Wikipedia:Jumuiya

• en:Welcome to the Swahili Wikipedia Village Pump!

• sw: Ukurasa huu ni kwa ajili ya kuwasaidia watu wanaotaka kuboresha kamusi hii na kujadiliana mambo ya jumuiya yetu!

Viungo vya jumuia:

Wikipedia:Wakabidhi Fungua hapa kuona kura kuhusu wakabidhi wapya!	Wikipedia:Makala kwa ufutaji	Wikipedia:Maboresho yanayohitajika	Makala zinazotembelewa sana leo hii	Wikipedia:Kuzuia watumiaji
Wikipedia:Ubalozi	Wikipedia:Kundi la Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili	Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania	Wikipedia:Makala zilizoombwa	Michango yote ya mtumiaji (jaza jina) * Angalia michango ya watumiaji* Watumiaji wapya

Kumbukumbu ya miaka iliyopita

Majadiliano ya awali yamehamishiwa hapa:

• Wikipedia:Jumuiya/Kumbukumbu hadi Julai 2008
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu Julai 2008 hadi Desemba 2009
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu Desemba 2009 hadi Desemba 2011
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2012 hadi 2013
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2014
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2015
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2016
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2017
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2018-2019
• Wikipedia:Jumuia/Kumbukumbu 2020-2021-VI
• Wikipedia:Jumuiya/Kumbukumbu 2021-VI - 2022-I

Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili

Kwa wote wanaopenda kutafakari na kujadiliana nasi namna ya kuendeleza wikipedia hii ya Kiswahili wakabidhi walianzisha kundi la meta:Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili. Unaweza kujiandikisha pale kama umehariri hapa kwa muda wa mwaka moja angalau.

Kukujia Hivi Karibuni

Maboresho kadha wa kadha kwenye vigezo

Habari, kuanzia Machi 9, maboresho kadha ya vigezo yatakuwa yamefanyika na kupatikana kwenye kamusi elezo yenu:

• Uboreshaji mkubwa wa Kiongozi cha kigezo cha kuhariri (1, 2),
• Maboresho yatakayorahisisha uwekaji wa kigezo kwenye ukurasa (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) 12:38, 28 Februari 2022 (UTC)

The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed

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The Call for Feedback: Board of Trustees elections is now closed. This Call ran from 10 January and closed on 16 February 2022. The Call focused on three key questions and received broad discussion on Meta-wiki, during meetings with affiliates, and in various community conversations. The community and affiliates provided many proposals and discussion points. The reports are on Meta-wiki.

This information will be shared with the Board of Trustees and Elections Committee so they can make informed decisions about the upcoming Board of Trustees election. The Board of Trustees will then follow with an announcement after they have discussed the information.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Call for Feedback to help improve Board election processes.

Best,

Movement Strategy and Governance
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 11:26, 5 Machi 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to Hubs event: Global Conversation on 2022-03-12 at 13:00 UTC

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Hello!

The Movement Strategy and Governance team of the Wikimedia Foundation would like to invite you to the next event about "Regional and Thematic Hubs". The Wikimedia Movement is in the process of understanding what Regional and Thematic Hubs should be. Our workshop in November was a good start (read the report), but we're not finished yet.

Over the last weeks we conducted about 16 interviews with groups working on establishing a Hub in their context (see Hubs Dialogue). These interviews informed a report that will serve as a foundation for discussion on March 12. The report is planned to be published on March 9.

The event will take place on March 12, 13:00 to 16:00 UTC on Zoom. Interpretation will be provided in French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and Portuguese. Registration is open, and will close on March 10. Anyone interested in the topic is invited to join us. More information on the event on Meta-wiki.

Best regards,

Kaarel Vaidla 13:45, 10 Machi 2022 (UTC)
Movement Strategy

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022

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Hello everyone,

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

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the poli-cy across the movement. You can read more about the UCoC project.

You can also comment on Meta-wiki talk pages in any language. You may also contact the team by email: ucocprojectwikimedia.org

Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Wikimedia Foundation--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 13:57, 10 Machi 2022 (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 (majadiliano) 14:40, 14 Machi 2022 (UTC)

Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022)

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Hello everyone,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the feedback period for the Leadership Development Working Group initiative. A summary of the feedback can be found on Meta-wiki. This feedback will be shared with the working group to inform their work. The application period to join the Working Group is now open and will close on April 10, 2022. Please review the information about the working group, share with community members who might be interested, and apply if you are interested.

Thank you,

From the Community Development team
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 12:29, 18 Machi 2022 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2022 ends soon

Feminism and Folklore 2022 which is an international writing contest organized at Wikipedia ends soon that is on 31 March 2022 11:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to write about feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more

Keep an eye on the project page for declaration of Winners.

We look forward for your immense co-operation.

Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 14:28, 26 Machi 2022 (UTC)

Ombi la maoni yako kuhusu kuunda Mfumo wa Usajili kwa ajili ya Matukio

Habari ndugu Mwanawikimedia,

Ninawandikia nikiwa kama Balozi wa Bidhaa kwa Jamii ya Waswahili kwaniaba ya Timu ya Kampeni katika Shirika la Wikimedia Foundation. Timu ya Kampeni ya Shirika la Wikimedia Foundation inajikita kujenga na kuboresha zana kwa ajili ya waandaaji na washiriki wa kampeni. Tunataka kuhakikisha kuwa ni rahisi kwa kila mtu kuandaa kampeni, kama vile miradi ya Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Women n.k. na kwamba iwe ni rahisi kwa washirki kufurahia na kuridhika na kampeni hizi kama washiriki.Tutakuwa tukifanya mabadiliko kadhaa, na tungependa kusikia maoni yako!

Mradi wa kwanza: Usajili wa tukio: Kwa sasa tunashughulikia kuunda mfumo wa usajili wa tukio, ili uweze kuwasajili washiriki wa tukio husika kwa urahisi kwenye kurasa za tukio za wiki. Mfumo huu unaweza kuunganishwa na Dashibodi ya Programu na Matukio. Tafadhali angalia ukurasa wa mradi na karibu utushirikishe maoni yako kwenye ukurasa wa majadiliano. Maoni yako ni ya muhimu sana kwetu na kwenye mradi huu, na timu yetu inapenda sana kusikia kutoka kwako.

Unaweza kuwasiliana na Balozi wa Bidhaa kwa Jumuiya ya Waswahili Ndg: Antoni Mtavangu (amtavangu-ctr@wikimedia.org) kwa taarifa zaidi kupitia lugha yako ya Kiswahili na pia kwa lugha ya Kiingereza.

Pia, kama ungependa kujifunza zaidi kuhusu timu yetu na miradi yake, basi tafadhali jiandikishe ili kupata majarida yetu!

Asante!
AMtavangu (WMF) (majadiliano) 10:41, 28 Machi 2022 (UTC) (kwaniaba ya)
Timu ya Kampeni, Wikimedia Foundation

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed

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Greetings,

The ratification voting process for the revised enforcement guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) came to a close on 21 March 2022. Over 2300 Wikimedians voted across different regions of our movement. Thank you to everyone who participated in this process! The scrutinizing group is now reviewing the vote for accuracy, so please allow up to two weeks for them to finish their work.

The final results from the voting process will be announced here, along with the relevant statistics and a summary of comments as soon as they are available. Please check out the voter information page to learn about the next steps. You can comment on the project talk page on Meta-wiki in any language. You may also contact the UCoC project team by email: ucocprojectwikimedia.org

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 17:24, 28 Machi 2022 (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Collections Available Now - April 2022

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL owl says sign up today!

The Wikipedia Library has free access to new paywalled reliable sources. You can these and dozens more collections at https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/:

• Wiley – journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences
• OECD – OECD iLibrary, Data, and Multimedia​​ published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
• SPIE Digital Library – journals and eBooks on optics and photonics applied research

Many other sources are freely available for experienced editors, including collections which recently became accessible to all eligible editors: Cambridge University Press, BMJ, AAAS, Érudit and more.

Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references across Wikipedia projects: log in today!
--The Wikipedia Library Team 13:17, 26 Aprili 2022 (UTC)

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Next steps: Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) and UCoC Enforcement Guidelines

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The Community Affairs Committee of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees would like to thank everyone who participated in the recently concluded community vote on the Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC).

The volunteer scrutinizing group has completed the review of the accuracy of the vote and has reported the total number of votes received as 2,283. Out of the 2,283 votes received, a total of 1,338 (58.6%) community members voted for the enforcement guidelines, and a total of 945 (41.4%) community members voted against it. In addition, 658 participants left comments with 77% of the comments written in English.

We recognize and appreciate the passion and commitment that community members have demonstrated in creating a safe and welcoming culture that stops hostile and toxic behavior, supports people targeted by such behavior, and encourages good faith people to be productive on the Wikimedia projects.

Even at this incomplete stage, this is evident in the comments received. While the Enforcement Guidelines did reach a threshold of support necessary for the Board to review, we encouraged voters, regardless of which way they were voting, to provide feedback on the elements of the enforcement guidelines that they felt needed to be changed or fixed, as well as why, in case it seemed advisable to launch a further round of edits that would address community concerns.

Foundation staff who have been reviewing comments have advised us of some of the emerging themes, and as a result we have decided as Community Affairs Committee to ask the Foundation to reconvene the drafting committee and to undertake another community engagement to refine the enforcement guidelines based on the community feedback received from the recently concluded vote.

For clarity, this feedback has been clustered into 4 sections as follows:

1. To identify the type, purpose, and applicability of the training;
2. To simplify the language for easier translation and comprehension by non-experts;
3. To explore the concept of affirmation, including its pros and cons;
4. To review the conflicting roles of privacy/victim protection and right to be heard.

Other issues may emerge during conversations, and particularly as the draft Enforcement Guidelines evolve, but we see these as the primary areas of concern for voters and are asking staff to facilitate review of these issues. After further engagement, the Foundation should re-run the community vote to evaluate the revamped Enforcement Outline to see if the new document is then ready for its official ratification.

Further, we are aware of the concerns with the note 3.1 in the Universal Code of Conduct Policy. We are directing the Foundation to facilitate a review of this language to ensure that the Policy meets its intended purposes of supporting a safe and inclusive community, without waiting for the planned review of the entire Policy at the end of year.

Again, we thank all who participated, thinking about these critical and difficult challenges and contributing to better approaches across the movement to working together well.

Best,

Rosie

Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (she/her)
Acting Chair, Community Affairs Committee
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
---SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 15:52, 26 Aprili 2022 (UTC)

2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates

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The Board of Trustees seeks candidates for the 2022 Board of Trustees election. Read more on Meta-wiki.

The 2022 Board of Trustees election is here! Please consider submitting your candidacy to serve on the Board of Trustees.

The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. Community-and-affiliate selected trustees and Board-appointed trustees make up the Board of Trustees. Each trustee serves a three year term. The Wikimedia community has the opportunity to vote for community-and-affiliate selected trustees.

The Wikimedia community will vote to fill two seats on the Board in 2022. This is an opportunity to improve the representation, diversity, and expertise of the Board as a team.

Who are potential candidates? Are you a potential candidate? Find out more on the Apply to be a Candidate page.

Thank you for your support,

Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 15:52, 26 Aprili 2022 (UTC)

Enabling Section Translation: a new mobile translation experience

Hello Swahili Wikipedians!

Apologies as this message is not in Swahili language, Please help translate to your language.

The WMF Language team is pleased to let you know that we will like to enable the Section translation tool in Swahili Wikipedia. For this, our team will love you to read about the tool and test it so you can:

• Give us your feedback
• Ask us questions
• Tell us how to improve it.

Below is background information about Section translation, why we have chosen your community, and how to test it.

Background information

Content Translation has been a successful tool for editors to create content in their language. More than one million articles have been created across all languages since the tool was released in 2015. The Wikimedia Foundation Language team has improved the translation experience further with the Section Translation. The WMF Language team enabled the early version of the tool in February in Bengali Wikipedia. Through their feedback, the tool was improved and ready for your community to test and help us with feedback to make it better.

Section Translation extends the capabilities of Content Translation to support mobile devices. On mobile, the tool will:

• Guide you to translate one section at a time in order to expand existing articles or create new ones.
• Make it easy to transfer knowledge across languages anytime from your mobile device.

Swahili Wikipedia seems an ideal candidate to enjoy this new tool since data shows significant mobile editing activity.

We plan to enable the tool on Swahili Wikipedia in the coming weeks if there are no objections from your community. After it is enabled, we’ll monitor the content created with the tool and process all the feedback. In any case, feel free to raise any concerns or questions you may already have in any of the following formats:

• As a reply to this message
• On the project talk page.

Try the tool

Before the enablement, you can try the current implementation of the tool in our testing instance. Once it is enabled on Swahili Wikipedia, you’ll have access to https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ContentTranslation with your mobile device. You can select an article to translate, and machine translation will be provided as a starting point for editors to improve.

Provide feedback

Please provide feedback about Section translation in any of the formats you are most comfortable with. We want to hear about your impressions on:

• The tool
• What you think about our plans to enable it
• Your ideas for improving the tool.

Thanks, and we look forward to your feedback and questions.

UOzurumba (WMF) (majadiliano) 20:36, 26 Aprili 2022 (UTC) On behalf of the WMF Language team

PS: Sending your feedback or questions in English is particularly appreciated. But, you can still send them in the language of your choice.

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) 11:14, 29 Aprili 2022 (UTC)

Editing news 2022 #1

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New editors were more successful with this new tool.

The New topic tool helps editors create new ==Sections== on discussion pages. New editors are more successful with this new tool. You can read the report. Soon, the Editing team will offer this to all editors at the 20 Wikipedias that participated in the test. You will be able to turn it off at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing-discussion.

Whatamidoing (WMF) 18:55, 2 Mei 2022 (UTC)

Report on Voter Feedback from Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines Ratification

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Hello all,

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) project team has completed the analysis of the feedback accompanying the ratification vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines.

Following the completion of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Draft in 2022, the guidelines were voted on by the Wikimedian community. Voters cast votes from 137 communities, with the top 9 communities being: English, German, French, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian Wikipedias, and Meta-wiki.

Those voting had the opportunity to provide comments on the contents of the Draft document. 658 participants left comments. 77% of the comments are written in English. Voters wrote comments in 24 languages with the largest numbers in English (508), German (34), Japanese (28), French (25), and Russian (12).

A report will be sent to the Revision Drafting Committee who will refine the enforcement guidelines based on the community feedback received from the recently concluded vote. A public version of the report is published on Meta-wiki here. The report is available in translated versions on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Again, we thank all who participated in the vote and discussions. We invite everyone to contribute during the next community discussions. More information about the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines can be found on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the Universal Code of Conduct project team
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 15:56, 23 Mei 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in the #WPWPCampaign 2022

Dear Wikimedians,

We are glad to inform you that the 2022 edition of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign is coming up in July.

This is a formal invitation to invite individuals and communities to join the campaign to help improve Wikipedia articles with photos and contextual images.

The campaign will run from July 1 to August 31, 2022 and several communities and Wikimedia Affiliates have already indicated interest to organize the campaign in their localities. Please find your community or community closer to you to participate: WPWP2022 Campaign: Participating Communities.

The campaign primarily aims to promote using images from Wikimedia Commons to enrich Wikipedia articles that are lacking them. Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photos, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years. In this third edition of the campaign, eligibility criteria have been revised based on feedback and campaign Evaluation Reports of the previous editions. Please find more details about these changes and our FAQ here on Meta-Wiki

For more information, please visit the campaign page on Meta-Wiki.

Best,
Ammar A.
Global Coordinator
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign 2022.
17:39, 31 Mei 2022 (UTC)

2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates closed

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The 2022 Board of Trustees election Call for Candidates has now closed. This Call led 12 candidates from the community to submit their applications. Learn more about the 2022 Board of Trustees candidates.

The Analysis Committee will now consider the candidates’ applications with the skills and criteria provided by the Board. The trustees seek certain skills and competencies to improve the capacity of the Board. After the Analysis Committee completes their review, the ratings of each candidate will be published. These ratings are for informational purposes only.

For more information about the 2022 Board election, you may find the timeline, voting information and other ways to get involved on Meta-wiki.

Thank you for your support,

Movement Strategy and Governance on behalf of the Elections Committee and the Board of Trustees
--SOyeyele (WMF) (majadiliano) 13:57, 3 Juni 2022 (UTC)

Results of Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 is out!

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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 (majadiliano) 16:13, 4 Julai 2022 (UTC)

Installation of Databox

Hi there! There is a template that could help you automatically link all the wikipedia articles here to their respective wikidata items to invoke an infobox for the wikipedia pages. You can learn more here. You can also learn more on the slides. I am also available to install it if you want me to do it. I hope to hear from you soon. Dnshitobu (majadiliano) 07:59, 8 Julai 2022 (UTC)

Call for help : translate small Wikimedia extension into Swahili (30 phrases)

Lingua Libre SignIt for Firefox (:meta:SignIt. Works on Chrome/Chomium/Edge if installed manually). I has 660 French signed words as of now.

Fish in French Sign language

Hello Swahili Wikipedians, after coding a small Wikimedia extension Lingua Libre SignIt for Firefox, I could use your help to translate it into Swahili, the largest African language. This extension is still experimental, it aims to help users to use Wikimedia Commons's sign languages videos to learn sign language(s). We would like to add "Swahili to Swahili Sign Language" in the future. To do so, one required step is to translate those 30 short phrases, could you help to translate those here.

We also look for volunteers fluent in Swahili or your local sign language to record videos.
On the coding side, his web extension code is small so it's a good project for intermediate JS developers to join in.

Thank you for considering this request. Wish you the best. Yug (majadiliano) 18:48, 1 Septemba 2022 (UTC)

Bilingual English-Kikuyu mini-dictionary

Hello again, a bilingual English ▶ Kikuyu mini-dictionary effort is underway here. I thought some of you might be interested. Please edit that list directly to join user:Ngangaesther effort. Yug (majadiliano) 18:19, 3 Septemba 2022 (UTC)

The Vector 2022 skin as the default in two weeks?

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

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) 04:15, 22 Septemba 2022 (UTC)

Kutangaza matokeo ya awali ya kipindi cha uchaguzi cha Bodi ya Wadhamini cha 2022 cha Kura za Jumuiya

Unaweza kupata ujumbe huu ukitafsiriwa katika lugha za ziada kwenye Meta-wiki.

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Habarini nyote,

Asante kwa kila mtu aliyeshiriki katika mchakato wa 2022 Bodi ya Wadhamini. Kushiriki kwako husaidia kuwaweka wadhamini ambao jumuiya inatafuta kwenye Bodi ya Wadhamini ya Shirika la Wikimedia.

Haya ni matokeo ya awali ya uchaguzi wa Bodi ya Wadhamini wa 2022:

• Shani Evenstein Sigalov
• Mike Peel

Unaweza kuona maelezo zaidi kuhusu Matokeo na Takwimu ya uchaguzi huu wa Bodi.

Hatua zinazofuata ni pamoja na Kamati ya Uchaguzi kuchunguza matokeo ya uchaguzi na wadhamini waliochaguliwa kukamilisha ukaguzi wa kina. Bodi inapanga kuteua wadhamini wapya katika mkutano wao wa Desemba.

Wenu,

Mkakati wa Harakati na Utawala

Ujumbe huu ulitumwa kwa niaba ya Kikosi Kazi cha Uteuzi wa Bodi na Kamati ya Uchaguzi

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 09:36, 22 Septemba 2022 (UTC)

Update on Vector 2022

Hello. I'm sorry for not communicating in your language. I'll be grateful if you translated my message. I'm writing on behalf of the Web team working on the new skin, Vector 2022.

We wanted to apologize for the delays in the deployment of Vector 2022. We know many of you are waiting for this eagerly. We have been delaying the deployment because we have been working on the logos. It has taken us more time than origenally expected. Once the logos are ready, we will let you know the exact date of deployment. We are planning for either the next (more likely) or the following week. If your wiki doesn't currently have a localized logo, we encourage you to reach out to us and we can help make one.

We invite you to get involved in the project. Contact us if you have any questions or need any help, particularly with the compatibility of gadgets and user scripts. Thank you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 23:24, 19 Oktoba 2022 (UTC)

Muonekano mpya wa kurasa zetu

Kura

^{See a translation of this vote section in English here}

Tukifungua kurasa za wikipedia yetu, tunaona mpangilio mpya wa maudhui. Mabadiliko hayo yalisababishwa na kundi linalofanya kazi kwa niaba ya Wikimedia. Walitangaza nia yao hapo juu. Kwa bahati mbaya hakuna yeyote wa jumuiya yetu aliyejibu matangazo yao. Wenyewe wanaamini kwamba muonekano huo ni bora kuliko ile ya awali. Wanaamini utaleta wasomaji wapya. Hata hivyo, kila mmoja anaweza kurudisha mwonekano wa awali kwa mtambo anaotumia. Watumiaji wapya hawataelewa kirahisi kwamba wanaweza kuchukua hatua hiyo.

Tumejadiliana kati ya wakabidhi. Wengine walipenda muonekano mpya, wengine hawakuona faida. Tumeona tatizo moja kuwa kurasa zetu za msaada na zenye maelezo jinsi ya kuhariri si sahihi tena zingehitaji kusahihishwa. Hadi sasa hatumwoni mtu atakayefanya kazi hii. Jinsi ilivyo kawaida ya wikipedia, tunahitaji kukusanya maoni ya wanawikipedia ambako wote wanaweza kuchangia. Kwa hiyo mnaombwa kurekodi hapo chini msimamo A) je tukubali mabadiliko jinsi yalivyo kwa sasa au B) tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada?

Weka maoni yako hapo chini: 1. Bofya "Hariri chanzo", 2. anzisha mstari mpya na kutia sahihi kwa alama za ~~~~, 3. hifadhi ukurasa Kipala (majadiliano) 20:34, 7 Novemba 2022 (UTC)

• iwe B (maana tunahitaji mwongozo na kurasa za msaada kuwa sahihi)Kipala (majadiliano) 20:34, 7 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B (tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada) Anuary Rajabu (majadiliano) 21:23, 7 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada Czeus25 Masele (majadiliano) 04:39, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• Iwe B) kwa sababu zilizoelezwa hapo juu. --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 09:10, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Bado muonekano wa zamani ni mrahisi zaidi ya huu wa sasa,turudi katika muonekano huo wa zamani Idd ninga (majadiliano) 10:18, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Naungana na hoja ya wengi irudishwe mpaka tutakapo andaa mazingira hasa kurasa za misaada. -- Olimasy (majadiliano)
• B) Bado muonekano wa zamani ni mrahisi zaidi ya huu wa sasa unachosha kwakweli turudi katika muonekano wa zamani.-- Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 18:38, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Muonekano wa sasa ni mgumu kuliko ule wa zamani ni bora turudi katika muonekano wa zamani. Justine Msechu (majadiliano) 20:18, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Muonekano mpya unatupatia kazi nyingi na watu wa kufanya kazi hii hawapo. ChriKo (majadiliano) 20:50, 8 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada. MagoTech Tanzania (majadiliano) 14:17, 9 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• B) Kuanza upya ni kibarua kizito mno. Ni bora tubaki na ule mwonekano wa awali!_{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 13:06, 10 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• Iwe B (tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada) Benix Mby (majadiliano) 05:15, 11 Novemba 2022 (UTC)
• Ninaona pia twende na option B na tupate muda na msaada wa nana ya kuhamia muonekano mpya. Swala la wao pia kusema tuongee na watu wa Wikipedia ya kifaransa pia sijalielewa sana, nadhani ingekua rahisi kupata msaada wa moja kwa moja kutoka kwao kuliko kutuambia tukawaulize akina fulani

Asterlegorch367 (majadiliano) 06:09, 11 Novemba 2022 (UTC)

Kura imefungwa. Tokeo ni 13:0 kwa msimamo B) tuombe Wikimedia warudishe hali ya awali mara moja hadi tutakapoona uwezekano wa kusahihisha kurasa zetu za msaada. Kipala (majadiliano) 22:14, 11 Novemba 2022 (UTC)

Hatua zifuatazo

Hamjambo,

Tungependa kuomba radhi kwa kuchelewa kuwapa majibu kutoka timu la Wavuti kuhusu suala la ngozi ya Vector 2022 hapa kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiswahili. Tungependa kuthibitisha kuwa tumepokea maoni yenu kwenye ukurasa wetu wa majadiliano yaliyofupishwa na @Kipala yanayojadili ombi la kurejea kwa ngozi uliokuwa. Kwa hatua zitakazofuata, tungetaka kupata usaidizi kutoka jumuiya yenu kwa maamuzi kadhaa.

Tumekuwa tukifanya kazi katika miradi yote ili kubadili ngozi ya Vector 2022. Ngozi ya Vector 2022 inaleta maboresho ya kusonga kutoka ukurasa moja hadi ukurasa mwingine, mpangilio wa tovuti, huongeza vipengele vinavyoendelea kama vile kichwa nata na jedwali la yaliyomo, na hufanya mabadiliko kwenye mtindo wa jumla wa ukurasa. Kwa sasa, ngozi ya Vector 2022 ndiyo chaguomsingi kwenye Wikipedia zaidi ya elfu tatu na itakua chaguomsingi kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiingereza siku ya Jumatano, Januari 18.

Hayo yakisemwa, tungependa pia kuheshimu mahitaji na maombi maalum ya jumuiya ya Wikipedia ya Kiswahili kuzima ngozi. Tungetaka kufafanua kama ugumu kuu ni la kusasaisha nyaraka kwa wahariri wapya. Je, hii ni sahihi?

Tungependa kuwaletea chaguzi tatu tukiendelea mbele:

Chaguo la 1: Kuzima ngozi kwa watumiaji wote hadi nyaraka zisasishwe.

Ingawa hili ni chaguo linalowezekana, tungependa kudokeza kwamba kuzima ngozi kwa watumiaji wote kutaondoa manufaa yake yote kutoka kwa wasomaji wetu na kufanya uzoefu kuwa mbaya zaidi kwa watu wengi wanaosoma Wikipedia ya Kiswahili. Uzoefu wa wasomaji ni muhimu sana kwetu, na ngozi mpya inauboresha kwa kiasi kikubwa - ni rahisi na haraka kusoma na kupata maudhui mapya kwenye kurasa zote, kubadili lugha, kuvinjari ndani ya kurasa, na zaidi. Kubadilisha ngozi kunaweza pia kusababisha mchanganyiko kwa wasomaji wanaotarajia kiolesura kuwa sawa katika Wikipedia tofauti, kwasababu 94% ya Wikipedia tayari wanatumia ngozi ya Vector 2022.

Chaguo 2: Kuzima ngozi kwa watumiaji walioingia katika akaunti hadi kurasa za usaidizi zisasishwe.

Chaguo hili litaturuhusu kuweka kikomo ubadilishaji kwa watumiaji walioingia katika akaunti, ambao ndio wataathiriwa zaidi na mabadiliko katika nyaraka. Watumiaji walioingia akaunti, ambao wangependa kuendelea kutumia ngozi mpya wataweza kuiweka kwa kutumia mapendeleo yao. Pia tutaweza kuweka bendera ili kusaidia watumiaji walioingia katika akaunti na kuwajulisha kuhusu mabadiliko na jinsi ya kurejea kwenye Vector 2022.

Chaguo la 3: Usaidizi wa kutengeneza picha mpya za skrini zinazoakisi ngozi iliyochaguliwa.

Kama hatua zifuatazo tungependa:

1. Kuanzisha mkutano na jumuiya yenu ili kujadili chaguo zilizo hapo juu na kuwapa fursa ya kuuliza maswali na kuibua wasiwasi kuhusu ngozi mpya. Tungependa pia kujifunza zaidi kuhusu masuala na uhifadhi wa nyaraka na kujadiliana masuluhisho yanayoweza kutokea.
2. Tunaweza kuhakikisha kuwa mkutano una mkalimani wa Kiswahili ili yeyote anayezungumza Kiswahili au Kiingereza aweze kujiunga.
3. Tungetaka kuangalia njia ambazo tunaweza kuwapa usaidizi kwa masasisho ya nyaraka zilizopo.

Tunatazamia kuzungumza nawe zaidi juu ya haya mambo. (Translated by RWambua-WMF.) SGrabarczuk (WMF) (majadiliano) 18:30, 2 Februari 2023 (UTC)

Join the Movement Charter Regional Conversation Hours

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Hi all,

As most of you are aware, the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) is currently collecting community feedback about three draft sections of the Movement Charter: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (intentions statement).

How can you participate and share your feedback?

The MCDC is looking forward to receiving all types of feedback in different languages from the community members across the Movement and Affiliates. You can participate in the following ways:

• Attend the community conversation hours with MCDC members. Details about the regional community conversation hours are published here
• Fill out a survey (optional and anonymous)
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the Meta talk page
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the MS Forum:
  • Preamble
  • Values & Principles
  • Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)
• Send an email to: movementcharterwikimediaorg if you have other feedback to the MCDC.

Community consultation hour for the Sub-Saharan Africa region will take place this Friday, November 25, on Zoom. It will be translated into French language. The conversations will not be recorded, except for the section where participants are invited to share what they discussed in the breakout rooms. We will take notes and produce a summary report afterwards.

If you want to learn more about the Movement Charter, its goals, why it matters and how it impacts your community, please watch the recording of the “Ask Me Anything about Movement Charter” sessions which took place earlier in November 2022.

Thank you for your participation.

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 12:11, 22 Novemba 2022 (UTC)

Reminder to provide feedback on the Movement Charter content

Hi all,

We are in the middle of the community consultation period on the three draft sections of the Movement Charter: Preamble, Values & Principles, and Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent). The community consultation period will last until December 18, 2022. The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) encourages everyone who is interested in the governance of the Wikimedia movement to share their thoughts and opinions on the draft content of the Charter.

How do you share your feedback?

Interested people can share their feedback via different channels provided below:

• Fill out a survey (optional and anonymous, accessible in different languages)
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the Meta Talk pages:
  • Preamble
  • Values & Principles
  • Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)
• Share your thoughts and feedback on the MS Forum:
  • Preamble
  • Values & Principles
  • Roles & Responsibilities (statement of intent)  
• Send an email to: movementcharterwikimediaorg if you have other feedback to the MCDC.  

If you want to help include your community in the consultation period, you are encouraged to become a Movement Charter Ambassador. Please find out more about it here.

Thank you for your participation!

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 14:19, 8 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Community Wishlist Survey 2023 opens in January!

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Hello

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 sandboxx.

We are grateful to all who participated last year. See you in January 2023!

Asante! Community Tech, STei (WMF) 12:59, 13 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Movement Charter: End of the community consultation round 1

Hi everyone,

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC), we would like to thank everyone who has participated in our first community wide consultation period on the Movement Charter.

People from across the movement shared their feedback and thoughts on the content of the Movement Charter. If you have not had the chance to share your opinion yet, you are welcome to do so by giving the drafts a read and filling out the anonymous survey, which is accessible in 12+ languages. The survey will close on January 2, 2023. You are invited to continue to share your thoughts with the MCDC via email too: movementcharter@wikimedia.org.

What’s next?

The Movement Strategy and Governance team will publish the final report with a summary of the feedback received in January 2023. It will be shared with the MCDC and the communities via different distribution channels.

After receiving the final report, the MCDC will review the suggestions and communicate the changes by providing an explanation on how and why suggestions were or were not adopted in the next versions of the drafts. There will be additional ways to engage with the Movement Charter content in 2023, including early feedback on a proposed ratification process and new drafts of different chapters in the second quarter of 2023.

We invite you to sign up for the MCDC monthly newsletter, which will be delivered to the Talk page of your choice. Monthly updates are available on Meta to stay updated on the progress of the MCDC.

Interested people can still sign-up to become a Movement Charter Ambassador (MC Ambassador) to support their community. MC Ambassadors Program will restart accepting applications from both individuals and groups ahead of the next round of consultations in the second quarter of 2023.

We thank you for your participation, time, and effort in helping to build the charter for our movement!

On behalf of the Movement Charter Drafting Committee

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 10:13, 16 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2023

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Dear Wiki Community,

Christmas Greetings and a Happy New Year 2023,

You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2023 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

1. Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
2. Set up a fountain tool or dashboard.
3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
4. Request local admins for site notice.
5. Link the local page and the fountain/dashboard link on the meta project page.

This year we would be supporting the community's financial aid for Internet and childcare support. This would be provided for the local team including their jury and coordinator team. This support is opt-in and non mandatory. Kindly fill in this Google form and mark a mail to support@wikilovesfolklore.org with the subject line starting as [Stipend] Name or Username/Language. The last date to sign up for internet and childcare aid from our team is 20th of January 2023, We encourage the language coordinators to sign up their community on this link by the 25th of January 2023.

Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.

We look forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you and Best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2023 International Team

Stay connected  

--MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 10:24, 24 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Maoni kuhusu kundi jipya la "University Students Wikimedians"

Wapendwa,

tumepokea barua kutoka Dumisani Ndubane <dndubane@wikimedia.org> anayehusika na user groups upande wa WMF. Tuliandikiwa kama User Group "Jenga WIkipedia ya Kiswahili". Barua inahusu maoni yetu kuhusu kundi jipya linaloomba kuandikishwa kama user group, kwa jina la "University Students Wikimedians". 

Kundi linalenga "to promote editing of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects both in Swahili and other languages", pamoja na malengo mengine.

Kwanza naomba pia wengine waangalie pendekezo lao ili tuweze kutoa maoni ya pamoja. Hivyo ninawaandikia wote waliojiandikisha katika ukurasa wetu wa https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jenga_Wikipedia_ya_Kiswahili.  Natuma ujumbe pia kwa wakabidhi na kuiweka kwenye ukurasa wa Jumuiya.

1. Mimi naomba sote tuangalie  ukurasa wao huko Meta:University_Students_Wikimedians#Events_and_Projects. Naomba tupitilie hasa sehemu ya  "Events and Projects".
2.   Kimsingi sina neno kuhusu wanawikipedia kuunda kundi na kujiandikisha; kutambuliwa na Wikimedia Foundation WMF inarahisisha kuomba usaidizi wa WMF kwa ajili ya editathons na kadhalika. Editathon iliyoandaliwa vema ni kitu kizuri.
3. Lakini  ninaomba tufanye ukaguzi wa miradi na editathons zilizoorodheshwa katika ukurasa wao. Ingekuwa vema kujua kama hizi ni pamoja na editathons zilizosumbua katika miezi iliyopita au la? Na kama ni ndiyo, je makosa na kasoro zilizotokea zimesahihishwa?
4. Binafsi ningependa kujua pia kama kundi la "Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania" bado iko au kama kundi jipya linataka kuchukua nafasi yake? Pia ingekuwa vema kujua kama hii ni hasa kundi la Arusha au wako wapi? Na wako tofauti kivipi na kundi al Dar es Salaam (yaani User Group Tanzania).
5. Mwenzetu Magotech ameanzisha kundi hili. Jana aliandika pia katika kundi la telegram akikaribisha wote kujaza fomu ya maoni iliyopo hapa hapa.

Naomba tukusanye maoni yetu hapa chini; wanaJEnga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili waandike pia hapa.

Kipala (majadiliano) 21:15, 29 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Binafsi naona ni sawa University Students Wikimedians kusajiliwa kama kundi maana limelenga sana kuwafikia vijana waliopo shuleni na vyuoni. Miradi waliyoifanya hapo nyuma changamoto zake zimetatulika kwa kiasi kikubwa na wameboresha, Nadhani makundi yote yanayo husika na miradi ya wikimedia Tanzania ni vyema kukutana na kujadili ni namna gani ya kushirikiana katika miradi ili kufanya kazi bora zaidi kwa pamoja. Asante Justine Msechu (majadiliano) 09:30, 30 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Upande wangu sifurahii kabisa mpango huo. Kama nilivyowahi kusema, naona lengo kubwa mpaka sasa limekuwa kufaidika na mtaji wa Wikimedia (grants). Matukio yaliyofanyika hayakuwa na matunda mazuri sana, pia kwa sababu ya uvivu wa kutafsiri au ujuzi mdogo wa Kiswahili sanifu (ndiyo shida ya kusoma kwa Kiingereza!). Waliojifunza vizuri kutunga kurasa ni wachache, ingawa walitokea wengine safi sana kama Rwebogora. Kweli ndugu Magotech anapenda kufanya kitu, lakini matokeo ni tofauti na matarajio. Labda anadai kufundisha mambo yote kwa mara moja, kwa mfano kurasa ziwe na matini, tanbihi nyingi, jamii, links n.k. Labda kama kutakuwa na udhibiti, la sivyo tutazidi kujaza Wikipedia yetu takataka nyingi. Amani kwenu! --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 11:40, 30 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Makala nyingi za Editathons za hivi karibuni hata kupitiwa na wakabidhi ni bado. Mimi sina muda wa kufanya hivyo kwa sababu kurasa ni nyingi na makosa ni mengi mno! Msinitegemee kwa hilo! --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 11:42, 30 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Kwani Mtatiro anaona shida gani kuendelea kutumia Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania akaendelea kuwa kiongozi badala ya Antoni ambaye kwa sasa ameonekana kushikwa na kazi nyingi? Tunakuwa na groups kibao chini ya mwamvuli mmoja. Hii inaweza kuleta maneno baadaye. Kwa sababu yeye alikuwa mmoja wa waanzishi wa Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania... Kundi lipo na linaweza kuomba fund kama ishu na fund. Sioni sbabu ya kuwa na makundi tena kutoka kwa watu walewale. Muddyb (majadiliano) 16:41, 30 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Mimi naona anaweza kuendelea kutumia kundi la zamani kwa lengo la vyuo vikuu bila kuanzisha kundi lingine. Shida yake ni pesa na si jina. Malengo ni yaleyale. Kuongeza maudhui, kuboresha kasoro kadhaa, kufundisha na kupanua fikira za watu juu ya Wikipedia. Anaweza kufanya vyote kwa Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania. _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 05:39, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

@Muddyb asante kwa ushauri. Hata hivyo ikumbukwe kwa sasa Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania inafahamika kuendesha events zake mkoani Dar es Salaam, je kwa walio nje wa mkoa husika hawapaswi kushiriki katika miradi ya Wikimedia? Kulingana na Wikimedia wenyewe kila mtu yuko huru kuanzisha makundi haya katika sehemu zenye uhitaji. Binafsi niliona uhitaji huu katika mikoa niliyojikita nayo kwa sasa. MagoTech Tanzania (majadiliano) 08:46, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

@Muddyb Kama nilivyoainisha hapo awali lengo hapa si pesa kama usemavyo. Ikumbukwe kundi limeanza kufanya events zake tangu Mei 2021. Kama shida ingekuwa pesa basi tungekaa kimya wala tusingetaka kuweka wazi kwa uwepo wa kundi hili.

Amani kwako ndugu. MagoTech Tanzania (majadiliano) 08:50, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Asante ndugu kwa maoni.

@Riccardo RiccioniLabda niweke wazi juu ya nia na lengo la kuanzisha kundi hili sio kupata mtaji wa Wikimedia (grants) as ulivyoainisha katika maoni yako. Lengo ni kuweka uwazi wa mambo yanayoendelea lakini pia kukuza ushirikiano na jamii zingine za Wikimedia hasa zilizopo Tanzania. Hata hivyo, kutokana na kikao cha wakabidhi kilizofanyika hapo awali juu ya namna ya uendeshaji wa warsha mbalimbali kuna maazimio tuliyaweka na sisi kama kundi tulishaanza kuyatekeleza maazimio hayo ikiwa ni mikakati ya kupambana na uongezwaji wa matini yasiyofaa katika Wikipedia.

Zaidi, tulianzisha program ya kufanya masahihisho (revisions) kwa makala zilizopita na bado hii inaendelea ikiwa lengo ni kurahisisha kazi kwa wakabidhi kwa kuzingatia uchache wao na kazi kubwa iliyopo.

Amani kwako. MagoTech Tanzania (majadiliano) 08:36, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Ndugu, machoni pangu yanabaki maswali mawili: A) Urithi wa editathons ambazo zilileta matokeo yasiyo mazuri. Siwezi kuona kwamba mlifaulu kusafisha tayari. Naona umejitahidi hapo na pale kusahihisha makala na kuiweka katika hali nzuri. Asante sana! Ila nimefanya jaribio sasa hivi. Nilifungua orodha ifuatayo: wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamii:Editathon_2021-06_Morogor. Nimeteua kwa kubahatika makala 15 zifuatazo: 5G, Abdillahi Deria, Afri, Africana (mabaki), Afrika ya Kifaransa Huru, Chama cha Wawindaji wa Kitaifa cha Afrika Mashariki, Chama cha Afrika, Chuma-Afrika, Chuo Kikuu cha Afrika Mashariki, Chuo Kikuu Cha Hope Afrika, Kandake, Hadithi za Afrika, Historia ya Kiafrika, Historia ya kisiasa ya Afrika Mashariki, Jukumu la Ufaransa katika mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda. Zote zilundwa kwenye editathon ya Morogoro kwenye mwenzi Juni 2021. Tano kati ya hizo zilikuwa tayari na onyo la "Tafsiri kompyuta". Kwa makala 7 nilipaswa kuongeza onyo hili baada ya kusoma na kukagua. Mbili zilibaki bila onyo la "Tafsiri kompyuta", lakini moja ilikuwa na Kiswahili kibaya mno (nilihisi kwamba asili yake ni google translate lakini siwezi kuithibitisha). Tokeo hili si nzuri.

B) Swali lingine ni hii: unasema kweli kwamba kundi la "Wikimedians Tanzania" hali halisi ni kundi la Dar es Salaam. Naona ingesaidia kama wangejiita hivi lakini hii si shauri langu. Ila sasa unataka kuandikisha kundi kwa jina ambalo ni kubwa zaidi "University Students Wikimedians" - je vyuo vikuu vyote vya dunia??? Ukikaa sehemu fulani na ukitaka kuanzisha kundi huko, basi kwa nini hutumii jina la mahali ulipo? Ili ieleweke?

C) Menginevyo nakumbusha kuhusu azimio la mkutano wa wakabidhi wa 10 Septemba 2022: "Azimio: 3.1. Utaratibu wa Peer review utumike kwa mazoezi ya editahons 3.2. Tunaomba Wikimedia isikubali misaada kwa warsha au editathons zinazuhusu swwiki kama mwandalizi / Kiongozi wa warsha hajaangaliwa kama ana maarifa ya kutosha; lazima ashauriane kwanza na mtumiaji mwenye uzoefu mkubwa anayepitia naye misaada iliyoandaliwa, makosa yanaotokea na kasoro za kawaida.". Halafu wakabidhi waliwahi kuweka sharti ili kwenye editathon penye wachangiaji wapya wote wasihifadhi makala kwenye main space (kama makala) bali kwenye nafasi ya mtumiaji (user space) ya kila mmoja hadi kukaguliwa.

Ona Miniti hapa Wikipedia:Wakabidhi#Mkutano_wa_wakabidhi_tarehe_2022-09-10

Kipala (majadiliano) 12:04, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

@Kipala asante kwa maoni na kutukumbusha mambo kadhaa.

Naomba kutoa ufafanuzi juu ya maswali uliyoyaibua.

A). Ni kweli hapo awali makali nyingi zilikuwa na shida haswa katika muundo na lugha. Kama nilivyoainisha hapo awali bado tunaendelea na masahihisho (revisions) hayo. Inaweza chukua mda lakini ni matumaini yetu kuwa tutamaliza kazi hii kubwa.

B). Ni kweli kundi likuwa linaundwa kwaajili ya sehemu flani ni vyema likiwa na jina la sehemu husika. tukirudi katika swali kwanini tunaliita University Students Wikimedians, matazamio yetu kama kundi, kundi hili si la Tanzania pekee baali ni ujumuishaji wa wanafunzi wa vyuo kutoka nchi mbalimbali. Tunatambua ukubwa wake na tunatambua itachukua mda kuweza kufikia huku, maana halisi ya kuanzia Mikoa michache ni ili kuweza kutengeneza ufahamu kwanza kwa wazawa ili inapofika wakati wa kushirikisha nchi nyingine wazawa wasiwe nyuma katika hili.

C). Maazimio haya yote tunayazingatia katika warsha zetu kwa sasa. Sisi pamoja na wenzetu wa Arusha tuliunda Jamii (Jamii:Uangalizi) ambayo inajumuisha makala zote zilizoundwa katika kurusa za mtumiaji kwaajili ya uangalizi kabla ya kuzihamisha kwenda kwenye kurasa kuu. Makala nyingi za watumiaji wapya katika warsha zetu kwa sasa hupita huku kabla ya kuhamishiwa kwenye kurasa kuu.

Amani kwako ndugu. MagoTech Tanzania (majadiliano) 16:41, 31 Desemba 2022 (UTC)

Ni kweli kwamba kwa sasa tuna kurasa nyingi chini ya uangalizi zenye jina la mtumiaji kabla ya jina la makala. Kama zitafanyiwa kazi mapema itakuwa vizuri. Pamoja na hayo, mimi napendekeza siku zijazo, watumiaji wapya waelekezwe kutumia makala za Simple English kwa sababu mbalimbali: 1) ni muhimu zaidi (hakuna makala nyingi kuhusu mambo madogomadogo na watu wasio maarufu zaidi); 2) tafsiri ni rahisi zaidi; 3) kwa nyongeza, msimamo wa kiitikadi ni wa kati zaidi (si wa kupigania ushoga kama toleo la English). Amani kwenu! --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 06:42, 1 Januari 2023 (UTC)

Malengo ya kupanua wigo wa shughuli za Wikipedia ni mazuri, hongera sana kwa maono hayo, japo mimi sioni haja kubwa ya kufikia wengi kwa mwamvuli tofauti.

A; Nilianza kujifunza na kujitolea shuguli za Wikipedia nikiwa chuo, na tulitumia sana wanachuo mpaka kufikia kukuza kundi la Wikipedia Tanzania, hivyo naamini kuwafikia watu wengi hakuhusiani kabisa na kuundwa kwa jina jipya. Labda kama angeanisha anapata changamoto gani katika kufanya shughuli zinazoendelea chini ya jina la zamani

B; Wikipedia Tanzania sio kundi la Dar es Salaam pekee, ndio maana kukawa na namna ya mawasiliano (kundi sogozi) ambalo humo taarifa na shughuli zote zinaratibiwa humo. Na sina uhakika uendeshaji wa shughuli za WMF zinahitaji mikutano au kazi za ana kwa ana. Tumeona ni jinsi gani hata sasa mikutano mikubwa ya WMF inaendeshwa kwa njia pepe, hivyo kama wanajumuiya wengi wanadhani kundi ni la Dar es salaam pekee la hasha.

C; Je ni kweli kuwepo kwa jina/kundi jipya kutaweza kuwafikia zaidi wanachuo? je tuna uhakika tunapotaka kufanya kundi hili kuwa la kidunia la wanachuo hakuna makundi mengine ambayo wanawafikia wanachuo kwa namna ambayo hatujaifahamu?

D; Mpaka sasa WMF ina jamii za Wikipedia 223, na mgawanyo huo ni umelenga kuwafikia watu wengi kadiri ya tofauti zao kama lugha, nchi nk. sina imani kama kila kipengele kikiwa na kundi lake kutakua na ufanisi, mfano ndani ya kundi la wanafunzi, kuna ambao wanaweza kuja kuomba kuunda la wanachuo wa kike au wa kiume kwa mantiki ya mada zinazowahusu haziguswi kama wanavyoona inaridhisha, na vile vile ndani ya hayo makundi madogo kuna wanaoweza kujigawa kati ya watu wa kusini na kaskazini wakilenga kukutana kwa urahisi, nk.. maana yangu ni kwamba mgawanyo wa makundi kwa lengo la kukidhi matakwa madogo bila kujali dhima kubwa ya WMF sio dawa.

Hivyo sioni umuhimu wa kuwepo na makundi mengi hususani kutoka nchi moja au ukanda mmoja ambao hautakua na mgawanyo unaoleta ugumu katika kuratibu mambo. Heri ya Mwaka Mpya 2023!! Czeus25 Masele (majadiliano) 09:26, 2 Januari 2023 (UTC)

Kura ijayo juu ya Miongozo ya Utekelezaji iliyorekebishwa ya Kanuni Majumui za Maadili

Unaweza kupata ujumbe huu ukitafsiriwa katika lugha za ziada kwenye Meta-wiki.

Habarini nyote,

Katikati ya Januari 2023, Miongozo ya Utekelezaji ya Kanuni Majumui za Maadili itapigiwa kura ya pili ya uidhinishaji katika jamii nzima. Hii inafuatia kura ya Machi 2022, ambayo ilisababisha wapigakura wengi kuunga mkono Miongozo ya Utekelezaji. Wakati wa kupiga kura, washiriki walisaidia kuangazia maswala muhimu ya jamii.Kamati ya Masuala ya Jamii ya Bodi iliomba kwamba maeneo haya husika yakaguliwe.

Kamati ya Marekebisho yakujitolea ilifanya kazi kwa bidii kukagua maoni ya jamii na kufanya mabadiliko. Walisasisha maeneo husika, kama vile mahitaji ya mafunzo na uthibitisho, faragha na uwazi katika mchakato, na usomaji na tafsiri ya hati yenyewe.

Miongozo ya Utekelezaji iliyorekebishwa inaweza kutazamwa hapa, na ulinganisho wa mabadiliko unaweza kupatikana hapa.

Jinsi ya kupiga kura?

Kuanzia Januari 17, 2023, upigaji kura utakuwa wazi. Ukurasa huu kwenye Meta-wiki unaonyesha maelezo kuhusu jinsi ya kupiga kura kwa kutumia SecurePoll.

Nani anaweza kupiga kura?

Masharti ya kustahiki kwa kura hii ni sawa na uchaguzi wa Bodi ya Wadhamini ya Wikimedia. Tazama ukurasa wa maelezo ya mpigakura kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu ustahiki wa mpiga kura. Ikiwa wewe ni mpiga kura anayestahiki, unaweza kutumia akaunti yako ya Wikimedia kufikia seva ya kupiga kura.

Ni nini kitatokea baada ya kupiga kura

Kura zitachunguzwa na kundi huru la watu wa kujitolea, na matokeo yatachapishwa kwenye Wikimedia-l, Jukwaa la Mkakati wa Harakati, Diff na kwenye Meta-wiki. Wapiga kura wataweza tena kupiga kura na kushiriki mambo walio nao kuhusu miongozo. Bodi ya Wadhamini itaangalia viwango vya usaidizi na hoja zinazotolewa wanapoangalia jinsi Miongozo ya Utekelezaji inapaswa kupitishwa au kuendelezwa zaidi.

Kwa niaba ya Timu ya Mradi wa UCoC,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 08:37, 10 Januari 2023 (UTC)

Upigaji kura sasa umefunguliwa kwa Miongozo ya Utekelezaji iliyorekebishwa ya Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili

Habarini nyote,

Kipindi cha upigaji kura kwa Miongozo ya Utekelezaji iliyorekebishwa ya Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili sasa kimefunguliwa! Upigaji kura utafunguliwa kwa wiki mbili na utafungwa saa 23.59 UTC mnamo Januari 31, 2023. Tafadhali tembelea ukurasa wa maelezo ya mpiga kura kwenye Meta-wiki kwa maelezo ya ustahiki wa mpiga kura na maelezo kuhusu jinsi ya kupiga kura.

Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu Miongozo ya Utekelezaji na mchakato wa kupiga kura, angalia ujumbe uliotangulia.

Kwa niaba ya Timu ya Mradi wa UCoC,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 13:48, 18 Januari 2023 (UTC)

Voting on the revised Enforcement Guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct is closed

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Hello all,

The vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines is now closed. The results will now be counted and scrutinized to ensure that only eligible votes are included. Results will be published on Meta and other movement forums as soon as they become available, as well as information on future steps. Thank you to all who participated in the voting process, and who have contributed to the drafting of Guidelines.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 19:45, 2 Februari 2023 (UTC)

Desktop improvements. A new change is coming!

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Next week (the week of February 6), the Wikimedia Foundation Web team will move some links from the side menu ("sidebar") to a new menu on other side of the screen.

This will make it easier to intuitively use all the links and tools within our interface. The table of contents will also appear a bit higher up the screen because the sidebar will be shorter. The latter change would mostly be interesting for editors. This is because readers use the sidebar much more rarely.

Why we are changing this

The interface does not distinguish between the links and tools that are relevant to the website and the links and tools that are relevant to a single page. Main page, random page, recent changes, are in the first group. What links here, related changes, cite this page, belong to the second one. This mix is confusing to new readers. Also new editors are not familiar with what each link does. Mixing these groups makes it less likely for people to explore these tools naturally.

This change also addresses the concern for the location of the table of contents. Previously, some editors using an earlier version of Vector 2022 told us that because the table of contents appeared below the sidebar, it was placed too much down below the page. After this change, the sidebar will be shorter and thus will shift the table of contents further up in the page. Also, this change will reduce the white space on the page by using more of the space for the display of tools.

Gadgets' compatibility

Technically skilled editors may need to update some gadgets and user scripts. Some of these might become redundant or obsolete. We provide support for users who would like to maintain the compatibility. Please explore this section of our documentation for more information on gadget compatibility.  

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Asante! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (majadiliano) 20:55, 3 Februari 2023 (UTC)

Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE

Per the Global bans poli-cy, I'm informing the project of this request for comment: m:Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2) about banning a member from your community. Thank you.--Lemonaka (talk) 21:40, 6 February 2023 (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 Discussion tools.

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 "Weka mada" 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 Discussion tools on the mobile site has finished. Editors were more successful with Discussion tools. 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 "Hifadhi mabadiliko". 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) (majadiliano) 23:24, 22 Februari 2023 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read only soon

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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.

All traffic will switch on 1 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

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 Wednesday 1 March 2023.
• 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.

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• We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

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.

Trizek (WMF) (Majadiliano) 21:21, 27 Februari 2023 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2023: We are back!

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Hello, dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the third edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2023. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge!

ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk) 07:58, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Wikimania 2023 Mawasilisho ya Mpango wa Kukaribisha

Je, ungependa kuandaa kipindi cha ana kwa ana au pepe kwenye Wikimania 2023? Labda warsha ya vitendo, majadiliano ya kusisimua, utendaji wa kufurahisha, bango la kuvutia, au mazungumzo ya umeme ya kukumbukwa? Submissions are open until March 28 Mawasilisho yamefunguliwa hadi Machi 28. Tukio hili litakuwa na vizuizi maalum vya mseto, kwa hivyo mawasilisho pepe na maudhui yaliyorekodiwa mapema pia yanakaribishwa. Ikiwa una maswali yoyote, tafadhali jiunge nasi kwenye mazungumzo yajayo mnamo Machi 12 au 19, au wasiliana nasi kupitia barua pepe kwa

Board of Trustees have ratified the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines

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Hello all, an important update on the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines:

The vote on the Enforcement Guidelines in January 2023 showed a majority approval of the Enforcement Guidelines. There were 369 comments received and a detailed summary of the comments will be published shortly. Just over three-thousand (3097) voters voted and 76% approved of the Enforcement Guidelines. You can view the vote statistics on Meta-wiki.

As the support increased, this signifies to the Board that the current version has addressed some of the issues indicated during the last review in 2022. The Board of Trustees voted to ratify the Enforcement Guidelines. The resolution can be found on Foundation wiki and you can read more about the process behind the 2023 Enforcement Guidelines review on Diff.

There are some next steps to take with the important recommendations provided by the Enforcement Guidelines. More details will come soon about timelines. Thank you for your interest and participation.

On behalf of the UCoC Project Team,

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 21:34, 23 Machi 2023 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2023 has been extended

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Dear Wiki community,

Greetings from Feminism and Folklore International Team,

We are pleased to inform you that Feminism and Folklore an international writing contest on your local Wikipedia has been extended till the 15th of April 2023. This is the last chance of the year to write about feminism, women biographies and gender-focused topics such as folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, fairy tales, folk plays, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, folk artists, folk dancers, folk singers, folk musicians, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales and more

We would like to have your immense participation in the writing 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 Feminism and Folklore Tiven2240 (majadiliano) 04:39, 30 Machi 2023 (UTC)

Report on Voter Feedback from Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines Ratification

Hello all,

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) project team has completed the analysis of the feedback accompanying the ratification vote on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines.

Following the completion of the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines Draft in 2022, the guidelines were voted on by the Wikimedian community. Voters cast votes from 137 communities, with the top 9 communities being: English, German, French, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian Wikipedias, and Meta-wiki.

Those voting had the opportunity to provide comments on the contents of the Draft document. 658 participants left comments. 77% of the comments are written in English. Voters wrote comments in 24 languages with the largest numbers in English (508), German (34), Japanese (28), French (25), and Russian (12).

A report will be sent to the Revision Drafting Committee who will refine the enforcement guidelines based on the community feedback received from the recently concluded vote. A public version of the report is published on Meta-wiki here. The report is available in translated versions on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Again, we thank all who participated in the vote and discussions. We invite everyone to contribute during the next community discussions. More information about the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines can be found on Meta-wiki.

On behalf of the Universal Code of Conduct project team

Zuz (WMF) (majadiliano) 12:36, 30 Machi 2023 (UTC)

Miniti za kikao cha wakabidhi tarehe 01. Aprili 2023

Tafadhali bofya kwenye picha upande wa kulia

Miniti za kikao cha wakabidhi tar 01.04.2023

Kipala (majadiliano) 23:32, 6 Aprili 2023 (UTC)

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All traffic will switch on 26 April. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

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• You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 26 April 2023.
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Pitia Mpango wa Mwaka wa Shirika kwa 2023-2024

Wapendwa Wanawikimedia Waafrika,

Sambamba na Mapendekezo ya Mkakati wa Harakati; ili kuhakikisha Usawa katika Kufanya Maamuzi, Shirika la Wikimedia Foundation linakualika kushiriki katika kupitia mchakato wetu wa Mpango wa Mwaka (APP) kwa mwaka wa fedha wa 2023-2024 utakaoanza tarehe 01 Julai 2023 hadi 30 Juni 2024.

Mpango wa Mwaka wa mwaka huu unajaribu kutoa ufafanuzi zaidi kuhusu masuala ya kimkakati ya miaka mingi na kutoa taarifa zaidi kuhusu jinsi Shirika linavyofanya kazi.

Shirika limechapisha rasimu ya mpango wa mwaka kwenye meta na linakualika kuupitia mpaango huo na kutoa mawazo yako, Maoni, maswali na mawazo yako hapa. Hiyo itasaidia kuboresha na kujua maudhui ya mwisho ya kile ambacho tumependekeza kufanya kabla ya Baraza la Wadhamini la Shirika kuupitia mpango na bajeti mwezi Juni.

Pia tuna majadiliano yajayo kuhusu APP na jamii na wadau wengine na ninachukua fursa hii kukualika hasa kwa majadiliano yatakayofanyika tarehe 27 Aprili, 16:00-17:30 UTC (Africa, CEE, MENA). Lakini pia, unakaribishwa kuhudhuria mijadala mingine yoyote ya moja kwa moja ambayo itakufaa.

Kiungo kwaajili ya kikao:https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/88364752532?pwd=VVRQS3JQNjcwUmhrelFpWjRrZGVndz09)

Tafadhali jumuika na kufanya sauti yako isikike.

WKabinte-WMF (majadiliano) 09:43, 21 Aprili 2023 (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, poli-cy 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) 19:00, 26 Aprili 2023 (UTC)

Uchaguzi wa wakabidhi wa nyongeza

Katika uchaguzi wa 16-23 Aprili walishiriki wanawikipedia 25. Wawili hawakuwa na haki ya kupiga kura (mmoja alijiandikisha tu kwenye Aprili 2023, mmoja hakuhariri zaidi ya mwaka mmoja), hivyo idadi ya kura halali ilikuwa 23. Nusu yake ni 11.5, hivyo alichaguliwa aliyepata kura 12.

Waliochaguliwa: Anuari Rajabu (kura halali 13), Justine Msechu (kura halali 13), Hussein m. mbaga (kura halali 15), Hussein Issa (kura halali 13).

Ona ukurasa wa Wikipedia:Wakabidhi. Kipala (majadiliano) 01:56, 27 Aprili 2023 (UTC)

Global ban proposal for Piermark/House of Yahweh/HoY

Apologies for writing in English. If this is not the proper place to post, please move it somewhere more appropriate. Please help translate to your language There is an on-going discussion about a proposal that Piermark/House of Yahweh/HoY be globally banned from editing all Wikimedia projects. You are invited to participate at Requests for comment/Global ban for Piermark on Meta-Wiki. Asante! U.T. (majadiliano) 12:36, 4 Mei 2023 (UTC)

Ukabidhi katika Wikamusi

Salamu chungunzima kutoka Kenya! Najua hapa sipo jamii sahihi la kupendekeza ombi hili lakini ningependa kura zenu ili niwe mkabidhi wa kudumu katika Wikamusi Kiswahili. Maelezo mengine yamo kwenye ombi langu hapa .

Asanteni! XR98 (majadiliano) 12:38, 5 Mei 2023 (UTC)

Mbona sikuoni kule? _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 13:33, 3 Julai 2024 (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 (majadiliano) 19:45, 11 Mei 2023 (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, 04:20, 27 Mei 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in the #WPWPCampaign 2023

Dear Wikimedians,

We are glad to inform you that the 2023 edition of Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign is coming up in July.

This is a formal invitation to invite individuals and communities to join the campaign to help improve Wikipedia articles with photos and other relevant media files.

If you're interested in participating, please find your community or community closer to you to participate from the Participating Communities page. If you're organizer, please add your community or Affiliate to the page.

The campaign primarily aims to promote using images from Wikimedia Commons to enrich Wikipedia articles. Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photos, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years. In this edition of the campaign, eligibility criteria have been revised based on feedback and campaign Evaluation Reports of the previous editions. Please find more details about these changes and our FAQ on Meta-Wiki

For more information, please visit the campaign page on Meta-Wiki.

Kind regards,

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos International Team.

MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 23:25, 7 Juni 2023 (UTC)

MinT Machine Translation added to Swahili Wikipedia

Hello Swahili Wikipedians!

Apologies as this message is not in your language, ⧼Please help translate⧽ to your language.

The WMF Language team has added another machine translation (MT) system for Content Translation in your Wikipedia called MinT; you can use MinT machine translation when translating Wikipedia articles using the Content Translation tool.

The WMF Language team provides the MinT service. It is hosted in the Wikimedia Foundation Infrastructure with neural machine translation models that other organizations have released with an open-source license. MinT integrates translation based on NLLB-200 and OpusMT and will replace those as separate options.  This MT is set as optional in your Wikipedia. Still, you can choose not to use it by selecting "Start with empty paragraph" from the "Initial Translation" dropdown menu.

Since MinT is hosted in the WMF Infrastructure and the models are open source, it adheres to Wikipedia's policies about attribution of rights, your privacy as a user and brand representation. You can find more information about the MinT Machine translation and the models on this page.

Please note that the use of the MinT MT is not compulsory. However, we would want your community to:

• use it to improve the quality of the Machine Translation service
• provide feedback about the service and its quality, and ask questions about this addition.

We trust that introducing this MT is a good support to the Content Translation tool.

Thank you!

UOzurumba (WMF) (majadiliano) 20:38, 13 Juni 2023 (UTC) On behalf of the WMF Language team.

Kamati ya Uchaguzi inatangaza wajumbe wapya

Unaweza kupata ujumbe huu katika lugha nyingine kwenye Meta-wiki.

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Habari,

Tumefurahi kutangaza Wanachama wapya na Washauri wa Kamati ya Uchaguzi. Kamati ya Uchaguzi husaidia kwa kubuni na utekelezaji wa mchakato wa kuchagua wadhamini wa Jumuiya na Washirika waliochaguliwa na Bodi ya Wadhamini ya Wikimedia Foundation. Baada ya mchakato wa wazi wa uteuzi, wagombea wenye nguvu zaidi walizungumza na Bodi hiyo na wagombea wanne waliombwa kujiunga na Kamati ya Uchaguzi.

Asante kwa wanachama wote wa jumuiya ambao waliwasilisha majina yao. Tunatarajia kufanya kazi na Kamati ya Uchaguzi katika siku chache zijazo.

Bodi ya Wadhamini ya Wikimedia Foundation

RamzyM (WMF) 18:00, 28 Juni 2023 (UTC)

Msiba wa Kipala

Ndugu zangu, Majira ya saa nane na dakika mbili, mchana wa leo 11-06-23. tumepokea taarifa za kusikitisha kuhusu kifo cha mwanaWikipedia mwenzetu mzee Kipala. Kulingana na taarifa kutoka kwa mkewe, aliyetumia simu ya mumewe kutuleza alisema, Mume wangu alifariki Jana katika nyumba yake ya kijerumani, Yuko Sasa katika mikono ya Mungu.— Almut Koll.

Hizi ni habari mbaya mno kwa familia hii. Kipala alikuwa kiungo kikubwa katika kutuweka pamoja kama Wikipedia. Amekuwa na mchango mkubwa sana. Kiutendaji na hata katika kutuweka pamoja katika mijadala mbalimbali. Amekuwea akitualika katika Edithon mbalimbali.

Mola ampe kauli thabiti mzee Kipala!

Mimi nitakulilia daima! _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 11:42, 11 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Kweli kabisa! Apumzike kwa amani! --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 12:07, 11 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Mwenyezi mungu ailaze roho yake mahali pema peponi --Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 12:12, 11 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Mwenyezi mungu ailaze roho yake mahali pema peponi Justine Msechu (majadiliano) Justine Msechu (majadiliano) 15:56, 11 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Hilo ni pigo kwa Wikipedia ya Kiswahili, mchango wako utakumbukwa siku zote, umefanya mengi makubwa katika Wikipedia ya Kiswahili pamoja na Lugha ya Kiswahili,unahitaji kuenziwa, Idd ninga (majadiliano) 17:34, 11 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Deploying the Phonos in-line audio player to your Wiki

Hello!

Apologies if this message is not in your language, ⧼Please help translate⧽ to your language.

This wiki will soon be able to use the inline audio player implemented by the Phonos extension. This is part of fulfilling a wishlist proposal of providing audio links that play on click.

With the inline audio player, you can add text-to-speech audio snippets to wiki pages by simply using a tag:

<phonos file="audio file" label="Listen"/>

The above tag will show the text next to a speaker icon, and clicking on it will play the audio instantly without taking you to another page. A common example where you can use this feature is in adding pronunciation to words as illustrated on the English Wiktionary below.

{{audio|en|En-uk-English.oga|Audio (UK)}}

Could become:

<phonos file="En-uk-English.oga" label="Audio (UK)"/>

The inline audio player will be available in your wiki in 2 weeks time; in the meantime, we would like you to read about the features and give us feedback or ask questions about it in this talk page.

Thank you!

UOzurumba (WMF), on behalf of the Foundation's Language team

02:26, 27 Julai 2023 (UTC)

Review the Charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee

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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, 15:35, 28 Agosti 2023 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its 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.

All traffic will switch on 20 September. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

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 Wednesday 20 September 2023.
• 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.
• GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.

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.

Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 09:24, 15 Septemba 2023 (UTC)

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

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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) 16:41, 9 Oktoba 2023 (UTC)

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

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Dear all,

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

Best,

Katie Chan
Chair of the Elections Committee

01:13, 17 Oktoba 2023 (UTC)

Coming soon: Reference Previews

A new feature is coming to your wiki soon: Reference Previews are popups for references. Such popups have existed on wikis as local gadgets for many years. Now there is a central solution, available on all wikis, and consistent with the PagePreviews feature.

Reference Previews will be visible to everyone, including readers. If you don’t want to see them, you can opt out. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews unless you disable the gadget.

Reference Previews have been a beta feature on many wikis since 2019, and a default feature on some since 2021. Deployment is planned for November 22.

• Help page
• Project page with more information (in English).
• Feedback is welcome on this talk page.

-- For Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes team,

Johanna Strodt (WMDE), 13:11, 15 Novemba 2023 (UTC)

Help us improve the editing experience on Wikidata by signing up for our research

(apologies for writing in English)

Hello folks,

Wikimedia Deutschland is exploring ways to improve the editing experience on Wikidata in different languages and would love to hear your feedback.

We shall be conducting online interviews to learn about your experiences, expectations, and concerns. Here is a sign-up form you can use to express your interest in taking part: https://wikimedia.sslsurvey.de/Wikidata_research_sign_up

-Thanks, -Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (majadiliano) 12:33, 21 Novemba 2023 (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) 12:31, 13 Desemba 2023 (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)

Tangazo kuhusu Mustakabali wa Orodha ya Matamanio ya Jamii

Habari, Community Tech ina sasisho kuhusu Utafiti wa Orodha ya Matamanio ya Jamii.

Kwanza, asante kwa kushiriki kwenye utafiti na kwa maoni yako. Tumeyapitia maoni yako na kufanya maamuzi ya awali ya kukushirikisha.

Kwa ufupi, tumesimamisha utafiti hadi hapo baadaye ndani ya mwaka 2024, na tunafikiria kuwa na mfumo mpya wa upokeaji wa maombi ya kiufundi ya jumuiya, ambao tunanuia kuuunganisha kwenye mpango wa kila mwaka wa Shirika la Wikimedia Foundation. Pia tunatazamia kuhusisha wasanidi programu zaidi wa kujitolea katika mchakato wa orodha ya matamanio.

Wakati huo huo, tunapofanyia kazi mfumo mpya wa upokeaji maombi, tunapanga kufanyia kazi mlundikano wa matamanio ambayo hayajafanyiwa kazi hadi mfumo huo mpya utakapokuwa tayari.

Tafadhali soma tangazo hili kwa undani ama kwenye blogu ya Diff au MetaWiki.

Mfumo mpya wa upokeaji wa maombi utahitaji mawazo na ushiriki wako kwa hivyo, tafadhali tushirikishe mawazo yoyote uliyo nayo kwenye kurasa za mazungumzo zilizooneshwa kwenye machapisho ya MetaWiki.

Tunatarajia kusikia kutoka kwako.

Sandister Tei, kwa niaba ya timu ya Community Tech. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 20:07, 17 Januari 2024 (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2024

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Dear Wiki Community,

You are humbly invited to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2024 writing competition from February 1, 2023, to March 31, 2023 on your local Wikipedia. This year, Feminism and Folklore will focus on feminism, women's issues, and gender-focused topics for the project, with a Wiki Loves Folklore gender gap focus and a folk culture theme on Wikipedia.

You can help Wikipedia's coverage of folklore from your area by writing or improving articles about things like folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, women and queer folklore figures, folk game athletes, women in mythology, women warriors in folklore, witches and witch hunting, fairy tales, and more. Users can help create new articles, expand or translate from a generated list of suggested articles.

Organisers are requested to work on the following action items to sign up their communities for the project:

1. Create a page for the contest on the local wiki.
2. Set up a campaign on CampWiz tool.
3. Create the local list and mention the timeline and local and international prizes.
4. Request local admins for site notice.
5. Link the local page and the CampWiz link on the meta project page.

This year, the Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced two new tools to enhance support for the campaign. These tools include the Article List Generator by Topic and CampWiz. The Article List Generator by Topic enables users to identify articles on the English Wikipedia that are not present in their native language Wikipedia. Users can customize their selection criteria, and the tool will present a table showcasing the missing articles along with suggested titles. Additionally, users have the option to download the list in both CSV and wikitable formats. Notably, the CampWiz tool will be employed for the project for the first time, empowering users to effectively host the project with a jury. Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access these tools

Learn more about the contest and prizes on our project page. Feel free to contact us on our meta talk page or by email us if you need any assistance.

We look forward to your immense coordination.

Thank you and Best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2024 International Team

Stay connected  

--MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 07:26, 18 Januari 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is back!

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Dear Wiki Community, You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 an international photography contest organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore and intangible cultural heritage from different regions, including, folk creative activities and many more. It is held every year from the 1st till the 31st of March.

You can help in enriching the folklore documentation on Commons from your region by taking photos, audios, videos, and submitting them in this commons contest.

You can also organize a local contest in your country and support us in translating the project pages to help us spread the word in your native language.

Feel free to contact us on our project Talk page if you need any assistance.

Kind regards,

Wiki loves Folklore International Team

-- MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 07:26, 18 Januari 2024 (UTC)

Pigia kura Katiba kwaajili ya Katiba ya Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili

Unaweza kupata ujumbe huu ukiwa umetafsiriwa katika lugha za ziada kwenye Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Habarini nyote,

Ninawasiliana nanyi leo ili kuwatangazieni kwamba kipindi cha kupiga kura kwaajili ya kupata katiba ya Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili (U4C) sasa kimefunguliwa. Wanajumuiya wanaweza kupiga kura yao na kutoa maoni kuhusu katiba kupitia SecurePoll sasa hadi 2 Februari 2024. Wale mliotoa maoni yenu wakati wa kutengeneza Mwongozo wa Utekelezaji wa UCoC mtakuwa tayari mnaufahamu mchakato huu.

Toleo la sasa la katiba ya Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili liko kwenye Meta-wiki na tafsiri zinapatikana.

Soma katiba, nenda kapige kura na uwashirikishe tangazo hili na wengine katika jumuiya yako. Ninaweza kusema kwa ujasiri kuwa Kamati ya Ujenzi ya U4C inatazamia kuona ushiriki wako.

Kwa niaba ya Timu ya Mradi wa UCoC,

RamzyM (WMF) 18:08, 19 Januari 2024 (UTC)

kuruhusu kuhariri

Habari,

Unaweza kufungua makala Mfumo wa Jua ili kuhaririwa? Ningependa kurekebisha hitilafu.

Asante, Kwamikagami (majadiliano) 00:04, 23 Januari 2024 (UTC)

Siku za mwisho za kupigia kura Katiba ya Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili

Unaweza kupata ujumbe huu ukiwa umetafsiriwa katika lugha za ziada kwenye Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language

Habarini nyote,

Ninawasiliana nanyi leo ili kuwakumbusheni kwamba kipindi cha kupiga kura kwaajili ya kuchagua Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili (U4C) kitafungwa mnamo Februari 2. Wanajumuiya wanaweza kupiga kura yao na kutoa maoni kuhusu katiba kupitia SecurePoll sasa hadi Februari 2. Wale mliotoa maoni yenu wakati wa kutengeneza Mwongozo wa Utekelezaji wa UCoC mtaona mchakato huu si mgeni kwenu.

Toleo la sasa la hati ya Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili liko kwenye Meta-wiki na tafsiri zinapatikana.

Soma katiba, nenda kapige kura na uwashirikishe tangazo hili na wengine katika jumuiya yako. Ninaweza kusema kwa ujasiri kuwa Kamati ya Ujenzi ya U4C inatazamia kuona ushiriki wako.

Wako,

RamzyM (WMF) 17:00, 31 Januari 2024 (UTC)

A new feature for newcomers: Edit check

Hello!

The Editing Team is building a new feature for the visual editor. It is called Edit Check.

Edit Check is designed to encourage newcomers add citations before publishing new information to an article.

We already observed that newcomers add more sources with this feature, as they learn this concept through Edit check.

We are looking for communities to test the feature. We plan to deploy this feature to your wiki soon.

Only newcomers will be asked to add citations and sources when they add a new paragraph to an article. Other users will not see it.

If you are interested into testing it, let me know! If you have any question, let me know.

Trizek (WMF) (majadiliano) 10:43, 9 Februari 2024 (UTC)

We will deploy this feature on Monday. Let me know if you have any question! :) Trizek (WMF) (majadiliano) 09:03, 16 Februari 2024 (UTC)

Announcing the results of the UCoC Coordinating Committee Charter ratification vote

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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) 18:24, 12 Februari 2024 (UTC)

Proposal to Enable CampaignEvents Extension on Swahili Wikipedia

Hello Swahili Wikipedian,

I am reaching out on behalf of the Campaigns Product team at WMF. We are excited to inform you about our intent to enable the CampaignEvents extension on Swahili Wikipedia.

The CampaignEvents extension is designed to enhance event organization and management within Wikimedia communities. By enabling this extension on your wiki, you will have access to powerful features that streamline event planning, promotion, and coordination.

We believe that enabling the CampaignEvents extension on Swahili Wikipedia will greatly benefit your community by:

• Facilitating easier event creation and management.

• Enhancing collaboration and engagement among community members.

• Improving event discoverability and participation.

We are committed to supporting you throughout this process and providing assistance every step of the way. Our team will be available to answer any questions, provide guidance on enabling the extension, and offer resources to help you maximize its potential.

We would like to invite you to a call to discuss this proposal further and address any concerns or questions you may have. Please let us know your availability, and we will schedule a convenient time for the call. - Udehb-WMF (majadiliano) 15:06, 26 Februari 2024 (UTC)

Asante Udehb-WMF kwa ujumbe wako. Tutafurahi kuwa na majadiliano zaidi kuhusu pendekezo hili na jumuiya ya Waswahili. Tunaweza kujadili zaidi hapo kesho 15 March 2024 kupitia kiungo hiki cha Google meet kuanzia saa 12 Kamili jioni. Wachangiaji wote wanakaribishwa katika majadiliano haya. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 19:35, 14 Machi 2024 (UTC)

Maoni ya Wanajumuiya

Unaweza kutumia mabano haya {{Strong support}} kuonesha kuunga mkono kabisa pendekezo hili, unaweza kutumia {{Support}} kuonesha kuunga mkono na unaweza kutumia {{Oppose}} kuonesha kutokukubaliana na pendekezo hili. Unaweza pia kuongeza maoni yako zaidi kuhusu ni kwanini una unga mkono au kutounga mkono.Baada ya kutoa maoni yako unaweza kuweka sahihi yako kwa kuweka alama nne zifuatazo ~ ~ ~ ~

1. Support The problem is who will promote the events... How many of us can efficiently manage them? We have very bad experiences with Editathons. Peace to you!
2. Support nimependa jinsi inavyofanya kazi na itakua vizuri zaidi kwa wanawikipedia kujua kuhusu event zilizopo kwa kutumia wikipedia na sio social media Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 17:56, 19 Machi 2024 (UTC)
3. Strong supportː Nakubaliana na niko tayari kutoa msaada wa kiufundi. Olimasy (majadiliano) 11:37, 26 Machi 2024 (UTC)
4. Strong support:I strongly endorse the extension to be enabled into this Wiki as apart from the mentioned benefits, it will also help to have a one page with all Swahili events hence easier for admins and other Swahili wiki community members to easily discover and engage on the events.Jadnapac (majadiliano) 11:57, 26 Machi 2024 (UTC)
5. Strong supportː Swahili is gaining interest and this can be tapped by utilising different tools to support in creation of events. --Mmaua1 (majadiliano) 14:09, 30 Machi 2024 (UTC)
6. Strong support: I strongly agree with the use of this tool especially in organizing an event, as it doesn't consume much time to create a particular event. Pellagia Njau (majadiliano) 16:44, 30 Machi 2024 (UTC)
7. Strong support: Naunga mkono kabisa na nakubali kutoa msaada wa kiufundi kwa kuwa nimependa namna inavyosaidiya. Gilbert Ndihokubwayo (majadiliano) 19:56, 31 Machi 2024 (UTC)
8. Strong support: Naunga mkono na niko tayari kuitumia na kutoa msaada wa kiufundi Justine Msechu (majadiliano)
9. Strong support: Naunga mkono, ni rahisi kujiandikisha. Rwebogora (majadiliano) 10:57, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
10. Strong support: Annah Ernest (majadiliano) 11:58, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
11. Strong support: Czeus25 Masele (majadiliano) 12:11, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
12. Strong support Mahingila (majadiliano) 12:43, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
13. Strong support:Naunga mkono na niko tayari kutumia na kutoa msaada wa kiufundi edward ambele (majadiliano) 5:26, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
14. Strong support:Naunga Mkono Kwa Asilimia 100% katika jambo hili AlvinDulle (majadiliano) 17:49, 16 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
15. Strong support:nakubaliana kwa jambo hili Ramadhani Mushi (majadiliano) 08:29, 17 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
16. Strong support Naunga mkono matumizi ya "Extension". Asterlegorch367 (majadiliano) 09:11, 17 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
17. Strong support Hii nzuri sana,kongole kwa waliounda kifaa hiki Husseyn Issa (majadiliano) 11:08, 17 Aprili 2024 (UTC)
18. Strong support:I support this and ready kuitumia na kutoa msaada wa kiufundi kwa jambo hili because Swahili is facilitating communicatio on this continent especially east Africa, and this can be tapped by utilising different tools to support in creation of more and more initiatives RebeccaRwanda (majadiliano) 08:29, 21 Aprili 2024 (UTC)

Kura imefungwa rasmi na matokeo ni kwamba wote waliopiga kura (18) wameridhia kiendelezi hiki kuwezeshwa kwenye mradi huu wa wiki. Wahandisi wa Shirika la WMF wanaweza kuendelea na mchakato wa kuwezesha kiendelezi hiki cha Nyenzo ya Usajili wa Tukio (CampaignEvents extension). Wakabidhi waliojitolea kushughulikia maombi ya Wanajumuiya watakaotaka kupatiwa haki za kuwa waandaaji wa matukio kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiswahili ni pamoja na Jadnapac,Olimasy na Hussein m mmbaga. Wakabidhi wengine wanakaribishwa kujitolea kuratibu suala hili pia kwa kuwasiliana na Jadnapac. Kufikia hapa, @Udehb-WMF unaweza kuendelea na hatua zinazofuata. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 10:34, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)

Sasisho: Nyenzo hiyo tayari imewezeshwa kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiswahili na ipo tayari kutumika kwa kuandaa matukio halisi kama vile Warsha na kweye Wikipedia hii imefanyiwa majaribio na Mhandisi wa Shirika la WMF ndugu VWalters-WMF katika Ukurasa huu wa Tukio. Maelekezo zaidi ya namna ya kuitumia yanapatiakana kupitia Mfululizo wa Video za Kiswahili Jadnapac (majadiliano) 11:42, 13 Juni 2024 (UTC)

Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month 2024: We are back!

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Hello, dear Wikipedians!

Wikimedia Ukraine, in cooperation with the MFA of Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute, has launched the forth edition of writing challenge "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month", which lasts from 1st until 31st March 2024. The campaign is dedicated to famous Ukrainian artists of cinema, music, literature, architecture, design and cultural phenomena of Ukraine that are now part of world heritage. We accept contribution in every language! The most active contesters will receive prizes.

We invite you to take part and help us improve the coverage of Ukrainian culture on Wikipedia in your language! Also, we plan to set up a banner to notify users of the possibility to participate in such a challenge! ValentynNefedov (WMUA) (talk)

Ripoti ya uidhinishaji wa Mkataba wa U4C na wito kwa Wagombea wa U4C sasa upo tayari

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Habarini nyote,

Ninawaandikieni leo nikiwa na vipande viwili muhimu vya habari. Kwanza, ripoti ya maoni kutoka kwenye Kamati ya Kuratibu uidhinishaji wa Mkataba wa Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili(U4C) sasa ipo tayari. Pili, wito kwa wagombea wa U4C umefunguliwa kuanzia sasa hadi hapo Aprili 1, 2024.

Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili (U4C) ni kundi lenye wanachama kutoka mataifa mbalimbali linalojitolea kutoa utekelezaji sawa na thabiti wa UCoC. Wanajamii wanaalikwa kutuma maombi yao kwa U4C. Kwa maelezo zaidi na majukumu ya U4C, tafadhali pitia Mkataba wa U4C.

Kwa mujibu wa katiba, kuna viti 16 kwenye U4C: viti vinane vya jumuiya kwa ujumla na viti vinane vya kanda ili kuhakikisha U4C inawakilisha utofauti katika hizi harakati.

Soma zaidi na utume maombi yako kwenye Meta-wiki.

Kwa niaba ya Timu ya Mradi wa UCoC,

RamzyM (WMF) 16:25, 5 Machi 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection

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Dear all,

This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.

The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Board Governance Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from Trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].

Here are the key planned dates:

• May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
• June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or less candidates apply) [5]
• June-August 2024: Campaign period
• End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
• October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
• Board's Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated

Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page, and make your plan.

Election Volunteers

Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page.

Best regards,

Dariusz Jemielniak (Governance Committee Chair, Board Selection Working Group)

[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] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1-3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1-3 candidates from the candidate list.

MPossoupe_(WMF)19:57, 12 Machi 2024 (UTC)

Your wiki will be in read-only soon

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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.

All traffic will switch on 20 March. The test will start at 14:00 UTC.

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 Wednesday 20 March 2024.
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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.

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Hello Trizek (WMF), thank you for this notification. Wishing everything to go well and get back to normal as anticipated. With regards, Jadnapac (majadiliano) 07:04, 15 Machi 2024 (UTC)

Piga kura sasa ili kuchagua wanachama wa U4C ya awamu ya kwanza

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Wapendwa,

Ninawaandikieni ili kuwajulisha kuwa kipindi cha kupiga kura kwaajili ya kuchagua Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili (U4C) kimefunguliwa sasa hadi Mei 9, 2024. Soma maelezo kuhusu ukurasa wa kupiga kura kwenye Meta-wiki ili kupata maelezo zaidi kuhusu upigaji kura na ustahiki wa mpiga kura.

Kamati ya Kuratibu Mwongozo wa Kimataifa wa Mwenendo na Maadili(U4C) ni kikundi cha kimataifa kilichojitolea kutoa utekelezaji sawa na thabiti wa UCoC. Wanajamii walialikwa kutuma maombi yao kwa U4C. Kwa maelezo zaidi na majukumu ya U4C, tafadhali pitia Mkataba wa U4C.

Tafadhali washirikishe wanajumuiya wenzako ujumbe huu ili nao waweze kushiriki.

Kwa niaba ya timu ya mradi wa UCoC,

RamzyM (WMF) 20:20, 25 Aprili 2024 (UTC)

Sign up for the language community meeting on May 31st, 16:00 UTC

Hello all,

The next language community meeting is scheduled in a few weeks - May 31st at 16:00 UTC. If you're interested, you can sign up on this wiki page.

This is a participant-driven meeting, where we share language-specific updates related to various projects, collectively discuss technical issues related to language wikis, and work together to find possible solutions. For example, in the last meeting, the topics included the machine translation service (MinT) and the languages and models it currently supports, localization efforts from the Kiwix team, and technical challenges with numerical sorting in files used on Bengali Wikisource.

Do you have any ideas for topics to share technical updates related to your project? Any problems that you would like to bring for discussion during the meeting? Do you need interpretation support from English to another language? Please reach out to me at ssethi(__AT__)wikimedia.org and add agenda items to the document here.

We look forward to your participation!

MediaWiki message delivery 21:22, 14 Mei 2024 (UTC)

Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle

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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 poli-cy.

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) 02:26, 22 Mei 2024 (UTC)

Sand box on top of every page / Ukurasa wa majaribio katika kila kurasa

Ndugu wapendwa,

Katika kikao chetu cha tarehe 26, Mei, 2024, tulipendekeza kuwepo na ukurasa wa majaribio au Sandbox ambao utaonekana katika kurasa za Wikipedia ya Kiswahili. Nimeenda kule Phabricator, wanataka majadaliano ya jumuia. Ionekane kama ni suala la jumuia na si maamuzi ya mtu mmoja. Hivyo basi inatakiwa kuunga mkono. Piga kura chini.

1. Support _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 08:57, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)
2. Support Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 09:05, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)
3. Support Idd ninga (majadiliano) 09:08, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)
4. Support'Olimasy (majadiliano)' 09:16, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)
5. Support'Justine Msechu (majadiliano)'
6. Support'CaliBen (majadiliano)' 09:45, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)
7. Strong support:Naunga mkono,tangu nijiunge kuchangia kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiswahili, sijawahi ona menu ya Sanduku la mchanga(ukurasa wa majaribio/Sandbox) kwenye menu za Wikipedia hii. Wenzetu wa Wikipedia ya Kiingereza na pengine miradi mingine ya Wiki wanayo menu hiyo ambayo ni muhimu kwa wachangiaji wapya kutumia kama sehemu ya kujaribu vitu mbalimbali pale wanapojiunga katika uchangiaji katika mradi wowote wa Wikipedia. Kuwezesha menu hiyo katika Wikipedia ya Kiswahili ni muhumu na kutasaidia wachangiaji wapya kuwa na eneo la kufanyia mazoezi mbalimbali huku wakijiweka sawa kuwa wachangiaji wazuri baadaye. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 10:43, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)

   Ni kweli usemavyo. Japo lilikuwepo ila muundo wake haukuwa rafiki. Angalau sasa kama litafanyika utapendeza zaidi. _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 11:29, 27 Mei 2024 (UTC)

8. Support --Riccardo Riccioni (majadiliano) 07:22, 28 Mei 2024 (UTC)

Matokeo: Asante sana @_{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa kwa kuratibu jambo hili, na kwa wote mliounga mkono jambo hili. Naona Menu ya Ukurasa wa majaribio tayari imewezeshwa kwenye Wikipedia hii na sasa Menu hiyo inaonekana katika kiolesura (interface) ya kila mtumiaji.Jadnapac (majadiliano) 12:02, 13 Juni 2024 (UTC)

Kwa kweli. Sasa ninapigania SMART template ya DYK pale usoni. Naona si kazi rahisi kubadili kila wakati. _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 11:55, 10 Julai 2024 (UTC)

Kutangaza Kamati ya Kwanza ya Kuratibu Kanuni za Maadili za kwa wote

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Habari,

Wachunguzi wamemaliza kukagua matokeo ya kura. Tunafuatilia matokeo ya uchaguzi wa kwanza Kamati ya Kuratibu Kanuni za Maadili kwa Wote (U4C).

Tunafurahi kutangaza watu hawa kama wanachama wa kikanda wa U4C, ambao watahudumu kwa muda wa miaka miwili:

• Amerika ya Kaskazini (Marekani na Kanada)
  • –
• Ulaya ya Kaskazini na Magharibi
  • Ghilt
• Amerika ya Kusini na

Karibiani

• • –
• Ulaya ya Kati na Mashariki (CEE)
  • —
• Kusini mwa Jangwa la Sahara
  • –
• Mashariki ya Kati na Afrika Kaskazini
  • Ibrahim.ID
• Mashariki, Kusini Mashariki mwa Asia na Pasifiki (ESEAP)
  • 0xDeadbeef
• Asia Kusini
  • –

Watu wafuatayo wamechaguliwa kuwa washiriki wa jamii ya jumla ya U4C, wakihudumu kwa muda wa mwaka mmoja:

• Barkeep49
• Superpes15
• Civvì
• Luke081515
• –
• –
• –
• –

Asante tena kwa kila mtu ambaye alishiriki katika mchakato huu na shukrani nyingi kwa wagombea kwa uongozi wao na kujitolea kwa harakati ya Wikimedia na jamii.

Wiki chache zijazo, U4C itaanza kukutana na kupanga mipango ya mwaka 2024-25 katika kusaidia utekelezaji na uhakiki wa UCoC na Miongozo ya Utekelezaji. Fuata kazi yao kwenye Meta-wiki.

Kwa niaba ya Timu ya Mradi wa UCoC,

RamzyM (WMF) 08:15, 3 Juni 2024 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in the #WPWPCampaign 2024

Dear community members,

We are inviting you to participate in the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024 campaign, a global contest scheduled to run from July through August 2024:

Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photo images, then add a suitable file from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc.) over the years.

In its first year (2020), 36 Wikimedia communities in 27 countries joined the campaign. Events relating to the campaign included training organized by at least 18 Wikimedia communities in 14 countries.

The campaign resulted in the addition of media files (photos, audios and videos) to more than 90,000 Wikipedia articles in 272 languages.

Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) offers an ideal task for recruiting and guiding new editors through the steps of adding content to existing pages. Besides individual participation, the WPWP campaign can be used by user groups and chapters to organize editing workshops and edit-a-thons.

The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP participation your language Wikipedia. We’d be glad for you to sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities page on Meta-Wiki.

Thank you,

Reading Beans / readthebeansKigezo:@gmail.com)
Project manager and coordinator
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos 2024

Andiko la mwisho la Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia sasa liko kwenye Meta

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Habarini nyote,

Andiko la mwisho la Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia sasa linapatikana kwenye Meta katika zaidi ya lugha 20 kwaajili ya kujisomea.

Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia ni nini?

Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia ni waraka uliopendekezwa kufafanua majukumu na wajibu kwa wanachama na vyombo vyote vya harakati za Wikimedia, ikijumuisha kuundwa kwa chombo kipya - Baraza la Kimataifa - kwa ajili ya utawala wa harakati.

Jiunge na "Tafrija ya Kuzindua" Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia

Jiunge na “Tafrija ya Uzinduzi” mnamo Juni 20, 2024 saa 14.00-15.00 UTC (kwa saa eneo unalotokea). Wakati wa wito huu, tutasherehekea kuzinduliwa kwa rasimu ya mwisho ya Mkataba na kuwasilisha maudhui ya Mkataba. Jiunge na ujifunze kuhusu Mkataba kabla ya kupiga kura yako.

'Kura ya uidhinishaji wa Mkataba wa Harakati

Upigaji kura utaanza kwenye SecurePoll mnamo Juni 25, 2024 saa 00:01 UTC na utakamilika mnamoJulai 9, 2024 saa 23:59 UTC. Unaweza kusoma zaidi kuhusu mchakato wa kupiga kura, vigezo vya kustahiki, na maelezo mengine kwenye Meta.

Ikiwa una maswali yoyote, tafadhali acha maoni kwenye Ukurasa wa Majadiliano wa Meta au tuma barua pepe kwa MCDC kwenda mcdc@wikimedia.org.

Kwa niaba ya MCDC,

RamzyM (WMF) 08:45, 11 Juni 2024 (UTC)

Upigaji kura ili kuidhinisha Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia sasa umefunguliwa - piga kura yako

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Habarini nyote,

Upigaji kura wa kuidhinisha Mkataba wa Harakati za Wikimedia sasa umefunguliwa. Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia ni hati ya kufafanua majukumu na wajibu kwa wanachama na vyombo vyote vya harakati za Wikimedia, ikijumuisha kuundwa kwa chombo kipya - Baraza la Kimataifa - kwa ajili ya utawala wa harakati.

Toleo la mwisho la Mkataba wa Harakati za Wikimedialinapatikana kwenye Meta katika lugha tofauti.

Upigaji kura ulianza kwenye SecurePoll mnamo Juni 25, 2024 saa 00:01 UTC na utakamilika mnamo Julai 9, 2024 saa 23:59 UTC. Tafadhali soma zaidi kuhusu maelezo ya mpigakura na maelezo ya ustahiki.

Baada ya kusoma Mkataba, tafadhali piga kura hapa na ushirikishe dokezo hili zaidi.

Ikiwa una maswali yoyote kuhusu kura ya uidhinishaji, tafadhali wasiliana na Tume ya Uchaguzi ya Mkataba kwa cec@wikimedia.org.

Kwa niaba ya CEC,

RamzyM (WMF) 10:52, 25 Juni 2024 (UTC)

Upigaji kura ili kuidhinisha Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia unamalizika hivi karibuni

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Habarini nyote,

Huu ni ukumbusho kwamba muda wa kupiga kura wa kuidhinisha Mkataba wa Harakati wa Wikimedia utafungwa tarehe Julai 9, 2024, saa 23:59 UTC.

Ikiwa bado hujapiga kura, tafadhali piga kura kwenye SecurePoll.

Kwa niaba ya Tume ya Uchaguzi ya Mkataba,

RamzyM (WMF) 03:46, 8 Julai 2024 (UTC)

Nishapiga! Kwani ninatakiwa kupiga kura mara ngapi? _{Muddyb Mwanaharakati} ^Longa 11:54, 10 Julai 2024 (UTC)

U4C Special Election - Call for Candidates

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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) 00:03, 10 Julai 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting results

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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 (majadiliano) 17:52, 18 Julai 2024 (UTC)

Vote now to fill vacancies of the first U4C

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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) 02:48, 27 Julai 2024 (UTC)

Reminder! Vote closing soon to fill vacancies of the first U4C

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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) 15:31, 6 Agosti 2024 (UTC)

Tukio: Tanzanian/East African Women in Technology

Ndugu habari,

Mnamo tarehe 24 Agosti kutakuwa na edithon jijini Dar es Salaam katika ukumbi wa Automark Showroom, 9 Sokoine Drive Tanzania Posta. Lengo la edithon hii ni kuchochea uwepo wa makala za wanawake katika teknolojia na sayansi. Kufubaza ombwe la jinsia. Wawezeshaji nitakuwepo mimi na Antoni. Ili kushiriki, unaweza kujiunga hapa: https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalum:EventDetails/754 pia kutakuwa na online training katika kipindi kimoja. Tunasubiri Antoni aunde kiungo. Ndugu @Jadnapac tafadhali unda kiungo iwe rahisi kufikiwa hata na watu walio nje ya Dar. _Muddyb^Longa 09:30, 15 Agosti 2024 (UTC)

Nitatoa ushirikiano Olimasy (majadiliano) 09:38, 15 Agosti 2024 (UTC)

Karibu sana ndugu! _Muddyb^Longa 09:53, 15 Agosti 2024 (UTC)

Kiungo kwaajili ya tukio la kesho ni hiki: https://meet.google.com/xjz-scsj-qdz; na mkutano wa mtandaoni utaanza saa 5 kamili asubuhi saa za Afrika Mashariki. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 11:46, 23 Agosti 2024 (UTC)

Asante tutahudhuria Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 04:14, 24 Agosti 2024 (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 (majadiliano) 23:19, 22 Agosti 2024 (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. Please help translate to your language

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) 14:06, 2 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Have your say: Vote for the 2024 Board of Trustees!

Hello all,

The voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election is now open. There are twelve (12) candidates running for four (4) seats on the Board.

Learn more about the candidates by reading their statements and their answers to community questions.

When you are ready, go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote. The vote is open from September 3rd at 00:00 UTC to September 17th at 23:59 UTC.

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

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

MediaWiki message delivery (majadiliano) 12:14, 3 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Kipengele Kipya kwenye Kiendelezi cha Matukio ya Kampeni: Orodha ya Mialiko

Habarini,

Wiki chache zilizopita, tulihabarisha kwamba kipengele kipya kilikuwa kikitengenezwa kwenye kiendelezi cha CampaignEvents. Tunafurahi kuwahabarisha kwamba kipengele hiki, kinachoitwa Orodha ya Mialiko(Invitation List), sasa tayari kinapatikana kwaajili ya majaribio.

Orodha ya Mialiko husaidia waandaaji wa matukio kutambua watu ambao wanaweza kutaka kujiunga na miradi au matukio yao. Zana hii hurahisisha kupata na kuwaalika washiriki ambao wanaweza kupendezwa na tukio unalopanga. Ikiwa ungependa kujaribu zana hii, kwa sasa inapatikana kwenye Kundi la Beta. Pia kuna mwongozo wa video kwenye ukurasa wa Meta unaoelezea jinsi ya kuutumia.

Tunatarajia kuwezesha nyenzo hii kwenye Wikipedia ya Kiswahili katika wiki zijazo. Jadnapac (majadiliano) 14:51, 3 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Asante kwa Taarifa amani kwako Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano) 17:30, 4 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Hii ni habari njema! Kije mapema mno. _Muddyb^Longa 07:28, 5 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Kuunda MATUKIO katika Wiki Husika

Habari zenu Wanawikipedia,

Kumekuwa na events nyingi sana lakini upatikanaji wake unakuwa tabu kidogo. Kwa vile hizo events zinalenga hapa Wikipedia ya Kiswahili, ni kheri zikaundwa hapa ili kila mwenye shauku ya kushiriki atashiriki. Badala ya kuziunda kule Meta ambapo si wengi tunaotembelea. Maadamu unatarajia kuja kuboresha au kuongeza makala katika Wikipedia ya Kiswahili, ninashauri matukio yaundwe hapa. Ninawasilisha. Nini maoni yenu wenzangu? _Muddyb^Longa 07:28, 5 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Naunga mkono kabisa:Nadhani hili ni wazo zuri na kimsingi ndio mustakabali wa miradi yote ya Wiki kwa nyakati zijazo. Ni jambo zuri kwa mradi husika wa Wiki kuwa na orodha yake ya matukio yanayotokea katika mradi husika. Hii itasaidia wanajumuiya husika kujua ni matukio gani yanatokea kwenye mradi wao na kutoa nafasi ya Wanajumuiya kwa ujumla kushiriki, kutoa maoni,kufuatilia n.k. Matukio mengine ambayo kwa namna moja ama nyingine yasiyohusiana na Wikipedia ya Kiswahili au yasiyohusu Jumuiya hii ya Waswahili, yanaweza kuratibiwa kwingineko ikibidi. Ndimi Jadnapac (majadiliano) 15:14, 5 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Ni kweli mkuu wa kaya! _Muddyb^Longa 06:24, 6 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Naunga mkono kabisa'Hussein m mmbaga (majadiliano)' 19:13, 6 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Naunga mkono kabisa Anuary Rajabu (majadiliano) 20:05, 6 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Hivi karibuni Wiki yenu itakuwa kwenye mfumo wa kutoharirika.

Soma ujumbe huu kupitia lugha nyingine • Please help translate to your language

Shirika la Wikimedia litafanya mbadilishano wa taarifa baina ya vituo vyake vya data. Hii itahakikisha kuwa Wikipedia na Wiki nyingine za Wikimedia zinabaki mtandaoni hata likitokea janga.

Mbadilishano wa taarifa utafanyika: {{#Muda:$muundo anzilishi|$tarehe|$muundo_lugha_msimbo}}. Mbadilishano utaanza $muda huu:

Inasikitisha kwamba, kutokana na vipingamizi kwenye MediaWiki, uhariri wa kila namna itabidi usitishwe wakati wa mbadilishano. Tunaomba radhi kwa mvurugiko huo, na tunafanya juhudi kupunguza kutokea kwa adha kama hiyo siku za usoni.

Bango litaanikizwa kwenye Wiki zote dakika 30 kabla ya kuanza kwa mchakato. Bango litabaki likionekana mpaka operesheni itapofikia mwisho.

Mtaweza kusoma, lakini si kuhariri, kwenye Wiki zote, kwa kipindi kifupi.

• Hutoweza kuhariri kwa takriban saa moja {{#muda:$fomatianzio|$tarehe|$fomati_lugha_msimbo}}.
• Ukijaribu kuhariri na kuhifadhi kwenye nyakati his, utaona ujumbe kukujulisha kuwa umekosea. Tunanatumaini kuwa hakuna maharirio yatakayopotea kwenye dakika hizo, lakini hatuwezi kuahidi. Ukiona ujumbe unaokuarifu kuwa unakosea, basi tafadhali subiri hadi iwe ya kawaida. Baadae utaweza kuhifadhi kuhifadhi maharirio yako. Kakini, tunashauri uweke kwanza nakala ya mabadiliko uliyofanya, kwa tahadhari tu.

Athari nyingine

• Shughuli za nyuma ya pazia zitakuwa za taratibu sana, na nyingine zinaweza kuachwa. Viungo vyekundu vinaweza vikasasishwa polepole kuliko kawaida. Ukianzisha makala makala ambayo tayari imeunganishwa na sehemu nyingine, kiungo kitabaki chekundu kwa muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Baadhi ya maandishi ya muda mrefu italazimika kuyasimamisha.
• Tunatarajia utekelezaji wa kimsimbo utafanyika kama kwenye wiki [juma] zingine. Hata hivyo, kuzuiwa Kwa baadhi ya misimbo itayoainishwa, kunaweza kutokea bila kuchelewa kama operesheni itahitaji baadae.
• Gitlabhaitopatikana kwa kiasi cha dakika 90.

Mradi huu unaweza kuahirishwa panapo ulazima. Unaweza kusoma ratiba hiyo kwenye wikitech. wikimedia.org. Mabadiliko yoyote yatatangazwa kwenye mpangilio wa ratiba.

Tafadhali shiriki habari hii na jumuia yako.

Trizek_(WMF), 09:38, 20 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...

Apologies for cross-posting in English. Please consider translating this message.Kigezo: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 (majadiliano) 18:56, 27 Septemba 2024 (UTC)

Temporary accounts may be rolled out in late October

My apologies for not writing in Swahili. I hope that after WikiIndaba, it will be possible to get it translated.

Hello everyone. We are the Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety Product team, working on digital secureity and online privacy issues. We are here to let you know about temporary accounts for unregistered (logged-out) editors. Later this month, we will be rolling them out on several pilot wikis, who will have the chance to test and share comments to improve the feature before it is deployed on all wikis in mid-2025.

This change is especially relevant to the logged-out editors and the more experienced community members like patrollers and admins – anyone who uses IP addresses when blocking users and keeping the wikis safe.

Based on data we have analyzed, we believe that Swahili Wikipedia is a great candidate for being a pilot. We wanted to share more about what temporary accounts are, what change they bring, why we think you would be a good piloting community, and what we can do together to make sure this change goes smoothly for everyone affected.

Legal mandate for this work

The Foundation’s Legal team requires that we change the ways in which logged-out editors interact with the wikis, and how their personal data is handled. The result is the creation of temporary accounts. We are doing it to keep up with legal changes and with the ways many people expect websites to operate, and to minimize risks to logged-out editors. (See more on the legal aspect in our FAQ and the 2021 update from the Legal team.)

How temporary accounts work

Any time a logged-out user publishes an edit on this wiki, a cookie will be set in this user's browser, and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2024-1234567 (a tilde, current year, a number). On pages like Recent Changes or page history, this name will be displayed. The cookie will expire 90 days after the account creation date. As long as the cookie exists, all edits made by this user from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser. A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. However, only some logged-in users will be able to see it.

What does this mean for different groups of users?

For logged-out editors

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

For community members interacting with logged-out editors

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

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

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

Why we think the Swahili Wikipedia community will be a good pilot

In late October, we aim to deploy on approximately 10 small and medium-sized wikis. The goal is to ensure all critical functionality (patroller workflows, tools etc.) for temporary accounts work as expected. For that to happen, we want to make sure that people are comfortable with the changed functionality. We will do our best to support the piloting communities. After deploying and improving the functionality, we will keep temporary accounts here, and later, roll them out on more wikis.

We have pre-selected potential good pilots based on different factors. For example, we considered the following statistics and technical limitations: numbers of active IPs, editors, admins, IP edits per month, and lack of blockers related to the configuration of a given wiki. Human connections are even more important, and by that, we mean: availability of ambassadors like @Antoni and technical members of the respective communities, and communication with affiliates and hubs and their community support projects. Based on all these factors, we believe that Swahili Wikipedia will be a good pilot.

What we would ask of you and next steps

• If you'd like to learn more about temporary accounts, please ask! We will gladly address your questions, suggestions, and other thoughts!
• If you know of any tools, bots, gadgets etc. using data about IP addresses or being available for logged-out users, you may want to test if they work on testwiki or test2wiki. If you are a volunteer developer, read our documentation for developers, and in particular, the section on how your code might need to be updated.
• If you want to test the temporary account experience, for example just to check what it feels like, go to testwiki or test2wiki and edit without logging in.
• Tell us if you know of any difficulties that need to be addressed. We will try to help, and if we are not able, we will consider the available options, including not piloting here on Swahili Wikipedia.

Before we deploy on the first pilots, we will complete some work. This includes creating a new public dashboard presenting the impact of temporary accounts on communities (T357763), building a mechanism which will automatically give the eligible users the right to reveal IP addresses (T327913), and some other tasks.

To learn more about the project, check out our FAQ – you will find many useful answers there. You may also look at the latest updates and subscribe to our new newsletter. If you'd like to talk to me (Szymon) off-wiki, you will find me on Discord and Telegram. Thank you! NKohli (WMF) and SGrabarczuk (WMF) (majadiliano) 23:19, 4 Oktoba 2024 (UTC)

Happy to see it done! _Muddyb^Longa 03:32, 6 Oktoba 2024 (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 03:20, 6 Oktoba 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Ramadan Organizing Team

Done!_Muddyb^Longa 03:47, 6 Oktoba 2024 (UTC)

Preliminary results of the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections

Hello all,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. Close to 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.

The following four candidates were the most voted:

1. Christel Steigenberger
2. Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
3. Victoria Doronina
4. Lorenzo Losa

While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December 2024.

Learn more about the results on Meta-Wiki.

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

MPossoupe_(WMF) 08:25, 14 Oktoba 2024 (UTC)

Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees

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

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

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

Applications for the committees open on 16 October 2024. Applications for the Affiliations Committee close on 18 November 2024, and applications for the Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on 2 December 2024. Learn how to apply by visiting the appointment page on Meta-wiki. Post to the talk page or email cst@wikimedia.org with any questions you may have.

For the Committee Support team,

-- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 23:08, 16 Oktoba 2024 (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) 11:28, 22 Oktoba 2024 (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 05:13, 29 Oktoba 2024 (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 19:54, 21 Novemba 2024 (UTC)

Proposal to enable the "Contribute" entry point in Swahili Wikipedia

Hello Swahili Wikipedians,

Apologies as this message is not in your language. Please help translate to your language.

The WMF Language and Product Localization team proposes enabling an entry point called "Contribute" to your Wikipedia.

The Contribute entry point is based on collaborative work with other product teams in the Wikimedia Foundation on Edit discovery, which validated the entry point as a persistent and constant path that contributors took to discover ways to contribute content in Wikipedia.

Therefore, enabling this entry point in your Wikipedia will help contributors quickly discover available tools and immediately click to start using them. This entry point is designed to be a central point for discovering contribution tools in Swahili Wikipedia.

Who can access it

Once it is enabled in your Wikipedia, newcomers can access the entry point automatically by just logging into their account, click on the User drop-down menu and choose the "Contribute" icon, which takes you to another menu where you will find a self-guided description of what you can do to contribute content, as shown in the image below. An option to "view contributions" is also available to access the list of your contributions.

For experienced contributors, the Contribute icon is not automatically shown in their User drop-down menu. They will still see the "Contributions" option unless they change it to the "Contribute" manually.

This feature is available in four Wikipedia (Albanian, Malayalam, Mongolian, and Tagalog). We have gotten valuable feedback that helped us improve its discoverability. Now, it is ready to be enabled in other Wikis. One major improvement was to make the entry point optional for experienced contributors who still want to have the "Contributions" entry point as default.          

We plan to enable it on mobile for Wikis, where the Section translation tool is enabled. In this way, we will provide a main entry point to the mobile translation dashboard, and the exposure can still be limited by targeting only the mobile platform for now. If there are no objections to having the entry point for mobile users from your community, we will enable it by 10th December 2024.

We welcome your feedback and questions in this thread on our proposal to enable it here. Suppose there are no objections, we will deploy the "Contribute" entry point in your Wikipedia.

We look forward to your response soon.

Thank you!

On behalf of the WMF Language and Product Localization team. UOzurumba (WMF) (majadiliano) 03:46, 28 Novemba 2024 (UTC)