CentralNotice/Request/Wiki Loves Folklore 2026

Wiki Loves Folklore 2026

Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log), primary contact (Requested at 22:24, 25 December 2025 (UTC))[reply]

Central Notice Settings

What is the campaign duration?

February 1st ,2026 → March 31st, 2026

Which projects will you be targeting?

All including Wikipedia and Commons (except catalan)

What languages will you be targeting?

Multiple languages in a country

Do you wish to show banners to Logged In users, Anonymous Users or Both? Do you want to target users with a specific number of edits or average monthly?

Both

What countries will your campaign target?

Global

Banner/Campaign Diet:

To be determined by Central Notice admin

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

Description - Wiki Loves Folklore, an annual international photography contest hosted on Wikimedia Commons from February 1st to March 31st, serves as a global initiative to amass a diverse collection of media. The primary objective is to contribute content to Wikipedia and other online platforms, all under free licenses. The contest focuses on capturing and showcasing unique images that represent and document the intangible cultural heritage of various communities worldwide.

Structured with both national coordinators and an International Team, the campaign ensures comprehensive coverage. National coordinators, responsible for organizing Wiki Loves Folklore within their respective countries, play a vital role in fostering local participation. Simultaneously, the International Team steps in to organize the contest in countries lacking designated national coordinators, thereby addressing the representation gap within the Wikimedia ecosystem.

Metrics - We will share the report with Metrics like this

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

Banners - As like previous years banner, banner

Landing Page - Wiki Loves Folklore 2026

Is this project grant funded? Please provide a link

Type of grant - General Support Fund

Link to grant - Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore & Feminism and Folklore 2026:OKIF

Discussion

Country specific requests

Anonymous Banner : [1]
Non-Country Specific Banner: [2]

National organisers of Wiki Loves Folklore can add requests below. Kindly make sure you have translated the banner texts in your local language:

Country specific requests
Sr No	Country	Landing page	Start Date and Time (UTC)	End Date and Time (UTC)	Banner source	Banner	Preview	Status
1	Brazil	ptwiki	2025-02-09 03:00	2025-03-10 03:00	[3]	WLF2026_BR	preview	Done
2	Portugal	Commons:Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026_in_Portugal	2025-02-01 00:00	2025-03-08 23:59	[4]	WLF26_Portugal	preview	Done
3	Ukraine	Commons:Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in Ukraine	2025-02-01 00:00	2025-03-08 23:59		WLF26UA	preview	Done
4	Spain	Commons:Event:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026_in_Spain	2025-02-01 00:00	2025-04-01 23:59		WLFES2026	preview	Done
5	India	Commons:Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026_in_India	2025-02-25 00:00	2025-03-31 23:59		wlf_2026_in_o	preview	Done
6	Uruguay	commons:Commons:Wiki_Fiestas_de_Uruguay_2026	2025-03-15 00:00	2025-03-30 23:59		WFU2026	preview	Done

Central Notice admin comments

I created the following campaigns and banners:

Country Specific Campaign - Banner (Desktop Preview )

Nokib Sarkar (talk) 04:45, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Joris Darlington Quarshie! I was looking at last year’s request and noticed that we ended up with several different setups: country-specific campaigns, non-country campaigns, anon-only campaigns, and some additional country-specific requests. Will it be the same this year? I see that the country-specific campaign you created looks good. I’m just asking to understand whether we should expect multiple campaigns under this request. If this hasn’t been communicated yet to the organizers in other countries, could you please let them know? That way, we can avoid having to remove countries from this banner later when their specific campaigns are enabled. Also, thank you very much for having an admin involved who can create the campaigns, that helps a lot :-). Best, Soylacarli (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Soylacarli thank you for pointing this out, we plan to have the national organisers request on this page itself. We have a dedicated admin to serve their requests. we will ping if we require help from other admins. once again thank you and happy new year. -- Tiven2240 (talk) 08:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nokib Sarkar: Thanks for setting up the campaign! With only en as priority language, the banner cannot be translated into other languages. Is this intended? I would expect that all participating languages should be available. Do you intend to add them one by one? Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 17:39, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @DerHexer Happy new year, @Nokib Sarkar will make the changes to the banner and add a help with translation button to it. Tiven2240 (talk) 08:44, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all! (@Joris Darlington Quarshie, @Nokib Sarkar, @Soylacarli, @Tiven2240 and @DerHexer) I created a few columns above so we can coordinate the custom banners. Please, let me know if anything else is needed or you have any questions or comments. Cheers, Ederporto (talk) 20:18, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In Brazil's case, we have a specific visual identity for the contest, so I customized the banner, as the previous year. Cheers, Ederporto (talk) 20:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@DerHexer Should we accomodate separate banners via this same request or each banner request should be made separately? Speaking from the perspective of tracking. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 17:54, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ederporto Please check the campaign and Banner Nokib Sarkar (talk) 07:18, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nokib Sarkar Thank you so much! I approve the banner. Cheers, Ederporto (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever you prefer and makes it easier for you to handle these. In my opinion, it depends a little on the number of subcampaigns (fewer campaigns can be handled separately more easily, requests with multiple subcampaigns seem easier to be handled on one page; but these are just my feelings). — CentralNotice/Request/Wiki Science Competition 2025 was even a combination of both. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 11:21, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Could you please also add a link to our Ukrainian page in the general banner for Ukraine? We don’t need a separate banner. OlenaVinsent (WMUA) (talk) 15:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@OlenaVinsent (WMUA) Please check here and let me know. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 19:17, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nokib Sarkar Yes, thank you very much. OlenaVinsent (WMUA) (talk) 18:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dear admin (and organisers)

The "participate now" button hadn't been translated into Norwegian Bokmål (no) and Nynorsk (nn), so I have done that now. It should read "Delta nå" in both languages.

Also, re. campaign duration: It has been set up to run for two whole months. Could that be changed to one month for languages no, nn and se? All of March Wikimedia Norge will be investing a lot of time and resources in our annual Women in Red campaign for Norwegian and Sami Wikimedians. We are planning a central notice banner to draw attention to activites, and it would be good if we don't have to compete for attention at the risk of banner fatigue. Also, for those languages we have an alternative annual push in September each year to grow content about living heritage, and we don't have any Wiki Loves Folklore organisers. Elisabeth Carrera (WMNO) (talk) 06:35, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Nokib Sarkar, can you please remove Brazil from the general WLF banner, as we will have a separate banner? I think Portugal too? Cheers! EPorto (WMB) (talk) 20:22, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@EPorto (WMB) I removed Brazil and Portugal from general WLF Banner Nokib Sarkar (talk) 19:18, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Nokib Sarkar. I'm receiving complaints (and I confirmed, both logged in and logged out) that there are two banners being shown. I see that BR was removed from this banner, but remains on this one. Can you please remove BR from this one also? This is generating confusion among the local participants. Cheers, EPorto (WMB) (talk) 16:35, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure you picked the right banner? According to the allocation stats, only Special:CentralNoticeBanners/edit/wikilovesfolklore2026anon_banner (campaign) is shown next to your Special:CentralNoticeBanners/edit/WLF2026_BR. The campaign using the banner you have mentioned, has Brazil disabled. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 17:27, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@DerHexer Yes, I'm wrong, sorry! I guess is the wikilovesfolklore2026anon_banner? But I saw both logged in and logged out. Can we remove it still? Cheers, EPorto (WMB) (talk) 17:45, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nokib Sarkar: Please check this request for changes. :) —DerHexer (Talk) 17:58, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@DerHexer@EPorto (WMB) Initially the anononymous banner was not Geotargeted at all. It was meant to be shown to all non-logged in users. But now, as per your request, I removed Brazil, Portugal and Ukraine from the list. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 18:34, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Notes: 1) There's a thread asking for pointers on how they can help with translation at Talk:CentralNotice#Translation_question. Please reply with whatever links/questions are needed. -- [EDIT: Johannnes89 already partially replied, but I believe the 2nd link is also needed]

2) I tried to check, and saw the 2nd link above didn't work properly, so I believe I've fixed it with this edit (just FYI, unless it needs further changes).

Cheers, Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 19:18, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. The second text in the announcement ("Photograph your local culture...") is not translatable and translation link ("Help with translations)" is not clickable. Nemoralis (talk) 23:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nemoralis we reused 6 year old banner wikiloveslove2020 for the middle text which can be translated here. As far as I understand, when I click on [Help with Translations], the link works fine. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 19:07, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Nokib Sarkar: Let's review this year's Wiki Loves Folklore campaigns:

Campaign for anonymous users and banner
- Since 9 February, this has been running on nearly all projects in all languages in nearly all countries with no impression diet. Scheduled to end 31 March. In other words, this has been shown to every reader on every Wikimedia site until they click the X for roughly a week, and would have run for nearly a month and a half.
- This edit pointed anonymous users to this event page, which transcludes the translated Commons page but does not actually display translated versions. In other words, the readers sent here from hundreds of languages were sent to an English-language page.
Country-specific campaign for logged-in users and banner.
- Since 1 February, running on all projects in all languages and in a number of countries. Impression diet is 5 impressions every 4 days. Scheduled to run until 31 Match.
Non-country specific campaign for logged-in users and banner.
- Since 1 February, running on all projects in all languages and in the countries not covered by the country-specific one. Impression diet is 7 impressions every week. Scheduled to run until 31 March.
- The two logged-in user banners have different identifiers, so someone traveling (or VPN-ing or just with a weird ISP) could easily be seeing both of these banners.

I've turned off the anonymous campaign, this has done enough damage already. For the logged-in campaigns, I recommend using the same identifier for both, a shorter run period (1 month at maximum), and increasing the impression limit to 3 per two weeks. I know that recurrent campaigns in theory do not require consensus, but I think we've hit a breaking point here. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 22:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly support the suggestions given above. I've heard quite a bit of complaining about these banners, and the reason @Vermont dug these numbers out in the first place is because I asked a group of admins why the heck this banner is so much "stickier" than other banners and why I feel like I'm having to turn it off every time I log in to my account. With 7 impressions every week, no wonder it's been getting so annoying! That's easily more than twice as many as I would consider the outside bounds of appropriate. -- asilvering (talk) 23:17, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I support these recommendations. 7 impressions a week is not ok. Izno (talk) 03:49, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Per my previous feedback on CentralNotice/Request/Wiki Loves Folklore 2023, 2024 and 2025, I agree and support this. Thanks @Vermont. Ciell (talk) 09:44, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dear @Vermont,

Thank you for the guidance. I remain in close coordination with the international team members and will implement the changes progressively.

The anonymous banner was an oversight on our part - thank you for addressing it. I have now enabled the banner with a low weekly impression cap and will continue to monitor its performance.

While the Events namespace was suggested by WMF, I believe it may not be the most appropriate option for this banner. As a result, I have redirected the campaign to the Commons namespace project page instead. Please let me know if you have any further recommendations. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 04:01, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Nokib Sarkar: I've turned the logged-out banner off again. It showed to every reader for a week. We're talking about billions of impressions here, this has already run its course a dozen times over. Do not turn it on without consensus. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:06, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have implemented the above changes to the logged-in banners (c, nc). Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 15:50, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The settings for this banner campaign was a disaster. We really need to consider tightening the rules around CN banners. Even "long-established" need some limit on how often they can be displayed, for how long, and to whom. Toadspike [Talk] 20:26, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the usage guidelines (“rules”) are pretty clear about it (I just added a paragraph to make it even more clear), and so is the training material we have created. Certainly, there were good intentions behind that, but there is a lot of knowledge about the usefulness of banners after a maximum number of displays, frequency, etc. (see this research, for example). Every campaign should have a diet or limited traffic. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 17:49, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone, I would like to clearly express my strong support for activating the CentralNotice for Wiki Loves Folklore 2026. As one of the major international campaigns within the Wikimedia movement, Wiki Loves Folklore relies heavily on effective visibility and outreach. The use of CentralNotice is essential to raise awareness, encourage wider participation, and strengthen overall community engagement across Wikimedia projects.-Best regard Cnyirahabihirwe12345 (talk) 12:11, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to add my support for keeping the logged-in banner running for the remainder of the campaign. As the Regional Ambassador for Wiki Loves Folklore in the African region, the Central Notice is one of the few reliable ways contributors across the region get to know about campaigns like this one. That said, I understand the concerns raised around impression frequency and the anonymous banner, and I think the adjustments already made are a step in the right direction. I hope a balanced approach can be found that keeps the banner visible without being disruptive to the wider community. Nwonwu Uchechukwu P (talk) 10:57, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I put my strong support behind enabling the CentralNotice for Wiki Loves Folklore 2026. Wiki Loves Folklore is one of the key international campaigns within the Wikimedia movement, comparable in scale and impact to Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth. In 2025 alone, the campaign contributed over 84,000 uploads to Wikimedia Commons, with South Asia being among the highest contributing regions. As a regional ambassador representing South Asia, I have seen firsthand how visibility through CentralNotice directly impacts participation, especially in culturally rich but underrepresented communities. While I understand the concerns regarding anonymous banner display, in our region a significant number of contributors initially engage as IP users before creating accounts. Limiting the banner may reduce outreach and participation. I therefore support activating the banner for both logged-in and IP users across South Asian and other countries. Shreya (talk) 12:54, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Team, I am coordinating the campaign from India. Our regional community members have requested a dedicated banner for the Indian edition. Could you please create a local Central Notice banner targeting all users at c:Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in India? Thank you for your support and consideration. Hsalian007 (talk) 13:23, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome @Hsalian007 and congratulations on your first edit here.

I would like to ping CentralNotice admins and to keep the banner request for the Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in India page on hold until we receive a response regarding the issue highlighted at c:Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2026#Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 in India. Best Regards.- ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 16:37, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I want to raise a concern about the hold placed on the India banner request. Wiki Loves Folklore ends on 31 March, and with very little time left, every day without a banner means reduced visibility for communities across India, not just one region but all Indic language communities. The organizer dispute is a separate matter and should be resolved through appropriate talk page discussion. Linking it to the banner request is penalizing thousands of potential contributors who have nothing to do with this disagreement. India is among the highest contributing regions to this campaign. If there are any technical or policy related issues with the banner, I would request that experienced community members here help resolve those first so we can move forward. This will also encourage new contributors and create a more welcoming space for everyone. I would request that the banner request be processed without further delay and the organizer dispute be handled separately. : Suyash Dwivedi (💬) 20:11, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just had time to go through the thread and noticed that this central notice has been closed whiles the campaign is still ongoing. Please is it possible to negotiate on a rotational banner across the month until the campaign ends this month. Atleast once or twice a week will be deeply appreciated. Joris (talk) 16:08, 03 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
On the basis of requests from organisers and assuming consensus from communities I have enabled the banner. I have limited the banner as many other campaigns are going on. Will monitor in future for performance. Nokib Sarkar (talk) 16:36, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Nokib Sarkar: "Assuming consensus from communities" is not how this works. You do not have consensus, as we have seen above from comments by multiple admins on affected wikis. This campaign has already run for a full month, shown to every logged-in user on nearly every wiki multiple times a week over that month, and every reader for a full week. If you are not hitting expected uploads, it is not for lack of visibility. This banner has had mind-blowing visibility.
You turned both campaigns back on, set them to run through March, and changed the impression settings. There is no consensus for this, if anything there is consensus against it. Please, if you want to run this for longer than a month on a given wiki, start a discussion on that wiki in a prominent community venue seeking consensus to run the banner further. I have turned these off. Please do not turn them back on. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 20:28, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont can you please help us understand which are the affected wikis that have commented. Further can you confirm that the actions taken are in the best interest of the community (comparing all the previous campaigns ran via central notice for Wiki loves x campaigns). Tiven2240 (talk) 01:28, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Tiven2240: There are comments above by three users from the English Wikipedia, and two of my CentralNotice admin colleagues. Per the CentralNotice usage guidelines, Campaigns should run for a maximum of two weeks and should have an appropriate diet with a maximum number of displays per viewer or limited traffic to avoid banner fatigue unless a specific community consensus exists for a longer run. This has already run for twice that time, and I have seen no evidence of such a community consensus. As I stated, if there is a wiki where local consensus exists to run the banner for longer than a month, link the relevant local conversation and we can run the campaign there. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:06, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @Vermont. Please help us understand when a campaign ran for 2 months with a impression of 5 per week why was no banner fatigue questioned. Many banners which ran last year continuously without even having impression limits (I can easily list down more then 80) were not caught any central notice administrators attention or these guidelines only apply to Wiki Loves Folklore and under-represented communities campaigns?. Being a staff at the Wikimedia Foundation and seasoned Wikimedian why is such targetting towards us? We plan to run the banners at the very limited scope 2 to max 4 impressions per week and we are accused of Banner fatigue and various guidelines whereas other campaigns get free hand to run unlimited impressions how can it be so fair towards us and our volunteer community organisers who are working hard for successful implementation of the campaign worldwide? Our banners is very sleek on mobile and Desktop. It takes space of a page notice template which is very sleek even on mobile. I urge you to please activate our banners. If the community in Germany on English Wikipedia have issues we shall discuss to deactivate it for the country but because of it we are not okay to disable our banners worldwide. Thank you for understanding. Tiven2240 (talk) 07:28, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Tiven2240, okay, a couple points:
The reason this campaign has received more attention than normal is because of the mismanagement of the campaign settings. Your banner was shown to every reader on every project in every language for a week, and the editor-facing banner has been incredibly persistent. Your banner has already had unbelievable reach.

On the en:WP:OTHER point, you're completely right, way too many campaigns operate in open disregard for the usage guidelines without establishing community consensus. Banners should not be running longer than 2 weeks without specific consensus otherwise, and should have limited impression diets. If you find banners which are noncompliant, I or my CN admin colleagues should have time to review.

As I have stated in my two previous messages, if you want to run this banner further please start local discussions on the relevant wikis and get consensus to continue running. I do not believe it is within my discretion to disregard the comments from my CN admin colleagues and English Wikipedians by running banners beyond what the usage guidelines permit.

In future I would recommend making it part of the standard WLF process for organizers on a wiki to seek consensus to run banners on that wiki prior to the campaign start. This would avoid future lack of clarity.

Regards, Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 16:57, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Dear @Vermont, thank you for your message. The issue of a single anonymous banner was already being addressed. Humans handling this are tend to make mistake sometimes and it was already acknowledged. Does that really mean that all the banners would be penalized for the campaign. As already explained that there are many such banners which ran without a impression diet for other campaigns (more then 80+ alone in 2025 for which data can be provided) which weren't disabled ever for months. Central notice are run via admins itself we don't have rights to make or modify the banners and there is no oversight on what the admins are configuring except when it comes to under-represented volunteers led campaigns like ours where we face the comments from a central notice colleague every year to limit and shut down the banners. Wherein the same CN colleague has rights here and is a part to run unlimited campaigns with Nil impression restrictions for so many language Wikimedia projects for their own campaigns. They never were asked consensus or shown banner fatigue guidelines. Wherein for campaigns like us we are asked to get consensus from every wikipedia where we want to run the banners. Is it really fair enough and practical? If the process here states it that banners have a timeframe limit please help us understand how are exceptions to campaigns like this given and we are asked to modify our processes and add things in our checklist whereas others are just getting away from it. We are not here to oversight all the edits and banners other CN colleagues are creating or the impressions they are setting for their own campaigns. We are here because we feel we are targeted and our volunteer community voice is suppressed and it's unfair that our banners have to face this every year and some CN admin make us feel unwelcomed. We once again urge you to review this and urge fair decision to our banners and the volunteer community leaders who have expressed their support for the banner above. We already said that we are open to restrict the banners for Germany based English Wikimedians as they have raised their objections. Thank you for your understanding and time. -- Tiven2240 (talk) 19:18, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There is no community consensus for running this specific campaign for such a long time period. Other campaigns running in just a single country or just a single project might have had approval by their local community to run for a longer time period - but pointing at other campaigns is the wrong approach. We can discuss those separately if they are in violation of our usage guidelines as well.

That doesn’t change the fact that there is no consensus to extend this campaign even further. Johannnes89 (talk) 19:59, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Johannnes89,

The Wiki Loves Folklore campaign is organized every year from February 1 to March 31. Azogbonon (talk) 04:24, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Vermont,

Well noted on this feedback. Aside English Wikipedia, are there any other relevant wikis you will advice we seek for consensus. So that we can work on this issue once and for all. I will be very glad if you will be open to advice on this request.

Hope to read from you soon. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 07:44, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Joris Darlington Quarshie: It is not my role to say which wikis are relevant for your campaign. It is, however, my role to observe that this campaign does not have consensus to run beyond standard times on any wiki (afaict). As I stated: Please, if you want to run this for longer than a month on a given wiki, start a discussion on that wiki in a prominent community venue seeking consensus to run the banner further. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 18:31, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont Well noted! This doesn't help as there over 300+ wikis (afaict). But anyways its okay. I will see what I do can base on the feedbacks provided and thanks a lot for the swift response. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 08:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the right conclusion could also be that running the CN banner on 300+ wiki without their consent is a wrong way to claim the banner space (of which we have only one, and that needs to be shared). There are many different ways to get the attention of the communities, and pitch to them your event. Get them to join via other means, and after they agree to organize they can have a banner for that year. As described in CentralNotice/Usage_guidelines#Approval:
CentralNotice campaigns are often not the best tool for many editing campaigns or events. You should look into other options including but not limited to — Mass Message, communication via off-wiki channels like mailing lists or chat groups groups, social media communication, etc. Consider trying Invitation Lists if you are looking for experienced editors. If you need additional help designing a communication strategy consider contacting campaigns@wikimedia.org.
Reaching out to anonymous/unregistered users through CentralNotice campaigns is the exception, not the standard. If you need to find new editors for your goals, please consider using other methods like outreach through social media.

Ciell (talk) 10:24, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Ciell Well Noted: CentralNotice/Usage_guidelines#Approval and thanks a lot for the reference shared and goals well understood. Most of these are already in motion. However I also need a bit of clarity on the community censenus section. What types of campaigns are considered "long-established campaigns"? Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 12:06, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Is Wiki Loves Folklore not a long established campaign? Kindly activate our banners. -- Tiven2240 (talk) 15:48, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So I was seeking clarity on this, in other to know how best to address this issue and explain this very well to the contributors at my end to understand every detailed point in the userguide. So if any admin cares to help with that clarity I am seeking that will be helpful.

Note: However, I have understood very clearly the limitations of the central notice and every part of the userguide except for the clarity I am seeking for at the moment. Joris Darlington Quarshie (talk) 20:27, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Noting that I've removed enwiki from one of the campaigns [5] given the concerns about the high number of banner impressions on that project. Johannnes89 (talk) 20:05, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89 trust you are aware that when you remove "en" it not just removed English Wikipedia but all English Language including all wiki projects. Does it justify your edit? Tiven2240 (talk) 01:52, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware and considered this an inconvenience that has to be accepted. Probably better to exempt enwiki via the banner's javascript? Johannnes89 (talk) 05:59, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Hi! Uruguay requested a separate banner for the remainder of the campaign, and since this campaign is currently not enabled, I went ahead and created it. I also updated the other campaign to exclude Uruguay. However, I couldn’t edit the anonymous user campaign, so if and when that campaign is enabled again, could someone please make sure Uruguay is excluded there as well? There are several subcampaigns involved, and I believe I updated all the relevant ones I could access, but I wanted to flag this just in case. I’ve also added it to the table above for tracking. Best,--Soylacarli (talk) 20:30, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Soylacarli: The anonymous campaign is locked, so it cannot be edited further. It looks like you've updated all that's relevant, thanks for making the note here. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 20:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]