Wikizzionari:Bar
Ciao, benvegnud in del BAR DEL WIKIZZIONARI |
In del bar del Wikizzionari se fann di discussion sgenerai sora el wikizzionari, se te voeulet discuter sora di specifeghe parolle và inveci in del Crot di linguista |
itWikiCon 2024
[modifega](me se scusi per l'italian, ma a l'è un messagg cobiad!)
Buongiorno, vi annuncio che si stanno chiudendo le opportunità per itWikiCon 2024, che quest'anno sarà a Padova!
Fino al 24 è possibile chiedere una borsa di partecipazione per coprire le spese, mentre fino al 26 è possibile fare proposte per il programma
Un saluto! -- Sciking (ciciarade) 20:10, 22 Lui 2024 (CEST)
Vote now to fill vacancies of the first U4C
[modifega]
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua
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,
Reminder! Vote closing soon to fill vacancies of the first U4C
[modifega]
- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua
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,
Coming soon: A new sub-referencing feature – try it!
[modifega]
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
[modifega]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 (ciciarade) 01:20, 23 avo 2024 (CEST)
Announcing the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee
[modifega]
- Original message at wikimedia-l. You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua
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,
Dì la tua: vota per il Board of Trustees 2024!
[modifega]Ciao a tutti,
Sono aperte le votazioni per l'elezione del Board of Trustees 2024. Ci sono dodici (12) candidati in corsa per quattro (4) posti nel Board.
Per saperne di più sui candidati, leggete le loro dichiarazioni e le loro risposte alle domande della comunità.
Quando siete pronti, andate alla pagina di votazione SecurePoll per votare. La votazione è aperta dal 3 settembre alle 00:00 UTC al 17 settembre alle 23:59 UTC.
Per verificare l'idoneità al voto, visitate la pagina eleggibilità.
Cordiali saluti,
Il comitato elettorale e il Board Selection Working Group
MediaWiki message delivery (ciciarade) 14:15, 3 set 2024 (CEST)
'Wikidata item' link is moving. Find out where...
[modifega]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 (ciciarade) 20:58, 27 set 2024 (CEST)
Risultati preliminari delle elezioni 2024 del Board of Trustees di Wikimedia Foundation
[modifega]Ciao a tutti,
Grazie a tutti coloro che hanno partecipato all'elezione 2024 del Board of Trustees della Wikimedia Foundation. Hanno votato circa 6000 membri delle comunità di oltre 180 progetti.
I seguenti quattro candidati hanno ottenuto il maggior numero di voti:
Anche se questi candidati hanno ottenuto il maggior numero di voti nell'elezione devono ancora essere nominati nel Board of Trustees. Devono superare un controllo dei precedenti e soddisfare le qualifiche indicate nel Regolamento. I nuovi membri del Board saranno nominati alla prossima riunione del Board, nel dicembre 2024.
L'annuncio completo si trova su Meta-Wiki
Cordiali saluti,
Il Comitato elettorale e il Board Selection Working Group
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
[modifega]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:
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,
'Wikidata item' link is moving, finally.
[modifega]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) 13:30, 22 oto 2024 (CEST)
Sign up for the language community meeting on November 29th, 16:00 UTC
[modifega]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 20:55, 21 nov 2024 (CET)
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: provide your comments on the UCoC and Enforcement Guidelines
[modifega]My apologies for writing in English. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua.
I am writing to you to let you know the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines is open now. You can make suggestions for changes through 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 02:12, 24 gen 2025 (CET)
Reminder: first part of the annual UCoC review closes soon
[modifega]My apologies for writing in English. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua.
This is a reminder that the first phase of the annual review period for the Universal Code of Conduct and Enforcement Guidelines will be closing soon. You can make suggestions for changes through the end of day, 3 February 2025. This is the first step of several to be taken for the annual review. Read more information and find a conversation to join on the UCoC page on Meta. After review of the feedback, proposals for updated text will be published on Meta in March for another round of community review.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 01:49, 3 feb 2025 (CET)
Prossimo Language Community Meeting (28 febbraio, 14:00 UTC) e Newsletter
[modifega]Ciao,
Siamo lieti di annunciare che il prossimo Language Community Meeting avrà luogo il 28 febbraio alle 14:00 UTC! Se vuoi partecipare registrati su questa pagina.
Si tratta di un incontro condotto dai partecipanti in cui vengono condivisi gli aggiornamenti sui progetti relativi alle lingue, si discutono le sfide tecniche dei wiki linguistici e si collabora alle soluzioni. Nell'ultimo incontro sono stati affrontati argomenti come lo sviluppo di tastiere per lingue diverse, la creazione della Wikipedia in Moore e gli aggiornamenti relativi al supporto linguistico a Wiki Indaba.
Hai un argomento da condividere? Che si tratti di un aggiornamento tecnico del vostro progetto, di una sfida da affrontare o di una richiesta di supporto alla traduzione, saremo lieti di sentirvi! Sentitevi liberi di rispondere a questo messaggio o di aggiungere punti all'ordine del giorno al documento che si trova qui.
Inoltre, volevamo sottolineare che la sesta edizione della newsletter di Language & Internationalization (gennaio 2025) è disponibile qui: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter/2025/January. Questa newsletter fornisce aggiornamenti dal trimestre ottobre-dicembre 2024 sullo sviluppo di nuove funzionalità, sui miglioramenti nei vari progetti tecnici e di supporto legati alla lingua, sui dettagli delle riunioni della comunità e sulle idee per contribuire ai progetti. Per rimanere aggiornati, è possibile iscriversi alla newsletter sulla sua pagina wiki: Wikimedia Language and Product Localization/Newsletter.
Attendiamo le vostre idee e la vostra partecipazione all'incontro della comunità linguistica, ci vediamo lì!
Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment
[modifega]My apologies for writing in English. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua.
I am writing to you to let you know that proposed changes to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter are open for review. You can provide feedback on suggested changes through the end of day on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. This is the second step in the annual review process, the final step will be community voting on the proposed changes. Read more information and find relevant links about the process on the UCoC annual review page on Meta.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this information with other members in your community wherever else might be appropriate.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) 19:52, 7 Mrz 2025 (CET)
Migration to Parsoid
[modifega]Hello everyone! I am glad to inform you that as the next step in the Parser Unification project, Parsoid will soon be turned on as the default article renderer on your Wiktionary. We are gradually increasing the number of wikis using Parsoid, with the intention of making it the default wikitext parser for MediaWiki's next long-term support release. This will make our wikis more reliable and consistent for editors, readers, and tools to use, as well as making the development of future wikitext features easier.
If this disrupts your workflow, don’t worry! You can still opt out through a user preference or turn Parsoid off on the current page using the Tools submenu, as described in the Extension:ParserMigration documentation.
There is more information about our roll-out strategy available, including the testing done before we turn on Parsoid for a new wiki.
To report bugs and issues, please look at our known issues documentation and if you found a new bug please create a phab ticket and tag the Content Transform Team in Phabricator.
Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted
[modifega]The proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and the U4C Charter are now on Meta-wiki for community notice in advance of the voting period. This final draft was developed from the previous two rounds of community review. Community members will be able to vote on these modifications starting on 17 April 2025. The vote will close on 1 May 2025, and results will be announced no later than 12 May 2025. The U4C election period, starting with a call for candidates, will open immediately following the announcement of the review results. More information will be posted on the wiki page for the election soon.
Please be advised that this process will require more messages to be sent here over the next two months.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review was planned and implemented by the U4C. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
-- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 04:05, 4 avr 2025 (CEST)
Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
[modifega]The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines ("UCoC EG") and the UCoC's Coordinating Committee Charter is open now through the end of 1 May (UTC) (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
The Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is a global group dedicated to providing an equitable and consistent implementation of the UCoC. This annual review of the EG and Charter was planned and implemented by the U4C. Further information will be provided in the coming months about the review of the UCoC itself. For more information and the responsibilities of the U4C, you may review the U4C Charter.
Please share this message with members of your community so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 02:35, 17 avr 2025 (CEST)
Votazione sulle modifiche proposte per le Linee guida di applicazione dell'UCoC e della U4C Charter.
[modifega]
The voting period for the revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter closes on 1 May 2025 at 23:59 UTC (find in your time zone). Read the information on how to participate and read over the proposal before voting on the UCoC page on Meta-wiki.
Il Comitato di Coordinamento del Codice Universale di Condotta (U4C) è un gruppo globale impegnato a fornire un'applicazione equa e coerente dell'UCoC. Questa revisione annuale è stata pianificata e realizzata dall'U4C. Per altre informazioni è per le responsabilità dell'U4C potete consultare la Charter di U4C.
Please share this message with members of your community in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
[modifega]The results of voting on the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) Charter is available on Meta-wiki.
You may now submit your candidacy to serve on the U4C through 29 May 2025 at 12:00 UTC. Information about eligibility, process, and the timeline are on Meta-wiki. Voting on candidates will open on 1 June 2025 and run for two weeks, closing on 15 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
If you have any questions, you can ask on the discussion page for the election. -- in cooperation with the U4C,RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)
[modifega](Apologies for posting in English, if this is not your first language)
Hello all! We opened a discussion on Meta about a very delicate issue for the development of Abstract Wikipedia: where to store the abstract content that will be developed through functions from Wikifunctions and data from Wikidata. Since some of the hypothesis involve your project, we wanted to hear your thoughts too.
We want to make the decision process clear: we do not yet know which option we want to use, which is why we are consulting here. We will take the arguments from the Wikimedia communities into account, and we want to consult with the different communities and hear arguments that will help us with the decision. The decision will be made and communicated after the consultation period by the Foundation.
You can read the various hypothesis and have your say at Abstract Wikipedia/Location of Abstract Content. Thank you in advance! -- Sannita (WMF) (ciciarada) 17:27, 22 masg 2025 (CEST)
Elezioni del 2025 del Board of Trustees di Wikimedia Foundation - Selezione e domande
[modifega]
Buongiorno,
Quest'anno, il mandato di 2 (due) membri del Board selezionati dalla comunità e dagli affiliati nel Board of Trustees di Wikimedia Foundation giungerà a termine [1]. Il Board invita tutto il movimento a partecipare al processo di selezione di quest'anno e a votare per occupare questi posti.
La commissione elettorale supervisionerà questo processo con il supporto dello staff della Foundation [2]. Il Comitato per la governance, composto da membri del Board che non sono candidati al processo di selezione del 2025 selezionati dalla comunità e dagli affiliati (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina e Esra'a Al Shafei) [3], ha il compito di fornire una supervisione del Board per il processo di selezione dei membri del Board del 2025 e di tenere informato il Board. Per maggiori dettagli sui ruoli della Commissione elettorale, del Board e dello staff, consultare il sito [4].
Ecco le date principali previste:
- 22 maggio - 5 giugno: Annuncio (questa comunicazione) e invito a presentare domande. [6]
- 17 giugno - 1 luglio 2025: Invito a presentare candidature
- luglio 2025: Se necessario, gli affiliati votano per la selezione dei candidati, se le candidature sono almeno 10 o più [5].
- Agosto 2025: Periodo di campagna elettorale
- * Agosto - settembre 2025: Due settimane di votazione comunitaria
- * Ottobre - novembre 2025: Controllo dei precedenti dei candidati selezionati
- Riunione del Board a dicembre 2025: Insediamento dei nuovi membri
Per saperne di più sul processo di selezione dei 2025 - compresa la tempistica dettagliata, il processo di candidatura, le regole della campagna e i criteri di idoneità dei votanti - consultare questa pagina Meta-wiki [link].
Invito a porre domande
In ogni processo di selezione, la comunità ha l'opportunità di presentare domande alle quali i candidati del Board of Trustees dovranno rispondere. La commissione elettorale seleziona dall'elenco elaborato dalla comunità le domande a cui i candidati dovranno rispondere. Per essere eleggibili, i candidati devono rispondere a tutte le domande richieste nella candidatura; in caso contrario, la loro candidatura sarà annullata. Quest'anno, la commissione elettorale selezionerà 5 domande alle quali i candidati dovranno rispondere. Le domande selezionate possono essere una combinazione di quelle presentate dalla comunità, se sono simili o correlate. [link]
Volontari per le elezioni
Un altro modo per partecipare al processo di selezione del 2025 è quello di essere un volontario per l'elezione. I volontari per l'elezione sono un ponte tra la commissione elettorale e la rispettiva comunità. Aiutano a garantire che la loro comunità sia rappresentata e la mobilitano a votare. Per saperne di più sul programma e sulle modalità di adesione, consultare questa pagina della Meta-wiki [link].
Grazie!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_December_2024
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/FAQ
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Questions_for_candidates
Cordiali saluti,
Victoria Doronina
Rappresentante del Board presso la commissione elettorale
Comitato per la Governance
MediaWiki message delivery (ciciarade) 05:08, 28 masg 2025 (CEST)
Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
[modifega]Apologies for writing in English. Ajutom a tradù in la toa lengua
Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2025 Election information page. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 01:01, 14 sgiu 2025 (CEST)Board of Trustees 2025 della Wikimedia Foundation - Invito a presentare candidature
[modifega]
Salve a tutti,
La candidatura del Board of Trustees della Wikimedia Foundation per il 2025 è ora aperta dal 17 giugno 2025 al 2 luglio 2025 alle 23:59 UTC [1]. Il Board of Trustees supervisiona il lavoro della Wikimedia Foundation, e ogni membro del Board ricopre un mandato di tre anni [2]. Si tratta di una carica di volontariato.
Quest'anno, la comunità di Wikimedia voterà a partire da fine agosto fino a settembre 2025 per assegnare due (2) posti nel Board della Foundation. Tu, o qualcuno che conosci, potresti essere adatto a far parte del Board of Trustees della Wikimedia Foundation? [3]
Scopri cosa serve per candidarsi a queste posizioni di leadership e come presentare la tua candidatura su questa pagina Meta-wiki o incoraggia qualcun altro a candidarsi alle elezioni di quest'anno.
Cordiali saluti,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Presidente della commissione elettorale
A nome della commissione elettorale e del comitato di governance
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.
MediaWiki message delivery (ciciarade) 19:44, 17 sgiu 2025 (CEST)
Sister Projects Task Force reviews Wikispore and Wikinews
[modifega]Dear Wikimedia Community,
The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees assigned the Sister Projects Task Force (SPTF) to update and implement a procedure for assessing the lifecycle of Sister Projects – wiki projects supported by Wikimedia Foundation (WMF).
A vision of relevant, accessible, and impactful free knowledge has always guided the Wikimedia Movement. As the ecosystem of Wikimedia projects continues to evolve, it is crucial that we periodically review existing projects to ensure they still align with our goals and community capacity.
Despite their noble intent, some projects may no longer effectively serve their original purpose. Reviewing such projects is not about giving up – it's about responsible stewardship of shared resources. Volunteer time, staff support, infrastructure, and community attention are finite, and the non-technical costs tend to grow significantly as our ecosystem has entered a different age of the internet than the one we were founded in. Supporting inactive projects or projects that didn't meet our ambitions can unintentionally divert these resources from areas with more potential impact.
Moreover, maintaining projects that no longer reflect the quality and reliability of the Wikimedia name stands for, involves a reputational risk. An abandoned or less reliable project affects trust in the Wikimedia movement.
Lastly, failing to sunset or reimagine projects that are no longer working can make it much harder to start new ones. When the community feels bound to every past decision – no matter how outdated – we risk stagnation. A healthy ecosystem must allow for evolution, adaptation, and, when necessary, letting go. If we create the expectation that every project must exist indefinitely, we limit our ability to experiment and innovate.
Because of this, SPTF reviewed two requests concerning the lifecycle of the Sister Projects to work through and demonstrate the review process. We chose Wikispore as a case study for a possible new Sister Project opening and Wikinews as a case study for a review of an existing project. Preliminary findings were discussed with the CAC, and a community consultation on both proposals was recommended.
Wikispore
[modifega]The application to consider Wikispore was submitted in 2019. SPTF decided to review this request in more depth because rather than being concentrated on a specific topic, as most of the proposals for the new Sister Projects are, Wikispore has the potential to nurture multiple start-up Sister Projects.
After careful consideration, the SPTF has decided not to recommend Wikispore as a Wikimedia Sister Project. Considering the current activity level, the current arrangement allows better flexibility and experimentation while WMF provides core infrastructural support.
We acknowledge the initiative's potential and seek community input on what would constitute a sufficient level of activity and engagement to reconsider its status in the future.
As part of the process, we shared the decision with the Wikispore community and invited one of its leaders, Pharos, to an SPTF meeting.
Currently, we especially invite feedback on measurable criteria indicating the project's readiness, such as contributor numbers, content volume, and sustained community support. This would clarify the criteria sufficient for opening a new Sister Project, including possible future Wikispore re-application. However, the numbers will always be a guide because any number can be gamed.
Wikinews
[modifega]We chose to review Wikinews among existing Sister Projects because it is the one for which we have observed the highest level of concern in multiple ways.
Since the SPTF was convened in 2023, its members have asked for the community's opinions during conferences and community calls about Sister Projects that did not fulfil their promise in the Wikimedia movement.[1][2][3] Wikinews was the leading candidate for an evaluation because people from multiple language communities proposed it. Additionally, by most measures, it is the least active Sister Project, with the greatest drop in activity over the years.
While the Language Committee routinely opens and closes language versions of the Sister Projects in small languages, there has never been a valid proposal to close Wikipedia in major languages or any project in English. This is not true for Wikinews, where there was a proposal to close English Wikinews, which gained some traction but did not result in any action[4][5], see section 5 as well as a draft proposal to close all languages of Wikinews[6].
Initial metrics compiled by WMF staff also support the community's concerns about Wikinews.
Based on this report, SPTF recommends a community reevaluation of Wikinews. We conclude that its current structure and activity levels are the lowest among the existing sister projects. SPTF also recommends pausing the opening of new language editions while the consultation runs.
SPTF brings this analysis to a discussion and welcomes discussions of alternative outcomes, including potential restructuring efforts or integration with other Wikimedia initiatives.
Options mentioned so far (which might be applied to just low-activity languages or all languages) include but are not limited to:
- Restructure how Wikinews works and is linked to other current events efforts on the projects,
- Merge the content of Wikinews into the relevant language Wikipedias, possibly in a new namespace,
- Merge content into compatibly licensed external projects,
- Archive Wikinews projects.
Your insights and perspectives are invaluable in shaping the future of these projects. We encourage all interested community members to share their thoughts on the relevant discussion pages or through other designated feedback channels.
Feedback and next steps
[modifega]We'd be grateful if you want to take part in a conversation on the future of these projects and the review process. We are setting up two different project pages: Public consultation about Wikispore and Public consultation about Wikinews. Please participate between 27 June 2025 and 27 July 2025, after which we will summarize the discussion to move forward. You can write in your own language.
I will also host a community conversation 16th July Wednesday 11.00 UTC and 17th July Thursday 17.00 UTC (call links to follow shortly) and will be around at Wikimania for more discussions.
-- Victoria on behalf of the Sister Project Task Force, 22:58, 27 sgiu 2025 (CEST)
Temporary accounts will be rolled out soon
[modifega]Hello, we are the Wikimedia Foundation Product Safety and Integrity team. We would like to announce that we plan to enable temporary accounts for this wiki in the week of September 1.
Temporary accounts are successfully live on 30 wikis, including many large ones like German, Japanese, and French. The change they bring is especially relevant to logged-out editors, who this feature is designed to protect. But it is also relevant to community members like mentors, patrollers, and admins – anyone who reverts edits, blocks users, or otherwise interacts with logged-out editors as part of keeping the wikis safe and accurate.
Why we are building temporary accounts
Our wikis should be safer to edit by default for logged-out editors. Temporary accounts allow people to continue editing the wikis without creating an account, while avoiding publicly tying their edits to their IP address. We believe this is in the best interest of our logged-out editors, who make valuable contributions to the wikis and who may later create accounts and grow our community of editors, admins, and other roles. Even though the wikis do warn logged-out editors that their IP address will be associated with their edit, many people may not understand what an IP address is, or that it could be used to connect them to other information about them in ways they might not expect.
Additionally, our moderation software and tools rely too heavily on network origin (IP addresses) to identify users and patterns of activity, especially as IP addresses themselves are becoming less stable as identifiers. Temporary accounts allow for more precise interactions with logged-out editors, including more precise blocks, and can help limit how often we unintentionally end up blocking good-faith users who use the same IP addresses as bad-faith users.
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: ~2025-12345-67 (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 its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made 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 security 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.
- 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.
Our requests for you, and next steps
- 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.
- Look at our previous message about requirements for users without extended rights who may need access to IP addresses.
To learn more about the project, check out our FAQ – you will find many useful answers there. You may also look at the updates (we have just posted one) 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!
Wikifunctions verrà attivato sulla vostra wiki il prossimo 2025-09-17
[modifega]
Salve, vogliamo avvisarvi che Wikifunctions sta per essere attivato sul vostro progetto molto presto! A partire da quando sarà attivato, sarete in grado di richiamare funzioni sul vostro progetto e integrarle nelle vostre pagine.
Una funzione è qualcosa che prende uno o più input e li trasforma nell'output desiderato. Pensate all'addizione di due numeri, alla conversione di miglia in metri, a calcolare quanto tempo è passato da un determinato evento o a declinare una parola in un determinato caso. Questo è normalmente realizzato con template difficili da creare o da importare. Con Wikifunctions, sarete in grado di fare questo solo con un paio di click!
Per maggiori dettagli, potete consultare i nostri tutorial al riguardo. Siete anche invitati a creare funzioni che ritenete essere utili, oppure chiedere aiuto alla comunità di Wikifunctions.
Vi invitiamo a contribuire a Wikifunctions, traducendo le etichette delle funzioni esistenti nella vostra lingua, in modo che più utenti nella vostra comunità possano riutilizzarle più facilmente nel progetto. È anche possibile tradurre i messaggi per l'interfaccia di Wikifunctions su TranslateWiki (qui per i messaggi di VisualEditor e qui per l'interfaccia di wikifunctions).
Ovviamente, siamo felici di aiutare nel caso in cui ci siano domande o difficoltà, così come siamo pronti ad ascoltare il vostro feedback. Per favore, pingatemi direttamente in caso di necessità oppure scrivetemi sulla mia pagina di discussione. -- Sannita (WMF) (talk) 18:51, 10 set 2025 (CEST)
Esprimi il tuo parere: vota per il Board of Trustees 2025
[modifega]Ciao a tutti,
Sono aperte le votazioni per l'elezione del Board of Trustees 2025. I candidati saranno selezionati per due (2) seggi del Board.
Per verificare la tua idoneità al voto, visita la pagina idoneità degli elettori.
Per ulteriori informazioni sui candidati, leggi le loro presentazioni e guarda i video delle candidature.
Quando sei pronto, vai alla pagina di voto SecurePoll per votare.
La votazione è aperta dall'8 ottobre alle 00:00 UTC fino al 22 ottobre alle 23:59 UTC.
Cordiali saluti,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Presidente della commissione elettorale
MediaWiki message delivery (ciciarade) 06:49, 9 oto 2025 (CEST)
Aiutaci a decidere il nome del nostro nuovo progetto per una Wikipedia astratta
[modifega]Ciao. Per favore, aiutaci a trovare un nome per il nostro progetto di Wikipedia astratta. Questo progetto sarà una wiki che permetterà agli utenti di combinare le funzioni di Wikifunctions e i dati di Wikidata per generare frasi in linguaggi naturali in ogni lingua supportata dai nostri progetti. Queste frasi possono essere usate da qualsiasi Wikipedia (o da altri progetti, anche non Wikimedia).
Ci saranno due round di votazioni, ciascuno seguito da una revisione legale delle proposte, che inizieranno rispettivamente il 20 ottobre e il 17 novembre 2025. Il nostro obiettivo è di avere un nome definitivo per il progetto per la metà di dicembre 2025. Se volete partecipare, allora informati e vota ora su Meta. Grazieǃ
Seeking volunteers to join several of the movement’s committees
[modifega]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:
Applications for the committees open on October 30, 2025. Applications for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission and the Case Review Committee close on December 11, 2025. 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,