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The aims of this process are as follows:

  • To improve community access to central notice through a clear and transparent process.
  • To improve best practice and ensure greater consistency in campaign implementation.
  • To improve communication around campaigns. Creating clear forums for feedback on campaigns, providing metrics back to campaigns and also a clear method for assessing community consensus for campaigns relating to advocacy.
  • To reduce potential clashes between campaigns
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Step #1 : Review the usage guidelines for CentralNotice
Step #2 : Create your request
Step #3 : Include it on this page.
Step #4 : Add it to the calendar and check for conflicting campaigns in your period for language/geotargeting. Contact the organizers of the other campaigns to solve them!
Step #5 : Notify target projects and geographic affiliates.
Step #6 : CN Admin & Community feedback [7 days]
User Surveys/Advocacy/Payments: WMF Legal Review [21 days])
Step #7 : Approval/rejection
Step #8 : CN Admin sets up campaign (~3 days)
Step #9 : Campaign enabled


List of currently active volunteer CentralNotice administrators:
Benoit Rochon DerHexer Ilario Itzike Mardetanha Matiia Martin Urbanec
NahidSultan Romaine Samat Steinsplitter Trijnstel Shanmugamp7 Vituzzu
Icons8 flat shipped.svg For normal requests, a central notice admin will close the discussion. In the areas of advocacy, the stewards team may be called upon to assess consensus.
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Request Requested at Last edit Primary contact Duration State
Wikiconcurso Arquivo Nacional 17:39, 24 April 2020 (UTC) 07:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC) Sturm 22 June 2020 → 20 August 2020 open
WMNYC Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19 02:54, 4 May 2020 (UTC) 08:24, 05 May 2020 (UTC) Pharos 8 May 2020 → 9 May 2020 open
Movement Brand naming proposals 19:48, 30 April 2020 (UTC) 08:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC) Qgil-WMF ?? → ?? (the survey is being rescheduled) open
Wiki Loves Earth 2020 09:54, 20 April 2020 (UTC) 05:21, 23 April 2020 (UTC) Romaine 1 May 2020 → 31 June 2020 open
Dewiki Occasional Editors Campaign 19:41, 28 March 2020 (UTC) 12:20, 14 May 2020 (UTC) Martin Rulsch (WMDE) 14 to 28 May 2020 (final dates) open
Survey of users in Ireland 2020 15:56, 30 March 2020 (UTC) 05:48, 07 May 2020 (UTC) Smirkybec 30 April 2020 → 30 May 2020 running
Mois africain Wikipédia 23:26, 4 May 2020 (UTC) 10:56, 15 May 2020 (UTC) Adélaïde Calais WMFr 20 May 2020 → 31 May 2020 running
Wikigap Nigeria 19:06, 29 April 2020 (UTC) 06:46, 30 April 2020 (UTC) Olaniyan Olushola 29 April 2020 → 13 May 2020 running
Wikiconcurso Museu Paulista 20:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC) 05:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC) Sturm 15 March 2020 to 15 June 2020 running
CEE Spring 2020 in Ukrainian Wikipedia 13:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC) 10:46, 12 April 2020 (UTC) AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) 21st March 2020 → 31st May 2020 running
Slovak Wikimedia CEE Spring 2020 14:01, 20 March 2020 (UTC) 11:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC) Luky001 March 21, 2020 00:00 CET → May 31, 2020 23:59 CET running
Mes de África 23:26, 4 May 2020 (UTC) 09:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Rodelar 1st May 2020 → 31th May 2020 (if not possible, then 15th May 2020 → 31th May 2020) running
Rebbiegħa CEE 2020 15:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC) 06:46, 02 April 2020 (UTC) ToniSant 21 March 2020 → 31 May 2020 running
Wiki Loves México 2020 06:05, 27 February 2020 (UTC) 05:43, 01 May 2020 (UTC) Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) 1st May, 2020 → 31st May, 2020 running
2020 Science Photo Competition Russia 19:35, 1 April 2020 (UTC) 01:45, 15 April 2020 (UTC) JukoFF 2nd April 2020 → 31th May 2019 running

Queued requests[edit]

Wikiconcurso Arquivo Nacional[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - The "Wikiconcurso Arquivo Nacional" is a wiki-contest on the Portuguese Wikipedia. It is part of a series of activities throughout this year of 2020 conducted in collaboration by the Wiki Movement Brazil User Group and the Brazilian National Archives. The wiki-contest aims to stimulate the participation of the community of Wikipedia editors and publishers in improving the entries related to the Brazilian National Archives GLAM intiative, which has been taking place since 2016. More information, here (in Portuguese) or a Google translated page here.

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - [1]

Landing Page - Wikipédia:Wikiconcurso Arquivo Nacional

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - Brazilian federal government (for prizes)

Link to grant - [2]

Discussion[edit]

  1. Support Support This is part of an ongoing large GLAM-Wiki initiative and is a great opportunity for bringing more editors to Wikipedia in Portuguese. --Joalpe (talk) 01:00, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
  2. Support Support For an important Brazilian GLAM-Wiki initiative, with great participation from the wiki community and importance for Brazilian national education, culture and history. --GiFontenelle (talk) 19:58, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
  3. Support Support Sturm (talk) 19:01, 15 May 2020 (UTC)


Central Notice admin comments[edit]

WMNYC Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - To attract greater attention and participation at the regional Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19 in the geography supported by Wikimedia New York City. The COVID-19 pandemic in New York City is currently considered the global epicenter, and this event aims to answer questions the public may have about Wikipedia and Wikimedia's coverage of the pandemic. Four speakers are presenting, all of whom are active contributors to the topic area on Wikimedia projects, but bring different perspectives, backgrounds, and interests. This request is unusual because we are asking for a subnational banner in a particular a US metropolitan area, see March's request at CentralNotice/Request/Women's History Month and Art+Feminism NYC 2020, which indeed had to be cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - Similar to WikiWomenNYC

Landing Page - Symposium on Wikipedia and COVID-19

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - Supported by Wikimedia NYC's Simple Annual Plan Grant.

Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

  • Support Support - This is an important event by experienced Wikimedians that will address a timely and important topic. The notice will be limited to "southern NY and northern NJ" so this is an entirely reasonable request in a time when in-real-life events are restricted. - Fuzheado (talk) 20:24, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

  • I can create the campaign myself.--Pharos (talk) 19:53, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Movement Brand naming proposals[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - (This is an initial draft request) The 2030 Movement Brand project is organizing a call for feedback on naming convention proposals (see Preparing for feedback on the naming convention proposals). After months of work and discussions, it will be the first time when actual proposals for naming conventions will be presented by the team. Even if this project is working on a brand system for Wikimedia organizations (affiliates and the Foundation), there have been enough signs showing that this is a topic interesting to individual contributors across the board. The team strives to get feedback from as many contributors as possible, from as many projects as possible. CentralNotice is a tool that can help achieving this goal. Suggestions to fine tune the details of this campaign are welcome.

Metrics - The banner points to a survey. We want to have at the very least 1000 survey participants, and 4000 would be a successful number.

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - Draft pending new survey dates: "Help build a brand for the Wikimedia movement that inspires new people to join us. Take the survey on proposed changes to names for the movement, affiliates and the Foundation. (7 May - 21 May)"

Landing Page - Coming soon

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - It's a project run by the Wikimedia Foundation

Link to grant - n/a

Discussion[edit]

  • I really don't think it's a good idea to go straight to a survey without any discussion of the proposals first. Seems like a clear application of polls are evil. (Not suggesting that an eventual clear yes/no vote wouldn't be a good idea, but jumping straight into one without thorough discussion first is something that tends to work out badly.)
    Also, two weeks seems like overdoing it. (Frankly, any banner might be overdoing it. There are lots of major proposals all the time that could use input, and they have to make do with just the normal channels...) Assuming a survey is to be run, please make the format public in advance to allow for comments/changes regarding the format. --Yair rand (talk) 21:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
    • The notion of "polls are evil" refers to settling disputes by taking polls. This is not what the project is doing here. This is a survey to gather quantifiable structured feedback from as many contributors as possible with backgrounds as diverse as possible. This survey to individual contributors complements a survey for affiliates and a space for feedback in Meta. All this feedback will inform next steps as defined in the project timeline. As said above, we are explicitly seeking advice about the specific terms of this campaign: dates, target users, and so forth. The two week period corresponds to the survey period. Who sees the banners, how many times and for how long depends on more factors than those dates. Qgil-WMF (talk) 08:15, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Wiki Loves Earth 2020[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - annual photo contest Wiki Loves Earth 2020

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners -

Landing Page -

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant -

Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

  • In 2019, many of the WLE campaigns ran for two straight months, even in places where the CentralNotice had been on for most of the year. I think an effort really needs to be made this time around to rein in overuse. None of the WLE campaigns should be running for two months, and countries with CN overuse should in particular have shorter campaigns. --Yair rand (talk) 17:21, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Dewiki Occasional Editors Campaign[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - With this banner campaign, casual editors between one and four edits per month will be targeted. They will be thanked for their participation, encouraged to increase their activities by pointing them to useful tasks and where they can find support onwiki and by chapters. For more information and metrics, see here.

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - c:Category:WMDE occasional editors campaign spring2020
 Landing Page - w:de:Wikipedia:Wikimedia Deutschland/DeinEngagement

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant -

Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

I can create the campaign myself. Martin Rulsch (WMDE) (talk) 19:41, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done Martin Rulsch (WMDE) (talk) 12:20, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Approved & Work in progress[edit]

Campaigns currently running[edit]

Survey of users in Ireland 2020[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - The banner is to encourage editors based in Ireland to take part in a user survey. The survey is being conducted by Wikimedia Community Ireland to ensure that their programming is in line with user needs and expectations.

Metrics - Number of completed surveys.

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners -

Text: EN: "Are you editing Wikipedia in Ireland? Participate in this survey to share how Wikimedia Community Ireland can support you!"
GA: "An bhfuil tú ag athrú Vicipéid in Éirinn? Páirt a ghlacadh sa suirbhé seo a roinnt conas is féidir le Wikimedia Community Ireland tacaíocht a thabhairt duit!" With the link to the survey in the word survey/suirbhé, and the meta page for Wikimedia Community Ireland.

Landing Page - https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enyin6vwOeFFheR

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant -



Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

  • @Smirkybec: This hasn't started yet, right? Because there are several issues with the survey:
    • The options under "If applicable, which of the Wikimedia Foundation's other free knowledge sites do you contribute to? (Select all that apply)" do not allow one to select more than a single option.
    • "Which of the following do you prefer to use to communicate with fellow Wikipedians?" also doesn't allow multiple options, but probably should.
    • "To what extent are you interested in participating in each of the following events? - Other (please specify)" doesn't have a place to specify, it's just a bar.
    • "Which languages can you fluently read and write?" also only allows a single option.
    • "What is your gender? - Other (please specify)" doesn't have a box.
    • The proposed settings for the banner include surveying users who aren't logged in, but the description is to survey "editors", and many of the questions don't seem suited to readers. "What motivates you to edit Wikipedia?" Who says they do? Most people answering the survey would probably be those who have never contributed. If there's a need to survey readers, it might make sense to give them a separate, trimmed survey.
  • --Yair rand (talk) 17:11, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
@Yair rand: Thanks for testing it, despite having text boxes enabled for those ones you highlighted, I went in removed them and added them back - they seem to be showing up for me now but seems to have been an issue with Qualtrics saving my previous edits to the survey. If you want to double check, and see if those changes have come through, I would appreciate it. Back in 2016 we recruited everyone reading and/or editing Wikimedia Projects from Irish IP addresses and we only got 78 respondents, most of whom were registered editors. I want to replicate the conditions of the last survey as closely as possible, and given the rate of response in 2016, I don't think the banner visibility is an issue. Smirkybec (talk) 21:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
@Smirkybec: Most of the issues seem fixed, but the third point I mentioned above still doesn't have a text box. (Also, there isn't a second page, is there? I didn't click the button at the bottom to check because I didn't want to accidentally submit it and mess up the stats.) --Yair rand (talk) 22:05, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
@Yair rand: Ah, I see the issue now, that is fixed. There is only one page :) short and sweet! Smirkybec (talk) 22:12, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Given this has a qualtrics links, I think this is approved, but could somebody from the Foundation state it here please? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 18:22, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I have been working with @RMaung (WMF): on this and have requested that she confirm that here. Smirkybec (talk) 10:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
Perfect! --Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:09, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@Martin Urbanec: can you clarify what you mean by "approved"? WMF makes Qualtrics accounts available for community use and provides some feedback on survey design, but the Learning & Evaluation team doesn't play a role in approving community surveys. Apologies if I am misunderstanding! RMaung (WMF) (talk)
@RMaung (WMF): Hi, sure. I mean any kind of approval that is implied at CentralNotice/Request (User Surveys/Advocacy/Payments: WMF Legal Review [21 days]). However, CentralNotice/Usage_guidelines#Fundraising says only "external surveys" needs to be explicitly approved? Not sure what's the correct understanding nor who should clarify it, now that Seddon is on his secondment. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
@RMaung (WMF): and @Martin Urbanec: what does this mean for getting approval of this banner? I submitted it a month ago, and was not made aware of any extra approvals needed in that time. Smirkybec (talk) 14:16, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
@Smirkybec: I'm not in any position to approve a banner-- my guess is that this is not considered an "external" survey, but I'm waiting to hear back from folks in the WMF legal department for guidance or for someone more knowledgeable than me to weigh in here! I'm very sorry for the delay. I've not been asked about CentralNotice distribution of a community survey before. RMaung (WMF) (talk) 15:30, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
@RMaung (WMF): Thanks for that update. I am just repeating what I did for the 2016 survey, which used a Central Notice, so I'm just trying to replicate the same conditions to aid with comparability of the results. There appeared to be no such issue with the banner at that point. @Martin Urbanec: This was the only discussion I had about the banner at the time, and it was about the text/banner layout: User_talk:MZMcBride#Central_Notice_follow_up Smirkybec (talk) 15:57, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

To be honest, I'm not really sure how survey banners works, and I'm sorry if my comments indicate this is a bad request. No, I'm just trying to determine the correct procedure for survey banners. I'll try to get some comments from more qualified people on this. Best, --Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

We'll have a reply for you tomorrow, @Smirkybec:. The relevant staff members are in a timezone that is past their evening now. My apologies for the implicit delay to the start of this request. [addendum: although it looks like Yair_rand has some good points above that need to be fixed first anyway :)] Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 21:30, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
@Quiddity (WMF): Thanks very much, I appreciate that. Unless the guidance has changed since 2016, it was Edward Galvez who suggested we use the Central Banner then (I looked up my meeting notes with him). All I wanted to do was replicate the conditions of the first survey as closely as possible. (I think am in that same evening timezone...) The issues above have been resolved, despite Qualtrics giving me the runaround! Smirkybec (talk) 21:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Approved with note: Hey all. This survey can proceed but for logged in users only which was the same target for the 2016 survey. Seddon (WMF) (talk) 16:27, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Seddon (WMF). @Smirkybec: Could you update the request, so it's clear what do you want to use as banner text/image? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 16:50, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Seddon (WMF) and Martin Urbanec. I can't preview banners (I don't have a token to view them), but I have added the text from the 2016 banner above and this is how the banner was put together last time, if it makes sense? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralNoticeBanners/edit/irish_user_survey_february_2016 Smirkybec (talk) 17:47, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@Smirkybec: Thanks. Is [3] good for you? The translations are from the banner you linked, if you want to change the English text, let me know. Best, --Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:24, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
@Martin Urbanec: that looks perfect, thank you! Smirkybec (talk) 19:53, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Enabled starting midnight. Best, --Martin Urbanec (talk) 17:48, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Mois Africain Wikipédia[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

The aim of this yearly campaign is to encourage wikimedians to write more about Africa to work towards bridging the content gap. The success of the campaign will be measured through a participation tool.

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banner - Vous souhaitez contribuer sur le thème de l'Afrique ? Durant tout le mois de mai, venez participer à la 2ème édition du Mois Africain Wikipédia pour y gagner des prix !

Landing Page - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Mois_africain_Wikip%C3%A9dia/2020 Image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikip%C3%A9dia_Mois_africain_2020_banni%C3%A8re.svg

A banner was created at the bottom of this page ː https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Demande_d%27intervention_sur_un_message_syst%C3%A8me

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

This project is not grant funded.

Discussion[edit]

This contest was first was created in 2019 by a few wikimedians, and I am acting as their support from now on. It actually started running as early as the 1st of May, but the banner request was posted on the wrong page. The main person I am in contact with is AirSThib who co-founded the contest. --Adelaide Calais WMFr (talk) 10:56, 14 May 2020 (UTC)


Central Notice admin comments[edit]

@AirSThib: & @Adélaïde Calais WMFr: Looks perfect, though also here the image proposed for the banner is less then suboptimal. I hope that Rodelar has the time today to crop the image without the text, then I will create your banner. In the meantime, please also add your event to the calendar and look for possible conflicting banners (targetting same country/language in the same time). Ciell (talk) 15:06, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

  • Is it okay for you if I use File:African Month Logo.svg instead of the image with all the text? Ciell (talk) 15:09, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi Ciell, thank you very much ǃ I added the event to the calendar and checked ː there don't seem to be any other banners set up on french speaking wikipedia for that period. The one before stops on the 18th. I would say go ahead and use the second file but I'd rather wait for AirSThib's green light. Adelaide Calais WMFr (talk) 16:23, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
  • @Ciell and Adélaïde Calais WMFr: Yes you can use the small logo. AirSThib 🌌 Cyclist stars cafeteria 🚴 16:40, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
  • @AirSThib and Adélaïde Calais WMFr: please check the banner preview. NB: this actually is a perfect example the kind of banner where the Site Notice (on the French Wikipedia) would have been a perfect fit, but I understand from your posting here, that nobody responded to the request made? Is the community okay with showing a banner? Ciell (talk) 17:34, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Hi Ciell, I think the community is okay with it ː a banner was shown last year for a month on account of this event and nobody complained. But if you like I can ask on the village pump today. It is correct that nobody responded to AirSThib's request. Another contributor indicated later on that page that even though it would be the place to request sitenotices, it seemed that few people actually used it for this purpose. Thank you for sending a preview but I could not find the banner on the page you linked to. Although I admit I am glad to have learnt about wikianarchism ǃ Adelaide Calais WMFr (talk) 07:13, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Here are two contributors' enthusiastic reply to my question on the village pump. Adelaide Calais WMFr (talk) 09:24, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done Ciell (talk) 22:52, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Wikigap Nigeria[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - Wikigap writing competition Nigeria

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - tbd

Landing Page - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiGap_Nigeria_Online_Challenge/Participants

Discussion[edit]

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

I'll process the request. Ciell (talk) 19:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikiconcurso Museu Paulista[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - The WikiConcurso Museu do Ipiranga is a competition on the Portuguese language Wikipedia. It is part of a series of activities throughout this year of 2020 conducted in collaboration by the Wiki Movement Brazil User Group and the Museu Paulista. The Wikiconcurso aims to encourage the participation of the broader Wikipedia community, improving the entries related to the GLAM initiative of the Museu Paulista, which has been taking place since 2017. More information, here (in Portuguese) or a Google translated page here.

Metrics -

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - [4]

Landing Page - Wikipédia:Wikiconcurso Museu Paulista

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - External grant by Fundação Banco do Brasil

Discussion[edit]

Symbol strong support vote.svg Strong support This is an extremely important event for Wikipedia in Portuguese, associated to a very large GLAM-Wiki initiative. --Joalpe (talk) 17:00, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Symbol strong support vote.svg Strong support A very fundamental event to improve content about one of the most important heritage institutions in Brazil, with clear educational relevance and purpose.--GiFontenelle (talk) 00:31, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Symbol strong support vote.svg Strong support The contest is a great initiative from the GLAM outreach in Brazil point of view. Will certainly engage the community around the Paulista Museum collections! EricaAzzellini (talk) 18:06, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

  • Hi! Why do you want to show the banner to anonymous users? Ciell (talk) 21:16, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ciell. A few reasons: to incentivize users to register and participate, to show the banner to users who may have an account but are not logged in, and to overall raise awareness about the event (someone may know another editor that might be interested and not have an account, by showing the banner we raise awareness and might increase participation). Chico Venancio (talk) 21:31, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi Chicocvenancio,
I think we all realise how big the effect is of the Central Notice, but we do have to be careful on how we use this. Over usage can lead to banner-blindness. Please consider reaching the users without an account in a different way, for instance targetted SM campaigns, or the media. Ciell (talk) 13:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
  • And you mention "other lusophone countries if possible": Wikipedia tells me, there are 9 other countries. You mean all listed in the enwp article? Ciell (talk) 21:51, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Ciell, yes. I would imagine two different rates (maybe diets as well). One for Brazil with more impact (higher rate and diet, though not necessarily high for the whole period) and one for the other 9 countries. The reasoning behind this is the theme and grantor are Brazilian and we imagine to have more interest by Brazilians on this campaign. The other countries might have some people who are capable and willing to participate so we think it would be ideal to include them as well. But we think that it might not be necessary or a good use of CentralNotice to have the campaign at the same level in both Brazil (where we expect higher interest in the contest and message) and other lusophone countries (where we expect lower interest). Chico Venancio (talk) 01:16, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Chico Venancio: I tried to set up the notice with the banner you created, but I don't think the outcome is what you would want. Could you check it please? See screenshot of the preview and the preview onwiki. Ciell (talk) 11:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ciell, I think you copied without clicking on edit source first? See the diff between my version and the template, the most important missing element are <div dir="ltr" id="concursoipiranga"> <div class="ipiranga-logo"></div> <div class="ipiranga-cta"> </div> </div></div> but it would be best to copy the whole thing to make sure nothing is missing. Chico Venancio (talk) 14:47, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Copying the code in this link is the same as the code in the edit button to that revision on my test page. Chico Venancio (talk) 14:50, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Sorry Chico Venancio , I CLEARLY hadn't had any coffee yet when I tried that this morning. How's this for you? For me the left image could be a bit more to the left (on my 17' laptop). Ciell (talk) 15:54, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ciell, fixing the issue you mentioned got me into several other issues so I redid a bit of the work on the banner. Tested it with several resolutions on Chrome, Firefox and Edge, as well as Chrome and Firefox on android. I think it should look good in all platforms and across screen sizes, being a pretty simple design. Here is the final HTML. Chico Venancio (talk) 22:32, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
That looks way better Chico Venancio: example onwiki. Now, did you check the banner just on your computer, or also on iPad, iPhone and Android? Ciell (talk) 12:12, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
Only Windows and android, I don't have access to iOS devices. But I did try out the Chrome and Firefox mobile device emulation to be as thorough as possible. Chico Venancio (talk) 12:15, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
I turned it on for android and laptop/desktop, logged-in Portuguese users in Brazil. It will show 5 times every 86.400 seconds (day) Ciell (talk) 12:25, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
This would make this banner request to difficult for me to implement. Maybe another admin can do this? Ciell (talk) 13:30, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi Chico Venancio, I switched of the daily banner, and replaced it with a weekly banner. But this one will show in the named ten countries and both anons and logged in. (campaign and the same banner) Ciell (talk) 17:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

CEE Spring 2020 in Ukrainian Wikipedia[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - Traditionally, Wikimedia Ukraine runs a local edition of CEE Spring in Ukrainian Wikipedia. Ukrainian Wikipedia has always shown strong results in the contest, and having a banner campaign is key to its successful promotion.

Metrics - 1000 articles created, 60 people participated

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners -
Logo CEE-t.png Триває «Європейська весна 2020» — пишіть про сусідів-європейців і отримуйте призи!




Landing Page - w:uk:Вікіпедія:Європейська весна 2020

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - Simple APG program

Link to grant - Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia_Ukraine/2020

Discussion[edit]

  • Some additional comments: We do realize that 2+ months is a long campaign, but we hope it is possible if run it with appropriate diets, i.e. not shown too often. Possibility to change wording during the contest (eg. the contest has started → the contest continues → the contest is about to end) would be much appreciated. --AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) (talk) 13:58, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
    • Hi, glad you thought about that, and that can be arranged. Why would you like to have the banner shown to logged in and anonymous users? Is the competition open to non registered users, or do you have metrics about new accounts? Ciell (talk) 21:14, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
      @Ciell: The competition is not open to non-registered users, but we've heard anecdotal evidence of people registering because of contest banners; I am not aware of any hard numbers though. It is not essential for us that the banner is shown to anonymous users if you think that would be an issue, but we traditionally ask for that hoping that it would be a factor in increasing participation. --AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) (talk) 12:57, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
      Hi AntonProtsiuk (WMUA),
      Yes, I do think we all realise that some people may create an account to join the competition, but with the amount of banners that are shown to anonymous users, we have to be a bit more picky in our choices, I think. So if you wouldn't mind, it would be better to only turn it on for registered, and reach the users without an account with a different method, like SM targetting for instance. Ciell (talk) 13:23, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Drafted at [5]. Feel free to comment the banner. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 23:12, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

and campaign drafted at [6]. I'm not going to enable it now, because there are unanswered concerns at this page. Diets are now set to 20 % of traffic, and 3 impressions per a week. @Ceill: Do you think that's reasonable? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 23:16, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

I switched of the ano's per discussion, and enabled it. Ciell (talk) 11:17, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
  • @Ciell: Hi! Could you please change the wording of the banner at this point? As in this diff. It changes "the contest has started" to "the contest continues". Thanks! --AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
    • Yes check.svg Done Ciell (talk) 10:46, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Slovak Wikimedia CEE Spring 2020[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - To inform visitors of Slovak Wikimedia projects that Wikimedia CEE Spring 2020 contest is on.

Metrics - none

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - Text: Napíšte článok týkajúci sa strednej alebo východnej Európy a vyhrajte zaujímavé ceny!

Logo: File:CEE_Spring_Logo_CEE-t2.svg

Underlined with green line: see the example

Landing Page - sk:Wikipédia:WikiJar SVE 2020

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant -

Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

[7], [8]. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 23:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

@Martin Urbanec: Hi, the banner example that I posted was to only illustrate how the green line at the bottom could be. Otherwise, I requested different logo and text: Text: Napíšte článok týkajúci sa strednej alebo východnej Európy a vyhrajte zaujímavé ceny!
Logo: File:CEE_Spring_Logo_CEE-t2.svg. Thank you, --Luky001 (talk) 10:17, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm sorry, going to fix that. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:50, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done --Martin Urbanec (talk) 23:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Mes de África[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - Th African Month 2020 is the 1st edition of the Mois africain initiative on Spanish Wikipedia. It is organized by Wikimedia Spain and its aim is to expand the content on this continent, improving or creating articles. It takes place in May on the occasion of Africa Day.

Metrics - Number of participants, articles created and articles improved

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikip%C3%A9dia_Mois_africain_2020_banni%C3%A8re-es.svg as logo, accompanied by the following text: Anímate a mejorar y ampliar los contenidos sobre África en Wikipedia ¡Participa en el Mes de África!

Landing Page - https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mes_de_%C3%81frica/2020

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant -

Link to grant -

Discussion[edit]

  • Support Support - Organized by reputable contingent in Wikimedia Spain, and will be country-limited. Important to advertise these events in the absence of in-real-life meetups. -- Fuzheado (talk) 21:15, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Hi @Rodelar:,

  • Why would you like to show the campaign to anonymous users? Please see CentralNotice/Usage guidelines;
    • It can encourage new users to participate, or encourage those who, without being logged in, enter Wikipedia. --Rodelar (talk) 12:26, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
      • I see, but the contest is limited to people that have an account. Furthermore, you have no metrics or goals that support the targetting of anons, attracting new users and very little information specific for newbies in the contest landing page. Please consider other ways to attract new users. Ciell (talk) 14:48, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
        • Ok, so only logged users. --Rodelar (talk) 13:09, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Please plan your banner in the calendar, and look for possible conflicting banners;
    • I just added it in the calendar. --Rodelar (talk) 12:26, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
  • Your proposed image has a lot of text, this is suboptimal for a banner. Please choose a different picture, preferably without text.
    • How about I reduce the image to the logo and the main text, without indicating Mayo 2020?. --Rodelar (talk) 12:26, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Ciell (talk) 10:46, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done Banner should be live in ~15 minutes. Please report back if there are any problems Rodelar. campaign & preview on wiki. Ciell (talk) 22:48, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @Ciell:. I don´t know if it´s a problem with my browser or other problem, but the banner doesn´t appear. --Rodelar (talk) 07:35, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
@Rodelar: This is really strange, I've asked the other admins to look into this. Just making sure: you were logged in visiting the Spanish Wikipedia, with your language setting set to Spanish, while in Spain? Ciell (talk) 10:32, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
@Rodelar: ? Could you give some more specifics? What device where you using, were you logged in, etc? See questions above. Ciell (talk) 11:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
@Quiddity (WMF): are there any other reports of banners not working? Der Hexer has looked at the campaign, but it should be visible. Ciell (talk) 11:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
@Ciell: It happened when logged in Spanish Wikipedia, in Spain, for several days. Today I checked it again and is already working. --Rodelar (talk) 14:15, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Good to hear, thanks! Ciell (talk) 09:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
@Ciell: No other reports that I've seen or been pinged for. Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 16:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! Ciell (talk) 09:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Rebbiegħa CEE 2020[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - This is the Maltese edition of CEE Spring 2020. I've tried to reach out to the sysop/s on mtwp on 10 March 2020 [the Community Portal] but that was no response.

Metrics - Through CEE Spring 2020

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - As it appears here.

Landing Page - https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Rebbieg%C4%A7a_CEE_2020

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - Part of CEE Spring 2020

Link to grant - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/CEE_Spring_User_Group/CEE_Spring_2020

Discussion[edit]

Please review the banner I've prepared at [9]. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:30, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Comment Internal note Campaign settings are at [10]. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:34, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

I have just noticed that the language settings are set to mr rather than mt. Could someone with the right permissions fix this please? Thanks! --ToniSant (talk) 18:46, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

Approved Approved, provided community doesn't object. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:30, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Community Malta is very happy to go with this notice as approved. Thank you! --ToniSant (talk) 11:32, 23 March 2020 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Enabled --Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:54, 26 March 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Loves México 2020[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - The objective of the banner is to attract participants to the photographic contest Wiki Loves Mexico about Mexican cultural and folkloric manifestations.

Metrics - Number of participants and uploaded images

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banners - This is just a proposal

Landing Page - https://wikilovesmexico.com

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link[edit]

Type of grant - Simple Annual Grant

Link to grant - Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia México/2019-2020

Discussion[edit]

Hi! I have added the announcement of Wiki Loves México in eswiki's Café. --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 22:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi @NahidSultan:, I hope you are OK during these days. I have written this request for our national photographic contest. I also wrote in the Calendar and in the Main Page of Central Notice. Can you help me with the banner, please? Best, --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 16:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Matiia:, I hope you are OK during these days. I have written this request for our national photographic contest some weeks ago. I also wrote in the Calendar and in the Main Page of Central Notice. Can you help me with the banner, please? Best, --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 15:18, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

@Matiia: Thank you! I look forward your reply. --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 15:44, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

@Matiia: ¡Muchas gracias! Solamente agregué el logo de Wikimedia México, estaría buenísimo si se pudiera añadir. Una última cosa: la campaña empieza este viernes 1 de mayo ¿es posible que el banner pueda estar listo para ese día? ¡Te lo agradecería mucho! ¡Saludos!--Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 04:10, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
@Matiia: ¡Muchísimas gracias por todo! Ahora ya puede verse desde México en la portada de la Wikipedia en español. ¡Saludos! --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 17:43, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi @MarcoAurelio:, I hope you are OK during these days. I wrote this request over a month ago, I also wrote in the Calendar and in the Main Page of Central Notice. I need the banner to be published this Friday, May 1. Can you help me with it, please? I will be grateful to you. Best, --Claudia Muñoz (WMMX) (talk) 16:44, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

@Claudia Muñoz (WMMX): okay, I'll try it when I get some time. Matiia (talk) 19:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
@Claudia Muñoz (WMMX): Me ha quedado así. Veré después si lo puedo hacer un poco más bonito. Matiia (talk) 02:54, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
@Claudia Muñoz (WMMX): ya, así quedó ahora, lo demás lo dejé todo configurado el otro día. Matiia (talk) 23:01, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

2020 Science Photo Competition Russia[edit]

What is the purpose of the campaign? How will you measure the success of the campaign?[edit]

Description - Science Photo Competition 2020 is a Russian part of an international contest Science Photo Competition 2020, conducted by Wikimedia movement volunteers to promote science and illustration of science-related Wikipedia articles by quality modern photography and media-files. The Russian part of the international competition will be held from April 2 to May 31, 2020. These dates are coordinated with international organizations.. Authors of 18 best photoes & multimedia files uploaded on Wikimedia Commons (3*6 nominations) will be awarded.

The contest is co-organized by Wikimedia Russia volunteers in partnership with Russian-language "Nauka" 24/7 Science TV Channel.

Metrics - New Users + Number of photoes & media files

What banner(s) will you use? What will be your landing page?[edit]

Banner -


  • RU
align=center
Участвуй в «Конкурсе научных фотографий 2020».
Cнимай науку для Википедии!



Landing Page - RU
Banner -


  • EN
align=center
Join «2020 Science Photo Contest».
Shoot science for Wikipedia!



Landing Page - EN
Banner -


  • TT
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«Фәнни фотография 2020» бәйгесендә катнаш.
Википедия өчен фәнне төшер!



Landing Page - TT


Community notification text[edit]

  • RU: 2 апреля стартовал «Конкурс научных фотографий 2020», уже традиционно фотомарафон проходит совместно с телеканалом «Наука», будет интересно. Приглашаем всех кому небезынтересна наука и кто в силах держать в руках фотоаппарат. Правила конкурса очень просты, призы имеют место быть! Коллеги, для привлечения внешних участников, мы предложили баннер конкурса через CentralNotice. Просим вашей поддержки.
  • EN:On April 2, the «Science Photo Competition 2020» started, traditionally the photo marathon is being held jointly with the Nauka television channel, it will be interesting. We invite everyone who is interested in science and who is able to hold a camera in their hands. The rules of the contest are very simple, prizes have a place to be! Colleagues, to attract external participants, we proposed a banner of the competition through CentralNotice. We ask for your support.
  • TT:2 апрель көнне «Фәнни фотография бәйгесе 2020» башланды. Быелгы фотомарафон элеккеләре кебек үк «Наука» телеканалы белән хезмәттәшлектә уза, кызык булырга тора. Кулларында фотоаппарат тота алырлык бар фән белән кызыгучыларны катнашырга чакырабыз. Конкурс кагыйдәләре җиңел, призлар әзер! Викимедиачы булмаганнарны да җәлеп итү өчен, бәйгенең баннерын CentralNotice аркылы күрсәтергә тәкъдим иттек. Яклавыгызны сорыйбыз.

Notifications[edit]

Discussion[edit]

  • This is an annual Russian segment of the contest, first in 2015 (en), then 2017, 2018 (en), 2019 (en) & now 2020. JukoFF (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Support Support, this is traditional and important contest.--Soul Train (talk) 17:11, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Support Support per good outcome of the previous ones. Tatar landing page is ready, English-language landing page is coming. --Frhdkazan (talk) 17:46, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Symbol strong support vote.svg Strong support. This is a traditional annual competition. The banner for the photo contest is very important.--Ctac (talk) 11:24, 5 April 2020 (UTC)
  • Support Support. Banners a very effective for photo competitions. --Andreykor (talk) 12:10, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Central Notice admin comments[edit]

I've turned the English and Tartar on, I'll wait with the Russian till you approve my choice with regards to the languages. Please ping me when you're ready. Ciell (talk) 18:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

    • @Ciell: Yes, you're right, I meant all the language Wikipedia in the languages of the peoples of Russia. JukoFF (talk) 20:20, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done They should all be visible now. Ciell (talk) 08:38, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

      • @Ciell: Thank you very much! Everything works like a Swiss watch! :) JukoFF (talk) 13:44, 15 April 2020 (UTC)


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