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[edit]I am excited to share with you an upcoming project aimed at enriching Wikimedia content related to people with disabilities in sports. This initiative seeks to improve representation and accessibility of content in this underrepresented area. I hereby solicit your support. Lebron jay (talk) 13:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
Feedback invited on proposed requirements for affiliates & user groups recognition changes
[edit]- You can find this message translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
Following up on the development of Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy, we would like to invite you to give feedback on requirements for affiliates & user groups recognition changes. You can find the details of the proposed changes in this message from Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees liaisons to the Affiliations Committee, as well as the ways to give your feedback.
We have also reached out to your contact persons via the emails provided.
Best regards,
Xeno (WMF) (talk) 14:40, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Xeno (WMF)
- Thank you for the update and kudos to the team for the great job. We'll definitely give our feedback.
- Kind regards Tochiprecious (talk) 09:39, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Proposal to Enable CampaignEvents Extension on Igbo Wikipedia
[edit]Ndewo nụ ndi Igbo Wịkịmidia!
I am reaching out on behalf of the Campaigns Product team at WMF. We are excited to inform you about our intent to enable the CampaignEvents extension on Igbo Wikipedia.
The CampaignEvents extension is designed to enhance event organization and management within Wikimedia communities. By enabling this extension on your wiki, you will have access to powerful features that streamline event planning, promotion, and coordination.
We believe that enabling the CampaignEvents extension on Igbo Wikipedia will greatly benefit your community by:
- Facilitating easier event creation and management.
- Enhancing collaboration and engagement among community members.
- Improving event discoverability and participation.
We are committed to supporting you throughout this process and providing assistance every step of the way. Our team will be available to answer any questions, provide guidance on enabling the extension, and offer resources to help you maximize its potential.
We would like to invite you to a call to discuss this proposal further and address any concerns or questions you may have. Please let us know your availability, and we will schedule a convenient time for the call.
cc.User: Tochiprecious -Udehb-WMF (talk) 09:28, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- Ndewo @Udehb-WMF
- Thank you very much for the notice. This is a good idea and we're fully open to accepting it. Kindly let us know when the calls will take place and we'll be happy to join in for further discussions.
- Ya gazie! Tochiprecious (talk) 09:38, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
- This is a wonderful development. I welcome the proposal and look forward to seeing its implementation on the Igbo Wikipedia. @Uchembila Uchembila (talk) 11:35, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
- This is a good and welcome development. Juliegwen (talk) 12:50, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Having listened during the call on enabling this Event Registration tool on Igbo Wikipedia , I saw the prospects in organizing event and strongly support this. Chikeme Chizurum (talk) 17:07, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support, I have used and I am still using the event registration tool on meta and the tool is a great tool. It will be good for us to have the tool on the Igbo Wikipedia. I support the move. Ogalihillary (talk) 17:13, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Support, The tool has a very good prospect and it will be of a great advantage to harness the use immediately, Obedmakolo (talk) 22:19, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Support, The tool looks promising and it will be a great plus to Igbo wikipedia, without further ado lets implement immediately, Dagentle (talk) 10:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
Template:Strongly support, This tool is fantastic and it will be of a great advantage for the Igbo Wikipedia. Alabi001 (talk) 23:12, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
The human race is advancing in ICT and the IWUG wouldn't lag behind in the 21st century global advancement hence, the need for this tool. I therefore, append my signature Onwuka Glory (talk) 23:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
Support:Tool has proven to be very useful and presents lots of benefits to the community. Wilson (talk) 10:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support: The tool will be very beneficial to the Igbo community in improving the Igbo Wikipedia. Kingsley Nkem (talk) 10:47, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support A great initiative! I believe it will have a huge impact in our community... Senator Choko (talk) 10:54, 24 February 2024 (UTC)Senator Choko
Strong support: The tool will have a great benefit for the Igbo community. Ennydavids (talk) 12:07 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support: The tool is a welcome development to enhance the function of the Igbo Wikipedia Lebron jay (talk)Lebron jay
Strong support
Enabling this tool is an acceptable initiative as it will enhance event organization and management in the Igbo community. I appreciate the benefits this would. Akwugo (talk) 22:07, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support Having used this tool as an organizer and participant, I greatly encourage the adoption and use of this tool. Iwuala Lucy (talk) 14:25, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support It’s my honest opinion that this particular tool will go a long way in boosting event organization in my local community.
Sayvhior (talk) 13:58, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support What a way to go, it's a huge development, I strongly support it. Chidimmanwaeze22 (talk) 11:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
- An amazing tool indeed.I strongly support . Chidimmanwaeze22 (talk) 13:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
[Update] Good news! Following the community's show of support, our engineering team will now start the process of adding the CampaignEvents Extension to Igbo Wikipedia. This is a special moment because Igbo Wikipedia will be the first wiki to enable this extension after Meta-Wiki.
Since this is our first time doing this outside of Meta-Wiki, it might take a little longer for our team to set everything up. We want to ensure everything runs smoothly. This is a big step for us and an opportunity to learn, making it easier to bring this extension to other wikis in the future.
I will update you on our progress and let you know when the extension is enabled. Thank you for your support and patience as we embark on this exciting journey. -Udehb-WMF (talk) 17:26, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Strong support just learnt how to use it and it's amazing. Oby Ezeilo (talk) 20:54, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
Ozi maka atụmatụ ndi Wikimedia Foundation nke afọ 2024-25
[edit]Ndewo nụ ndi nkem!
The work of the Foundation is guided by its annual plan and I’m sharing here a message from Chief Product & Technology Officer Selena Deckelmann about our recently published annual plan objectives. They are asking you to please share your comments, questions, and ideas about these objectives here in Igbo or English and UOzurumba (WMF) or Myself will help translate and respond. Here is the message in Meta, which is also available on Diff.
Looking forward to your feedback.
Daalụ nụ! -Udehb-WMF (talk) 17:33, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
The full draft of the Wikimedia Movement Charter will soon be shared
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Hi there,
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is happy to announce that the full draft of the Movement Charter will be published on April 2nd, 2024. This will kick off the community engagement period from April 2nd to April 22nd.
The Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia Movement, including to lay out a new Global Council for movement governance.
Everyone in the Wikimedia Movement is invited to share opinions on the full version of the Charter draft – this is the last chance to offer feedback before the Charter draft is updated for the ratification vote in June 2024.
How to share your feedback?
- share your message or question on the Movement Charter Talk page;
- attend a community drop-in session on April 4th at 15.00-17.00 UTC;
- or email movementcharter@wikimedia.org.
Read the Committee's latest updates for more information.
On behalf of the MCDC,
RamzyM (WMF) 13:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
Africa Wiki Challenge 2024
[edit]Hello team, I am planning to organize a project in the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) Ig wiki Fan Club for the Africa Wiki Challenge 2024. Having seen that there is a content gap on the educational system, policies and programme in the Igbo Wikipedia, this project aims to fill up such gap through creating and translating articles around Education both in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
I need your support in this project. Chikeme Chizurum
The full Movement Charter draft awaits your review on Meta
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Hi everyone,
The full draft of the Movement Charter has been published on Meta for your review.
Why should you care?
The Charter is important as it will be an essential document for the implementation of the 2030 strategy recommendations. Participating in the Charter discussions means that you ensure that your voice is heard and your interests are represented in shaping the future of the Movement.
Community Engagement – April 2nd to April 30th, 2024
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) cordially invites everyone in the Wikimedia movement to share feedback on the full draft of the Movement Charter.
Let your voice be heard by sharing your feedback it in any language on the Movement Charter talk pages, attend a community drop-in session, or email movementcharter@wikimedia.org.
Please read the Committee's latest updates for more information.
Thank you.
On behalf of the MCDC,
RamzyM (WMF) 13:07, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
Affiliations Committee News (January-March 2024)
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You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Cyprus, Botswana, Niger, and Telugu user groups
Affiliate Activities Report: Reports from Belgium, South African, and Ukrainian chapters
AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement with the new Affiliates Strategy and Movement Charter drafts
AffCom Administration: New AffCom members and advisors
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:55, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Board of Trustees selection call for candidates
[edit]Hello all,
The call for candidates for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection is now open from May 8, 2024 - May 29, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. The Board of Trustees oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's work, and each Trustee serves a three-year term. This is a volunteer position.
This year, the Wikimedia community will vote to fill four (4) seats on the Foundation Board in August 2024. You can see the timeline of the full selection process here.
Traits
Wikimedia is a global movement and seeks candidates from the broader community. Ideal candidates are thoughtful, respectful, community-oriented and align with the Wikimedia Foundation mission. Candidates should think about what experiences and perspectives they will bring to the Board.
The Board would like to find perspectives and voices that are essential but underrepresented in our movement. Accordingly, all candidates will be asked to include statements in their application that speak to their experiences in the world and in the movement and share how those experiences have equipped them to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Trustees commitment
Trustees serve a three year term and can serve up to three consecutive terms. The expectation is that Trustees serve on at least one of the Board’s committees. The time commitment is about 150 hours per year, excluding travel. This time is not evenly spread throughout the year. The time is concentrated around meetings.
Trustees requirements
English is the language of business for the Board. Candidates must be fluent in written and spoken English. Previous experience serving on a collective decision-making body, especially Boards or committees, and significant experience in Wikimedia (or equivalent) movement building and organizing are expected from candidates.
Apply
Candidates from all projects and communities who meet the criteria to become a Wikimedia Trustee are welcome to apply. Could you - or someone you know - be a good fit to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees? Encourage them to run for election. Candidates can find information and submit their nomination on the candidate application page. If you want to learn more about the role of Trustees or have questions, refer to this candidate resources page.
Community questions for candidates
All community members, including affiliates, are invited to submit questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer. From the list of questions, the Election Committee selects 5 questions for candidates to answer, which the candidates are expected to answer. The selected questions may be a combination of what’s been submitted from the community, if they’re alike or related. Questions can be submitted between May 8 - June 12 at 23:59 UTC. Learn more about how to submit your questions on this Meta-wiki page.
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
MPossoupe_(WMF) 18:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Notification of upcoming reporting due date
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization reporting date is coming up in 25 day(s). Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting will be due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportal
wikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:DNdubane_(WMF) 16:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Wiki Loves Names Campaign
[edit]How do I make this an African Campaign like Wiki Loves Africa? Onyinyeonuoha (talk) 13:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Feedback invited on Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle
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Dear Wikimedia Affiliates,
The Community Affairs Committee (CAC) of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees invites you to give feedback on a draft Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle. Affiliates play important roles in the Movement, working with communities and external partners, and thus they bring valuable perspectives to the table. We warmly welcome you to the conversations. In addition, please share information about this with your affiliate membership, and any project communities your affiliate works with or supports. You can also help translate the procedure into more languages so that people can join the discussions in their language.
This draft Procedure outlines proposed steps and requirements for opening and closing Wikimedia Sibling Projects. It aims to ensure any newly approved projects are set up for success. This is separate from the procedures for opening or closing language versions of projects, which is handled by the Language Committee. It is also separate from the closing projects policy.
You can find the details of the proposal on this page, as well as the ways to give your feedback from today until the end of the day on June 23, 2024, anywhere on Earth.
We have also reached out to your contact persons via the emails provided.
On behalf of the CAC,
RamzyM (WMF) 16:08, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the update @RamzyM (WMF). We'll read and give our feedback. Tochiprecious (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
- Much appreciated, Tochi! RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 16:45, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now on Meta
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Hi everyone,
The final text of the Wikimedia Movement Charter is now up on Meta in more than 20 languages for your reading.
What is the Wikimedia Movement Charter?
The Wikimedia Movement Charter is a proposed document to define roles and responsibilities for all the members and entities of the Wikimedia movement, including the creation of a new body – the Global Council – for movement governance.
Join the Wikimedia Movement Charter “Launch Party”
Join the “Launch Party” on June 20, 2024 at 14.00-15.00 UTC (your local time). During this call, we will celebrate the release of the final Charter and present the content of the Charter. Join and learn about the Charter before casting your vote.
Movement Charter ratification vote
Voting will commence on SecurePoll on June 25, 2024 at 00:01 UTC and will conclude on July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC. You can read more about the voting process, eligibility criteria, and other details on Meta.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment on the Meta talk page or email the MCDC at mcdc@wikimedia.org.
On behalf of the MCDC,
RamzyM (WMF) 08:43, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Affiliate health criteria and changes to User Group recognition process
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Dear all,
We would like to thank all of you who shared feedback with us during this phase of the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy process that started in November 2022, both on- and off-wiki. You can read the report from the first phase here.
Since that point, AffCom has been working with the Board of Trustees, Foundation staff, affiliates, and wider community members to enable them to provide appropriate guidance to affiliates regarding what it means to be an active and healthy Wikimedia organisation. As a result of those conversations, the committee has voted to adopt the following 10 criteria for affiliates, grouped into four main areas:
- Goal delivery
- Organisational Development
- Good governance & communication
- Financial & legal compliance
- Affiliate health & resilience
- Leadership & Inclusion
- Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
- Diversity balance (especially gender)
- Universal Code of Conduct compliance)
- Engagement & Collaboration
- Internal (membership) engagement
- Community connection
- Partnerships & collaboration
You are encouraged to read more details about each of these criteria here, including guidance on how each can be met. All criteria will be tracked for all affiliates, except for the criteria around financial and legal compliance, which only apply to those affiliates receiving funds and/or that are incorporated.
Staff and AffCom are working on streamlining affiliate reporting requirements, and responding to feedback raised during the community feedback period about the reporting burden. The new requirements of data collected in reports would be useful also for different Foundation teams and departments, and allow for the creation of detailed regional or global reports that demonstrate affiliate health and impact.
In July 2024, AffCom will work to finalise the implementation plans for the changes to the affiliate requirements and application process. In August 2024, updates will be made to Meta-wiki and other supporting platforms.
You can follow the process here.
The insights from the 2023 process also included recognising a need to strengthen AffCom processes for evaluating potential User Groups’ furtherance of shared movement goals, sustainability, and general ability to be healthy and active movement participants. AffCom has adopted a revised process for User Group recognition, and will be pausing new User Group recognitions until September 2024.
No immediate changes are happening, except the pause of considering new User Group recognitions until September, for applications received after today, June 12, 2024. Once more detailed implementation plans are developed, there will be an update here and on the relevant Meta pages with the next steps after Wikimania.
To provide your feedback, please leave a comment on the main talk page on Meta.
Alternatively, you can join AffCom's open office hours on June 19 at 14:00 UTC or request a conversation as a part of Talking:2024. You can use the Let’s Talk to sign up for a time to speak with us.
Looking forward to your feedback!
Best regards,
Nat, Mike & Lorenzo
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Liaisons to the Affiliations Committee
Sunday June 23 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (WMF BoT statement on Movement Charter ratification)
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Hello everyone!
The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.
At this meeting we will focus on the recent statement by the WMF Board of Trustees liaisons statement on the Movement Charter in which the liaisons stated that they will be recommending the Board of Trustees not to ratify the final draft of the Movement Charter. The community and affiliate votes on the ratification are supposed to start on Tuesday, 25 June. This meeting offers a venue to discuss the situation and formulate the "next steps".
This month, we are meeting on Sunday, June 23, and you are all invited to RSVP here.
Nadzik (talk) 16:30, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
Affiliations Committee News (April-June 2024)
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You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Madagascar, Senegal, Republic of Congo, and Namibia user groups
Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world
AffCom Conflict Intervention: Six active conflicts, no new reports for Q4
AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimedia Summit and ESEAP Conference
AffCom Administration: Officers elections and departing members
Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at Wikimania 2024
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:20, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
Sunday July 28 Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network meeting (Results of Movement Charter ratification)
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Hello everyone!
The Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) is a developing forum for all Wikimedia movement affiliates to share ideas about current developments in the Wikimedia Movement. It expands on the model of the All-Affiliates Brand Meeting to help lay some of the groundwork for further Wikimedia 2030 strategy process work.
At this meeting we will focus on the results of the Movement Charter ratification. We will also discuss the aftermath of the Board of Trustees' decision to veto the Movement Charter, including their recent proposals. We will also cover updates about upcoming Wikimania 2024.
This month, we are meeting on Sunday, July 28, and you are all invited to RSVP here.
Nadzik (talk) 19:55, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
New Feature in CampaignEvents Extension: Invitation List
[edit]Hello everyone,
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that a new feature was being developed in the CampaignEvents extension. We are excited to share that this feature, called the Invitation List, is now available for testing. The Invitation List helps event organizers identify people who might be interested in joining their projects or events. This tool makes it easier to find and invite participants who are likely to be interested in what you’re planning. If you would like to test the tool, it is currently available on Beta Cluster. There is also a video guide on the page that explains how to use it.
We hope to enable this tool on Igbo Wikipedia in the coming weeks. Udehb-WMF (talk) 13:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Problem editing at mul.ws
[edit]Hello to all the Igbo Wikmedians User Group members and pardon me for having to use English rather than Igbo to communicate. I'm writing to reach out to the community here because we've recently had many, many edits at s:mul: that were mistaken and ultimately disruptive. It seems like some users want to create Igbo-language texts there. If so, we welcome that, but I took the precaution of blocking several users who made these mistaken edits. Anyone who wants to edit at mul.ws, please let me know. And to all the editors who were blocked there, please just acknowledge that you'll attempt to work within the norms of the community and you can be immediately unblocked. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:07, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- All users have been unblocked. If you want to have more edit-a-thons, we very much would appreciate it and I request that you please reach out to the community ahead of time. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:04, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @Koavf
- Thank you so much for letting us know. I started the Igbo Wikisource with the help of Amir, our community is still new to the Wikisource project and we've also had Satdeep run a training with us. We do not in anyway mean to vandalise or cause disruptions in the Multilingual Wikisource and we would also appreciate the support of the Wikisource community to get better. Is there anything else we can do to make things better and avoid our community members from getting blocked?
- Thank you!
- Tochiprecious (talk) 10:13, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. And to be clear, the block was just because I was confused and concerned. Everyone is unblocked because I think you were all acting in good faith.
- The problems were as follows:
- Lots of material was just copied and pasted from en.ws without any regard. Things like author pages were just duplicated or somewhat changed so that there was a single word of Igbo. There are thousands and thousands of authors and most of them did not write in Igbo, so unless someone is going to add translated works by Plato or Shakespeare or George Washington, etc., just making an author pages that has no actual works is not really helpful.
- Pages and indices were also copied from en.ws but without actually being in Igbo. These pages were English language content that now existed at both en.ws and mul.ws, which is not really ideal. The best way to move forward would be to take actual Igbo texts and add them to mul.ws.
- Pages were marked as "proofread" when they were not. This is a really serious problem: pages were just OCR scanned (i.e. a computer looked at an image and guessed what the text was) and a human said that the pages were okay. They were not. Many of them were in English but the scan was looking for Igbo words, so it ended up with gibberish. The proofreading process can be time-consuming and OCR scans make it a lot quicker, but proofreaders still need to actually look at the work and confirm that it's correct. No one is perfect, so it's okay if someone makes some mistakes, but just pressing the OCR button and saving as proofread (the yellow color) is not acceptable. You can save them as "Not proofread" (the red option), which can stay on mul.ws for an indefinite time, but please don't just add thousands of pages that no one is proofreading or attempting to complete.
- Having Igbo texts at Wikisource would be great and if the community here wants to ultimately have their own subdomain and self-sustaining project, I'd be happy to help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:48, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- This is well noted. Thank you for your support, and we would need as much help as possible to get our own domain. Tochiprecious (talk) 14:44, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Affiliations Committee News (July-September 2024)
[edit]You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Togo, Wayúu, and Singapore user groups
Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world
AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases
AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimania
AffCom Administration: Results of the officers elections
Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at WikiIndaba and a strategy meetup
Other Movement News: Regional conferences, mental health support, and new committee support inboxMediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
EveryBooksItsReader 2025:African Fiction Books
[edit]Dear Igbo Wikimedians User Group Members,
I am writing to formally inform the group about my project proposal, which aims to bridge the content gap about African fiction books on English Wikipedia. This project will also expand the database of these books on Wikidata and translate existing English Wikipedia articles about these books into Igbo Wikipedia.
Kind regards, Kingaustin07 (talk) 19:17, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Nenzit Wikimedians User Group
[edit]Date: 16 December 2024
To: Wikimedia Affiliates and the Global Wikimedia Community
Dear Wikimedia Affiliates and Community Members,
We are excited to announce our intent to form the Nenzit Wikimedians User Group, a new Wikimedia User Group with a focus on expanding Wikimedia outreach to Platoid languages spread across Central (Middle Belt) Nigeria and Northwest Cameroon. This user group aims to promote Wikimedia projects, i.e., contribute to, preserve, and expand free knowledge around the Nenzit region.
- Mission
- Our mission is to create and sustain Wikimedia projects in Platoid languages and promote free knowledge in the Nenzit region through awareness, content creation, and community engagement. We are committed to supporting the Wikimedia movement by organizing activities like in-person and offline events, workshops, edit-a-thons, content creation, and collaborations.
- Focus Area
- Our group will primarily focus on Platoid languages also known as "Central Nigeria" languages, spoken by the Nenzit peoples. Specifically, we will engage with the following:
- Themes: language, culture, geography, history.
- Geographical Region: We are based in Central Nigeria, Northwest Cameroon, and Alibori and Borgu departments of the Republic of Benin and plan to extend our activities within this area, fostering connections with local communities and institutions.
- Current Location and Regional Activities
- Our group is currently located in Kafanchan, Nigeria, and we aim to collaborate with local affiliates and communities across the Nenzit region to ensure widespread participation and representation in our activities. We plan to collaborate with language departments teaching any of these languages and language development boards to foster collaborations, as well as participate in conferences organized by Wikimedia, its affiliates, individuals, and other bodies, with common goals and improve Wikimedia presence across the region.
- Call for Collaboration
- We welcome collaboration and support from other affiliates and individuals across the Wikimedia movement. We believe that working together with other user groups and affiliates will enhance our efforts and strengthen the global Wikimedia ecosystem.
If you would like to learn more about our user group, share feedback, or explore opportunities to collaborate, feel free to contact us on our talk page. We look forward to contributing to the Wikimedia movement and making a meaningful impact through our activities.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Kambai (for the proposed Nenzit Wikimedians UG) -- Kambai Akau (talk) 17:20, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
(Initial Review) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozurumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting became past due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportalwikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:RamzyM (WMF) 20:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
(First Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozurumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting became past due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportalwikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:RamzyM (WMF) 20:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
(Second Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozurumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting became past due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportalwikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:RamzyM (WMF) 20:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
(Second Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozurumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting became past due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportalwikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:RamzyM (WMF) 20:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
(Third Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Tochiprecious, Blossom Ozurumba,
This is a notification to bring to your attention that your organization is currently past due on its required annual reporting. Wikimedia Affiliates are required to submit an annual activity report covering the entirety of the 12-month agreement period in order to prompt review for a renewal. Reports must be written in English, posted to meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal.
This page is used to track how organizations and groups are meeting reporting requirements described in their agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g. chapter agreements, thematic organization agreements, user group agreements). It is the central place where affiliates can add reports about their activities, share their plans, and even news or social media channels with the wider movement. When new reports are available, organizations and groups should add them to this page to keep their columns up to date.
As noted on the meta Reports page, your organization’s 2024 annual reporting became past due in 2024-06-04. Please be sure to:
- Post your 2024 annual reporting to the meta via the Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal as soon as possible to return to compliance with your user group agreement.
- Check that your group’s page is also up to date with past report links for historical record-keeping, and
- Please send an email to Wikimedia-l in order to share with a movement-wide audience.
If you have any questions or need any further guidance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to wadportalwikimedia.org.
Best regards,
Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal
--User:RamzyM (WMF) 23:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Dear @RamzyM (WMF)
- Thank you for this notification. From my understanding, our report is up to date. We currently have the report from 5th May, 2023, to 5th May, 2024, which I submitted last year through the Affiliates Portal, and the next one will be from May 5th, 2024, to May 5th, 2025. The reports are also up to date on our Meta Page in the Annual Reports section: Igbo Wikimedians User Group/Annual Reports. Could you please confirm?
- Thank you! Tochiprecious (talk) 11:19, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Tochi, thanks for the ping. Yes, I can confirm that your group is in compliance. You can disregard the automated notification from WADP. We are currently in the process of updating the settings for the portal so that it aligns with the updated reporting obligations of the affiliates. I apologize for any confusion caused by the notification you received. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 11:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- That's ok; thank you very much for the confirmation and have a great 2025 ahead. Tochiprecious (talk) 08:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Tochi, thanks for the ping. Yes, I can confirm that your group is in compliance. You can disregard the automated notification from WADP. We are currently in the process of updating the settings for the portal so that it aligns with the updated reporting obligations of the affiliates. I apologize for any confusion caused by the notification you received. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 11:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
WMF annual planning: How can we support editors in choosing their wiki work?
[edit]Ndewo ndị nkem,
The Wikimedia Foundation has started our annual planning process for the next fiscal year (July 2025–June 2026). As part of this process, we have shared a series of questions to guide big-picture thinking, and I thought I would share some of them here that you all might find interesting:
- When does editing feel most rewarding and fun for you?
- When does it feel most frustrating and difficult?
- Would it be useful to have a central, personalized place that allows you to find new opportunities, manage your tasks, and understand your impact?
Feel free to respond here or directly on the annual planning discussion page.
Daalụ rinne n'ịkọrịta echiche gị! Udehb-WMF (talk) 09:19, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
- Editing is enjoyable and fulfilling for me when I come across a database of items that are not yet represented on Wikidata. Having access to reliable resources for these items makes the process even more enjoyable and less stressful, especially given the challenges of finding adequate resources here in Nigeria and across Africa.
- It’s really annoying and frustrating when I’m enjoying making contributions, and suddenly the power or internet gets disrupted. It ruins the flow, especially when I’m in the mood to work.
- With such a system in place, it will make organizing work more efficient. Macocobovi (talk) 14:42, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Macocobovi Hi, I manage The Wikipedia Library, which provides free access to reliable sources from a variety of publishers. You mentioned that having access to reliable sources makes your editing more enjoyable, so I wanted to learn more about your experience of using the library to access sources. Are there any topical, regional, or language gaps in the library that you think we could be addressing to help you more? Or any specific publishers that you think we could add? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:14, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Samwalton9 (WMF)Thank you very much for the response, the wikiproject I contribute mostly on is wikidata. For instance, I want to create items about Nigerian politicians, one hardly finds a database or website with complete biodata of those politicians. Same applies to other notable institutions. Macocobovi (talk) 11:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Macocobovi Hi, I manage The Wikipedia Library, which provides free access to reliable sources from a variety of publishers. You mentioned that having access to reliable sources makes your editing more enjoyable, so I wanted to learn more about your experience of using the library to access sources. Are there any topical, regional, or language gaps in the library that you think we could be addressing to help you more? Or any specific publishers that you think we could add? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:14, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
Affiliations Committee News (October-December 2024)
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You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: User group application pause lifted
Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world
AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases
AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at WikiIndaba
AffCom Administration: Mari Avetisyan appointed new AffCom secretaryMediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:03, 5 February 2025 (UTC)
Missing categories: Nigerian women and related subcategories
[edit]To mark International Women's Day, kindly note that the Igbo Wikipedia project lacks a Category:Nigerian women. It already exists in 18 language projects (of which only Hausa in Nigeria). The English-language WP category has numerous subcategories such as by occupation, and hundreds of bio pages. This is especially valuable for sorting Nigerian women for recognition by their achievements in the work world. I myself don't know the Igbo language though have visited the igwiki and been impressed by the wide participation of women contributors there. This is a call for assistance so other volunteer editors can improve the project and shine a spotlight on Nigeria and its women. -- Deborahjay (talk) 16:55, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
Affiliations Committee News (January-March 2025)
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You can find this newsletter translated into additional languages on Meta-wiki. Please help translate to your language
Quarterly newsletter sharing news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
Affiliate Recognition and Derecognition: Recognition of Wikimedia Brasil and four user groups
Affiliate Activities and Compliance Report: Activities reports around the world
AffCom Conflict Intervention: Updates on conflict intervention cases
AffCom Movement Contribution: AffCom engagement at Wikimedia+Libraries and Wikisource conferences
AffCom Administration: Welcoming new AffCom voting and advisory members
Upcoming AffCom Events: AffCom at ESEAP Strategy SummitMediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:28, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
Sharing latest updates to WMF annual plan
[edit]Ndewo nụ - writing to share that the Wikimedia Foundation has just shared the latest draft update to our annual plan for next year (July 2025-June 2026). This includes an executive summary (also on Diff), details about our three main goals (Infrastructure, Volunteer Support, and Effectiveness), and our budget and financial model. Feedback and questions are welcome here or on the talk page until the end of May.
Daalụ!
UOzurumba (WMF) (talk) 15:51, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Ndewo @UOzurumba (WMF) thank you for this update. We'll read and give our feedback where necessary. Tochiprecious (talk) 16:28, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Daalụ! UOzurumba (WMF) (talk) 16:56, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for sharing. Will take a look. Sayvhior (talk) 17:32, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Join the 6th Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign – 2025 Edition
[edit]Dear Wikimedia affiliate,
We invite your community to participate in the 6th edition of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos Campaign, a global campaign taking place from July 1 to August 31, 2025.
Participants will choose among Wikipedia pages without photos, then add a suitable photo from among the many thousands of photos in the Wikimedia Commons, especially those uploaded from thematic contests (Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Monuments, etc.) over the years.
More than 60 Wikimedia affiliates have participated since the campaign was launched in 2020 and have added images to more than 400,000 Wikipedia articles in over 245 Wikipedia languages. Thanks to the volunteer contributors!
We now invite your affiliate to organize and lead the campaign within your community. As a local organizer, you may:
- Encourage individual members to take part by adding images to Wikipedia articles.
- Host edit-a-thons focused on improving visual content.
- Organize training workshops to teach contributors how to correctly integrate images into Wikipedia.
These activities will help build local capacity and increase visual content across Wikipedia.
Please note that for participants to be eligible to participate in the campaign, they need to have registered an account for at least a year before the official start date of the contest. That is, for the 2025 edition, they must have registered an account on or before July 1, 2025. The account can be from any Wikimedia project wikis.
The organizing team is looking for a contact person to coordinate WPWP participation at the Wikimedia user group or chapter level (geographically or thematically) or for a language Wikipedia.
We would be glad for you to sign up directly at WPWP Participating Communities.
With kind regards,
User:Reading Beans On behalf of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos campaign 2025. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:03, 15 May 2025 (UTC)