Soni

Holiday Greetings

Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people's rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension. Happy Holidays to you and yours. It's been a while. Hope all is well! ―Buster7 ☎

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin June Issue 2

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

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimania Katowice

Talking: 2024 continues

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness See also: quarterly Metrics Reports

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

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

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

Foundation statements

• Wikimedia Foundation statement on volunteer processes on reliable sources

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

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

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closure

Hey, Soni! Thanks for closing the PMs RfC. No one has objected, but when you said That WP:RS disagree on whether the current PM is 14th or 15th is more evidence in favour of this removal I felt like it could be interpreted as a supervote. Valereee (talk) 11:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@Valereee I think it is probably a phrasing thing than a supervote.

Multiple people had expressed the same sentiment, for example We are not clear on which source we should trust. Some mention Modi as the 15th PM and some as the 14th. Moreover, the sources are also confused by GrabUp. It is a solid argument in favour of remove, and imho a strong one too. As closing arguments are supposed to summarise the most pertinent points of the discussion when closing, I added that.

It wasn't intended to be "I think it should be removed because of X" but "People have said X, and that's more evidence for removal". Soni (talk) 14:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, that's basically what I figured -- a matter of phrasing, which if anyone objects you can just tweak. Best to you! Valereee (talk) 15:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 1

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An IT blessing for you!

May your "downtime" always be the relaxing kind.

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Soni's device ran into a problem and needs to restart in a loop forever

Thank you for collapsing my sections that were starting to veer off-topic. I will do that to myself next time (or just not veer off-topic, when possible). Thank you for giving us a chance for a clean start at trying for consensus, by closing the first discussion as "no consensus". And thank you for encouraging me to ensure that all instructions are brief, clear, and neutral.

Awarded for valuable contributions to the 2024 CrowdStrike-related move discussion

Jruderman (talk) 11:48, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	You and I have major disagreements about procedure in a specific move discussion. Nevertheless, you and I have been able to remain calm and civil and express ourselves clearly as we attempt to find common ground. This barnstar is for you, but I would be honored if you would choose to share it with me. Jruderman (talk) 12:41, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin July Issue 2

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

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Upcoming and current events and conversations

Wikimania Katowice

Talking: 2024 continues

• Where to from here? A message from Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Maryana Iskander.
• The program for Wikimania Katowice (7–10 August 2024) is now live! Register now to attend virtually!
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Other Movement curated newsletters & news See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Wikimedia World · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · other newsletters:

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

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Thanks

		Project Editor Retention This editor was willing to lend a helping hand!
		Thanks for all you do to acknowledge others at the Editor of the Week Awards, You nominated our first Editor of the Week O so many years ago. The future was hard to predict back then...but here we are still building the encyclopedia that the world goes to for answers.

Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 12:36, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

@Buster7 Haha, I remember those ye olden days way too vividly. Almost feels a few weeks ago, not a third of my life. If I remember correctly, Isadora was also the one who designed all the cool EotW images that we then templated out. That was a fun time.

I don't know if I told you this, but over the course of the last decade, I have vaguely followed Wikipedia even in years I made no edits; and every time, I could see proudly see the continue strong. All the incoming recipient responses kept reinforcing how tangible an impact we were making, keeping editors from quitting or making them more excited about editing again. And you were always the one man army keeping it going through everything. So thank you, you gave me something to be very proud of, and something to look back and go "Oh this thing we did, it worked out well". Soni (talk) 12:59, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

You make me think of the movie Field of Dreams and "If you build it they will come". I remember how disappointing it was that DB walked away and left us adrift. I've felt it all these years and say it now only since it bubbles up from distant memory. But we kept it afloat, out to sea where no one could find us and editors stopped talking to us. But...here we are...560 Eddy's later. Well done! Good for Us! Good for the WP community. Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 13:17, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah I guess my POV in this kind of thing was always "It's good and healthy for people to branch out and do different things". I know half the people I used to know well from that time are either retired or in the WMF now. But me walking away was the best way to let me feel excited again and come back to enWiki and more active editing. So I'm glad the torch is still burning, and I hope there's more people to carry it on when we branch out or stop. Soni (talk) 13:48, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

My disappointment in the editor retention wikiproject is broader: most discussion threads were indistinguishable from those on other pages complaining that editor X or editors interested in Y have been wronged, and there was little interest shown in working on improvement initiatives. Editor of the Week has persisted in part because we deliberately set it up with long-term sustainability in mind (the other part being, of course, Buster7's dedication). It has a specific objective to recognize beneficial tasks completed (even if it encompasses a broad range of editor activity), relatively low overhead, and is designed not as a prize to be fought over, but as a token of encouragement. Offhand, other than the Signpost, I can't think of any other initiative not directly related to writing articles that has lasted as long. That's an impressive track record and directly attributable to Buster7 being there, day in and day out. isaacl (talk) 14:25, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Yeah I guess specificity went a long way to guarantee longevity (other than having someone who can commit to it for months). Teahouse is another one, but it's more a forum than a specific project. I wonder what other specific things could be started today if people were so excited.

@Buster7 and @Isaacl, thanks for the thoughts. Soni (talk) 03:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

True enough that the various help forums predate Editor of the Week (the Teahouse by a bit less than a year). The reference desk is one that is, by design, unrelated to editing at all. I think there are editors who are initially excited, but they have to follow through: for initiatives that need consensus support, work to generate agreement, and for things that can be done individually, put in the work. I understand, though, with so many other pastimes available, there's often a more interesting alternative that comes up. isaacl (talk) 03:27, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

You two are making me blush. Isaacl, you bring to mind how difficult it was to maintain the heartbeat of a thread/discussion with out it evaporating into non-sequiturs and verbal quarrels. Triage was constant. Keeping the talk on topic was impossible. We were like referees in a WFF Battle Royal. As combatants showed up, the wrestling ring kept getting larger and larger. I can't remember names but I know we had provocateurs that only came for the "blood sport" while we had to herd cats and share our thoughts at the same time. I was lucky that I saw a niche and I filled it. And here we are a decade later. Good for Us! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 03:52, 3 August 2024 (UTC)