों को ठीक कर चुका है। इसका कार्यपटल फेब्रिकेटर पर उपलब्ध है। वर्तमान में महत्व हम अरबी और भारतीय लिपियों के विकास हेतु दे रहे हैं, और इसे विकियात्रा और विकिस्रोत हेतु भी उपयोग अनुसार ढाला जा रहा है।

हाल के बदलाव

यथादृश्य संपादिका अब बहुत से विकियात्रा पर सभी सदस्यों के लिए उपलब्ध हो गया है। यह फ्रांसीसी विकिसमाचार के सभी सदस्यों के लिए उपलब्ध हो चुका है।

The single edit tab feature combines the "सम्पादन" and "स्रोत सम्पादित करें" tabs into a single "सम्पादन" tab. It has been deployed to several Wikipedias, including Hungarian, Polish, English and Japanese Wikipedias, as well as to all Wikivoyages. At these wikis, you can change your settings for this feature in the "संपादन" tab of Special:Preferences. The team is now reviewing the feedback and considering ways to improve the design before rolling it out to more people.

भविष्य में परिवर्तन

The "पृष्ठ सहेजें" button will say "पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next few months. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. यह कुछ भाषाओं को प्रभावित करेगा, जिसमें अरबी, हिन्दी, थाई, तमिल, मराठी, मलयालम, उर्दू, फारसी, बंगाली, असमी, अरमाइक और अन्य शामिल है।

The team is working with the volunteer developers who power Wikisource to provide the visual editor there, for opt-in testing right now and eventually for all users. (T138966)

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. It will look like the visual editor, and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices around September 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

चलो साथ काम करते हैं

• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.
• Learn how to improve the "automagical" citoid referencing system in the visual editor, by creating Zotero translators for popular sources in your language! Watch the Tech Talk by Sebastian Karcher for more information.

If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. धन्यवाद!

m:User:Elitre (WMF), १७:२०, ३ जुलाई २०१६ (UTC)

Open call for Project Grants

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें:

Greetings! The Project Grants program is accepting proposals from July 1st to August 2nd to fund new tools, research, offline outreach (including editathon series, workshops, etc), online organizing (including contests), and other experiments that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers.

Whether you need a small or large amount of funds, Project Grants can support you and your team’s project development time in addition to project expenses such as materials, travel, and rental space.

• Submit a grant request or draft your proposal in IdeaLab
• Get help with your proposal in an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants or Project and Event Grants

Also accepting candidates to join the Project Grants Committee through July 15.

With thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) १५:२५, ५ जुलाई २०१६ (UTC)

Save/Publish

The Editing team is planning to change the name of the “पृष्ठ सहेजें” button to “पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें” and “बदलाव प्रकाशित करें”. “पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें” will be used when you create a new page. “बदलाव प्रकाशित करें” will be used when you change an existing page. The names will be consistent in all editing environments.[१६][१७]

This change will probably happen during the week of 30 August 2016. The change will be announced in Tech News when it happens.

If you are fluent in a language other than English, please check the status of translations at translatewiki.net for “पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें” and “बदलाव प्रकाशित करें”.

The main reason for this change is to avoid confusion for new editors. Repeated user research studies with new editors have shown that some new editors believed that “पृष्ठ सहेजें” would save a private copy of a new page in their accounts, rather than permanently publishing their changes on the web. It is important for this part of the user interface to be clear, since it is difficult to remove public information after it is published. We believe that the confusion caused by the “पृष्ठ सहेजें” button increases the workload for experienced editors, who have to clean up the information that people unintentionally disclose, and report it to the functionaries and stewards to suppress it. Clarifying what the button does will reduce this problem.

Beyond that, the goal is to make all the wikis and languages more consistent, and some wikis made this change many years ago. The Legal team at the Wikimedia Foundation supports this change. Making the edit interface easier to understand will make it easier to handle licensing and privacy questions that may arise.

Any help pages or other basic documentation about how to edit pages will also need to be updated, on-wiki and elsewhere. On wiki pages, you can use the wikitext codes {{int:Publishpage}} and {{int:Publishchanges}} to display the new labels in the user's preferred language. For the language settings in your account preferences, these wikitext codes produce “पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें” and “बदलाव प्रकाशित करें”.

Please share this news with community members who teach new editors and with others who may be interested.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) १८:०२, ९ अगस्त २०१६ (UTC)

RevisionSlider

From September 13th on, RevisionSlider will be available as a beta feature in your wiki. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page, so that you can easily move between revisions. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well in your work!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १५:०८, १२ सितम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Grants to improve your project

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें:

Greetings! The Project Grants program is currently accepting proposals for funding. There is just over a week left to submit before the October 11 deadline. If you have ideas for software, offline outreach, research, online community organizing, or other projects that enhance the work of Wikimedia volunteers, start your proposal today! Please encourage others who have great ideas to apply as well. Support is available if you want help turning your idea into a grant request.

• Submit a grant request
• Get help: In IdeaLab or an upcoming Hangout session
• Learn from examples of completed Individual Engagement Grants or Project and Event Grants

I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) २०:११, ३० सितम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Creative Commons 4.0

Hello! I'm writing from the Wikimedia Foundation to invite you to give your feedback on a proposed move from CC BY-SA 3.0 to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license across all Wikimedia projects. The consultation will run from October 5 to November 8, and we hope to receive a wide range of viewpoints and opinions. Please, if you are interested, take part in the discussion on Meta-Wiki.

Apologies that this message is only in English. This message can be read and translated in more languages here. Joe Sutherland (talk) ०१:३५, ६ अक्टूबर २०१६ (UTC)

Editing News #3—2016

इसे अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचारपत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

क्या आप जानते हैं?

Did you know that you can easily re-arrange columns and rows in the visual editor?

Select a cell in the column or row that you want to move. Click the arrow at the start of that row or column to open the dropdown menu (shown). Choose either "Move before" or "Move after" to move the column, or "Move above" or "Move below" to move the row.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

Since the last newsletter, the VisualEditor Team has mainly worked on a new wikitext editor. They have also released some small features and the new map editing tool. Their workboard is available in Phabricator. You can find links to the list of work finished each week at mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings. Their current priorities are fixing bugs, releasing the 2017 wikitext editor as a beta feature, and improving language support.

हाल में हुए बदलाव

• You can now set text as small or big.[१८]
• Invisible templates have been shown as a puzzle icon. Now, the name of the invisible template is displayed next to the puzzle icon.[१९] A similar feature will display the first part of hidden HTML comments.[२०]
• Categories are displayed at the bottom of each page. If you click on the categories, the dialog for editing categories will open.[२१]
• At many wikis, you can now add maps to pages. Go to the Insert menu and choose the "Maps" item. The Discovery department is adding more features to this area, like geoshapes. You can read more at mediawiki.org.[२२]
• The "Save" button now says "Save page" when you create a page, and "Save changes" when you change an existing page.[२३] In the future, the "पृष्ठ सहेजें" button will say "पृष्ठ प्रकाशित करें". This will affect both the visual and wikitext editing systems. More information is available on Meta.
• Image galleries now use a visual mode for editing. You can see thumbnails of the images, add new files, remove unwanted images, rearrange the images by dragging and dropping, and add captions for each image. Use the "Options" tab to set the gallery's display mode, image sizes, and add a title for the gallery.[२४]

भविष्य के बदलाव

The visual editor will be offered to all editors at the remaining 10 "Phase 6" Wikipedias during the next month. The developers want to know whether typing in your language feels natural in the visual editor. Please post your comments and the language(s) that you tested at the feedback thread on mediawiki.org. This will affect several languages, including Thai, Burmese and Aramaic.

The team is working on a modern wikitext editor. The 2017 wikitext editor will look like the visual editor and be able to use the citoid service and other modern tools. This new editing system may become available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices in October 2016. You can read about this project in a general status update on the Wikimedia mailing list.

आइए मिल कर काम करते हैं

• Do you teach new editors how to use the visual editor? Did you help set up the Citoid automatic reference feature for your wiki? Have you written or imported TemplateData for your most important citation templates? Would you be willing to help new editors and small communities with the visual editor? Please sign up for the new VisualEditor Community Taskforce.

• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. धन्यवाद!

—Elitre (WMF)

१७:४९, १५ अक्टूबर २०१६ (UTC)

Password reset

I apologise that this message is in English. ⧼Centralnotice-shared-help-translate⧽

We are having a problem with attackers taking over wiki accounts with privileged user rights (for example, admins, bureaucrats, oversighters, checkusers). It appears that this may be because of weak or reused passwords.

Community members are working along with members of multiple teams at the Wikimedia Foundation to address this issue.

In the meantime, we ask that everyone takes a look at the passwords they have chosen for their wiki accounts. If you know that you've chosen a weak password, or if you've chosen a password that you are using somewhere else, please change those passwords.

Select strong passwords – eight or more characters long, and containing letters, numbers, and punctuation. Joe Sutherland (वार्ता) / MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ००:००, १४ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Adding to the above section (Password reset)

Please accept my apologies - that first line should read "Help with translations!". Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) / MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ००:११, १४ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Help test offline Wikipedia

नमस्कार! विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन आपकी सहायता के लिए, ऑफलाइन लेख पढ़ना मुनकिन करना चाहती है। आप ऑफलाइन लेख सेव करने के बाद आपके फ़ोन से दुसरो को शेयरभी कर सकते हे । हमे ये सुविधा उपयोगी हे इसकी खोज पाठक अनुसंधान की दौरान हुई। इस संदर्भ में आपकेलिए कुच नमूने तैयार किये हे। आप ये नूमनों का परिक्षण कर सकते हे। अगर आपको इन नमूनों में रुचि हे तो हमें संपर्क करें। आपका परिक्षण करना बहुत उपयोगी होगा। अधिक जानकारी के लिए मेटा पृष्ठ पढ़े Joe Sutherland (WMF) (talk) २०:०७, २९ नवम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

New way to edit wikitext

Summary: There's a new opt-in Beta Feature of a wikitext mode for the visual editor. Please go try it out.

We in the Wikimedia Foundation's Editing department are responsible for making editing better for all our editors, new and experienced alike. We've been slowly improving the visual editor based on feedback, user tests, and feature requests. However, that doesn't work for all our user needs: whether you need to edit a wikitext talk page, create a template, or fix some broken reference syntax, sometimes you need to use wikitext, and many experienced editors prefer it.

Consequently, we've planned a "wikitext mode" for the visual editor for a long time. It provides as much of the visual editor's features as possible, for those times that you need or want wikitext. It has the same user interface as the visual editor, including the same toolbar across the top with the same buttons. It provides access to the citoid service for formatting citations, integrated search options for inserting images, and the ability to add new templates in a simple dialog. Like in the visual editor, if you paste in formatted text copied from another page, then formatting (such as bolding) will automatically be converted into wikitext.

All wikis now have access to this mode as a Beta Feature. When enabled, it replaces your existing wikitext editor everywhere. If you don't like it, you can reverse this at any time by turning off the Beta Feature in your preferences. We don't want to surprise anyone, so it's strictly an opt-in-only Beta Feature. It won't switch on automatically for anyone, even if you have previously checked the box to "सभी नई बीटा सुविधाओं को स्वचालित रूप से सक्षम करें".

The new wikitext edit mode is based on the visual editor, so it requires JavaScript (as does the current wikitext editor). It doesn't work with gadgets that have only been designed for the older one (and vice versa), so some users will miss gadgets they find important. We're happy to work with gadget authors to help them update their code to work with both editors. We're not planning to get rid of the current main wikitext editor on desktop in the foreseeable future. We're also not going to remove the existing ability to edit plain wikitext without JavaScript. Finally, though it should go without saying, if you prefer to continue using the current wikitext editor, then you may so do.

This is an early version, and we'd love to know what you think so we can make it better. Please leave feedback about the new mode on the feedback page. You may write comments in any language. Thank you.

James Forrester (Product Manager, Editing department, Wikimedia Foundation) --१९:३२, १४ दिसम्बर २०१६ (UTC)

Review of initial updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

The Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. For 15 years, Wikimedians have worked together to build the largest free knowledge resource in human history. During this time, we've grown from a small group of editors to a diverse network of editors, developers, affiliates, readers, donors, and partners. Today, we are more than a group of websites. We are a movement rooted in values and a powerful vision: all knowledge for all people. As a movement, we have an opportunity to decide where we go from here.

This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve. We hope to design an inclusive process that makes space for everyone: editors, community leaders, affiliates, developers, readers, donors, technology platforms, institutional partners, and people we have yet to reach. There will be multiple ways to participate including on-wiki, in private spaces, and in-person meetings. You are warmly invited to join and make your voice heard.

The immediate goal is to have a strategic direction by Wikimania 2017 to help frame a discussion on how we work together toward that strategic direction.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Beginning with this message, monthly reviews of these updates will be sent to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a review of the updates that have been sent so far:

• Update 1 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (15 December 2016)
  • Introduction to process and information about budget spending resolution to support it
• Update 2 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (23 December 2016)
  • Start of search for Lead Architect for movement strategy process
• Update 3 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (8 January 2017)
  • Plans for strategy sessions at upcoming Wikimedia Conference 2017
• Update 4 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (11 January 2017)
  • Introduction of williamsworks
• Update 5 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 February 2017)
  • The core movement strategy team, team tracks being developed, introduction of the Community Process Steering Committee, discussions at WikiIndaba conference 2017 and the Wikimedia movement affiliates executive directors gathering in Switzerland
• Update 6 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (10 February 2017)
  • Tracks A & B process prototypes and providing feedback, updates on development of all four Tracks

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, २०:३१, १५ फ़रवरी २०१७ (UTC) • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

Overview #2 of updates on Wikimedia movement strategy process

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

As we mentioned last month, the Wikimedia movement is beginning a movement-wide strategy discussion, a process which will run throughout 2017. This movement strategy discussion will focus on the future of our movement: where we want to go together, and what we want to achieve.

Regular updates are being sent to the Wikimedia-l mailing list, and posted on Meta-Wiki. Each month, we are sending overviews of these updates to this page as well. Sign up to receive future announcements and monthly highlights of strategy updates on your user talk page.

Here is a overview of the updates that have been sent since our message last month:

• Update 7 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (16 February 2017)
  • Development of documentation for Tracks A & B
• Update 8 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (24 February 2017)
  • Introduction of Track Leads for all four audience tracks
• Update 9 on Wikimedia movement strategy process (2 March 2017)
  • Seeking feedback on documents being used to help facilitate upcoming community discussions

More information about the movement strategy is available on the Meta-Wiki 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy portal.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, १९:४३, ९ मार्च २०१७ (UTC) • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

We invite you to join the movement strategy conversation (now through April 15)

यह सन्देश, "हम आपको आंदोलन रणनीति बातचीत में शामिल होने के लिए आमंत्रित करते हैं (जो अब से १५ अप्रैल तक चलेगी)", निकोल ऐबर के द्वारा १५ मार्च २०१७ को भेजा गया था।

प्रिय विकिमीडियन/विकिपीडियन:

आज हम विकिमीडिया की दुनिया के भविष्य में भूमिका को परिभाषित करने और उस भूमिका को पूरा करने के लिए एक सहयोगी रणनीति विकसित करने के लिए एक व्यापक चर्चा शुरू कर रहे हैं। आपको वार्तालाप में शामिल होने के लिए नम्र रूप से आमंत्रित किया जाता है।

भाग लेने के कई तरीके हैं, मौजूदा वार्तालाप में शामिल होना या अपनी खुद की वार्तालाप शुरू करना :

ट्रैक ए (संगठित समूह): आपकी सहबद्ध संस्था, समिति या अन्य संगठित समूह (वह समूह जो विकिमीडिया आंदोलन का समर्थन करते हैं) के साथ चर्चाएं।

ट्रैक बी (व्यक्तिगत योगदानकर्ता): मेटा पर या आपके स्थानीय भाषा या परियोजना विकी पर।

यह तीन वार्तालापों में से पहली वार्तालाप है, और यह अबसे 15 अप्रैल तक चलेगी। चक्र 1 का उद्देश्य आंदोलन के भविष्य पर चर्चा करना और संभावित दिशाओं के आसपास प्रमुख विषयों को उत्पन्न करना है। अगले 15 सालों में हम क्या बनाना चाहते हैं या एक साथ हासिल करना चाहते हैं?

आपके साथ मिलकर चर्चा करने के लिए हम आपका स्वागत करते हैं और हमारे आंदोलन के सभी हिस्सों से व्यापक और विविध भागीदारी की उम्मीद करते हैं।

• आंदोलन रणनीति प्रक्रिया के बारे में अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करें
• चर्चा समन्वयक बनने के लिए स्वयंसेवा के बारे में अधिक जानें

भवदीय

निकोल ऐबर (ट्रैक ए लीड), जेमी अंस्टी (ट्रैक बी लीड), और शमूलियत सहारा टीमें

०५:०९, १८ मार्च २०१७ (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Please accept our apologies for cross-posting this message. This message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Elections.

The Board of Trustees (Board) is the decision-making body that is ultimately responsible for the long-term sustainability of the Wikimedia Foundation, so we value wide input into its selection. More information about this role can be found on Meta-Wiki. Please read the letter from the Board of Trustees calling for candidates.

The candidacy submission phase will last from April 7 (00:00 UTC) to April 20 (23:59 UTC).

We will also be accepting questions to ask the candidates from April 7 to April 20. You can submit your questions on Meta-Wiki.

Once the questions submission period has ended on April 20, the Elections Committee will then collate the questions for the candidates to respond to beginning on April 21.

The goal of this process is to fill the three community-selected seats on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. The election results will be used by the Board itself to select its new members.

The full schedule for the Board elections is as follows. All dates are inclusive, that is, from the beginning of the first day (UTC) to the end of the last.

• April 7 (00:00 UTC) – April 20 (23:59 UTC) – Board nominations
• April 7 – April 20 – Board candidates questions submission period
• April 21 – April 30 – Board candidates answer questions
• May 1 – May 14 – Board voting period
• May 15–19 – Board vote checking
• May 20 – Board result announcement goal

In addition to the Board elections, we will also soon be holding elections for the following roles:

• Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC)
  • There are five positions being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

• Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson (Ombuds)
  • One position is being filled. More information about this election will be available on Meta-Wiki.

Please note that this year the Board of Trustees elections will be held before the FDC and Ombuds elections. Candidates who are not elected to the Board are explicitly permitted and encouraged to submit themselves as candidates to the FDC or Ombuds positions after the results of the Board elections are announced.

More information on this year's elections can be found on Meta-Wiki. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the election talk page on Meta-Wiki, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, board-electionswikimedia.org.

On behalf of the Election Committee,
Katie Chan, Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
Joe Sutherland, Community Advocate, Wikimedia Foundation

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee, ०३:३८, ७ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC) • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

Read-only mode for 20 to 30 minutes on 19 April and 3 May

Read this message in another language • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data center in Dallas. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to conduct a planned test. This test will show whether they can reliably switch from one data center to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic to the secondary data center on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. On Wednesday, 3 May 2017, they will switch back to the primary data center.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop during those two switches. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for approximately 20 to 30 minutes on Wednesday, 19 April and Wednesday, 3 May. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 20 April and Thursday 4 May).
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• There will be code freezes for the weeks of 17 April 2017 and 1 May 2017. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community. /User:Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १७:३३, ११ अप्रैल २०१७ (UTC)

Voting has begun in 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

यह संदेश विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनाव समिति की और से है।अनुवाद उपलब्ध हैं।

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन न्यासी बोर्ड के लिए २०१७ के चुनावों में पात्र मतदाताओं के लिए मतदान शुरू हो गया है।

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन का न्यासी बोर्ड संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में 501(c)(3) पंजीकृत गैर-लाभकारी संगठन विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन का अंतिम शासी निकाय है। विकीमीडिया फाउंडेशन कई विविध परियोजनाओं जैसे कि विकिपीडिया और कॉमन्स का प्रबंधन करती है।

मतदान चरण १ मई ००:०० यूटीसी से १४ मई 23:59 यूटीसी तक चलेगा। वोट करने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें। उम्मीदवारों और चुनावों के बारे में अधिक जानकारी के लिए मेटा-विकी पर २०१७ न्यासी बोर्ड चुनाव पृष्ठ पर जाएँ।

चुनाव समिति की ओर से,
केटी चैन, चेयर, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनाव समिति
जो सदरलैंड, सामुदायिक अधिवक्ता, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन

मीडियाविकी संदेश वितरण • अनुवाद • मदद लें

१९:१४, ३ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Beta Feature Two Column Edit Conflict View

From May 9, the Two Column Edit Conflict View will be available as a beta feature on all wikis. The Two Column Edit Conflict View is a new interface for the edit conflict resolution page. It highlights differences between the editor's and the conflicting changes to make it easy to copy and paste pieces of the text and resolve the conflict. The feature fulfils a request for a more user-friendly edit conflict resolution from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Everyone is invited to test the feature and we hope that it will serve you well!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १४:४१, ८ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Editing News #1—2017

इसे अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • इस बहुभाषी सूचनापत्र की सदस्यता सूची

क्या आप जानते हैं?

क्या आप जानते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की समीक्षा कर सकते हो?

जब आप लेख के सम्पादन पूर्ण कर लें, तब अपना सम्पादन सारांश लिखें और "अपने बदलाव की समीक्षा करें" को चुनें।

यथादृश्य विधा में, आपको परिवर्धन, नयी कड़ियाँ और स्वरूपण प्रकाश देखने को मिलेंगे। अन्य परिवर्तन जैसे चित्र के आकार में परिवर्तन को एक तरफ टिप्पणियों में वर्णित किया जाता है।

यथादृश्य और विकिपाठ अन्तरों के मध्य बदलने के लिए टोगल बटन पर क्लिक करें।

विकिपाठ अन्तर विकिपाठ सम्पादन और पृष्ठ इतिहास में प्रयुक्त होने वाले अन्तर उपकरण के समान ही है। आप सदस्य निर्देशिका पढ़ सकते हैं और अनुवाद में सहायता कर सकते हैं, जिसमें यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को काम में लेने के बारे में अधिक जानकारी है।

पिछले सूचनापत्र तक यथादृश्य सम्पादिका दल ने अपना अधिकतम समय २०१७ विकिपाठ सम्पादक विधा को समर्थित करने में व्यतीत किया जो वर्तमान में बीटा सुविधा के रूप में यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में उपलब्ध है और नया यथादृश्य अन्तर उपकरण जोड़ता है। उनका कार्य मण्डल फैब्रिकैटर में उपलब्ध है। आप प्रतिसप्ताह सम्पूर्ण हुये कार्य की कड़ी मीडियाविकि:यथादृश्य सम्पादिका/साप्ताहिक ट्राइएज बैठकें पर पा सकते हैं। उनकी वर्तमान वरियताओं में त्रुटियां ठीक करना, २०१७ विकिपाठ सम्पादक को बीटा सुविधा के रूप में अनुमत करना और यथादृश्य अन्तर उपकरण में सुधार लाना है।

हाल ही के परिवर्तन

• A new wikitext editing mode is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. The 2017 wikitext editor has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures to enable the ⧼Visualeditor-preference-newwikitexteditor-label⧽.
• A new visual diff tool is available in VisualEditor's visual mode. You can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. More features will be added to this later. In the future, this tool may be integrated into other MediaWiki components. [२५]
• The team have added multi-column support for lists of footnotes. The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [२६]
• You can now use your web browser's function to switch typing direction in the new wikitext mode. This is particularly helpful for RTL language users like Urdu or Hebrew who have to write JavaScript or CSS. You can use Command+Shift+X or Control+Shift+X to trigger this. [२७]
• The way to switch between the visual editing mode and the wikitext editing mode is now consistent. There is a drop-down menu that shows the two options. This is now the same in desktop and mobile web editing, and inside things that embed editing, such as Flow. [२८]
• The श्रेणियाँ item has been moved to the top of the पृष्ठ विकल्प menu (from clicking on the "hamburger" icon) for quicker access. [२९] There is also now a "Templates used on this page" feature there. [३०]
• You can now create <chem> tags (sometimes used as <ce>) for chemical formulas inside the visual editor. [३१]
• Tables can be set as collapsed or un-collapsed. [३२]
• The विशेष अक्षर menu now includes characters for Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and angle quotation marks (‹› and ⟨⟩) . The team thanks the volunteer developer, Tpt. [३३]
• A bug caused some section edit conflicts to blank the rest of the page. This has been fixed. The team are sorry for the disruption. [३४]
• There is a new keyboard shortcut for citations: Control+Shift+K on a PC, or Command+Shift+K on a Mac. It is based on the keyboard shortcut for making links, which is Control+K or Command+K respectively. [३५]

Future changes

• The team is working on a syntax highlighting tool. It will highlight matching pairs of <ref> tags and other types of wikitext syntax. You will be able to turn it on and off. It will first become available in VisualEditor's built-in wikitext mode, maybe late in 2017. [३६]
• The kind of button used to झलक दिखाएँ, बदलाव दिखाएँ, and finish an edit will change in all WMF-supported wikitext editors. The new buttons will use OOjs UI. The buttons will be larger, brighter, and easier to read. The labels will remain the same. You can test the new button by editing a page and adding &ooui=1 to the end of the URL, like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Sandbox?action=edit&ooui=1 The old appearance will no longer be possible, even with local CSS changes. [३७]
• The outdated 2006 wikitext editor will be removed later this year. It is used by approximately 0.03% of active editors. See a list of editing tools on mediawiki.org if you are uncertain which one you use. [३८]
• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly, so that we can notify you when the next issue is ready. धन्यवाद!

—Elitre (WMF)

१८:०६, १२ मई २०१७ (UTC)

RevisionSlider

RevisionSlider will be available as a default feature for all users on all wikis from May 17. The RevisionSlider adds a slider view to the diff page so that you can easily move between revisions. The slider view is collapsed by default, and will load by clicking on it. It can also be turned off entirely in the user preferences. RevisionSlider has been a default feature on German, Arabic and Hebrew Wikipedia for 6 months and a beta feature on all wikis for 8 months. The feature fulfills a wish from the German Community’s Technical Wishlist. Thanks to everyone who tested RevisionSlider and gave valuable feedback to improve the feature! We hope that RevisionSlider will continue to serve you well in your work.

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १४:४४, १६ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Join the next cycle of Wikimedia movement strategy discussions (underway until June 12)

Message is available for translation on Meta-Wiki

The Wikimedia movement strategy core team and working groups have completed reviewing the more than 1800 thematic statements we received from the first discussion. They have identified 5 themes that were consistent across all the conversations - each with their own set of sub-themes. These are not the final themes, just an initial working draft of the core concepts.

You are invited to join the online and offline discussions taking place on these 5 themes. This round of discussions will take place between now and June 12th. You can discuss as many as you like; we ask you to participate in the ones that are most (or least) important to you.

Here are the five themes, each has a page on Meta-Wiki with more information about the theme and how to participate in that theme's discussion:

• Healthy, Inclusive Communities
• The Augmented Age
• A Truly Global Movement
• The Most Respected Source of Knowledge
• Engaging in the Knowledge Ecosystem

On the movement strategy portal on Meta-Wiki, you can find more information about each of these themes, their discussions, and how to participate.

Posted by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Get help

२१:०९, १६ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Start of the 2017 Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee elections

इस संदेश के अनुवाद मेटा-विकी पर उपलब्ध हैं

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनाव समिति की ओर से हमें घोषणा करते हुए प्रसन्नता हो रही है कि २०१७ विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन फंड प्रसार समिति और फंड प्रसार समिति लोकपाल चुनावों के लिए स्वयं नामांकन स्वीकार किए जा रहे हैं। कृपया २०१७ विकीमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनावों के पोर्टल पर पर उम्मीदवारों के लिए विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन की तरफ से पत्र पढ़िए।

फंड प्रसार समिति
फंड प्रसार समिति (एफडीसी) पात्र संस्थाओं के लिए विकिमीडिया आंदोलन को आवंटित करने के तरीके के बारे में सिफारिशें करती है। पाँच पदों के लिए चुनाव हो रहे हैं। इस भूमिका के बारे में अधिक जानकारी एफडीसी चुनाव पृष्ठ पर पाई जा सकती है।

फंड प्रसार समिति लोकपाल
निधि प्रसार समिति लोकपाल को एफडीसी प्रक्रिया के बारे में शिकायतों और प्रतिक्रिया प्राप्त होती है, वह न्यासी बोर्ड के अनुरोध पर शिकायतों की जाँच करता है और न्यासी बोर्ड के लिए सालाना आधार पर जाँच और प्रतिक्रिया का सार देता है। एक पद के लिए चुनाव हो रहे हैं। इस भूमिका के बारे में अधिक जानकारी एफडीसी लोकपाल चुनाव पृष्ठ पर पाई जा सकती है।

उम्मीदवारी जमा करने की समय २८ मई (२३:५९ यूटीसी) तक होगा।

हम २८ मई तक उम्मीदवारों को पूछने के लिए प्रश्न भी स्वीकार करेंगे। आप मेटा-विकी पर अपने प्रश्न जमा कर सकते हैं। जब सवाल प्रस्तुत करने की अवधि २८ मई को समाप्त होगी, तब चुनाव समिति उम्मीदवारों के सवालों के जवाब तैयार करेगी।

इस प्रक्रिया का लक्ष्य विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन फंड प्रसार समिति की पाँच समुदाय-चयनित सीटों और एक समुदाय-चयनित लोकपाल पद को भरना है। बोर्ड द्वारा ही नियुक्तियों के लिए चुनाव परिणाम का उपयोग किया जाएगा।

एफडीसी चुनावों का पूरा कार्यक्रम इस प्रकार है: सभी तिथियाँ 'समावेशी' हैं, अर्थात् पहले दिन (यूटीसी) की शुरुआत से अंतिम दिन के अंत तक।

• १५ मई (००:०० यूटीसी) – २८ मई (२३:५९ यूटीसी) – नामांकन
• १५ मई – २८ मई – उम्मीदवारों से प्रश्न पूछने का समय
• २९ मई – २ जून – उम्मीदवार प्रश्नों के जवाब देंगे
• ३ जून – ११ जून – मतदान अवधि
• १२-१४ जून – मतों की जाँच
• १५ जून – चुनाव परिणामों की घोषणा के लिए संभावित तारीख

इस वर्ष के चुनावों के बारे में अधिक जानकारी २०१७ विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनावों के पोर्टल में पाई जा सकती है।

कृपया अपने परियोजना की चौपाल पर चुनाव के बारे में एक नोट पोस्ट करने के लिए स्वतंत्र महसूस करें। चुनाव से संबंधित कोई भी प्रश्न मेटा पर चर्चा पृष्ठ पर पोस्ट किया जा सकता है, या चुनाव समिति की मेलिंग सूची में भेजा जा सकता है, board-electionswikimedia.org.

चुनाव समिति की ओर से,
केटी चैन, चेयर, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन चुनाव समिति
जो सदरलैंड, कम्युनिटी एडवोकेट, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन

मीडियाविकि संदेश वितरण द्वारा पोस्ट किया • अनुवाद • मदद लें

२१:०५, २३ मई २०१७ (UTC)

Accessible editing buttons

The MediaWiki developers have been slowly improving the accessibility of the user interface. The next step in this transition will change the appearance of some buttons and may break some outdated (non-updated or unmaintained) user scripts and gadgets.

You can see and use the old and new versions now. Most editors will only notice that some buttons are slightly larger and have different colors.

• Comparison of old and new styles
• 
  Buttons before the change
• 
  Buttons after the change

However, this change also affects some user scripts and gadgets. Unfortunately, some of them may not work well in the new system. If you maintain any user scripts or gadgets that are used for editing, please see mw:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons for information on how to test and fix your scripts. Outdated scripts can be tested and fixed now.

This change will probably reach this wiki on Tuesday, 1 August 2017. Please leave a note at mw:Talk:Contributors/Projects/Accessible editing buttons if you need help.

--Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) १६:५७, २७ जुलाई २०१७ (UTC)

New print to pdf feature for mobile web readers

मोबाइल वेब रीडर के लिए नया पीडीएफ प्रिंट के लिए सुविधा

पाठक वेब टीम इस हफ्ते एक नई सुविधा की तैनाती कर रही है ताकि मोबाइल वेबसाइट पर लेखों के पीडीएफ संस्करणों को डाउनलोड करना आसान हो।

मेक्सिको, नाइजीरिया और भारत में नये रीडर टीम के द्वारा किए गए शोध से हाइलाइट किए गए क्षेत्रों में बेहतर ऑफ़लाइन कार्यक्षमता प्रदान करना था। टीमों ने मोबाइल पीडीएफ़ के लिए एक प्रोटोटाइप बनाया, जिसका मूल्यांकन उपयोगकर्ता अनुसंधान और समुदाय प्रतिक्रिया द्वारा किया गया था। प्रोटोटाइप मूल्यांकन को सकारात्मक प्रतिक्रिया और परिणाम प्राप्त हुए, इसलिए विकास जारी रखा जायेग।

प्रारंभिक तैनाती के लिए, यह सुविधा एंड्रॉइड पर गूगल क्रोम ब्राउज़र पर उपलब्ध होगी। भविष्य में आने वाले अन्य मोबाइल ब्राउज़र के लिए समर्थन किया जयेग। क्रोम के लिए, यह सुविधा मूल एंड्रॉइड प्रिंट कार्यक्षमता का उपयोग करेगी। उपयोगकर्ता PDF के रूप में एक वेबपेज डाउनलोड कर सकते हैं। छोटे स्क्रीन के लिए अनुकूलतम पठनीयता सुनिश्चित करने के लिए इन पीडीएफ के लिए मोबाइल प्रिंट शैलियों का उपयोग किया जाएगा।

यह सुविधा बुधवार, 15 नवंबर से उपलब्ध है। अधिक जानकारी के लिए, MediaWiki.org पर प्रोजेक्ट पेज देखें।

धन्यवाद!

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) २२:०७, २० नवम्बर २०१७ (UTC)

Editing News #1—2018

अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

क्या आप जानते हैं?

क्या आप जानते हैं कि आप visual diff tool का प्रयोग किसी भी पृष्ठ पर कर सकते हैं?

कभी कभार विकिपाठ न्तर पर महत्वपूर्ण अन्तरों को देख पाना कठिन हो जाता है। विकिपाठ अन्तर के इस स्क्रीनशॉट (बड़ा करने को क्लिक करें) में अनुच्छेदों की पुनर्व्यवस्था दिखाई देती है, किन्तु इसमें किसी शब्द को हटाना या किसी नये वाक्य का जुड़्ना नहीं उभर कर दिखाई देता।

यदि आप "⧼visualeditor-preference-visualdiffpage-label⧽" हेतु बीटा सुधाओं को सक्षम करते हैं, आपके पास एक नया विकल्प होगा। यह आपको प्रत्येक भिन्न पृष्ठ के शीर्ष पर एक नया सन्दूक देगा। यह सन्दूक आपको एक अन्य प्रणाली या कोई सम्पादन चुनने देगा।

Click the toggle button to switch between visual and wikitext diffs.

In the visual diff, additions, removals, new links, and formatting changes will be highlighted. Other changes, such as changing the size of an image, are described in notes on the side.

This screenshot shows the same edit as the wikitext diff. The visual diff highlights the removal of one word and the addition of a new sentence.

You can read and help translate the user guide, which has more information about how to use the visual editor.

पिछले पत्र से अब तक, सम्पादन दल ने अपना अधिकांश समय 2017 विकिपाठ सम्पादक प्रतिरूप, जो यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के भीतर एक बीटा सुविधा के रूप में उपलब्ध है, और दृश्य अन्तर उपकरण के समर्थन में व्यतीत किया है। उनका कार्यबोर्ड फ़ैबरीकेटर में उपलब्ध है। आप पूर्ण किये गए कार्य की कड़ियाँ mw:VisualEditor/Weekly triage meetings पर देख सकते हैं।. उनकी वर्तमान वरीयताएं बग्स सुधार, 2017 विकिपाठ सम्पादिका समर्थन, एवं दृश्य अन्तर उपकरण सुधार है।

Recent changes

• The 2017 wikitext editor is available as a Beta Feature on desktop devices. It has the same toolbar as the visual editor and can use the citoid service and other modern tools. The team have been comparing the performance of different editing environments. They have studied how long it takes to open the page and start typing. The study uses data for more than one million edits during December and January. Some changes have been made to improve the speed of the 2017 wikitext editor and the visual editor. Recently, the 2017 wikitext editor opened fastest for most edits, and the 2010 WikiEditor was fastest for some edits. More information will be posted at mw:Contributors/Projects/Editing performance.
• The visual diff tool was developed for the visual editor. It is now available to all users of the visual editor and the 2017 wikitext editor. When you review your changes, you can toggle between wikitext and visual diffs. You can also enable the new Beta Feature for "Visual diffs". The Beta Feature lets you use the visual diff tool to view other people's edits on page histories and Special:RecentChanges. [३९]
• Wikitext syntax highlighting is available as a Beta Feature for both the 2017 wikitext editor and the 2010 wikitext editor. [४०]
• The citoid service automatically translates URLs, DOIs, ISBNs, and PubMed id numbers into wikitext citation templates. It is very popular and useful to editors, although it can be a bit tricky to set up. Your wiki can have this service. Please read the instructions. You can ask the team to help you enable citoid at your wiki.

Let's work together

• The team will talk about editing tools at an upcoming Wikimedia Foundation metrics and activities meeting.
• Wikibooks, Wikiversity, and other communities may have the visual editor made available by default to contributors. If your community wants this, then please contact Dan Garry.
• The <references /> block can automatically display long lists of references in columns on wide screens. This makes footnotes easier to read. You can request multi-column support for your wiki. [४१]
• If you aren't reading this in your preferred language, then please help us with translations! Subscribe to the Translators mailing list or contact us directly. We will notify you when the next issue is ready for translation. धन्यवाद!

—Elitre (WMF)

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8 मई से उन्नतखोज आपके विकी में बीटा सुविधा के रूप में उपलब्ध होगी। यह सुविधा एक उन्नत पैरामीटर फॉर्म के माध्यम से खोज पृष्ठ को बेहतर बनाती है और मौजूदा खोज विकल्पों को हर किसी के लिए अधिक दृश्यमान और सुलभ बनाने का लक्ष्य रखती है। उन्नतखोज डब्लूएमडीई टेकनिकल विशिज द्वारा एक परियोजना है। प्रत्येक व्यक्ति को सुविधा का परीक्षण करने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाता है और हम उम्मीद करते हैं कि यह आपके काम में अच्छी तरह से आपकी सहायता करेगा!

Birgit Müller (WMDE) १४:५३, ७ मई २०१८ (UTC)

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वैश्विक प्राथमिकताएं अब उपलब्ध हैं, आप उन्हें अपनी नई वैश्विक प्राथमिकताएं पृष्ठ पर जाकर सेट कर सकते हैं। देखें: उन्हें उपयोग करने के बारे में जानकारी के लिए mediawiki.org पर जाएं और प्रतिक्रिया दें। -- Keegan (WMF) (वार्ता)

१९:१९, १० जुलाई २०१८ (UTC)

Consultation on the creation of a separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS

(कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें)

Hi all,

I'm preparing a change in who can edit sitewide CSS/JS pages. (These are pages like MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Vector.js which are executed in the browser of all readers and editors.) Currently all administrators are able to edit these pages, which poses a serious and unnecessary security risk. Soon, a dedicated, smaller user group will take over this task. Your community will be able to decide who belongs in this group, so this should mean very little change for you. You can find out more and provide feedback at the consultation page on Meta. If you are involved in maintaining CSS/JS code, or policymaking around adminship requests, please give it a look!

Thanks!
Tgr (talk) ०८:४५, १२ जुलाई २०१८ (UTC) (via global message delivery)

New user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS

(कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें)

Hi all!

To improve the security of our readers and editors, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed. (These are pages like MediaWiki:Common.css and MediaWiki:Vector.js which contain code that is executed in the browsers of users of the site.) A new user group, interface-admin, has been created. Starting four weeks from now, only members of this group will be able edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage).

You can learn more about the motivation behind the change here.

Please add users who need to edit CSS/JS to the new group (this can be done the same way new administrators are added, by stewards or local bureaucrats). This is a dangerous permission; a malicious user or a hacker taking over the account of a careless interface-admin can abuse it in far worse ways than admin permissions could be abused. Please only assign it to users who need it, who are trusted by the community, and who follow common basic password and computer security practices (use strong passwords, do not reuse passwords, use two-factor authentication if possible, do not install software of questionable origin on your machine, use antivirus software if that's a standard thing in your environment).

Thanks!
Tgr (talk) १३:०८, ३० जुलाई २०१८ (UTC) (via global message delivery)

Editing of sitewide CSS/JS is only possible for interface administrators from now

(कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें)

Hi all,

as announced previously, permission handling for CSS/JS pages has changed: only members of the interface-admin (अन्तरफलक प्रबंधक) group, and a few highly privileged global groups such as stewards, can edit CSS/JS pages that they do not own (that is, any page ending with .css or .js that is either in the MediaWiki: namespace or is another user's user subpage). This is done to improve the security of readers and editors of Wikimedia projects. More information is available at Creation of separate user group for editing sitewide CSS/JS. If you encounter any unexpected problems, please contact me or file a bug.

Thanks!
Tgr (talk) १२:३९, २७ अगस्त २०१८ (UTC) (via global message delivery)

Read-only mode for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

वे बुधवार, १२ सितम्बर २०१८ को सारे ट्रैफ़िक को दूसरे डेटा केन्द्र में स्थानांतरित करेंगे। बुधवार, १० अक्तूबर २०१८ को यह पहले के डेटा केन्द्र में वापस आ जाएगा।

लेकिन मीडियाविकि में कुछ सीमितता के कारण उन दो बदलाव के दौरान कोई भी सम्पादन नहीं हो सकेंगे। हम इस असुविधा के लिए खेद प्रकट करते हैं, और भविष्य में इसे कम करने का प्रयास करेंगे।

कुछ समय के लिए सभी विकियों को आप केवल पढ़ सकेंगे, लेकिन सम्पादित नहीं कर पाएंगे।

• आप बुधवार, १२ सितम्बर और बुधवार, १० अक्टूबर को एक घंटे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर पाएँगे। The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Thursday 13 September and Thursday 11 October).
• इस समय के दौरान यदि आप कोई सम्पादन करने की कोशिश करते हैं, तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम उम्मीद करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई भी सम्पादन नहीं छूटेगा, लेकिन हम इसका भरोसा नहीं दिला सकते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई दे, तो कृपया सब कुछ ठीक होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। उसके बाद आप अपने सम्पादन को सहेज सकते हैं। लेकिन, हम आपको यही सुझाव देते हैं कि आप अपने बदलाव को सहेजने से पहले कॉपी कर लें, शायद ज़रूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• कुछ आंतरिक कार्य धीमी गति से कार्य करेंगे और कुछ बन्द हो सकते हैं। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं होंगी। यदि आप कोई ऐसा लेख बनाते हैं जो पहले से ही कहीं पर जुड़ा हुआ है तो वह लाल रंग की कड़ी पहले से अधिक समय तक वैसे ही रहेगा। कुछ बहुत लम्बे समय तक चलने वाले स्क्रिप्ट को रोका जाएगा।
• १० सितम्बर २०१८ और ८ अक्तूबर २०१८ के सप्ताहों में कोड फ़्रीज़ेज़ होंगे। अनावश्यक कोड स्थापित नहीं होंगे।

अगर आवश्यकता पड़ी तो यह परियोजना स्थगित की जा सकती है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। किसी भी बदलाव की सूचना अनुसूची में दी जाएगी। इस बारे में और भी सूचनाएँ प्राप्त होंगी। कृपया इस सूचना को अपने समुदाय के साथ साँझा करें। /User:Johan(WMF) (talk)

१३:३३, ६ सितम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

The Community Wishlist Survey

The Community Wishlist Survey. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें.

Hey everyone,

The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.

The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can post technical proposals from now until 11 November. The communities will vote on the proposals between 16 November and 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.

/User:Johan (WMF)

११:०६, ३० अक्टूबर २०१८ (UTC)

Editing News #2—2018

इसको अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • इस बहुभाषी समाचारपत्र के लिए सदस्य सूची

क्या आप जानते थे?

क्या आप जानते थे कि आप यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को मोबाइल उपकरण पर भी काम में ले सकते हैं?

सम्पादन आरम्भ करने के लिए पेंसिल के आयकन पर दबायें। पृष्ठ सम्भवतया विकिपाठ सम्पादक में खुले।

आपको उपकरण-बार में एक अन्य पेंसिल आयकन दिखेगा। यथादृश्य सम्पादिका और विकिपाठ सम्पादक के मध्य बदलने के लिए इस पेंसिल आयकन पर दबायें।

जब आप काम पूरा कर लें तो इसे प्रकाशित करना याद रखें।

आप सदस्य निर्देशिका जिसमें यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को काम में कैसे लें की अधिक जानकारी मिलेगी, को पढ़ सकते हैं और अनुवाद करने में सहायता कर सकते हैं।

पिछले समाचार पत्र के बाद से सम्पादक दल ने 2017 विकिपाठ सम्पादक और यथादृश्य अन्तर उपकरण पर अपना अधिकतम कार्य पूर्ण कर लिया है। दल अब यह पता लगाने में लग गया है कि मोबाइल उपकरणों का प्रयोग करने वाले सम्पादकों की क्या आवश्यकताएँ हैं। उनका कार्यपटल फैब्रिकैटर पर उपलब्ध है। उनकी वर्तमान प्राथमिकताएँ त्रुटियाँ ठीक करना और मोबाइल सम्पादन को बेहतर बनाना है।

हाल में हुये परिवर्तन

• सम्पादन टीम मोबाइल सम्पादनों के बारे में प्रारम्भिक विवरण प्रकाशित कर चुकी है।
• सम्पादक दल मोबाइल वेबसाइट पर यथादृश्य सम्पादिका के बनावट का अध्ययन आरम्भ कर चुका है। नये सम्पादकों को स्मार्टफोन पर आधारभूत कार्य करने में भी समस्या आती है, जैसे कि विकिपीडिया लेखों की कड़ियाँ जोड़ना। आप रिपोर्ट पढ़ कर सकते हैं।
• पाठक दल अलग मोबाइल आधारित योगदान परियोजना पर काम कर रहा है।
• अब 2006 विकिपाठ सम्पादक काम नहीं करेगा। यदि आप यह उपकरण पटी काम में लेते हैं, तो अब आपको कोई उपकरण पटी नहीं दिखेगी। आप अपनी सम्पादन वरियताओं, गैजेट वरियताओं अथवा बीटा सुविधाओं में अन्य सम्पादक का चुनाव कर सकते हैं।
• सम्पादक दल ने इस अभिलेखित सार्वजनिक प्रस्तुति में यथादृश्य सम्पादिका की स्थिति और इतिहास का वर्णन किया है। (29 मिनट, 30 सेकंड पर आरम्भ)
• भाषा दल ने अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय अनुवाद दिवस पर पिछले माह सामग्री अनुवाद का नया संस्करण (सीएक्स2) जारी किया। यह साँचों, सूचियों और चित्रों को यथादृश्य सम्पादिका में समर्थित करने के लिए संकलित करता है। जब अनूदित लेख को प्रकाशित किया जाता है तो यह अच्छा विकिपाठ भी निर्मित करता है। [४२]

चलिए साथ काम करते हैं

• सम्पादक दल मोबाइल वेबसाइट पर यथादृश्य सम्पादिका को सुधारना चाहता है। कृपया उनके विचारों को पढ़ें और दल को बतायें कि आपके विचार में मोबाइल साइट प्रयोग करने वाले सम्पादकों के लिये क्या सहायक होगा।
• समुदाय इच्छासूची सर्वेक्षण अगले सप्ताह आरम्भ होने वाला है।
• यदि आप यह अपनी पसंद की भाषा में नहीं पढ़ रहे हैं तो कृपया अनुवाद करने में सहायता करें! अनुवादक डाक सूची की सदस्यता लें अथवा सीधे हमें सम्पर्क करें। जब अगला संस्करण अनुवाद के लिए उपलब्ध होगा, हम आपको सूचित करेंगे। धन्यवाद!

—Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

१४:१७, २ नवम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web

Change coming to how certain templates will appear on the mobile web

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Example of improvements

Hello,

In a few weeks the Readers web team will be changing how some templates look on the mobile web site. We will make these templates more noticeable when viewing the article. We ask for your help in updating any templates that don't look correct.

What kind of templates? Specifically templates that notify readers and contributors about issues with the content of an article – the text and information in the article. Examples like Template:Unreferenced or Template:More citations needed. Right now these notifications are hidden behind a link under the title of an article. We will format templates like these (mostly those that use Template:Ambox or message box templates in general) to show a short summary under the page title. You can tap on the "Learn more" link to get more information.

For template editors we have some recommendations on how to make templates that are mobile-friendly and also further documentation on our work so far.

If you have questions about formatting templates for mobile, please leave a note on the project talk page or file a task in Phabricator and we will help you.

धन्यवाद!

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) १९:३४, १३ नवम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey vote

सामुदाय इच्छासूची सर्वेक्षण. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें.

सभी को नमस्कार,

The Community Wishlist Survey is the process when the Wikimedia communities decide what the Wikimedia Foundation Community Tech should work on over the next year.

The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. The communities have now posted a long list of technical proposals. You can vote on the proposals from now until 30 November. You can read more on the wishlist survey page.

/User:Johan (WMF)

१८:१३, २२ नवम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

Advanced Search

Advanced Search will become a default feature on your wiki on November 28. This new interface allows you to perform specialized searches on the search page, even if you don’t know any search syntax. Advanced Search originates from the German Community’s Technical Wishes project. It's already a default feature on German, Arabic, Farsi and Hungarian Wikipedia. Besides, more than 40.000 users across all wikis have tested the beta version. Feedback is welcome on the central feedback page.

Johanna Strodt (WMDE) (talk) ११:०२, २६ नवम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

New Wikimedia password policy and requirements

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Wikimedia Foundation security team is implementing a new password policy and requirements. You can learn more about the project on MediaWiki.org.

These new requirements will apply to new accounts and privileged accounts. New accounts will be required to create a password with a minimum length of 8 characters. Privileged accounts will be prompted to update their password to one that is at least 10 characters in length.

These changes are planned to be in effect on December 13th. If you think your work or tools will be affected by this change, please let us know on the talk page.

धन्यवाद!

CKoerner (WMF) (talk) २०:०३, ६ दिसम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

Invitation from Wiki Loves Love 2019

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Love is an important subject for humanity and it is expressed in different cultures and regions in different ways across the world through different gestures, ceremonies, festivals and to document expression of this rich and beautiful emotion, we need your help so we can share and spread the depth of cultures that each region has, the best of how people of that region, celebrate love.

Wiki Loves Love (WLL) is an international photography competition of Wikimedia Commons with the subject love testimonials happening in the month of February.

The primary goal of the competition is to document love testimonials through human cultural diversity such as monuments, ceremonies, snapshot of tender gesture, and miscellaneous objects used as symbol of love; to illustrate articles in the worldwide free encyclopedia Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) projects.

The theme of 2019 iteration is Celebrations, Festivals, Ceremonies and rituals of love.

Sign up your affiliate or individually at Participants page.

To know more about the contest, check out our Commons Page and FAQs

There are several prizes to grab. Hope to see you spreading love this February with Wiki Loves Love!

Kind regards,

Wiki Loves Love Team

Imagine... the sum of all love!

--MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १०:१२, २७ दिसम्बर २०१८ (UTC)

FileExporter beta feature

Coming soon: the beta feature FileExporter

A new beta feature will soon be released on all wikis: The FileExporter. It allows exports of files from a local wiki to Wikimedia Commons, including their file history and page history. Which files can be exported is defined by each wiki's community: Please check your wiki's configuration file if you want to use this feature.

The FileExporter has already been a beta feature on mediawiki.org, meta.wikimedia, deWP, faWP, arWP, koWP and on wikisource.org. After some functionality was added, it's now becoming a beta feature on all wikis. Deployment is planned for January 16. More information can be found on the project page.

As always, feedback is highly appreciated. If you want to test the FileExporter, please activate it in your user preferences. The best place for feedback is the central talk page. Thank you from Wikimedia Deutschland's Technical Wishes project.

Johanna Strodt (WMDE) ०९:४१, १४ जनवरी २०१९ (UTC)

No editing for 30 minutes on 17 January

You will not be able to edit the wikis for up to 30 minutes on 17 January 07:00 UTC. This is because of a database problem that has to be fixed immediately. You can still read the wikis. Some wikis are not affected. They don't get this message. You can see which wikis are not affected on this page. Most wikis are affected. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes. /Johan (WMF)

१८:४०, १६ जनवरी २०१९ (UTC)

Talk to us about talking

The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.

We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.

We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.

We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.

We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.

You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:

1. First, sign up your group here.
2. Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group. This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
3. Then ask people what they think about communication processes. We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki. Please consider asking these five questions:
   1. When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
   2. What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
   3. What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
   4. What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
   5. What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
4. Finally, please go to Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org and report what you learned from your group. Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.

You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.

Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.

You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.

Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.

Trizek (WMF) १५:०१, २१ फ़रवरी २०१९ (UTC)

Read-only mode for up to 30 minutes on 11 April

You will not be able to edit most Wikimedia wikis for up to 30 minutes on 11 April 05:00 UTC. This is because of a hardware problem. You can still read the wikis. You can see which wikis are affected. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes. /Johan (WMF)

१०:५६, ८ अप्रैल २०१९ (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Medium-Term Plan feedback request

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Wikimedia Foundation has published a Medium-Term Plan proposal covering the next 3–5 years. We want your feedback! Please leave all comments and questions, in any language, on the talk page, by April 20. धन्यवाद! Quiddity (WMF) (talk) १७:३५, १२ अप्रैल २०१९ (UTC)

Editing News #1—July 2019

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Did you know?

Did you know that you can use the visual editor on a mobile device?

Every article has a pencil icon at the top. Tap on the pencil icon to start editing.

Edit Cards

This is what the new Edit Cards for editing links in the mobile visual editor look like. You can try the prototype here: 📲 Try Edit Cards.

Welcome back to the Editing newsletter.

Since the last newsletter, the team has released two new features for the mobile visual editor and has started developing three more. All of this work is part of the team's goal to make editing on mobile web simpler.

Before talking about the team's recent releases, we have a question for you:

Are you willing to try a new way to add and change links?

If you are interested, we would value your input! You can try this new link tool in the mobile visual editor on a separate wiki.

Follow these instructions and share your experience:

📲 Try Edit Cards.

Recent releases

The mobile visual editor is a simpler editing tool, for smartphones and tablets using the mobile site. The Editing team recently launched two new features to improve the mobile visual editor:

1. Section editing
   • The purpose is to help contributors focus on their edits.
   • The team studied this with an A/B test. This test showed that contributors who could use section editing were 1% more likely to publish the edits they started than people with only full-page editing.
2. Loading overlay
   • The purpose is to smooth the transition between reading and editing.

Section editing and the new loading overlay are now available to everyone using the mobile visual editor.

New and active projects

This is a list of our most active projects. Watch these pages to learn about project updates and to share your input on new designs, prototypes and research findings.

• Edit cards: This is a clearer way to add and edit links, citations, images, templates, etc. in articles. You can try this feature now. Go here to see how: 📲 Try Edit Cards.
• Mobile toolbar refresh: This project will learn if contributors are more successful when the editing tools are easier to recognize.
• Mobile visual editor availability: This A/B test asks: Are newer contributors more successful if they use the mobile visual editor? We are collaborating with 20 Wikipedias to answer this question.
• Usability improvements: This project will make the mobile visual editor easier to use. The goal is to let contributors stay focused on editing and to feel more confident in the editing tools.

Looking ahead

• Wikimania: Several members of the Editing Team will be attending Wikimania in August 2019. They will lead a session about mobile editing in the Community Growth space. Talk to the team about how editing can be improved.
• Talk Pages: In the coming months, the Editing Team will begin improving talk pages and communication on the wikis.

Learning more

The VisualEditor on mobile is a good place to learn more about the projects we are working on. The team wants to talk with you about anything related to editing. If you have something to say or ask, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

१८:३२, २३ जुलाई २०१९ (UTC)

Update on the consultation about office actions

Hello all,

Last month, the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust & Safety team announced a future consultation about partial and/or temporary office actions. We want to let you know that the draft version of this consultation has now been posted on Meta.

This is a draft. It is not intended to be the consultation itself, which will be posted on Meta likely in early September. Please do not treat this draft as a consultation. Instead, we ask your assistance in forming the final language for the consultation.

For that end, we would like your input over the next couple of weeks about what questions the consultation should ask about partial and temporary Foundation office action bans and how it should be formatted. Please post it on the draft talk page. Our goal is to provide space for the community to discuss all the aspects of these office actions that need to be discussed, and we want to ensure with your feedback that the consultation is presented in the best way to encourage frank and constructive conversation.

Please visit the consultation draft on Meta-wiki and leave your comments on the draft’s talk page about what the consultation should look like and what questions it should ask.

Thank you for your input! -- The Trust & Safety team ०८:०३, १६ अगस्त २०१९ (UTC)

New tools and IP masking

Hey everyone,

The Wikimedia Foundation wants to work on two things that affect how we patrol changes and handle vandalism and harassment. We want to make the tools that are used to handle bad edits better. We also want to get better privacy for unregistered users so their IP addresses are no longer shown to everyone in the world. We would not hide IP addresses until we have better tools for patrolling.

We have an idea of what tools could be working better and how a more limited access to IP addresses would change things, but we need to hear from more wikis. You can read more about the project on Meta and post comments and feedback. Now is when we need to hear from you to be able to give you better tools to handle vandalism, spam and harassment.

You can post in your language if you can't write in English.

Johan (WMF)

१४:१८, २१ अगस्त २०१९ (UTC)

The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started

Hello,

In a recent statement, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees requested that staff hold a consultation to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".

Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians to join this consultation and give their feedback from 30 September to 30 October.

How can you help?

• Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);

• Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or

• Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.

We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!

-- Kbrown (WMF) १७:१३, ३० सितम्बर २०१९ (UTC)

Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

नमस्ते. The Readers Web team at the WMF will work on some improvements to the desktop interface over the next couple of years. The goal is to increase usability without removing any functionality. We have been inspired by changes made by volunteers, but that currently only exist as local gadgets and user scripts, prototypes, and volunteer-led skins. We would like to begin the process of bringing some of these changes into the default experience on all Wikimedia projects.

We are currently in the research stage of this project and are looking for ideas for improvements, as well as feedback on our current ideas and mockups. So far, we have performed interviews with community members at Wikimania. We have gathered lists of previous volunteer and WMF work in this area. We are examining possible technical approaches for such changes.

We would like individual feedback on the following:

• Identifying focus areas for the project we have not yet discovered
• Expanding the list of existing gadgets and user scripts that are related to providing a better desktop experience. If you can think of some of these from your wiki, please let us know
• Feedback on the ideas and mockups we have collected so far

We would also like to gather a list of wikis that would be interested in being test wikis for this project - these wikis would be the first to receive the updates once we’re ready to start building.

When giving feedback, please consider the following goals of the project:

• Make it easier for readers to focus on the content
• Provide easier access to everyday actions (e.g. search, language switching, editing)
• Put things in logical and useful places
• Increase consistency in the interface with other platforms - mobile web and the apps
• Eliminate clutter
• Plan for future growth

As well as the following constraints:

• Not touching the content - no work will be done in terms of styling templates or to the structure of page contents themselves
• Not removing any functionality - things might move around, but all navigational items and other functionality currently available by default will remain
• No drastic changes to the layout - we're taking an evolutionary approach to the changes and want the site to continue feeling familiar to readers and editors

Please give all feedback (in any language) at mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements

After this round of feedback, we plan on building a prototype of suggested changes based on the feedback we receive. You’ll hear from us again asking for feedback on this prototype.

धन्यवाद! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)

०६:५३, १६ अक्टूबर २०१९ (UTC)

Editing News #2 – Mobile editing and talk pages

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Inside this newsletter, the Editing team talks about their work on the mobile visual editor, on the new talk pages project, and at Wikimania 2019.

Help

What talk page interactions do you remember? Is it a story about how someone helped you to learn something new? Is it a story about how someone helped you get involved in a group? Something else? Whatever your story is, we want to hear it!

Please tell us a story about how you used a talk page. Please share a link to a memorable discussion, or describe it on the talk page for this project. The team wants your examples. These examples will help everyone develop a shared understanding of what this project should support and encourage.

Talk pages project

The Talk Pages Consultation was a global consultation to define better tools for wiki communication. From February through June 2019, more than 500 volunteers on 20 wikis, across 15 languages and multiple projects, came together with members of the Foundation to create a product direction for a set of discussion tools. The Phase 2 Report of the Talk Page Consultation was published in August. It summarizes the product direction the team has started to work on, which you can read more about here: Talk Page Project project page.

The team needs and wants your help at this early stage. They are starting to develop the first idea. Please add your name to the "Getting involved" section of the project page, if you would like to hear about opportunities to participate.

Mobile visual editor

The Editing team is trying to make it simpler to edit on mobile devices. The team is changing the visual editor on mobile. If you have something to say about editing on a mobile device, please leave a message at Talk:VisualEditor on mobile.

Edit Cards

What happens when you click on a link. The new Edit Card is bigger and has more options for editing links.

• On 3 September, the Editing team released version 3 of Edit Cards. Anyone could use the new version in the mobile visual editor.
• There is an updated design on the Edit Card for adding and modifying links. There is also a new, combined workflow for editing a link's display text and target.
• Feedback: You can try the new Edit Cards by opening the mobile visual editor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Edit cards talk page.

Toolbar

The editing toolbar is changing in the mobile visual editor. The old system had two different toolbars. Now, all the buttons are together. Tell the team what you think about the new toolbar.

• In September, the Editing team updated the mobile visual editor's editing toolbar. Anyone could see these changes in the mobile visual editor.
  • One toolbar: All of the editing tools are located in one toolbar. Previously, the toolbar changed when you clicked on different things.
  • New navigation: The buttons for moving forward and backward in the edit flow have changed.
  • Seamless switching: an improved workflow for switching between the visual and wikitext modes.
• Feedback: You can try the refreshed toolbar by opening the mobile VisualEditor on a smartphone. Please post your feedback on the Toolbar feedback talk page.

Wikimania

The Editing Team attended Wikimania 2019 in Sweden. They led a session on the mobile visual editor and a session on the new talk pages project. They tested two new features in the mobile visual editor with contributors. You can read more about what the team did and learned in the team's report on Wikimania 2019.

Looking ahead

• Talk Pages Project: The team is thinking about the first set of proposed changes. The team will be working with a few communities to pilot those changes. The best way to stay informed is by adding your username to the list on the project page: Getting involved.
• Testing the mobile visual editor as the default: The Editing team plans to post results before the end of the calendar year. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: VisualEditor as mobile default project page.
• Measuring the impact of Edit Cards: This study asks whether the project helped editors add links and citations. The Editing team hopes to share results in November. The best way to stay informed is by adding the project page to your watchlist: Edit Cards project page.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

११:१३, २९ अक्टूबर २०१९ (UTC)

Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project

Hello

The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wikimedia volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.

To learn more about the project, please visit the Meta page. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete this simple Google form. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!

-- LMiranda (WMF) (talk) १९:००, २२ जनवरी २०२० (UTC)

Additional interface for edit conflicts on talk pages

Sorry, for writing this text in English. If you could help to translate it, it would be appreciated.

You might know the new interface for edit conflicts (currently a beta feature). Now, Wikimedia Germany is designing an additional interface to solve edit conflicts on talk pages. This interface is shown to you when you write on a discussion page and another person writes a discussion post in the same line and saves it before you do. With this additional editing conflict interface you can adjust the order of the comments and edit your comment. We are inviting everyone to have a look at the planned feature. Let us know what you think on our central feedback page! -- For the Technical Wishes Team: Max Klemm (WMDE) १४:१५, २६ फ़रवरी २०२० (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #1 – Discussion tools

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This early version of the Reply tool automatically signs and indents comments.

The Editing team has been working on the talk pages project. The goal of the talk pages project is to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily. This project is the result of the Talk pages consultation 2019.

In a future update, the team plans to test a tool for easily linking to another user's name, a rich-text editing option, and other tools.

The team is building a new tool for replying to comments now. This early version can sign and indent comments automatically. Please test the new Reply tool.

• On 31 March 2020, the new उत्तर दें tool was offered as a Beta Feature editors at four Wikipedias: Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian. If your community also wants early access to the new tool, contact User:Whatamidoing (WMF).
• The team is planning some upcoming changes. Please review the proposed design and share your thoughts on the talk page. The team will test features such as:
  • an easy way to mention another editor ("pinging"),
  • a rich-text visual editing option, and
  • other features identified through user testing or recommended by editors.

To hear more about Editing Team updates, please add your name to the "Get involved" section of the project page. You can also watch these pages: the main project page, Updates, Replying, and User testing.

– PPelberg (WMF) (talk) & Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

१९:२८, ८ अप्रैल २०२० (UTC)

Editing news 2020 #2

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The new features include a toolbar. What do you think should be in the toolbar?

This issue of the Editing newsletter includes information the Talk pages project, an effort to help contributors communicate on wiki more easily.

• Reply tool: This is available as a Beta Feature at the four partner wikis (Arabic, Dutch, French, and Hungarian Wikipedias). The Beta Feature is called "चर्चा उपकरण". The Beta Feature will get new features soon. The new features include writing comments in a new visual editing mode and pinging other users by typing @. You can test the new features on the Beta Cluster now. Some other wikis will have a chance to try the Beta Feature in the coming months.
• New requirements for user signatures: Soon, users will not be able to save invalid custom signatures in Special:Preferences. This will reduce signature spoofing, prevent page corruption, and make new talk page tools more reliable. Most editors will not be affected.
• New discussion tool: The Editing team is beginning work on a simpler process for starting new discussions. You can see the initial design on the project page.
• Research on the use of talk pages: The Editing team worked with the Wikimedia research team to study how talk pages help editors improve articles. We learned that new editors who use talk pages make more edits to the main namespace than new editors who don't use talk pages.

– Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk)

२०:३६, १७ जून २०२० (UTC)

Feedback on movement names

नमस्ते. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें if necessary. धन्यवाद!

There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.

Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.

Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.

Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement, --The Brand Project team, १९:५२, २ जुलाई २०२० (UTC)

Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.

Editing news 2020 #3

वर्ष 2020 समाचार संपादन #3

अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

विज़ुअल एडिटर के जरिये डेस्कटॉप पर ५ करोड़ से ज़्यादा बार संपादन किया गया है।

सात वर्ष पहले इसी महीने संपादन टीम ने विकिपीडिया के ज्यादातर संपादकों के लिए विजुअल एडिटर पेश किया। संपदनकर्ता तब अब तक कई मील के पत्थरों को पार किया है।

• विज़ुअल एडिटर के जरिये डेस्कटॉप पर ५ करोड़ से ज़्यादा बार संपादन किया गया है।
• २० लाख से ज़्यादा नये अनुच्छेद लिखे गये हैं विज़ुअल एडिटर में। इस में से ६ लाख से ज़्यादा २०१९ में ही लिखे गये हैं।
• विज़ुअल एडिटर लगातार लोकप्रिय हो रहा है। कुल मिलाकर सभी संपादनों का अनुपात विज़ुअल एडिटर में हर साल लगातार बढ़ा है जब से इस का परिचय हुआ है।
• २०१९ में, नवागंतुकों द्वारा किए गए ३५ प्रतिशत संपादन (<=९९ संपादन लाग-इन संपादकों द्वारा)। ये प्रतिशत हर वर्ष बढ़ा है।
• लगभग ५ करोड़ संपादन मोबाइल साईट पर विज़ुअल एडिटर की मदद से किये जा चुके हैं। इस में से ज़्यादातर संपादन हुए जब से संपादन टीम ने २०१८ से मोबाइल विज़ुअल एडिटर में सुधार लाना आरंभ किया।
• १७ नवंबर २०१९ को, [$अंतरिक्ष बाहरी अंतरिक्ष से पहला संपादन] किया गया था मोबाइल विज़ुअल एडिटर में। 🚀 👩‍🚀
• संपादकों ने २०१७ में ७० लाख से ज़्यादा संपादन वाईकीटेकसट एडिटर में किए, जिसमें ६,००,००० नये अनुच्छेदों का आरंभ शामिल है। २०१७ वाईकी टेक्स्ट एडिटर विज़ुअल एडिटर का अभिन्न वाईकी टेक्स्ट भाग है। आप अपनी पसंद में चुनाव कर सकते हैं।

Whatamidoing (WMF) (वार्ता)

१२:५५, ९ जुलाई २०२० (UTC)

Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia

Hi all,

It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to create something new.

This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May 2020 after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and information that is available in one language may not make it to other language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.

The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.

As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation . We are very excited that Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.

It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project, and that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or how they would use content from this project.

We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with the communities to think through these important questions.

There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list . We recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.

Yours,

Katherine Maher (Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation)

Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) १९:५६, ९ जुलाई २०२० (UTC) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement

Technical Wishes: FileExporter and FileImporter become default features on all Wikis

The FileExporter and FileImporter will become a default features on all wikis until August 7, 2020. They are planned to help you to move files from your local wiki to Wikimedia Commons easier while keeping all original file information (Description, Source, Date, Author, View History) intact. Additionally, the move is documented in the files view history. How does it work?

Step 1: If you are an auto-confirmed user, you will see a link "Move file to Wikimedia Commons" on the local file page.

Step 2: When you click on this link, the FileImporter checks if the file can in fact be moved to Wikimedia Commons. These checks are performed based on the wiki's configuration file which is created and maintained by each local wiki community.

Step 3: If the file is compatible with Wikimedia Commons, you will be taken to an import page, at which you can update or add information regarding the file, such as the description. You can also add the 'Now Commons' template to the file on the local wiki by clicking the corresponding check box in the import form. Admins can delete the file from the local wiki by enabling the corresponding checkbox. By clicking on the 'Import' button at the end of the page, the file is imported to Wikimedia Commons.

If you want to know more about the FileImporter extension or the Technical Wishes Project, follow the links. --For the Technical Wishes Team:

Max Klemm (WMDE) ०९:१३, ६ अगस्त २०२० (UTC)

Important: maintenance operation on September 1st

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें |

विकिमीडिया संस्थान अपने दूसरे दत्त-सामग्री केन्द्र का परीक्षण करने जा रहा है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

वो मंगलवार, १ सितम्बर २०२० को पूरा यातायात द्वितीयक आँकड़ा केन्द्र पर बदल देंगे।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते Trizek (WMF) (talk) १३:४८, २६ अगस्त २०२० (UTC)

Invitation to participate in the conversation

नमस्ते. Apologies for cross-posting, and that you may not be reading this message in your native language: translations of the following announcement may be available on Meta. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें. धन्यवाद!

We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct, which the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year, for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October 6, 2020.

The UCoC Drafting Committee wants to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or your work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could be improved?

Please join the conversation and share this invitation with others who may be interested to join, too.

To reduce language barriers during the process, you are welcomed to translate this message and the Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review. You and your community may choose to provide your opinions/feedback using your local languages.

To learn more about the UCoC project, see the Universal Code of Conduct page, and the FAQ, on Meta.

Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions, The Trust and Safety team at Wikimedia Foundation, १७:५५, १० सितम्बर २०२० (UTC) 

Wiki of functions naming contest

नमस्ते. नवीन विकिमीडिया विकि प्रकल्प का नाम चुनने में कृपया सहायता करें। यह प्रकल्प अथवा परियोजना एक ऐसी विकि होगी जहाँ समुदाय फलनों के संग्रह पर एक साथ काम कर सकेगा। समुदाय नये फलन निर्मित कर सकता है, उनके बारे में पढ़ सकता है, उनपर चर्चा कर सकता है अथवा उन्हें साझा किया जा सकता है। इनमें से कुछ ऐसे फलनों को भाषा-स्वतंत्र विकिपीडिया लेख बनाने के लिए प्रयुक्त किया जायेगा जिन्हें अमूर्त विकिपीडिया प्रकल्प के भाग के रूप में किसी भी भाषा में प्रदर्शित किया जा सकता है। लेकिन फलनों को विभिन्न अन्य परिस्थितियों में भी प्रयुक्त किया जा सकेगा।

इसके लिए दो स्तर का मतदान होगा, जिसमें प्रत्येक में सदस्यों की वैध समीक्षा होगी। इसपर मतदान 29 सितम्बर और 27 अक्टूबर को आरम्भ होगा। हमारा लक्ष्य 8 दिसम्बर तक प्रकल्प का अन्तिम नाम चयन करना होगा। यदि आप इसमें भाग लेना चाहते हैं तो कृपया मॅटा-विकि पर अधिक जानें और अभी मतदान करें। धन्यवाद! --Quiddity (WMF)

२१:२५, २९ सितम्बर २०२० (UTC)

Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric

नमस्ते. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें.

Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details, check the full announcement.

धन्यवाद! Qgil-WMF (talk) १७:०९, ७ अक्टूबर २०२० (UTC)

Important: maintenance operation on October 27

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने पहले और दूसरे डाटा केन्द्रों में बदलाव का परिक्षण करता है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

वो मंगलवार, २७ अक्टूबर २०२० को पूरा यातायात प्राथमिक आँकड़ा केन्द्र पर पुनः बदल देंगे।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते -- Trizek (WMF) (talk) १७:१०, २१ अक्टूबर २०२० (UTC)

Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2

नमस्ते. अनुस्मारक: कृपया नवीन विकिमीडिया विकि प्रकल्प - फलनों का संग्रह, का नाम चुनने में सहायता करें। निर्णायक मतदान आज से आरम्भ हो रहा है। अन्तिम नामों की सूची Wikicode, Wikicodex, Wikifunctions, Wikifusion, Wikilambda, Wikimedia Functions है। यदि आप इसमें भाग लेना चाहते हैं तो कृपया मॅटा-विकि पर अधिक जानें और अभी मतदान करें। धन्यवाद! --Quiddity (WMF)

२२:१०, ५ नवम्बर २०२० (UTC)

2021 सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण

अब 2021 सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षणखुल चुका है! यह सर्वेक्षण के द्वारा समुदाय कम्युनिटी टेक (Community Tech) अगले साल के लिए काम तय करता है। हम आपको ३० नवम्बर तक नए प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत करने के लिए या अन्य प्रस्तावों पर टिप्पणी कर उन्हें बेहतर बनाने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करते हैं। समुदाय ८ दिसम्बर और २१ दिसम्बर के बीच प्रस्तावों पर मतदान करेंगे।

कम्युनिटी टेक टीम (Community Tech team) अनुभवी विकिमीडिया संपादकों के लिए साधनों पर केंद्रित है। आप किसी भी भाषा में प्रस्ताव लिख सकते हैं, और हम उन्हें आपके लिए अनुवाद करेंगे। आपका धन्यवाद! हम आपके प्रस्तावों को देखने के लिए उत्सुक हैं!

SGrabarczuk (WMF) ०५:१६, २० नवम्बर २०२० (UTC)

Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist

Sorry for sending this message in English. Translations are available on this page. Feel free to translate it in more languages!

As you may know, you can include changes coming from Wikidata in your Watchlist and Recent Changes (in your preferences). Until now, this feature didn’t always include changes made on Wikidata descriptions due to the way Wikidata tracks the data used in a given article.

Starting on December 3rd, the Watchlist and Recent Changes will include changes on the descriptions of Wikidata Items that are used in the pages that you watch. This will only include descriptions in the language of your wiki to make sure that you’re only seeing changes that are relevant to your wiki.

This improvement was requested by many users from different projects. We hope that it can help you monitor the changes on Wikidata descriptions that affect your wiki and participate in the effort of improving the data quality on Wikidata for all Wikimedia wikis and beyond.

Note: if you didn’t use the Wikidata watchlist integration feature for a long time, feel free to give it another chance! The feature has been improved since the beginning and the content it displays is more precise and useful than at the beginning of the feature in 2015.

If you encounter any issue or want to provide feedback, feel free to use this Phabricator ticket. Thanks!

Lea Lacroix (WMDE) १४:३९, ३० नवम्बर २०२० (UTC)

2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th

Hello all,

The ceremony of the 2020 Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award will take place virtually on Friday, December 11th, at 17:00 GMT. This award is highlighting tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects, and the ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to the tools developers and maybe discover new tools!

You will find more information here about the livestream and the discussions channels. Thanks for your attention, Lea Lacroix (WMDE) १०:५५, ७ दिसम्बर २०२० (UTC)

सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण 2021

हम सभी उपयोगकर्ताओं को 2021 सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण पर मतदान करने के लिए आमंत्रित करते हैं। आप अब से २१ दिसम्बर तक जितने चाहें उतने विभिन्न विषयों के लिए मतदान कर सकते हैं।

सर्वेक्षण में, अनुभवी संपादकों के लिए नए और बेहतर उपकरणों की इच्छा एकत्र की जाती है। मतदान के बाद, हम आपकी इच्छाओं को पूरा करने की पूरी कोशिश करेंगे। हम सबसे लोकप्रिय विषयों के साथ शुरुआत करेंगे।

कम्युनिटी टेक विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन की टीमों में से एक हैं। हम संपादन और विकी मॉडरेशन टूल बनाते और सुधारते हैं। हम जो काम करते हैं, उसे कम्युनिटी विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण के परिणामों के आधार पर तय किया जाता है। साल में एक बार, आप नए विषयों को जमा करवा सकते हैं। दो सप्ताह के बाद, उन विषयों वोट कर सकते हैं, जिनमें आप सबसे अधिक रुचि रखते हैं। उस के बाद काम करने के लिए सर्वेक्षण से हमारी टीम इच्छाएं चुनती है। कुछ इच्छाएँ स्वयंसेवक डेवलपर्स या अन्य टीमों द्वारा दी जा सकती हैं।

हम आपके वोटों का इंतजार कर रहे हैं। धन्यवाद!

SGrabarczuk (WMF)

१५:४३, ११ दिसम्बर २०२० (UTC)

Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event

नमस्ते. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें. धन्यवाद!

Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.

ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team, १५:१५, २७ जनवरी २०२१ (UTC)

Project Grant Open Call

This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.

For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:

• Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for #Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:
• Video tutorials for writing a strong application
  
• General planning page for Project Grants
  
• Program guidelines and criteria
  

Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!

Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantswikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०८:००, २८ जनवरी २०२१ (UTC)

Wikifunctions logo contest

नमस्ते. Please help to choose a design concept for the logo of the new Wikifunctions wiki. Voting starts today and will be open for 2 weeks. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at Meta-Wiki. धन्यवाद! --Quiddity (WMF)

०१:४५, २ मार्च २०२१ (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations

Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.

Drafting Committee: Call for applications

The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.

To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.

2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators

From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.

To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.

-- Xeno (WMF) (talk) २१:४१, ५ अप्रैल २०२१ (UTC)

Line numbering coming soon to all wikis

Example

From April 15, you can enable line numbering in some wikitext editors - for now in the template namespace, coming to more namespaces soon. This will make it easier to detect line breaks and to refer to a particular line in discussions. These numbers will be shown if you enable the syntax highlighting feature (CodeMirror extension), which is supported in the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors.

More information can be found on this project page. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) १५:०८, १२ अप्रैल २०२१ (UTC)

Suggested Values

From April 29, it will be possible to suggest values for parameters in templates. Suggested values can be added to TemplateData and will then be shown as a drop-down list in VisualEditor. This allows template users to quickly select an appropriate value. This way, it prevents potential errors and reduces the effort needed to fill the template with values. It will still be possible to fill in values other than the suggested ones.

More information, including the supported parameter types and how to create suggested values: [1] [2]. Everyone is invited to test the feature, and to give feedback on this talk page.

Timur Vorkul (WMDE) १४:०८, २२ अप्रैल २०२१ (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समाचार
अंक 1, 2021 जुनपूरा न्यूजलेटर पढ़ें

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सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समाचार के पहले अंक में आपका स्वागत है! यह न्यूज़लेटर विकिमीडियन को नए कोड के विकास में शामिल रहने में मदद करेगा, और प्रासंगिक समाचार, शोध, और यूसीओसी से संबंधित आगामी घटनाओं को वितरित करेगा।

कृपया ध्यान दें, यह यूसीओसी न्यूजलेटर का पहला अंक है जो सभी पाठकों और परियोजनाओं को पहल की घोषणा के रूप में दिया जा रहा है। यदि आप चाहते हैं कि भविष्य के मुद्दे आपके वार्ता पृष्ठ, चौपाल, या किसी विशिष्ट पृष्ठ पर पहुँचाए जाएँ जो आपको उपयुक्त लगे, तो आपको यहाँ सदस्यता लेने की आवश्यकता है।

आप हमारे प्रिय समुदाय को एवं हम सभी को सुरक्षित रखने के लिए समाचार का प्रसार करने और नए आचरण के बारे में जागरूकता पैदा करने के लिए न्यूजलेटर के अंको का अपनी भाषाओं में अनुवाद करके हमारी मदद कर सकते हैं। कृपया अपना नाम यहां जोड़ें अगर आप चाहते हैं कि ड्राफ्ट अंक को पहले से ही अनुवाद किया जाए। आपकी भागीदारी मूल्यवान और प्रशंसनीय है।

• संबद्ध चयन परामर्श – मार्च और अप्रैल 2021 में यूसीओसी संबद्ध परामर्श में भाग लेने के लिए सभी आकारों और प्रकारों के विकिमीडिया सहयोगियों को आमंत्रित किया गया था। (पढ़ना जारी रखें)
• 2021 प्रमुख परामर्श – विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन ने व्यापक विकिमीडिया समुदाय से यूसीओसी प्रवर्तन के बारे में इनपुट का अनुरोध करने के लिए अप्रैल और मई 2021 में प्रवर्तन प्रमुख प्रश्न परामर्श आयोजित किए। (पढ़ना जारी रखें)
• गोल मेज़ चर्चा – यूसीओसी सहजकर्ता टीम ने यूसीओसी प्रमुख प्रवर्तन प्रश्नों पर चर्चा करने के लिए मई 2021 में दो 90-मिनट लंबी सार्वजनिक गोल मेज चर्चा की मेजबानी की। अधिक बातचीत निर्धारित हैं। (पढ़ना जारी रखें)
• चरण 2 मसौदा समिति – यूसीओसी के चरण 2 के लिए मसौदा समिति ने 12 मई 2021 को अपना काम शुरू किया। उनके काम के बारे में और पढ़ें। (पढ़ना जारी रखें)
• डिफ ब्लॉग – 2021 की पहली तिमाही में हुई स्थानीय परियोजना परामर्श के दौरान प्रत्येक समुदाय से दिलचस्प निष्कर्षों और अंतर्दृष्टि के आधार पर यूसीओसी सहजकर्ताओं ने कई ब्लॉग पोस्ट लिखे। (पढ़ना जारी रखें)

Wikimania 2021: Individual Program Submissions

Dear all,

Wikimania 2021 will be hosted virtually for the first time in the event's 15-year history. Since there is no in-person host, the event is being organized by a diverse group of Wikimedia volunteers that form the Core Organizing Team (COT) for Wikimania 2021.

Event Program - Individuals or a group of individuals can submit their session proposals to be a part of the program. There will be translation support for sessions provided in a number of languages. See more information here.

Below are some links to guide you through;

• Program Submissions
• Session Submission Guidelines
• FAQ

Please note that the deadline for submission is 18th June 2021.

Announcements- To keep up to date with the developments around Wikimania, the COT sends out weekly updates. You can view them in the Announcement section here.

Office Hour - If you are left with questions, the COT will be hosting some office hours (in multiple languages), in multiple time-zones, to answer any programming questions that you might have. Details can be found here.

Best regards,

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०४:१८, १६ जून २०२१ (UTC)

On behalf of Wikimania 2021 Core Organizing Team

Editing news 2021 #2

इसे अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • इस बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

When newcomers had the Reply tool and tried to post on a talk page, they were more successful at posting a comment. (Source)

Earlier this year, the Editing team ran a large study of the Reply Tool. The main goal was to find out whether the Reply Tool helped newer editors communicate on wiki. The second goal was to see whether the comments that newer editors made using the tool needed to be reverted more frequently than comments newer editors made with the existing wikitext page editor.

The key results were:

• Newer editors who had automatic ("default on") access to the Reply tool were more likely to post a comment on a talk page.
• The comments that newer editors made with the Reply Tool were also less likely to be reverted than the comments that newer editors made with page editing.

These results give the Editing team confidence that the tool is helpful.

Looking ahead

The team is planning to make the Reply tool available to everyone as an opt-out preference in the coming months. This has already happened at the Arabic, Czech, and Hungarian Wikipedias.

The next step is to resolve a technical challenge. Then, they will deploy the Reply tool first to the Wikipedias that participated in the study. After that, they will deploy it, in stages, to the other Wikipedias and all WMF-hosted wikis.

You can turn on "चर्चा उपकरण" in Beta Features now. After you get the Reply tool, you can change your preferences at any time in Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

–Whatamidoing (WMF) (वार्तालाप)

१४:१४, २४ जून २०२१ (UTC)

Server switch

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने पहले और दूसरे डाटा केन्द्रों में बदलाव का परिक्षण करता है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते SGrabarczuk (WMF) ०१:१९, २७ जून २०२१ (UTC)

अभियान घोषणापत्र प्रारूप-लेखन समिति के लिए प्रत्याशियों को निमंत्रण

मूवमेंट स्ट्रैटेजी अभियान घोषणापत्र प्रारूप-लेखन समिति के लिए प्रत्याशियों को निमंत्रण की घोषणा करता है। यह निमंत्रण 2 अगस्त 2021 को आरंभ होगा तथा 1 सितंबर 2021 को समाप्त होगा।

अपेक्षा है कि इस समिति में विकिमीडिया अभियान की विविधता प्रदर्शित होगी। विविधता में लिंग, भाषा, भूगोल, तथा अनुभव का समावेश है। परियोजनाओं में, सम्बद्ध संस्थाओं में तथा विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन में सहभाग लेना इसके अंतर्गत आते हैं।

सदस्य बनने के लिए अंग्रेज़ी का उत्तम ज्ञान आवश्यक नहीं है। आवश्यकता पड़ने पर अनुवाद तथा भाषांतरण की सहायता दी जाएगी। सहभाग लेने के व्ययों की प्रतिपूर्ति के लिए सदस्यों को भत्ता दिया जाएगा। इसकी राशि हर दो माह में 100 यू एस डॉलर होगी।

हम ऐसे व्यक्ति खोज रहे हैं जिनमें निम्नोक्त में से कुछ कौशल हों

• अन्य लोगों के साथ मिलकर लेखन कर सकें (सिद्ध अनुभव को प्राधान्य)
• मध्यमार्ग ढूँढने के लिए तत्पर हों
• समावेशता तथा विविधता पर ध्यान देते हों
• सामुदायिक परामर्श का ज्ञान रखते हों
• आंतर-सांस्कृतिक संप्रेषण का अनुभव रखते हों
• गैर-सरकारी संस्थाओं अथवा समुदायों में संचालन अथवा संगठन का अनुभव रखते हों
• विभिन्न पक्षों से वार्ता करने का अनुभव रखते हों

समिति का 15 सदस्यों से कार्य आरंभ करना अपेक्षित है। यदि 20 से अधिक प्रत्याशी होंगे तो चुनाव और चयन की एक मिश्रित प्रक्रिया की जाएगी। यदि 19 या इससे कम प्रत्याशी हुए तो बिना चुनाव के चयन प्रक्रिया की जाएगी।

क्या आप विकिमीडिया को इस महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका में आगे बढ़ने के लिए सहायता करना चाहते हैं? अपने प्रत्याशी आवेदन यह पृष्ठ पर भेजें। अपने प्रश्नों के साथ strategy2030साँचा:Atwikimedia.org पर संपर्क करें।

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ००:१२, ३ अगस्त २०२१ (UTC)

The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January

Hello everyone,

We hope all of you are as well and safe as possible during these trying times! We wanted to share some news about a change to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. We would like to hear your opinions as well.

Summary:

We will be running the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 in January 2022. We need more time to work on the 2021 wishes. We also need time to prepare some changes to the Wishlist 2022. In the meantime, you can use a dedicated sandbox to leave early ideas for the 2022 wishes.

Proposing and wish-fulfillment will happen during the same year

In the past, the Community Tech team has run the Community Wishlist Survey for the following year in November of the prior year. For example, we ran the Wishlist for 2021 in November 2020. That worked well a few years ago. At that time, we used to start working on the Wishlist soon after the results of the voting were published.

However, in 2021, there was a delay between the voting and the time when we could start working on the new wishes. Until July 2021, we were working on wishes from the Wishlist for 2020.

We hope having the Wishlist 2022 in January 2022 will be more intuitive. This will also give us time to fulfill more wishes from the 2021 Wishlist.

Encouraging wider participation from historically excluded communities

We are thinking how to make the Wishlist easier to participate in. We want to support more translations, and encourage under-resourced communities to be more active. We would like to have some time to make these changes.

A new space to talk to us about priorities and wishes not granted yet

We will have gone 365 days without a Wishlist. We encourage you to approach us. We hope to hear from you in the talk page, but we also hope to see you at our bi-monthly Talk to Us meetings! These will be hosted at two different times friendly to time zones around the globe.

We will begin our first meeting September 15th at 23:00 UTC. More details about the agenda and format coming soon!

Brainstorm and draft proposals before the proposal phase

If you have early ideas for wishes, you can use the new Community Wishlist Survey sandbox. This way, you will not forget about these before January 2022. You will be able to come back and refine your ideas. Remember, edits in the sandbox don't count as wishes!

Feedback

• What should we do to improve the Wishlist pages?
• How would you like to use our new sandbox?
• What, if any, risks do you foresee in our decision to change the date of the Wishlist 2022?
• What will help more people participate in the Wishlist 2022?

Answer on the talk page (in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) ००:२३, ७ सितम्बर २०२१ (UTC)

Server switch

Read this message in another language • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.

They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on Tuesday, 14 September 2021.

Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.

You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.

• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday, 15 September).
• If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.

Other effects:

• Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.

This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. Please share this information with your community.

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (वार्ता) ००:४५, ११ सितम्बर २०२१ (UTC)

Talk to the Community Tech

Read this message in another language • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello!

As we have recently announced, we, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on September 15th, 23:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.

Agenda

• How we prioritize the wishes to be granted
• Why we decided to change the date from November 2021 to January 2022
• Update on the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes
• Questions and answers

Format

The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.

We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.

Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.

Invitation link

• Join online
• Meeting ID: 898 2861 5390
• One tap mobile
  • +16465588656,,89828615390# US (New York)
  • +16699006833,,89828615390# US (San Jose)
• Dial by your location

See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (वार्ता) ०३:०३, ११ सितम्बर २०२१ (UTC)

सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षण 2022

अब 2022 सामुदायिक विशलिस्ट सर्वेक्षणखुल चुका है!

यह सर्वेक्षण के द्वारा समुदाय कम्युनिटी टेक (Community Tech) अगले साल के लिए काम तय करता है। हम आपको २३ जनवरी तक नए प्रस्ताव प्रस्तुत करने के लिए या अन्य प्रस्तावों पर टिप्पणी कर उन्हें बेहतर बनाने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करते हैं।

समुदाय २८ जनवरी और ११ फ़रवरी के बीच प्रस्तावों पर मतदान करेंगे।

कम्युनिटी टेक टीम (Community Tech team) अनुभवी विकिमीडिया संपादकों के लिए साधनों पर केंद्रित है। आप किसी भी भाषा में प्रस्ताव लिख सकते हैं, और हम उन्हें आपके लिए अनुवाद करेंगे। आपका धन्यवाद! हम आपके प्रस्तावों को देखने के लिए उत्सुक हैं! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) १८:४३, १० जनवरी २०२२ (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,

We are pleased to inform you that Wiki Loves Folklore an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the 15th of March 2022. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.

We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the translation of project pages and share a word in your local language.

Best wishes,

International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) ०४:५०, २२ फ़रवरी २०२२ (UTC)

Coming soon

Several improvements around templates

Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:

• Fundamental improvements of the VisualEditor template dialog (1, 2),
• Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (3) (for the template dialogs in VisualEditor, 2010 Wikitext and New Wikitext Mode),
• and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension CodeMirror (4, 5) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).

All these changes are part of the “Templates” project by WMDE Technical Wishes. We hope they will help you in your work, and we would love to hear your feedback on the talk pages of these projects.

- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) १२:३८, २८ फ़रवरी २०२२ (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow

International photographic contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.

(Facebook , Twitter , Instagram)

The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your local Wikipedia is participating

A special competition called Wiki Loves Falles is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and Falles in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on Catalan Wikipedia project page.

We look forward for your immense co-operation.

Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १४:४०, १४ मार्च २०२२ (UTC)

Coming soon: Improvements for templates

Fundamental changes in the template dialog.

Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:

The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally: This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.

• project page, talk page

In syntax highlighting (CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme with a user setting.

• project page, talk page

Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from WMDE Technical Wishes' focus area “Templates”.

We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) ११:१३, २९ अप्रैल २०२२ (UTC)

संपादन समाचार 2022 #1

अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • बहुभाषी समाचार पत्र हेतु सदस्यता सूची

इस नए उपकरण के साथ नए संपादक अधिक सफल थे।

नया विषय उपकरण एडिटर्स को चर्चा पृष्ठों पर नए == सेक्शन == बनाने में मदद करता है। इस नए उपकरण के साथ नए संपादक अधिक सफल हैं। आप रिपोर्टपढ़ें सकते हैं। जल्द ही, संपादन विभाग यह सभी संपादकों को 20 विकिपीडिया में पेश करेगी, जो परीक्षण में भाग लेती थी। आप इसे Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion पर बंद कर पाएंगे।

Whatamidoing (WMF) १८:५५, २ मई २०२२ (UTC)

Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out!

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hi, Greetings

The winners for Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is announced!

We are happy to share with you winning images for this year's edition. This year saw over 8,584 images represented on commons in over 92 countries. Kindly see images here

Our profound gratitude to all the people who participated and organized local contests and photo walks for this project.

We hope to have you contribute to the campaign next year.

Thank you,

Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

--MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १६:१२, ४ जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)

Bot policy

Hello. To facilitate steward granting of bot access, I suggest implementing the standard bot policy on this wiki. In particular, this policy allows stewards to automatically flag known interlanguage linking bots (if this page says that is acceptable) or bots that fix double redirects. The policy also enables global bots on this wiki (if this page says that is acceptable), which are trusted bots that will be given bot access on every wiki that allows global bots.

This policy makes bot access requesting much easier for local users, operators, and stewards. To implement it we only need to create a redirect to this page from Project:Bot policy, and add a line at the top noting that it is used here. If you use or prefer to use a dedicated project page for handling bot flag requests, that is also acceptable. Please read the text at Meta-Wiki before commenting. If you object, please say so; I hope to implement in two weeks if there is no objection, since it is particularly written to streamline bot requests on wikis with little or no community interested in bot access requests. Thank you for your consideration. --Rschen7754 १७:४६, ३० जुलाई २०२२ (UTC)

The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?

The slides for our presentation at Wikimania 2022

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.

We have been working on it for the past three years. So far, it has been the default on more than 30 wikis, including sister projects, all accounting for more than 1 billion pageviews per month. On average 87% of active logged-in users of those wikis use Vector 2022.

It would become the default for all logged-out users, and also all logged-in users who currently use Vector legacy. Logged-in users can at any time switch to any other skins. No changes are expected for users of these skins.

• Top of an article
• 
  Vector legacy (current default)
• 
  Vector 2022

• A section of an article
• 
  Vector legacy (current default)
• 
  Vector 2022

About the skin

[Why is a change necessary] The current default skin meets the needs of the readers and editors as these were 13 years ago. Since then, new users have begun using Wikimedia projects. The old Vector doesn't meet their needs.

[Objective] The objective for the new skin is to make the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users. It draws inspiration from previous requests, the Community Wishlist Surveys, and gadgets and scripts. The work helped our code follow the standards and improve all other skins. We reduced PHP code in Wikimedia deployed skins by 75%. The project has also focused on making it easier to support gadgets and use APIs.

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

• 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 jumped 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 wikis we tested on.
• 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.

[Try it out] Try out the new skin by going to the appearance tab in your preferences and selecting Vector 2022 from the list of skins.

How can editors change and customize this skin?

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

Our plan

If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying in the week of October 3, 2022. If your community would like to request more time to discuss the changes, hit the button and write to us. We can adjust the calendar.

Request for more time to discuss the change

If you'd like ask our team anything, if you have questions, concerns, or additional thoughts, please ping me here or write on the talk page of the project. We will gladly answer! Also, see our FAQ. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) ०४:१४, २२ सितम्बर २०२२ (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January

कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

(There is a translatable version of this message on MetaWiki)

नमस्ते

The Community Wishlist Survey (CWS) 2023, which lets contributors propose and vote for tools and improvements, starts next month on Monday, 23 January 2023, at 18:00 UTC and will continue annually.

We are inviting you to share your ideas for technical improvements to our tools and platforms. Long experience in editing or technical skills is not required. If you have ever used our software and thought of an idea to improve it, this is the place to come share those ideas!

The dates for the phases of the Survey will be as follows:

• Phase 1: Submit, discuss, and revise proposals – Monday, Jan 23, 2023 to Sunday, Feb 6, 2023
• Phase 2: WMF/Community Tech reviews and organizes proposals – Monday, Jan 30, 2023 to Friday, Feb 10, 2023
• Phase 3: Vote on proposals – Friday, Feb 10, 2023 to Friday, Feb 24, 2023
• Phase 4: Results posted – Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023

If you want to start writing out your ideas ahead of the Survey, you can start thinking about your proposals and draft them in the CWS sandbox.

We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!

धन्यवाद! Community Tech, STei (WMF) १६:४४, १५ दिसम्बर २०२२ (UTC)

Editing news 2023 #1

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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 चर्चा उपकरण.

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 "विषय जोड़ें" 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 चर्चा उपकरण on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with चर्चा उपकरण. 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 "बदलाव प्रकाशित करें". 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) (वार्ता) २३:२४, २२ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read only soon

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने पहले और दूसरे डाटा केन्द्रों में बदलाव का परिक्षण करता है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

पूरा यातायात १ मार्च पर चालू रहेगा। परिक्षण १४:०० UTC बजे आरम्भ होगा।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते |

• आप बुधवार १ मार्च २०२३ को एक घण्टे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर सकोगे।
• यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन अथवा सहेजने का प्रयास करेंगे तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम आशा करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई सम्पादन लुप्त नहीं होगा लेकिन हम इसकी प्रत्याभूति नहीं करते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देता है तो कृपया सब कुछ सामान्य होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। तब आपको अपने सम्पादन सहेजने चाहिए। लेकिन, हम अनुशंसा करते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की एक प्रति पहले ही बना लें,जिसकी शायद जरूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• पृष्ठभूमि की नौकरियां धीमी होंगी और कुछ को स्खलित किया जा सकता है। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं हो सकती हैं। यदि आपने कोई लेख निर्मित किया है जो पहले से कहीं जुड़ा हुआ है, तो कड़ी सामान्य से अधिक समय तक लाल रहेगी। कुछ लम्बे समय तक चलने वाली लिपि रुकी रहेंगी।
• हम अपेक्षा करते हैं कि कोड परिनियोजन अन्य किसी सप्ताह की तरह ही होगा। यद्यपि, कुछ विषयानुसार कोड यथासमय बन्द रह सकेगा यदि सम्बंधित संक्रिया की तदुपरांत आवश्यकता होगी।
• गिटलैब 90 मिनट के लिए अनुपलब्ध होगा।

यदि आवश्यक हो तो इस परियोजना को स्थगित किया जा सकता है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। अन्य परिवर्तन की अनुसूची में घोषणा की जायेगी। इस बारे में और सूचनाएं आएंगी। सभी विकि-प्रकल्पों पर यह संक्रिया आरम्भ करने से 30 मिनट पहले एक बैनर दिखाया जायेगा। कृपया यह सूचना अपने समुदाय के साथ साझा करें।

Trizek (WMF) (वार्ता) २१:२०, २७ फ़रवरी २०२३ (UTC)

विकिमेनिया २०२३ स्वागत कार्यक्रम प्रस्तुतियाँ

क्या आप विकिमैनिया २०२३ में एक व्यक्तिगत या आभासी सत्र आयोजित करना चाहते हैं? शायद कोई व्यावहारिक कार्यशाला, कोई चर्चा, कोई मज़ेदार प्रदर्शन, कोई आकर्षक पोस्टर, या कोई यादगार झटपट बातचीत? २८ मार्च तक जमा करें. विकिमनिया में एक समर्पित हाइब्रिड भाग होगा, वस्तुतः या फिर पहले से रिकॉर्ड की गई सामग्री का स्वागत है। यदि आपके कोई प्रश्न हैं, तो कृपया १२ या १९ मार्च को होने वाली बातचीत में शामिल हों, या wikimania@wikimedia.org पर ईमेल लिखें, या टेलीग्राम पर संपर्क करें। अधिक जानकारी विकी पर उपलब्ध है।

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने पहले और दूसरे डाटा केन्द्रों में बदलाव का परिक्षण करता है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

पूरा यातायात २६ अप्रैल पर चालू रहेगा। परिक्षण १४:०० UTC बजे आरम्भ होगा।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते |

• आप बुधवार २६ अप्रैल २०२३ को एक घण्टे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर सकोगे।
• यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन अथवा सहेजने का प्रयास करेंगे तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम आशा करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई सम्पादन लुप्त नहीं होगा लेकिन हम इसकी प्रत्याभूति नहीं करते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देता है तो कृपया सब कुछ सामान्य होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। तब आपको अपने सम्पादन सहेजने चाहिए। लेकिन, हम अनुशंसा करते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की एक प्रति पहले ही बना लें,जिसकी शायद जरूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• पृष्ठभूमि की नौकरियां धीमी होंगी और कुछ को स्खलित किया जा सकता है। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं हो सकती हैं। यदि आपने कोई लेख निर्मित किया है जो पहले से कहीं जुड़ा हुआ है, तो कड़ी सामान्य से अधिक समय तक लाल रहेगी। कुछ लम्बे समय तक चलने वाली लिपि रुकी रहेंगी।
• हम अपेक्षा करते हैं कि कोड परिनियोजन अन्य किसी सप्ताह की तरह ही होगा। यद्यपि, कुछ विषयानुसार कोड यथासमय बन्द रह सकेगा यदि सम्बंधित संक्रिया की तदुपरांत आवश्यकता होगी।
• गिटलैब 90 मिनट के लिए अनुपलब्ध होगा।

यदि आवश्यक हो तो इस परियोजना को स्थगित किया जा सकता है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। अन्य परिवर्तन की अनुसूची में घोषणा की जायेगी। इस बारे में और सूचनाएं आएंगी। सभी विकि-प्रकल्पों पर यह संक्रिया आरम्भ करने से 30 मिनट पहले एक बैनर दिखाया जायेगा। कृपया यह सूचना अपने समुदाय के साथ साझा करें।

MediaWiki message delivery ००:४१, २१ अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)

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

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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 ucocprojectwikimedia.org by May 12, 2023. Read more on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

Xeno (WMF) १९:००, २६ अप्रैल २०२३ (UTC)

Automatic citations based on ISBN are broken

Apologies if this message does not reach you in your favorite language. You can help translate it centrally at Meta. Thanks for your help.

We have recently become unable to access the WorldCat API which provided the ability to generate citations using ISBN numbers. The Wikimedia Foundation's Editing team is investigating several options to restore the functionality, but will need to disable ISBN citation generation for now.

This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts, such as the autofill button on refToolbar. Please note that all the other automatic ways of generating citations, including via URL or DOI, are still available.

You can keep updated on the situation via Phabricator, or by reading the next issues of m:Tech News. If you know of any users or groups who rely heavily on this feature (for instance, someone who has an upcoming editathon), I'd appreciate it if you shared this update with them.

Elitre (WMF), on behalf of the Editing team.

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १९:४५, ११ मई २०२३ (UTC)

Selection of the U4C Building Committee

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, ०४:२०, २७ मई २०२३ (UTC)

नई चुनाव समिति के सदस्यों की घोषणा

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं।

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

हमें यह घोषणा करते हुए खुशी हो रही है चुनाव समिति के नए सदस्यों और सलाहकारों को ईमेल करें। चुनाव समिति विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ ट्रस्टीज़ के लिए समुदाय- और संबद्ध-चयनित ट्रस्टियों का चयन करने की प्रक्रिया के डिजाइन और कार्यान्वयन में सहायता करती है। खुली नामांकन प्रक्रिया के बाद, सबसे मजबूत उम्मीदवारों ने बोर्ड से बात की और चार उम्मीदवारों को चुनाव समिति में शामिल होने के लिए कहा गया। चार अन्य उम्मीदवारों को सलाहकार के रूप में भाग लेने के लिए कहा गया था।

उन सभी समुदाय सदस्यों को धन्यवाद जिन्होंने विचार के लिए अपने नाम प्रस्तुत किए। हम निकट भविष्य में चुनाव समिति के साथ काम करने के लिए उत्सुक हैं।

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ़ ट्रस्टीज़ की ओर से,

RamzyM (WMF) १७:५९, २८ जून २०२३ (UTC)

Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

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, १५:३५, २८ अगस्त २०२३ (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने पहले और दूसरे डाटा केन्द्रों में बदलाव का परिक्षण करता है। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे। यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि सबकुछ सही काम कर रहा है, विकीमीडिया टेक्नोलॉजी विभाग को एक योजनाबद्ध परीक्षण की आवश्यकता है। यह परीक्षण दिखाएगा कि वे एक डेटा सेंटर से दूसरे डेटा सेंटर पर विश्वसनीय तरीके से जा सकते हैं या नहीं। परीक्षण की तैयारी और किसी अनपेक्षित समस्या के समाधान के लिए कई टीमों की आवश्यकता होगी।

पूरा यातायात २० सितम्बर पर चालू रहेगा। परिक्षण १४:०० UTC बजे आरम्भ होगा।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते |

• आप बुधवार २० सितम्बर २०२३ को एक घण्टे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर सकोगे।
• यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन अथवा सहेजने का प्रयास करेंगे तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम आशा करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई सम्पादन लुप्त नहीं होगा लेकिन हम इसकी प्रत्याभूति नहीं करते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देता है तो कृपया सब कुछ सामान्य होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। तब आपको अपने सम्पादन सहेजने चाहिए। लेकिन, हम अनुशंसा करते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की एक प्रति पहले ही बना लें,जिसकी शायद जरूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• पृष्ठभूमि की नौकरियां धीमी होंगी और कुछ को स्खलित किया जा सकता है। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं हो सकती हैं। यदि आपने कोई लेख निर्मित किया है जो पहले से कहीं जुड़ा हुआ है, तो कड़ी सामान्य से अधिक समय तक लाल रहेगी। कुछ लम्बे समय तक चलने वाली लिपि रुकी रहेंगी।
• हम अपेक्षा करते हैं कि कोड परिनियोजन अन्य किसी सप्ताह की तरह ही होगा। यद्यपि, कुछ विषयानुसार कोड यथासमय बन्द रह सकेगा यदि सम्बंधित संक्रिया की तदुपरांत आवश्यकता होगी।
• गिटलैब 90 मिनट के लिए अनुपलब्ध होगा।

यदि आवश्यक हो तो इस परियोजना को स्थगित किया जा सकता है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। अन्य परिवर्तन की अनुसूची में घोषणा की जायेगी। इस बारे में और सूचनाएं आएंगी। सभी विकि-प्रकल्पों पर यह संक्रिया आरम्भ करने से 30 मिनट पहले एक बैनर दिखाया जायेगा। कृपया यह सूचना अपने समुदाय के साथ साझा करें।

Trizek_(WMF) (talk) ०९:२३, १५ सितम्बर २०२३ (UTC)

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

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki.

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

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,

~ Keegan (WMF) (talk) १६:४१, ९ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)

२०२४ विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ ट्रस्टीज़ चयन नियम पैकेज की समीक्षा करें और टिप्पणी करें।

संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित किया गया हैं।

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

कृपया अब से २९ अक्टूबर २०२३ तक विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ ट्रस्टीज चयन नियम पैकेज की समीक्षा करें और टिप्पणी करें। चयन नियम पैकेज चुनाव समिति द्वारा पुराने संस्करणों पर आधारित था और २०२४ बोर्ड ऑफ ट्रस्टीज चयन में इसका उपयोग किया जाएगा। अभी अपनी टिप्पणियाँ प्रदान करने से उन्हें एक सहज, बेहतर बोर्ड चयन प्रक्रिया प्रदान करने में मदद मिलेगी। मेटा-विकी पृष्ठ पर अधिक जानकारी हैं।

धन्यवाद,

Katie Chan
चुनाव समिति के अध्यक्ष

०१:१२, १७ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)

The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?

Read this in your language • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें • Please tell other users about these changes

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.

• Top of an article
• 
  Vector legacy (current default)
• 
  Vector 2022

• A section of an article
• 
  Vector legacy (current default)
• 
  Vector 2022

About the skin

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

If no large concerns are raised, we plan on deploying on 31 October. 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) (वार्ता) २३:५२, १८ अक्टूबर २०२३ (UTC)

(New) Feature on Kartographer: Adding geopoints via QID

Since September 2022, it is possible to create geopoints using a QID. Many wiki contributors have asked for this feature, but it is not being used much. Therefore, we would like to remind you about it. More information can be found on the project page. If you have any comments, please let us know on the talk page. – Best regards, the team of Technical Wishes at Wikimedia Deutschland

Thereza Mengs (WMDE) १२:३१, १३ दिसम्बर २०२३ (UTC)

Do you use Wikidata in Wikimedia sibling projects? Tell us about your experiences

Note: Apologies for cross-posting and sending in English.

Hello, the Wikidata for Wikimedia Projects team at Wikimedia Deutschland would like to hear about your experiences using Wikidata in the sibling projects. If you are interested in sharing your opinion and insights, please consider signing up for an interview with us in this Registration form.
Currently, we are only able to conduct interviews in English.

The front page of the form has more details about what the conversation will be like, including how we would compensate you for your time.

For more information, visit our project issue page where you can also share your experiences in written form, without an interview.
We look forward to speaking with you, Danny Benjafield (WMDE) (talk) 08:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Reusing references: Can we look over your shoulder?

Apologies for writing in English.

The Technical Wishes team at Wikimedia Deutschland is planning to make reusing references easier. For our research, we are looking for wiki contributors willing to show us how they are interacting with references.

• The format will be a 1-hour video call, where you would share your screen. More information here.
• Interviews can be conducted in English, German or Dutch.
• Compensation is available.
• Sessions will be held in January and February.
• Sign up here if you are interested.
• Please note that we probably won’t be able to have sessions with everyone who is interested. Our UX researcher will try to create a good balance of wiki contributors, e.g. in terms of wiki experience, tech experience, editing preferences, gender, disability and more. If you’re a fit, she will reach out to you to schedule an appointment.

We’re looking forward to seeing you, Thereza Mengs (WMDE)

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति चार्टर के लिए चार्टर पर मतदान करें

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

मैं आज यह घोषणा करने के लिए आपसे संपर्क कर रहा हूँ कि सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू4सी) के लिए मतदान की अवधि अब खुली है। समुदाय के सदस्य अब 2 फरवरी 2024 तक [SECUREPOLLVOTELINK] मतदान कर सकते हैं और सिक्योरपोल के माध्यम से चार्टर के बारे में टिप्पणियाँ प्रदान कर सकते हैं। आपमें से जिन लोगों ने यूसीओसी प्रवर्तन दिशानिर्देश के विकास के दौरान अपनी राय व्यक्त की है, उन्हें यह प्रक्रिया परिचित लगेगी।

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति चार्टर का वर्तमान संस्करण अनुवाद के साथ मेटा-विकी पर है।

चार्टर पढ़ें, मतदान करें और इस नोट को अपने समुदाय के अन्य लोगों के साथ साझा करें। मैं विश्वास के साथ कह सकता हूँ कि U4C निर्माण समिति आपकी भागीदारी के लिए तत्पर है।

यूसीओसी (UCoC) प्रोजेक्ट टीम की ओर से

RamzyM (WMF) १८:०७, १९ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)

सार्वभौम आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति के चार्टर पर मतदान का अंतिम दिन

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

मैं आपको यह याद दिलाने के लिए आज आपसे संपर्क कर रहा हूँ कि सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू4सी) चार्टर के लिए मतदान की अवधि 2 फरवरी को समाप्त हो जाएगी। समुदाय के सदस्य अब 2 फरवरी तक अपना वोट डाल सकते हैं और सिक्योरपोल के माध्यम से चार्टर के बारे में टिप्पणियाँ प्रदान कर सकते हैं। आपमें से जिन लोगों ने यूसीओसी प्रवर्तन दिशानिर्देश के विकास के दौरान अपनी राय व्यक्त की है, उन्हें यह प्रक्रिया परिचित लगेगी।

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति चार्टर का वर्तमान संस्करण अनुवाद के साथ मेटा-विकी पर है।

चार्टर पढ़ें, मतदान करें और इस नोट को अपने समुदाय के अन्य लोगों के साथ साझा करें। मैं विश्वास के साथ कह सकता हूं कि U4C बिल्डिंग कमेटी आपकी भागीदारी के लिए तत्पर है।

शुभकामनाएँ,

RamzyM (WMF) १६:५९, ३१ जनवरी २०२४ (UTC)

Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Dear all,

Thank you everyone for following the progress of the Universal Code of Conduct. I am writing to you today to announce the outcome of the ratification vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter. 1746 contributors voted in this ratification vote with 1249 voters supporting the Charter and 420 voters not. The ratification vote process allowed for voters to provide comments about the Charter.

A report of voting statistics and a summary of voter comments will be published on Meta-wiki in the coming weeks.

Please look forward to hearing about the next steps soon.

On behalf of the UCoC Project team,

RamzyM (WMF) १८:२३, १२ फ़रवरी २०२४ (UTC)

यू४सी चार्टर अनुसमर्थन की रिपोर्ट और यू४सी उम्मीदवारों का आह्वान अब उपलब्ध है

संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित किया गया है। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

मैं आज आपको दो महत्वपूर्ण जानकारी देने हेतु लिख रहा हूँ। सबसे पहले, सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू४सी) चार्टर अनुसमर्थन से टिप्पणियों की रिपोर्ट अब उपलब्ध है। दूसरे, यू४सी के लिए उम्मीदवारों का आह्वान अब १ अप्रैल, २०२४ तक खुला है।

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू४सी/U4C) एक वैश्विक समूह है जो यूसीओसी का न्यायसंगत और सुसंगत कार्यान्वयन प्रदान करने के लिए समर्पित है। समुदाय के सदस्यों को यू४सी के लिए अपने आवेदन जमा करने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाता है। अधिक जानकारी और यू४सी की जिम्मेदारियों के लिए, कृपया यू४सी चार्टर की समीक्षा करें।

चार्टर के अनुसार, यू४सी हेतु १६ सीटें हैंः आठ बड़ी सीटों पर समुदाय और आठ क्षेत्रीय सीटें, यह सुनिश्चित करने के लिए कि यू४सी आंदोलन की विविधता का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है।

अधिक पढ़ें और अपना आवेदन मेटा-विकी पर जमा करें।

यूसीओसी (UCoC) प्रोजेक्ट टीम की ओर से

RamzyM (WMF) १६:२४, ५ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड के न्यासी के चयन २०२४

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं।

More languages • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

इस वर्ष, विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड के न्यासियों में से 4 (चार) समुदाय और एफिलिएट-चयनित न्यासियों का कार्यकाल समाप्त हो जाएगा [1]। बोर्ड इस वर्ष की चयन प्रक्रिया में भाग लेने और उन सीटों को भरने हेतु मतदान करने के लिए पूरे आंदोलन को आमंत्रित करता है।

चुनाव समिति फाउंडेशन के कर्मचारियों (स्टाफ) [2] के सहयोग से इस प्रक्रिया की निगरानी करेगी। बोर्ड गवर्नेंस कमेटी ने उन ट्रस्टियों से एक बोर्ड चयन कार्य समूह बनाया, जो 2024 में उम्मीदवार नहीं हो सकते समुदाय - और एफिलिएट-चयनित ट्रस्टी चयन प्रक्रिया में डेरियस जेमीलनियाक, नतालिया टिम्किव, एसरा अल शाफेई, कैथी कोलिन्स और शनि इवेनस्टीन सिगलोव सम्मिलित हैं। [3] समूह को 2024 ट्रस्टी चयन प्रक्रिया के लिए बोर्ड की निगरानी प्रदान करने और बोर्ड को सूचित रखने का कार्य सौंपा गया है। चुनाव समिति, बोर्ड और कर्मचारियों की भूमिकाओं पर अधिक विवरण यहाँ उपलब्ध हैं [4]।

प्रमुख नियोजित तिथियाँ हैं:

• मई 2024: उम्मीदवारों और प्रश्नों के लिए आव्हान
• जून 2024: एफिलिएट ने 12 उम्मीदवारों को शॉर्टलिस्ट करने के लिए मतदान किया (यदि 15 या उससे कम उम्मीदवार आवेदन करते हैं तो कोई शॉर्टलिस्टिंग नहीं) [5]
• जून-अगस्त 2024: अभियान अवधि
• अगस्त के अंत/सितंबर 2024 की शुरुआत: दो सप्ताह की सामुदायिक मतदान अवधि
• अक्टूबर-नवंबर 2024: चयनित उम्मीदवारों की पृष्ठभूमि की जाँच
• दिसंबर 2024 में बोर्ड की बैठक: नए न्यासियों का पदभार ग्रहण

2024 चयन प्रक्रिया के बारे में इस मेटा-विकी पृष्ठ पर अधिक जानें - जिसमें विस्तृत समयरेखा, उम्मीदवारी प्रक्रिया, अभियान नियम और मतदाता पात्रता मानदंड सम्मिलित हैं, और अपनी योजना बनाएँ।

चुनाव स्वयंसेवक'

2024 की चयन प्रक्रिया में सम्मिलत होने का दूसरा तरीका चुनाव स्वयंसेवक बनना है। चुनाव स्वयंसेवक चुनाव समिति और उनके संबंधित समुदाय के बीच एक सेतु हैं। वे यह सुनिश्चित करने में सहायता करते हैं कि उनके समुदाय का प्रतिनिधित्व हो और उन्हें मतदान के लिए प्रेरित करें। इस मेटा-विकी पेज पर कार्यक्रम और इसमें सम्मिलित होने के तरीके के बारे में अधिक जानें।

सदर,

डेरियस जेमीलनियाक (शासन समिति अध्यक्ष, बोर्ड चयन कार्यकारी समूह)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results#Elected

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

[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committee

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

[5] भले ही 4 सीटों के लिए आदर्श संख्या 12 उम्मीदवार हैं, लेकिन 15 से अधिक उम्मीदवार होने पर शॉर्टलिस्टिंग प्रक्रिया शुरू हो जाएगी क्योंकि हटाए गए 1-3 उम्मीदवार बहिष्कृत महसूस कर सकते हैं और यह बहुत काम का होगा। एफिलिएट को उम्मीदवार सूची से केवल 1-3 उम्मीदवारों को हटाने के लिए शॉर्टलिस्टिंग प्रक्रिया को अंजाम देना होगा।

MPossoupe_(WMF)१९:५६, १२ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)

आपका विकी जल्द ही केवल-पढ़ने के लिए उपलब्ध होगा।

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने डेटा केंद्रों के बीच ट्रैफ़िक को स्विच करेगा। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे।

पूरा यातायात २० मार्च पर चालू रहेगा। परिक्षण १४:०० UTC बजे आरम्भ होगा।

दुर्भाग्यवश, कुछ सीमाओं के कारण मीडियाविकि को बदलाव के समय सभी तरह के सम्पादनों को रोक देना चाहिए। हमें असुविधा के लिए खेद है और हम भविष्य में इसे न्यूनतम करने पर काम कर रहे हैं।

सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते |

• आप बुधवार २० मार्च २०२४ को एक घण्टे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर सकोगे।
• यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन अथवा सहेजने का प्रयास करेंगे तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम आशा करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई सम्पादन लुप्त नहीं होगा लेकिन हम इसकी प्रत्याभूति नहीं करते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देता है तो कृपया सब कुछ सामान्य होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। तब आपको अपने सम्पादन सहेजने चाहिए। लेकिन, हम अनुशंसा करते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की एक प्रति पहले ही बना लें,जिसकी शायद जरूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• पृष्ठभूमि की नौकरियां धीमी होंगी और कुछ को स्खलित किया जा सकता है। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं हो सकती हैं। यदि आपने कोई लेख निर्मित किया है जो पहले से कहीं जुड़ा हुआ है, तो कड़ी सामान्य से अधिक समय तक लाल रहेगी। कुछ लम्बे समय तक चलने वाली लिपि रुकी रहेंगी।
• हम अपेक्षा करते हैं कि कोड परिनियोजन अन्य किसी सप्ताह की तरह ही होगा। यद्यपि, कुछ विषयानुसार कोड यथासमय बन्द रह सकेगा यदि सम्बंधित संक्रिया की तदुपरांत आवश्यकता होगी।
• गिटलैब 90 मिनट के लिए अनुपलब्ध होगा।

यदि आवश्यक हो तो इस परियोजना को स्थगित किया जा सकता है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। अन्य परिवर्तन की अनुसूची में घोषणा की जायेगी। इस बारे में और सूचनाएं आएंगी। सभी विकि-प्रकल्पों पर यह संक्रिया आरम्भ करने से 30 मिनट पहले एक बैनर दिखाया जायेगा। कृपया यह सूचना अपने समुदाय के साथ साझा करें।

Trizek (WMF), ००:००, १५ मार्च २०२४ (UTC)

प्रथम यू४सी के सदस्यों का चयन करने के लिए अभी मतदान करें

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

मैं आपको यह बताने के लिए लिख रहा हूँ कि सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू४सी) के लिए मतदान की अवधि अब से लेकर ९ मई, २०२४ तक चल रही है।मतदान और मतदाता पात्रता के बारे में अधिक जानने के लिए मेटा-विकी पर मतदान पृष्ठ पर देखें।

सार्वभौमिक आचार संहिता समन्वय समिति (यू४सी) एक वैश्विक समूह है जो यूसीओसी का न्यायसंगत और सुसंगत कार्यान्वयन प्रदान करने के लिए समर्पित है। समुदाय के सदस्यों को यू४सी के लिए अपने आवेदन जमा करने के लिए आमंत्रित किया गया था। अधिक जानकारी और यू४सी के उत्तरदायित्वों के लिए, कृपया यू४सी चार्टर की समीक्षा करें।

कृपया इस संदेश को अपने समुदाय के सदस्यों के साथ साझा करें ताकि वे भी भाग ले सकें।

यूसीओसी (UCoC) प्रोजेक्ट टीम की ओर से,

RamzyM (WMF) २०:१९, २५ अप्रैल २०२४ (UTC)

31 मई को 16:00 UTC पर भाषा समुदाय की बैठक के लिए साइन-अप करें

सभी को नमस्कार,

भाषा समुदाय की अगली बैठक कुछ हफ़्तों में योजनाबद्ध है — 31 मई को 16:00 UTC पर। अगर आपको इसमें रुचि है, आप इस विकि पृष्ठ पर साइन-अप कर सकते हैं।

यह एक प्रतिभागी-संचालित बैठक है, जहाँ पर हम कई परियोजनाओं के संबंध में भाषा-विशिष्ट अपडेट्स बाँटते हैं, भाषाई विकियों से संबंधित तकनीकी समस्याओं की सामूहिक रूप से चर्चा करते हैं, और संभावित समाधान खोजने के लिए साथ काम करते हैं। उदाहरणस्वरूप, आखिरी बैठक में शामिल विषय थें मशीन अनुवाद सेवा (MinT) और वो भाषाएँ और मॉडल्स जो इस समय इसके द्वारा समर्थित हैं, Kiwix दल की ओर से स्थानीयकरण के प्रयास, और बंगाली विकिस्रोत पर संख्यात्मक छँटाई में आने वाली तकनीकी चुनौतियाँ।

क्या आपके पास अपनी परियोजना के संबंध में तकनीकी अपडेट्स बाँटने के लिए किसी विषय का विचार है? कोई समस्या है जो आप बैठक के दौरान चर्चा में उठाना चाहते हैं? क्या आपको अंग्रेज़ी से किसी दूसरी भाषा में अनुवाद में कोई सहायता चाहिए? कृपया ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org पर मुझे संपर्क करें और यहाँ इस दस्तावेज़ पर कार्यसूची में प्रविष्टियाँ जोड़ें।

हम आपकी भागीदारी की प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं!

MediaWiki message delivery २१:२२, १४ मई २०२४ (UTC)

Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Dear community members,

The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees invites you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle. This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects, and aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening or closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the Language Committee or closing projects policy.

You can find the details on this page, as well as the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on June 23, 2024, anywhere on Earth.

You can also share information about this with the interested project communities you work with or support, and you can also help us translate the procedure into more languages, so people can join the discussions in their own language.

On behalf of the CAC,

RamzyM (WMF) ०२:२४, २२ मई २०२४ (UTC)

Announcing the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote results. We are following up with the results of the first Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election.

We are pleased to announce the following individuals as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a two-year term:

• North America (USA and Canada)
  • –
• Northern and Western Europe
  • Ghilt
• Latin America and Caribbean
  • –
• Central and East Europe (CEE)
  • —
• Sub-Saharan Africa
  • –
• Middle East and North Africa
  • Ibrahim.ID
• East, South East Asia and Pacific (ESEAP)
  • 0xDeadbeef
• South Asia
  • –

The following individuals are elected to be community-at-large members of the U4C, fulfilling a one-year term:

• Barkeep49
• Superpes15
• Civvì
• Luke081515
• –
• –
• –
• –

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. Follow their work on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the UCoC project team,

RamzyM (WMF) ०८:१४, ३ जून २०२४ (UTC)

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर का अंतिम पाठ अब मेटा पर उपलब्ध है

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

नमस्कार,

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट के चार्टर का अंतिम पाठ अब आपके पढ़ने के लिए २० से अधिक भाषाओं में मेटा पर उपलब्ध है।

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर क्या है?

विकिमीडिया आंदोलन का चार्टर एक प्रस्तावित दस्तावेज है जो विकिमीडिया आंदोलन के सभी सदस्यों और संस्थाओं के लिए भूमिकाओं और उत्तरदायित्वों को परिभाषित करता है, जिसमें आंदोलन प्रशासन के लिए एक नए निकाय - वैश्विक परिषद - का निर्माण भी सम्मिलित है।

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर “लॉन्च पार्टी” में सम्मिलित हों

जून २०, २०२४ को १४.००-१५.०० UTC (आपका स्थानीय समय) पर “लॉन्च पार्टी” में सम्मिलित हों। इस कॉल के दौरान, हम अंतिम चार्टर के रिलीज़ होने का उत्सव मनाएंगे और चार्टर प्रस्तुत करेंगे। अपना मत देने से पहले चार्टर के बारे में जानें और इसमें सम्मिलित होएं।

आंदोलन के चार्टर के अनुसमर्थन का मत

मतदान सिक्योरपोल पर २५ जून, २०२४ को ००:०१ UTC पर प्रारम्भ होगा और ९ जुलाई, २०२४ को २३:५९ UTC पर समाप्त होगा। कृपया मतदाताओं हेतु जानकारी और पात्रता विवरण के बारे में मेटा पर और अधिक पढ़ें।

यदि आपके कोई प्रश्न हों, तो कृपया मेटा के वार्ता पृष्ठ पर अपनी टिप्पणी दें अथवा एमसीडीसी को mcdc@wikimedia.org पर ईमेल करें।

एमसीडीसी की ओर से,

RamzyM (WMF) ०८:४४, ११ जून २०२४ (UTC)

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर को अनुमोदित करने के लिए मतदान प्रक्रिया प्रारम्भ है - अपना मतदान करें

आप इस संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित पा सकते हैं। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

नमस्कार,

विकिमीडिया आंदोलन के चार्टर को अनुमोदित करने के लिए मतदान अब प्रारम्भ हो चुका है। विकिमीडिया आंदोलन का चार्टर विकिमीडिया आंदोलन के सभी सदस्यों और संस्थाओं के लिए भूमिका और उत्तरदायित्वों को परिभाषित करने वाला एक दस्तावेज है, जिसमें आंदोलन के प्रशासन के लिए एक नए निकाय - ग्लोबल काउंसिल - का निर्माण भी सम्मिलित है।

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट के चार्टर का अंतिम संस्करण मेटा पर विभिन्न भाषाओं में उपलब्ध है और आपके पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ पीडीएफ प्रारूप में संलग्न है।

मतदान सिक्योरपोल पर २५ जून, २०२४ को ००:०१ UTC पर प्रारम्भ होगा और ९ जुलाई, २०२४ को २३:५९ UTC पर समाप्त होगा। कृपया मतदाताओं हेतु जानकारी और पात्रता विवरण पर और अधिक पढ़ें।

चार्टर को पढ़ने के बाद, कृपया यहाँ मतदान करें और इस नोट को आगे साझा करें।

यदि आपके पास अनुसमर्थन हेतु मतदान के बारे में कोई प्रश्न हैं, तो कृपया चार्टर के चुनाव आयोग से cec@wikimedia.org पर संपर्क करें।

सीईसी की ओर से,

RamzyM (WMF) १०:५१, २५ जून २०२४ (UTC)

विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर के अनुमोदन हेतु मतदान शीघ्र ही समाप्त हो रहा है

संदेश को मेटा-विकी पर अतिरिक्त भाषाओं में अनुवादित किया गया है। कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

नमस्कार,

यह एक अनुस्मारक है कि विकिमीडिया मूवमेंट चार्टर की पुष्टि हेतु मतदान की अवधि ९ जुलाई, २०२४ को २३:५९ UTC पर समाप्त हो जाएगी।

यदि आपने अभी तक मतदान नहीं किया है, तो कृपया सिक्योरपोल पर लिंक पर मतदान करें।

चार्टर के चुनाव आयोग की ओर से,

RamzyM (WMF) ०३:४५, ८ जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)

U4C Special Election - Call for Candidates

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello all,

A special election has been called to fill additional vacancies on the U4C. The call for candidates phase is open from now through July 19, 2024.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members are invited to submit their applications in the special election for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

In this special election, according to chapter 2 of the U4C charter, there are 9 seats available on the U4C: four community-at-large seats and five regional seats to ensure the U4C represents the diversity of the movement. No more than two members of the U4C can be elected from the same home wiki. Therefore, candidates must not have English Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, or Italian Wikipedia as their home wiki.

Read more and submit your application on Meta-wiki.

In cooperation with the U4C,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) ००:०२, १० जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)

Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting results

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello everyone,

After carefully tallying both individual and affiliate votes, the Charter Electoral Commission is pleased to announce the final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter voting.  

As communicated by the Charter Electoral Commission, we reached the quorum for both Affiliate and individual votes by the time the vote closed on July 9, 23:59 UTC. We thank all 2,451 individuals and 129 Affiliate representatives who voted in the ratification process. Your votes and comments are invaluable for the future steps in Movement Strategy.

The final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting held between 25 June and 9 July 2024 are as follows:

Individual vote:

Out of 2,451 individuals who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 2,446 have been accepted as valid votes. Among these, 1,710 voted “yes”; 623 voted “no”; and 113 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 73.30% voted to approve the Charter (1710/2333), while 26.70% voted to reject the Charter (623/2333).

Affiliates vote:

Out of 129 Affiliates designated voters who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 129 votes are confirmed as valid votes. Among these, 93 voted “yes”; 18 voted “no”; and 18 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 83.78% voted to approve the Charter (93/111), while 16.22% voted to reject the Charter (18/111).

Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation:

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted not to ratify the proposed Charter during their special Board meeting on July 8, 2024. The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Nataliia Tymkiv, shared the result of the vote, the resolution, meeting minutes and proposed next steps.  

With this, the Wikimedia Movement Charter in its current revision is not ratified.

We thank you for your participation in this important moment in our movement’s governance.

The Charter Electoral Commission,

Abhinav619, Borschts, Iwuala Lucy, Tochiprecious, Der-Wir-Ing

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १७:५१, १८ जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)

Vote now to fill vacancies of the first U4C

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Dear all,

I am writing to you to let you know the voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open now through August 10, 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility.

The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community members were invited to submit their applications for the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, please review the U4C Charter.

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

In cooperation with the U4C,

RamzyM (WMF) ०२:४६, २७ जुलाई २०२४ (UTC)

Reminder! Vote closing soon to fill vacancies of the first U4C

You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Dear all,

The voting period for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is closing soon. It is open through 10 August 2024. Read the information on the voting page on Meta-wiki to learn more about voting and voter eligibility. If you are eligible to vote and have not voted in this special election, it is important that you vote now.

Why should you vote? The U4C is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. Community input into the committee membership is critical to the success of the UCoC.

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

In cooperation with the U4C,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) १५:२९, ६ अगस्त २०२४ (UTC)

Coming soon: A new sub-referencing feature – try it!

Hello. For many years, community members have requested an easy way to re-use references with different details. Now, a MediaWiki solution is coming: The new sub-referencing feature will work for wikitext and Visual Editor and will enhance the existing reference system. You can continue to use different ways of referencing, but you will probably encounter sub-references in articles written by other users. More information on the project page.

We want your feedback to make sure this feature works well for you:

• Please try the current state of development on beta wiki and let us know what you think.
• Sign up here to get updates and/or invites to participate in user research activities.

Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team is planning to bring this feature to Wikimedia wikis later this year. We will reach out to creators/maintainers of tools and templates related to references beforehand.

Please help us spread the message. --Johannes Richter (WMDE) (talk) 10:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Sign up for the language community meeting on August 30th, 15:00 UTC

Hi all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks—on August 30th at 15:00 UTC. If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This participant-driven meeting will focus on sharing language-specific updates related to various projects, discussing technical issues related to language wikis, and working together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, topics included the Language Converter, the state of language research, updates on the Incubator conversations, and technical challenges around external links not working with special characters on Bengali sites.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates or discuss challenges? Please add agenda items to the document here and reach out to ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org. We look forward to your participation!

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) २३:१८, २२ अगस्त २०२४ (UTC)

Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

Original message at wikimedia-l. You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

Hello all,

The scrutineers have finished reviewing the vote and the Elections Committee have certified the results for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election.

I am pleased to announce the following individual as regional members of the U4C, who will fulfill a term until 15 June 2026:

• North America (USA and Canada)
  • Ajraddatz

The following seats were not filled during this special election:

• Latin America and Caribbean
• Central and East Europe (CEE)
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• South Asia
• The four remaining Community-At-Large seats

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this process and much appreciation to the candidates for your leadership and dedication to the Wikimedia movement and community.

Over the next few weeks, the U4C will begin meeting and planning the 2024-25 year in supporting the implementation and review of the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines. You can follow their work on Meta-Wiki.

On behalf of the U4C and the Elections Committee,

RamzyM (WMF) १४:०५, २ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)

अपना मत दें: २०२४ न्यासी बोर्ड के लिए मतदान करें!

सभी को नमस्कार,

२०२४ न्यासी बोर्ड चुनाव के लिए मतदान की अवधि अब प्रारम्भ है।बोर्ड में चार (४) सीटों के लिए बारह (१२) उम्मीदवार हैं।

उनके कथन पढ़कर और उनके सामुदायिक प्रश्नों के उत्तर द्वारा उम्मीदवारों के बारे में अधिक जानें।

जब आप तैयार हों, और मतदान करने के लिए SecurePoll मतदान पृष्ठ पर जाएँ । वोट ३ सितंबर ००:०० यूटीसी से १७ सितंबर २३:५९ यूटीसी तक चालू है।

आपके मतदान हेतु पात्रता की जाँच करने के लिए, कृपया मतदाता पात्रता पृष्ठ पर जाएँ।

सादर,

चुनाव समिति और बोर्ड चयन हेतु कार्यकारी समूह

MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १२:१३, ३ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)

आपका विकी जल्द ही केवल-पढ़ने के लिए उपलब्ध होगा।

इस संदेश को अन्य भाषा में पढ़ें • कृपया अपनी भाषा में अनुवादित करने में सहायता करें

विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन अपने डेटा केंद्रों के बीच ट्रैफ़िक को स्विच करेगा। इससे यह सुनिश्चित होगा कि विकिपीडिया और अन्य विकिमीडिया विकि किसी विपत्ति के बाद भी ठीक से काम करे।

पूरा यातायात २५ सितम्बर पर चालू रहेगा। परिक्षण १५:०० UTC बजे आरम्भ होगा।

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सभी विकिज़ लघु समय के लिए पढ पायेगे लेकिन इसे संपादित नही कर सकते |

• आप बुधवार २५ सितम्बर २०२४ को एक घण्टे तक सम्पादन नहीं कर सकोगे।
• यदि आप इस समय के दौरान सम्पादन अथवा सहेजने का प्रयास करेंगे तो आपको एक त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देगा। हम आशा करते हैं कि इस समय के दौरान कोई सम्पादन लुप्त नहीं होगा लेकिन हम इसकी प्रत्याभूति नहीं करते। यदि आपको कोई त्रुटि सन्देश दिखाई देता है तो कृपया सब कुछ सामान्य होने तक प्रतीक्षा करें। तब आपको अपने सम्पादन सहेजने चाहिए। लेकिन, हम अनुशंसा करते हैं कि आप अपने परिवर्तनों की एक प्रति पहले ही बना लें,जिसकी शायद जरूरत पड़े।

अन्य प्रभाव:

• पृष्ठभूमि की नौकरियां धीमी होंगी और कुछ को स्खलित किया जा सकता है। लाल कड़ियाँ सामान्य गति से अद्यतन नहीं हो सकती हैं। यदि आपने कोई लेख निर्मित किया है जो पहले से कहीं जुड़ा हुआ है, तो कड़ी सामान्य से अधिक समय तक लाल रहेगी। कुछ लम्बे समय तक चलने वाली लिपि रुकी रहेंगी।
• हम अपेक्षा करते हैं कि कोड परिनियोजन अन्य किसी सप्ताह की तरह ही होगा। यद्यपि, कुछ विषयानुसार कोड यथासमय बन्द रह सकेगा यदि सम्बंधित संक्रिया की तदुपरांत आवश्यकता होगी।
• गिटलैब 90 मिनट के लिए अनुपलब्ध होगा।

यदि आवश्यक हो तो इस परियोजना को स्थगित किया जा सकता है। आप अनुसूची को wikitech.wikimedia.org पर भी पढ़ सकते हैं। अन्य परिवर्तन की अनुसूची में घोषणा की जायेगी।

कृपया यह सूचना अपने समुदाय के साथ साझा करें।

Trizek_(WMF), ०९:३७, २० सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...

Apologies for cross-posting in English. Please consider translating this message.साँचा:Tracked

Hello everyone, a small change will soon be coming to the user-interface of your Wikimedia project. The Wikidata item sitelink currently found under the General section of the Tools sidebar menu will move into the In Other Projects section.

We would like the Wiki communities feedback so please let us know or ask questions on the Discussion page before we enable the change which can take place October 4 2024, circa 15:00 UTC+2. More information can be found on the project page.

We welcome your feedback and questions.
MediaWiki message delivery (वार्ता) १८:५८, २७ सितम्बर २०२४ (UTC)

Invitation to Participate in Wiki Loves Ramadan Community Engagement Survey

Dear all,

Apologies for writing in English. Please help to translate in your language. We are excited to announce the upcoming Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative aimed at celebrating Ramadan by enriching Wikipedia and its sister projects with content related to this significant time of year. As we plan to organize this event globally, your insights and experiences are crucial in shaping the best possible participation experience for the community.

To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is engaging, inclusive, and impactful, we kindly invite you to participate in our community engagement survey. Your feedback will help us understand the needs of the community, set the event's focus, and guide our strategies for organizing this global event.

Survey link: https://forms.gle/f66MuzjcPpwzVymu5

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will make a difference!

Thank you for being a part of our journey to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success.

Warm regards,

User:ZI Jony ०३:२०, ६ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)

Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team

२०२४ विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ़ ट्रस्टीज़ चुनाव के प्रारंभिक परिणाम

सभी को नमस्कार,

२०२४ विकिमीडिया फाउंडेशन बोर्ड ऑफ ट्रस्टीज चुनाव में भाग लेने वाले सभी लोगों को धन्यवाद। 180 से अधिक विकी परियोजनाओं के करीब 6000 समुदाय के सदस्यों ने मतदान किया है।

निम्नलिखित चार उम्मीदवारों को सबसे अधिक मत मिलेः

1. Christel Steigenberger
2. Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
3. Victoria Doronina
4. Lorenzo Losa

हालाँकि इन उम्मीदवारों को वोट के माध्यम से स्थान दिया गया है, फिर भी उन्हें न्यासी बोर्ड में नियुक्त करने की आवश्यकता है। उन्हें एक सफल पृष्ठभूमि जाँच भी उत्तीर्ण करनी होगी और उपनियमों में उल्लिखित योग्यताओं को पूरा करना होगा। दिसंबर २०२४ में अगली बोर्ड बैठक में नए ट्रस्टियों की नियुक्ति की जाएगी।

मेटा-विकी पर परिणामों के बारे में अधिक जानें.

सादर,

चुनाव समिति और बोर्ड चयन हेतु कार्यकारी समूह

MPossoupe_(WMF) ०८:२४, १४ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)

आंदोलन की कई समितियों में सम्मिलित होने के लिए स्वयंसेवकों की खोज

प्रत्येक वर्ष, आमतौर पर अक्टूबर से दिसंबर तक, आंदोलन की कई समितियाँ नए स्वयंसेवकों की खोज करती हैं।

समितियों के बारे में उनके मेटा-विकी पृष्ठों पर अधिक पढ़ें:

• संबद्धता समिति (AffCom)
• ओम्बड्स कमीशन (OC)
• केस रिव्यू कमेटी (CRC)

समितियों के लिए आवेदन १६ अक्टूबर २०२४ को खुलेंगे। संबद्धता समिति के लिए आवेदन १८ नवम्बर २०२४ को बंद होंगे, और लोकपाल आयोग और केस समीक्षा समिति के लिए आवेदन २ दिसम्बर २०२४ को बंद होंगे। मेटा-विकी पर अपॉइंटमेंट पेज पर जाकर आवेदन करने का तरीका जानें। अपने किसी भी प्रश्न के लिए बातचीत पृष्ठ पर पोस्ट करें या cst@wikimedia.org को ईमेल करें।

समिति की सहायता टीम के लिए,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) २३:०७, १६ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving, finally.

Hello everyone, I previously wrote on the 27th September to advise that the Wikidata item sitelink will change places in the sidebar menu, moving from the General section into the In Other Projects section. The scheduled rollout date of 04.10.2024 was delayed due to a necessary request for Mobile/MinervaNeue skin. I am happy to inform that the global rollout can now proceed and will occur later today, 22.10.2024 at 15:00 UTC-2. Please let us know if you notice any problems or bugs after this change. There should be no need for null-edits or purging cache for the changes to occur. Kind regards, -Danny Benjafield (WMDE) ११:३०, २२ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)

Final Reminder: Join us in Making Wiki Loves Ramadan Success

Dear all,

We’re thrilled to announce the Wiki Loves Ramadan event, a global initiative to celebrate Ramadan by enhancing Wikipedia and its sister projects with valuable content related to this special time of year. As we organize this event globally, we need your valuable input to make it a memorable experience for the community.

Last Call to Participate in Our Survey: To ensure that Wiki Loves Ramadan is inclusive and impactful, we kindly request you to complete our community engagement survey. Your feedback will shape the event’s focus and guide our organizing strategies to better meet community needs.

• Survey Link: Complete the Survey
• Deadline: November 10, 2024

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Your input will truly make a difference!

Volunteer Opportunity: Join the Wiki Loves Ramadan Team! We’re seeking dedicated volunteers for key team roles essential to the success of this initiative. If you’re interested in volunteer roles, we invite you to apply.

• Application Link: Apply Here
• Application Deadline: October 31, 2024

Explore Open Positions: For a detailed list of roles and their responsibilities, please refer to the position descriptions here: Position Descriptions

Thank you for being part of this journey. We look forward to working together to make Wiki Loves Ramadan a success!

Warm regards,
The Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team ०५:११, २९ अक्टूबर २०२४ (UTC)

Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC

Hello everyone,

The next language community meeting is coming up next week, on November 29th, at 16:00 UTC (Zonestamp! For your timezone <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1732896000>). If you're interested in joining, you can sign up on this wiki page: <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Language_and_Product_Localization/Community_meetings#29_November_2024>.

This participant-driven meeting will be organized by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Language Product Localization team and the Language Diversity Hub. There will be presentations on topics like developing language keyboards, the creation of the Moore Wikipedia, and the language support track at Wiki Indaba. We will also have members from the Wayuunaiki community joining us to share their experiences with the Incubator and as a new community within our movement. This meeting will have a Spanish interpretation.

Looking forward to seeing you at the language community meeting! Cheers, Srishti १९:५३, २१ नवम्बर २०२४ (UTC)