User talk:Vermont

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Continued Cross-Wiki Abuse

Hi Vermont, hope you're doing well! A few months ago you blocked this ip/account (the latter I won't link but can remind you of via email if necessary) for transphobic nonsense / promotion of conversion therapy orgs across multiple wikis.[1] They appear to be back.[2], I noticed since they wrote sv:Stephen B. Levine (a puff piece, see en:Stephen B. Levine for reference) and it:World Professional Association for Transgender Health). They also violated their topic ban onwiki.[3][4] Same recurring issues, POV-pushing, no citations, OR, etc. Letting you know so you can handle it. I think some of the articles they started on various wikis might need deletion again, a larger ip-range probably needs to be blocked, and a CU for socking/new accounts would probably be called for. Best regards, Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist (talk) 22:45, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Request for Central Notice Banner Approval Assistance

Hello @Vermont,

Kindly check and approve the request for the central notice banner, applied for the Africa Wiki Challenge here Africa Wiki Challenge Central Notice Banner Request

I need your assistance to fast-track the approval because the campaign has started, and the banner has not yet been approved.

Thanks Znyadzi (talk) 16:38, 27 May 2025 (UTC) AL24News signe avec RT RussiaTodayArabic un accord de coopération le 7décembre2023

Get started with the Lua interface to simplify the preparation of modules for translation in MetaWiki

Greetings!

The Language and Product Localization team has developed a Lua interface to simplify the preparation of Lua modules for translation in the MetaWiki platform. This means that module developers can now use the new Lua interface to load translatable strings, and the translators can translate them in the same translation interface that is used for templates and wiki pages.

This improvement makes it easier for translators to find and edit module strings without dealing with raw Lua code. It helps prevent mistakes that could break the module during translation.

We invite you to watch our demo video and read more about translatable modules to understand how it works. Please give us your feedback on this talk page on how well the Lua interface addresses the challenges in your workflow and how useful it is in module localization tasks. You can also refer to Module:User Wikimedia project, which was recently converted to utilize these messages, for example usage.

Your feedback is important as it will help us evaluate and decide how to continue developing and improving this interface, extend it to other wikis, or change our approach.

Thank you, and we anticipate your honest feedback.

UOzurumba (WMF) 06:40, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikisporadic Newsletter: September 2025

Wikispore gets shout-out on list of "Ideas originated from Wikimania" this past month in Nairobi, Kenya.

Wikisporadic, an Occasional Newsletter for our Germinating Community.

• Sister Projects Task Force and RFC After the recent consultation about Wikispore, an RFC has been launched on Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps#Approve Wikispore as Incubator-like project? and related questions. See also Wikinews Pulse proposal.
• Canadian art project Parallel: The History and Archives of Artist-Run Centres in Canada (Q135767262) has been funded and will publish material to wikispore:Art Spore, alongside other GLAM-type initiatives. See also Wikispore Basic proposal.
• Wikimania Watch Keep Wiki Weird session in Nairobi, as well as Wikispore meetup and a continuing regional interest in better representing oral knowledge on-wiki.
• Next strategic call After Wikispore Day celebrations in July and August, help pick a date for our follow-up September Strategy Spectacular for the first week of the month.

Participate: Comment on stories and ideas in this Newsletter, Join Wikispore on Telegram, Join Wikispore mailing list --Pharos via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:50, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Request for Central Notice Banner Approval Assistance

Hello, Kindly check and approve the request for the central notice banner, applied for the Wiki Science Competition 2025 in India Central Notice Banner Request The campaign is going to be starting soon, and the banner has not yet been approved. Check here Dev Jadiya (talk) 14:25, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Unblock me please

Stewards' noticeboard/Archives/2022-07 Dear colleague, 3 years ago, when you made a decision regarding my “Elshad Iman (Elşad İman)” profile, you said that you would only use one profile, and I have kept this promise. Now, someone has blocked me globally and, without allowing the discussion to continue, has ended the discussion with personal bias and blocked me globally. I would like you to help me with this issue. ~2025-30983-68 (talk) 18:46, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Steward requests/Global#Global lock for Elshad Iman (Elşad İman). You've been engaging in crosswiki self-promotion despite blocks on multiple projects, that's why you're now globally blocked. Johannnes89 (talk) 19:50, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@Johannnes89, Where have I advertised myself? Please refrain from blocking me globally based on your personal opinion without discussing this issue, please discuss, you have already made a decision. I have been living alone for 7 years and I have no family, do some research and then decide. I do not advertise myself anywhere. Please unblock ~2025-30983-68 (talk) 20:42, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

[5][6][7][8]... Johannnes89 (talk) 21:26, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@Johannnes89 Dear colleague, what constitutes advertising in these links? Please don't consider them advertising, or even small links, to be advertising. In your personal opinion, a global block is serious, and the links you provided are unfounded. If you believed otherwise, you would have warned me about this issue on my discussion page so I could stop publishing such links, and I would have complied with your request. I ask that you lift the global block, accept your comment, and I will no longer publish such links. ~2025-30983-68 (talk) 21:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@Vermont Help please ~2025-30983-68 (talk) 18:12, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-30983-68: I remember our discussion, but as Johannnes notes the global block is not related to sockpuppetry. Your account is blocked locally on five wikis and now globally; I think we're at the point where I suggest you move on from Wikimedia, at least for the time being. If you do not evade this block further and return in a year or so, it may be feasible to discuss an appeal. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 23:49, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

• Thank you, then I'll keep my word and contact you in a year. I want to continue working on Wikipedia as soon as I fully understand the shortcomings I still have, and I hope that in a year you'll help me get rid of the other sections where I was blocked. I'm leaving for a full year, thank you, Vermont.

Join us for “Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages”!

Hello Vermont,

We’re excited to invite you to an inspiring global virtual gathering: the first Capacity Exchange Translat-a-thon.

Together with Language Diversity Hub, the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team will host its first Translation Marathon dedicated to ensuring linguistic equity in access to this amazing tool aimed to connect Wikimedians.
If you enjoy contributing to Wikimedia projects through translating and adapting content into different languages, this event is for you! Join us in the celebration of the multilingual spirit of the Wikimedia Movement at an event where communities that contribute in diverse languages will be able to share local knowledge and collaborate across borders.
Many Tongues, One Movement: Voices Across Languages

• Date: December 6, 2025
• Time: 12 PM (UTC) - Check the event page for your local timezone
• Location: Online (Meta-Wiki + live session links)

Register for the Event here

If you can’t join the live event, you can still contribute to the translations! Edits will be counted for two weeks, until December 20th. And everyone who participates will receive a special badge to display on their CapX profiles.

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:55, 13 November 2025 (UTC)