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issue with Persian font
[edit]Hello, I wanted to ask if it's possible to add Vazir font face to commons so we can use it in Persian writing. fawiki is using it. and there is problem in meta for default farsi writing font. somting like this css code, and this template can be perfect. or maybe other solutions? WASP-Outis (talk) 22:05, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
Ready for translation: Education Newsletter May 2025
[edit]May 2025 education newsletter released for translation. Please help our readers to read education newsletter in their native language. The latest education newsletter is ready for translation: here Newsletter headlines link for translation: here, to read individual articles check out: Category:Education/Newsletter/May 2025. Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 02:54, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 Selection & Call for Questions
[edit]Dear all,
This year, the term of 2 (two) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee, composed of trustees who are not candidates in the 2025 community-and-affiliate-selected trustee selection process (Raju Narisetti, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, Lorenzo Losa, Kathy Collins, Victoria Doronina and Esra’a Al Shafei) [3], is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2025 trustee selection process and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
- May 22 – June 5: Announcement (this communication) and call for questions period [6]
- June 17 – July 1, 2025: Call for candidates
- July 2025: If needed, affiliates vote to shortlist candidates if more than 10 apply [5]
- August 2025: Campaign period
- August – September 2025: Two-week community voting period
- October – November 2025: Background check of selected candidates
- Board’s Meeting in December 2025: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2025 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Call for Questions
In each selection process, the community has the opportunity to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. The Election Committee selects questions from the list developed by the community for the candidates to answer. Candidates must answer all the required questions in the application in order to be eligible; otherwise their application will be disqualified. This year, the Election Committee will select 5 questions for the candidates to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. [link]
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2025 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki page [link].
Thank you!
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Results
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Committee_Membership,_December_2024
[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Roles
[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/FAQ
[6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Questions_for_candidates
Best regards,
Victoria Doronina
Board Liaison to the Elections Committee
Governance Committee
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:07, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
ipinfo permission for autoconfirmed
[edit]On other sites, ipinfo and ipinfo-view-basic are granted to all autoconfirmed user; but on meta-wiki it's not. Is this intentionally or just a configuration bug? Stang 10:06, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
- These are being worked on along with the temporary account rollouts, merging some of these together. Autoconfirm will not be sufficient, see Meta:Temporary account IP viewers for the upcomign thresholds. — xaosflux Talk 12:59, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
- See example of a site that has completed temp account rollouts: w:no:Spesial:Grupperettigheter. — xaosflux Talk 13:07, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
- It looks like some global groups now have
ipinfo-view-fullnow. Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 06:11, 13 June 2025 (UTC)
Yorubamensman
[edit]I'm noticing that Special:Centralauth/Yorubamensman is automatically translating a lot of articles into different languages. I doubt they actually know all these languages. I think this is a problem; what do non-stewards think? 2607:F140:6000:8032:BCBB:B163:6762:E311 21:07, 8 June 2025 (UTC)
Vote now in the 2025 U4C Election
[edit]Please help translate to your language
Eligible voters are asked to participate in the 2025 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election. More information–including an eligibility check, voting process information, candidate information, and a link to the vote–are available on Meta at the 2025 Election information page. The vote closes on 17 June 2025 at 12:00 UTC.
Please vote if your account is eligible. Results will be available by 1 July 2025. -- In cooperation with the U4C, Keegan (WMF) (talk) 23:00, 13 June 2025 (UTC)Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2025 - Call for Candidates
[edit]Hello all,
The call for candidates for the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from June 17, 2025 – July 2, 2025 at 11:59 UTC [1]. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term [2]. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote in late August through September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. Could you – or someone you know – be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? [3]
Learn more about what it takes to stand for these leadership positions and how to submit your candidacy on this Meta-wiki page or encourage someone else to run in this year's election.
Best regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
Chair of the Elections Committee
On behalf of the Elections Committee and Governance Committee
[2] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Bylaws#(B)_Term.
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:43, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
RFC FYI
[edit]A RFC to opt meta-wiki in to the globalsysop set has been opened at Meta:Requests for comment/Allow global sysops on Meta. Interested contributors are invited to comment there. — xaosflux Talk 15:15, 18 June 2025 (UTC)