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Closure of Incubator

Please move somewhere else if unappropiated, I didn't know where else to go. Some user created this: [1] . I don't know if he did it too, but the Incubator Wikipedia test pages are blocked. See for example : [2] Reads this:

You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

This wiki is closed; see m:Proposals for closing projects/Closure of Wikimedia Incubator.

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How can a wiki be blocked if not proper discussion has been held? And it's the second time this month. Please help the Incubator community.--Fluence 20:22, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind; solved. Please remove these comments as needed.--Fluence 20:55, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Redesign

What about a little redesign? For example I would move the "Meta in many languages" box just to the bottom... We did so on Strategy wiki and no one complained... This is so yesterday, language detection thrugh browser or something automatical would be much more useful.--Kozuch 00:15, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

We're glad of being a multilingual wiki: I think that it's better to show it prominently. --Nemo 12:26, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada

I am interested in starting a Canadian Chapter of Wikimedia. Is there anyone else interested? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello Jmh649. See Wikimedia Canada for work being done to set up a Canadian chapter, and the Wikimedia Canada mailing list for occasional discussion. —Pathoschild 05:41:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Redesign and being inclusive

Some designwork would be nice. We might also more actively include and highlight work on other useful wikis, from chapters sites out to cousin sites such as wikieducator and wikitravel.

There are a growing number of projects in line with our work, that we actively coordinate or collaborate with, that aren't Wikimedia projects -- as in the first years of the project when most people who showed up had come from a relatd site elsewhere. A renewed focus on things like interlinks and welcome pages for members of other communities arriving here for the first time might be appropriate.

What about encouraging the use of this wiki for meta-planning for other free knowledge / free culture projects? We're very good at wiki maintenance and moderation, whereas lots of co-aligned projects that need a place for meta-discussion (and even think to set up their own mediawiki instance for the purpose) are not. –SJ · talk | translate 19:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Re: the idea of meta-planning for other free knowledge / free culture projects, we do have the Free Culture Alliance NYC page hosted here.--Pharos 03:39, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Redesign submission

I began a subpage in my userspace to create a new version of the main page. It can be found here. I posted this on its corresponding talk page: it's largely taken from the code on this version of Strategywiki's Main Page and adjusted with meta's content, a slightly different color scheme, etc. Several people have posted comments and concerns on said talk page, and I've tried to accommodate the ideas posted there. I thought the next logical step would be to present it here. Killiondude 02:50, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I do like the existing 'Notification/Goings-on section', and think that would be good to keep. Also, it would be nice if we could have a picture somewhere so everything isn't so dry, maybe something again from a recent real-life event.--Pharos 18:11, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I thought about carrying that over. However, the last 20 edits go back till May. It seems silly to display something that no one is willing to keep updated and organized well. If we want another content area (either from "real-life events", a "notifications" section, or something else), we could push the current floating box up to the right side of the intro text and put another (maybe larger?) floating box roughly where the current one is located now. Killiondude 18:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

It may not be very actively edited, but it does usually have information on things that are happening this month. And seriously, if we can't at least aim to keep something this basic up to date, what's the point of having meta at all?--Pharos 03:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I think most people wonder that. This wiki is mostly where banned users can make noise or pages can be imported in order to sit and rot. --MZMcBride 05:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Be that as it may, I do support having another floating box for notifications, as a small strike against entropy and chaos.--Pharos 18:16, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm with Pharos here, the "Information thread" definitely should not be removed. Cbrown1023 talk 00:44, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

I was looking at the changes. I see that tswiki:Query_service has been removed, and it isn't in Meta:Requests and proposals neither (this page doesn't contain similar things); but it's really important (a database report can help/organize the work of dozens of user and thousands of edits on a project), and quite active. I agree with the removal of "utilities", but perhaps we should find a way to advertise categories a bit, now that we've removed Meta:Categories. There's a whole lot of pages and categories which are not represented at all in the main page. In particular, I wonder how many users know that there are language specific categories, and navigation of translated content is very difficult (at least we should check that they're visible in the respective main pages). --Nemo 10:35, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I killed a few links, mostly for balancing the page a bit. The Main Page doesn't need to be an index of every link on the site. The "Query service" is sort of used, but it's kind of a pain in the ass and a mess. I'd rather see a better system implemented at Meta than linking people to a separate wiki (the Toolserver wiki). I agree with your comments about emphasizing categories and other pages. --MZMcBride 16:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't say that it must be on the main page, but it should be possible to find it somewhere, and I don't know where to put it. --Nemo 18:07, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Community grants wiki?

This is mentioned in the intro, but I don't think such a thing actually exists, at least not yet (there may well be plans for something like this in the future, though).--Pharos 18:18, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

http://grants.wikimedia.org is long dead. That's all I know. --MZMcBride 18:50, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't know of any plans for a separate wiki, but we could turn that idea into a portal here on Meta. –SJ · talk | translate 13:51, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Main pages

Unless there are objections, I'm going to unprotect (and likely redirect a lot of) the main pages in other languages. They're outdated and there's absolutely no reason to have them fully protected from editing. --MZMcBride 06:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Makes sense. The previous discussion about this is Talk:Main_Page/Archives/2008#Protection_of_all_language_Main_Pages. --Nemo 10:06, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

I totally agree here and didn't want them protected in the first place. Cbrown1023 talk 01:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

+1 Agreed, not totally sure they should have been in the first place. Jalexander 01:53, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely. The Vietnamese main page languished for years until a couple active Wikipedians finally asked for access. – Minh Nguyễn (talk, contribs) 04:28, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. There is no need to protect main page version of other languages, unless persistent vandalism is going. — Tanvir • 17:03, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

• Why shouldn't we use a single main page and translated versions of it? Like they did in translatewiki or incubatorwiki. Then all main pages will be up-to-date. Some communities, who think they can frequently update the page, like French maybe, can opt-out this and use their own "localised homepage" instead of a "translated homepage". --Joseph48 21:01, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

  Agreed. I tried editing the Tagalog page to no avail just earlier today so I can update it to the current version. :( --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 00:23, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

  I don't understand how what Joseph48 suggests is different from what we're currently doing, sorry: could you explain? I've unprotected all main pages. --Nemo 15:27, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Currently we have independent pages for every language. What i suggest is; we'll only have a big template for translated homepages. We'll only translate words or sentences like "projects", "complete list", etc. We'll not use any formatting or styles. You can check this page to see what i mean. --Joseph48 18:44, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

I see. I'm not sure: first of all, who updates the pages? A similar system is used on foundationwiki, but translations (made on Meta by translators) are implemented by few skilled users who know templates etc. Moreover, the layout of the main pages is not updated so frequently; some languages may prefer not to translate some parts but still have their main page, and the untranslated parts should be removed; finally, several main pages are customized, although just a little, and this makes sense, because if you know English you can just use the English main page to find all English pages, but if you don't know English you want a place (the localized main page) where to find all relevant pages and information in your language. --Nemo 22:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

mobile Wikipedia

I'm here from Simple (unification made this one, not me) to ask a favor. Could you guys please support [3] please? There's a request on our main page and I volunteered to ask here. Some mobile users need it. Because it's not supported, they cannot use the simple.m and so they must use the main Simple. That slows their phones. As well as computers under Tor. On Simple I have been making very good edits lately and I wanted to help people. You wouldn't just be helping me. You'd be helping people all over the world. That's why Simple was made, right? So that people could read things in English and have it Simplified for them, so it's not hard. I also kind of unified from En and Simple. I don't use my Simple unified one. It's IanP. Here's a link. [4] No, don't block me. I made the Simple one by accident by visiting this one while I was signed in on Simple. I'll be watching this page for any replies. Ian.bjorn 20:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Sidemenu

In the sidemenu the Translations link is not capitalized, as well as the Community drop-down menu button, planet and the Beyond the Web drop down menu. Is this intentional? Kolrok | ^{Msgs ©} 10:14, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Translations should probably, as well as planet - for beyond the web/community it depends, when I look at it on monobook (my choice of skin), it is *not* capitalised, but if I look at en wiki or commons on monobook, it isn't capitalised whilst it *is* on vector. Therefore, should probably be fixed for the vector skin. The Helpful One 16:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Although it seems like User:Cbrown1023 removed capitalisation of the "beyond the web" back in February 2008 - so more than 3 years ago to the date, not sure as to why. The Helpful One 16:33, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Whilst I was looking through the history, I noticed it was customary to update the ** Wikimania 2010|Wikimania-text for each year. Barras removed the 2010 link at the end of the year, presumably as the 2011 page hadn't been created yet. However, now that Wikimania 2011 exists, can an admin update that accordingly too? :) The Helpful One 16:37, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Killiondude updated it[5]. Theo10011 17:03, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

I requested for some admins on IRC to help fix the capitalisation issues, seems to have been fixed now as well. Thanks for letting us know! :) The Helpful One 17:53, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

World Heritage addition

I think the World Heritage addition is fine, but the fake play button really ought not be there. That's a mean trick on the user. --MZMcBride 04:44, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Copied from tenwiki: - if only Wikimedia wikis had decent video support.  ℳono  18:37, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Don't see what video support had to do with it. It tricked me too. If you're going to take a screenshot of a video, crop out the playback controls... And in the wiki spirit I've corrected this unfortunate oversight. – Adrignola talk 15:11, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Full protect the main page

Main Page is semi-protected. Anything would you full protect the main page, including other languages of main page? This will prevent autoconfirmed users to vandalise them. --Kungfu2187 01:19, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

We don't get much vandalism on there. I'd rather we keep things open unless there's a pressing need to close them. Cbrown1023 talk 20:09, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Finally, someone who gets it. CompuHacker 23:55, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

No one did some vandalism before so they deiced it to semi-protect it. -- Mohamed Aden Ighe 03:24, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Must be better than normal as of now.Mohamed Aden Ighe 00:23, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Committees and subommittees

I think both should be included on the main page as they are an important aspect of wikimedia projects as a whole. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:30, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Templates

I propose a templated structure for the main page where the words seen by the user are parameters, this way translating the main page and keeping it up to date would be less of a daunting task while maintaining the same style. Any thoughts? Unless there is serious opposition I will create the template as a subpage (without changing the main page in any shape or form) -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:33, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

In other languages: Alemannisch (als) العربية (ar) Azərbaycanca (az) Беларуская (be) Български (bg) বাংলা (bn) Bosanski (bs) Нохчийн (ce) Česky (cs) Словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ (cu) Dansk (da) Deutsch (de) Zazaki (diq) English (en) Esperanto (eo) Español (es) Eesti (et) فارسی (fa) Suomi (fi) Français (fr) Galego (gl) עברית (he) हिन्दी (hi) Հայերեն (hy) Íslenska (is) Italiano (it) 日本語 (ja) ქართული (ka) 한국어 (ko) Lietuvių (lt) Latviešu (lv) മലയാളം (ml) Nederlands (nl) ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ (no) Polski (pl) Português (pt) Tarandíne (roa-tara) Русский (ru) Русиньскый (rue) Саха тыла (sah) සිංහල (si) Slovenčina (sk) Slovenščina (sl) Српски / Srpski (sr) Svenska (sv) Kiswahili (sw) Татарча/Tatarça (tt) Türkçe (tr) Українська (uk) Tiếng Việt (vi) ‪中文(简体)‬ (zh-hans) ‪中文(繁體)‬ (zh-hant) 粵語 (yue)
Old style: Afrikaans (af) Ænglisc (ang) Boarisch (bar) بلوچی مکرانی (bcc) བོད་ཡིག (bo) Brezhoneg (br) Català (ca) Cymraeg (cy) Ελληνικά (el) Euskara (eu) Estremeñu (ext) Føroyskt (fo) Gaeilge (ga) Hrvatski (hr) Magyar (hu) Interlingua (ia) Bahasa Indonesia (id) Igbo (ig) Ido (io) Basa Jawa (jv) ភាសាខ្មែរ (km) ಕನ್ನಡ (kn) Кыргызча (ky) 文言 (lzh) Македонски (mk) मराठी (mr) Bahasa Melayu (ms) مازِرونی (mzn) Bân-lâm-gú (nan) नेपाली (ne) ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬ (nn) Occitan (oc) پښتو (ps) Runa Simi (qu) Română (ro) سنڌي (sd) sou (sou) Shqip (sq) Basa Sunda (su) తెలుగు (te) Тоҷикӣ (tg) tgl (tgl) ไทย (th) Tagalog (tl) اردو (ur) Vèneto (vec) 吴语 (wuu) Yorùbá (yo) Skandinavisk (Skanwiki) Slovio (Slavopedia) +/-

I went ahead and created three new main pages using the template structure and got them translated with the help of others. The structure is as following:

Template:Main Page

Template:Main Page/Intro

Template:Main Page/World Heritage

Template:Information thread

Template:Main Page/Requests

Template:Main Page/Core issues and collaboration

Template:Main Page/Community and communication

Template:Wikimedia Foundation

Template:Sisterprojects

-- とある白い猫 ^chi? 01:38, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

The template thing isn't a bad idea. But the actual main page doesn't use subpages for different languages. See Commons:Portada, for instance. Killiondude 03:28, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

With the template structure it will :) It will link to the Spanish main page of commons and etc. The most "complete" one currently is the nl version. You can see how it links to the dutch main page on commons. -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 04:23, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

I do not agree with moving main page titles on meta. My example was to how commons does it. On meta, currently the french use Accueil. I don't think they should use Main Page/fr. Killiondude 04:26, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

It won't be moved. What for example will happen is Main Page/fr be moved to Accueil. The /fr would remain a redirect. It is temporarily there until it is ready. The very idea of this entire thing is to make meta less English-only club. It currently isn't as non-English pages quickly get outdated and become irrelevant.

I however did notice a disambiguation problem particularly with Portada so ISO codes may work better (somehow) but this is beyond the scope of the current proposal.

-- とある白い猫 ^chi? 08:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

I actually decided to simply transclude the template. Do you have objections? -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 00:23, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually I find it hard to believe that all this will make translation easier: at least for me the main page is now a lot harder to update and fix; I liked it so much that it was so simple to edit compared to other projects' main pages... And I don't see how translations are actually being managed. As an effect, I see that for instance the Italian main pages is already less up to date than it would be with the previous system (no October news), effectively forcing Italian language users to use the English main page or interface. --Nemo 10:54, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

At least it isn't outdated by several years like other language editions. How is the main page a lot harder to update? You click one edit link to edit individual sections without having any kind of requirement to understand complicated wiki markup or wiki/html tables. If you add a new item to the main page (Template:Main Page/Code) it would show up on every language edition (once the transition is complete) showing people exactly what part is out dated.

The news section is going to be dealt with later. It will display English if a localized translation does not exist. Italian translation of the news was recently made and before it was completely in English which forced readers to always refer to it in English provided they understand English. Also recurring events like steward elections will not require two translations per year as it will be handled automatically. You are welcome to join the translation efforts.

-- とある白い猫 ^chi? 16:03, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Redesign of news

ar 2012 فبراير 8–27: (English) The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. 2012 يناير 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: ويكيبيديا باللغة الانجليزية تحجب محتواها لمدة 24 ساعة احتجاجا على قانوني SOPA و PIPA. والعديد من المشاريع الاخرى تنشر لافتات دعما لذلك. 28: حلقة عمل أدوات الترجمة:سيقوم Siebrand بتدريب مستخدمي ميتا ويكي على إستخدام أدوات الترجمة المثبتة هنا حديثا. 15: الاحتفال هذا الشهر بيوم ويكيبيديا من خلال فعاليات محددة حول العالم . 12: الإعلان عن أعضاء لجنة تحكيم ويكيمانيا 2013. 2011 ديسمبر 1: (English) Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. للمزيد من الأخبار والمعلومات انظر أخبار ويكيميديا و الأحداث الجارية.	en February 2012 8–27: The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. January 2012 15–28: Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support. 28: Translation tools workshop: Siebrand will train Meta Wiki users in using the translation tools recently installed here. 15: Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month. 12: Members of the Wikimania 2013 jury announced. December 2011 1: Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. For more news and information see Wikimedia News and Goings-on.
fi Helmikuu 2012 8–27: (English) The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. Tammikuu 2012 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: (English) The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support. 28: (English) Translation tools workshop: Siebrand will train Meta Wiki users in using the translation tools recently installed here. 15: (English) Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month. 12: (English) Members of the Wikimania 2013 jury announced. Joulukuu 2011 1: (English) Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. Lisätietoja löytyy Wikimedian uutisista ja tiedotteista.	fr Février 2012 8–27: (English) The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. Janvier 2012 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: (English) The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support. 28: Classe des outils de traduction: Siebrand va former les utilisateurs de Meta Wiki dans l'utilisation des outils de traduction récemment installé ici. 15: (English) Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month. 12: Les membres du Wikimania 2013 jury annoncé. Décembre 2011 1: (English) Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. Pour plus d'actualités ou d'informations, voir Wikimedia News et Goings-on.
it Febbraio 2012 8–27: La votazione nell'elezione degli Steward 2012. Gennaio 2012 15–28: Candidature per le elezioni degli Steward 2012. 18: Wikipedia in Inglese è stata oscurata per 24 ore per protesta contro il SOPA e PIPA. Parecchi altri progetti hanno eseguito banner a supporto. 28: Bottega degli strumenti di traduzione: Siebrand formerà gli utenti di Meta Wiki sull'utilizzo degli strumenti di traduzione recentemente installati qui. 15: Il Wikipedia Day viene celebrato questo mese presso eventi selezionati in tutto il mondo. 12: Annunciati i membri della giuria di Wikimania 2013. Dicembre 2011 1: Invito Aperto per le Borse di studio Wikimedia 2012 per i Candidati. Le proposte devono essere presentate entro il 15 gennaio 2012. Per maggiori notizie ed informazioni guarda Wikimedia News e Goings-on.	ja 2月 2012 8–27: 2012年スチュワード選挙の投票を受け付けています。 1月 2012 15–28: スチュワード選挙の立候補を受け付けています。 18: 英語版ウィキペディアはSOPA及びPIPAに抗議するため、24時間の閉鎖を実施しました。また、他の一部プロジェクトでは一時閉鎖に対する支持表明をバナーで掲示しました。 28: 翻訳ツールのワークショップ: Siebrandがこの度メタウィキメディアにインストールされた翻訳ツールを使用したワークショップを実施します。 15: 今月はウィキペディアの日の特別イベントが各地で実施されています。 12: Wikimania 2013の審査員が発表されました。 12月 2011 1: 2012年のウィキメディア・フォローシップ応募者を受け付けています。期限は2012年1月15日までです。 この他の情報はWikimedia NewsおよびGoings-onを参照。
ru Февраль 2012 8–27: (English) The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. Январь 2012 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: (English) The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support. 28: (English) Translation tools workshop: Siebrand will train Meta Wiki users in using the translation tools recently installed here. 15: (English) Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month. 12: (English) Members of the Wikimania 2013 jury announced. Декабрь 2011 1: (English) Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. Другие новости и информацию можно найти на страницах Wikimedia News и Goings-on.	tr Şubat 2012 8–27: 2012 Kâhya Seçimleri için oy kullanın. Ocak 2012 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: İngilizce Vikipedi SOPA ve PIPA'yı protesto etmek için 24 saatliğine karartma eylemi yaptı. Diğer projelere ise destek için pankart kondu. 28: Çeviri araçları atölyesi: Siebrand, Meta-Viki kullanıcılarını son eklenen çeviri araçları kullanımı konusunda eğitecek. 15: Vikipedi Gün dünya çapında seçilen etkinliklerde bu ay kutlanmakta. 12: Wikimania 2013 jüri üyeleri açıklandı. Aralık 2011 1: 2012 Wikimedia Hibe Adayları için Açık Çağrı. Teklifler, 15 Ocak 2012 tarihine kadar teslim edilmelidir. Daha fazla haber ve bilgi için Wikimedia Haberleri ve Olup Bitenler sayfalarına bakınız.
uk Лютий 2012 8–27: (English) The vote on the Stewards elections 2012. Січень 2012 15–28: (English) Candidate submissions for Stewards elections 2012. 18: (English) The English Wikipedia was blacked out for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. Several other projects ran banners in support. 28: (English) Translation tools workshop: Siebrand will train Meta Wiki users in using the translation tools recently installed here. 15: (English) Wikipedia Day is celebrated at select events around the world this month. 12: (English) Members of the Wikimania 2013 jury announced. Грудень 2011 1: (English) Open Call for 2012 Wikimedia Fellowship Applicants. Proposals must be submitted by January 15, 2012. Інші новини та інформацію можна знайти на сторінках Wikimedia News та Goings-on.	vi Tháng 2 2012 8–27: Bỏ phiếu chọn tiếp viên năm 2012. Tháng 1 2012 15–28: Đệ trình đơn ứng viên trong cuộc bầu cử tiếp viên 2012. 18: Wikipedia tiếng Anh bị phủ đen trong 24 tiếng để phản đối SOPA và PIPA. Nhiều dự án khác đã treo biểu ngữ để ủng hộ việc này. 28: Hội thảo công cụ biên dịch: Siebrand hướng dẫn các thành viên Meta Wiki về việc sử dụng công cụ biên dịch được cài đặt gần đây. 15: Ngày Wikipedia được tổ chức tại các sự kiện được chọn lựa trên toàn thế giới vào tháng này. 12: Thành viên bồi thẩm đoàn Wikimania 2013 được công bố. Tháng 12 2011 1: Liên hệ nộp đơn Nhóm Cộng tác Wikimedia. Đề xuất phải được nộp vào ngày 15 tháng 1, 2012. Xem Wikimedia News và Goings-on để biết thêm tin tức và thông tin khác.
zh-hans 2月 2012 8–27: 2012年监管员选举候选 1月 2012 15–28: 2012年监管员选举候选人提名 18: 英文维基百科为反对SOPA以及PIPA关站抗议。其他若干计划制作了支持英文维基百科的banner。 28: 2012年翻译工具工作坊: Siebrand将会训练元维基用户使用最近安装的翻译工具。 15: 本月世界各地举行活动庆祝维基百科日。 12: 2013年维基媒体陪审团名单公布。 12月 2011 1: 2012年维基媒体赞助申请开放。提案必须于2012年1月15日前提交。 更多信息请参考 维基媒体新闻与正在进行。	zh-hant 2月 2012 8–27: 2012年监管员选举候选 1月 2012 15–28: 2012年監管員選舉候選人提名 18: 英文維基百科為反對SOPA以及PIPA關站抗議。其他若干計劃製作了支持英文維基百科的banner。 28: 2012年翻譯工具工作坊: Siebrand將會訓練元維基用家使用最近安裝的翻譯工具。 15: 本月世界各地舉行活動慶祝維基百科日 12: 2013年維基媒體陪審團名單公佈。 12月 2011 1: 2012年維基媒體贊助申請開放。提案必須於2012年1月15日前提交。 更多信息請參考 維基媒體新聞與正在進行。

I have redesigned the news part for your consumption. Above are 12 languages to demonstrate. The borders are there for demonstration purposes only. Only one will show up per language. The magic happens in {{Main Page/WM News}}. Comments before I implement it? -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 20:52, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Actually I'll implement by being bold :) -- とある白い猫 ^chi? 21:18, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Italian Wikipedia and Italian law

The following discussion is closed.

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I noticed that the Italian Wikipedia has a template that finds an issue with an Italian law: it:Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011/en

But aren't the primary servers in Florida (with an additional one in Amsterdam)? How can this affect the userbase of the Italian Wikipedia? Does the law apply even if the content is hosted overseas? WhisperToMe 14:35, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Yes. See Wikimedia Forum/Italian Wikipedia. Nemo 20:26, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Wikimedia Main Hub

There should be one linking to all Wikimedia Projects.Pdiddyjr 19:06, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Such exists: http://www.wikimedia.org. --Sky Harbor ^(talk) 10:05, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Propose full protection for main page

I would like to propose that we up the protection for the main page from edit=autoconfirmed to edit=sysop. For a lead entry page, it really should be better protected, and while the COIBot should not be editing here, and we will look to the fix, it may just be safer to tighten the control anyway. billinghurst sDrewth 15:24, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Totally agree. -Barras 15:34, 8 February 2012 (UTC)