CentralNotice/Calendar
CentralNotice calendar [edit]
The purpose of this page is to track the intended use of CentralNotice banners, and to provide contact information as to the banner's "sponsor". This also improves transparency: it gives the community the ability to comment on banners and to appropriately schedule them. Certain times (for instance, for WMF fundraising banners, steward elections, or referenda) may be reserved by the Foundation. That is, we certainly won't postpone the fundraiser because there's no banner time available. However, in all cases, project sponsors should be sensitive to the overall banner needs and mindful of the obligation to minimize the banners.
Please post here the purpose, projects, language versions, and project sponsor for banner campaigns.
Remember to consider whether CentralNotice is the right tool for the job: would your notice work as well using watchlist notices or sitenotice? Also remember to be judicious in your use of the tool, restricting it to just what's needed. Overuse hurts us all. Comments about banner campaign scheduling on talk.
Past requests are archived here.
Please note that putting a banner on this calendar does not mean that it automatically "gets done". You still need to design and run the campaign, or ask a meta administrator to do so for you.
| Dates | Banner purpose | Projects | Language | Logged in or Anonymous | Geo-located to | Project sponsor | Comments from sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 14 - May 15 | Wiki Loves Earth photo contest | All projects | All languages | Logged in and Anonymous | Ukraine | Jbuket | Organised by Wikimedia Ukraine |
| April 24 - May 17 | Foundation elections | All | All | Logged in | Worldwide | Philippe (WMF) for the Committee | Announcing candidacies are open |
| April 29 - May 5 | Commons mobile app | Commons and Wikipedia | English | Logged in | Worldwide | Tbayer for the WMF mobile team | Promoting the new app to desktop users |
| May 1 - 31 | Wiki Loves Public Art 2013 | Commons and Wikipedia | English, German, Catalan, Finnish and Swedish | Logged in and anon | In the five participating countries. Worldwide on Commons. | John Andersson (WMSE), international coordinator | Encouraging new and experience contributors to participate in the contest |
| 6 - 12 May | SUL finalisation | All | All | Logged-in, 5 views only | Worldwide | Jdforrester (WMF) | Advising users that SUL finalisation is coming |
| 9-30 June | Wikipedia Academy Israel | All | All | Logged in and anon | Israel | Itzike | Free registration to Wikipedia Academy Israel |
| 15-23 June | Hackathon Tel Aviv | All | All | Logged in and anon | Israel | Itzike | Registration Hackathon Tel Aviv |
| June 1 - 15 | Foundation elections | All | All | Logged in | Worldwide | Philippe (WMF) for the Committee | Announcing voting is open. |
| June 1-3, June 12 - 15 | Foundation elections | All | All | Anonymous | Worldwide | Philippe (WMF) for the Committee | Announcing voting is open. |
| June 7-22 | Great American Wiknic | All projects | English | Logged in (first week) Logged in and anon (second week) |
US | User:Pharos | 3rd annual national Wiknic across the US |
| June 18 - 22 | Foundation elections | All | All | Logged in | Worldwide | Philippe (WMF) for the Committee | Announcing election results |
| June 18 | Foundation elections | All | All | Anonymous | Worldwide | Philippe (WMF) for the Committee | Announcing election results |
| TBC June | SUL finalisation | All | All | Logged-in SUL renamees, 15 views only | Worldwide | Jdforrester (WMF) | Advising users that they will be renamed as part of SUL finalisation |
| September | Wiki Loves Monuments 2013 | Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons - other projects if relevant | All relevant & translated (t.b.d.) | Logged-in & Anonymous | Participating countries (exact list t.b.d.) | WLM 2013 international team | inviting people to submit images to Wikipedia through Wiki Loves Monuments |
