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Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation over the first half of September 2024. Please help Translate.

Upcoming and current events and conversations Talking: 2024 continues

The Voting period for the 2024 Board of Trustees election is open until September 17. Go to the SecurePoll voting page to vote.
Scholarship application for Wikisource Conference 2025 in Bali, Indonesia is open until September 20.
WikiConference Nigeria 2024 will be held in Abuja, Nigeria from September 12–14.
Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024 will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye on September 20–22.
Celtic Knot Wikimedia Languages Conference will take place in Waterford City, Ireland on September 25–27.
Italian WikiConference will be held in Padua, Italy on September 27–29.
Join Wiki Loves Onam, a photo campaign dedicated to documenting the vibrant and colorful festival of Onam on Wikimedia Commons. The campaign runs until September 30.

Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes.
The Alternative Text suggested edits feature has now been fully deployed to production on the iOS App for Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and French Wikipedias! This feature, part of WE1.2, is designed to enhance how newcomers add alt text to images, aiming to improve accessibility and engagement. For more details, visit the project page and explore the new feature in the app!
Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualization can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help test the charts.
A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia’s APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.
More recent tech updates from Tech News.
The latest status updates from Wikifunctions.
Help us find WikiProjects or other online collaboration spaces!

Annual Goals Progress on Equity See also a list of all movement events: on Meta

Wikimedia Foundation defeats gambling magnate’s lawsuit in Germany.
Wikimedia Indonesia and UNESCO Jakarta Team Up Against Harmful Content Online.
Child Rights Impact Assessment at EduWiki Knowledge Showcase and more: Latest updates from the Global Advocacy team.
Protecting the people: Some recommendations for safety while contributing to Wikimedia projects.

The Movement Charter Drafting Committee published their recommendations and bid farewell.
Read updates from the July 2024 Wikimedia Endowment Board Meeting.
Learn more about 12 candidates running for 4 seats on the Board by reading their statements and their answers to community questions.
See the new members of the U4C following the results of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) special election, a new decision making group that will enforce the UCoC in specific circumstances.

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