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Universal Code of Conduct annual review: proposed changes are available for comment
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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) 18:51, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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The Wikimedia Foundation will switch the traffic between its data centers. This will make sure that Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia wikis can stay online even after a disaster.
All traffic will switch on 19 March. The switch will start at 14:00 UTC.
Unfortunately, because of some limitations in MediaWiki, all editing must stop while the switch is made. We apologize for this disruption, and we are working to minimize it in the future.
A banner will be displayed on all wikis 30 minutes before this operation happens. This banner will remain visible until the end of the operation.
You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis for a short period of time.
- You will not be able to edit for up to an hour on Wednesday 19 March 2025.
- If you try to edit or save during these times, you will see an error message. We hope that no edits will be lost during these minutes, but we can't guarantee it. If you see the error message, then please wait until everything is back to normal. Then you should be able to save your edit. But, we recommend that you make a copy of your changes first, just in case.
Other effects:
- Background jobs will be slower and some may be dropped. Red links might not be updated as quickly as normal. If you create an article that is already linked somewhere else, the link will stay red longer than usual. Some long-running scripts will have to be stopped.
- We expect the code deployments to happen as any other week. However, some case-by-case code freezes could punctually happen if the operation require them afterwards.
- GitLab will be unavailable for about 90 minutes.
This project may be postponed if necessary. You can read the schedule at wikitech.wikimedia.org. Any changes will be announced in the schedule.
Please share this information with your community.MediaWiki message delivery 23:14, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
Inactivity policy?
[edit]Hello everyone, I am proposing the implementation of an inactivity policy for Beta Wikiversity, in line with the guidelines found on m:Admin activity review/Local inactivity policies. The proposed policy would involve the removal of admin privileges after 12 months of inactivity, defined as nearly no logs or edits. This would help maintain consistency with our sister projects, including the Incubator and Multilingual Wikisource, who have adopted similar measures. Also posted earlier on Wikiversity talk:Custodians#Inactivity policy?. --
(talk) 20:11, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
Requesting translation admin action
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- Requesting to mark for translation - Wikiversity:Announcements
--(talk) 09:19, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
Final proposed modifications to the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter now posted
[edit]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) 02:05, 4 April 2025 (UTC)
Legacy meta pages
[edit]As I was looking through the project's contents, I noticed some pages that are more or less clearly out of place on beta.wv as it stands. I suggest to discuss (insofar as a discussion can happen given the absence of an active community) what is to be done with those pages. My preferred solution would be to get rid of them entirely, seeing that beta.wv has gathered quite a lot of bloat over the years. In any case this isn't something I can simply do, hence this topic.
Feel free to add your own pages to the list.
Pinging @Crochet.david, @Encore007, @Kanjy, @Romaine, @Samuele2002, @Sotiale and @ꠢꠣꠍꠘ ꠞꠣꠎꠣ because there's no doing it without you.
AtUkr (talk) 00:48, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
False policy pages
[edit]These meta pages aren't policies and there's no real need to keep them.
- Wikiversity:Action research
- This isn't a policy page, as it prescribes nothing users should or shouldn't do. en.wv has en:Action research as a regular educational page.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Approved Wikiversity project proposal
- This page has historical value, but it's not a policy. Furthermore, it already exists on Meta (where it was copied from in the first place) and en.wv.
- Proposed outcome: replace with a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:Attack page
- Neither a policy page nor a proposal of one. Dubious value.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Example
- Same as the project proposal, already exists on en.wv.
- Proposed outcome: replace with a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:Licences
- Redundant due to Wikiversity:Licensing_policy existing.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Moving Wikiversity forward
- Same as the project proposal, already exists on meta and en.wv. No links worth mentioning.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Research
- A collection of quotes, has historical value but nothing more.
- Proposed outcome: rename to Wikiversity:Research policy discussions, create a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:Research ethics
- An essay of no interest. en.wv has a policy under the same name.
- Proposed outcome: rename to User:JWSchmidt/Research ethics, create a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:Wikiversity (overview)
- Historical page which is preserved on en.wv.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
Unneeded centralised pages
[edit]Each test project will have their own version of those pages, so there's no need to have them for all of beta.wv.
- Wikiversity:Featured
- A copy from en.wv. Each test project will have their own featured content.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Introduction
- A copy from en.wv. Each test project will have their own introduction.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Help:Guides
- Same as above.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Learning
- A copy from en.wv. It's only translated to languages that already have independent language versions.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely
- Wikiversity:Cite sources
- Wikiversity:Reliable sources
- Wikiversity:Verifiability
- Wikiversity:Scholarly ethics
- Those pages only link to each other. en.wv has better versions.
- Proposed outcome: replace with a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:The original learning model
- Same as above.
- Proposed outcome: replace with a soft redirect, delete translations
- Wikiversity:Translation
- A very outdated list of translators. The English version exists at en.wv.
- Proposed outcome: delete entirely, create redirect to Wikiversity:Multilingualism
Wikidata and Sister Projects: An online community event
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Hello everyone, I am excited to share news of an upcoming online event called Wikidata and Sister Projects celebrating the different ways Wikidata can be used to support or enhance with another Wikimedia project. The event takes place over 4 days between May 29 - June 1st, 2025.
We would like to invite speakers to present at this community event, to hear success stories, challenges, showcase tools or projects you may be working on, where Wikidata has been involved in Wikipedia, Commons, WikiSource and all other WM projects.
If you are interested in attending, please register here. If you would like to speak at the event, please fill out this Session Proposal template on the event talk page, where you can also ask any questions you may have.
I hope to see you at the event, in the audience or as a speaker, - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:18, 11 April 2025 (UTC)
Vote now on the revised UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
[edit]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) 00:35, 17 April 2025 (UTC)
Vote on proposed modifications to the UCoC Enforcement Guidelines and U4C Charter
[edit]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.
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 in your language, as appropriate, so they can participate as well.
In cooperation with the U4C --
We will be enabling the new Charts extension on your wiki soon!
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Hi all! We have good news to share regarding the ongoing problem with graphs and charts affecting all wikis that use them.
As you probably know, the old Graph extension was disabled in 2023 due to security reasons. We’ve worked in these two years to find a solution that could replace the old extension, and provide a safer and better solution to users who wanted to showcase graphs and charts in their articles. We therefore developed the Charts extension, which will be replacing the old Graph extension and potentially also the EasyTimeline extension.
After successfully deploying the extension on Italian, Swedish, and Hebrew Wikipedia, as well as on MediaWiki.org, as part of a pilot phase, we are now happy to announce that we are moving forward with the next phase of deployment, which will also include your wiki.
The deployment will happen in batches, and will start from May 6. Please, consult our page on MediaWiki.org to discover when the new Charts extension will be deployed on your wiki. You can also consult the documentation about the extension on MediaWiki.org.
If you have questions, need clarifications, or just want to express your opinion about it, please refer to the project’s talk page on Mediawiki.org, or ping me directly under this thread. If you encounter issues using Charts once it gets enabled on your wiki, please report it on the talk page or at Phabricator.
Thank you in advance! -- User:Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:07, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Call for Candidates for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C)
[edit]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,
Keegan (WMF) (talk) 22:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
RfC ongoing regarding Abstract Wikipedia (and your project)
[edit](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) (talk) 15:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions
[edit]Dear all,
This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
- May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
- June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
- July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
- August 2025: Campaign period
- August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
- October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
- Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Call for Questions
In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. [link]
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Thank you!
[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
Best regards,
Victoria Doronina
Board Liaison to the Elections Committee
Governance Committee
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:08, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
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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) 23:01, 13 June 2025 (UTC)Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates
[edit]Hello all,
The call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.