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Welcome to Wikimedia's goings-on, a central point for community-wide members to collect information about the project in many languages and to report recent goings-on. This page should only be used to inform the various sub-communities of community-wide issues. For general discussion, see Meta:Babel. For elections, votings and requests for comment see: Democracy.
Goings-on in the past few months
October 2022
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October 3: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for North America, Latin America, and Western Europe region. Live interpretation in Spanish and Portuguese planned. |
September 2022
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September 24: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for Central Europe, Africa, and the Middle East region. Live interpretation in Arabic, French, and Russian planned. |
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September 16: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for Asia-Pacific region. Live interpretation in Chinese and Japanese provided. |
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September 13: | The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest is starting now! The submission will be received until 10 October 2022. Play your part! |
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September 8  :
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Encyclopedia of the Young competition starts! (since 00:00:01 UTC). We invite everyone to participate — there are no restrictions on age and citizenship. |
August 2022
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August 30: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
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August 23 – September 6: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Voting period opens! Verify your eligibility and vote now. |
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August 11 – August 14: | Wikimania! takes place around the world. Talks and sessions are available for viewing online. |
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July 22 – August 22: | Wikimedia Foundation Legal department call for feedback on the Brand Stewardship Report content outline. |
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August 18: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability at 13:00 UTC |
July 2022
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July 25 – August 3: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Endorse statements for the Election Compass with top 15 selected. |
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July 25 – July 26: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Endorse questions for the candidates with top six selected. |
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July 26: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
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July 14: | Conversation with Trustees hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee |
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July 8: | Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department Office Hour – TVEC Update (Session 1) (Session 2) |
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July 2 – July 3: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
Older goings-on
April 2022
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April 18 – May 16: | 2022 Board of Trustees Call for Candidates |
March 2022
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March 29: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (18:00 UTC). |
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March 24: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability. |
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March 14 - April 10: | Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022) |
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March 12: | Global Conversations event on Regional and Thematic Hubs |
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March 7 – March 21: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022 |
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March 5: | The open video call CEE meetup March 2022 will be held on 5 March at 15:00 (UTC). |
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March 4, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
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March 4: | Meta-Wiki portal being developed to document information and discussions on the Wikimedia movement's response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
February 2022
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February 28: | The open video call CEE meetup February 2022 will be held on 28 February at 17:00 (UTC). |
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February 27–February 28: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
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February 25, 12:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
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February 18, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct Panel Q&A |
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February 15: | The results of the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 have been posted |
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February 9–March 7: | A call for applicants for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee |
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February 7–February 26: | 2022 Steward elections voting is running until 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC) |
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February 7–February 25: | Leadership Development Working Group: Your feedback is appreciated |
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February 1–February 28: | Wikimedia Deutschland/Dialogue on organizational values community feedback phase on proposal |
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February 23, 15:00 UTC: | Community Development community calls |
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February 17, 18:30 UTC: | Conversation with Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees |
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February 21–February 25: | EduWiki Week: Join for a virtual celebration of Wikimedia in education. |
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February 4, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
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January 10–February 16: | Call for feedback: Board of Trustees elections continues |
January 2022
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January 28–February 11: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 voting phase |
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January 27, 15:00 UTC: | Online meeting about the Desktop Improvements project. |
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January 24: | Universal Code of Conduct: UCoC enforcement guidelines published for consideration |
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January 19, 18:00 UTC: | Online meeting for everyone who did or will submit a proposal for the Community Wishlist Survey. |
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January 14–January 30: | Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. |
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January 11: | Request for comment to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. |
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January 10–February 16: | Call for feedback: Board of Trustees elections |
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January 14, 17:00 UTC: | Coolest Tool Award 2021. |
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January 10–January 23: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 proposal phase |
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January 1–January 31: | Open candidate call for new members in the AffCom. |
December 2021
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December 11: | A request for comment about closing Outreach wiki. |
November 2021
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November 22–December 20: | Abstract Wikipedia licensing discussion. |
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November 30, 18:00 UTC: | Online meeting about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. |
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November 29: | Universal Code of Conduct Ratification conversation hour. |
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November 27–November 28: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
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November 4: | WikiAfrica Hour episode 7 (WikiIndaba 2021 Special edition). |
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September 28–November 30: | Listening tour of Wikimedia Foundation's incoming chief executive officer, Maryana Iskander |
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November 19: | Meta-Wiki is marking 20 years. |
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November 5–November 7: | Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021 takes place. |
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November 5–November 7: | WikiIndaba virtual conference |
October 2021
September 2021
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September 25 – September 26: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
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September 14 : | All traffic from all wikis will be switched back to the primary data center. All wikis will be in read-only mode around 14:00 UTC. |
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September 7: | The results of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election |
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August 2 – September 14: | Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. |
August 2021
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August 17 – October 17: | Community review for Enforcement Draft Guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct |
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August 8: | Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021 India call, India-focused call, but open to everyone. |
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August 2 – September 14: | Call for Candidates for the Movement Charter Drafting Committee. |
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August 2 – August 31: | Call for applications for the Training of Trainers for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program. |
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August 18 – August 31: | The 2021 Board of Trustees elections took place via SecurePoll. |
July 2021
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July 29: | Programs & Events Dashboard 2021 user survey launched (preview). |
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July 29: | Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program Information Session - I (Education). |
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July 17: | Universal Code of Conduct enforcement & Movement Strategy roundtable discussions. |
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July 13: | Wikimedia Foundation FY21-22 Annual Plan published. |
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July 10 – July 11: | Universal Code of Conduct consultation sessions with members of the Small Wiki Monitoring Team and administrators from emerging communities. |
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July 3 – August 1: | 2021 Wikimedia Foundation elections campaign activities and meetings. |
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July 2: | Confirmed candidates for the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation elections announced. |
June 2021
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June 29: | Community Resilience & Sustainability Office Hour with Amanda Keton, Jaime Villagomez, and Maggie Dennis. |
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June 29 : | All traffic from all wikis will be switched to the secondary data center. All wikis will be in read-only mode around 14:00 UTC. |
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June 27 : | Movement Charter Global Conversation. |
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June 26 - June 27: | Universal Code of Conduct consultation sessions with Stewards, Global sysops, CheckUsers, Oversighters, and members of the Arbitration Committees. |
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June 21 : | Small updates to privacy policies; see Diff post for more information. |
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June 19 : | ESEAP Virtual General Meeting #10. |
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June 16 - June 25: | Movement Charter discussion: three questions needing answers. |
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June 12: | Universal Code of Conduct enforcement roundtable discussions. |
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June 9: | Candidate Resources for Board of Trustees candidates published. |
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June 6: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meetings at and . |
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June 6: | The AffCom is seeking new members! Applications are accepted from June 1 to June 30. Also, everyone can share endorsement and comments for the June 2021 candidates. |
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June 5 – June 24: | The deadline to apply for Wikimedia grants Regional Committee has been extended till 24 June 2021. |
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June 12 – June 13: | Movement Strategy Global Conversation on Movement Charter |
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June 9 – June 29: | Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Call for Candidates |
May 2021
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May 21 – June 21: | Wikimedia users are notified that the IRC coordinating group is moving our IRC presence to libera.chat. IRC users will need to create new user accounts. Detail about migration and account creation at Special:MyLanguage/IRC/Migrating to Libera Chat. |
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15 & May 29: | Universal Code of Conduct enforcement roundtable discussions. |
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May 13: | WMF Board of Trustee's Community Affairs Committee Office Hour. |
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May 3: | Call for Board Election Volunteers. |
March 2021
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March 26: | An open letter from multiple arbcoms to the Board of Trustees was published. |
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March 22 – April 19: | A call for applications for the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 Drafting Committee is open. |
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March 19, 13:00 UTC & 22:00 UTC: | Conversations about the Wikimedia Enterprise API project. New documentation now published. |
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March 14, 13:00 UTC: | Call for feedback Final Sprint: Topic panel N°04: Regional diversity |
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March 13, 16:00 UTC: | Call for feedback Final Sprint: Topic panel N°03: Board - Global Council - Hubs |
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March 13, 13:30 UTC: | Call for feedback Final Sprint: Topic panel N°02: Support for candidates |
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March 12, 18:00 UTC: | Call for feedback Final Sprint: Topic panel N°01: Skills for board work |
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March 5: | The open video call CEE Talk No 5: CEE Hub update will be held on 5 March at 17:00 (UTC). |
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March 4 – April 30: | Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020–2021. |
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March 1 – March 15: | The voting phase for Wikifunctions logo concept is open. |
February 2021
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February 20: | Call for feedback: Community Board seats second office hour |
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February 10 – March 10: | International Wikipedia writing challenge: Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month. |
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February 19 – February 21: | Wikimedia Wikimeet India 2021. |
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February 5 – February 26: | 2021 Steward elections voting is running until 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). |
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February 2: | Updated Universal Code of Conduct draft ratified by Board of Trustees. |
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February 1 – March 14: | Call for feedback: Community Board seats. |
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February 2: | Call for feedback: Community Board seats office hour |
January 2021
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January 15 – February 23: | The submission phase for the Wikifunctions logo concept is officially announced. This will be followed by a community vote. |
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January 15 – January 31: | Wikimedia Steward elections started to accept nominations! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. |
December 2020
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December 15 – January 14: | Applications are open for two WikiLearn online courses. (1) Identifying & Addressing Harassment Online. (2) Partnership Building. |
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December 11 – December 13: | WikiConference North America 2020. |
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December 10: | Community Resilience & Sustainability office hour. |
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December 8 – December 21: | The voting phase on the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey is open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. |
November 2020
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November 19: | Are you a content reviewer on Wikipedia? Give feedback to build trust levels for WikiLoop (second version). |
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November 16: | The open video call CEE Talk No 4: Strategy 2030 recommendations and initiatives, Round 4 will be held on 19 November at 18:00 (UTC). |
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November 16 – November 30: | The 2021 Community Wishlist Survey is open! This survey is the process where communities decide what the Community Tech team should work on over the next year. |
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November 2 – November 16: | Wiki of functions naming contest — second round of voting. |
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November 15: | The next Wikimedia Café meeting will be on 15 November at 19:00 UTC. The topic will be the upcoming Global Council. |
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November 1 – November 15: | Wikipedia 20 Rapid Grants applications are accepted for birthday celebration events. |
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November 2: | The open video call CEE Talk No 3: Strategy 2030 recommendations and initiatives, Round 3 will be held on 5 November at 18:00 (UTC). |
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November 1: | Start  Wikipedia Asian Month 2020 contest and  WikiUral 2020 subcompetition with original prizes ( , etc.) until November 30, 2020.
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October 2020
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October 15: | Discussion tools has been put into beta testing environment here at MetaWiki. Also see its help page. |
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October 15: | Sandister Tei of Accra, Ghana was announced as the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year. |
September 2020
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September 17: | After a thorough assessment of large-scale errors at Malagasy Wiktionary, there is a poll and discussion about deleting the inaccurate material. |
August 2020
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August 25: | There is currently a request for comment about large scale language inaccuracies on the Scots Wikipedia. |
March 2020
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March 17: | Visit the Meta-Wiki COVID-19 Portal for information and discussions on the Wikimedia movement's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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November 14: | RfC: Global ban for Kubura |
October 2020
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October 26: | The open video call CEE Talk No 2: Strategy 2030 recommendations and initiatives, Round 2 will be held on 29 October at 18:00 (UTC). |
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October 24: | itWikiCon 2020, the Italian language conference about Wikimedia projects, takes place with Katherine Maher, WMF Executive Director, Jimbo Wales, Wikipedia founder and Alessandro Barbero, Italian historian. |
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October 17: | The open video call CEE Talk No 1: Strategy 2030 recommendations and initiatives, Round 1 will be held on 22 October at 16:00 (UTC). |
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October 13: | A read-only time is scheduled for October 27. During a short period of time, you will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis. Know more about this. |
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October 2: | Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2020 takes place from 2–4 October. |
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October 1: | On 15 October 2020, livestream event to announce the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year |
September 2020
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30 September: | RfC: Slowking4 |
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26 September: | RfC: Global ban for James Salsman |
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September 15–October 13: | You may discuss and vote on a name of an upcoming Wikimedia wiki project for a library of functions. |
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September 15: | The open video call Wikimedia Clinic #010 will be held at 13:00 UTC. Google Meet. |
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September 7: | Community draft review for the Universal Code of Conduct is going on from September 07 until October 06, 2020. Please review the draft at the UCoC Draft Review page and leave comments and recommendations on the talk page. |
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September 2: | Language showcase: The Language team presents a new project to improve the localization process of Scribunto modules. |
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September 1: | A read-only time is scheduled for September 1. During a short period of time, You will be able to read, but not edit, all wikis. Know more about this. |
August 2020
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August 21: | The open video call Wikimedia Clinic #009 will be held at 19:00 UTC. See page for meeting link (external on Wikimedia Meet). |
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August 19: | Are you a content reviewer on Wikipedia? Give feedback to build trust levels for WikiLoop |
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August 5: | The open video call Wikimedia Clinic #007 will be held at 17:30 UTC. See page for meeting link (external on Wikimedia Meet). |
July 2020
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July 16: | The Education Office Hours for the month of July is scheduled at 12:00 UTC. See page for meeting link (external on Google Meet). |
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July 2: | Abstract Wikipedia is approved as an official Wikimedia sister project (Announcement). |
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July 1: | The open video call Wikimedia Clinic #005 will be held at 17:30 UTC. See page for meeting link (external on Google Meet). |
June 2020
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June 28: | The open video call Wikimedia Clinic #004 will be held at 17:30 UTC. See page for meeting link (external on Google Meet). |
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June 24: | There is currently a request for comment about improving the "request for comments" process itself, which for right now serves as the only dispute resolution forum for many wikis. |
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June 23: | A community open letter on renaming is published. |
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June 16: | The Foundation Branding Project started a survey about its renaming proposals. |
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June 16: | The community is looking for input in regard of the aforementioned survey about the renaming and its validity in this straw poll. |
May 2020
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May 31: | The AffCom is seeking new members! Applications are accepted from June 1 to June 30. Also everyone possible to share endorsement and comments for the June 2020 candidates. |
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May 11: | The final document of the 2018-20 Wikimedia movement strategy process, the strategy recommendations have been published. |
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May 5: | A proposal for a new Wikimedia project is made, Wikilambda. It provides a solution to maintain articles once, but provide them in many languages, and a new sister project to collaborate on functions. |
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May 30: | This month's Wikimedia Café will occur on 30 May at 9:30 AM Pacific time / 12:30 PM Eastern time / 4:30 PM UTC / 10 PM IST. The primary topic will be the Wikimedia 2030 strategy recommendations. You are welcome to join the Café and to propose additional topics for discussion. |
April 2020
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April 3: | Following a successful global request for comment, the proposed Abuse filter maintainer policy has been approved and the global usergroup has been created. |
March 2020
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March 28: | At this month's Wikimedia Café, we will discuss the relationship between the community and the Wikimedia Foundation. You are welcome to join the Café and to propose additional topics for discussion. |
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March 16: | Steward elections and confirmations are finished. |
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March 1 – March 31: | Voting on the creation of "abuse filter manager" group will run from March 1 and end on March 31, 23:59 (UTC) |
February 2020
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February 15: | You are invited to attend the monthly Wikimedia Café online meetup. This month's meetup will focus on the 2030 strategy recommendations, and will be divided into two discussions of one hour each. |
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February 8 – February 28: | 2020 Steward elections voting is running until 28 February 2020, 13:59 (UTC) |
January 2020
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January 29: | The 2020 members of the Ombudsman Commission have been announced. |
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January 20 – February 21: | The last facilitated round of movement discussions on the Wikimedia 2030 strategy recommendations is taking place. |
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January: | It is possible to share endorsement and comments for the December 2019 candidates to the Affiliations Committee. |
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January 15 – January 28: | Candidate submissions for the 2020 Steward elections will begin on January 15 and will end on January 28. Eligible candidates can nominate themselves. |
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January 25: | The monthly Wikimedia Café online meeting will occur. The Café will be on a Saturday and will be earlier in the day than in previous months. The agenda is here, and you are welcome to add items to the agenda. |
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January 19: | Requests for comment/Should the Foundation call itself Wikipedia - a motion to clarify the 2030 branding movement community consultation as to whether the WMF should rename itself. |
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January 5: | RfC: Update "Admin activity review policy"—a procedural motion to include the Interface administrator within existing review process. |
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Wikipedia: Translation of the week
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- en:Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park
- en:Iceland hotspot
- en:766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea)
- en:Rule of the shorter term
- en:Internet democracy
- en:March on Washington Movement
- en:French military mission to Japan (1872–80)
- en:Neo-creationism
- en:Generation Kill