Vükiped:Kafetar

Kafetar
Lüükolös bespiki nulik

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• Begs dö els 'bot' / Requests for bot flag
• Ragiv nunas ela Wikimedia Foundation

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Guvans

Mobob moükami stada guvana de guvans:

• Geban:Flauto Dolce
• Geban:Jmb

Guvans at no ebinoms dunotik dü muls plu 6. Malafaya 12:03, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Veratö... Ab ba mutoy säkön omes, va viloms nog bitön as guvans. Openob bosi su bespikapads omsik (in Vükipeds votik). --Smeira 14:02, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Baicedob. Binos gudikum ad säkön omes, if sevol ladetis omsik. Begö, säkolös. (Pidob pro pük fibik oba :) ) --Malafaya 14:14, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Glidis! This is Jmb. You may remove my admin status if you want. I may be back from time to time to help out with editing pages. Fleniko, Jmb 01:39, 7 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Pük ai kanon vedön gudikum!... Ed ekö! mob votik:

Mobob gevami stada guvana ele:

• Geban:Malafaya

Geban at ebinom vemo dunotik ün muls lätik, ed eyufom vemo ad gudükumön e jonükumön Vükipedi Volapükik (a.s. tefü koordinats e kaedil itjäfidik pro pads dö zifs vola; tefü samafomot: {{Yüm YG}}; tefü Kafetar at, keli ejafom; e r.). Üf guvans löpo pemäniotöls operoms guvanastadi oksik, jinos lü ob, das hiel Malafaya okanom plaädön omis e fövön vobi okik gönü Vükiped Volapükik mu benosekiko. --Smeira 14:47, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

(paskanükob) Danö pro konfid olik in ob, o Smeira! Spelob, das kanob yufön gudikumo. --Malafaya 15:35, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Cedü ob okanol nendoto! :-) Bi nek esagon bosi ta mob obik, cälob oli guvani (ä bürani) anu. Benokömö! --Smeira 17:00, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

So suno?! Danö! Osteifülob gudikünos obik. Malafaya 17:23, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Bi no nog dabinons gebans mödik is... Ab, if ek no baicedon ko stad nulik ola, ai kanon sagön bosi is. --Smeira 19:47, 6 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Glidis! I am Jmb

Hi Jmb! So, what are your plans? --Smeira 14:52, 7 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Jmb. You wrote above you don't mind your administrator status being removed. Thanks for the reply, Malafaya 14:55, 7 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Ebegob säguvanami gebana Jmb in m:Requests for permissions#Jmb.40vo.wikipedia. Danö. Malafaya 16:50, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Vilags in Lestiyän

Soäsä pepenos in bespikapad zifa: Hageri, dabinon vo pök in pads anik tefü zifs (vilags) Lestiyänik: num: 58 (u 57 u 59) pekopiedon as lödanef, ab binon te koordinat. Suno odunob klad nulik ad konletön padis labü pök at, kelis poso okoräkob. --Smeira 14:26, 13 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Danö pro plän olik. Malafaya 15:15, 13 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Vükiped dönu petatakon!

Soäsä ba ya sevols, dabinon mob votik ta Vükiped Volapükik su Meta: m:Proposals for closing projects/Radical cleanup of Volapük Wikipedia. If labols timi, reidolsös padi moba at e keyufolsös ad taön ta mob at! --Smeira 18:23, 27 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Geb elas bots ad jafön yegedis nulik

In bespikapad tefü m:Proposals for closing projects/Radical cleanup of Volapük Wikipedia su Meta, ya anikna pesagos, das mutobs bespikön gebi elas bots ad jafön yegedis smalik nulik ("sids", a.s. tefü zifs e vilags). Kisi cedols-li? Stütols-li gebi soik, u taols-li ta on? (Utans, kels vilons gebön pükis votik -- a.s. Linglänapüki -- dalons dunön osi.)

• stütob. Nüns in sids at binons nemödiks, ab binons i:

a) verätiks;

b) frutiks;

c) siklopediks (patuvons in Vükipeds votik)

Zuo sids at ai kanons pagretükön fa gebans nitedälöls.

--Smeira 22:44, 27 dekul 2007 (UTC)

• stütob, ab cedob, das mutobs gudikön yegedis at vifik, e ba no jafön yegedis nulik pluik, pato tefü zifs. Mobob ad gudikobs yegedis vipabik e votik, e jafobs pads tefü Vükiped pro Komotanef as dranöf balid.

--Malafaya 00:54, 28 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Lio gudükön onis? I me bots? Me nüns pluik, se Vükipeds votik? (l. sidis se Vükiped Nedänapükik tefü zifs Fransänik, a.s. nl:Buchères) --Smeira 10:07, 28 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Si, me bots u redakams menik. Yegeds Nedänapükik logotons gudik saidik. No glömobsös de gudükön i yegeds votik (a.s. yegeds vipabik e läns). Malafaya 11:20, 28 dekul 2007 (UTC)

Moükab

Parametis kinik mutoy-li gebön ad sludön, va yeged bal moükabon u no? Kisi cedols-li?Which parameters should we use to decide if an article should be deleted or not? What do you think?

Mob balid: Yegeds miniludik binons uts, kels: First proposal: suspicious articles are those that:

a. klüliko papenons ad nofön votikanis; are obviously written to offend others;

b. binons kopiedots vödemas labü kopiedagitäts; are copies of copyrighted texts;

c. no labons vödemi reidabik (in Volapük ud in pük votik seimik).do not have a readable text (in Volapük or any other language)

Yegeds sömik mutons getön sunädo samafomoti: {{Moükön}}.Such articles must immediately get the template {{Moükön}} (= remove).

Lautans yegedas sömik mutons getön (su bespikapad oksik) nunedi tefü nepöt yegedas oksik.The authors of such articles must immediately get a warning (on their talk pages) about the inappropriateness of their articles.

If lautans steifülons e plöpons ad gudükön yegedis oksik, yegeds ma fomam nulik oksik kanons blibön is.If the authors try and succeed in correcting their articles, then the articles in their new version can stay here.

If lautans no geükons, u no plöpons ad gudükön yegedis oksik, tän yegeds at pamoükons fa bal guvanas pos vig bal. If the authors don't react, or don't succeed in correcting their articles, then these articles are deleted by one of the admins after one week.

--Smeira 17:52, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

What happens if somebody writes an article about, for example, his grandmother? Or about his company, which was founded in 2005 and has 25 employees? In other words, is there some kind of notability guidelines? Which template should be used for such cases instead of the (speedy?) {{Delete}}? --145.254.190.214 17:53, 2008 yanul 15id (UTC)

We'll in principle follow the usual criteria for notability: if the person's grandmother doesn't happen to be sufficiently famous, or if no one other than the author him/herself can verify the data, then the article will be considered for deletion. But thus far no one has tried to do that; so, in a sense, it is a problem we don't anticipate we'll have any time soon. Hence the absence of a dedicated template. If such a case occurs -- if there's a Volapük speaker who wants to write an article about his/her own non-famous grandmother -- then we'll set policies for dealing with that. For the time being, {{Delete}} will do -- until there really is a of the kind you anticipate, and then new approaches (e.g. new deletion templates) will be developed. --Smeira 19:45, 2008 febul 27id (UTC)

Mobob i, das yegeds löliko in püks votik (no Volapük, a.s. Linglänapük) muton pomoükön. Malafaya 14:35, 2008 mayul 14id (UTC)

O Smeira, vilol-li penön padi ko mobs at? Volapük olik binon gudikum, ka obik :). Malafaya 14:41, 2008 mayul 14id (UTC)

Pad fädik, Klads, dugön

Glidis! (Pidob vemo. No-nolob "navigation". I don't know the word for "navigation".) It may worth considering [1] disabling (or relegating) the "pad fadik" and replacing it with an index of articles, as in, e.g. [2]; and also consider making the Klads a more prominent means of navigation. This will lead readers to read the good articles; and the relative weight of the retäds would be reduced. - Hillgentleman 19:37, 2 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Glidis! (Navigation = nafam if you use the same maritime metaphor; at least one Volapükist I know doesn't like that and is looking for a less metaphorical description.) I don't see clearly the relation between the description of the use of bots on it.wp and the "pad fädik" link -- isn't it a link on all other Wikipedias? And it can be used for statistical purposes. Now, the idea of making Klads more visible as a navigation tool I find really interesting. How should we do that? (en.wp has only a few links to generic categories on the top of its main page; is this a good way to do that?) --Smeira 01:20, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Glidis! You must have seen: someone comes, "pad fadik" a dozen times, and makes her conclusions. Well, we sometimes browse a dictionary this way, but this is not the best for a project under construction. (And by the way, hasn't Britannica got some one-liner entries? I don't remember.) It is my impression that you would yourself peace and quietous make if you behave professionally. Vukiped is a reference work. Make it useful. A good index is the key. - Hillgentleman 02:08, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

We can at least put links to the major categories, major portals, and an index in the most promenant position on the Cifapad. Now, whether that is enough is subjective. The question is what do you want people to see on the Cifapad. Do we want featured articles? perhaps. Do we want links to events happening on that date? And what do we want for the front page? At present, it would be 1. to entice new editors; and 2. to aid site navigation, ie guide the reader quickly to the information he seeks. The question is how to balance them. Hillgentleman 02:17, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Some people also put Klad:Klads on the sidebar. (Langcom did that.) Hillgentleman 02:20, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

I basically agree with you. Do you have a suggestion as to a layout? En.wp has a few major categories on the main page and a link to a more detailed categorization. Is this a good idea? (Perhaps not; not very evident.) By the way, how do you add something to the sidebar? --Smeira 16:19, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

I have placed a link to Klad:Klads under 'Yegeds mä jäfüds' (= articles by discipline / area of interest / specialization) in the Cifapad. Do you think, Hillgentleman, that this is sufficiently visible? (One problem for newcomers: if they don't speak Volapük, they won't know what the options on the main page link to. Won't they in this case still prefer to go to 'Pads fädik'?) --Smeira 16:24, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

I believe a better design of the main page can help even those who do not speak Volapük (those Nuvola icons are really great). Maybe we should develop some proposals for a new main page with a bit more of imagery and more "vivid" colors. I'll look into it when I have a bit of time (weekend?). Malafaya 16:31, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

P.S. "Nafam" sidebar: Sitanuns:Sidebar.

What is this sidebar page? When I click on the link, I get the message that the page was deleted. How come? --Smeira 20:57, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Curious. Apparently this messges is deprecated, it has been deleted from the software but it still has contents? Malafaya 21:35, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

This page is in a namespace better know as "mediaWiki:". That is where the sysops can fix their local interface messages (ie without having to hardcode them into the phps. Hillgentleman 22:16, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

Just go and edit it. C.f. meta:mediawiki:sidebar. Hillgentleman 22:17, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

But if we try to get MediaWiki:Sidebar here, we get a page that has already been deleted, and which has nothing to do with the sidebar that I see. How can we edit it? --Smeira 14:28, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

Belated reply on mediawiki:sidebar: For example, if you want to test it, replace the line "** randompage-url|randompage" by "** Klad:Klads|Klads". Hillgentleman 01:08, 2008 febul 29id (UTC)

My opinion: This is an encyclopaedia above all. It would be good to have direct access the entrances to the principal classifications

([+]Lekans [+] Nolavs [+] Rels [+] Sogäd [+] Spot [+] Telplänovapads) If the Klad is too big, create a portal for it and provide link to it instead. One more klickon away is one more chance for confusion. -Hillgentleman 22:23, 3 yanul 2008 (UTC)

I agree that this should be an encyclopedia above all. I've added a link to Klad:Klads at the Main Page, and also a link to the Klad:Yegeds gudik (= good articles). Does this help, in your opinion? --Smeira 14:22, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

Otuvob gudik "Willkommen bei Wikipedia" in de:Hauptseite.Hillgentleman 17:09, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

Mob gudik. O Malafaya, vobol-li anu me Cifapad nulik? Kisi cedol-li dö mob ela Hillgentleman (= Lubelasöl) tefü Cifapad Deutänapükik? --Smeira 17:29, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

Stedäliko, no löfilob mobi cifapada oba. Cifapad Deutänapükik binon balugik e, denu, löfilob oni plu. Dasumob mobi Lubelasöla (hiela Hillgentleman). Lönedükobsöd cifapadi et. :) --Malafaya 17:55, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

P.S. Vilob dankön hieli Hillgentleman pro yuf omik in Vükiped. Malafaya 18:00, 2008 yanul 5id (UTC)

Yeged avigo pevälöl (su cifapad)

Mobob: man di Piltdown. Kisi cedols-li? (I mobob, das "yeged avigo pevälöl" övedon "yeged amulo pevälöl". Jiniko no kanons välön yegedi nulik ün vig alik... Obinos fasilikum ad dunön osi balna a mul.) --Smeira 16:00, 2008 yanul 7id (UTC)

Si, toä yeged: man di Piltdown padönuon. E si, amulo pla avigo. Malafaya 16:04, 2008 yanul 7id (UTC)

Peledunon. --Smeira 23:04, 2008 yanul 10id (UTC)

BBC: Encyclopedia of life

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7263134.stm

QUOTE

The project began in spring 2007. The encyclopedia now has placeholder pages for one million species, of which 30,000 have been populated with detailed information. There are also about a dozen highly developed multimedia pages giving a taster of what to expect in time from the EOL. Hillgentleman

Yeged amulo pevälöl

Mob obik pro mäzul: Proxima Centauri (u ba matemat, if vilobs yegedi valemikum). Mobob i atosi as magod mula. --Smeira 17:22, 2008 febul 29id (UTC)

Yeged gudik?

Mobob yegedi: jenav as Yeged Gudik. E leigüpo mobob oni as yegedi mula pro mul okömöl: prilul. --Smeira 03:23, 2008 mäzul 10id (UTC)

Baicedob ko ol. Malafaya 12:02, 2008 mäzul 10id (UTC)

RfC — rethinking the list of the top ten wikipedias

Please comment on the discussion at m:Top Ten Wikipedias (sorry if I posted on the wrong place). Waldir 19:37, 2008 mäzul 23id (UTC)

Tefü magods

Soäsä kanols reidön in keblünot hiela Timichal löpo, mutobs dunön bosi tefü magods nelibik in Vükiped. Pos telspikot ko el Timichal, jinos, das magods te vemo nemödiks in Vükiped binons nelibiks. Äsagom, das kanom dalogön magodis obsik ad tuvön nelibikis e (a) moükön onis u (ä) plaädön onis me magods sümik se Kobädikos. Kisi cedols-li? Cedü ob, mob omik binon legudik! --Smeira 20:30, 2008 mäzul 25id (UTC)

stütob. --Smeira 20:34, 2008 mäzul 25id (UTC)

stütob. E cedob, das Kobädikos binonöv magad balik magodas (libik). Malafaya 10:43, 2008 mäzul 26id (UTC)

Baicedob ko ol. Kobädikos mutonöv binön top balik. Ab sevobs, das en.wp (äsi eo.vp ed i vüks votik) labons nomis tefü "Geb Gidöfik" ("Fair Use"), kelos sinifon, das en.wp, eo.wp e r. kanons gebön magodis, kelis obs no kanobs gebön. Bi Volapük no binon pük netik läna semik, kanobsöv labön, id obs, nomis tefü "Geb Gidöfik". Ab cedob id ob, das Kobädikos binon gudikum. Tefü magods no libiks... Ah! c'est la vie... --Smeira 16:30, 2008 mäzul 26id (UTC)

stütob. --Robert 11:30, 2008 mäzul 31id (UTC)

Adelo emoükob magodis anik kelis dabinons in Kobädikos. Malafaya 16:57, 2008 prilul 10id (UTC)

We agree to disable local uploads and use images from Commons. Malafaya 14:39, 2008 prilul 14id (UTC)

Betawiki update

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Vöd: "partner(s)"

Kio binon-li vöd Vp-ik pro "partner", e lio tradutoy-li linglänapükiki: "Partners in crime" ? (Atos binon pro pad de Dokan Kim.) Robert 12:46, 2008 yulul 29id (UTC)

Dabinon vöd "kompenätan" ab tradutod binon "parter (firm)", in Vödabuk hiela Midgley. Säkolös in grup ela Yahoo obsik. Malafaya 13:31, 2008 gustul 31id (UTC)

Egebob vödi telef pro "partnership", so "partner(s)" = telefan(s) Robert 16:27, 2008 dekul 15id (UTC)

Yuf: Fuge

I am not a Volapük speaker; I have tried to contribute an article fuge with the wiki-vudabuk b:Vödabuk Linglänapük-Volapük. I would appreciate any help in fixing it. Hillgentleman 04:07, 2008 gustul 7id (UTC)

Thanks, Hillgentleman. I'll take a look and see if I can fix it (if it needs any fixing). Malafaya 13:32, 2008 gustul 31id (UTC)

Thanks! Have a good day! Hillgentleman 16:43, 2008 tobul 12id (UTC)

Matemat e rel

Labob säkis smalik in bespiks padas onsik. Robert 11:25, 2008 dekul 31id (UTC)

Glidis, o Robert! Ya egespikob säkes olik su bespikapadas at. --Smeira 15:47, 2009 yanul 13id (UTC)

Danis ole, o Sergio! Robert 11:22, 2009 yanul 15id (UTC)

Wikimania 2009: Scholarships

English: Wikimania 2009, this year's global event devoted to Wikimedia projects around the globe, is now accepting applications for scholarships to the conference. This year's conference will be handled from August 26-28 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The scholarship can be used to help offset the costs of travel and registration. For more information, check the official information page. Please remember that the Call for Participation is still open, please submit your papers! Without submissions, Wikimania would not be nearly as fun!

Volapük: Please translate this message into your language. - Rjd0060 00:49, 2009 prilul 9id (UTC)

Kafetar votik

Dabinon "kafetar votik" : el IRC-channel, keli kanoy tuvön is : [[3]]. Golö usio ad spikilön Volapüko!

Volapük features the most articles per speaker

The Wikimeda Movement is in a one year process of strategic planning. Proposals are collected on strategy.wikimedia.org. Your input would be much appreciated. In the current fact finding phase people are looking for drivers of participation. A little research revealed that the Volapük Wikipedia features the greatest number of articles per speaker, see the top line entry in this table. What drives the activity in your community? Please tell us. Dedalus 17:59, 2009 gustul 19id (UTC)

Hi, Dedalus. I'm sorry but I didn't understand what you want us to do. You want to know what drives our community. Where should I write that? The links you provided don't seem to be surveys. Cheers, Malafaya 10:28, 2009 gustul 20id (UTC)

Hi, Malafaya. Anywhere on this page, or on the talk page of that page on the strategy wiki. It isn't a survey, though if you browse the pages of the strategy wiki, you'll come across a lot of questions. Your input would be appreciated. Dedalus 13:28, 2009 gustul 21id (UTC)

Small request

Hello! I am a Polish wikipedian and I would like to ask you for writing a new article about former Polish President who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 – Lech Wałęsa. I have looked for his article in your Wikipedia but without success. Polish Wikipedians will be grateful for your help. Thank you so much in advance! PS article in English you can find here. Best wishes from Poland, Patrol110 19:31, 2009 setul 21id (UTC)

Translatewiki.net update

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How can we improve the usability for your language

We expect that with the implementation of LocalisationUpdate the usability of MediaWiki for your language will improve. We are now ready to look at other aspects of usability for your language as well. There are two questions we would like you to answer: Are there issues with the new functionality of the Usability Initiative Does MediaWiki support your language properly

The best way to answer the first question is to visit the translatewiki.net. Change the language to your language, select the “vector” skin and add the advanced tool bar in in the preferences and check out the new functionality. And make some changes in your user page. When there is a need to improve on the localisation, please make the necessary changess . It should update your localisation straight away. We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability_issues.

When there are problems with the support of MediaWiki for your language, we really want to know about this. It is best to report each issue separately. In this way there will be no large mass of issues to resolve but we can address each issue on its own. Consider issues with the display of characters, the presentation of your script, the position of the side bar, the combination of text with other languages, scripts. It is best to try this in an environment like the prototype wiki as it provides you with a clean, basic and up to date environment. The prototype wiki is available for five languages but you can select any of them, change the preferences to your language and test out MediaWiki for your language.

We would like you to report each issue individually at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Languageissues. The issues you raise will all be assessed. It is important to keep each issue separate, because this will make it easier to understand the issues and find solutions.

PS This text has been approved by Naoko, Brion and Siebrand. Thanks, GerardM 21:00, 2009 setul 30id (UTC)

Admin status

Many of the most active editors on this wiki are bots. As a learner of Volapük I'd like to volunteer so that more oversight can be given. I run volapuk.com and am working on a number of Volapük publications. Evertype 17:36, 2012 yanul 22id (UTC)

Happy to support this, Gmeijssen 17:37, 2012 yanul 22id (UTC)

You have my support since you are a very active member of the Volapük community. Unfortunately, I'm not too active here and Geban:Smeira is missing in action. It would be great if someone could give this project a kick up. Let's just wait a few days for other (if any) voices to be heard. Malafaya 17:12, 2012 yanul 23id (UTC)

That's fine. Evertype 14:49, 2012 yanul 27id (UTC)

A few days has passed. Evertype 22:52, 2012 febul 2id (UTC)

Done. Malafaya 20:44, 2012 febul 5id (UTC)

Danö. Evertype 05:31, 2012 febul 11id (UTC)

Language support group for Volapuk

The Wikimedia Foundation has brought together a new team of developers who are dedicated to language support. This team is to support all the languages and consequently it is not realistic to expect that the team members can provide proper support for your language. It is for this reason that we are looking for volunteers who will make up a language support team.

This language support team will be asked to provide us with information about their language. Such information may need to be provided either to us or on a website that we will indicate to you. Another activity will be to test software that will likely have an effect on the running of the MediaWiki software. We are looking for people who clearly identify their ability. Formal knowledge is definitely appreciated.

As much of the activity will be concentrated on translatewiki.net, it will be a plus when team members know how to localise at translatewiki.net.
Thanks, Gmeijssen 17:37, 2012 yanul 22id (UTC)

vowikibooks

I started a discussion about closure of the above project. Regards. Ruslik0 (talk) 19:31, 2012 prilul 26id (UTC)

The word "Vükiped"

Hello. It seems to me, having looked at the morphology of Volapük, that the name of this wikipedia is badly formed. The first two letters, vü , are confusable with a preposition meaning "between" (corresponding to the prefix "inter-"), the last two letters, ed, are confusable with a common suffix, and the word as a whole is further blighted by the fact that the middle three letters, kip, are confusable with a root meaning "keep/retain". The word is thus highly ambiguous, and I wonder if it shouldn't be replaced. I understand there is a procedure for word coining whereby the Academy (the Kadäm) is consulted and then makes a decision. And I wonder who the person was who invented the word "Vükiped", and whether he/she had any contact with the Academy.

Hi. I don't have a clue. The word had already been adopted when I first came here. Let me just tell you that just because words seem to be composed of known prefixes/suffixes doesn't mean they are not allowed. In Volapük there are many words that start that way, with particles that match prefixes, and yet morphologically they are not prefixes: for example, "jied" (a bad concept for an example, I know :)) is not composed of prefix "ji-" and suffix "-ed". Regards, Malafaya (talk) 14:30, 2013 yanul 29id (UTC)

Quality assurance: logging in

Hi, When I log in to vowiki, half the prompts are in Volapük, but half are in Linglänapük:

• Use secure connection
• Reset your password
• Keep me logged in
• Help with logging in

I confirmed this by clicking "Linglänapük" and checking the prompts there.
Also, if I log in using Sperantapük, I have an English prompt:

• Reset your password

Cheers, Varlaam (talk) 19:07, 2013 yulul 5id (UTC)

Hi. This is because not all MediaWiki messages are translated. This is mainly because MediaWiki is not static and is continuously evolving. Thus, it's not easy to keep pace :). Malafaya (talk) 13:26, 2013 yulul 12id (UTC)

No problem.

It's just so you are aware of the issue.

Cheers, Varlaam (talk) 00:02, 2013 yulul 13id (UTC)

A small translation request

Hi, I have translated this book list -- en:Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century -- into 30 or 40 natural languages.
I thought I would try 2 artificial languages, Volapük and Esperanto. (The only artificial language I know is Nadsat, from A Clockwork Orange.)
What would be a good title for the page when I finish compiling the list?
Le Monde is the newspaper in Paris.
Thanks very much, Varlaam (talk) 19:25, 2013 yulul 5id (UTC)

Any suggestions for a page title? Thanks, Varlaam (talk) 15:21, 2013 yulul 9id (UTC)

That would be Buks 100 Tumyela ela Le Monde. Regards, Malafaya (talk) 13:28, 2013 yulul 12id (UTC)

That's fantastic. Thank you, Varlaam (talk) 00:01, 2013 yulul 13id (UTC)

Hello again.

With help from Wiktionary, I have some column headings:

Nüm	Calanem [?]	Lautan	Yel
1	The Stranger	Albert Camus	1942
2	Pö suk tima peperöl	Marcel Proust	1913–1927

But I don't trust this word "Calanem". It matches the German "Titel", but Titel has more than one meaning. And "calanem" is never actually used in vowiki.

What should "book title" be?

Thanks. Varlaam (talk) 16:37, 2013 yulul 16id (UTC)

I'm not sure that "Calanem" is correct, but it does seem to mean title.[4] It might be a different sense of the word. Can someone confirm that "calanem" is correct? PiRSquared17 (talk) 21:41, 2013 yulul 16id (UTC)

No, calanem is definitely not correct here. Book title is tiäd. Academic title is calanem. Shruggy (talk) 15:25, 2013 gustul 21id (UTC)

Pywikipedia is migrating to git

Hello, Sorry for English but It's very important for bot operators so I hope someone translates this. Pywikipedia is migrating to Git so after July 26, SVN checkouts won't be updated If you're using Pywikipedia you have to switch to git, otherwise you will use out-dated framework and your bot might not work properly. There is a manual for doing that and a blog post explaining about this change in non-technical language. If you have question feel free to ask in mw:Manual talk:Pywikipediabot/Gerrit, mailing list, or in the IRC channel. Best Amir (via Global message delivery). 13:55, 2013 yulul 23id (UTC)

Cities in France

Hi,

Could a sysop rename Saint-Amant (Charente) in Saint-Amant-de-Montmoreau ? (the old usual name, now official)

Cdlt, VIGNERON (talk) 20:07, 2013 novul 9id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

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We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

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2. ILVI (administrator)
3. Manie (bureaucrat, administrator)

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No one needs free knowledge in Esperanto

There is a current discussion on German Wikipedia on a decision of Asaf Bartov, Head of WMF Grants and Global South Partnerships, Wikimedia Foundation, who rejected a request for funding a proposal from wikipedians from eowiki one year ago with the explanation the existence, cultivation, and growth of the Esperanto Wikipedia does not advance our educational mission. No one needs free knowledge in Esperanto. On meta there has also started a discussion about that decision. --Holder (talk) 10:57, 2014 mayul 5id (UTC)

Nek nedon oni ab milans vilons oni. Robert (bespik) 15:59, 2015 dekul 24id (UTC)

Media Viewer

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I wanted to let you know that Media Viewer will be released to this wiki in the coming weeks. Media Viewer allows readers of Wikimedia projects to have an enhanced view of files without having to visit the file page, but with more detail than a thumbnail. You can try Media Viewer out now by turning it on in your Beta Features. If you do not enjoy Media Viewer or if it interferes with your work after it is turned on you will be able to disable Media Viewer as well in your preferences. I invite you to share what you think about Media Viewer and how it can be made better in the future.

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Media Viewer displays images in larger size when you click on their thumbnails, to provide a better viewing experience. Users can now view images faster and more clearly, without having to jump to separate pages — and its user interface is more intuitive, offering easy access to full-resolution images and information, with links to the file repository for editing. The tool has been tested extensively across all Wikimedia wikis over the past six months as a Beta Feature and has been released to the largest Wikipedias, all language Wikisources, and the English Wikivoyage already.

If you do not like this feature, you can easily turn it off by clicking on "Disable Media Viewer" at the bottom of the screen, pulling up the information panel (or in your your preferences) whether you have an account or not. Learn more in this Media Viewer Help page.

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments about Media Viewer. You are invited to share your feedback in this discussion on MediaWiki.org in any language, to help improve this feature. You are also welcome to take this quick survey in English, en français, o español.

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The VisualEditor team is mostly working to fix bugs, improve performance, reduce technical debt, and other infrastructure needs. You can find on Mediawiki.org weekly updates detailing recent work.

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Help for translate

Hello and sorry for writing in English. Can anyone help me translate a small article (2 paragraphs) from English to your language and create the article in your wiki? Please, fell free to answer in my talk page in your wiki anytime. Thanks! Xaris333 (talk) 00:33, 2014 gustul 13id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A new policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on smaller wikis. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.   We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

1. Evertype (administrator)

  These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.   However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, Rschen7754 19:57, 2015 yanul 31id (UTC)

It's my intention to remain here with the powers that I have. Is this the right place to tell the community this? Evertype (talk) 22:08, 2015 febul 3id (UTC)

Portobuffolé

De geban ela 151.20.4.40 : I need to speak to an admin, may I ask you? It's about the problem of the article "Portobuffolé": it was disussed both in en.wikipedia and in it.wikipedia about the correct spelling, and it was established that it must have the acute accent. The following are some of the sources brought in the discussions, proving the correct spelling: [5] [6] [7] [8]. They're the most authoritative dictionaries and encyclopedias about Italian language and they all agree about the spelling. Also almost all other Wikis have already changed the uncorrect spellings, but there's a Dutch admin/rollbacker who's going against consensus and moving back a lot of pages on several Wikis to the uncorrect spelling, in this way actually vandalising the Wiki-pedia. Can you please move once for all the page "Portobuffolè" to "Portobuffolé", or delete the page "Portobuffolè" with the uncorrect spelling, please? If an admin of vo.wikipedia does it, this could prevent the Dutch rollbacker from keeping this senseless edit-war. Thank you in advance if you will! Robert (bespik) 14:14, 2016 yanul 22id (UTC)

JavaScript

Hi. I can see that this project has old JavaScript that needs to be updated. I would happily make the required updates myself, but I would have to – at least temporarily – become an admin here to do that (because the relevant pages are in the MediaWiki namespace). I have already made these updates on a number of other projects, so it would be very easy for me to do this. If no one does anything, some JavaScript-related tools will break later this year. If you want me to make these updates, you can grant me admin rights and I will make the updates as soon as I can. Nirmos (bespik) 21:45, 2016 yunul 8id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A new policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on smaller wikis. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

1. Smeira (bureaucrat, administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

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Klad:Volapükans

Hello! Sorry this is in English. I would like to point d:User talk:Kareyac#Your recent edits concerning Volupuk - Kareyac (bespik) 11:51, 2016 tobul 11id (UTC)

Help for translation

Can anyone help me translate two small paragraphs (or correct my translation) from English to Volapük? Xaris333 (bespik) 22:59, 2017 prilul 28id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc. ) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

1. Evertype (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, علاء (bespik) 07:12, 2018 yulul 1id (UTC)

This is a pretty dormant Wiki. It needs some kind of administration. But there really hasn't been anything to do. Evertype (bespik) 10:58, 2018 yulul 1id (UTC)

Moteds e deadams

Dear people, I've seen a lot of categories appearing under the titles "Moteds in XXXX" and "Deadams in XXXX". Unless I am gravely mistaken, this is incorrect in Volapük: in always refers to a place. When it refers to a year, ün should be used. In other words: "Moteds ün XXXX" or "Moteds ün yel XXXX". Regards, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 15:54, 2019 yanul 24id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, etc. ) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no log actions for more than 2 years):

1. Evertype (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, علاء (bespik) 06:55, 2021 yanul 8id (UTC)

• Not being modest, I'd like to say that Łukasz Winek might be a good admin, since he is active (unlike ...) and also has some language skills. --Wolverène (bespik) 08:03, 2021 yanul 8id (UTC)

IMPORTANT: Admin activity review

Hello. A policy regarding the removal of "advanced rights" (administrator, bureaucrat, interface administrator, etc.) was adopted by global community consensus in 2013. According to this policy, the stewards are reviewing administrators' activity on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis with no inactivity policy. To the best of our knowledge, your wiki does not have a formal process for removing "advanced rights" from inactive accounts. This means that the stewards will take care of this according to the admin activity review.

We have determined that the following users meet the inactivity criteria (no edits and no logged actions for more than 2 years):

1. Malafaya (administrator)

These users will receive a notification soon, asking them to start a community discussion if they want to retain some or all of their rights. If the users do not respond, then their advanced rights will be removed by the stewards.

However, if you as a community would like to create your own activity review process superseding the global one, want to make another decision about these inactive rights holders, or already have a policy that we missed, then please notify the stewards on Meta-Wiki so that we know not to proceed with the rights review on your wiki. Thanks, علاء (bespik) 10:36, 2022 yanul 4id (UTC)

Keeping admin rights (User:Malafaya)

Hi, community.

You probably have seen the above information. Despite not being (very) active, I would still like to keep admin status here in Vükiped. Please, voice your opinions here below. Thanks, Malafaya (bespik) 11:44, 2022 yanul 4id (UTC)

• This is not really an opinion, but let me ask: why do you want this status if you don't use it anyway? I mean, not every admin has to be there 24/7, but ten small edits in more than eight years? A whole box full of stuff that was submitted for immediate deletion a long time ago but is still lingering? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the work you've been doing here, but it seems like you haven't been really active here since 2010. IJzeren Jan (bespik) 23:24, 2022 yanul 20id (UTC)

• • My intention was to keep at least an administrator in this project. But as you are coming forward as a candidate, I truly don't need to keep admin status, and I surely endorse your candidacy. Malafaya (bespik) 11:59, 2022 febul 4id (UTC)

Opinions

• Keep I am probably the only active person here on Vükiped, I'm in favor of the user keeping the admin rights. Łukasz Winek (bespik) 21:57, 2022 yanul 14id (UTC) I'm withdrawing support. In my opinion, an active person should be an admin. Best regards, Łukasz Winek (bespik) 12:40, 2022 yanul 21id (UTC)
• Malafaya, I am not against prolongation of your admin rights, but I would appreciate it if you'd at least answer the question I asked you. Will you at least be available once or twice a month to do some minimal maintenance and respond to questions? If so, then you have my support. IJzeren Jan (bespik) 16:49, 2022 yanul 30id (UTC)

Malafaya's permission was removed today. Thanks for your input. Best regards, Stanglavine (bespik) 19:45, 2022 mäzul 14id (UTC)

Guvanastadibegs / Request for admin status

Hi all!

I'd like to request admin status on this wiki. I am aware of the fact that due to my rather demanding job I haven't been too active here during the last two years, but I still care a lot for the Vükiped, check up on it regularly and I keep having the feeling that it needs work. I've been participating here since 2005 (modestly, I admit), written a few articles myself and made nearly 2000 edits here. In general, I have been active on Wikipedia as a registered user since 2004, I have been a moderator and Arbcom member of nlwiki. At many occasions, I have considered requesting adminship here, but I simply don't feel like going through the same bureaucratic procedure every three months. Now I understand that permanent adminship is also possible here, and that made me decide to give it a try after all. And I encourage ‎Łukasz Winek to do the same: the more admins here the merrier.

What I'd really like to do is creating some order here, because at present, the Vükiped is in a deplorable state. Sergio Meira's past actions (creating massive amounts of bot-generated articles 15 years ago) have been successful in so far that Volapük made it into the top-10 of biggest Wikipedia editions for a while, which generated lots of attention from various sides, and fortunately, Vükiped survived efforts to have it closed. However, currently there is another problem, namely that at least 99.5% of the ca. 127K articles we have here are either generated by a bot or human-written oneliners of the type "[X] is a [Y] from [Z]" or "[X] is a [Y] in [Z]".

I am aware of the fact that this wiki is not primarily a place where Volapük speakers will be looking for information, but rather a place for showcasing Volapük itself. Since almost every article follows literally the same format, we are doing a poor job at that. Most bot-generated articles are completely outdated by now. And "real" articles with some critical mass (let's say: at least a few sentences written in decent Volapük, not counting infoboxes and the like) are almost impossible to find. The size of this wiki makes it practically unmanageable. My personal opinion is that Vükiped would be a lot better off with 500 real articles, but the least we can (and should) do is to find a way to distinguish them from the rest, for example by creating a special category, or by moving everything that does not meet certain criteria to a draftspace, or by deleting everything that has never been touched by a human hand, so to speak. Anyway, as far as there is still a community left over here, I'd like to have a discussion about these things.

Best regards, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 12:21, 2022 yanul 21id (UTC)

• I absolutely endorse your candidacy as an administrator on this wiki, and thank you for encouraging me to do so. As for changes to this wiki, they are necessary - incl. on the home page, which has not been updated for many years. Changes should be necessary in some articles (I'm not saying that in all of them), especially those concerning countries of the world - they should be longer and contain specific information (an example of this is Rumän). In short, there is a lot to do here. Yours sincerely, Łukasz Winek (bespik) 22:13, 2022 yanul 29id (UTC)
  • Thank you! Indeed, the main page desperately needs work. Geban:Malafaya, would it be possible to unlock it, so that other users can work on it as well? And Łukasz, what would you suggest we could to to make this wiki somewhat more manageable? Cheers, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 16:43, 2022 yanul 30id (UTC)

• All in favor! Malafaya (bespik) 12:01, 2022 febul 4id (UTC)
  • Thank you, would you be able to grant me the rights? Cheers, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 12:36, 2022 febul 4id (UTC)
    • Hi. No, sorry. It takes a bureaucrat to grant rights and there is currently none at Vükiped. You will have to go through Meta and request it. Malafaya (bespik) 21:54, 2022 febul 7id (UTC)
      • Thanks, I'll do that, then. IJzeren Jan (bespik) 23:13, 2022 febul 7id (UTC)

• Slopob (support). E baiädob das mutoy dunön bosi ko vükiped at, ab duliunam u topätükam yegedas 127000 jinon vobod nemögik. Vio vilol jenöfükön atosi? Nüm bal (bespik) 09:22, 2022 febul 9id (UTC)

  Danö! Ogespikob linglänapüko, bi Volapükinol oba binon pestöböl. Tikob reto, das dabinanef isik suemon linglänapüki gudikumo.

  I know, it's complicated. Doing everything manually will be practically impossible and I have no experience whatsoever with handling a bot. For now, I've been going through the 10,000 largest articles in size and found ca. 150 truly presentable, human-written articles (interestingly, about 15% of them are about the Volapük movement and 30% of them are about paleontology, mostly dinosaurs). All remaining articles are either bot-generated articles about French and American towns and villages, a few of them are lists. Unfortunately, the list of long articles doesn't go further than 10,000 (which equals 2,318 characters), whereas a decent article in Volapük without an infobox can very well have 1,000 characters.

  Bot-generated articles are not necessarily a bad thing as long as they don't obscure the real articles. But right now, we have no less than 104,586 articles about cities, towns and villages (including 36,512 in France, 28,944 in the USA and 12,068 in Germany), virtually all of which are clones of each other. Some of them have technical mistakes (like this one that may never even have been noticed by anyone. And although articles like this or this actually look quite nice, is it really necessary for us to have the same text here 29K times? My suggestion would be to leave a few of these per country (say, only a few big cities) and delete the rest. I think a bot would be able to handle that. Cheers, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 13:44, 2022 febul 9id (UTC)

  I would also be in favor of such a solution (although I could leave them all out of sentiment). I would suggest creating an infobox for cities, towns and villages (and if necessary - updating templates starting with "topam" - from this category:), because looking at articles about cities (even in these words made by me) - it does not look very good. This is my opinion. Yours sincerely, Łukasz Winek (bespik) 20:40, 2022 febul 9id (UTC)

  Hehe, I absolutely share that sentiment, that's why I would definitely not delete all of them, but just 99% or so (which would still leave us with over a thousand). And yes, I started with one of those myself as well, before I even knew the basics of Volapük. But look at it from the positive side: the absence of an article might actually inspire someone to create it and thus learn about the language. And let's also consider that these articles no longer fulfill their original purpose: generating lots of attention for Volapük. BTW, I agree about the infobox, I'll try to make one. Which BTW is one more reason to delete articles that don't contain any information that isn't already contained in the infobox. Cheers, IJzeren Jan (bespik) 22:28, 2022 febul 9id (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore is extended till 15th March

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Greetings from Wiki Loves Folklore International Team,

We are pleased to inform you that Wiki Loves Folklore an international photographic contest on Wikimedia Commons has been extended till the 15th of March 2022. The scope of the contest is focused on folk culture of different regions on categories, such as, but not limited to, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, etc.

We would like to have your immense participation in the photographic contest to document your local Folk culture on Wikipedia. You can also help with the translation of project pages and share a word in your local language.

Best wishes,

International Team
Wiki Loves Folklore

MediaWiki message delivery (bespik) 04:50, 2022 febul 22id (UTC)

Coming soon

Several improvements around templates

Hello, from March 9, several improvements around templates will become available on your wiki:

• Fundamental improvements of the VisualEditor template dialog (1, 2),
• Improvements to make it easier to put a template on a page (3) (for the template dialogs in VisualEditor, 2010 Wikitext and New Wikitext Mode),
• and improvements in the syntax highlighting extension CodeMirror (4, 5) (which is available on wikis with writing direction left-to-right).

All these changes are part of the “Templates” project by WMDE Technical Wishes. We hope they will help you in your work, and we would love to hear your feedback on the talk pages of these projects.

- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 12:39, 2022 febul 28id (UTC)

Remember to Participate in the UCoC Conversations and Ratification Vote!

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Hello everyone,

A vote in SecurePoll from 7 to 21 March 2022 is scheduled as part of the ratification process for the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines. Eligible voters are invited to answer a poll question and share comments. Read voter information and eligibility details. During the poll, voters will be asked if they support the enforcement of the Universal Code of Conduct based on the proposed guidelines.

The Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) provides a baseline of acceptable behavior for the entire movement. The revised enforcement guidelines were published 24 January 2022 as a proposed way to apply the policy across the movement. A Wikimedia Foundation Board statement calls for a ratification process where eligible voters will have an opportunity to support or oppose the adoption of the UCoC Enforcement guidelines in a vote. Wikimedians are invited to translate and share important information. For more information about the UCoC, please see the project page and frequently asked questions on Meta-wiki.

There are events scheduled to learn more and discuss:

• A community panel recorded on 18 February 2022 shares perspectives from small- and medium-sized community participants.
• The Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team is hosting Conversation Hours on 4 March 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Please sign-up to interact with the project team and the drafting committee about the updated enforcement guidelines and the ratification process. See the Conversation Hour summaries for notes from 4 February 2022 and 25 February 2022.

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

Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance
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Xeno (WMF) 02:17, 2022 mäzul 2id (UTC)

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

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Hello everyone,

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

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

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

Sincerely,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Wikimedia Foundation

Xeno (WMF) 00:52, 2022 mäzul 8id (UTC)

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

Hello!

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

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

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

Best regards,

Kaarel Vaidla
Movement Strategy

01:31, 2022 mäzul 10id (UTC)

Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends tomorrow

International photographic contest Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 ends on 15th March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. This is the last chance of the year to upload images about local folk culture, festival, cuisine, costume, folklore etc on Wikimedia Commons. Watch out our social media handles for regular updates and declaration of Winners.

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The writing competition Feminism and Folklore will run till 31st of March 2022 23:59:59 UTC. Write about your local folk tradition, women, folk festivals, folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology etc. on your local Wikipedia. Check if your local Wikipedia is participating

A special competition called Wiki Loves Falles is organised in Spain and the world during 15th March 2022 till 15th April 2022 to document local folk culture and Falles in Valencia, Spain. Learn more about it on Catalan Wikipedia project page.

We look forward for your immense co-operation.

Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (bespik) 14:40, 2022 mäzul 14id (UTC)

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

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Hello everyone,

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

Thank you,

From the Community Development team

Xeno (WMF) 02:20, 2022 mäzul 18id (UTC)

Feminism and Folklore 2022 ends soon

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

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

We look forward for your immense co-operation.

Thanks Wiki Loves Folklore international Team MediaWiki message delivery (bespik) 14:29, 2022 mäzul 26id (UTC)

Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting is now closed

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Greetings,

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

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

Best regards,

Movement Strategy and Governance

Xeno (WMF) 01:53, 2022 mäzul 30id (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 6, April 2022Read the full newsletter

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Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

• Leadership Development - A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (continue reading)
• Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! - The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (continue reading)
• Movement Discussions on Hubs - The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (continue reading)
• Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! - Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (continue reading)
• The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! - The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (continue reading)
• Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly - Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (continue reading)
• Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about Movement Strategy on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

Also, a draft of the 2022-23 Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan has been published. Input is being sought on-wiki and during several conversations with Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander.

See full announcement on Meta-wiki. Xeno (WMF) 01:45, 2022 prilul 22id (UTC)

New Wikipedia Library Collections Available Now - April 2022

Hello Wikimedians!

The TWL owl says sign up today!

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

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

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

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

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Coming soon: Improvements for templates

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Fundamental changes in the template dialog.

Hello, more changes around templates are coming to your wiki soon:

The template dialog in VisualEditor and in the 2017 Wikitext Editor (beta) will be improved fundamentally: This should help users understand better what the template expects, how to navigate the template, and how to add parameters.

• project page, talk page

In syntax highlighting (CodeMirror extension), you can activate a colorblind-friendly color scheme with a user setting.

• project page, talk page

Deployment is planned for May 10. This is the last set of improvements from WMDE Technical Wishes' focus area “Templates”.

We would love to hear your feedback on our talk pages!

-- Johanna Strodt (WMDE) 11:14, 2022 prilul 29id (UTC)