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Goings-on/2019

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This is the archive of Meta-Wiki Goings-on in 2019. See also the full archives.


December 2019

December 19: At this month's Wikimedia Café, we will discuss the documentation for Wikitext, and we will discuss the NavWiki project.

November 2019

November 2019 – March 2020: Members of the nine thematic Working Groups concluded their task of drafting recommendations for the movement 2030 strategy. Three new groups with new tasks have been composed.
November 21: This month's Wikimedia Café will occur. We will continue the topics from the October conversation regarding Wikimedia activities and organizations in India.

October 2019

October 21-November 11: The Community Wishlist Survey 2020 is now open! To learn more about the new format, we invite you to visit the survey page. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing your proposals!
October 10, 2019: There is a discussion to remove all administrators, bureaucrats, and CheckUsers and set up an Arbitration Committee on the Croatian Wikipedia for alleged misuse of admin rights to promote biased content.
4-October 11: She Did It writing challenge devoted to improving the coverage of Ukrainian women on Wikipedia.
4-October 6: WikiArabia 2019 takes place in Marrakesh, Morocco.
4-October 6: WikiCon 2019 of the German-speaking communities takes place in Wuppertal.

September 2019

6-September 8: WikiConvention francophone 2019 takes place in Brussels.

August 2019

August-November: Please read the Wikimedia 2030 draft recommendations by the working groups.
August 16-August 18: Wikimania

May 2019

April-July: Please participate in the Movement Strategy Community Conversations.
April 1-June 1: The Billboards Initiative: It focuses on installation of static and digital billboards around two different cities of Nepal, and sharing the project via social media sites. Basically, we are engaging new readers.

April 2019

April 17 – TBA: A proposal to modify the Language proposal policy has been published at Language proposal policy/2019-04 proposed revision. Please join the discussion at Talk:Language proposal policy/2019-04 proposed revision.
April 15 – April 30: Nominations for Affiliate Selected Board Seats, see Affiliate-selected Board seats/Resolution 2019
April 11: You will not be able to edit most Wikimedia wikis for up to 30 minutes on 11 April 05:00 UTC. This is because of a hardware problem. You can still read the wikis. You can see which wikis are affected. The time you can not edit might be shorter than 30 minutes.

March 2019

March 21 – April 17: Wikimedia Foundation is seeking volunteers to join a revised Communications committee.
March 29–31: Wikimedia Summit 2019 took place in Berlin.

February 2019

February 26 – May: Wikimedia Foundation explores a proposal on Wikimedia brand research and strategy. For public feedback, please go to Talk:Communications/Wikimedia brands/2030 research and planning/community review. For private, please email to brandproject(_AT_)wikimedia.org. There are other ways to share feedback, like scheduling a meeting.
February 25 – March 23: A video tutorial regarding how to create references with VisualEditor is in development, and depending on funding might be made available in English and Spanish. Additional video tutorials may be produced in the future. You can subscribe to the project newsletter.
Feb 17 – Mar 3: Final choice for the logo of WikiClassics user group. We value your feedback. voting is running until 3 March 2019, 00:00 (UTC)
Feb 8 – Feb 28: 2019 Steward elections voting is running until 28 February 2019, 13:59 (UTC)

January 2019

January: It is possible to share endorsement and comments for the December 2018 candidates to the Affiliations Committee.
Jan 15–28: Candidate submissions for the 2019 Steward elections will begin on January 15 and will end on January 28. Eligible candidates can nominate themselves.