Template:Older goings-on
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This is the archive of Meta-Wiki Goings-on. See also the full archives.
June 2024
June 28–June 30: | Lexicodays 2024 |
June 25–July 9: | Voting period to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter |
June 23: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network online meeting |
June 20–July 1: | 2024 Board election: Candidates answer questions from the community members |
June 20: | Wiki Workshop 2024 (free registration) |
June 20: | Movement Charter Launch Party at |
June 19: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Live session on affiliate health criteria and changes to user group recognition process at |
June 12: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Announcement on affiliate health criteria and changes to user group recognition process |
June 11: | Wiki Advocacy Network: Follow-up meeting from 1st Global Wiki Advocacy meetup at |
June 9: | Community Affairs Committee: Live call #3 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 16:00 UTC |
June 9: | Community Affairs Committee: Live call #2 on the Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle at 02:00 UTC |
May 2024
May 13–June 23: | Community Affairs Committee: Call for feedback on the proposed Procedure for Sibling Project Lifecycle |
May 10–May 12: | ESEAP Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
May 8–May 29: | 2024 Board election: Call for candidates |
May 8–June 12: | 2024 Board election: Call for questions for candidates |
May 8–June 3: | Call for new members of the Conference Fund Committee |
May 3–May 5: | Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia |
May 2–May 5: | WikiNusantara in Bogor, Indonesia |
May 2–May 4: | Global Wiki Advocacy Meet-up in Santiago, Chile |
April 25–May 9: | UCoC Coordinating Committee election: Voting period (information for voters / list of all candidates) |
April 2024
April 30: | Community Resilience and Sustainability conversation hour with Maggie Dennis at 18:00 UTC |
April 26: | Movement Charter: "Ask Me Anything" session about the Movement Charter at (register) |
April 19–April 21: | Wikimedia Summit 2024 in Berlin, Germany |
April 2–April 30: | Movement Charter: Wikimedia communities review of the Movement Charter full draft (talk page discussions / regional conversations) |
March 2024
March 21: | Conversation with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees at |
March 20: | Wikis in read-only mode @ 14:00 UTC. |
March 20: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Live call #3 at |
March 5–April 8: | Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee election: Call for candidates |
February 2024
February 20–March 20: | Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2024-25 Collaboration |
February 28: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Live call #2 at |
February 14: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Live call #1 at |
February 7–March 20: | Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy: Review period for the proposed requirements for affiliates and trial period for user groups |
February 6–February 27: | 2024 Steward elections voting is running until 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) |
January 2024
January 31: | Wikimedia Foundation publishes progress on Annual Plan goals |
January 19 – February 2: | Voting period to ratify the charter of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (information for voters) |
January 15 – January 30: | Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. |
January 4: | Community Letter to the LAC region |
December 2023
December 14: | Community Resilience and Sustainability conversation hour at |
December 7: | Conversation hour with the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees at 19:00-20:30 UTC |
December 7: | Movement Charter Drafting Committee: December community drop-in session at |
October 17 - December 31: | Apply to join the Ombuds commission or Case Review Committee |
November 2023
November 17-19: | itWikiCon 2023 in Bari, Italy |
November 16-17: | GLAM Wiki Conference 2023 in Montevideo, Uruguay |
November 10-12: | Jornadas de Wikimedia España in Salamanca, Spain |
November 9-12: | WikiConference North America 2023 in Toronto, Canada |
November 8: | AffCom/OC/CRC appointments: Conversation hours at and UTC |
November 5: | Movement Charter Drafting Committee: November community drop-in session |
October 2023
October 17 - November 17: | Apply to join the Affiliations Committee |
October 16 - October 29: | Community review of the draft rules package for 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection |
11 October: | AffCom/OC/CRC appointments: Conversation hours at and UTC |
5 October: | Movement Charter Drafting Committee: October drop-in session (register) |
September 2023
September 20: | Wikis in read-only mode @ 14:00 UTC. |
September 15–17: | Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia |
August 28–September 22: | Universal Code of Conduct: Community review period of the UCoC Coordinating Committee draft charter (conversation hours schedule) |
July 13–September 1: | Movement Charter: Community conversations about the Global Council, Hubs, Roles & Responsibilities, and Glossary draft chapters |
August 2023
August 16–August 19: | Wikimania 2023 virtually and in Singapore |
July 2023
July 15 – July 16: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
June 2023
June 5–July 17: | Call for feedback on the proposed third-party resources policy |
May 28–June 25: | Live conversations about the Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy |
May 2023
This month we WikiCelebrate: Meenakshi Nandhini |
May 5: | Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2023-2024: Conversation about "Future Audiences" bucket |
May 4: | Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan 2023-2024: Conversation with the Wikimedia movement moderators |
May 2: | Come to the conversation hour led by Maggie Dennis, Vice President of Community Resilience and Sustainability on May 2, 2023 at 18:00 UTC. We will discuss Trust and Safety, the Universal Code of Conduct, Committee Support and Human Rights. More on Meta-wiki. |
May 11: | Wiki Workshop 2023 (register) |
April 25–May 12: | Universal Code of Conduct: Call for nominations to the U4C Building Committee (sign up) |
April 14–May 15: | Sister Projects Task Force: Call for advisory members (sign up) |
May 12–May 17: | Queering Wikipedia 2023 (hybrid, trans-local event) |
May 18: | Community Affairs Committee: Conversation with the Trustees @ 18:00 - 19:30 UTC |
April 18–May 19: | Collaborate on the next Wikimedia Foundation Annual Plan |
May 20–May 21: | WikiNusantara 2023 in Banjarmasin, Indonesia |
May 19–May 23: | Wikimedia Hackathon 2023 in Athens, Greece |
May 26–May 28: | EduWiki Conference 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia |
April 2023
April 28–April 30: | WikiConference India 2023 in Hyderabad, India |
April 26: | Wikis in read-only mode @ 14:00 UTC. |
April 10–April 28: | Movement Charter: Community review of the Movement Charter ratification methodology proposal |
April 24: | Movement Charter: Community conversation hour #2 on the Movement Charter ratification methodology proposal @ 17:00 UTC |
February 21–April 24: | Terms of Use update process: The Wikimedia Foundation Legal department is hosting a feedback cycle about updating the Terms of Use. Review the proposed update and its explainer and leave your feedback in the talk page. |
April 18: | Movement Charter: Community conversation hour #1 on the Movement Charter ratification methodology proposal @ 10:00 UTC |
April 13: | Meeting with Selena Deckelmann about the Vector 2022 skin and the future of software decision-making at 18:00 UTC. |
April 10–April 24: | Wikimedia Foundation elections committee: Call for new members |
April 4: | Terms of Use update process: Office hour #2 @ 17:00—18:30 UTC. |
March 2023
This month we WikiCelebrate: Penny Richards |
March 31–April 2: | WikiCon Portugal 2023. |
March 2: | Terms of Use update process: Office hour #1 @ 17:00—18:30 UTC. |
March 1: | Wikis in read-only mode @ 14:00 UTC. |
February 28–March 28: | Wikimania 2023: Call for program submissions |
February 2023
February 23: | Conversation with Trustees hosted by Community Affairs Committee @ 19:00-20:30 UTC. |
February 15: | Conversation hour with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability @ 19:00 UTC. |
February 10–February 24: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2023 voting phase |
February 5–February 26: | 2023 Steward elections voting is running until 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) |
February 10: | Conversations about the Wikimedia Enterprise finance report & product update @ 19:00 UTC |
January 2023
January 31, 18:00- 19:30 UTC on Zoom: | Community Call: the Community Development team, hosting WikiAcción Perú & the Leadership Development Working Group |
January 23 – February 6: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2023 proposal phase |
January 17 – January 31: | Voting to ratify the revised Enforcement Guidelines of the Universal Code of Conduct (frequently asked questions, information for voters) |
January 16 – February 20: | Wikivoyage 10 contest |
January 15 – January 30: | Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. |
January 15: | Wikipedia Day Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
December 2022
October 3 – December 31: | [[Wikimedia Foundation Legal department/Announcement/2023 OC and CRC appointments process|Translations:Wikimedia Foundation Legal department/Announcement/2023 OC and CRC appointments process/1/en]] |
December 10: | Second office hour for the Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team's Event Registration Tool. (ar, en, fr, sw) |
December 9: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for East Asia, South East Asia, and the Pacific; with interpretation for , + |
December 7: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for Latin America and the Caribbean; with interpretation for + |
December 6 – December 19: | Voting for the Wikimedia sound logo |
December 5: | First office hour for the Wikimedia Foundation Campaigns Team's Event Registration Tool. (ar, en, fr, sw) |
December 5: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for United States and Canada |
December 3: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for Middle East and North Africa; session conducted in with interpretation for |
December 2: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for South Asia |
November 2022
November 26: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia; with interpretation for + |
November 25: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for Sub-Saharan Africa; with interpretation for |
November 20: | Community consultation on the Movement Charter drafts: Regional conversation hour for Northern and Western Europe; with interpretation for + |
November 19 – November 20: | WikiConvention francophone 2022 in Paris, France |
November 18 – November 20: | ESEAP Conference 2022 in Sydney, Australia |
November 17 – November 18: | Worlds of Wikimedia (WoW) Conference 2022 in Sydney, Australia |
November 12 – November 13: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
November 12: | Ask Me Anything on Movement Charter #2+3 (15:00 UTC) |
November 11 – November 13: | WikiConference North America 2022 in virtual spaces |
November 10: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability at 14:00 UTC |
November 5 – November 6: | Indonesia Open GLAM Conference 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia |
November 4 – November 6: | WikiIndaba conference 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda |
November 4: | Ask Me Anything on Movement Charter #1 (9:00 UTC) |
October 2022
October 28 – October 30: | WikiArabia 2022 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
October 3: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for North America, Latin America, and Western Europe region. Live interpretation in Spanish and Portuguese provided. |
September 2022
September 24: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for Central Europe, Africa, and the Middle East region. Live interpretation in Arabic, French, and Russian provided. |
September 16: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines revisions consultation: Conversation hour for Asia-Pacific region. Live interpretation in Chinese and Japanese provided. |
September 13: | The Sound of All Human Knowledge contest is starting now! The submission will be received until 10 October 2022. Play your part! |
September 8 : | Encyclopedia of the Young competition starts! (since 00:00:01 UTC). We invite everyone to participate — there are no restrictions on age and citizenship. |
August 2022
August 30: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
August 23 – September 6: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Voting period opens! Verify your eligibility and vote now. |
August 11 – August 14: | Wikimania! takes place around the world. Talks and sessions are available for viewing online. |
July 22 – August 22: | Wikimedia Foundation Legal department call for feedback on the Brand Stewardship Report content outline. |
August 18: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability at 13:00 UTC |
July 2022
July 25 – August 3: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Endorse statements for the Election Compass with top 15 selected. |
July 25 – July 26: | 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election: Endorse questions for the candidates with top six selected. |
July 26: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
July 14: | Conversation with Trustees hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee |
July 8: | Wikimedia Foundation Legal Department Office Hour – TVEC Update (Session 1) (Session 2) |
July 2 – July 3: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
June 2022
June 28: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
June 24 – June 26: | Global Conversations event on Regional and Thematic Hubs with a focus on the proposed Minimum Criteria for Hubs Pilots |
May 25 – June 25: | Comment about revisions to the Universal Code of Conduct (UCoC) Enforcement guidelines and updating the UCoC policy |
June 23: | Conversation with the Wikimedia Enterprise API project team @ 17:00 UTC |
June 13: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
June 4 – June 5: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
June 2: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability at 17:00 UTC |
May 2022
May 17: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (12:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC). |
May 7 – May 8: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
April 2022
April 29: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (13:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC). |
April 22: | WikiAfrica Hour episode 12 is happening today 22nd April 2022 at 16:00 UTC |
April 21 – April 28: | The Wikimedia Foundation invites feedback on the 2022-2023 Annual plan draft with many online conversations |
April 13: | Wiki Loves Africa 2022 new deadline is 30th April 2022 |
April 21: | Conversation with Trustees hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation Community Affairs Committee |
April 11: | There is a new public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. You can read more (in English). |
April: | Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6: Read the full newsletter |
April 5: | Results from the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification vote published |
April 2–April 3: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
March 2022
March 29: | Open meeting with the Web team about the new interface (18:00 UTC). |
March 24: | Conversation with Maggie Dennis on Community Resilience & Sustainability. |
March 14 - April 10: | Leadership Development Working Group: Apply to join! (14 March to 10 April 2022) |
March 12: | Global Conversations event on Regional and Thematic Hubs |
March 7 – March 21: | Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines ratification voting open from 7 to 21 March 2022 |
March 5: | The open video call CEE meetup March 2022 will be held on 5 March at 15:00 (UTC). |
March 4, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
March 4: | Meta-Wiki portal being developed to document information and discussions on the Wikimedia movement's response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
February 2022
February 28: | The open video call CEE meetup February 2022 will be held on 28 February at 17:00 (UTC). |
February 27–February 28: | Strategic Wikimedia Affiliates Network (SWAN) meeting |
February 25, 12:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
February 18, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct Panel Q&A |
February 15: | The results of the Community Wishlist Survey 2022 have been posted |
February 9–March 7: | A call for applicants for the Interim Trust & Safety Case Review Committee |
February 7–February 26: | 2022 Steward elections voting is running until 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC) |
February 7–February 25: | Leadership Development Working Group: Your feedback is appreciated |
February 1–February 28: | Wikimedia Deutschland/Dialogue on organizational values community feedback phase on proposal |
February 23, 15:00 UTC: | Community Development community calls |
February 17, 18:30 UTC: | Conversation with Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees |
February 21–February 25: | EduWiki Week: Join for a virtual celebration of Wikimedia in education. | |
February 4, 15:00 UTC: | Universal Code of Conduct: Conversation Hours |
January 10–February 16: | Call for feedback: Board of Trustees elections continues |
January 2022
January 28–February 11: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 voting phase |
January 27, 15:00 UTC: | Online meeting about the Desktop Improvements project. |
January 24: | Universal Code of Conduct: UCoC enforcement guidelines published for consideration |
January 19, 18:00 UTC: | Online meeting for everyone who did or will submit a proposal for the Community Wishlist Survey. |
January 14–January 30: | Candidate submissions for the Wikimedia Steward elections are open! If you are eligible, you can submit a nomination. |
January 11: | Request for comment to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations. |
January 10–February 16: | Call for feedback: Board of Trustees elections |
January 14, 17:00 UTC: | Coolest Tool Award 2021. |
January 10–January 23: | The Community Wishlist Survey 2022 proposal phase |
January 1–January 31: | Open candidate call for new members in the AffCom. |