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Goings-on/2014

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This is the archive of Meta-Wiki Goings-on in 2014. See also the full archives.


December 2014

19-21: Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2014 took place in Kyiv.

November 2014

21-23: Iberoconf 2014 took place in Buenos Aires.
8:
Request for comment: Global AbuseFilter
6: Three Questions and Three Answers as Food for Thought About the Future of Wikipedia.

October 2014

24:
19:
Request for comment: Wikimedia genealogy project.
13:
Request for comment: Inactive Global bot accounts.

August 2014

20: Letter to Wikimedia Foundation: Superprotect and Media Viewer.
20: Request for comment: On a scale of billions.
19: Executive Director's "Working together" statement.
19: Brainstorming: Community Engagement (Product)/Process ideas.
10: Request for comment: Superprotect rights.
8-10: Wikimania 2014 took place in London.
7: Request for comments: Mission(s) policy.

June 2014

19: Proposal to include help pages again in default results on Special:Search.

May 2014

15: Request for comments: How to deal with open datasets.
1: The Wikimedia Foundation announces its new executive director Lila Tretikov.

April 2014

5: A new proposal is started to launch NonFreeWiki as a Wikimedia project.
5: A new proposal is started to launch UserWiki as a Wikimedia project.

March 2014

12: Request for comments: Wikimedia genealogy project.
9: Request for comments: Standardize ProofreadPage namespaces across Wikisources.
3: Request for comments: Creation of a Global Wikimedia Commons.

February 2014

28: Invitation to submit Individual Engagement Grant proposals for individuals and small teams.
28: Legal and Community Advocacy reply on Wikimedia server location and free knowledge.
24: Wikimedia Venezuela open letter regarding the deletion of images from Commons under Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).
22: Wikimedia Argentina open letter regarding the deletion of images from Commons under Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).
21: Round 2 of the Eighth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Competition (to select the best featured picture of 2013) starts.
19: Wikimedia España letter to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees regarding the deletion of images from Commons under Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).
18: A request for comments has been opened on whether a c: interwiki prefix should be added for Wikimedia Commons. The RfC follows a 2011 RfC on the same topic which, while positive, did not see wide participation.
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January 2014

28: Wikimedia Israel letter to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees regarding the deletion of images from Commons under Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).
23: A new proposal is started to launch WikiGames as a Wikimedia project.
17: Round 1 of the Eighth Annual Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year Competition (to select the best featured picture of 2013) starts.
Round 2 will start immediately after Round 1 has finished and votes are counted.
15: The candidate submission phase of the 2014 Steward elections has started.
8: Wikimania 2014 is now accepting travel scholarship applications. Apply by February 17.
5: A new proposal is started to launch WikiRefdesk as a Wikimedia project.
1: Proposals submissions for Wikimania 2014 are now being accepted. The deadline is 31 March.
1: A new proposal is started to launch Structured Wikiquote as a Wikimedia project.