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03:03, 11 සැප්තැම්බර් 2021 තෙක් සංශෝධනය
request for "විෂයය"(Subject) namespace
Hi all,
It seems we are missing with "විෂයය"(Subject) namespace in the Sinhaka wikibooks. So please help to make that. I'm planning to ask from https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wikimedia for this namespace. In this case Adrignola is helping me a lot. I'm planing to add Subjects/ Sub Subjects in proper order. So we need this namespace. Could you please make a sound here for that.
Thank you. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 09:45, 15 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
I don't know about name spaces... but i have seen we have missed the subject and sub-subject categories in sinhala Wikibooks. how i can help you in this regard.
I would like to contribute with some content to Wikibooks in future.
Thank you.
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Nishantha
- Good. I was waiting for a voice from some one. Thank you. I'm going to make a request on bugzilla in few days. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 09:57, 15 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- It is nice to say that, one of the Developer(JeLuF) is looking on this Issue. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 18:09, 15 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- This is Done. Now it is working. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 18:58, 16 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- It is nice to say that, one of the Developer(JeLuF) is looking on this Issue. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 18:09, 15 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
localized logo
I have created a logo for Sinhala wiki books. Now we need to add this to main page. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 18:57, 16 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
This seems nice! Can we add this to main page?Lahirulk 11:36, 17 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Image has re-scaled as requested. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 15:11, 23 ජූනි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- It is nice to say that, image has added. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 15:16, 3 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Dear පරිශීලක:බිඟුවා, I suggest to replace word ලෝකයකට with word ලොවකට. It will be easy to say & rhymes nicely. Singhalawap 19:27, 13 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
namespace change
Hi again. I'm going to create a new bug to change the Wikibooks: namespace to විකිපොත්: Here is the change.
$wgMetaNamespace = "විකිපොත්"; $wgMetaNamespaceTalk = "විකිපොත්_සාකච්ඡාව"; $wgNamespaceAliases = array('Wikibooks' => NS_PROJECT, 'Wikibooks_talk' => NS_PROJECT_TALK);
-- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 14:54, 4 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Yes. This has to be changed to Sinhala.--Lahirulk 04:24, 5 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Nice work බිඟුවා! I agree on that. --Lee 07:46, 5 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Thanks. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 12:11, 5 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Done by JeLuF. විශේෂ ස්තුතිය JeLuF. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 05:37, 17 අගෝස්තු 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Thanks. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 12:11, 5 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
සංස්කරණය
පරිපාලකවරුන්ට පමණක් සංස්කරණය කළ හැකි .js, .css වෙනස් කළ යුතුව ඇත. අප සතුව දැනට එවන් අය නොමැත. මා විසින් ඉදිරි පත් වන්නට තීරණය කරන ලදී. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 09:55, 18 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
HOT CAT
Hi,
I have seen that we don't have any gadget available.(At-least gadgets Tab). I would like to use HOTCAT. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 01:07, 27 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
- විශේෂ:අභිරුචියන් හි මෙවලම් එක කරන ලදී. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 05:38, 17 අගෝස්තු 2010 (යූටීසී)
- HOTCAT Added. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 05:34, 23 අගෝස්තු 2010 (යූටීසී)
පරිශීලක:Kumudupinto, ඔබට නිවන් සුව ප්රාර්ථනා කරමු. ප්රිය විප්රයෝගෝ දුක්ඛො !
මෙම පරිශීලකයා සිංහල විකිපොත් වලට එකවී ඇත්තේ 17 මැයි 2010 වැනි දිනදීය. (සිංහල චිකිපීඩියාවට එක් වී ඇත්තේ 11:46, 22 ජූලි 2009 වැනිදාය.) ඔහු එදා පටන් සිංහල විකිපීඩියාවට දැක්වූ දායකත්වය අගයනු වස් මෙම පණිවුඩය තබමි. ඔහුට නිවන් සුවය ප්රාර්ථනා කරමු. මෙය කිසියම් විකාර දැන්වීමක් නොව සත්යවශයෙන්ම දායකත්වය අගයනු වස් තබන සටහනකි. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 09:06, 30 ජූලි 2010 (යූටීසී)
කණිෂ්ඨ විකි
කණිෂ්ඨ විකි සබැඳුම පැති මෙනුවට එක් කරන ලදී. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 08:15, 27 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
කණිෂ්ඨ විකි නාමවකාශය (Wikijunior namespace )
- කණිෂ්ඨ විකි:
- කණිෂ්ඨ විකි සාකච්ඡාව:
දැනට අප් සතුව කණිෂ්ඨ විකි නාමවකාශයක් (Wikijunior namespace) නොපවතී. එය සාදා ගත යුත්තකි. මේ සඳහා ඔබේ සහයෝගය දක්වන්න. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 03:06, 28 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Support -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 03:07, 28 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී) - as a Bug Creator
- Support Lahirulk 03:09, 28 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී) Yes, we badly need it.
- Support Lee 03:35, 28 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Support තඹරු විජේසේකර සාකච්ඡාව 13:10, 29 සැප්තැම්බර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- bugzilla වෙත යොමු කරන ලදී.
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25347 -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 04:03, 8 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- සාර්ථකයි-- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 04:16, 8 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
Turn on Subpages in කණිෂ්ඨ විකි namespace
Currently we are having some issues in කණිෂ්ඨ විකි namespace. We need to Turn on subpages in this namespace. I would like to know about ideas. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 14:41, 8 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- I'm not sure what this is about. Is there any place I can read about this? --Lee 15:17, 8 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Dear පරිශීලක:බිඟුවා
- What do you mean by කණිෂ්ඨ විකි. If it is sinhala version of Wikijunior: as in http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior: , I suggest word ළමාවිකි. Singhalawap 07:49, 10 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- Dear පරිශීලක:බිඟුවා
- Sorry I did not know that කණිෂ්ඨ විකි namespace is approved already. So my suggestion is too late it seems.
- නැට්ට කරකවලනෙ, එහෙනං කඩමු !!
- Let me know if any help needed to overcome the issue you told. Singhalawap 08:33, 10 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
- It is little late Wap, But we can change if we want! Just need to start new topic in Kopikade. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 03:53, 11 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25449 bug has been fixed. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 02:54, 18 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී)
Changing namespace කණිෂ්ඨ විකි to ළමා විකි
Hi All,
This is regarding namespace change. As User:Singhalawap has suggested we can change our කණිෂ්ඨ විකි(Wikijunior) namespace to ළමා විකි. It seems fine to me. I would like to know the community concern about this. Changes will be like this. please add your ideas. Thank you.
- කණිෂ්ඨ විකි = ළමා විකි
- කණිෂ්ඨ විකි සාකච්ඡාව = ළමා විකි සාකච්ඡාව
- Support -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 05:42, 19 ඔක්තෝබර් 2010 (යූටීසී) - As Request Creator.
විකි මූලාශ්ර වෙතට ගෙන ගිය/ගෙන යමින් සිටින පොත්
"ගෙනයන්න " විධානය තියෙන්නේ කොහෙද?
නම ලියද්දි පොඩ්ඩක් වැරදුනා. "ගෙනයන්න " විධානය තියෙන්නේ කොහෙද? මට ඒක හොයාගන්න බෑ :( -Shane44 13:18, 9 මැයි 2011 (යූටීසී)
- විකියේ වගේමයි. වෙනසක් නැ. -- බිඟුවා සාකච්ඡාව 17:56, 2 ඔක්තෝබර් 2011 (යූටීසී)
Global AbuseFilter
AbuseFilter is a MediaWiki extension used to detect likely abusive behavior patterns, like pattern vandalism and spam. In 2013, Global AbuseFilters were enabled on a limited set of wikis including Meta-Wiki, MediaWiki.org, Wikispecies and (in early 2014) all the "small wikis". Recently, global abuse filters were enabled on "medium sized wikis" as well. These filters are currently managed by stewards on Meta-Wiki and have shown to be very effective in preventing mass spam attacks across Wikimedia projects. However, there is currently no policy on how the global AbuseFilters will be managed although there are proposals. There is an ongoing request for comment on policy governing the use of the global AbuseFilters. In the meantime, specific wikis can opt out of using the global AbuseFilter. These wikis can simply add a request to this list on Meta-Wiki. More details can be found on this page at Meta-Wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on m:Talk:Global AbuseFilter.
Thanks,
PiRSquared17, Glaisher— 17:34, 14 නොවැම්බර් 2014 (යූටීසී)
Compact Language Links enabled in this wiki today
Please help translate to your language
Compact Language Links has been available as a beta-feature on all Wikimedia wikis since 2014. With compact language links enabled, users are shown a much shorter list of languages on the interlanguage link section of an article (see image). Based on several factors, this shorter list of languages is expected to be more relevant for them and valuable for finding similar content in a language known to them. More information about compact language links can be found in the documentation.
From today onwards, compact language links has been enabled as the default listing of interlanguage links on this wiki. Using the button at the bottom, you will be able to see a longer list of all the languages the article has been written in. The setting for this compact list can be changed by using the checkbox under User Preferences -> Appearance -> Languages
The compact language links feature has been tested extensively by the Wikimedia Language team, which developed it. However, in case there are any problems or other feedback please let us know on the project talk page or on this discussion thread. It is to be noted that on some wikis the presence of an existing older gadget that was used for a similar purpose may cause an interference for compact language list. We would like to bring this to the attention of the admins of this wiki. Full details are on this phabricator ticket (in English).
Due to the large scale enablement of this feature, we have had to use MassMessage for this announcement and as a result it is only written in English. We will really appreciate if this message can be translated for other users of this wiki. Thank you. On behalf of the Wikimedia Language team: Runa Bhattacharjee (WMF) (talk) 07:04, 24 ජූනි 2016 (යූටීසී)
නව පරිපාලක ඡන්ද විමසීමක්
නව පරිපාලක ඡන්ද විමසීමක් ක්රියාත්මක වේ. කරුණාකර ඔබේ මතය දක්වන්න.
--Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 10:48, 2 සැප්තැම්බර් 2017 (යූටීසී)
විකිමූලාශ්ර වලට ගෙනයාම
මෙහි ඇති බොහෝ පොත් ඇත්තටම තිබිය යුත්තේ විකිමූලාශ්ර වල නේද? ඔන්න මම වැඩේ පටන් ගත්තා.
--Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 12:39, 1 ඔක්තෝබර් 2017 (යූටීසී)
--Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 08:13, 29 නොවැම්බර් 2017 (යූටීසී)
- ඔබ හරියට හරි. විකිපොත් අඩවියේ තියෙන පොත්වලින් බහුතරයක් යා යුත්තේ විකිමූලාශ්ර වෙතට. මේ පියවරට මුල පිරීම ගැන ස්තුතියි! --Anandawardhana (සාකච්ඡාව) 02:07, 22 ජනවාරි 2018 (යූටීසී)
- තව ප්රශ්නයක් තියෙනවා. විකිමූලාශ්ර සිංහල අඩවියක් තවම හරියට නෑ. meta:Requests for new languages/Wikisource Sinhala වෙතට ගිහින් අදහස් දැක්වීමෙන් උදව් විය හැකියි නේද? --Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 07:30, 22 ජනවාරි 2018 (යූටීසී)
- ස්තුතියි. මම ඊට සහාය පළ කරමින් අදහස් දැක්වීමක් දැන් පළ කළා. --Anandawardhana (සාකච්ඡාව) 10:32, 22 ජනවාරි 2018 (යූටීසී)
වරපත් ප්රශ්නය
මෙහි තිබෙන බොහෝ පොත් විකිමූලාශ්ර වෙතට ගෙන යා යුතු ඒවා. නමුත් බොහෝ ඒවා වල වරපත් වැරදියි නේද? --Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 11:13, 6 ජූනි 2019 (යූටීසී)
New tools and IP masking
Hey everyone,
The Wikimedia Foundation wants to work on two things that affect how we patrol changes and handle vandalism and harassment. We want to make the tools that are used to handle bad edits better. We also want to get better privacy for unregistered users so their IP addresses are no longer shown to everyone in the world. We would not hide IP addresses until we have better tools for patrolling.
We have an idea of what tools could be working better and how a more limited access to IP addresses would change things, but we need to hear from more wikis. You can read more about the project on Meta and post comments and feedback. Now is when we need to hear from you to be able to give you better tools to handle vandalism, spam and harassment.
You can post in your language if you can't write in English.
Johan (WMF)14:18, 21 අගෝස්තු 2019 (යූටීසී)
The consultation on partial and temporary Foundation bans just started
Hello,
In a recent statement, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees requested that staff hold a consultation to "re-evaluat[e] or add community input to the two new office action policy tools (temporary and partial Foundation bans)".
Accordingly, the Foundation's Trust & Safety team invites all Wikimedians to join this consultation and give their feedback from 30 September to 30 October.
How can you help?
- Suggest how partial and temporary Foundation bans should be used, if they should (eg: On all projects, or only on a subset);
- Give ideas about how partial and temporary Foundation bans should ideally implemented, if they should be; and/or
- Propose changes to the existing Office Actions policy on partial and temporary bans.
We offer our thanks in advance for your contributions, and we hope to get as much input as possible from community members during this consultation!
-- Kbrown (WMF) 17:13, 30 සැප්තැම්බර් 2019 (යූටීසී)
Feedback wanted on Desktop Improvements project
Please help translate to your language
Hello. The Readers Web team at the WMF will work on some improvements to the desktop interface over the next couple of years. The goal is to increase usability without removing any functionality. We have been inspired by changes made by volunteers, but that currently only exist as local gadgets and user scripts, prototypes, and volunteer-led skins. We would like to begin the process of bringing some of these changes into the default experience on all Wikimedia projects.
We are currently in the research stage of this project and are looking for ideas for improvements, as well as feedback on our current ideas and mockups. So far, we have performed interviews with community members at Wikimania. We have gathered lists of previous volunteer and WMF work in this area. We are examining possible technical approaches for such changes.
We would like individual feedback on the following:
- Identifying focus areas for the project we have not yet discovered
- Expanding the list of existing gadgets and user scripts that are related to providing a better desktop experience. If you can think of some of these from your wiki, please let us know
- Feedback on the ideas and mockups we have collected so far
We would also like to gather a list of wikis that would be interested in being test wikis for this project - these wikis would be the first to receive the updates once we’re ready to start building.
When giving feedback, please consider the following goals of the project:
- Make it easier for readers to focus on the content
- Provide easier access to everyday actions (e.g. search, language switching, editing)
- Put things in logical and useful places
- Increase consistency in the interface with other platforms - mobile web and the apps
- Eliminate clutter
- Plan for future growth
As well as the following constraints:
- Not touching the content - no work will be done in terms of styling templates or to the structure of page contents themselves
- Not removing any functionality - things might move around, but all navigational items and other functionality currently available by default will remain
- No drastic changes to the layout - we're taking an evolutionary approach to the changes and want the site to continue feeling familiar to readers and editors
Please give all feedback (in any language) at mw:Talk:Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements
After this round of feedback, we plan on building a prototype of suggested changes based on the feedback we receive. You’ll hear from us again asking for feedback on this prototype.
Thank you! Quiddity (WMF) (talk)
07:14, 16 ඔක්තෝබර් 2019 (යූටීසී)
Community Wishlist 2020
The 2020 Community Wishlist Survey is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on November 11, 2019, or comment on other proposals to help make them better.
This year, we’re exclusively focusing on smaller projects (i.e., Wikibooks, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikiversity, Wikispecies, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews). We want to help these projects and provide meaningful improvements to diverse communities. If you’re a member of any of these projects, please participate in the survey! To submit proposals, see the guidelines on the survey page. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
IFried (WMF) 19:30, 4 නොවැම්බර් 2019 (යූටීසී)
Wiki Loves Folklore
Hello Folks,
Wiki Loves Love is back again in 2020 iteration as Wiki Loves Folklore from 1 February, 2020 - 29 February, 2020. Join us to celebrate the local cultural heritage of your region with the theme of folklore in the international photography contest at Wikimedia Commons. Images, videos and audios representing different forms of folk cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far are welcome submissions in Wiki Loves Folklore. Learn more about the contest at Meta-Wiki and Commons.
Kind regards,
Wiki Loves Folklore International Team
— Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk)
sent using MediaWiki message delivery (සාකච්ඡාව) 06:15, 18 ජනවාරි 2020 (යූටීසී)
Movement Learning and Leadership Development Project
Hello
The Wikimedia Foundation’s Community Development team is seeking to learn more about the way volunteers learn and develop into the many different roles that exist in the movement. Our goal is to build a movement informed framework that provides shared clarity and outlines accessible pathways on how to grow and develop skills within the movement. To this end, we are looking to speak with you, our community to learn about your journey as a Wikimedia volunteer. Whether you joined yesterday or have been here from the very start, we want to hear about the many ways volunteers join and contribute to our movement.
To learn more about the project, please visit the Meta page. If you are interested in participating in the project, please complete this simple Google form. Although we may not be able to speak to everyone who expresses interest, we encourage you to complete this short form if you are interested in participating!
-- LMiranda (WMF) (talk) 19:00, 22 ජනවාරි 2020 (යූටීසී)
නව පරිපාලක ඡන්ද විමසීමක්
නව පරිපාලක ඡන්ද විමසීමක් ක්රියාත්මක වේ. කරුණාකර ඔබේ මතය දක්වන්න.
--Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 07:26, 6 මැයි 2020 (යූටීසී)
Feedback on movement names
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language if necessary. Thank you!
There are a lot of conversations happening about the future of our movement names. We hope that you are part of these discussions and that your community is represented.
Since 16 June, the Foundation Brand Team has been running a survey in 7 languages about 3 naming options. There are also community members sharing concerns about renaming in a Community Open Letter.
Our goal in this call for feedback is to hear from across the community, so we encourage you to participate in the survey, the open letter, or both. The survey will go through 7 July in all timezones. Input from the survey and discussions will be analyzed and published on Meta-Wiki.
Thanks for thinking about the future of the movement, --The Brand Project team, 19:52, 2 ජූලි 2020 (යූටීසී)
Note: The survey is conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement.
Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia
Hi all,
It is my honor to introduce Abstract Wikipedia, a new project that has been unanimously approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. Abstract Wikipedia proposes a new way to generate baseline encyclopedic content in a multilingual fashion, allowing more contributors and more readers to share more knowledge in more languages. It is an approach that aims to make cross-lingual cooperation easier on our projects, increase the sustainability of our movement through expanding access to participation, improve the user experience for readers of all languages, and innovate in free knowledge by connecting some of the strengths of our movement to create something new.
This is our first new project in over seven years. Abstract Wikipedia was submitted as a project proposal by Denny Vrandečić in May 2020 [1] after years of preparation and research, leading to a detailed plan and lively discussions in the Wikimedia communities. We know that the energy and the creativity of the community often runs up against language barriers, and information that is available in one language may not make it to other language Wikipedias. Abstract Wikipedia intends to look and feel like a Wikipedia, but build on the powerful, language-independent conceptual models of Wikidata, with the goal of letting volunteers create and maintain Wikipedia articles across our polyglot Wikimedia world.
The project will allow volunteers to assemble the fundamentals of an article using words and entities from Wikidata. Because Wikidata uses conceptual models that are meant to be universal across languages, it should be possible to use and extend these building blocks of knowledge to create models for articles that also have universal value. Using code, volunteers will be able to translate these abstract “articles” into their own languages. If successful, this could eventually allow everyone to read about any topic in Wikidata in their own language.
As you can imagine, this work will require a lot of software development, and a lot of cooperation among Wikimedians. In order to make this effort possible, Denny will join the Foundation as a staff member in July and lead this initiative. You may know Denny as the creator of Wikidata, a long-time community member, a former staff member at Wikimedia Deutschland, and a former Trustee at the Wikimedia Foundation [2]. We are very excited that Denny will bring his skills and expertise to work on this project alongside the Foundation’s product, technology, and community liaison teams.
It is important to acknowledge that this is an experimental project, and that every Wikipedia community has different needs. This project may offer some communities great advantages. Other communities may engage less. Every language Wikipedia community will be free to choose and moderate whether or how they would use content from this project.
We are excited that this new wiki-project has the possibility to advance knowledge equity through increased access to knowledge. It also invites us to consider and engage with critical questions about how and by whom knowledge is constructed. We look forward to working in cooperation with the communities to think through these important questions.
There is much to do as we begin designing a plan for Abstract Wikipedia in close collaboration with our communities. I encourage you to get involved by going to the project page and joining the new mailing list [3]. We recognize that Abstract Wikipedia is ambitious, but we also recognize its potential. We invite you all to join us on a new, unexplored path.
Yours,
Katherine Maher (Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation)
Sent by m:User:Elitre (WMF) 19:56, 9 ජූලි 2020 (යූටීසී) - m:Special:MyLanguage/Abstract Wikipedia/July 2020 announcement
Important: maintenance operation on September 1st
Read this message in another language • Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation will be testing its secondary data centre. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic to the secondary data centre on Tuesday, September 1st 2020.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, September 1st. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday September 2).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of September 1st, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule. There will be more notifications about this. Please share this information with your community.
Trizek (WMF) (talk) 13:48, 26 අගෝස්තු 2020 (යූටීසී)
Invitation to participate in the conversation
Hello. Apologies for cross-posting, and that you may not be reading this message in your native language: translations of the following announcement may be available on Meta. Please help translate to your language. Thank you!
We are excited to share a draft of the Universal Code of Conduct, which the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees called for earlier this year, for your review and feedback. The discussion will be open until October 6, 2020.
The UCoC Drafting Committee wants to learn which parts of the draft would present challenges for you or your work. What is missing from this draft? What do you like, and what could be improved?
Please join the conversation and share this invitation with others who may be interested to join, too.
To reduce language barriers during the process, you are welcomed to translate this message and the Universal Code of Conduct/Draft review. You and your community may choose to provide your opinions/feedback using your local languages.
To learn more about the UCoC project, see the Universal Code of Conduct page, and the FAQ, on Meta.
Thanks in advance for your attention and contributions, The Trust and Safety team at Wikimedia Foundation, 17:55, 10 සැප්තැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)Wiki of functions naming contest
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Hello. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of functions. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Thank you! --Quiddity (WMF)21:26, 29 සැප්තැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Wiki of functions naming contest
Please help translate to your language
Hello. Please help pick a name for the new Wikimedia wiki project. This project will be a wiki where the community can work together on a library of functions. The community can create new functions, read about them, discuss them, and share them. Some of these functions will be used to help create language-independent Wikipedia articles that can be displayed in any language, as part of the Abstract Wikipedia project. But functions will also be usable in many other situations.
There will be two rounds of voting, each followed by legal review of candidates, with voting beginning on 29 September and 27 October. Our goal is to have a final project name selected on 8 December. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at meta-wiki. Thank you! --Quiddity (WMF)22:49, 29 සැප්තැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Call for feedback about Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws changes and Board candidate rubric
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language.
Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees starts two calls for feedback. One is about changes to the Bylaws mainly to increase the Board size from 10 to 16 members. The other one is about a trustee candidate rubric to introduce new, more effective ways to evaluate new Board candidates. The Board welcomes your comments through 26 October. For more details, check the full announcement.
Thank you! Qgil-WMF (talk) 17:09, 7 ඔක්තෝබර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
ගුත්තිල කාව්ය
ගුත්තිල කාව්ය ලෙස විකිපොත් වෙත එක් කර ඇති පොත නම් "වී.ඩී. ද ලැනරෝල" මහතාගේ ප්රකාශනයක් වාගේ නේද? නමුත් "ගුත්තිල කාව්යය" කියන්නේ ඉතා පැරණි පොතක් නේ. මේකේ කතෘ හිමිකම් කොහොම වෙනවාද කියල තේරුමක් තියෙන කෙනෙක් පැහැදිලි කරලා දෙන්න කො! --Lee (සාකච්ඡාව) 04:27, 19 ඔක්තෝබර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Important: maintenance operation on October 27
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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.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on Tuesday, October 27 2020.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, October 27. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (14:00 WET, 15:00 CET, 10:00 EDT, 19:30 IST, 07:00 PDT, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 03:00 NZDT on Wednesday October 28).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of October 26, 2020. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
-- Trizek (WMF) (talk) 17:10, 21 ඔක්තෝබර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Wiki of functions naming contest - Round 2
Hello. Reminder: Please help to choose the name for the new Wikimedia wiki project - the library of functions. The finalist vote starts today. The finalists for the name are: Wikicode, Wikicodex, Wikifunctions, Wikifusion, Wikilambda, Wikimedia Functions. If you would like to participate, then please learn more and vote now at Meta-wiki. Thank you! --Quiddity (WMF)
22:10, 5 නොවැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
The 2021 Community Wishlist Survey is now open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. We encourage everyone to submit proposals until the deadline on 30 නොවැම්බර්, or comment on other proposals to help make them better. The communities will vote on the proposals between 8 දෙසැම්බර් and 21 දෙසැම්බර්.
The Community Tech team is focused on tools for experienced Wikimedia editors. You can write proposals in any language, and we will translate them for you. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
18:09, 20 නොවැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Wikidata descriptions changes to be included more often in Recent Changes and Watchlist
Sorry for sending this message in English. Translations are available on this page. Feel free to translate it in more languages!
As you may know, you can include changes coming from Wikidata in your Watchlist and Recent Changes (in your preferences). Until now, this feature didn’t always include changes made on Wikidata descriptions due to the way Wikidata tracks the data used in a given article.
Starting on December 3rd, the Watchlist and Recent Changes will include changes on the descriptions of Wikidata Items that are used in the pages that you watch. This will only include descriptions in the language of your wiki to make sure that you’re only seeing changes that are relevant to your wiki.
This improvement was requested by many users from different projects. We hope that it can help you monitor the changes on Wikidata descriptions that affect your wiki and participate in the effort of improving the data quality on Wikidata for all Wikimedia wikis and beyond.
Note: if you didn’t use the Wikidata watchlist integration feature for a long time, feel free to give it another chance! The feature has been improved since the beginning and the content it displays is more precise and useful than at the beginning of the feature in 2015.
If you encounter any issue or want to provide feedback, feel free to use this Phabricator ticket. Thanks!
2020 Coolest Tool Award Ceremony on December 11th
Hello all,
The ceremony of the 2020 Wikimedia Coolest Tool Award will take place virtually on Friday, December 11th, at 17:00 GMT. This award is highlighting tools that have been nominated by contributors to the Wikimedia projects, and the ceremony will be a nice moment to show appreciation to the tools developers and maybe discover new tools!
You will find more information here about the livestream and the discussions channels. Thanks for your attention, Lea Lacroix (WMDE) 10:55, 7 දෙසැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Community Wishlist Survey 2021
We invite all registered users to vote on the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. You can vote from now until 21 December for as many different wishes as you want.
In the Survey, wishes for new and improved tools for experienced editors are collected. After the voting, we will do our best to grant your wishes. We will start with the most popular ones.
We, the Community Tech, are one of the Wikimedia Foundation teams. We create and improve editing and wiki moderation tools. What we work on is decided based on results of the Community Wishlist Survey. Once a year, you can submit wishes. After two weeks, you can vote on the ones that you're most interested in. Next, we choose wishes from the survey to work on. Some of the wishes may be granted by volunteer developers or other teams.
You can view and vote all proposals here.
We are waiting for your votes. Thank you!
00:52, 15 දෙසැම්බර් 2020 (යූටීසී)
Moving Wikimania 2021 to a Virtual Event
Hello. Apologies if you are not reading this message in your native language. Please help translate to your language. Thank you!
Wikimania will be a virtual event this year, and hosted by a wide group of community members. Whenever the next in-person large gathering is possible again, the ESEAP Core Organizing Team will be in charge of it. Stay tuned for more information about how you can get involved in the planning process and other aspects of the event. Please read the longer version of this announcement on wikimedia-l.
ESEAP Core Organizing Team, Wikimania Steering Committee, Wikimedia Foundation Events Team, 15:15, 27 ජනවාරි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Project Grant Open Call
This is the announcement for the Project Grants program open call that started on January 11, with the submission deadline of February 10, 2021.
This first open call will be focussed on Community Organizing proposals. A second open call focused on research and software proposals is scheduled from February 15 with a submission deadline of March 16, 2021.
For the Round 1 open call, we invite you to propose grant applications that fall under community development and organizing (offline and online) categories. Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups, and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, from organizing a better process on your wiki, coordinating a campaign or editathon series to providing other support for community building. We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:
- Weekly proposals clinics via Zoom during the Open Call. Join us for #Upcoming_Proposal_Clinics|real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:
- Video tutorials for writing a strong application
- General planning page for Project Grants
- Program guidelines and criteria
Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request. Contact us if you would like feedback or more information.
We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 10, 2021!
Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee. Contact us at projectgrantsසැකිල්ල:Atwikimedia.org. Please help us translate this message to your local language. MediaWiki message delivery (සාකච්ඡාව) 08:00, 28 ජනවාරි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 is back!
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You are humbly invited to participate in the Wiki Loves Folklore 2021 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 28th of February.
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.
Please support us in translating the project page and a banner message to help us spread the word in your native language.
Kind regards,
Wiki loves Folklore International Team
MediaWiki message delivery (සාකච්ඡාව) 13:25, 6 පෙබරවාරි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Proposal: Set two-letter project shortcuts as alias to project namespace globally
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Hello everyone,
I apologize for posting in English. I would like to inform everyone that I created a new global request for comment (GRFC) at Meta Wiki, which may affect your project: m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.
In this GRFC, I propose that two-project shortcuts for project names will become a default alias for the project namespace. For instance, on all Wikipedias, WP will be an alias to the Wikipedia: namespace (and similar for other projects). Full list is available in the GRFC.
This is already the case for Wikivoyages, and many individual projects asked for this alias to be implemented. I believe this makes it easier to access the materials in the project namespace, as well as creating shortcuts like WP:NPOV, as well as helps new projects to use this feature, without having to figure out how to request site configuration changes first.
As far as I can see, Wikibooks currently does not have such an alias set. This means that such an alias will be set for you, if the GRFC is accepted by the global community.
I would like to ask all community members to participate in the request for comment at Meta-Wiki, see m:Requests for comment/Set short project namespace aliases by default globally.
Please feel free to ask me if you have any questions about this proposal.
Best regards,
--Martin Urbanec (talk) 14:12, 18 පෙබරවාරි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Wikifunctions logo contest
01:45, 2 මාර්තු 2021 (යූටීසී)
Universal Code of Conduct – 2021 consultations
Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2
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The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a universal baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire Wikimedia movement and all its projects. The project is currently in Phase 2, outlining clear enforcement pathways. You can read more about the whole project on its project page.
Drafting Committee: Call for applications
The Wikimedia Foundation is recruiting volunteers to join a committee to draft how to make the code enforceable. Volunteers on the committee will commit between 2 and 6 hours per week from late April through July and again in October and November. It is important that the committee be diverse and inclusive, and have a range of experiences, including both experienced users and newcomers, and those who have received or responded to, as well as those who have been falsely accused of harassment.
To apply and learn more about the process, see Universal Code of Conduct/Drafting committee.
2021 community consultations: Notice and call for volunteers / translators
From 5 April – 5 May 2021 there will be conversations on many Wikimedia projects about how to enforce the UCoC. We are looking for volunteers to translate key material, as well as to help host consultations on their own languages or projects using suggested key questions. If you are interested in volunteering for either of these roles, please contact us in whatever language you are most comfortable.
To learn more about this work and other conversations taking place, see Universal Code of Conduct/2021 consultations.
Universal Code of Conduct News – Issue 1
Universal Code of Conduct News
Issue 1, June 2021Read the full newsletter
Welcome to the first issue of Universal Code of Conduct News! This newsletter will help Wikimedians stay involved with the development of the new code, and will distribute relevant news, research, and upcoming events related to the UCoC.
Please note, this is the first issue of UCoC Newsletter which is delivered to all subscribers and projects as an announcement of the initiative. If you want the future issues delivered to your talk page, village pumps, or any specific pages you find appropriate, you need to subscribe here.
You can help us by translating the newsletter issues in your languages to spread the news and create awareness of the new conduct to keep our beloved community safe for all of us. Please add your name here if you want to be informed of the draft issue to translate beforehand. Your participation is valued and appreciated.
- Affiliate consultations – Wikimedia affiliates of all sizes and types were invited to participate in the UCoC affiliate consultation throughout March and April 2021. (continue reading)
- 2021 key consultations – The Wikimedia Foundation held enforcement key questions consultations in April and May 2021 to request input about UCoC enforcement from the broader Wikimedia community. (continue reading)
- Roundtable discussions – The UCoC facilitation team hosted two 90-minute-long public roundtable discussions in May 2021 to discuss UCoC key enforcement questions. More conversations are scheduled. (continue reading)
- Phase 2 drafting committee – The drafting committee for the phase 2 of the UCoC started their work on 12 May 2021. Read more about their work. (continue reading)
- Diff blogs – The UCoC facilitators wrote several blog posts based on interesting findings and insights from each community during local project consultation that took place in the 1st quarter of 2021. (continue reading)
--MediaWiki message delivery (සාකච්ඡාව) 23:05, 11 ජූනි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Server switch
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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.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 29 June 2021. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday 30 June).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- There will be code freezes for the week of June 28. Non-essential code deployments will not happen.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) 01:19, 27 ජූනි 2021 (යූටීසී)
Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee
Movement Strategy announces the Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. The Call opens August 2, 2021 and closes September 1, 2021.
The Committee is expected to represent diversity in the Movement. Diversity includes gender, language, geography, and experience. This comprises participation in projects, affiliates, and the Wikimedia Foundation.
English fluency is not required to become a member. If needed, translation and interpretation support is provided. Members will receive an allowance to offset participation costs. It is US$100 every two months.
We are looking for people who have some of the following skills:
- Know how to write collaboratively. (demonstrated experience is a plus)
- Are ready to find compromises.
- Focus on inclusion and diversity.
- Have knowledge of community consultations.
- Have intercultural communication experience.
- Have governance or organization experience in non-profits or communities.
- Have experience negotiating with different parties.
The Committee is expected to start with 15 people. If there are 20 or more candidates, a mixed election and selection process will happen. If there are 19 or fewer candidates, then the process of selection without election takes place.
Will you help move Wikimedia forward in this important role? Submit your candidacy here. Please contact strategy2030wikimedia.org with questions.
Xeno (WMF) (සාකච්ඡාව) 00:12, 3 අගෝස්තු 2021 (යූටීසී)
Universal Code of Conduct - Enforcement draft guidelines review
The Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee would like comments about the enforcement draft guidelines for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC). This review period is planned for 17 August 2021 through 17 October 2021.
These guidelines are not final but you can help move the progress forward. The committee will revise the guidelines based upon community input.
Comments can be shared in any language on the draft review talk page and multiple other venues. Community members are encouraged to organize conversations in their communities.
There are planned live discussions about the UCoC enforcement draft guidelines:
- Wikimania 2021 session (recorded 16 August)
- Conversation hours - 24 August, 31 August, 7 September @ 03:00 UTC & 14:00 UTC
- Roundtable calls - 18 September @ 03:00 UTC & 15:00 UTC
Summaries of discussions will be posted every two weeks here.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Xeno (WMF) 22:09, 17 අගෝස්තු 2021 (යූටීසී)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election has come to an end
Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data, including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the Elections Committee completes their review of the ballots. The official announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.
6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2% global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In 2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced during the election.
Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees election will be even better.
21:00, 1 සැප්තැම්බර් 2021 (යූටීසී)
The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey will happen in January
Hello everyone,
We hope all of you are as well and safe as possible during these trying times! We wanted to share some news about a change to the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. We would like to hear your opinions as well.
Summary:
We will be running the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 in January 2022. We need more time to work on the 2021 wishes. We also need time to prepare some changes to the Wishlist 2022. In the meantime, you can use a dedicated sandbox to leave early ideas for the 2022 wishes.
Proposing and wish-fulfillment will happen during the same year
In the past, the Community Tech team has run the Community Wishlist Survey for the following year in November of the prior year. For example, we ran the Wishlist for 2021 in November 2020. That worked well a few years ago. At that time, we used to start working on the Wishlist soon after the results of the voting were published.
However, in 2021, there was a delay between the voting and the time when we could start working on the new wishes. Until July 2021, we were working on wishes from the Wishlist for 2020.
We hope having the Wishlist 2022 in January 2022 will be more intuitive. This will also give us time to fulfill more wishes from the 2021 Wishlist.
Encouraging wider participation from historically excluded communities
We are thinking how to make the Wishlist easier to participate in. We want to support more translations, and encourage under-resourced communities to be more active. We would like to have some time to make these changes.
A new space to talk to us about priorities and wishes not granted yet
We will have gone 365 days without a Wishlist. We encourage you to approach us. We hope to hear from you in the talk page, but we also hope to see you at our bi-monthly Talk to Us meetings! These will be hosted at two different times friendly to time zones around the globe.
We will begin our first meeting September 15th at 23:00 UTC. More details about the agenda and format coming soon!
Brainstorm and draft proposals before the proposal phase
If you have early ideas for wishes, you can use the new Community Wishlist Survey sandbox. This way, you will not forget about these before January 2022. You will be able to come back and refine your ideas. Remember, edits in the sandbox don't count as wishes!
Feedback
- What should we do to improve the Wishlist pages?
- How would you like to use our new sandbox?
- What, if any, risks do you foresee in our decision to change the date of the Wishlist 2022?
- What will help more people participate in the Wishlist 2022?
Answer on the talk page (in any language you prefer) or at our Talk to Us meetings.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 00:23, 7 සැප්තැම්බර් 2021 (යූටීසී)
Server switch
Read this message in another language • Please help translate to your language
The Wikimedia Foundation tests the switch between its first and secondary data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster. To make sure everything is working, the Wikimedia Technology department needs to do a planned test. This test will show if they can reliably switch from one data centre to the other. It requires many teams to prepare for the test and to be available to fix any unexpected problems.
They will switch all traffic back to the primary data center on Tuesday, 14 September 2021.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. The test will start at 14:00 UTC (07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 WEST/BST, 16:00 CEST, 19:30 IST, 23:00 JST, and in New Zealand at 02:00 NZST on Wednesday, 15 September).
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
SGrabarczuk (WMF) (සාකච්ඡාව) 00:45, 11 සැප්තැම්බර් 2021 (යූටීසී)
Talk to the Community Tech
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Hello!
As we have recently announced, we, the team working on the Community Wishlist Survey, would like to invite you to an online meeting with us. It will take place on September 15th, 23:00 UTC on Zoom, and will last an hour. Click here to join.
Agenda
- How we prioritize the wishes to be granted
- Why we decided to change the date from November 2021 to January 2022
- Update on the disambiguation and the real-time preview wishes
- Questions and answers
Format
The meeting will not be recorded or streamed. Notes without attribution will be taken and published on Meta-Wiki. The presentation (first three points in the agenda) will be given in English.
We can answer questions asked in English, French, Polish, and Spanish. If you would like to ask questions in advance, add them on the Community Wishlist Survey talk page or send to sgrabarczuk@wikimedia.org.
Natalia Rodriguez (the Community Tech manager) will be hosting this meeting.
Invitation link
- Join online
- Meeting ID: 898 2861 5390
- One tap mobile
- +16465588656,,89828615390# US (New York)
- +16699006833,,89828615390# US (San Jose)
- Dial by your location
See you! SGrabarczuk (WMF) (සාකච්ඡාව) 03:03, 11 සැප්තැම්බර් 2021 (යූටීසී)