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(Initial Review) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Ranjithsiji, Gnoeee,
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 2024-11-11. 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:RamzyM (WMF) 20:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
(First Reminder) Notification of Affiliate Expiration - Renewal pending submission of reporting
[edit]Greetings Ranjithsiji, Gnoeee,
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 2024-11-11. 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)
- Hello @RamzyM (WMF). We have submitted the annual report on the data portal on Oct 20th and we have notified at Wikimedia-I mailing list. When I checked the data portal page its shows our updated report. Let me know if anything is missing from our side.- ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 14:21, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Gnoeee: hi, thanks for the ping, and apologies for your inconvenience. Your group compliance status should be up to date as of now. Best, RamzyM (WMF) (talk) 17:17, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
Invitation to Participate in the Wikimedia SAARC Conference Community Engagement Survey
[edit]Dear Community Members,
I hope this message finds you well. Please excuse the use of English; we encourage translations into your local languages to ensure inclusivity.
We are conducting a Community Engagement Survey to assess the sentiments, needs, and interests of South Asian Wikimedia communities in organizing the inaugural Wikimedia SAARC Regional Conference, proposed to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
This initiative aims to bring together participants from eight nations to collaborate towards shared goals. Your insights will play a vital role in shaping the event's focus, identifying priorities, and guiding the strategic planning for this landmark conference.
Survey Link: https://forms.gle/en8qSuCvaSxQVD7K6
We kindly request you to dedicate a few moments to complete the survey. Your feedback will significantly contribute to ensuring this conference addresses the community's needs and aspirations.
Deadline to Submit the Survey: 20 January 2025
Your participation is crucial in shaping the future of the Wikimedia SAARC community and fostering regional collaboration. Thank you for your time and valuable input.
Warm regards,
Biplab Anand
Launching! Join Us for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025!
[edit]Dear Wikimedian,
We’re happy to announce the launch of Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025, an annual international campaign dedicated to celebrating and preserving Islamic cultures and history through the power of Wikipedia. As an active contributor to the Local Wikipedia, you are specially invited to participate in the launch.
This year’s campaign will be launched for you to join us write, edit, and improve articles that showcase the richness and diversity of Islamic traditions, history, and culture.
- Topic: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 Campaign Launch
- When: Jan 19, 2025
- Time: 16:00 Universal Time UTC and runs throughout Ramadan (starting February 25, 2025).
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88420056597?pwd=NdrpqIhrwAVPeWB8FNb258n7qngqqo.1
- Zoom meeting hosted by Wikimedia Bangladesh
To get started, visit the campaign page for details, resources, and guidelines: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025.
Add your community here, and organized Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your local language.
Whether you’re a first-time editor or an experienced Wikipedian, your contributions matter. Together, we can ensure Islamic cultures and traditions are well-represented and accessible to all.
Feel free to invite your community and friends too. Kindly reach out if you have any questions or need support as you prepare to participate.
Let’s make Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 a success!
For the International Team 08:36, 17 January 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)
Wikimedians of Kerala - January 2025 Newsletter
[edit]This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's twelfth newsletter.
- User group news
- On Jan 25th 2025, we had our user groups monthly meeting held online at Google meet platfrom. 15 participants attended the meeting.
- User:Ranjithsiji shared the updates about the grant utilization for the Wikimedians of Kerala UG activities.
- Shared the updates about WCK 2024 tha was organised on 28th Dec. Shared update about the discussions happened in the UG's AGM and published report.
- Shared the updates about WCI 2025 that will be organised at Kochi in 2025. Shared the dicussion happened during UG's AGM meeting held on 28th Dec.
- The My Village 2024 Edit-a-thon has been organised in Malayalam Wikipedia. 114 articles was created.
- Shared update about Wiki Loves Birds India 2024 campaign. Preliminary judgement has been completed. and final judging process going on.
- User:Gnoeee shared updates about UG's initial discusssion about hosting Wikimania 2027 in India. Wikimania never happened in South Asia. So UG has taken initative to start the discussion and to submit the bid. The bid has been submitted on Wikimania portal on 27th Jan 2025.
- User:Akbarali shared update about Wiki Loves Ramadan campaign. Erfan and Muhammed Yaseen shared their interest in taking up the initiative. (Read more...)
Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Feminism and Folklore 2025 - writing contest in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st Feb to 31st Mar 2025
- Upcoming events
- International Mother Language Day 2025 Datathon - in Wikidata from 21st-28th Feb 2025
Upcoming meeting: 22nd Feb 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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Wikimedians of Kerala - February 2025 Newsletter
[edit]This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's thirteenth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 22nd Feb 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Thirteen members attended the meeting.
- Jinoy & Manoj shared updates about Wiki Conference India 2025.
- Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore photography campaign, Feminism and Folklore Edit a thon in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Manoj shared updates about Wikisource workshop at Kannur and plans to celebrate Malayalam Source anniversary celebration.
- Akhilan shared about about Padayani documentaion project. Articles has been created in Malayalam wiki and documented.
- Jinoy shared the news about workshop and photowalk in association with Wiki Loves Folklore at Kannur.
- Jinoy and Manoj shared updates on behalf of the user group about the submitted bid proposal to bring Wikimania to India, the first ever Wikimania in South Asia.
- Manoj shared the updates about submiting the Annual grant proposal for next cycle for organising UG.activities and asked community members inputs.
- Kannan shared his plans to release the works under CC licence of an author and asked the community support.
- Adarsh shared his work on WP:Category project and inviting people to particpate. (read more...)
- Events & activities
- On-going events & activities supported by User Group
- Feminism and Folklore 2025 - writing contest in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st Feb to 31st Mar 2025
- Other news
- Manoj shared about participation in Wikisource Conference 2025 at Bali from Feb 14-16, 2025.
Upcoming meeting: 29th Mar 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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Wikimedians of Kerala - March 2025 Newsletter
[edit]This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fourteenth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 29th Mar 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Nineteen members attended the UG meeting.
- Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India campaign which received over 30k images.
- Jinoy shared updates about the workshop and photowalk focusing on Theyyam organized at Kannur as part of WLF campaign.
- Jinoy shared the updates about the holding of WikiConference India 2025 due to FCRA issues faced by CIS.
- Jinoy shared the updates about the sessions organised during Open Data Days 2025 at Digital University Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about documenting Mudiyettu, Thiruvathirakali, and visiting museums for potential collaborations.
- Ranjithsiji & Manoj shared updates about progress on the Wikivoyage Malayalam. Two workshops were held; more contributors are encouraged to participate. Planning to take out of Incubator in another 3 months.
- Suggestions made to translate and adapt article skeleton templates for Wikivoyage Malayalam.
- Akhilan reported documentation of 10 festivals, including 5 Padayani-related ones with 1.5k images.
- Manoj shared plans to organise Wikisource Community Meetup on April 19 and 20th.
- Ranjithsiji shared the plans of upcoming campaigns include Wiki Loves Earth India and Wiki Loves Onam 2025, gathering of Wiki Women in Kerala and finalizing UG strategy plans.
- Jinoy shared the updates of discussions happened with Grant admin regarding this behalf of the UG.
- Ranjithsiji shared plans to have training on small technical tools and increased technical capacity building was proposed.
- Jinoy shared the past activities done during the time of pandemic and discussed about kick starting it again.
- Adarsh shared the concerns raised over IP vandalism on Malayalam Wikimedia projects and discussed it.
- Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India campaign which received over 30k images.
- Events & activities
(On-going events & activities supported by User Group)
- Wikisource Community Meetup - 18th and 19th April 2025.
- Other news
- Six UG members has shared news about receiving scholarship to attend Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Jinoy shared the Capacity Exchange project and the tool introduced to share skills within the community which was shared with the UG by Nivas.
Upcoming meeting: 26th Apr 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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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)
Proposal to Digitize 100 Malayalam Books & School Workshops
[edit]Dear Wikimedians, I’m drafting a Rapid Grant proposal to digitize 100 public-domain Malayalam books (10,000 pages) and conduct digitization workshops in 2 schools.
Goals: Preserve rare texts on Malayalam Wikisource. Train students/teachers in digitization.
Your input will ensure this aligns with community efforts. Thanks! -Tonynirappathu (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- Adding the link for the reference: Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Digitizing Malayalam Books and Conducting Digitization Workshops in Schools - ❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 13:59, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
Reminder: Submit Your Local Results for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 by 15 May
[edit]Dear Wikimedians of Kerala,
Thank you for your valuable contributions to Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 in your communities!
This is a kind reminder that the deadline to submit your local results is 15 May 2025.
Please make sure to submit the complete and detailed results of your local contest on the following Meta-Wiki page: m:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025/Results
Additionally, feel free to add a brief summary of your local event under the Results section in your country/region’s row on the participants page: m:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025/Participants
If you need any assistance during this process, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you for your continued dedication and support!
For, Wiki Loves Ramadan International Team 11:51, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
Final Reminder – Submit Full Local Results for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 by 15 May EOD
[edit]Dear Wikimedians of Kerala,
This is a final reminder that the deadline to submit your full and detailed local results for Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 is 15 May 2025 EOD.
Please ensure you complete the following as soon as possible:
- Submit your full results on Meta-Wiki here: m:Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025/Results
- Add a brief summary of your local event under the "Results" column on: Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025/Participants
Failure to submit by the deadline may result in exclusion from the international jury consideration.
If you need help or encounter any issues, feel free to contact the international team.
Thank you once again for your dedication and hard work!
Warm regards,
Wiki Loves Ramadan International Team, 02:39, 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)
Share Your Feedback – Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025
[edit]Dear Wikimedians of Kerala
Thank you for being a part of Wiki Loves Ramadan 2025 — whether as a contributor, jury member, or local organizer. Your efforts helped make this campaign a meaningful celebration of culture, heritage, and community on Wikimedia platforms.
To help us improve and grow this initiative in future years, we kindly ask you to complete a short feedback form. Your responses are valuable in shaping how we support contributors like you.
- Feedback Form: Submit your feedback here
- Deadline to submit: 31 May 2025
It will only take a few minutes to complete, and your input will directly impact how we plan, communicate, and collaborate in the future.
Thank you again for your support. We look forward to having you with us in future campaigns!
Warm regards,
Wiki Loves Ramadan International Team 08:51, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedians of Kerala - April 2025 Newsletter
[edit]This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's fifteenth newsletter.
- User group news
- On 26th Apr 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Jinoy shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Sixteen members attended the UG meeting.
- Manojk shared updates about Wikisource Workshop conducted at Kerala Sahitya Academy, Thrissur.
- As part of the event, prototying of Wikisource evaluation tool was done and it will be released soon.
- Jinoy shared updates about evaluation of images populated as part of Wiki Loves Folklore program. Final results are yet to be published.
- Jinoy shared updates on the scanner provided by CIS to the UG. Currently it is under the custody of Tony Nirappathu.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wikivoyage workshops conducted in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Discussion about collaboration with Tamil Wiki was also discussed.
- Jinoy shared updates on WikiConference India 2025 and the possibility of postponing the same to 2026.
- Shagil raised concerns about improvement of articles generated as part of Wiki Loves Folklore.
- Vis M shared updates about Dart2Corpus which is now released under CC license.
- Ranjithsiji shared insights on lack of Lexeme support in OpenRefine and inputs on the same received as part of FOSS meetup.
- Other news
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about Wikimedia Hackathon which is scheduled to be conducted at Istanbul, Turkey. Ranjithsiji, Gnoeee, Manojk received scholarships to attend the event.
Upcoming meeting: 24th May 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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Announcing the South Asia Newsletter – Get Involved
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Hello Wikimedians of South Asia! 👋
We’re excited to launch the planning phase for the South Asia Newsletter – a bi-monthly, community-driven publication that brings news, updates, and original stories from across our vibrant region, to one page!
We’re looking for passionate contributors to join us in shaping this initiative:
- Editors/Reviewers – Craft and curate impactful content
- Technical Contributors – Build and maintain templates, modules, and other magic on meta.
- Community Representatives – Represent your Wikimedia Affiliate or community
If you're excited to contribute and help build a strong regional voice, we’d love to have you on board!
👉 Express your interest though this link.
Please share this with your affiliate members.. Let’s build this together! 💬
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This is Wikimedians of Kerala UG's sixteenth newsletter
- User group updates
- On 24th May 2025, we had our user group monthly meeting online via Google Meet. Ranjithsiji shared the agenda of the meeting and welcomed everyone. Fourteen members attended the UG meeting.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates about enabling WikiFunctions in Malayalam Wiktionary on 27 May.
- Jinoy shared updates about Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in India. The results are expected to be announced by June last week.
- Ranjithsiji shared plans to conduct Wiki Loves Earth campaign in India this year.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates on WikiConference India 2025 that is postponed to next year.
- Adithya shared inputs on the map issue raised during the previous call. Issue is yet to be resolved.
- Ranjithsiji shared inputs on mass IP vandalism currently happening in Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Ranjithsiji shared updates that Manojk is in discussion with Kole Birders Kerala to have their photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in CC-by-SA license.
- UG members, Ranjithsiji, Manoj, Jinoy and Akbarali attended Wikimedia Hackathon 2025 organized at Isthanbul.
- Ranjith and Jinoy shared their experience and shared the updates about the Multi Gallery tool and Wikidata RC tool that were presented by them during the Hackathon.
- Ranjithsiji shared thoughts on having a new frontpage for Wikivoyage once it goes live.
- Irshad shared queries on missing admin action in Malayalam wiki when users with 3 vandalized edits are made.
- Ranjithsiji explained about the draft namespace we are currently having in mlwiki and about an improved policy wherein article can be moved as SD once article is moved to main namespace without needed changes. (read more...)
- Events & activities
- On-going events & activities by User Group
- Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in India - photography campaign in Wikimedia Commons from 1st June 2025 to 31st July 2025.
- Other updates
- Ranjithsiji shared plans on conducting a 3 month workshop on Wiki related tools at GRD College using the grant submitted by Bhuvana Meenakshi.
- Kannan Shanmugham shared that he along with Akhilan will be conducting basics of Wikipedia for Kollam Press club.
- The new Charts extension has been enabled and can be used on every Wikimedia projects. (... more tech updates)
- A hackathon is planned to be organised at Kochi from July 25-27, 2025 by IMDUG. The application deadline is June 14. Visit the Meta-Wiki page for details and to apply.
Upcoming meeting: 28th June 2025 - Meeting page | Meetup Registration
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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. 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 starting in August and ending in September 2025 to fill two (2) seats on the Foundation Board. 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. The Board is looking for candidates with experience guiding organizational strategy, navigating change, and driving long-term strategic objectives. 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, the perspectives they bring to the movement and share how these help them to include those not already here.
Time Commitment for Trustees
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.
Requirements to be a Trustee
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. You can review the candidate guidelines here.
How to 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
The questions for the Board of Trustees candidates to answer have been published as part of the candidate application. From the list of questions submitted by the community, the Election Committee selected 5 questions which the candidates are required to answer. Learn more about the community questions on this Meta-wiki page.
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and the Governance Committee