Talk:Wikimedia Forum

I have an account on wikiversity and i am happy of that. But since i intent to use and edit in all the projects of wikimedia, i would like to have only one login for all the project (wikipedia, wikibooks, wikiquotes,...). Is this possible? thanks

Not yet. See Single login. Angela 22:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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To be fair, I hardly see the difference between Metapub, Babel and Wikimedia site feedback. I feel visitors do not really perceive the difference, so questions are asked here and there, according to where they land first. Maybe it is not such a good idea to separate both Metapub and Babel. How would you guys feel if we were merging them again ? Anthere

• Don't merge metapub and babel. Metapub is about wikipediae and it should be in the main namespace. Babel is about meta itself, so it should be in the project namespace. Hillgentleman
• I prefer to keep site feedback separated from the other twos. Even now, we have difficulties to find website concerned inquiries from the page. I don't want to pick it up from a more crowded page. Also, the problem of site feedback is that people submit their questions about certain Wikipedia or other Wikimedia website, after landing that page from the foundation website. It is not directly related to the other two pages. Those inquiries should go to the project concerned (because only they know on which project they are talking: "your website" is, on the contrary, too vague for us). Merging is not a solution about that imo. Babel cannot be the Helpdesk of a project whose name isn't provided by the inquirer, or I doubt if it can serve as such if the project in question is properly named. --Aphaia 05:06, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

but metapub is supposed to be about WMF, and half of the questions are actually unrelated to WMF. Which clearly shows that editors simply confused both; How do you suggest to fix that ? Anthere

I didn't think so; in my understanding metapub is just related to multiple projects, not directly to WMF. It is an inter-project discussion place, so not necessarily related to the WMF and its operation. Or we can say - we have no specific discussion place about WMF operation on meta(or Talk:Wikimedia Foundation?) --Aphaia 21:11, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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Eh, I might be wrong. Reading recent discussions on both pages, I guess some people are actually confused. Or not. One we put anything into Meta:Babel. One year ago, Metapub was launched. It would be a good time to consider if we would keep both places further. --Aphaia 15:42, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Adding wiki modul

Hi! I want to add a custom search-box for this page: http://www.cockos.com/wiki/index.php/Action_List_Reference Is this the right place to ask how to do it? Gsoler 19:37, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Piece of Question

I noticed that on one knows about Fierce Rone! What a new heroic character. Kind of James Bondish! Where does Metapub keep its archive? -- Felipe Aira 01:55, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Metapub/Archives (better late than never) ~Kylu (u|t) 02:16, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

How can i bring colour in the recent changes (KB size)?

To MetaThinkers

To Metawiki about Wikipedia and Co...:
Create a section: "what is this or that site? "(example: www.centnow.com/secret/nine)
Wiki pages describing sites like stumble upon does, meta definitions, opinions about real things, ocurring right now. Spreads the truth or spreads a lie... Defuses real complots or propagate hoaxes...
Journalism generating chaos or building order?

The kind of information about a site that an article should contain:
What each one knows about it? What's the consensual truth about it? If no consensus, who says what?

Same for persons... Who's my neighbour? What do you knok and think about him? Friends on facebook, spies on big "H" brother...

Same for places, quarters, towns, countries... corporations, political men, newspapers, tv channels, ...

Maybe a suplementary tab called "trivia", or strange, weird trivia (ie, unexplainable or suspicious), or "mysteries and plain facts".
The plain fact of one is the mystery of another. Investigations are socially solved with this bartering of problems and solutions, questions and answers, through this intermediary, virtual and unifying "money" that is the One-place-for-all-intellectual-exchanges, the idea market: the Wild Internet, and among it some channeled havens like the Wiki Projects.

Memory of the past, knowledge of the present, and orientation towards a bright generous future, could be the purpose of Wikimedia.

You don't like this idea? Then ask yourself how you will make sure that it won't happen then?

(H for hidden)Pronoein 09:30, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

forum

help me please give me the guides to understand wikipedia

Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt

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O seu nome de utilizador ou endereço de IP foi bloqueado por Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt.

O motivo é: Contas múltiplas

Pode contactar Sir Lestaty de Lioncourt ou outro administrador para discutir sobre o bloqueio.

Note que não poderá utilizar a funcionalidade "Contactar utilizador" se não possuir uma conta no Wikcionário e um endereço de email válido indicado nas suas preferências de utilizador. E lembre-se que só se encontra impossibilitado de editar páginas.

O seu endereço de IP é 85.246.134.46. Por favor inclua o seu endereço de IP ao contactar um administrador sobre o bloqueio.

85.246.134.46 21:37, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

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Olá, verificando ao que se refere, foi solicitado por um administrador local um bloqueio para esta rede de ips devido ao excesso de abusos. Sugiro que tente contatar os administradores do Wikcionário através de suas páginas aqui no Meta e tente solucionar essa questão. Cumprimentos - @lestaty ^discuţie 22:44, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Meta Benchmark

Considering that everybody here is a volunteer, including the undersigned, it might be useful to keep some performance measures like the response time in different pages and subjects. This is for information purposes only and any statement to the contrary is strongly repudiated as defamatory and made in bad faith. This information is not intended to pressure for any kind of response, or in any way criticize those that could or should respond. It will provide all with a benchmark against which to compare similar response times, and may be used for research purposes.

Page / Subject	Date	Status	Run time
Wikimedia Forum:
Portuguese Wikipedia governance issues	2010 07 10	No answer. Archived	Older than 30 days
Nominations for speedy deletion	2010 07 14	Moved to RFH	17 days
Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat:
Request for block	2010 07 14	Request for clarification	2h 32min
Request for block	2010 07 14	Request for comments	23h 34min
Request for block	2010 07 14	Block denied	4 days
Request for block (Speedy deletion)	2010 07 18	Speedy deletion removed	4h 31min
Request for block (Overlooked page)	2010 07 19	Page moved	12 days
Request for block (External link to page censored in pt.wiki)	2010 07 31	Suggested move to RFC	12h 6min
Request for block (Request for follow up)	2010 08 01	No answer. Archived	Older than 30 days!?
Possible case of vandalism	2010 08 10 2010 08 12	Answered Non-request closed	4min 2 days
Thogo	2010 08 10	User personal opinion	37min
Meta:Babel:
Seeking conditions for proper and civil dialog	2010 07 14	Moved to RFH	17 days
Talk:Privacy policy:
disclosure of user realnames - no policy?	2010 07 10	Request for clarification	12 days
disclosure of user realnames - no policy?	2010 07 22	Suggested move to RFC	4 days
Ombudsman commission:
Contact cu-ombuds-l-at-lists.wikimedia.org	2010 07 16	Answered	10 days
Contact cu-ombuds-l-at-lists.wikimedia.org	2010 07 27	No answer	Older than 30 days
Meta:Requests for deletion:
Requests for undeletion	2010 07 21	Declined	7 days
Requests for undeletion (& move to user space)	2010 07 29	Moved	2 days
Requests for comment:
Public or non-public personal information	2010 07 26	Talk comment 1 Active	11 days 15 days
External links to pages censored in other projects	2010 07 31	No answer. Closed	Older than 30 days

Sincerely,

Virgilio A. P. Machado

Vapmachado 00:31, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

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This announcement would work a little better if were posted on the main page. I discovered now that it's not protected. So, go ahead. It's really necessary to organize and expose here your actions since you are...everywere.--Teles ^{(talk / pt-wiki talk)} -- 01:37, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't think the Portuguese wiki governance issues and the external link censoring are really issues that Meta is empowered to handle, as the communities performing these activities are doing so internally and within their own policies (as applied). The proper venue for these discussions would be the projects in question, hence the lack of reply to them here. Kylu 19:32, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Translating to Czech

How and where and what do I do to help with translation to Czech language? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.25.198.245 (talk • contribs) 09:43, 18 May 2011 (UTC).

Hello, and thanks for proposing your help. You will find the translation requests page here. Some messages of the MediaWiki interface can also be translated at http://translatewiki.net. I also found this page, it may help you too. -- Quentinv57 ^(talk) 11:38, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Another Wiktionary Logo vote

I feel their should be another Wiktionary vote, majority wins. (No 60% or over to win, becuase you waste peoples time in doing a vote). Spesh531 23:49, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Sound and talking stops work

Hi there! I had a problem when I was using Mumble 1.2.3 yesterday and today also. After 1 min after I have been unsing the program It's stops work. I can't here anyone and I can't talk to anyone. But mumble is still up. I have tried everything but I still have same problem..

Wikipedia is a great organization but just post ads to sustain

I use and fully support Wikipedia and their diligence in purity of information. I do believe, however, that posting one ad at the top of the page to fund and sustain the organization should be done. It will be as intrusive as the plea from Jimmy Wales. Seriously, one tasteful ad is more than reasonable for sustainability.

hello, I'm Buster Keaton, working essentially in French Wikipedia ; my English is not very clever today, it seemed to me I haven't understood perfectly your message ; so would you explain to me (as if I were a “debutant” in English) what you exactly meant : is it necessary to put a (good) ad at the top of each page of the Encyclopedia to fund and sustain the organization ?

if I'm right, I agree, but the portraits/photos of Susan Hewitt or Jimmy Wales for example are useless for me ; I personnally have took away these posted ads because I was embarrassed -- in working -- ; these photos were too much importants on the simples, discrets et elegants pages of Wikipedia, its quality, and too intrusives for the comprehension of the articles ;

it would be necessary to put an ad in each home pages, always in the same place, and well “mise en page” ;

thank you for your answer ; with my best salutations, Buster Keaton 18:42, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Possible error in Wikimedia fundraising add

Hi, I read Brandon Harris' request for a donation and beside it is a box to help make a contribution. I think it has an error in it when it says,"When we've raised our budget, we stop fundraising for the year." I think it should read, "When we've reached our budget, we stop fundraising for the year." Best Wishes, Scott

The Books

No doubt this topic has been beaten like a dead horse and I am just too old to know better. I have been utilizing Wikipedia as the basic research tool for preparing of a Masters in Religion for well over a year. Countless hours. I both love this tool and want to scream. Very loudly!!!!! This is the third time I have complained about this issue and not one word or change has precipitated. I appear to be on now my fourth or fifth book, all previous books having disappeared like the wind into the desert. My complaint has three foci

The Initial Access to Books What a cha cha little dance you have to do just to get into your Books There needs to be an icon right at the logged in page showing all the books you have created

Books Tools If there is this grizzly need to save your books, there ought to be Save icons in the tool box, in the books menu, yada. It would be very cool to have some other editing tools, cropping, etc

My lost work, is there any possibility of resurrecting it????

I just got through filling out the survey. I my opinion, the survey completely missed one of the critical issues with Wikipedia. Your fanatically obsessed vision with gaining new data HAS TO BE BALANCED with the capacity to utilize Wikipedia as a Research tool. In reflection, MY answer to the $100 question should be

$40 Infrastructure $20 New Authors $20 Old Authors $20 Users

Fred Pittenger user name fredwage

I'm not overly familiar with the implementation on Wikipedia, but I believe this "book tool" is the Collection extension. If so, it is used on other projects and is stable. I believe the book is saved in the same way as any other Wikipedia page and therefore can only be lost if it is deleted by an administrator. Once the blackout is over, you should ask for an administrator's assistance to determine what has happened. I can't remember the link on Wikipedia so I'll come back tomorrow and post it here for you QU ^TalkQu 15:38, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Here is the right place to raise your problem. QU ^TalkQu 08:58, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

SOPA

Just got a page, prematurely, saying "Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18". What's up with that showing up now? Someone testing it? 24.62.156.219 02:11, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism/Spam

Perhaps one of the reasons this page gets so much spam and nonsense is because it uses the word "Forum" in its title. Killiondude (talk) 01:58, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

I think so too. Also pages whose titles contain "Board" get spammed, for example here. PiRSquared17 (talk) 02:06, 6 May 2012 (UTC)